Richard Butler
@richardjbutler.bsky.social
Dinosaur researcher, Professor of Palaeobiology & Director of Research, University of Birmingham. Mostly in meetings; would rather be on fieldwork. Current projects in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ธ ๐ท๐ด ๐ญ๐บ
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Great article about excellent palaeontologist and my good friend @valdosaurus.bsky.social.
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Retired GP discovers three new dinosaur species on the Isle of Wight and proves youโre never too old to do a PhD
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November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Great article about excellent palaeontologist and my good friend @valdosaurus.bsky.social.
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Please @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social is there a chance you could schedule the annual business meeting when people outside the Americas could attend at a reasonable time? Scheduling at 1 pm ET would allow west coasters to attend in business hours & allow more easterly & westerly members to attend
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Please @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social is there a chance you could schedule the annual business meeting when people outside the Americas could attend at a reasonable time? Scheduling at 1 pm ET would allow west coasters to attend in business hours & allow more easterly & westerly members to attend
Leicester has long been one of the leading universities nationally for palaeontology & geology - this would be a terrible loss, as would the loss of other subjects such as modern languages:
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Save Geology at the University of Leicester
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November 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Leicester has long been one of the leading universities nationally for palaeontology & geology - this would be a terrible loss, as would the loss of other subjects such as modern languages:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
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Here's my #2025SVP photo album. It starts with @fossilrob.bsky.social giving his talk, and an amazing photo of him and @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social from c. 2009 when he first started the work (1/n)
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Here's my #2025SVP photo album. It starts with @fossilrob.bsky.social giving his talk, and an amazing photo of him and @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social from c. 2009 when he first started the work (1/n)
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We asked @dremmanicholls.bsky.social what exactly needs to happen for dinosaur footprints to be preserved like those found in Oxfordshire.
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We asked @dremmanicholls.bsky.social what exactly needs to happen for dinosaur footprints to be preserved like those found in Oxfordshire.
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
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Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK
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Save Geology at the University of Leicester
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November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK
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The geology department at the University of Leicester, where myself and countless others did our palaeontology PhDs, is at serious risk of closure
Please show your support by signing the below!
c.org/KtYyZB8dHk
Please show your support by signing the below!
c.org/KtYyZB8dHk
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The geology department at the University of Leicester, where myself and countless others did our palaeontology PhDs, is at serious risk of closure
Please show your support by signing the below!
c.org/KtYyZB8dHk
Please show your support by signing the below!
c.org/KtYyZB8dHk
The end of the final event of #2025SVP - it's been an amazing experience hosting it, thanks so much to everyone involved in helping make it happen. Back to the day job tomorrow.
It's the end of the #2025SVP UK dinos field trip. We finished with a visit to Dewars Farm dinosaur track site (muddy), and the Oxford Uni Museum, where we were lucky enough to get a tour of the Buckland archives and collections. Home for sleep...
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The end of the final event of #2025SVP - it's been an amazing experience hosting it, thanks so much to everyone involved in helping make it happen. Back to the day job tomorrow.
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It's the end of the #2025SVP UK dinos field trip. We finished with a visit to Dewars Farm dinosaur track site (muddy), and the Oxford Uni Museum, where we were lucky enough to get a tour of the Buckland archives and collections. Home for sleep...
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's the end of the #2025SVP UK dinos field trip. We finished with a visit to Dewars Farm dinosaur track site (muddy), and the Oxford Uni Museum, where we were lucky enough to get a tour of the Buckland archives and collections. Home for sleep...
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What a great time at this yearโs @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
Presenting a talk on mammals, doing the conference-opening Walking With Dinosaurs and the schools events, helming the scicomm table, beaming with pride as my students presented their work, honoring Mark & Dugie.
Presenting a talk on mammals, doing the conference-opening Walking With Dinosaurs and the schools events, helming the scicomm table, beaming with pride as my students presented their work, honoring Mark & Dugie.
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What a great time at this yearโs @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
Presenting a talk on mammals, doing the conference-opening Walking With Dinosaurs and the schools events, helming the scicomm table, beaming with pride as my students presented their work, honoring Mark & Dugie.
Presenting a talk on mammals, doing the conference-opening Walking With Dinosaurs and the schools events, helming the scicomm table, beaming with pride as my students presented their work, honoring Mark & Dugie.
Itโs not a flawless criterion.
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Itโs not a flawless criterion.
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Gorgeous day on the Isle of Wight looking at footprints, prospecting, and examining some previously discovered fossils on our post- #2025SVP UK dinos fieldtrip. I told you it was sunnier down south... Big thanks @valdosaurus.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Gorgeous day on the Isle of Wight looking at footprints, prospecting, and examining some previously discovered fossils on our post- #2025SVP UK dinos fieldtrip. I told you it was sunnier down south... Big thanks @valdosaurus.bsky.social
Is the Isle of Wight in the south? ๐ค #SusieGeography
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Is the Isle of Wight in the south? ๐ค #SusieGeography
This would put poster presenters in direct competition those organising the auction. Also, many of us duck out for other social events from around 7 onwards & would not attend later poster sessions.
