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Dr. Heather F. Smith

@heatherfsmith

Editor-in-Chief, The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord. Professor of Anatomy at Midwestern Univ. Evolutionary biologist, paleontologist, and educator.

 Phoenix, AZ
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Joined August 2008
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I'm deeply honored to be designated a Fellow of the American Association for Anatomy! AAA has been an incredible resource throughout my career, and I'm proud and humbled to be recognized. Congratulations to all the 2023 award recipients! Press release: anatomy.org/AAA/News-Journal…
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AAA Journal is excited to announce an webinar on Friday Nov. 6th at 12pm ET. “Sea Serpents of Belgium: New perspectives on mosasaur anatomy and evolution from a historic sample”, presented by Henry Sharpe, a PhD student at Harvard. Register Now at lnkd.in/e72GvE4D
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Congratulations to my lab’s medical student researchers for presenting posters at recent AZ Physiological Society conference on studies ranging from clinically relevant anatomical variation to forelimb musculature of red fox. Proud of their hard work & excellent presentations! – at Sun City, AZ
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Had a fantastic trip to Wiley headquarters to represent @AnatRecord at the annual Wiley– American Association for Anatomy journal strategy meeting. It’s such a tremendous honor to be part of the AAA publishing “Team of Teams”, and I'm excited about the future of our journals – at Hoboken, NJ
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We also toured Wiley’s new rare book room, including a look at some of the earliest original works the company published, such as original copies of Edgar Alle Poe’s “The Raven” (1845), Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Gentle Boy” (1832) & George Washington’s farewell address (1796) – at Hoboken, NJ
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Never look a gift turtle in the mouth! A new study of Kinosternon scorpioides reveals a mucus-rich oral cavity, diverse tongue papillae, and microscopic adaptations that may reflect its semi-aquatic, omnivorous lifestyle. Study by Bezerra et al.: doi.org/10.1002/ar.70372
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🦥 I just learned that today is International Sloth Day! Did you know that sloths still retain surprisingly complex hand musculature despite having reduced numbers of digits? #internationSlothday
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In a recent study we compared hand anatomy of anteaters & sloths, from semiarboreal tamandua to highly suspensory 2-toed sloth w/dissections & microCT. While digit loss doesn't always lead to muscle loss, increasingly suspensory species have strengthened structures for hanging – at Sun City, AZ
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We are excited to share our latest issue, featuring a variety of incredible papers! Issue Link: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi… The cover for this issue features a paper describing cranial fossils of proteid salamander Mioproteus wezei by Syromyatnikova: doi.org/10.1002/ar.70112
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🦖 Happy National Fossil Day & World Anatomy Day (tomorrow)! Anatomy connects living organisms to their evolutionary past. As a paleontologist & journal editor, I’m amazed by how much we have yet to discover about life’s structure & diversity #NationalFossilDay #WorldAnatomyDay – at Sun City, AZ
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New GIS-based study confirms regional continuity of the Cliff House Sandstone from Tsaya to Chaco Canyons & reveals stronger eastward dip/thinning in upper horizon—matching known depositional patterns. Read the full paper: mdpi.com/4115928
Quantitative GIS-Based Correlation of the Cliff House Sandstone Between Tsaya and Chaco Canyons,...

Quantitative GIS-Based Correlation of the Cliff House Sandstone Between Tsaya and Chaco Canyons,...

Regional correlation of laterally continuous sandstone bodies is commonly hindered by discontinuous exposure within geometrically asymmetric basins of the Laramide province from the Late Cretaceous...

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📢New publication alert! 📢 I'm thrilled to share our new article, “Quantitative GIS‑based correlation of the Cliff House Sandstone between Tsaya and Chaco Canyons, New Mexico.” doi.org/10.3390/stratsedimen…
🤖 Made with AI
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Resulting residual profiles provide quantitative evidence for regional continuity of lower & upper Cliff House horizons across the study area. The upper horizon dips more steeply eastward than the lower horizon, producing progressive eastward thinning of the intervening interval
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Beyond the specific geology, we’re also excited about the workflow itself, which offers a rapid and reproducible way to evaluate regional stratigraphic correlation in areas where continuous exposure is limited, complementing traditional field-based approaches.
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More turtle research please(-iobaena)! Research on the fossil turtle Plesiobaena antiqua reveals variation in its skull/jaws. Micro-CT shows developmental changes and shifts toward hard prey, offering clues to baenid evolution. Study by Bellotti et al.: doi.org/10.1002/ar.70352
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Nice write-up by Midwestern University on the recent summit for rural STEM educators: midwestern.edu/news-stories/… – at Sun City, AZ
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A fresh look at historic mosasaur fossils from Belgium! A new study by Sharpe et al. confirms Mosasaurus lemonnieri as a valid species, describes a new mosasaurine, Thoraxion tahlequahae & reveals new insights into mosasaur anatomy, variation & evolution anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi…
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🐶Excited to share that our chapter on canid anatomy and special senses has been published in a new volume on Canine Science! link.springer.com/chapter/10… – at Sun City, AZ
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Catch-up post from my recent trip to the amazing Melbourne Museum. #FossilFriday – at Melbourne, Victoria
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On a recent trip to Melbourne, I was excited to meet an icon. “Horridus” is an authentic, 67 Ma Triceratops horridus skeleton on permanent display at Melbourne Museum. Each element was digitally scanned, and several are presented as interactive, rotating holograms #FossilFriday – at Sun City, AZ
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