Dr. James G. Napoli

Issue of the journal Nature depicting on its cover Nanotyrannus together with T. rex (art by Anthony Hutchings). Article by Lindsay Zanno & James Napoli here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09801-6

My News & Views commentary. Here's an easier to read version: https://rdcu.be/eNv94

I should check my mail more often. Nice surprise on #FossilFriday to see an actual print version of the @nature.com issue with my News & Views commentary for the Nanotyrannus cover article by Lindsay Zanno & James Napoli @jgn-paleo.bsky.social. Glad to have been involved! Links in ALT🦖

Happy to report she’s also a big fan! Are we able to repost this on our own socials?

Happy to!

This is incredible! Thank you for making sure I saw it - I haven’t seen this pop up on any other platforms. I can say with total honesty that I never thought I’d see one of my papers inspire anything *quite* like this!

Some people clearly haven’t got enough to do. Paging @jgn-paleo.bsky.social

Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

👀 consider me interested!

Digital model of the fossilized forelimb skeleton of a bird-like dinosaur, shown in multiple views. Wrist bones are highlighted in brighter colors.

Forelimb anatomy of Cretaceous pennaraptoran dinosaurs sheds light on the origin of the avian wrist: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶🧪 (📷 @jgn-paleo.bsky.social et al.)

Hello new followers! Figured I should reintroduce myself. I'm a paleontologist who focuses on variation within species as a way to understand evolution, systematics, and the origin of new traits. Lots of cool work coming down the pipeline; watch this space to catch every update!

Happy #FossilFriday everyone! Excited to share that very soon, I will be able to share a piece of research that I've been hard at work for years. Not sure if it will release today, but figured I would share a little teaser here...

Thank God I brought Blood Meridian

Manuscript submitted! This one is a bit far afield from my normal work, but nonetheless one of my favorite projects so far.

International Cat Day! Even better.

Happy National Cat Day, apparently.

A most wonderful noodle

Hello everyone! For anyone who didn’t know me before, I’m a paleontologist who studies intraspecific variation to understand vertebrate evolution. I’m currently a postdoctoral researcher at NC State on the Dueling Dinosaurs project studying the evolution and growth of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs.