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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 26

You can read the judges comments and artist's responses in our blog - You can read all about them in our blog www.palaeosoc.org/latest-news/...
For details on how to apply for the 2026 Marsh Palaeoart Award, see our website - www.palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...

Research Funding Details - The Palaeontographical Society

The Society provides financial support for palaeontological research within the Society’s remit of describing the fossil fauna and flora of the British Isles.

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 26

Our second Highly Commended winner was @nataliajagielska.bsky.social, for 'Ancient, smiling Dorset'. This series of works, produced as stickers for the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, maintain accuracy while creating something fun, making them perfect for engaging with a wide audience. Super work!

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 26

Our Highly Commended winner was @palaeojules.bsky.social with 'Alderblattina simmsi walking across Selaginellites sp. and cf. Takakia’. This piece is filled with delicacy and fine detail, and the judges were delighted to see plants given as much consideration as an animal. Well done Julianne!

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 26

Our Overall Winner was @matt-humpage.bsky.social, with 'The Rhynie chert: a palaeoenvironment reconstruction'. This image, sculpted in Blender, is so realistic one judge commented “I want to sniff the peaty soil and feel the moist air on my skin.” Congratulations Matt!

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 26

We're so proud of our amazing Marsh Palaeoart Award Winners! We have three incredible new artworks to celebrate from some of the leading upcoming artists in palaeontology. You can read all about them in our blog www.palaeosoc.org/latest-news/...

Marsh Palaeoart Award 2025 Winners - The Palaeontographical Society

We are excited to announce our three winners of the Palaeontographical Society Marsh Palaeoart Award 2025!

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Stephan Spiekman @stephanspiekman.bsky.social · May 13

Very grateful to have gotten this award for work that I conducted during my time at the NHM working (mostly) on Triassic crocs🐊!

Thanks a lot to @richardjbutler.bsky.social and especially @tweetisaurus.bsky.social for their guidance on the project and for making my UK postdoc such a blast!

The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

Well done to our Edward Forbes Prize winner, @stephanspiekman.bsky.social for his paper on ‘The postcranial anatomy and osteohistology of Terrestrisuchus gracilis (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Wales.’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The postcranial anatomy and osteohistology of Terrestrisuchus gracilis (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Wales

The earliest crocodylomorphs, known as non-crocodyliform crocodylomorphs, first appeared during the Late Triassic. In contrast to extant crocodylians, which are all semi-aquatic, early crocodylomorph...

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

Thanks again to our members for all your support. Keep an eye out for more details on our award winners soon. Lots of other activities to come in the next year!

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

Our council has had some changes: we said farewell to @palaeobarbie.bsky.social, @echinerd.bsky.social and @[email protected]. Thanks for everything you've done! We welcomed three new council members, @neilgostling.bsky.social Gostling, @marcehjones.bsky.social and Dr Simon Harris.

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

We had a short talk from previous Richard Owen Award winner, Dr Georgios Georgalis, on 'The lizards and snakes from Hordle and other Eocene localities of the UK'. Amazing to see how much snake research our fund has supported!

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

We recognised two artists as Highly Commended for our Marsh Palaeoart Award as well: @nataliajagielska.bsky.social (in absentia), for 'Ancient, smiling Dorset', and @palaeojules.bsky.social (pictured), for 'Alderblattina simmsi walking across Selaginellites sp. and cf. Takakia'.

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

The second Marsh Palaeoart Award was presented to our Overall Winner, Matt Humpage, for his beautiful and complex figure, 'The Rhynie chert: a palaeoenvironment reconstruction'. Matt also delivered a fascinating short talk on his work and how his piece was created.

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

We awarded two Richard Owen Research Grants this year, to @christinesd.bsky.social (left) for the project, 'Investigating mycorrhizas in the Rhynie chert plants', and to Edward Bartlett (right), for 'Description of the osteology and taphonomy of Pliosaurus'. Looking forward to seeing the results!

