Gabriela Sobral
@sobralg.bsky.social
Vertebrate palaeontologist, braincase specialist, and evolutionary morphologist @ SMNS Stuttgart. Professional account; views are my own.
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Gabriela Sobral
@sobralg.bsky.social
· Jun 17
New data on the skull of Protorosaurus speneri (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) and their phylogenetic significance
The late Permian (Lopingian) reptile Protorosaurus speneri has long been considered the earliest-diverging well-represented archosauromorph. Although it is known from extensive skeletal material fr...
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Our re-description of the Protorosaurus skull is finally out! 🥳 Very happy to have been part of this! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Triassic Symposium was a HUGE success! Thanks everyone who participated! 😊
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Triassic Symposium was a HUGE success! Thanks everyone who participated! 😊
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#2025SVP attendees: did you know you can get a 30% discount on entry to the Sea Life Centre and/or Lego Discovery, both a few minutes walk from the ICC? More info here: www.meetbirmingham.com/svp-2025/
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 Annual Meeting
Birmingham is delighted to be hosting the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 Annual Meeting, taking place on from 12 – 15 November 2025 at the International Convention Centre.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#2025SVP attendees: did you know you can get a 30% discount on entry to the Sea Life Centre and/or Lego Discovery, both a few minutes walk from the ICC? More info here: www.meetbirmingham.com/svp-2025/
I am a biologist and I can confirm this animal is suffering (me talking about myself the morning after drinking one or two glasses of wine too much at the SVP opening ceremony last evening)
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I am a biologist and I can confirm this animal is suffering (me talking about myself the morning after drinking one or two glasses of wine too much at the SVP opening ceremony last evening)
Two awesome days at the collections of the NHM with Felipe Pinheiro from UNIPAMPA (my last trip for this project)! And today a great start to SVP :)
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Two awesome days at the collections of the NHM with Felipe Pinheiro from UNIPAMPA (my last trip for this project)! And today a great start to SVP :)
Now I have to add the famous Last Minute Data for my SVP presentation :)
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Now I have to add the famous Last Minute Data for my SVP presentation :)
I have paid the price for the last stressful months.. the nasty cold I had in Beijing actually developed to a strong sinusitis. I had to take most of last week off and I didn't feel fit until now - in fact, I'm still not back to normal, but at least I don't feel defeated anymore.
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I have paid the price for the last stressful months.. the nasty cold I had in Beijing actually developed to a strong sinusitis. I had to take most of last week off and I didn't feel fit until now - in fact, I'm still not back to normal, but at least I don't feel defeated anymore.
Back from an amazing trip to China! The secon week was tough due to a nasty flu, that still lingers... but oh so much fun in Beijing and in IVPP! Everyone there was super nice and the fossils are amazing. I hope to be able to go back soon :)
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Back from an amazing trip to China! The secon week was tough due to a nasty flu, that still lingers... but oh so much fun in Beijing and in IVPP! Everyone there was super nice and the fossils are amazing. I hope to be able to go back soon :)
Great weekend touristing in Beijing and around: Forbidden City and Mutianyu Great Wall. Now off to start a week of work at IVPP :)
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Great weekend touristing in Beijing and around: Forbidden City and Mutianyu Great Wall. Now off to start a week of work at IVPP :)
Reposted by Gabriela Sobral
‼️‼️Triassic Life just opened @smnstuttgart.bsky.social‼️‼️
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
‼️‼️Triassic Life just opened @smnstuttgart.bsky.social‼️‼️
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
Reposted by Gabriela Sobral
After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).
Yesterday at PKU and today at GMC… just great! Still missing the Geological University of China and the National Museum of Natural History of Beijing for some choristoderes – because no amount of weirdos is enough!
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yesterday at PKU and today at GMC… just great! Still missing the Geological University of China and the National Museum of Natural History of Beijing for some choristoderes – because no amount of weirdos is enough!
Reposted by Gabriela Sobral
Yesterday we opened “Triassic Life — Dawn of the age of reptiles” at Museum am Löwentor, Stuttgart. The show tracks life’s rebound after the end Permian mass extinction ~252 million years ago.
📷: Maximilian Schwarz
📷: Maximilian Schwarz
October 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yesterday we opened “Triassic Life — Dawn of the age of reptiles” at Museum am Löwentor, Stuttgart. The show tracks life’s rebound after the end Permian mass extinction ~252 million years ago.
