Agustin Martinelli
@agu_martinelli
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Paleontologist, working at Seccion Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia
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Joined April 2020
Our researchers have made it to the front cover of @Nature with their one-of-a-kind fossil bird discovery 🦆🦜🐦 The fossil, dating from the Mesozoic Era, is so well-preserved that the complete skull is almost intact💀#vertebrates #birds #palaebiology
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Descubren el primer cráneo completo de un pájaro de la era Mesozoica, clave para entender la evolución de las aves
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Del trabajo, que es tapa de la prestigiosa revista internacional Nature, participó un investigador del CONICET.
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Another day another jaw-dropping discovery in mammal evolution! 🦴 Fossils from southern Brazil reveal mammal ancestors experimented with jaw and ear features millions of years earlier than thought! 🔍 👉 https://bhttps://brnw.ch/21wNc3r
@UoBEarthScience
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Chañares Fm. unveils a new chapter with Riojanodon nenoi, a new chiniquodontid cynodont related to Aleodon. The discovery deepens understanding of probainognathian cynodonts & highlights faunal diversity in Tarjadia Assemblage Zone @agu_martinelli et al.: https://t.co/Y4NOBjyagM
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A new study on endocranial anatomy of non-mammaliaform cynodonts that lived 233 million years ago found evidence of the evolution of endocranial traits in early prozostrodonts, providing insight into the lineage that led to origin of mammals. Kerber et al: https://t.co/tBvLweEzEm
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Happy Carnotauriversary! It was #OnThisDay in 1990 that Bonaparte et al. published their detailed description of Carnotaurus. Despite *still* being known from just one specimen, the "meat-eating bull" has since become one of the more popular dinosaurs in movies, toys, etc.
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🚨 New Pub! 🚨 In our newest paper, we described a new skull of Prozostrodon brasiliensis, a Brazilian Late Triassic mammalian forerunner. https://t.co/ZSMM4qSbd7
@agu_martinelli
@ppgba_ufsm @UFSM_oficial #triassic #cynodont #synapsida
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Journal of Mammalian Evolution - Triassic cynodonts from South America are key taxa in the investigation of the emergence of mammalian characters. One of the most iconic species from the Carnian is...
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New paper out on titanosaurs from Serra da Galga Formation at Uberaba-Minas Gerais-Brazil! @PeerJLife
https://t.co/mxzY9EQ27q
#EvolutionaryStudies #Paleontology #Taxonomy #Zoology
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The description of new titanosaur specimens unearthed from deposits of the Serra da Galga Formation (Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous) at the BR-262 site, near Peirópolis (Uberaba, Minas Gerais State,...
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Find out how palaeo-reconstruction artist @Paleocreations brings dinosaurs back to life in our next online and onsite Winter Lecture (Thu 10 Oct). @rockwatchclub @ESTA_UK @BUGGS_EarthSci @BrisPalMedia
@BristolNats @GeolSoc @GeolAssoc @GeoOutreach
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Se realizarán 3 charlas magistrales: @DimilaMothe nos contará sobre Notiomastodon platensis 🐘 @dcpaleo hablará sobre mamíferos fósiles del Chile central y @agu_martinelli nos contará sobre la evolución de los mamíferos sudamericanos desde sus orígenes en el Mesozoico
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JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc job @BristolPalaeo on a NERC-funded project investigating mammalian craniodental function, evolution and life history traits. Deadline 22 Nov. https://t.co/V6C8QnLcjZ 1/2
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Happy #NationalFossilDay! Our November cover article describes a new specimen of Irajatherium hernandezi, a poorly known non-mammaliaform cynodont from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil by @KerberLeonardo, @agu_martinelli, @FlavioAPretto et al. https://t.co/sakRyzD3pW
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A remarkably preserved bird skull unearthed in Brazil contains impressions of advanced brain structures, suggesting early birds were bright like modern ones.
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Tiny braincase preserved in 3D shows 80-million-year-old birds had smarts
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Hallan una nueva especie de rana prehistórica 🐸 Se tratan de restos fósiles de 80 millones de años, estudiados por paleontólogos argentinos y brasileños 🇦🇷🇧🇷 El hallazgo aporta evidencia sobre la evolución temprana de las ranas modernas: https://t.co/86yQhalEV2
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New: Chambi-Trowell, Martinelli, Whiteside, Romo de Vivar, Bento Soares, Schultz, Gill, Benton & @jemilyr – The diversity of Triassic South American sphenodontians: a new basal form, clevosaurs, and a revision of rhynchocephalian phylogeny https://t.co/xp7jcwWGAk
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🦖Congrats to my friends of @NHMLA and @agu_martinelli ! Looks great! "Dental replacement in Mesozoic birds: evidence from newly discovered Brazilian enantiornithinesn": https://t.co/YOH13a2kAR
#birds #brazil #dinosaurs #science #Paleontology
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🗣️ “Paleochelco occultato es el primer lagarto terrestre en ser nominado científicamente del Mesozoico de Argentina, es decir, del tiempo en que vivieron los dinosaurios terrestres”, destacó el doctor Agustín Martinelli, investigador del @CONICETDialoga en el @LACEV_MACN.
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🦎 Descubren una nueva especie de lagarto fósil de 84 millones de años en la Patagonia. Su cráneo fue hallado en Neuquén y se estima que alcanzó unos 25 centímetros de longitud. Ilustración: @Gabrielluislio. ➡️ https://t.co/vFGbjHS209 Por✒ @emanuel_pujol
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