Alberta Claw

@albertonykus

Researcher studying extant and fossil birds. Alternatively, North American alvarezsaurid described in 2009. They/them. Links:

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Alberta Claw@albertonykus· 21d

Next year's #Doraemon movie announced: Nobita's Steam-Powered Time Machine, an original story set in 19th-Century England! Excited to learn more about it, but what immediately stands out to me is the English(!!) narration used for the teaser video. doraeiga.com/2027/ #ドラえもん

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· 22d

Comparative osteology of the extinct spectacled cormorant: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Samsonov et al.)

Diagram showing the known portions of the skeleton of the extinct spectacled cormorant (a large diving bird).

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· 22d

Rhea from the Pleistocene of Argentina: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Vezzosi et al.)

Fossilized partial vertebra and foot bone from a rhea (a large flightless bird).

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· 24d

Three episodes in and Goodbye, Lara is on its way to rivaling Parry 'n' Carney in the average number of heads that the protagonist bites off per installment. @tmkeesey.bsky.social

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· 29d

Range of motion in the forelimb of the Two Medicine Formation troodontid: peerj.com/articles/209... (I am surprised that the potential effects of wing feathers are not discussed...) 🪶🧪 (📷Serio et al.)

Digital model of the forelimb skeleton of a bird-like dinosaur.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· 29d

Bite force and jaw muscle correlates in parrots: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Faillace et al.)

Three diagrams showing a parrot skull and different models for estimating parrot bite force.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 15

Musculoskeletal anatomy of the flight apparatus in the southern screamer: academic.oup.com/iob/advance-... 🪶🧪 (📷 @tyrannosaura.bsky.social et al.)

Digital models of the shoulder and wing bones of a southern screamer (a waterfowl from South America), shown with (middle and right) and without (left) select muscles.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 10

Internal structure of waterbird limb bones and its relationship to locomotion: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷 @segesdimartin.bsky.social & @houssayecnrs.bsky.social)

Cross sections showing the internal structure of the foot bones in a range of aquatic birds.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 9

Prompt: Sharing a round thing. 🐡🧪

A circular diagram against a green background, showing the evolutionary relationships among a selection of animals. "Ensonglopedia of Animals" is written on a semicircle near the center of the image, referencing the musical stage show that inspired this drawing.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 6

Evidence of fruit-eating from preserved gut contents in Eocene birds of the Messel Formation: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🪶🧪 (📷Mayr & Collinson)

Fossilized remains of several extinct birds with close-ups showing seeds preserved as their gut contents.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 6

Inner ear anatomy of caenagnathid oviraptorosaurs: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Bazzana-Adams et al.)

Digital models of the inside of the inner ear of several bird-like dinosaurs, shown from multiple views.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 1

New short-tailed Jurassic avialan dinosaur Zhengheornis buyu: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🪶🧪 (📷Wang et al.)

Fossilized remains of a bird-like dinosaur. The back half of the body is preserved, including a relatively short tail and remains of feathers surrounding the body.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 1

Phylogeny of flamingos: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Díaz et al.)

Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships (above) and distribution (below) of extant flamingo species.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 1

Brain anatomy of the early proto-waterfowl Conflicto: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... 🪶🧪 (📷Degrange et al., with illustration by H.S. Druetta)

Digital models of the brain and skull of Conflicto, an extinct bird closely related to ducks and geese, along with a life restoration showing how it may have looked when it was alive.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jul 1

Evolution of the syrinx (vocal organ) in eufalconimorph birds (falcons, parrots, and passerines): academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... 🪶🧪 (📷Legendre & Clarke)

Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships and vocal organ anatomy of the closely related passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jun 22

New Oligocene passerine bird Jamninkaornis kencampbelli: palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026... 🪶🧪 (📷Bocheński et al.)

Fossilized partial wing and shoulder skeleton of an extinct perching bird.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jun 16

A new Cretaceous pennaraptoran dinosaur preserved with feathers, Changzhousaurus sinensis, has been described in Vertebrata PalAsiatica. Unfortunately, I hear that the journal website appears to have been compromised and is currently redirecting users to spam... 🪶🧪 (📷Xu)

Fossilized skeleton of a bird-like dinosaur preserved with feathers all around its body.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jun 16

Hindlimb morphology in birds of prey and its relation to ecology: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... 🪶🧪 (📷4028mdk09)

Close-up of the feet of a Steller's sea eagle.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jun 4

Evolution of tooth reduction and loss in Mesozoic avialans: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Zhou et al.)

Diagram showing evolutionary relationships among Mesozoic bird-like dinosaurs, with toothless groups marked with a star symbol.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· Jun 4

New fantail from Indonesia, the cheerful fantail (Rhipidura laguceria) (left): bioone.org/journals/bul... 🪶🧪 (📷James A. Eaton)

Photos of two similar-looking songbirds, each perched on a branch. Both are largely brown in color with a darker head, and a white patch on the throat and chest. The one on the right has a more prominent white "eyebrow".

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 29

Review of Eocene birds from the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation in England: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Mayr)

Fossilized foot bones of a variety of extinct birds shown to scale, all discovered in the London Clay rock formation in England.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 28

New unenlagiinan dinosaur Kank australis: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Motta et al.)

Fossilized vertebra of a bird-like dinosaur.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 28

New Miocene proto-peafowl Eopavo hezhengensis: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🪶🧪 (📷Yu et al.)

Fossilized partial skeleton of an extinct peafowl (interspersed with some fossil bones of a gazelle).

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 27

New enantiornithean ("opposite bird") with very long tail feathers, Plumadraco bankoorum: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Clark et al.)

Fossilized skeleton of a bird-like dinosaur surrounded by remains of its plumage, including two very elongated tail feathers longer than the rest of its body.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 27

Forelimb biomechanics of the early therizinosaurian dinosaur Falcarius: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪 (📷Smith)

Digital model of the forelimb and shoulder skeleton of the dinosaur Falcarius, with blue lines indicating reconstructed attachments for muscles.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 21

Would never have expected a #Frieren concert to be held in England, but I’m glad I came. Having flower petals (okay, blue confetti) actually rain from the ceiling was incredible. (Please forgive the subpar photo.) #葬送のフリーレン

Photo of an orchestra setting up on stage. Above, a screen shows “chibi” versions of the anime characters Frieren, Fern, and Stark from Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 20

Drably colored cuckoos retain the complex melanosome types of their more brightly colored relatives: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... A cause for caution in inferences of feather color in extinct dinosaurs based on melanosomes... 🪶🧪 (📷Nordén et al.)

Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among cuckoos, with information on the brilliance of their feather coloration and the shape of feather melanosomes (pigment cells) labeled.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 20

New Pleistocene peafowl Pavo miejue ([a] in image): royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... The first fossil bird named from Taiwan! 🪶🧪 (📷Lan et al.)

Fossilized wing bone of an extinct peafowl (leftmost) compared to those of extant peafowl species.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 13

Biomechanics and muscular reconstruction of alvarezsaur forelimbs support a digging function: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... Very excited to see this out! 🧪 (📷 @sidneyleedham.bsky.social et al.)

Graphs and images representing the estimated range of motion for the forelimbs of Mononykus, a small, bird-like dinosaur with short yet powerfully muscled arms.

Alberta Claw@albertonykus· May 8

Phylogenomic study of gentoo penguins suggests splitting into four species, including the newly described southeastern gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis kerguelensis): www.nature.com/articles/s42... 🪶🧪 (📷Antoine Lamielle)