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We introduced you to many #Genuinerockstars in 2022 and in 2023 we will bring you many more!
On this last #FossilFriday before Christmas I'd like to give you all something to watch!
The first #GenuineRockstar of the year was @WryCritic, a brilliant palaeontologists and illustrator who introduced us to a new #Pterosaur from #IsleofSkye

#FossilFriday
The second pair of #GenuineRockstars of the year were @azerkle and @chrisjunium who explained the aftermath of the impact that killed the dinosaur by studying sulfur that got into the #Stratosphere
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LA GUERRA DE LOS HUESOS

¡Cómo me gustan las historias de la #historia de la #ciencia!

Os dejo una de las más notables de la #paleontología, la que a finales del s. XIX protagonizaron dos buscadores que andaban a la greña por ese #fósil de más.

Para #HilosDC8 de @Sci_Granada👇!
1- En concreto hablamos de los norteamericanos Edward #Cope y Othniel #Marsh.

Por lo visto, estos dos personajes compartían su amor por los #fósiles (sobre todo si eran de #dinosaurios!), pero también otras cualidades, digamos que menos positivas, de la condición humana. ImageImage
2- Lo que sí está claro es que después de un tiempo de respeto mutuo y, ¡para la cinta!, sin acabar muy bien de saber por qué (hay diversas versiones), a partir de 1868 pasaron a la siguiente pantalla de su relación: ni te trago ni, mucho menos, quiero verte.
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Bonsoir ! 👋😊 Aujourd'hui, on va parler d'une pratique essentielle dans la vie d'#illustrateur·rice #naturaliste : le #croquis, indispensable pour comprendre son sujet & préparer sa réalisation et moment-clé dans le quotidien professionnel. C'est parti !

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Le #croquis, c'est avant tout un entraînement qui permet d'améliorer ses aptitudes au #dessin : c'est en dessinant tout et n'importe quoi pendant heures, des jours, des années, qu'on exerce son œil et sa main. ✏️
Professionnellement, je travaille parfois avec des références qui me sont fournies par mes client·e·s et/ou en collaboration avec un conseil scientifique. 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬Mais la plupart du temps, je travaille seule ; je dois me débrouiller...
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Is the key to #sauropod neck position and high browsing capabilities in their butts (actually, their sacra)? Today, we publish @SciReports how sacra may be key in sauropod evolution. #Paleoart: #Spinophorosaurus and indet. #theropod by Diego Cobo. #thread #science #paleo 1/n
First, I must say this was the first paper I wrote out of my last 3, and it was the first submitted as well. So I am very glad to see it seeing light after almost 2 years since I wrote the first draft. Here's the link rdcu.be/b3FpJ 2/n
Everything started when I assembled the virtual neck of the Spinophorosaurus holotype in 2015-16. Since it is one of the few known complete and well-preserved sauropod necks, it was a good specimen to test whether previous analyses held true 3/n
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Just out of the oven, our latest #research: a review about the scientific utility of #sauropod skeletal mounts through the years. If you can't access it, DM me.
link.springer.com/article/10.100… #thread I'll try to summarize it in a quick #thread Here we go! 1/n
As @Bhmllr will tell you much better than I could (in his highly recommended blog), skeletal mounts have been a slightly divisive subject among scientists ever since the first mounts were erected: do they hold scientific value? The answer, is not a simple yes or no 2/n
The first skeletal mounts of which we have historical record, such as Bru's Megatherium (still mounted @MNCNcomunica in Madrid) or Peale's Mastodon, were assembled with different purposes: scientific research and show business. Both, however, tried their best at accuracy 3/n
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