Andy McGrath

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Andy McGrath

Andy McGrath

@mcgratherium

Vert Paleo PhD Candidate @ UCSB b/c professional baseball dreams died in 2005. Love South American ungulates and rodents. He/Him

Santa Barbara, CA Beigetreten Kasım 2011
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Andy McGrath@mcgratherium·
Embiid and terror birds show that even though the new athletic wings/mammals rule the day there is still room for a truly great throwback! (art by @JuliotheArtist, photoshop by me)
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Andy McGrath@mcgratherium·
You know what else was a throwback? Terror birds! They were some of the top predators of #Cenozoic South America and some reached the USA during the #IceAge. Terror birds were a reminder of when theropod dinosaurs like T. rex and Allosaurus were top predators!
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Andy McGrath@mcgratherium·
I've decided to try something new that I'm going to tentatively call #FossilAthletes. Every week(?) I'll share an athlete and say which fossil species they remind me of. Simple concept that at the very least should lead to some funny Photoshops! #scicomm
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Y a r a • يارا • Hectic Skeleton
Y a r a • يارا • Hectic Skeleton@Yara_Haridy·
Check out those CHOMPERS! It’s time to #GUESSTHESKULL! ✨💀✨ The weekly twitter game where I show you a skull and you guess what animal it is! This week’s beast is also a March Mammal Madness combatant reveal! 📸: Didier Descouens
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Hell Creek Enthusiast@LancianIdolatry·
Paleotwitter, what's a really specific/niche paleo fact you think everyone should know, just for the heck of it?
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Andy McGrath@mcgratherium·
@KingRexy328 Pleistocene is the game they originally promised at E3 six years ago. Holocene is what actually got released.
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Andy McGrath@mcgratherium·
@JSilviria Hey Jason! Not notoungulates but I did this sort of thing with proterotheriid litopterns if that's what you're thinking of?
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Andy McGrath@mcgratherium·
@Formorphology I’d like to think I’d still do some casual paleo research but then I realize I’d be the worst collaborator ever. “Oh you had a question you needed answered right away? I check my email once every 3 weeks sorry.”
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Andy McGrath@mcgratherium·
@OsteoSophia Sending this video to anyone who asks why I care about teeth so much
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Dr Sophia Anderson 🦴@OsteoSophia·
Palaeontologists: *trying to use anatomy to understand phylogenetic relationships* Anatomy:
WitmerLab@WitmerLab

#RandomActofAnatomy Evolutionary convergence can result in independent evolution of similar traits due to similar functions. But sometimes superficial similarity just...happens. I bet I could swap these bone on a gross anatomy practical exam & no one would bat an eye. @OUHCOM

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Andy McGrath@mcgratherium·
@CentralCenozoic End every mammal name in -therium and no one bats an eye. Have 4 glyptodonts ending in hoplophorus and everyone loses their minds
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