PhD applications are now open via @treesdla.bsky.social (14th Dec deadline), including this project @es-ucl.bsky.social supervised by @rnf.bsky.social & I on early crocodylian evolution & end-Cretaceous extinction selectivity: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/ear...

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great opportunity to do a PhD on croc evolution and extinction with @pdmannion.bsky.social and myself!

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i had the opportunity to see the Herugavialis cairensis material and paper early to illustrate it ahead of time! congrats to Burke et al. (2026) on the paper

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Very happy to see this finally out! Thanks to all my amazing co-authors for this multi-year effort that we manage to wrap up! Coordinated transformations of the labyrinth and occiput during the dinosaur–bird transition | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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At Crocodiles of the World recently, I got to see Mecistops, one of my favourite #crocodiles. Not the first time I've seen one: here are photos also of one at Oregon Zoo. I grew up 'knowing' Mecistops - the African slender-snouted crocodile - as an unusual species of Crocodylus, C. cataphractus...

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