Prof Susie Maidment
@tweetisaurus.bsky.social
Dinosaur researcher at NHM London. Honorary Prof at Birmingham. PalAss Vice-Pres. Ed-in-Chief of TJSP. Medium pace swing bowler. You were thinking it; I just said it out loud.
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Happy Thanksgiving! On the topic of fat, tasty birds - here's the lovely skeleton of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) we saw on display last week in the treasures gallery at the @nhm-london.bsky.social.
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! On the topic of fat, tasty birds - here's the lovely skeleton of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) we saw on display last week in the treasures gallery at the @nhm-london.bsky.social.
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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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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...
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
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Come and do a PhD on 'Genome duplication, extinction and diversification in the evolution of flowering plants' with myself @jameswclark.bsky.social and Ilia Leitch @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social and join the @wgdip.bsky.social studying rediploidisation. Apply: tinyurl.com/26pmfvvc by Jan 8
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Come and do a PhD on 'Genome duplication, extinction and diversification in the evolution of flowering plants' with myself @jameswclark.bsky.social and Ilia Leitch @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social and join the @wgdip.bsky.social studying rediploidisation. Apply: tinyurl.com/26pmfvvc by Jan 8
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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The present is the key to the past, the past is the key to the present. Loss of Earth Science education would be devastating.
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
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
c.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The present is the key to the past, the past is the key to the present. Loss of Earth Science education would be devastating.
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
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
c.org
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 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.
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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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
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November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
They banned quote-tweets on this post. Literally no idea why. #FuckingTectonics
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
They banned quote-tweets on this post. Literally no idea why. #FuckingTectonics
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
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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 Darwin’s 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 Darwin’s home, Down House #2025SVP
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To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated an open access collection of landmark JSP papers presenting comprehensive systematic frameworks.
Next: the phylogeny of the Carnivoramorpha: The impact of postcranial characters by Spaulding & Flynn (2012) buff.ly/YNaD7IH #PaleoSky #2025SVP
Next: the phylogeny of the Carnivoramorpha: The impact of postcranial characters by Spaulding & Flynn (2012) buff.ly/YNaD7IH #PaleoSky #2025SVP
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated an open access collection of landmark JSP papers presenting comprehensive systematic frameworks.
Next: the phylogeny of the Carnivoramorpha: The impact of postcranial characters by Spaulding & Flynn (2012) buff.ly/YNaD7IH #PaleoSky #2025SVP
Next: the phylogeny of the Carnivoramorpha: The impact of postcranial characters by Spaulding & Flynn (2012) buff.ly/YNaD7IH #PaleoSky #2025SVP
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I'm on my way home now after a very tiring but very, very fun week of science and catching up with old and new friends. Thanks so much to @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the team for an unforgettable #SVP! #SVP2025
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'm on my way home now after a very tiring but very, very fun week of science and catching up with old and new friends. Thanks so much to @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the team for an unforgettable #SVP! #SVP2025
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Thanks so much to all the #2025SVP host committee members & student volunteers & huge thanks to SVP & the community for joining us in Birmingham! We’re 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! We’re super happy with how it turned out. Time now to run a three-day field trip!
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To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated an open access collection of landmark vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next up.. 🐸 Dates, nodes and character conflict: Addressing the Lissamphibian origin problem by Ruta & Coates (2007) 🦎 buff.ly/VnuPdEH #PaleoSky #2025SVP #Frogs #Amphibian
Next up.. 🐸 Dates, nodes and character conflict: Addressing the Lissamphibian origin problem by Ruta & Coates (2007) 🦎 buff.ly/VnuPdEH #PaleoSky #2025SVP #Frogs #Amphibian
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated an open access collection of landmark vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next up.. 🐸 Dates, nodes and character conflict: Addressing the Lissamphibian origin problem by Ruta & Coates (2007) 🦎 buff.ly/VnuPdEH #PaleoSky #2025SVP #Frogs #Amphibian
Next up.. 🐸 Dates, nodes and character conflict: Addressing the Lissamphibian origin problem by Ruta & Coates (2007) 🦎 buff.ly/VnuPdEH #PaleoSky #2025SVP #Frogs #Amphibian
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I’ve had a really great time at #SVP2025. Big thanks to @richardjbutler.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and everyone else for organising such a great conflab. So many great talks, so many friends old and new.
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’ve had a really great time at #SVP2025. Big thanks to @richardjbutler.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and everyone else for organising such a great conflab. So many great talks, so many friends old and new.
Falkingjam wins SVP #2025SVP @peterfalkingham.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Falkingjam wins SVP #2025SVP @peterfalkingham.com
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This is amazing 🥲
To mark the 85th Annual SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated a special open access collection.
Next up is jawless vertebrates: Phylogeny, classification and character polarity of the Osteostraci (Vertebrata) by Sansom (2009) buff.ly/M6bXNzx #2025SVP #PaleoSky @fossilrob.bsky.social #FossilFish #SVP2025
Next up is jawless vertebrates: Phylogeny, classification and character polarity of the Osteostraci (Vertebrata) by Sansom (2009) buff.ly/M6bXNzx #2025SVP #PaleoSky @fossilrob.bsky.social #FossilFish #SVP2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is amazing 🥲
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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 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (2023) buff.ly/aEn5huc @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
Next: The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia). Raven 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (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 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (2023) buff.ly/aEn5huc @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
Next: The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia). Raven 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (2023) buff.ly/aEn5huc @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
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 ...
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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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Excited to give my SVP talk on Camelotia, a interesting dinosaur from the Triassic of Somerset
If you are at the meeting I'm talking at 3:30 this #fossilfriday afternoon in Hall 1
#SVP2025 #2025SVP
If you are at the meeting I'm talking at 3:30 this #fossilfriday afternoon in Hall 1
#SVP2025 #2025SVP
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Excited to give my SVP talk on Camelotia, a interesting dinosaur from the Triassic of Somerset
If you are at the meeting I'm talking at 3:30 this #fossilfriday afternoon in Hall 1
#SVP2025 #2025SVP
If you are at the meeting I'm talking at 3:30 this #fossilfriday afternoon in Hall 1
#SVP2025 #2025SVP
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Topically appropriate for #2025SVP #SVP2025 - out now in @thepalass.bsky.social, the first insects, shrimps & other arthropods from the Tethyshadros site, northern Italy. Congrats to PhD student Marco Muscioni for leading another cracking paper & cheers to all the VdP team! 🦐 doi.org/10.1002/spp2...
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Topically appropriate for #2025SVP #SVP2025 - out now in @thepalass.bsky.social, the first insects, shrimps & other arthropods from the Tethyshadros site, northern Italy. Congrats to PhD student Marco Muscioni for leading another cracking paper & cheers to all the VdP team! 🦐 doi.org/10.1002/spp2...
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Emma Bernard presenting her research as part of @chalksea.bsky.social that samples chalk nannofossils fossils from over 1000 Cretaceous fossil fish specimens at @nhm-london.bsky.social to significantly clarify their stratigraphic context.
Meeting Room Hall 4
#2025SVP
#SVP2025
Meeting Room Hall 4
#2025SVP
#SVP2025
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Emma Bernard presenting her research as part of @chalksea.bsky.social that samples chalk nannofossils fossils from over 1000 Cretaceous fossil fish specimens at @nhm-london.bsky.social to significantly clarify their stratigraphic context.
Meeting Room Hall 4
#2025SVP
#SVP2025
Meeting Room Hall 4
#2025SVP
#SVP2025