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This would put poster presenters in direct competition those organising the auction. Also, many of us duck out for other social events from around 7 onwards & would not attend later poster sessions.
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Check out this #CORDIScovery podcast on how we study extinct animals, ecosystem and evolution in deep time. I greatly enjoyed learning and discussing our EU funded projects: #ECODIV, #DINODAWN, #MAPAS with @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social and Sara Varela!
#CORDIScovery podcast about my #DAWNDINOS Triassic-Jurassic archosaur locomotor biomechanics project, @davfoff.bsky.social's #ECODIV mass extinction/diversity/ecosystems project, Prof. Sara Varela's #MAPAS climate/biogeography/macroevolution project. Nice synergy! cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...
When it comes to dinosaurs, was Orwell right?
In his novel Animal Farm, Orwellโs character claims: โFour legs good, two legs bad.โ Would the tyrannosaurs agree? Or did...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Check out this #CORDIScovery podcast on how we study extinct animals, ecosystem and evolution in deep time. I greatly enjoyed learning and discussing our EU funded projects: #ECODIV, #DINODAWN, #MAPAS with @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social and Sara Varela!
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Have learnt from Andrea Cau that French palaeontologist Philippe Taquet died yesterday, aged 85. Taquet published a substantial amount on north African and French #dinosaurs, including Ouranosaurus, spinosaurids, the dromaeosaurid Pyroraptor and much more.
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Have learnt from Andrea Cau that French palaeontologist Philippe Taquet died yesterday, aged 85. Taquet published a substantial amount on north African and French #dinosaurs, including Ouranosaurus, spinosaurids, the dromaeosaurid Pyroraptor and much more.
Meanwhile, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and myself have taken another group of delegates for the first day of a three-day dinosaurs and history focused trip, starting with the Natural History Museum & Charles Darwinโs home, Down House #2025SVP
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Meanwhile, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and myself have taken another group of delegates for the first day of a three-day dinosaurs and history focused trip, starting with the Natural History Museum & Charles Darwinโs home, Down House #2025SVP
#2025SVP might be over for most delegates, but Ben Igielman led a large group today to Triassic fossil localities in South Wales and Gloucestershire.
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#2025SVP might be over for most delegates, but Ben Igielman led a large group today to Triassic fossil localities in South Wales and Gloucestershire.
The DJ for last nightโs #2025SVP after party was my barber and friend, Tom (who is a terrific professional DJ). He found it quite the experience.
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The DJ for last nightโs #2025SVP after party was my barber and friend, Tom (who is a terrific professional DJ). He found it quite the experience.
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Every person in this room studies an animal with a backbone - they're all paleontologists ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฆโโฌ๐ฆโ๏ธ!
Thanks to the organizers of #2025SVP for another great Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in Birmingham ๐ฌ๐ง!
Thanks to the organizers of #2025SVP for another great Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in Birmingham ๐ฌ๐ง!
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Every person in this room studies an animal with a backbone - they're all paleontologists ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฆโโฌ๐ฆโ๏ธ!
Thanks to the organizers of #2025SVP for another great Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in Birmingham ๐ฌ๐ง!
Thanks to the organizers of #2025SVP for another great Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting in Birmingham ๐ฌ๐ง!
Blast from the past at the #2025SVP dinner with some old research group members: @emmadnn.bsky.social Juan Benito, Dan Cashmore & Martin Ezcurra.
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Blast from the past at the #2025SVP dinner with some old research group members: @emmadnn.bsky.social Juan Benito, Dan Cashmore & Martin Ezcurra.
Thanks so much to all the #2025SVP host committee members & student volunteers & huge thanks to SVP & the community for joining us in Birmingham! Weโre super happy with how it turned out. Time now to run a three-day field trip!
November 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Thanks so much to all the #2025SVP host committee members & student volunteers & huge thanks to SVP & the community for joining us in Birmingham! Weโre super happy with how it turned out. Time now to run a three-day field trip!
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For the 85th SVP Meeting 2025, we've assembled a collection of landmark vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next: The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia). Raven ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ. (2023) buff.ly/aEn5huc @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
Next: The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia). Raven ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ. (2023) buff.ly/aEn5huc @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For the 85th SVP Meeting 2025, we've assembled a collection of landmark vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next: The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia). Raven ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ. (2023) buff.ly/aEn5huc @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
Next: The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia). Raven ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ. (2023) buff.ly/aEn5huc @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
