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thefossilfiles.bsky.social @thefossilfiles.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 Time for a #FossilFriday round up: our selection of some recent research highlights. THREAD

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 2d

Spoiler alert: I do not have credibility

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 2d

We cover a lot of ground in this one: the ethics of publishing on Myanmar amber, article retraction, and whether Rob has any credibility. It's a good one. Give it a listen 👇

Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 3d

#Fossil Files podcast fans!! Today sees the release of Fossil Fails II: The tiny dinosaur with the massive flaw... Get our take on that whole Oculudentavis thing - available now on libsyn and wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/fossil-fails...

The Fossil Files: Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw

Discovery of the smallest ever dinosaur acheived quite a splash when it was publised on the front cover of Nature in 2020. The new critter, Oculodentavis, was the size of a hummingbird and reconstruct...

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 3d

New episode @thefossilfiles.bsky.social ky.social out today "Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw". Available on YouTube or whereever you get your podcasts 2/2
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Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 3d

The story of Oculudentavis is wild. It was named "eye-teeth-bird" but had neither the eyes nor teeth of a bird, and indeed it wasn't even a bird. And the fossil may have come from a war zone 1/2

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 4d

University challenge fossils alert!!

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 7d

How do you select a name for a new dinosaur? Sneak peek on #FossilFriday of the next @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out on Tuesday with @tweetisaurus.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/5Cbz9...

How do you choose a name for a new #dinosaur ? #thefossilfiles #taxonomy

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 9d

I am glad I caught that typo

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 14d

Fossil fails for this #FossilFriday youtu.be/6avVFs2LwKk?...

Fossil Fails part 1: Bees!

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 15d

If you haven't listened to @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, then this is the right episode to give it a try...

Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 17d

In this week's episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, I complete loose control
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...

Dinosaurs on the moon confirmed

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 17d

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 17d

"Along the Kootenay river just inside (literally with 150ft) of the park boundary"

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 17d

Hey palaeontologists - what (if anything) has this guy on Reddit found in Kootenay national park BC?

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 17d

In this week's episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, I complete loose control
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...

Dinosaurs on the moon confirmed

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 19d

Made it to the top

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 19d

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 19d

Apparently this sign does not mean the Stairs of Cirith Ungol to Mordor but the “easy” route

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 20d

The next episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social gets bonkers

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 20d

Dinosaurs on the MOON?! youtube.com/shorts/vUGdg...

Dinosaurs on the MOON? #podcast #science #dinosaur

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 20d

Further unexpected fossil finds in Tbilisi: archaeopteryx street art

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 22d

And whatever the hell is going on here

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 22d

And lots and lots of wine and dumplings…

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 22d

What to see in Georgia🇬🇪? @thefossilfiles.bsky.social is on tour. The Dmanisi cave fossils, some of earliest humans (?) outside of Africa, ~1.8 million years old, here in Tbilisi

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · Sep 8

Get the inside scoop on dinosaur weirdo Spicomellus from @tweetisaurus.bsky.social: behind the scenes, how the pandemic nearly killed it, where to put all those spikes, & dodgy fossil dealers
@thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Xb...

The Spicomellus Special

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · Sep 2

Side note: The lovely palaeoart at the beginning is by Nobu Tamura

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