@SamCoatham

PhD Palaeobiologist at the University of Manchester

Joined April 2020
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And here it is, what we've all been waiting for... The last paper from my PhD is finally out! 🐟 Say hello to Alienacanthus, the weirdest placoderm you've ever seen! Thank you to all of my co-authors for their help! Enjoy the read royalsocietypublishing.org/d…

Extreme lower jaw elongation in a placoderm reflects high disparity and modularity in early...

Abstract. Jaws are a key vertebrate feature that arose early in our evolution. Placoderms are among the first jawed vertebrates; their fossils yield essent

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🚨New paper alert🚨 Just in time for #FossilFriday my first first-author paper and first PhD chapter is out! Using sedimentological and taphonomic evidence we explain the 3D preservation of Ediacaran fossils in Newfoundland Check it out on Open Access here idunn.no/doi/10.18261/let.56…
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Tapirs are odd, but did you know how weird their shoulders are?! 😱 My latest article describes unique features in both living & extinct #tapir shoulder bones using a combination of #dissection & #3Dscanning Blog post coming... Read on! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi… [PDF on request]
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The king of Ancient Seas is out! Please welcome our new discovery #Tutcetus rayanensis, a new genus and species of ancient basilosaurid whales, 41 million years old from #Egypt ! #SallamLab #MUVP
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🚨 JOB ALERT! 2.75yr Postdoc position at the University of Manchester in my lab! Mammal evolution, morphology, anatomy, biomechanics of running; opportunity to join fun and friendly team. Closes: Aug 31st. @UoM_EES @ICALmanchester @SVP_vertpaleo @SICB_ jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
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EliAmson@AmsonEli2 Aug 2023
IT IS OUT! As long as we have started studying animals, the simple question “what’s the heaviest animal that ever lived?” had a simple answer: the blue whale…well, not any more E. Celebratory thread for our paper just out @Nature dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-02…
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@SamCoatham talks protocetid locomotion in the water-land-water symposium at #ICVM2023 🐳🐋🐬 #ThisIsTheWhale
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This #FossilFriday, I'm delighted to announce my very first paper!!🎉 We present TAIF, an index designed to quantitatively evaluate the taphonomic alteration in teleostean fossil fishes 🐟 Check out the paper to see the multiple outputs it can provide: doi.org/10.1080/08912963.202…

How to quantify taphonomic alteration? A novel index for fossil fish collections

Several biases are often introduced in taxonomic studies due to the transformation or loss of biological information that occurs at different stages from the original depositional ecosystem to the ...

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Marta Pina@_martapina_31 Dec 2022
Such a good way to finish the year! Check our last paper to know more about the #suids🐷 of #CCN, an interesting site at the earliest Vallesian of the Iberian Peninsula More info here (McKenzie et al.)👇🏼
Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont@ICP_MCrusafont30 Dec 2022
📰 New #research article in Journal of Mammalian Evolution on the unpublished suid dentognathic remains from the earliest Vallesian of Creu de Conill 20 (11.18Ma) 🐷 Free access to the paper 👉rdcu.be/c2t6S
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I'm really excited to present my research today at #IPC6! Come along if you want to hear about ancient whale hydrodynamics, I'll be speaking in Orchid 2 at 17:10
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Very excited to see our work on body size, shape and ecology in tetrapods is now available at Nature Communications :D rdcu.be/cStxb @NatureComms @drphilcox @Tweetisaurus @nhcooper123 @gustavoburin @paleofox @LivEvoBiomech @LivUni @livuniHLS @livuninews
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Had a fantastic week at #PalAss22! Was great meeting so many other researchers and getting an opportunity to talk whale swimming mechanics (thanks to @candela3_cantos for assisting with the impromptu presentation here)
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I use twitter to talk science, fossils, and scream about bones. So why am I terrified to share this? This too is an unfortunate part of science... Two years ago @Koskinonodon and I reported our advisor, Robert Reisz, for bullying and harassment. tinyurl.com/4hm42zr8
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I have a massive favour to ask! As you all know I design graphics for science! I'd love to keep on working on this & make a stable salary out of it. So if you could follow me, RT this post and recommend me to your friends & colleagues I'd love you all forever!! Thank you! ♥️
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Happy to share our new publication reporting on the first records of #killerwhales predating on the largest animals on the planet- blue whales. This was a collaborative effort between scientists & tourism operators.The #Bremer #orca yet again teaching us something new! Link below
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How do #fish swim? A thread! Since the 1990s I’ve been wondering if the canonical categories used to describe fish #locomotion are valid. This classic diagram from Lindsey (1978) has been published in almost every fish biology text book and review article on aquatic propulsion.
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About to try out some of @gianfrancocont9 Pyramid Translation with Year 9 German! A great way to get students practicing their oral translation skills @ManchesterSCITT #MFLTwitterati
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New paper, hot off the press! Workers of leaf-cutter ant colonies may be genetically identical sisters, but they can vary by more than two orders of magnitude in size. How does the capacity to produce bite force vary across worker size? royalsocietypublishing.org/d… 1/8
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Our new paper documents a new ancient amphibious four-legged cetacean from Egypt, which elucidates a transitional phase in early whale evolution! #Sallam_Lab #Egypt
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