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Why are there so many orchid species? Answer this question with us @smnstuttgart.bsky.social
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Yesterday, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social visited us @smnstuttgart.bsky.social to talk about her amazing work on Spicomellus, which had everything that makes palaeo great: unexpected discoveries, fieldwork, prep work, bizarre anatomy, CT scanning, you name it

Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in Water #SECAD2027 is on! 🥳🐳🇵🇪 Save the date: 30.08 - 03.09.2027.

First circular:
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The olfactory bulb endocast as a proxy for mammalian olfaction | PNAS Olfaction is a critical sense for tetrapods, playing a key role in survival and reproduction by aiding in food detection, predator avoidance, and s...

By combining skull analyses and genetic studies, researchers assessed the sense of smell in living and fossil mammals. Results published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ (PNAS).

Take a look at the original publication: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Dr Quentin Martinez and Dr Eli Amson next to a big fossil skull, presenting smaller skulls, taxidermied animals in the background.

Olfaction written in bones

A new study, led by Dr Quentin Martinez (@quentinwildlife.bsky.social) and Dr Eli Amson (@eliamson.bsky.social) from State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart gives new insights into the evolution of the sense of smell in mammals.

Press release: t1p.de/7riwv

Thrilled to be part of this amazing work! 🎉

Olfaction written in bones 🦴👃🏽🧠🧬

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Thrilled to see our latest study showing that the olfactory bulb endocast is a reliable proxy for mammalian olfaction, now published in @pnas.org
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Congrats to the whole team, with a special mention to @quentinwildlife.bsky.social and @cecilemolinier.bsky.social, who put so much work (and 'tears of blood') into this.

After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).

‼️‼️Triassic Life just opened @smnstuttgart.bsky.social‼️‼️

For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!

It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!

We are so proud of you!

7 minutes to go :)

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Very exciting stuff about to be published by @stephanspiekman.bsky.social from @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and colleagues...watch this space for some major paleo news

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Just a few hours left before the big reveal

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Sometimes one forgets the most obvious...thanks to @quentinwildlife.bsky.social, without whom this analysis would have never taken place! Many more fossil brains are to come, watch this space!

Here is an amazing paloart by Tyler Stone

…and the accompanying models on MorphoMuseuM here:
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You can find the paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Gabriel S. Ferreira (he/his) (@gsferreira.bsky.social) 🇧🇷 in 🇩🇪, 🐢 virtual paleo, functional morph -researcher at Senckenberg HEP | sci. coordinator of 3D Imaging Lab of the Uni. Tübingen gabrielsferreira.com

It was for me a first opportunity to work with @muvp-eg.bsky.social , i.e., @hesham-sallam.bsky.social and @gohar.bsky.social , which was a blast! Thank you as well to @gsferreira.bsky.social and all other co-authors not on Bluesky.

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Regarding the sense of smell, we basically found that no part of the olfactory apparatus was significantly reduced, indicating that these amphibious cetaceans most likely had a good nose (likely much better than ours), and that the reduction of this sense most likely came later in their evolution.

Comparing the relative volume of the brain endocast, we found that this early whale was quite brainy, which is a surprise, as the first cetaceans with big brains were so far understood to be the fully aquatic basilosaurids.

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We addressed two aspects of cetacean evolution: their acquisition of a relatively big brain and the evolution of their sense of smell. As other mammals secondarily adapted to the aquatic environment, cetaceans have been assumed to reduce their sense of smell (which is air-born in this group).

We ct-scanned the skull of Protocetus atavus, an amphibious cetacean coming from the Mokattam Formation in Egypt. The inner anatomy of the skull was reconstructed, and we were able to reconstruct the brain imprint (endocast) as well as the different components of the nasal cavity.

Fossil brain 🧠🧟 of a 45-million-year-old cetacean! We are proud to publish‪ @journal-evo.bsky.social l the result of Elena Berger’s Bachelor’s thesis @smnstuttgart.bsky.social. Thread 👇
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On thursday I successfully defended my PhD thesis on the diversity and ecology of Triassic temnospondyls at the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and @unihohenheim.bsky.social On to more temnospondyl fun coming in the future.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this moment possible :D #temnospondone ✔️

We congratulate our @stereospondyl.bsky.social on the successful defense of his PhD thesis! 🥳 We are looking forward to your further work!

Science Blog | Ameisen-Alarm! Tapinoma magnum Informationen und Tipps zu den Problemen, die nicht heimische Ameisenart Tapinoma magnum machen kann und wie sie von anderen Ameisenarten zu unterscheiden ist.

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Ameisen-Alarm! #Tapinomamagnum – wenn kleine Insekten große Probleme machen
Von flinken Krabblern, Citizen Science und der Frage “Ist das jetzt Tapinoma magnum?”

#ScienceBlog von Amelie Höcherl & Dr. Dominic Wanke - Entomologen am #SMNS

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The model of the exceptional skull of the extinct pygmy right whale is finally out (and openly accessible)!
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Hello, BlueSky! 🦋 Excited to reconnect, exchange ideas, and build a collaborative space driven by curiosity and innovation.

We’re launching the Dept. of Biodiversity Monitoring at SMNS!🚀 Using museum & monitoring collections, we study genomic diversity 🧬 and species persistence in a changing world.