Fossils, 3D digitisation, https://xitter.cf/t.co/YMaKmgp5We. Convener for the Paleontology Special Interest Group, Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Opinions are my own.
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined November 2014
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Super pleased to know that our JoB paper was promptly featured:
Nautiloids Thrived For 500 Million Years Until These Guys Appeared youtu.be/3vQ55ToQeWI via @YouTube
Moa nunui now on @Sketchfab thanks to @aucklandmuseum. With art generously provided by @PaulMartinson17. Meet and download LB7111 from the Land Vertebrates collections over at skfb.ly/oABrQ, scanned as part of an ongoing collaboration with @NatSciMassey @MasseyUni
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Visit the @NatSciMassey @MasseyUni stall at the @MOTAT_NZ STEM Fair 2022 today. Puzzles, spiders and more!!
Here with @AnneWignall1 at @MOTAT_NZ for STEM Fair 2022 - spiders and skulls for the @NatSciMassey @MasseyUni stall
Excited to publish ‘Constructing a multiple-part morphospace using a multiblock method’ in @MethodsEcolEvol with @AlbanyBiology colleagues @NZbiomech @EJHolvast @GiovaFavazzi + Cushla McGoverin @AucklandUni @DoddWalls & Arthur Tenenhaus @UnivParisSaclay besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
We include a small case study on the partial wings of penguins to showcase some of the functionality in morphoBlocks. You can analyse the partial wing dataset yourself as part of the three introductory vignettes available from aharmer.github.io/morphoBloc….
The morphoBlocks workflow co-designed with @NZbiomech.
If you are studying the shapes of objects made up from multiple parts and would like to know if morphoBlocks could contribute to your research then please feel free to get in touch.
Congratulations @GiovaFavazzi for having your amazing art feature on the cover of the latest issue of @JVP_vertpaleo, showcasing the first paper from your @AlbanyBiology @MasseyUni PhD doi.org/10.1080/02724634.202…
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Ever since I saw a pigeon eat a cigarette butt in NYC, I have wondered about why some birds evolved larger or smaller brains. I am happy to share this article tying our @NESCent research into the larger story of avian brain evolution.
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Reddit user Phoenyx1980 writes "...At 1.4m tall they'd be good eating for the Haast Eagle..."
Although giant penguins lived before Haast's Eagle, size as an anti-predator defence adaptation is a valid hypothesis. Thoughts, @GiovaFavazzi and @KsepkaLab?
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New species of NZ penguin! New research from PhD student @GiovaFavazzi, @NZfauna and @KsepkaLab published today. Amazing artwork frm @GiovaFavazzi tells the story of the discovery of this new species. Full article: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
Have you heard? There is a new penguin in town me @NZfauna and @KsepkaLab we describe a new fossil penguin, it’s called Kairuku warwaeroa and I had the huge privililege to work for this as part of my PhD here at @albany_biology! Scroll the post to see the comic abstract !
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Out now, breaking research of a new species of ancient penguin🐧discovered by children from a natural history group in NZ😮
Kairuku waewaeroa was a giant penguin with long legs, for fast swimming and deep diving, say @MasseyUni experts 👇
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New fossil penguin on the loose! Meet Kairuku waewaeroa, a giant penguin from New Zealand. This penguin has a really great story - the fossil was discovered by children on a trip with the Hamilton junior naturalist club!
"McGoverin et al. summarize the state of the field of optical bacterial detection"
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Full paper at: doi.org/10.1063/5.0057787
Congrats to Cushla, @FredVanH and team. I got to see the hard work that went into this publication
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PhD student @odettehowarth sat down for a Q and A with the Hauraki Gulf Forum to chat about her research using BRUVs to survey marine biodiversity. gulfjournal.org.nz/2021/06/s…
Great method for imaging multiple small bones: doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-7…
We adapted this method for bones from @aucklandmuseum, imaged by Dane Gerneke at @AucklandUni Auckland Bioengineering Institute for imaging. See: skfb.ly/6WzGA (cheers @GiovaFavazzi @NZbiomech )
Data from these bones are being used by @EJHolvast and @GiovaFavazzi for their research @MasseyUni .