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

Well done to our Edward Forbes Prize winner, @stephanspiekman.bsky.social for his paper on ‘The postcranial anatomy and osteohistology of Terrestrisuchus gracilis (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Wales.’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The postcranial anatomy and osteohistology of Terrestrisuchus gracilis (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Wales

The earliest crocodylomorphs, known as non-crocodyliform crocodylomorphs, first appeared during the Late Triassic. In contrast to extant crocodylians, which are all semi-aquatic, early crocodylomorph...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · May 11

Thanks to everyone who helped make our AGM last week in the NHM London such a success! Special thanks to @gilespalaeo.bsky.social and @imranrahman.bsky.social for their superb lectures on ray-finned fishes and echinoderms 🐟 ⭐

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · Mar 6

Announcing The first found, and most complete, #dinosaur skeleton from the Middle #Jurassic of Scotland! 📢🦖 So delighted to finally be able to share this great new fossil, published today! It was actually the first dinosaur found in #Scotland... thread 🧵 #OpenAccess #fossils doi.org/10.1017/S175...

A white woman with dark blonde hair and glasses leans over a large piece of rock with black fossils embedded in the surface.

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · Mar 4

DEADLINE EXTENDED📢 Are you an Early Career Researcher in palaeo who has published in the last year? Nominate yourself for our Prize! You have until 17th March. Great for your CV, and a cash prize too... full details on our website www.palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · Jan 23

The calls for #2025SVP symposia, field trip and workshop proposals are now live. Please consider proposing and get in contact if there's anything the local host committee can do to support!

vertpaleo.org/call-for-202...

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our Edward Forbes Prize recognises outstanding contributions by early career researchers in taxonomic & systematic palaeontology in all fields. The prize is £250 & Society membership. Closing date 28th Feb 2025. Full details: www.palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our funding and awards are now open for submissions!
The Richard Owen Research Fund provides awards of up to £1000 for research on UK and Irish fossil flora and fauna. Closing date 28th Feb 2025. Full details on our website: www.palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · Jan 17

Last year we were delighted to support the Symposium on Toarcian Palaeobiology, held at @brlsi.bsky.social. It was a great success! You can read about it in this blog by postgraduate researcher, @palaeo-meghan.bsky.social www.palaeosoc.org/latest-news/...

Symposium on Toarcian Palaeobiology - The Palaeontographical Society

In 2024 The Palaeontographical Society was delighted to sponsor The Symposium on Toarcian* Palaeobiology, which took place at the Bath Royal Literary and

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · Dec 24

We're delighted to publish this superb monograph on Silurian arthropods! Merry Christmas 🎁🎄

Dr Richie Howard @arthropoda-curator.bsky.social · Dec 24

A lovely surprise on Christmas Eve!

Over the moon my @palaeontosoc.bsky.social monograph has just been published 🎉🥳🎄

A two year labour of love I began shortly after I started as a curator at the NHM in 2022.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Euchelicerate Limuloides and Other Bunodidae from the Upper Silurian (Wenlock Přĺdolĺ) of England

Limuloides (Woodward, 1865) (Euchelicerata: Bunodidae) are marine “synziphosurans” distinguished by nine scalloped, horizontally oriented radial ridges on the dorsal prosoma and prominent spines on...

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · Dec 18

The 2024 PalSoc Medal was awarded to Dr Paul Taylor, an internationally-recognised researcher of fossil and modern bryozoans. Paul has acted as a mentor to generations of palaeontologists and invertebrate zoologists. Read more about his achievements: www.palaeosoc.org/grants-prize...

Dr Taylor is a white-skinned man wearing glasses. He is standing in the corner of a library and holding a round, gold-coloured medal in his hands.

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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · Dec 6

Dear all, it is almost time for our annual meeting in #Erlangen, Germany.

Here the program: palass.org/meetings-eve...

The official conference hashtag is #PalAss24

See you there!

#FossilFriday

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · Dec 10

For everyone attending #PalAss24 this week, good luck! If your work was supported by us, please tag us 🙂

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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · Dec 10

We are delighted to sponsor a project by the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust, providing educational boxes of responsibly sourced fossils to schools in England and Wales. They've just delivered their 100th box - well done! Hopefully inspiring palaeo researchers of the future 💪

An open plastic box containing a map of the UK and different fossils in compartments, each accompanied by information.

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