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Job alert UoB Palaeobiology! Emily Rayfield and I will soon be advertising 3x 33 month postdocs using theoretical morphospace approaches in evolutionary morphology, focussing on the evolution of jaws, wings and leaves. If you are interested, please get in touch!

Around this time 8 years ago, I begged my dad to take me to London to hear a talk on the brand new exhibit of Sophie the stegosaurus at the NHM. Yesterday I GAVE a talk at the NHM for #SVPCA2022 Full circle!

Ancient Kraken - Weighing over a tonne with a shell up to 3.5m in diameter, Parapuzosia seppenradensis is the largest invertebrate to have ever lived. Had great fun modelling this in blender! #paleoart #ammonites #paleontology #digitalart

Ichthyosaur(?) vert found in Penarth

3x 33 month postdoc positions available applying theoretical morphospace approaches in evolutionary morphology, focussing on the evolution of jaws, wings and leaves UoB Palaeobiology University of Bristol Earth Sciences Apply by Nov 4: deets tinyurl.com/4zmh7z5s

Big Catch - A "sea serpent" caught off the coast of Maine circa 1920. Some vintage cryptid/paleoart art I made a few months back. #paleoart #cryptozoology #cryptids #mosasaurs #seamonsters #blender #alternatehistory

I dreamed of a Dumbo ammonite so had to make it reality. Arcestes forages on the seafloor. #paleoart #ammonites #paleontology #blender #triassic #cephalopods #3dart #dumbooctopus

Congrats to Dr ‘Morphospace’ Deakin Will Deakin on passing his PhD viva today! Hat courtesy of Dr Tahlia Pollock and Yuming Liu. Supervisors Emily Rayfield and I, very proud!

yo if I put this in a talk is it cringe

Check out our new preprint and this awesome thread by Nicolás Mongiardino Koch on the use of chronospaces to assess the impact of methodological choices over time calibration of phylogenetic trees! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… github.com/mongiardino/ch…

I'm now open for commission(s)! Available for 3d models, simple renders and full scenes of anything palaeontology related. 🦖🦕🦑 DM me with your ideas or price inquiries. One slot available for now.

Check out this excellent study (I’m not biased) by the brilliant James Rawson!

NEW PAPER!🚨Very pleased to announce that the first paper from my PhD on mammalian jaw joint evolution has been published today in nature! nature.com/articles/s4158… Graphical abstract by Science Graphic Design

Sabre teeth are a classic example of convergence. Our new study, integrating 3D shape, biomechanics, and optimality modelling, helps explain why: revealing that functional optimality was a key driver behind the repeated evolution of extreme sabre-tooth morphologies🔪🦷 Link⬇️

Out today: my article for The Guardian! In 2017, 2 orcas started killing great white sharks in South Africa. Here's the whole story so far & how the effects could be a grim reflection of the future of sharks under the much bigger threat of overfishing! 🦈 theguardian.com/environment/20…