Why did so many of the groups that makeup modern terrestrial ecosystems originate and diversify in the Cretaceous? We propose that the “Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution” was sparked by a tectonic revolution that began ~100 Mya 🧵 https://t.co/A5Cy04r0aC

Honored to be recognized for my @Napc2024 presentation! Thanks to everyone who put together such an amazing conference.

What a week in Denver! Thank you to the folks at CU Boulder and @DenverMuseumNS for hosting me, I had a great time!

Thanks for a very short (I only could attend for 1 day), but amazing @SVP 2025 in Minneapolis! 🤩💚 I really enjoyed the integrative approach of the symposium on 'Mammalian Life Histories' - so delighted for the opportunity to be part of this session! 🥚🦴🩻🔬🐭

. @CAS_Loyola had an epic showing at #SVP2024. Such a pleasure to enjoy this epic conference with an incredible group of students.

Not a complete picture of active @UMichPaleo folks at #2024SVP, but close enough. To include all folks who’ve passed through, it would take a better camera. #LeadersAndBest

Congrats to @umich undergrads Anna Zhao (L) and Abby Waller (R), who are on their way to Minneapolis to attend #2024SVP thanks to Stocker-Nesbitt Professional Development in Paleontology Awards!

I passed my dissertation defense on Tuesday!! Thank you to all who have supported me along the way!! 🦒🦌🐃🐐🦬

Huge congrats to Dr. Alexa Wimberly who successfully defended her dissertation this week. There are many good things to come from Alexa, so keep an eye open! We'll miss her @UChicagoPaleo but she'll rock in her post doc at the AMNH!

This work led by Will Brightly made it to the cover or AJB! @Botanical_

You won’t wanna miss the Evolution of Mammal Life Histories Symposium @ #2024SVP! Killer lineup, spanning early synapsids to Paleogene mammals. Be there or be a square non-synapsid vertebrate 😉 #ThinSectionThursday @gsciencelady @funstonpaleo @SVP_vertpaleo

Happy #NationalFossilDay! To the left is a silicified tree trunk from Shokpakty-Ozek, a Late Cretaceous vertebrate locality in Zhetysu Region, Kazakhstan. To the right is a fossil hagfish from the Cretaceous of Lebanon. Happy Hagfish Day @reallyoldfish @Friedman_Lab!

Happy national fossil day!!

Huge thanks to our volunteers for making this year's ID Day @UMMNH a success! Your efforts helped identify over 300 artifacts, including a sauropod bone! Learn more: https://t.co/Y8AcqHbO2X

Just wrapped up describing the anatomy of this new turtle collected from 'intertrappean' horizons near Karnataka, India in 2023. A really interesting and beautiful specimen, prepared by Bill Sanders. On to the systematics! (Kurmademys cast at L; Sankuchemys cast in background.)

🌟✨With Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month in full swing, we’re excited to continue spotlighting our community's incredible Hispanic and Latinx members. 👏🎓This week, we’re thrilled to hear from Professor Jeff Wilson Mantilla! 📖Read Jeff's story here: https://t.co/sNUiCiJAb9

Getting the ball rolling with a week of cool science and river adventures at STRI. Something awesome Is cooking!!! @NYBG

Thanks to all of our amazing representatives from @umichpaleo at today's ID Day at @ummnh! @PaleoJB @FPaleontology @athena_vohs @reallyoldfish @JMJTShiffert @AnnaLWisniewski @Hadeeliooo @tariq_akareem @LynneaSimone @Friedman_Lab & more 🦕🌿🐚

We put the MICRO in micro-CT this week @UMMZ_CTLab. Tiny Cretaceous mammal teeth turned out beautifully! Shoutout @AnnaLWisniewski, Haley Martens, & @RamonSN for helping this come together. #FossilFriday @UMichPaleo @UMichEEB @MichiganEarth

My lab brother's paper is out!!

Want to help mobilize mammal specimen trait data for research, education, and outreach? See 🧵below! This is part of our @NSF funded https://t.co/KzTTrFPeGt project, aimed at digitizing traits from >1M western North American #mammal specimens from 19 natural history #museums.