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Beipiao Pterosaur Museum of China

@BPMC2016

Beipiao Pterosaur Museum of China (BPMC) is currently the only pterosaur-themed museum in China.

 Beipiao, Liaoning, China
Joined May 2020
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Fion Ma@FionMaWS7 Jan 2022
Kunpengopterus antipollicatus ('Monkeydactyl'), the pterosaur with the oldest opposed thumbs, is featured in @ScienceNews as one of the 6 surprising records science set in 2021! sciencenews.org/article/surp…
6 surprising records science set in 2021

6 surprising records science set in 2021

Ancient mammoth DNA and a new source of gravitational waves set new records this year.

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XuanYu Zhou 周炫宇 (@Sinozhoupterus) profile pictureXuanYu Zhou 周炫宇@Sinozhoupterus6 Jan 2022
😆🎉SO EXCITED! Our research was successfully selected! Thank you all!!! @pegasaurus_42 @FionMaWS @dino_mamire @PalaeoStephan @pnsozcyy Thanks for SN!!! @ScienceNews sciencenews.org/article/surp…
6 surprising records science set in 2021

6 surprising records science set in 2021

Ancient mammoth DNA and a new source of gravitational waves set new records this year.

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XuanYu Zhou 周炫宇@Sinozhoupterus6 Jan 2022
😆🎉SO EXCITED! Our research was successfully selected! Thank you all!!! @pegasaurus_42 @FionMaWS @dino_mamire @PalaeoStephan @pnsozcyy Thanks for SN!!! @ScienceNews sciencenews.org/article/surp…
6 surprising records science set in 2021

6 surprising records science set in 2021

Ancient mammoth DNA and a new source of gravitational waves set new records this year.

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Current Biology@CurrentBiology13 Apr 2021
A #pterosaur with an opposable thumb, suggesting it lived in trees cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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New study featuring a pterosaur fossil at our museum is published in @CurrentBiology !!! cell.com/current-biology/ful… Congratulations @ZXYpaleo @pegasaurus_42 @FionMaWS @dino_mamire @PalaeoStephan !!!
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XuanYu Zhou 周炫宇@Sinozhoupterus12 Apr 2021
Thank you so much for all my colleagues @pegasaurus_42 @FionMaWS @dino_mamire !!! Special thanks to @BPMC2016 and @CurrentBiology !!! cell.com/current-biology/ful…
A new darwinopteran pterosaur reveals arborealism and an opposed thumb

A new darwinopteran pterosaur reveals arborealism and an opposed thumb

Zhou et al. report on the oldest record of a true opposed thumb, a sophisticated adaptation related to arboreal locomotion, based on a new pterosaur species from the Jurassic of China. Ecomorpholog...

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R. V. Pêgas 🦖💖@pegasaurusznpx12 Apr 2021
We have affectionately dubbed it the "Monkeydactyl" due to its opposed thumb!! Thanks to my friend @sedismutabilis for coming up with this nickname which I loved!
Fion Ma (@FionMaWS) profile pictureFion Ma@FionMaWS12 Apr 2021
Say hi to 'Monkeydactyl', a new arboreal darwinopteran pterosaur, with the oldest opposed thumb in fossil record! Excited to be in the team with @ZXYpaleo, @pegasaurus_42, @PalaeoStephan and amazing colleagues. Out in @CurrentBiology, cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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Fion Ma@FionMaWS12 Apr 2021
Holotype of Kunpengopterus antipollicatus @BPMC2016 + 3D print of left hand in actual size
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Fion Ma@FionMaWS12 Apr 2021
Say hi to 'Monkeydactyl', a new arboreal darwinopteran pterosaur, with the oldest opposed thumb in fossil record! Excited to be in the team with @ZXYpaleo, @pegasaurus_42, @PalaeoStephan and amazing colleagues. Out in @CurrentBiology, cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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Scientists discover two new species of ancient, burrowing mammal ancestors phys.org/news/2021-04-scient… via @physorg_com
Scientists discover two new species of ancient, burrowing mammal ancestors

Scientists discover two new species of ancient, burrowing mammal ancestors

Paleontologists have discovered two new species of mammal-like, burrowing animals that lived about 120 million years ago in what is now northeastern China. The new species, described today in the...

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New study featuring a mammaliamorph fossil at our museum is published in @nature
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@NaturePortfolio8 Apr 2021
A Nature paper describes two fossil mammaliamorph species — which are predecessors to mammals — from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of northeastern China. go.nature.com/3cXo5UK
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