Fraser Weston
@fraserweston4.bsky.social
Scottish MSci Palaeontology and Geology student @Palaeo_Bham 🏴🦕 | Studying biomechanics and taphonomy using FEA and CFD 🏞️🦷 | Volleyball Enthusiast 🏐
Amazing second year at this site! These footprints are really something special.
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Amazing second year at this site! These footprints are really something special.
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It's fair to say that not everyone was convinced by our identification. But now we have a much more complete skeleton, excavated by our UK-Moroccan-US team. Not only does Spicomellus have spikes fused to its dorsal ribs, it has metre-long spikes extending from a cervical half ring
August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's fair to say that not everyone was convinced by our identification. But now we have a much more complete skeleton, excavated by our UK-Moroccan-US team. Not only does Spicomellus have spikes fused to its dorsal ribs, it has metre-long spikes extending from a cervical half ring
That’s a wrap on my two months @thepalass.bsky.social research internship at the NHM 🦖! Spent two months working on some awesome techniques (bet you can’t guess by the photos 😂) with @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @imranrahman.bsky.social! Grateful for the staff involved in making this happen.
August 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
That’s a wrap on my two months @thepalass.bsky.social research internship at the NHM 🦖! Spent two months working on some awesome techniques (bet you can’t guess by the photos 😂) with @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @imranrahman.bsky.social! Grateful for the staff involved in making this happen.
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Have you seen the Band of Brothers episode of Walking With Dinosaurs yet? Last year it was an absolute pleasure to dig at the site with our University of Birmingham undergraduates - thanks so much to @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social for an amazing experience!
June 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Have you seen the Band of Brothers episode of Walking With Dinosaurs yet? Last year it was an absolute pleasure to dig at the site with our University of Birmingham undergraduates - thanks so much to @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social for an amazing experience!
So glad to be able to share my opinions on the new series of Walking with Dinosaurs with BBC’s Points of View. Great opportunity to talk about the show and its significance to the public.
June 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So glad to be able to share my opinions on the new series of Walking with Dinosaurs with BBC’s Points of View. Great opportunity to talk about the show and its significance to the public.
Exam period forces me to finally tackle palaeontology’s biggest question: What’s the relationship of the random items in room G26?
Think this is definitely a future publication 😂. Still no closer to understanding the field of phylogenetics!
Think this is definitely a future publication 😂. Still no closer to understanding the field of phylogenetics!
May 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Exam period forces me to finally tackle palaeontology’s biggest question: What’s the relationship of the random items in room G26?
Think this is definitely a future publication 😂. Still no closer to understanding the field of phylogenetics!
Think this is definitely a future publication 😂. Still no closer to understanding the field of phylogenetics!
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New therizinosaur fossils are always exciting. But this one is particularly weird/cool having only two fingers!
Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
This bizarre new dinosaur has something in common with modern sloths
Like T. rex and some modern sloths, this strange 90 million year old dinosaur had two fingers on each hand.
www.nationalgeographic.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
New therizinosaur fossils are always exciting. But this one is particularly weird/cool having only two fingers!
Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Nothing like a spontaneous midweek trip to London to listen to @tweetisaurus.bsky.social’s amazing talk on stegosaurs. Great way to celebrate handing in a dissertation 🥳
March 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Nothing like a spontaneous midweek trip to London to listen to @tweetisaurus.bsky.social’s amazing talk on stegosaurs. Great way to celebrate handing in a dissertation 🥳
Got a sneaky peek at these results last month. Might be the best matching of academics and Sci-Fi I could imagine!
This project has started a long time ago, but in a galaxy not too far away… Happy to share this new study with @taphonomist.bsky.social looking at the functional morphology and biomechanics of the Rancor. Warning! Nerdy sci fi, palaeo & biomechanics thread following! jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...
Is a bone a viable weapon when combating a Rancor? Estimating the bite force of an intergalactic mega-predator
Stephan Lautenschlager1,2 & Thomas Clements3 1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. 2The Lapworth Museum of Geology, Birmingham, UK. 3…
jgeekstudies.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Got a sneaky peek at these results last month. Might be the best matching of academics and Sci-Fi I could imagine!
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Here’s the BBC News channel coverage of our Oxfordshire dinosaur tracks from earlier today, including an interview with me at the end: youtu.be/mIEmgtpO3RU?...
UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site discovered | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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January 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Here’s the BBC News channel coverage of our Oxfordshire dinosaur tracks from earlier today, including an interview with me at the end: youtu.be/mIEmgtpO3RU?...
Super happy to finally be able to share this! These are some photos from the UK’s biggest dinosaur trackway which was uncovered in Oxford over the summer. It was an amazing experience getting to help excavate and photograph these tracks. Thanks to all the staff involved.
January 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Super happy to finally be able to share this! These are some photos from the UK’s biggest dinosaur trackway which was uncovered in Oxford over the summer. It was an amazing experience getting to help excavate and photograph these tracks. Thanks to all the staff involved.