Owen A Higgins

Owen A Higgins

@owenhiggins.bsky.social

Bioarchaeologist exploring ancient lives through teeth and bones. Researcher in dental histology, archaeology, and multidisciplinary bioanthropology. Based in Bologna. Views are my own.

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Owen A Higgins
@owenhiggins.bsky.social

A new article I'm grateful to have collaborated on! Evidence from foramina, histology, and allometry supports the presence of extraoral tissues in Triassic archosauromorphs, suggesting that lipped jaws may represent the ancestral sauropsid condition 🦕 doi.org/10.1111/pala...

doi.orgInferred presence of extraoral tissues in Triassic archosauromorphs and the evolutionary implications for the clade SauropsidaRecent work has suggested that the presence of extraoral soft tissues (‘lips’), in the form of labial scales in theropod dinosaurs, could be inferred based on: anteroposteriorly distributed foramina ....

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