ReBecca
@dinochick.bsky.social
Another Paleontologist. Warning: post not always about fossils. Original post are my opinions & thoughts, & not that of my employer.
I’m sure people talk to Dan Aykroyd all the time about SNL, Blues Brothers, and Ghostbusters. But does anyone tell him about the time he broke their heart in My Girl?! Because I have trauma-shared this with my kids now. I’ll never forget openly weeping at 12 years old, alone in a theater.😭😭😭💔
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’m sure people talk to Dan Aykroyd all the time about SNL, Blues Brothers, and Ghostbusters. But does anyone tell him about the time he broke their heart in My Girl?! Because I have trauma-shared this with my kids now. I’ll never forget openly weeping at 12 years old, alone in a theater.😭😭😭💔
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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New paper alert! (My first!)
This is a benchmark paper on all NPS fossils within the State of Utah through 2024. Loads of illustrations by me and pic by coauthors and collaborators. Open access, free to download! Thanks to all who made this possible!
giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...
This is a benchmark paper on all NPS fossils within the State of Utah through 2024. Loads of illustrations by me and pic by coauthors and collaborators. Open access, free to download! Thanks to all who made this possible!
giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New paper alert! (My first!)
This is a benchmark paper on all NPS fossils within the State of Utah through 2024. Loads of illustrations by me and pic by coauthors and collaborators. Open access, free to download! Thanks to all who made this possible!
giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...
This is a benchmark paper on all NPS fossils within the State of Utah through 2024. Loads of illustrations by me and pic by coauthors and collaborators. Open access, free to download! Thanks to all who made this possible!
giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...
New seasonal paleontology positions available for Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park and Fossil Butte National Monument. Apply soon, they close after they receive a certain number of apps! #NPSpaleo #PaleoJobs
www.usajobs.gov/job/850816000
www.usajobs.gov/job/850816700
www.usajobs.gov/job/850816000
www.usajobs.gov/job/850816700
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These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: <strong>April 2026</strong>
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November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New seasonal paleontology positions available for Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park and Fossil Butte National Monument. Apply soon, they close after they receive a certain number of apps! #NPSpaleo #PaleoJobs
www.usajobs.gov/job/850816000
www.usajobs.gov/job/850816700
www.usajobs.gov/job/850816000
www.usajobs.gov/job/850816700
New paper alert!! Thanks to @tuttran.bsky.social for putting us all together for his first publication! It will be helpful to have much of this data in one place. Check it out: giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...
#NPSpaleo
#NPSpaleo
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New paper alert!! Thanks to @tuttran.bsky.social for putting us all together for his first publication! It will be helpful to have much of this data in one place. Check it out: giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...
#NPSpaleo
#NPSpaleo
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My UFOP talk last month on our progressing research on the Jurassic- Cretaceous dinosaur mass extinction and some possible causes has been posted; the paleosols may hold the key! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQ9... @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My UFOP talk last month on our progressing research on the Jurassic- Cretaceous dinosaur mass extinction and some possible causes has been posted; the paleosols may hold the key! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQ9... @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
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Rob is recording #FossilFiles episodes at #2025SVP! Listen to his thoughts and some of the superstars of the conference on libsyn or wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/nanotyrannus...
The Fossil Files: Nanotyrannus and vertebrate origins: day 1 at the society of vertebrate paleontology
The Fossils Files are on Tour! Susie and Rob are in Birmingham for the massive Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference which has made a rare trip to Europe. We will be meeting and chatting with ...
fossils.libsyn.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Rob is recording #FossilFiles episodes at #2025SVP! Listen to his thoughts and some of the superstars of the conference on libsyn or wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/nanotyrannus...
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
FACT CHECK: TRUE
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#fossilfriday This year at #2025svp I presented on these adorable little mandibles I discovered with @tetrameryx.bsky.social during some spring break fieldwork in Santa Cruz, CA - Pithanotaria, dwarf fur seal, 6-7 my, Purisima Formation
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#fossilfriday This year at #2025svp I presented on these adorable little mandibles I discovered with @tetrameryx.bsky.social during some spring break fieldwork in Santa Cruz, CA - Pithanotaria, dwarf fur seal, 6-7 my, Purisima Formation
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#2025SVP: You probably all know of these talks that are not quite your interest, but you go anyway - & then you’re surprised by how cool these other animals are? I invite you to make this talk mine 😉 let me give you an overview of main evolutionary innovations of early 🐢 evolution. 8:30 AM today!
