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Serjoscha Evers
@SirJoscha
Pal(a)eontologist with reptilian bias | @snsf_ch Ambizione fellow at Uni of Fribourg studying turtle evolution | former @BensonLabOxford member (he/him)
Freiburg, Schweiz
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Sep 20, 2022
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    Neck retraction, ecology & skull shape disparity are linked -> neck retraction plays an important ecomorph role. We hypothesise that neck mobility was a key innovation for the ecological diversification of turtles, allowing the evolution of specialized feeding strategies 9/10
    Digitally rendered turtle body, with shell transparent and retracted neck of turtle, so that the skull lies inside the shell.
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Sep 27, 2023
    Dinosaur exhibits change — but I guess so do life situations
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    Dec 9, 2020
    In our new paper, published today in @nature & led by Martín Ezcurra @MacnVp, we present evidence that lagerpetids, a group of Triassic reptiles, are the closest evolutionary relatives of pterosaurs, the flying reptiles. (Art: Rodolfo Nogueira) nature.com/articles/s4158… 1/9
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    May 5, 2021
    NEW PAPER! Meet Sahonachelys mailakavava, the "quick-mouthed frog turtle", gorgeously reconstructed by @AndreyAtuchin 🤩 #paleoart Great team work w/ W. Joyce, Y. Rollot, L. Rahantarisoa, @DiggingDinos & D. Krause royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Oct 15, 2019
    Comparative anatomy for you: the hand (flipper) of the leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea, alongside my own!
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Jun 25, 2020
    Cool soft tissue preservation in this Macropterugius ichthyosaur in Eichstätt
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Jul 3, 2020
    For #FossilFriday, I’m sharing a picture of this impressive Dakosaurus fossil, a metriorhynchid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic of Painten.
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    May 12, 2023
    Our Irritator paper is out... Olof has a nice thread summarizing the scientific details. I understand there is lots of valid criticism to the ethics, so I offer some personal comments.
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Jun 2, 2021
    Tyler Lyson (@DiggingDinos) & team w/ a new species of 🐢, Plastomenus joycei – the first named after Walter Joyce, honouring his contributions to turtle palaeontology - Walter will be happy it's a trionychid too. Congrats to all! Artwork @AndreyAtuchin tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Aug 27, 2021
    In career news, I am extremely excited, happy, humbled & thankful to have been awarded an Ambizione fellowship by @snsf_ch (@snf_ch) for my project "Macroevolutionary patterns of shape evolution in turtles" 🤩🐢🎉
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Dec 11, 2019
    Meet Asfaltovenator! Congrats to @poldiego and @O_Rauhut! nature.com/articles/s4159…
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Jun 26, 2020
    For #FossilFriday, I have to continue with Solnhofen fossils of which I saw plenty this week - including two original Archaeopteryx. The Eichstätt specimen is preserved with slap and counter slap, and the relatively newly described 12th specimen from Painten is the oldest one!
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Oct 11, 2022
    I am happy 🤩🤩 to announce my latest paper, on turtle inner ear size & shape ecomorphology & evolution in @NatureComms. 🐢🐢 OA: nature.com/articles/s4146… @UnifrResearch @snsf_ch 1/
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    Independent origin of large labyrinth size in turtles
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    Serjoscha Evers
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    Apr 27, 2020
    Today, I woke up to the fantastic news that I have been awarded this year's Edward Forbes Prize of the @Palaeonto_Soc. The prize recognizes outstanding contributions by early career researchers in the field of taxonomic and systematic palaeontology. 1/4