New #DAWNDINOS paper! Another "here's everything relevant about a cool Triassic/early Jurassic archosauriform's locomotion that we can figure out so far, with a 3D model of it"-- this time focused on the big nasty "rauisuchian" Postosuchus. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Happy Pride Month!
Did you know, palaeontology has more queer people than average population! Over 30% in Early Careers! 1 in 3 junior palaeontologist you'll meet, will be queer. This stat drops with seniority. Palaeontology underperforms across all other diversity metrics otherwise. 🧵
Hypothetical Adelolophus skull reconstruction. Sadly, the crest is unknown. I've based the missing pieces on various parasaurolphins and made the crest not quite like Parasaurolophus and not quite like Tlatolophus.
#sciart #paleoart
Our paper on turtle origins is finally out in Current Biology, with two major implications for our understanding of reptile evolution 🐢
#Paleontology #Turtles #Evolution
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Also, I can't not post these images of Iguanodon supraorbital bones. I'm uncertain if there's some exaggeration in this specimen, but they join other examples in suggesting a decent (and seldom restored) set of eyebrows.
The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it!
10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :)
#history #archeology #arthistory #museums
In case you're not aware of many tremendous women and enbies contributing to bringing prehistoric creatures back to life 💙
Lots of 3D image data:
www.morphosource.org/projects/000... femora
www.morphosource.org/projects/000... more postcrania
figshare.com/articles/dat... musculoskeletal models
Went to the unveiling of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History's new palaeo exhibits this evening with @gizz47.bsky.social. Excellent new displays of British dinosaur material, well worth checking out even if you've visited umpteen times before.
A three-dimensional model is used to analyze the locomotor biomechanics of the large Late Triassic archosaurian reptile Postosuchus kirkpatricki. The study finds that it is more uncertain than previo...
from Hutchinson, J.R., Faughey, E., Humpage, M., Dupuis, T., Demuth, O.E., Pintore, R., Clarac, F. 2026. Functional morphology and biomechanics of the locomotor apparatus in the large Late Triassic carnivore Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Rauisuchidae). Journal of Anatomy, published online. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70189OpenSim 4.1 musculoskeletal (biomechanics) files for digitigrade and plantigrade models. Open Source: https://simtk.org/frs/?group_id=91Autodesk Maya 2026 .mb file from volumetric muscle modelling. Educational/academic licenses: https://www.autodesk.com/uk/education/home
