Isaac Kerr
@IsaacARKerr
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PhD, kangaroo palaeontologist at Flinders Uni on Kaurna country. Also greenie, comic 'artist', musician, opinion-haver He/him
Joined March 2022
Here is our great big monograph on #fossil #megafaunal #kangaroos of genus #Protemnodon! Six years in the making. We recognise 7 species, 3 newly named, with diversity of locomotor mode. Thanks to everyone that got this over the line ❤️ https://t.co/Co9rbYlcLi
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https://t.co/nSZthrHyvJ New #research out today! We describe a late Miocene #fossil #kangaroo from central #Australia...
tandfonline.com
The kangaroo tribe Dorcopsini is represented today by six species of New Guinean forest-wallaby. However, the group has a patchy fossil record beginning on the Australian mainland in the upper Mioc...
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Should've happened a while ago, but I'm saying goodbye now to this burning train being driven headlong into oblivion by a world-destroying, wannabe-fascist little man-child. Come join me where the sky is Blue and my handle is the same as here xo
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"Leave fossil fuels in the ground. It's so simple.This is the most important predicament humanity has ever faced and by design as a result of the enormous oppressive power of the fossil fuel industry, we're flunking it." George Monbiot. No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
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Exciting news! The free, online Skeletal Atlas of the #Echidna is here! Thanks to @marsupialtapir & all for bringing this beautiful resource to life. #zoology #wildlife #palaeontology #monotreme #skeleton
https://t.co/E4NuMRK5sO
westernweb.net
By Nat Warburton. An Open Access Resource for Researchers and Students Greetings to all researchers, students, and enthusiasts in the fields of zoology, functional morphology, wildlife biology, and…
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You mean mass redundancies, the evisceration of entire disciplines, rampant managerialism, and the fanatic embrace of a profit-driven model of scholarship haven't fostered a climate of open inquiry and big ideas? Who could've known?! 🤷♂️ https://t.co/kwWkxhNUR6
theguardian.com
University of Melbourne – Australia’s top ranked institution – scored lowest position in 21-year history of Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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Heck, when you see it all lined up like that... it's absolutely as bad as it seems.
Lots to digest in this piece - well worth 5 mins of your time to read. Though grim, the original study puts tangible numbers on the utterly shit situation that so many PhD grads + postdocs are finding themselves in right now 😔
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Op Ed by me, in @AusGeo. "What’s most important, and sorely needed, is a reckoning with our relationship with this vast continent’s lands, seas and waters." https://t.co/scbOaeAxcY
australiangeographic.com.au
Conserving Australia’s biodiversity requires a national reckoning, argues wildlife ecologist Euan Ritchie.
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The description of the skull of Genyornis newtoni, a giant anseriform, is finally out, https://t.co/LZ7rQwHwHX after years of work, this skull has revealed so much more about this bird and its relatives than we could have hoped for. @Blokoweka and Trevor Worthy
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The presence of Dromornithidae in the Australian Cenozoic fossil record was first reported in 1872, yet although eight species and hundreds of specimens are known, key information on their morpholo...
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https://t.co/7ItLRFAtsY beaut article from @ABCscience about @Blokoweka's amazing #Genyornis #reconstruction!
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Another new paper looking at how both the size of an animal and its diet together influence skull shape - this time in rodents! 🐭💀 Well done team! @WeisbeckerLab @aemarcy @TGuillerme
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Rodent skulls display a highly conserved, strongly size-dependent (allometric) range of shapes that is commonly found across mammals. We here use geometric morphometric analysis of Australian rodent...
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Very honoured to have been a contributing scientist to the new #megafauna documentary by @ABCaustralia which is now live on #ABCiview. The production team and the scientists are wonderful. Very highly recommend watching the new series Megafauna: what killed Australia's giants?
Not had enough of our 'giga-goose'? 🪿 Neither have we! Great news for any Aussies 🇦🇺 you can catch @Phoebyornis on new @ABCaustralia show, #MegafaunaABC as they uncover what killed Australia's giants featuring Genyornis newtoni and many other megafauna 🦴
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The trip was generously funded by an Australia & Pacific Science Foundation grant.
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The best thing about digging in PNG is you never do it alone. We owe just about every fossil we found to our good mates at Saksak
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Back from the trip of a lifetime to #papuanewguinea, 2 weeks in the Bulolo area digging for #fossils in the Pliocene Otibanda Formation. Thankyou to @MuseumPNG, & to the welcoming & generous people in Saksak village for trusting us with your place & knowledge, we'll be back soon!
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new episode of #palsinpalaeo with @IsaacARKerr from @FlindersPalaeo talking about the #extinct kangaroo #Protemnodon
https://t.co/kHBDr6DVHN
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This guy, with absolutely spot on answers. Genuinely surprised this even aired.
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As a #kangaroo #palaeontologist and comic artist it is very cool and fun to see our research and @zieglertn 's beaut new Sthen skeleton show up in a comic by @firstdogonmoon . What a frickin great day. https://t.co/WpONy0LHrP
theguardian.com
Omg it is an almost complete fossil specimen of a juvenile sthenurine!
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More and more people are flooding in to save Lee Point. This is incredible to see. It’s not too late to call it off @tanya_plibersek @EuanRitchie1 @ChristineMilne
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