Henry Thomas 🦤🏳️🌈
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
Paleontologist of sorts. MSc from Idaho State University. I study dicynodonts and pterosaurs, among other things. They/them
Pinned
Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
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biiiiig stretch!
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
biiiiig stretch!
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I would sell my entire soul for all my fellow science communicators to stop ending the "story of the dinosaurs" at the end-cretaceous extinction and dive into, even briefly, the story of cenozoic birds. I'm also willing to offer cash, I just don't have much of it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I would sell my entire soul for all my fellow science communicators to stop ending the "story of the dinosaurs" at the end-cretaceous extinction and dive into, even briefly, the story of cenozoic birds. I'm also willing to offer cash, I just don't have much of it.
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#SurvivingEarth
OUR FIRST LOOK AT (FINISHED?) VFX FOOTAGE OF ISCHIGUALASTIA!
The SE team used practical FX to simulate the sloppy mouth of the creature!
OUR FIRST LOOK AT (FINISHED?) VFX FOOTAGE OF ISCHIGUALASTIA!
The SE team used practical FX to simulate the sloppy mouth of the creature!
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#SurvivingEarth
OUR FIRST LOOK AT (FINISHED?) VFX FOOTAGE OF ISCHIGUALASTIA!
The SE team used practical FX to simulate the sloppy mouth of the creature!
OUR FIRST LOOK AT (FINISHED?) VFX FOOTAGE OF ISCHIGUALASTIA!
The SE team used practical FX to simulate the sloppy mouth of the creature!
I had a dream last night in which Bill Nye and I, tasked with photographing a kaiju pangolin, got on a tram that would slowly go down into an underground naval shipyard to find it. He ominously told me that “nothing is recursive”
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I had a dream last night in which Bill Nye and I, tasked with photographing a kaiju pangolin, got on a tram that would slowly go down into an underground naval shipyard to find it. He ominously told me that “nothing is recursive”
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Happy Origin Day! Published OTD in 1859
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy Origin Day! Published OTD in 1859
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Manuscript submitted! @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
a man in a knight 's costume is running in a field with another man
Alt: King Arthur with his squire Patsy clapping coconuts together from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Manuscript submitted! @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
Vehicle inspection this morning
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Vehicle inspection this morning
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WHY DINOSAURS? Official Trailer. Streaming worldwide very soon! Get updates at www.whydinosaurs.com #whydinosaurs #dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #jurassicpark
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
WHY DINOSAURS? Official Trailer. Streaming worldwide very soon! Get updates at www.whydinosaurs.com #whydinosaurs #dinosaurs #fossils #paleontology #jurassicpark
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I made a gif! I heard we can post gifs now!!
Ive never made a gif before.
I present all 27 designs (so far) of my pride stegosaurus prints and stickers.
All available at www.emmalerae.com
Ive never made a gif before.
I present all 27 designs (so far) of my pride stegosaurus prints and stickers.
All available at www.emmalerae.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I made a gif! I heard we can post gifs now!!
Ive never made a gif before.
I present all 27 designs (so far) of my pride stegosaurus prints and stickers.
All available at www.emmalerae.com
Ive never made a gif before.
I present all 27 designs (so far) of my pride stegosaurus prints and stickers.
All available at www.emmalerae.com
I had a dream in which I managed to snag a basal anomodont and a complete 3D-preserved enantiornithine from a soon-to-be-orphaned museum collection - as the room it was in kept shrinking each time I went back to it, soon there wouldn’t be a room at all
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I had a dream in which I managed to snag a basal anomodont and a complete 3D-preserved enantiornithine from a soon-to-be-orphaned museum collection - as the room it was in kept shrinking each time I went back to it, soon there wouldn’t be a room at all
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The first of a paleoart series I'm calling "Perspectives," which aims to highlight the evolution of life on Earth with a variety of different creatures and styles.
This one is "Pale First Dot," depicting good ol' LUCA, the last universal common ancestor.
#sciart #paleoart #paleontology
This one is "Pale First Dot," depicting good ol' LUCA, the last universal common ancestor.
#sciart #paleoart #paleontology
June 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The first of a paleoart series I'm calling "Perspectives," which aims to highlight the evolution of life on Earth with a variety of different creatures and styles.
This one is "Pale First Dot," depicting good ol' LUCA, the last universal common ancestor.
#sciart #paleoart #paleontology
This one is "Pale First Dot," depicting good ol' LUCA, the last universal common ancestor.
#sciart #paleoart #paleontology
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Two Denversaurus meet at sunset. Referenced from a photo I took in Montana this summer.
Denversaurus belongs to the ankylosaurian family nodosauridae. Unlike ankylosauridae, nodosaurids lack a tail club and many have shoulder spikes.
