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A new protocetid whale offers clues to biogeography and feeding ecology in early cetacean evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Over about 10 million years, the ancestors of whales transformed from herbivorous,
deer-like, terrestrial mammals into carnivorous and fully aquatic cetaceans. Protocetids
are Eocene whales that repre...
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August 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Here is an amazing paloart by Tyler Stone
July 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Here is an amazing paloart by Tyler Stone
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It was for me a first opportunity to work with @muvp-eg.bsky.social , i.e., @hesham-sallam.bsky.social and @gohar.bsky.social , which was a blast! Thank you as well to @gsferreira.bsky.social and all other co-authors not on Bluesky.
Gabriel S. Ferreira (he/his) (@gsferreira.bsky.social)
🇧🇷 in 🇩🇪, 🐢 virtual paleo, functional morph -researcher at Senckenberg HEP | sci. coordinator of 3D Imaging Lab of the Uni. Tübingen
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gsferreira.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It was for me a first opportunity to work with @muvp-eg.bsky.social , i.e., @hesham-sallam.bsky.social and @gohar.bsky.social , which was a blast! Thank you as well to @gsferreira.bsky.social and all other co-authors not on Bluesky.
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…and the accompanying models on MorphoMuseuM here:
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July 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
…and the accompanying models on MorphoMuseuM here:
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You can find the paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
July 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Regarding the sense of smell, we basically found that no part of the olfactory apparatus was significantly reduced, indicating that these amphibious cetaceans most likely had a good nose (likely much better than ours), and that the reduction of this sense most likely came later in their evolution.
patrick star from spongebob squarepants smells real good up hea
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July 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Regarding the sense of smell, we basically found that no part of the olfactory apparatus was significantly reduced, indicating that these amphibious cetaceans most likely had a good nose (likely much better than ours), and that the reduction of this sense most likely came later in their evolution.
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Comparing the relative volume of the brain endocast, we found that this early whale was quite brainy, which is a surprise, as the first cetaceans with big brains were so far understood to be the fully aquatic basilosaurids.
July 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Comparing the relative volume of the brain endocast, we found that this early whale was quite brainy, which is a surprise, as the first cetaceans with big brains were so far understood to be the fully aquatic basilosaurids.
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We addressed two aspects of cetacean evolution: their acquisition of a relatively big brain and the evolution of their sense of smell. As other mammals secondarily adapted to the aquatic environment, cetaceans have been assumed to reduce their sense of smell (which is air-born in this group).
a cartoon of homer simpson sniffing something with his mouth open
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July 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We addressed two aspects of cetacean evolution: their acquisition of a relatively big brain and the evolution of their sense of smell. As other mammals secondarily adapted to the aquatic environment, cetaceans have been assumed to reduce their sense of smell (which is air-born in this group).
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We ct-scanned the skull of Protocetus atavus, an amphibious cetacean coming from the Mokattam Formation in Egypt. The inner anatomy of the skull was reconstructed, and we were able to reconstruct the brain imprint (endocast) as well as the different components of the nasal cavity.
July 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We ct-scanned the skull of Protocetus atavus, an amphibious cetacean coming from the Mokattam Formation in Egypt. The inner anatomy of the skull was reconstructed, and we were able to reconstruct the brain imprint (endocast) as well as the different components of the nasal cavity.
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Named after the cat-headed goddess Bastet, Bastetodon is symbolically linked to Sekhmetops, inspired by the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet. Mythology meets science in this incredible find! #SallamLab #MUVP
February 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Named after the cat-headed goddess Bastet, Bastetodon is symbolically linked to Sekhmetops, inspired by the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet. Mythology meets science in this incredible find! #SallamLab #MUVP
You did a great job!
November 22, 2024 at 10:30 PM
You did a great job!
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Described only a week after the most massive basilosaurid, Tutcetus is not only one of the very smallest, with an estimated body length of only about 2.5m, but one of the earliest, coexisting with protocetes in the shallow coasts of Egypt during the early middle Eocene.
January 22, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Described only a week after the most massive basilosaurid, Tutcetus is not only one of the very smallest, with an estimated body length of only about 2.5m, but one of the earliest, coexisting with protocetes in the shallow coasts of Egypt during the early middle Eocene.
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More work from 2023: Tutcetus on its own, a T. rex sketch, and two versions of the Van Meter Visitor.
January 1, 2024 at 10:49 PM
More work from 2023: Tutcetus on its own, a T. rex sketch, and two versions of the Van Meter Visitor.