PhD Candidate @EvansEvomorph Trace Elements & Histology | Marsupial Teeth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Joined August 2015
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William Parker retweeted
A 5-million-year-old fossil that sat collecting dust in a Melbourne museum for more than a century has rewritten the evolutionary history of turtles in prehistoric Australia’s tropical climate.
@Palaeo_JRule + @WMGParker on their discovery. bit.ly/3DtttJj @MonashUni
William Parker retweeted
New Paper: A 5 million year old #fossil from Melbourne is the oldest evidence of pig-nosed turtles in Australia, marking a substantial shift in their biogeographic history! 🐢 @Monash_Science
@museumsvictoria Thread 1/7
🎨: @BranArtworks
doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1414
William Parker retweeted
Congratulations to Associate Professor @DrTeethAl and Dr @DPHocking winners of the 2021 Dean’s Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, and commendation to the Indigenous Science Team.
bit.ly/3CsHhDr #MonashScienceAwards
How do 🐍 fangs stay venomous while being replaced? Check out this paper from @SilkeCleuren’s PhD to find out!!
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Fantastic scientists. Amazing taxa. Fassssinating 🐍 study. Check it out.
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William Parker retweeted
Happy to present our latest paper on the evolution of the inner ear in platanistoids, published today in Paleobiology: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Congratulations to @DrTeethAl on the new Power Cascade paper @BMCBiology. Wonderful to be a part of the team on this manuscript!!
Introducing a new rule of nature: the power cascade! Revealing how pointed structures grow across the tree of life. Teeth, claws, horns, beaks and thorns. Follow our thread below. #OpenAccess @BMCBiology @EvansEvoMorph bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/ar…
ALT Associate Professor Alistair Evans faces off with Smilodon fossil
William Parker retweeted
It has happened again - this time in Namibia!
But how are seals getting stabbed by Chimaeras?
One possibility is that these injuries are self inflicted as the seals shake their prey to process it and accidentally slap themselves with the spine.
When #FishFightBack!
We’ve finally solved the mystery of the spikes we’ve been finding in the seals necks! We caught a seal with a complete albeit small St. Joseph shark dangling from his neck! Check it out youtu.be/AeZPEdcD5J4
William Parker retweeted
Really great #AMS2020 conference put on by @AusMammals over the past few days!
Lots of really great talks, & a fantastic showing by my Extended Lab Family Siblings @TIPollock @Palaeo_JRule @WMGParker and Lab Adult @DrTeethAl
William Parker retweeted
Happy National Wombat Day everyone!
To celebrate, let's take a virtual tour of their 3D anatomy!
Join us online from 4pm-7pm today!!
openday.monash.edu/
@Monash_Science School of Biological Sciences
Guess the skull!
A mystery from our teaching collection, microCT scanned @MonashBiol @Sketchfab #MonashOpenDay
sketchfab.com/3d-models/mona…
Huge thank you to @DPHocking & @DrTeethAl for their work organising interactive digital content!!
William Parker retweeted
New paper: Beaumaris #fossils show Australia had tiny seals living around Melbourne’s bayside 6 million years ago!
My 2nd PhD paper! 🦭
🎨: Peter Trusler
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/…
ALT An illustration of the ancient seals resting on the beach in southern Australia 6 million years ago.
William Parker retweeted
Thank you to all the members who submitted amazing logo suggestions. It was a very hard decision! We are pleased to announce that the logo for ICVM 2020 in Cairns will showcase the amazing talents of @SilkeCleuren #ICVM13
William Parker retweeted
Fur seals are ferocious and have big teeth that can deal a lot of damage to those unlucky enough to get in the way.
However, they can also be caught off-guard by their prey's defences. @DPHocking & co-authors found fish spines embedded in seal face.
theconversation.com/dinner-t…
William Parker retweeted
Looking for something to eat? Be careful of food with spikes! Dinner to die for: how fish use their spines to fend off hungry seals theconversation.com/dinner-t… via @ConversationEDU @EvansEvoMorph
Our #newpaper looks at inferring diet, feeding behaviour and mortality in NZ fur seals.
Unfortunately, 'Boromir the Seal' likely went the way of his namesake (admittedly, impaled by multiple chimaera & stingray barbs instead of arrows).
More info:
doi.org/10.3354/dao03473
William Parker retweeted
Today we introduce Adalatherium, the 'crazy beast' mammal who lived among the dinosaurs theconversation.com/say-hell… via @ConversationEDU @Monash_Science @MonashBiol @EvansEvoMorph nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
William Parker retweeted
In case you need convincing that Kollikodon is a more appropriate Easter mascot than the #EasterBunny, look at those lower molars.
Greek: Kollix = Bun/roll, odon = tooth.
Image from Flannery et al. 1995. Fig. 1.
Holotypes are housed at the @austmus.
William Parker retweeted
When did Australia get its #seals?
Check out this great video where @Palaeo_JRule talks us through his new paper!
@museumsvictoria @MonashBiol @emgfitzgerald
youtu.be/hTSjugZFKSI