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D. Rex Mitchell

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Postdoc ronin. I study skull shape and feeding biomechanics πŸ’€πŸ¦˜πŸ’€πŸ¨πŸ’€πŸ’πŸ’€πŸ€ πŸ’€ @Flinders @WeisbeckerLab https://t.co/MFCQcguO1v

Adelaide, South Australia
Joined May 2018
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
22 days
A video covering our new published research on the tiny marsupial with an unusual talent πŸ’€ #skull #science https://t.co/plNnGEXjAD via @YouTube
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
22 days
Our lab just published a cool paper on seed-cracking bettongs. Not just any seeds, but some of the hardest seeds out there! Two species in the same genus showing different adaptatiosn to hard biting. Very cool πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ€“πŸ€“ #skull #science https://t.co/q500PXj0tk
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
2 months
This was a fun little side project I worked on while doing placoderm biomechanics analysis with the Flinders Gogo team. To be presented at @CAVEPS_Palaeo πŸ’€πŸ€“ #Devonian #fossil #placoderm #paleontology https://t.co/QzDPlEZYkh
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
2 months
Achievement unlocked! h-index of 10 😎 #skull #science
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@phytools_liam
Liam Revell
8 months
I only played a very small role in this @PNASNews article by @AbbyGraceDrake, @JLosos, et al., but it's cool, so please check it out! "Copy-cat evolution: Divergence and convergence within and between cat and dog breeds." https://t.co/NSjLuKAMju
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
8 months
What if the Rancor in @starwars was a domesticated breed similar to a pug or a bulldog? In the latest video from The Skullywag Lab, I "un-pug" the Rancor to see what a wild, undomesticated Rancor ancestor might look like! #skull #science #starwars https://t.co/3MOhVV0igo
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
8 months
New episode on ant and termite-eating animal skulls πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€ The feeding anatomy of these species is pretty bonkers tbh. Happy to finally explore it a bit https://t.co/FXu7179N5u
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
9 months
Just made this for The Skullywag Lab website I'm building Come sit by the fire and enjoy some skulls πŸ’€πŸ€“
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
9 months
A new episode of Monster ID just dropped! This time, the lab identifies the Beast of Tenby πŸ’€ https://t.co/KlIF6QnZ2F #skull #science
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@ConversationEDU
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
10 months
Knowing what an animal eats can help biologists find it – especially when a species is as elusive as this one. @KarlVernes @DRexMitchell @WeisbeckerLab @FlindersUniNews @uninewengland
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theconversation.com
Knowing what an animal eats can help biologists find it – especially when a species is as elusive as this one.
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@DRexMitchell
D. Rex Mitchell
10 months
Some interesting findings from our new methods paper. We used the skull of the extinct desert rat-kangaroo as a case study and discovered some important details about its feeding habits @WeisbeckerLab @TheSkullywagLab https://t.co/DnJg6Y80tz via @ConversationEDU
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theconversation.com
Knowing what an animal eats can help biologists find it – especially when a species is as elusive as this one.
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@DRexMitchell
D. Rex Mitchell
10 months
For any researchers that study skull function using comparative finite element analysis, our new paper presenting a framework for scaling muscle forces to adequately represent the hypothesis is extremely important https://t.co/H7YPkKMXN5
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journals.biologists.com
Summary: Common approaches for scaling muscle forces in skull finite element models might not always offer reliable results for all hypotheses: a framework for selecting the appropriate method is...
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@AmJournalPrimat
AmJournalPrimatology
1 year
@gessiejomez @DRexMitchell @CookeSiobhan Questions on socioecology? Rare behaviors? Skeletal lesion analysis helps! #primates #primatology https://t.co/vfYWFfDzEf
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
1 year
New study! Measaurements of deer skulls from 38 species (300 individuals) show that larger species have more diverse skull ecomorphology. Author concludes that size imposes ecological constraints πŸ’€πŸ€“ https://t.co/QMIVdDqEr4 #mdpifossstud via @FossilsMDPI #skull #science
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mdpi.com
This study employs Principal Component Analysis to examine cranial measurements from both extant and fossil specimens spanning 38 species and comprising over 300 individuals within the subfamily...
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
1 year
New video dropped, where I turn myself into a giant - for science! πŸ€“πŸ’€ https://t.co/RIv0sXo0XI
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
1 year
The latest video just dropped (link in bio). We take a look at how missing teeth in the ancestors of the marsupial lion made evolution produce one of the most weird and powerful skulls known to science! πŸ€“πŸ’€ Artwork by Rudolph Hima, Music by Max Brhon
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@DRexMitchell
D. Rex Mitchell
1 year
No luck on the DECRA. Moving on πŸ•Ί
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
1 year
Like rodents? New video just dropped on their crazy skulls! πŸ€πŸπŸ­πŸΉπŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€ https://t.co/Dk41IC6sNV
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@AnnieGKraehe
Annie Kraehe
1 year
The boxthorn bed and breakfast? Our new paper, published in @CSIRO wildlife research shows that Stick nest rats preferentially eat invasive boxthorn rather than native vegetation on Australia’s Reevesby Island https://t.co/I75K3uiBT7
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@TheSkullywagLab
TheSkullywagLab
1 year
Hey Skullywags! Dr Rex here. If you think skulls are cool, check out this video on crocodile biting πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸŠπŸŠπŸŠπŸŠ The biomechanics of crocodile bites https://t.co/JgEd0PJhpf via @YouTube
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