PhD, kangaroo palaeontologist at Flinders Uni on Kaurna country. Also greenie, comic 'artist', musician, opinion-haver He/him
Joined March 2022
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Here is our great big monograph on #fossil #megafaunal #kangaroos of genus #Protemnodon! Six years in the making. We recognise 7 species, 3 newly named, with diversity of locomotor mode. Thanks to everyone that got this over the line ❤️
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A new study challenges conventional thinking about what drove the extinction of megafauna. @koungoulos @IsaacARKerr @OurANU @FlindersUniNews @uwanews theconversation.com/giant-ka…
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New #research out today! We describe a late Miocene #fossil #kangaroo from central #Australia...
Should've happened a while ago, but I'm saying goodbye now to this burning train being driven headlong into oblivion by a world-destroying, wannabe-fascist little man-child.
Come join me where the sky is Blue and my handle is the same as here xo
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"Leave fossil fuels in the ground. It's so simple.This is the most important predicament humanity has ever faced and by design as a result of the enormous oppressive power of the fossil fuel industry, we're flunking it." George Monbiot.
No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
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Exciting news! The free, online Skeletal Atlas of the #Echidna is here! Thanks to @marsupialtapir & all for bringing this beautiful resource to life. #zoology #wildlife #palaeontology #monotreme #skeleton
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You mean mass redundancies, the evisceration of entire disciplines, rampant managerialism, and the fanatic embrace of a profit-driven model of scholarship haven't fostered a climate of open inquiry and big ideas?
Who could've known?! 🤷♂️
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Heck, when you see it all lined up like that... it's absolutely as bad as it seems.
Lots to digest in this piece - well worth 5 mins of your time to read.
Though grim, the original study puts tangible numbers on the utterly shit situation that so many PhD grads + postdocs are finding themselves in right now 😔
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Op Ed by me, in @AusGeo.
"What’s most important, and sorely needed, is a reckoning with our relationship with this vast continent’s lands, seas and waters."
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The description of the skull of Genyornis newtoni, a giant anseriform, is finally out, tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… after years of work, this skull has revealed so much more about this bird and its relatives than we could have hoped for. @Blokoweka and Trevor Worthy
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beaut article from @ABCscience about @Blokoweka's amazing #Genyornis #reconstruction!
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Another new paper looking at how both the size of an animal and its diet together influence skull shape - this time in rodents! 🐭💀
Well done team! @WeisbeckerLab @aemarcy @TGuillerme
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Very honoured to have been a contributing scientist to the new #megafauna documentary by @ABCaustralia which is now live on #ABCiview. The production team and the scientists are wonderful. Very highly recommend watching the new series Megafauna: what killed Australia's giants?
Not had enough of our 'giga-goose'? 🪿 Neither have we!
Great news for any Aussies 🇦🇺 you can catch @Phoebyornis on new @ABCaustralia show, #MegafaunaABC as they uncover what killed Australia's giants featuring Genyornis newtoni and many other megafauna 🦴
Back from the trip of a lifetime to #papuanewguinea, 2 weeks in the Bulolo area digging for #fossils in the Pliocene Otibanda Formation. Thankyou to @MuseumPNG, & to the welcoming & generous people in Saksak village for trusting us with your place & knowledge, we'll be back soon!
The best thing about digging in PNG is you never do it alone. We owe just about every fossil we found to our good mates at Saksak
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new episode of #palsinpalaeo with @IsaacARKerr from @FlindersPalaeo talking about the #extinct kangaroo #Protemnodon
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Great geochronological detective work Lee Arnold. @UofA_SET @UofAPalaeos
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As a #kangaroo #palaeontologist and comic artist it is very cool and fun to see our research and @zieglertn 's beaut new Sthen skeleton show up in a comic by @firstdogonmoon . What a frickin great day.
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