📷: Maximilian Schwarz
📷: Maximilian Schwarz
So today I saw Sinosauropteryx at the Geological Museum of China… I was not expecting and it was like a dream come true. Everything is beautiful about this fossil: the preservation, the pose. I almost chose it as my first tattoo, but I went with Archaeopteryx instead and it remais close to my heart
October 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So today I saw Sinosauropteryx at the Geological Museum of China… I was not expecting and it was like a dream come true. Everything is beautiful about this fossil: the preservation, the pose. I almost chose it as my first tattoo, but I went with Archaeopteryx instead and it remais close to my heart
About marine reptiles, I’m glad I decided to treat several groups separately for my analysis… I already can see differences among them and it will be an improvement to my data matrix
October 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
About marine reptiles, I’m glad I decided to treat several groups separately for my analysis… I already can see differences among them and it will be an improvement to my data matrix
In other news, yesterday I submitted what I hope is the last version of my manuscript and today another important manuscript that I was heavily involved was also submitted. Fingers crossed for both!
October 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In other news, yesterday I submitted what I hope is the last version of my manuscript and today another important manuscript that I was heavily involved was also submitted. Fingers crossed for both!
Things have been busy, Rudolf’s departure, sickness and holiday disrupted my pre-trip schedule. But all is fine now; my trip to China went well and today is my last day in Wuhan. Things have been incredibly productive and I’m learning more and more about aquatic reptiles.
October 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Things have been busy, Rudolf’s departure, sickness and holiday disrupted my pre-trip schedule. But all is fine now; my trip to China went well and today is my last day in Wuhan. Things have been incredibly productive and I’m learning more and more about aquatic reptiles.
Today I lost my buddy. I think it were 14 years well lived, over half of which with me after my mom had health issues that prevented her to take care of hiim properly. I hope I was able to give him the best life possible. He will be missed.
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Today I lost my buddy. I think it were 14 years well lived, over half of which with me after my mom had health issues that prevented her to take care of hiim properly. I hope I was able to give him the best life possible. He will be missed.
Reposted by Gabriela Sobral
Our latest paper, now how to conciliate apparently discrepant evolutionary rate patterns in squamates, but which may well apply to any study system with Stephanie Pierce and
@7brumas.bsky.social
#macroevolution
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#macroevolution
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Evolutionary rate incongruences in squamates reveal contrasting patterns of evolutionary novelties and innovation
Abstract. Understanding the rate of phenotypic evolution can reveal fundamental aspects of organismal evolutionary trajectories. Hence, several studies hav
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September 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Our latest paper, now how to conciliate apparently discrepant evolutionary rate patterns in squamates, but which may well apply to any study system with Stephanie Pierce and
@7brumas.bsky.social
#macroevolution
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
@7brumas.bsky.social
#macroevolution
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
living a nightmare called "re-scored two characters for two taxa and that completely messed up tree topology"
September 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
living a nightmare called "re-scored two characters for two taxa and that completely messed up tree topology"
When I arrived from Grenoble, I left the fossils in the museum and decided to go straight home without unpacking them. Today I was planning to take off but I was too paranoid whether the fossils were fine, so I came and unpacked them: they’re great and now I’m heading back home cuz I’m so tired
September 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
When I arrived from Grenoble, I left the fossils in the museum and decided to go straight home without unpacking them. Today I was planning to take off but I was too paranoid whether the fossils were fine, so I came and unpacked them: they’re great and now I’m heading back home cuz I’m so tired
Cool photo from last night 😍
September 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Cool photo from last night 😍
So, all done here in Grenoble. Last night of experiments ran well, despite some disruptions earlier yesterday. We had to repack and reposition one of the fossils for a better scan of the dentary but holy damn was that worth it!
September 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
So, all done here in Grenoble. Last night of experiments ran well, despite some disruptions earlier yesterday. We had to repack and reposition one of the fossils for a better scan of the dentary but holy damn was that worth it!
My synchrotron scan keeps crashing. We still have some buffer time to finish all experiments necessary but I have missed half a shift already. This is really unfortunate.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My synchrotron scan keeps crashing. We still have some buffer time to finish all experiments necessary but I have missed half a shift already. This is really unfortunate.
I sent nothing less than 7 emails regarding my visit to China in the past hour and a half. Not even lunchtime yet and I'm mentally gone already.... my head hurts
September 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I sent nothing less than 7 emails regarding my visit to China in the past hour and a half. Not even lunchtime yet and I'm mentally gone already.... my head hurts
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#2025SVP #SVP2025
Note: "Your poster should be formatted in portrait (vertical) orientation and not larger than 234 cm/92 inches in height x 95 cm/37 inches in width."
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Note: "Your poster should be formatted in portrait (vertical) orientation and not larger than 234 cm/92 inches in height x 95 cm/37 inches in width."
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Poster Presentation Guidelines – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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September 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#2025SVP #SVP2025
Note: "Your poster should be formatted in portrait (vertical) orientation and not larger than 234 cm/92 inches in height x 95 cm/37 inches in width."
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Note: "Your poster should be formatted in portrait (vertical) orientation and not larger than 234 cm/92 inches in height x 95 cm/37 inches in width."
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