TheSkullywagLab
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Welcome to The Skullywag Lab! Talking the bare-bones of skull science 💀
Australia
Joined December 2023
We are pleased to present newly created deep muscles of the hip. Revealed through internal and external rotation, these layers are rarely seen, yet constantly at work. How many of the visible muscles can you identify? #anatomystandard #hipanatomy #deephipmuscles #hiprotation
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How to Make a Bird Skull: Major Transitions in the Evolution of the Avian Cranium, Paedomorphosis, and the Beak as a Surrogate Hand
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Abstract. The avian skull is distinctive in its construction and in its function. Much of bird anatomical variety is expressed in the beak; but the beak it
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One of my favourite #Pleistocene mammals - and, yes, it has a role in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge - is the big predatory marsupial #Thylacoleo. Here's an introduction to this fantastic animal.... https://t.co/vBpckFeIsb
#marsupials
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A video covering our new published research on the tiny marsupial with an unusual talent 💀 #skull #science
https://t.co/plNnGEXjAD via @YouTube
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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 💀💀🤓🤓 #skull #science
https://t.co/q500PXj0tk
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Today, we’re excited to share our latest animation — the hamstrings and their function in movement. A huge thank you to Dr. Bertram Zarins and our community for your continuous support to help make animations like these happen. https://t.co/xpHd9D8qB3
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Terrible for the birds, but it's fascinating to see this small glider species becoming more actively predatory in real time 💀 https://t.co/99yZKGlgIR
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Petaurus notatus (Krefft’s Glider), introduced to Tasmania in the 1830s, has been linked to bird predation. Using geometric morphometrics, we found that Ta
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Interesting study on carnivore jaws.
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Parallelism of mandibular function in therian carnivores: a morphometric, phylogenetic, and finite element analysis
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Poor Paranthropus stuck in its ways... Kinda makes me think the short faced kangaroos were ratcheted in a similar way #skull #science
https://t.co/xJRzBADkyh
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Objective Although disagreement persists as to the precise nature of the diet of Paranthropus, there is a consensus that the food resources consumed by Paranthropus were in some way mechanically...
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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 💀🤓 #Devonian #fossil #placoderm #paleontology
https://t.co/QzDPlEZYkh
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Repost - my Blender T. rex anatomy rig from earlier this year. 🦖🍖🦴
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"results confirmed the hypothesis that the weight of the animal and the size of the skull have a significant effect on the bite force" More support for the Bite Force Allometry described in our recent papers💀 https://t.co/07gadHEnlB
#mdpianimals via @Animals_MDPI
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The aim of this study was to analyse the bite forces of seven species from three carnivore families: Canidae, Felidae, and Ursidae. The material consisted of complete, dry crania and mandibles. A...
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Mechanical function of the unique alveolar torus in the sabretooth Nimravus brachyops (Nimravidae, Carnivora) | Biology Letters
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Abstract. Sabretoothed mammals exemplify some of the most extreme craniodental morphological specializations in vertebrates. Much attention has been devote
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Joy! A new place to find cool bones to look at! Well done, team Ozboneviz: an Australian precedent in FAIR 3D imagery and extended biodiversity collections
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Abstract. Billions of specimens are in biodiversity collections worldwide, and this infrastructure is crucial for research on Earth's natural history. Thre
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This marine, mollusc-feeding relative of bears from the Miocene had sabretooth-style skull mechanics for dislodging prey 💀 https://t.co/D4WJp7mCax
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Published today in Biological Reviews: "New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs" - the biggest paper from my PhD (my favourite chapter, too). https://t.co/XxmBGTCRxd Here's a thread outlining some of our key findings. (1/10)
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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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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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