#2025SVP ! If you want to get an idea of the major steps of 🐢turtle🐢 evolution, come to see my talk on Friday, Nov 14, 8:30 AM, Hall 8. My student Guilherme Hermanson talks just before me (8:15). 4 years of macroevolutionary research on turtles went into our talks, covering many unpublished results.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#2025SVP: You probably all know of these talks that are not quite your interest, but you go anyway - & then you’re surprised by how cool these other animals are? I invite you to make this talk mine 😉 let me give you an overview of main evolutionary innovations of early 🐢 evolution. 8:30 AM today!
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It's all so tiresome
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's all so tiresome
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#2025SVP attendees! We’re looking for photos from the annual meeting to include in our upcoming newsletter! If you have pictures you’d like to let us use, please drop them as a reply or send us a message!
We hope you have a fabulous day 2 of the conference!
We hope you have a fabulous day 2 of the conference!
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#2025SVP attendees! We’re looking for photos from the annual meeting to include in our upcoming newsletter! If you have pictures you’d like to let us use, please drop them as a reply or send us a message!
We hope you have a fabulous day 2 of the conference!
We hope you have a fabulous day 2 of the conference!
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Tomorrow I’ll be presenting my latest research at #2025SVP on eco-environmental drivers of crocodyliform 🐊 #macroevolution in South America!
Stop by to see some of the current work at @openuniversity.bsky.social on Amazonian biodiversity, supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk ⬇️
#Paleontology #Science
Stop by to see some of the current work at @openuniversity.bsky.social on Amazonian biodiversity, supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk ⬇️
#Paleontology #Science
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting my latest research at #2025SVP on eco-environmental drivers of crocodyliform 🐊 #macroevolution in South America!
Stop by to see some of the current work at @openuniversity.bsky.social on Amazonian biodiversity, supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk ⬇️
#Paleontology #Science
Stop by to see some of the current work at @openuniversity.bsky.social on Amazonian biodiversity, supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk ⬇️
#Paleontology #Science
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Hi #2025SVP! I’ll be presenting on the crania of the enigmatic Cretaceous marine turtle from Japan, Mesodermochelys, at B302 in tomorrow’s poster session! Looking forward to seeing you there🐢
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hi #2025SVP! I’ll be presenting on the crania of the enigmatic Cretaceous marine turtle from Japan, Mesodermochelys, at B302 in tomorrow’s poster session! Looking forward to seeing you there🐢
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U-Pb calcite age dating of fossil eggshell as an accurate deep time geochronometer 🧪⚒️
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
U-Pb calcite age dating of fossil eggshell as an accurate deep time geochronometer - Communications Earth & Environment
Biogenic carbonate of eggshells can be used as a new geochronometer through direct calcite U-Pb dating, producing high accurate ages, as revealed by two tests on dinosaur eggs from North America and M...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
U-Pb calcite age dating of fossil eggshell as an accurate deep time geochronometer 🧪⚒️
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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My advice for #2025SVP would be aimed not to students, who are excellent in our society and I am sure will do great but on senior academics. During Q&A, please resist the urge to grandstand or grill. Be polite, constructive, and supportive. That’s how we build a stronger, kinder community. #SVP2025
Many of our student attendees will be giving their first talk or poster this meeting! What advice you give them to help make it the best experience possible?
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The #2025SVP #SVP2025 field trip to the Jurassic Coast is apparently going well despite some vintage British weather. Photos from @kirstymedgar.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The #2025SVP #SVP2025 field trip to the Jurassic Coast is apparently going well despite some vintage British weather. Photos from @kirstymedgar.bsky.social
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ICE is paying a $50,000 sign-on bonus to get you to turn on your neighbors
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICE is paying a $50,000 sign-on bonus to get you to turn on your neighbors
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Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
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Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sen Dems: OK, we'll vote to open the government if all promise to give us a vote on health-care in the future.
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
Sen Repubs: (to each other "omg this is like taking candy from a baby") Yes deal!!!
Sen Dems: You guys promise? We are trusting you
Sen Repubs: Would we ever lie to you 😉
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...