Denversaurus belongs to the ankylosaurian family nodosauridae. Unlike ankylosauridae, nodosaurids lack a tail club and many have shoulder spikes.
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Two Denversaurus meet at sunset. Referenced from a photo I took in Montana this summer.
Denversaurus belongs to the ankylosaurian family nodosauridae. Unlike ankylosauridae, nodosaurids lack a tail club and many have shoulder spikes.
Denversaurus belongs to the ankylosaurian family nodosauridae. Unlike ankylosauridae, nodosaurids lack a tail club and many have shoulder spikes.
THE BIRD OF ALL TIME
What might be my favourite fossil has been just published by Kiat et al. 2025. Years ago I saw a pic of this Anchiornis specimen in nat geo article and I audibly gasped.preserving not only the feathers but also the original patterns as well. I made this drawing on the spot. Maybe its time to do v2.0
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
THE BIRD OF ALL TIME
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Nothing brings the comfort of autumn like a fall feast! And our Pterodactylus aren't missing the party. We offered our last pumpkins at the zoo filled with bugs and fish, and the winged reptiles balance their weight and challenge themselves for a treat. 🐟🧠 ##ArtemisPaleozoo
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Nothing brings the comfort of autumn like a fall feast! And our Pterodactylus aren't missing the party. We offered our last pumpkins at the zoo filled with bugs and fish, and the winged reptiles balance their weight and challenge themselves for a treat. 🐟🧠 ##ArtemisPaleozoo
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Brain work bad thanks to some sort of flu, so you'll have to write your own amusing #FossilFriday post about this giant #azhdarchid #pterosaur #paleoart.
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Brain work bad thanks to some sort of flu, so you'll have to write your own amusing #FossilFriday post about this giant #azhdarchid #pterosaur #paleoart.
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How exactly does a kids online safety bill threaten queer and trans culture on the internet? Harvard Cyberlaw expert @esqueer.net breaks it down.
#KOSA #Censorship #Boston
@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social
#KOSA #Censorship #Boston
@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
How exactly does a kids online safety bill threaten queer and trans culture on the internet? Harvard Cyberlaw expert @esqueer.net breaks it down.
#KOSA #Censorship #Boston
@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social
#KOSA #Censorship #Boston
@warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social
Mary Anning famously survived being struck by a bolt of lightning when she was 15 months old. From this and her extensive work on fossils and geology, we can infer that she was likely Ground-type
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Mary Anning famously survived being struck by a bolt of lightning when she was 15 months old. From this and her extensive work on fossils and geology, we can infer that she was likely Ground-type
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Congratulations to @jeremywyman.bsky.social et al 2025 for the publication of their Oxroadia paper! And thanks for bringing me onboard to do some restorations of this relative of Lepidodendron and Isoëtes from the Carboniferous of Scotland.
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
#FossilFriday #paleobotany
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
#FossilFriday #paleobotany
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Congratulations to @jeremywyman.bsky.social et al 2025 for the publication of their Oxroadia paper! And thanks for bringing me onboard to do some restorations of this relative of Lepidodendron and Isoëtes from the Carboniferous of Scotland.
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
#FossilFriday #paleobotany
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
#FossilFriday #paleobotany
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The Ice Age megafauna has never felt so real: the art and science behind ‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age’, a #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge interview with myself and series producer Matthew Thompson... 3dvf.com/en/redaction...
The art and science behind 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age'
Explore iconic Ice Age creatures in Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. Learn how the team brought these creatures back to life in an exclusive interview.
3dvf.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Ice Age megafauna has never felt so real: the art and science behind ‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age’, a #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge interview with myself and series producer Matthew Thompson... 3dvf.com/en/redaction...
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I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
yawak.jp
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
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Buffa et al.’s paper on the enigmatic Permian reptile 🦎 Galesphyrus and the origin of Neodiapsida is out in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology! Read the thread 👇 for some important takeaways from our study
@valentinbuffa.bsky.social
#Paleontology #Reptile #Permian
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
@valentinbuffa.bsky.social
#Paleontology #Reptile #Permian
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Buffa et al.’s paper on the enigmatic Permian reptile 🦎 Galesphyrus and the origin of Neodiapsida is out in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology! Read the thread 👇 for some important takeaways from our study
@valentinbuffa.bsky.social
#Paleontology #Reptile #Permian
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
@valentinbuffa.bsky.social
#Paleontology #Reptile #Permian
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
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GAY PTEROSAURS 🏳️🌈
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
GAY PTEROSAURS 🏳️🌈
The preservation of the crest in this specimen demonstrates further that Tupandactylus imperator's crest had a swooping back margin, tapering towards the top. Cool!!!
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The preservation of the crest in this specimen demonstrates further that Tupandactylus imperator's crest had a swooping back margin, tapering towards the top. Cool!!!
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Results from the #paleostream!
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Results from the #paleostream!
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu