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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 1d

Spoiler alert: I do not have credibility

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 2d

#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 · 2d

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
youtu.be/wioBaI8Tcl8?...

Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

University challenge fossils alert!!

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 8d

I am glad I caught that typo

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 13d

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

Fossil Fails part 1: Bees!

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 16d

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 · 16d

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 16d

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

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 16d

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 · 16d

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 · 18d

Made it to the top

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 18d

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 18d

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 · 19d

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

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 19d

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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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · Sep 2

You can enjoy the full paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A phylogeny for Heterostraci (stem‐gnathostomes)

The armoured jawless fishes (‘ostracoderms’) are major and widespread components of middle Palaeozoic ecosystems. As successive branches on the gnathostome stem lineage, they represent the early sequ...

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