Prof. Christine Böhmer
@vertevo
Palaebiologist | Paläobiologin Research | Forschung @kieluni 🇩🇪🇪🇺 #Palaeontology #Zoology #Evolution #Anatomy #Vertebrae #Archosaurs 🐊🐦🐀 @BoehmerGroup
Faster than terrestrial carnivores: our results suggest that craniomandibular function is achieved early in Harbor seals. Steinbach, Schaar & Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social 2026 @anatrecord.bsky.social Postnatal craniomandibular growth in Harbor #seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina) doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
In a mini review, we @vertevo.bsky.social @boehmergroup.bsky.social conceptualize feeding as a series of interrelated functional stages to provide a framework. Böhmer & Winkler 2026 @anatrecord.bsky.social Feeding biomechanics in vertebrates and beyond. doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
A huge thank you to all contributing authors! Every article provides state-of-the-art insights into #anatomy, #biomechanics, #teeth,l and #evolution.
Hot off the press! 🤩 Special Issue @anatrecord.bsky.social on feeding #biomechanics in #vertebrates and beyond 🥩 🌱 🦷 Explore a collection of publications covering a range of #animals from gigantic basking #sharks to tiny praying mantises. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...
New species of Lower Cretaceous #coelacanth Macropoma gombessae sp nov from Gault Fm of Folkestone #fossilfriday Norton et al 2026 Papers in Palaeontology: Oldest Cretaceous latimeriid elucidates cranial evolution in derived and extant coelacanths (Actinistia, Latimeriidae) doi.org/10.1002/spp2...
Today, very small-sized geese are found in tropical regions. This suggests warmer paleoenvironment. Mayr et al 2022 Hist Biol: Nearly complete leg of an unusual, shelduck-sized anseriform #bird from the earliest late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany) dx.doi.org/10.1080/0891...
[1/2] Sexual selection: Above-head wing-clapping produces loud mechanical sounds. Radius shape linked to behavior. #birds Friscia et al 2016 J Morphology. Adaptive #evolution of a derived #radius #morphology in Manakins (Aves, Pipridae) to support acrobatic display behavior doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
First undoubted pre-Pliocene dasyurid. Churchill et al 2026 Australian Zoologist. A new genus of dasyurid Miyumba chrisdickmani (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) from the Early Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, north-western Queensland doi.org/10.1071/AZ26... Art by Nellie Pease.
Earliest sabre-toothed predatory therapsid from Mallorca: Algarpes ferus. Matamels-Andreu et al 2025 Palaeogeo, Palaeoclimatol, Palaeoecol. Track-trackmaker correlation of co-occurring gorgonopsian bones and footprints from the early–?middle Permian of equatorial Pangaea doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
"Mother of all lizards" Megachirella wachtleri indicates more gradual acquisition of squamatan features in diapsid #evolution than previously thought. #fossilfriday Simões et al Nature 2018 The origin of squamates revealed by a Middle Triassic #lizard from the Italian Alps doi.org/10.1038/s415...
[3/3] All Special Issue articles @AnatRecord are already published online. Stay tuned for the printed issue and the amazing cover image. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1932...
[2/3] Building on existing concepts, we conceptualized #feeding as a series of stages to provide a framework for the contributions in our Special Issue. Böhmer & Winkler @boehmergroup.bsky.social 2026 @anatrecord.bsky.social Feeding biomechanics in #vertebrates and beyond doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
[2/2] Contrary to expectations, rabbits in Australia have larger #skulls than european rabbits - despite Australia's warmer climate. Our study suggests a mosaic effect of different climatic factors shaping morphological #evolution im wild #rabbits from Australia & Europe. tinyurl.com/kiel-univers...
[1/2] Thank you very much for this great collaboration on #lagomorphs 🐇 Pillai et al @boehmergroup.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de 2026 Oikos. Home and away: allometry and #climate drive morphology of European #rabbits in their native and introduced range doi.org/10.1002/oik....
Self-righting is crucial for survival in animals and particularly relevant in turtles. Study investigated performance in hatchlings. Van Casteren et al 2024 Scientific Reports Shell shape does not accurately predict self‑righting ability in hatchling freshwater #turtles doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Fossil from Yixian Fm of China shows a gobiconodontid #mammal and psittacosaurid #dinosaur locked in mortal combat. Mammals could pose a threat to dinos. Han et al (2023) Sci Rep An extraordinary #fossil captures the struggle for existence during the Mesozoic #fossilfriday doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Island giants: St Kilda and Shetland wrens a larger than their mainland relatives. Jezierski et al 2026 @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social Parallel #evolution of island syndromes coincides with limited parallel genetic differentiation in a passerine #bird doi.org/10.1093/evol...
🧵1/2 Sexual selection: Above-head wing-clapping produces loud mechanical sounds. Radius shape appears linked to this behavior. Friscia et al 2016 J Morphology Adaptive #evolution of derived radius #morphology in Manakins (Aves, Pipridae) to support acrobatic display behavior doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
#Cetaceans have variable vertebral counts, which differs from most Mammalia: Homeotic & meristic changes in thoracic, lumbar, caudal region. Willems et al 2020 @anatrecord.bsky.social Vertebral pattern variation in the North Sea harbor #porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) by CT doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Video of 3D model of reconstruction of Labrujasuchus expectatus. Credit: Jorge Gonzalez, NHMLAC Dinosaur Institute #fossil #palaeontology #crocodile #archosaur
Looks like a #dinosaur: Newly discovered bipedal toothless #crocodile. #fossil #palaeontology Turner et al 2026 @jvertpaleo.bsky.social A new shuvosaurid (#Archosauria, Poposauroidea) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Hayden Quarry of New Mexico, U.S.A. doi.org/10.1080/0272...
A muscle that has been discussed in the literature for over 100 years and its role in aquatic and terrestrial #locomotion in #penguins Hirsch et al 2026 @AnatRecord The signature waddle: Myology of the appendicular #skeleton of the macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
Limited phenotypic #diversity and insular gigantism in #lagomorphs (partly) explained by evolutionary constraint placed on them by potentially competing ungulate-type herbivores (UTHs). Tomiya & Miller (2021) @sse-evolution.bsky.social Why aren’t #rabbit and #hares larger? doi.org/10.1111/evo....
Many-to-one mapping: Two strategies to crack open extremely tough-shelled seeds in rat-kangaroos. Randall et al 2025 @linneansociety.bsky.social Cracking the case: differential adaptations to hard biting dominate cranial shape in rat-kangaroos (Potoroidae: Bettongia) with divergent #diets
Field of view in #lagomorphs: more divergent orbit orientation in cursorial species -> complete view of environment 👀 Kraatz et al 2026 @royalsocietypublishing.org A backward view of visual adaptations: cranial specialization and predator evasion within a cursorial #mammal doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Organisms observed in Ryukyu and Izu-Ogasawara trenches (NW Pacific Ocean). 🧵 [2/2] Pseudoliparis - the deepest recorded #fish Animalia incerta sedis - A completely unknown animal 😲
Complex interplay of ecological and behavioral factors shape lure #morphology across habitats in #anglerfishes. #fish Maile & Davis 2026 Ichtyology and Herpetology. The #Evolution of Lures in Anglerfishes (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei): Investigating Nature's Tackle Box doi.org/10.1643/i202...