Matt Friedman

“This study places what may be the final nail in the coffin for the prevailing view that more oxygen made ancient insects bigger.” Learn more: scim.ag/4v8Z8fd @NewsfromScience

‼️NEW ANGLERFISH PAPER! 🐟🎣 So excited to share the final part of my Master’s research! We explore the bizarre tacklebox of anglerfish lures and show how these fishes evolved different ways to attract prey and maybe even mates in the deep sea. #anglerfishes #biology #evolution

@SanaaEgypt delivering her speech at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting after receiving the DEEP Award 🏆🇪🇬 Such a proud moment for all of us ❤️ @Friedman_Lab @Mansoura_un @muvp_eg

Join us!!! We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolution! apply.interfolio.com/173889

🚨 We’re hiring! Oxford Biology is recruiting 3 new Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology Join us as we move into our new building with world-class research & teaching facilities. Vacancies 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Happy to share the advance version of our big AREES review on squamate origin and early evolution: From Fossils to Genomes with my two amazing colleagues, Frank Burbrink and @evilsmaug annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Monocentris japonica — the Japanese pineapplefish (or pinecone fish)

Here the result from the Kuanti #paleostream! This piece was brought basically back from the brink of being an empty wasteland in the last few days.

On yesterdays #paleostream we covered the Gogo formation, a diverse assemblage from the Devonian of Australia. It is an extremely productive formation with high levels of preservation, giving us stull like the oldest preserved heart and placoderms mid birth.

🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨 35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with @Kjonesthebones. Job advert below: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… Please get in touch with questions!

!TODAY! Is #GivingBlueDay and we're hoping you might  consider a gift to the Museum of Paleontology. You can learn about ways to support what you 💛 about UMMP here ---> givecampus.com/schools/Univer…

@heshamsallam 🤩

Eocene Catfish, #Egypt! #SallamLab #MUVP

🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Abstract submission closes soon! 🗓️ Abstract deadline: Feb 1st, 2025 🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025 Details on keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more below! 👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html # CPEGCPB25

Wanted to test out drawing earlier bony fish in my style so here's Gogosardina! Expect more of these little guys in the future.

I'll be at my first #SICB2025 next month with some cool 3D printed fossil fish jaws to hype up my talk on Jan 7 at 1:30pm entitled "Patterns of jaw diversification in early bony fishes." Come say hello!!

What would you most like to know about #lungfishes? ... Why they have such ginormous genomes? How they breathe air? How they embarrassed taxonomists? Check out my Quick Guide, published in Current Biology @CurrentBiology today: cell.com/current-biolog…

@MbvBaryonix I've been fascinated by prehistoric fish lately, and honestly they're all so cool The small reef fish in particular are a bizarre blend of familiar and alien

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JERSEY AUCTION IS UNDERWAY‼️ our specialty jerseys being worn for tomorrow's Fossil Faceoff presented by @goCMNH are up for grabs! click the link below to place bids & stick around after the game for a LIVE auction for select jerseys 🦕 auction info: clevelandmonsters.com/jersey

Dolichorhynchops is an extinct marine reptile from the Cretaceous. Growing to almost 10 feet long, they would use their long, thin teeth to catch fish in the ancient oceans #FossilFriday #paleontology