Synapsid Evolution & Origin of Mammals | Anatomy Educator | Lover of Guitars, Classic Alt & Indie Rock | Indie Comics | @USCPaleoSci Professor
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Joined June 2020
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Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
!🚨New Paper alert🚨!
Bone tissue resistance tests found that giant long-necked dinosaurs could safely stand in an upright position without breaking their legs, even during reproduction:
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Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
New publication: Remarkable South African fossils reveal the anatomy and lifestyle of a 247-million-year-old mammalian ancestor
Read more on the Genus website: shorturl.at/ISRoD #Palaeontology #Fossils #Karoo #Wits #GENUS
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
Happy 4th July to my American friends. Here is an article I wrote to remind the current administration of the importance of nature for the founding fathers.
Size mattered for the Founding Fathers, by Andrea Wulf (@andrea_wulf)
The Founding Fathers’ vegetable plots, ornamental plants, landscapes and forests played a crucial role in America’s struggle for national identity.
Golden cornfields and endless rows of cotton became symbols of America’s economic independence from Britain; towering trees became a reflection of a strong and vigorous nation; native species were imbued with patriotism and proudly planted in gardens.
Even political language drew on the natural world: with the Tree of Liberty the most potent example. Indeed, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison all agreed that agriculture should be the foundation of the new republic.
Read more ⬇️
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Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
Histology & micro-CT on hyperodapedontine rhynchosaurs reveals specialized teeth & jaw structures for processing tough, abrasive foods. Greater feeding efficiency than earlier rhynchosaurs
Scartezini et al.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi…
Reconstuctions by Maurilio Oliveira
#FossilFriday
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
Excited to be speaking at Mundos Digitales in A Coruña, Spain which runs 07/9-11/26; taking about our work on Disney's "Dinosaur" and what we've learned in animation and paleontology since then! #stuartsumida #svppresident #societyofvertebratepaleontology #mundosdigditales
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
While modern amphibians start life in a larval stage, a new fossil study in Science suggests these tadpole-like stages were not present in earlier times.
Learn more: scim.ag/4a6y8nO
New paper by Canoville et al. describing the diverse growth patterns of small and large Dimetrodon species and their varying environmental pressures.
Canoville, A., Knaus, P.L., Marchetti, L. et al. Contrasting life history in the diminutive Dimetrodon species from North America and Germany. Sci Rep 16, 16279 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-5…
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
Looking forward to WonderCon 2026 an our panel "Paleontology in Popular Media" Todays's participant spotlight - Beth Rega! #svppresident #BethRega #societyofvertebratepaleontology
@iobjournal’s writeup featuring USC PhD student Paul Byrne’s dissertation research on the evolution of pneumaticity in archosaurs. iobopen.com/2025/12/22/bridg…
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Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
📢 New paper out! (Part 2)
This project is a collaboration with @mugino_kubo and my lab students!
The bone histology of the Amami rabbit is just like that of reptiles — many growth marks, even in juveniles…!
The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) grows at an exceptionally slow pace.
➡️ It takes five times longer to reach maturity compared to other rabbit species.
🔸Press release:
k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/information/…
🔸Open access paper:
bioone.org/journals/mammal-s…
We put a lot of effort into this research — I’d be thrilled if you could check it out and share it! 🙌✨
#AmamiRabbit #BoneHistology #SlowLifeHistory #IslandBiology
#Lagomorph #InsularEvolution #EndangeredSpecies #GrowthStrategy
#MammalStudy #LifeHistory #Pentalagus
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
Just published in @JournalofAnat, open access, we describe the Exoparia, a novel cheek muscle or ligament in dinosaurs (🧵)
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
Innovative new technique for segmentation of cortical bone, trabecular bone, and medullary pores from micro-CT images using 2D and 3D deep learning models.
Andrew Lee et al.: buff.ly/3EAbFT2
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
We've released a press release about our new research on giant salamander histology!
Our study reveals that the bone histology of giant salamanders resembles that of extinct amphibians, with no parallels in living animals—a true "living fossil" confirmed by its unique bone histology.
This collaborative research was conducted with the lab at Bonn where I worked during my postdoc, my current lab, @SudiptaKalita13, @TaroJGS, and @watanz, with outstanding contributions from our dedicated students!
The beautiful illustration was created by @canon_ofuton.
Learn more here👇
🔗 Press Release (in Japanese): ous.ac.jp/common/files/20241…
🔗 Full Article: zoologicalletters.biomedcent…
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
Here’s the annual @UWPaleo @UW @Wilson_KPg_Lab student, faculty, and alumni photo at the #2024SVP conference @SVP_vertpaleo
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
As of the fall meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, I am very proud to take on the role of president of the Society. It is a career honor, and I am privileged to help chart the course of SVP for the next two years. #2025SVP
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
Very glad that our new paper testing for bone microanatomy form-function relationships is now published. Great collaborative work with @CyrilEtienne1, J. Viot, P. Watson & M. Fagan about bone strength under compressive load. doi.org/10.1111/joa.14141
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
@USCPaleoSci is at DinoFest @NHMLA to tell you all about dinos and mammal evolution! 🦖🦕🦇🐒🦊🐺 we’re here till 5pm, come and say hi if you’re on the neighbourhood 🙋🏻♀️
Adam Huttenlocker retweeted
When @PerAhlberg1 dances before the SVP conference, does this mean an extra 3 months of winter? Fun @PalPssa
