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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 21d

Chinzo & Lindsay were gracious enough to host me for a day last year to see this remarkable specimen in person, and as gorgeous as the photos are, they pale in comparison to the actual fossil 🤩

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 21d

#Zavacephale is SUPER important for our understanding of pachycephalosaur evolution! Some parts look pretty derived, others pretty basal, and there are so many parts of the skeleton that provide crucial details of the evolution of this bizarre dino clade.

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 21d

And the link to the paper:
Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Ryuji Takasaki, Junki Yoshida, Ryan T. Tucker, Batsaikhan Buyantegsh, Buuvei Mainbayar, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar & Lindsay E. Zanno (2025)
A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia - Nature

The pachycephalosaurian Zavacephale rinpoche, from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, provides crucial insights into the early evolution of dome-headed dinosaurs, including the development of the front...

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 21d

#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 21d

Some of the only Sphaerotholus paleoart!

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 26d

Phil and co. have found *EVEN MORE* of the #Prenocephale holotype?!?!?!
@MongoliaQuest

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you! 🙏

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 28d

If you have the pdf, I would love a copy 🙏

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 29d

DEAL! 🤝 JR Fm?

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 29d

Collect it!!!!!

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Sep 4

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector

As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 29

1) I LOVE how Frank the donkey is getting so much attention! 2) I never realized there was a photo of the moment I saw the turiasaur teeth! 😂

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · Aug 29

For #FossilFriday some more images from the discovery & study of the new Spicomellus skeleton. An amazingly fun project with great people.

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 29

That's Frank the donkey! He was my bestest friend during fieldwork 😂

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 27

Reposting this because with all of the wonderful #Spicomellus news, riding Frank the donkey around the Moroccan badlands (ok, right around the house...) was unequivocally the highlight of the entire dig for me 😅

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · Aug 27

Out today in Nature is the most exciting dinosaur paper I've ever been involved in - led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social we describe a partial skeleton of the UTTERLY BIZARRE Spicomellus from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco, the oldest known ankylosaur. (1/x)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 27

#Spicomellus. It's effing weird, right?! A dino kaiju if there ever was one. I mean seriously, it's Anguirus! I remember seeing the half ring for the first time and literally exclaiming "HOLY SHIT!" (more AMAZING reconstructions by the absurdly talented @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social )

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 27

1st off, my extreme thanks to @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & @richardjbutler.bsky.social for inviting me to participate in this fieldwork & research. & to our amazing colleagues at the Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah - thank you for allowing us to help be a part of, and to help tell, this story.

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's already blowing up on the paleo sphere, but let's welcome another #Spicomellus post!
(reconstruction by the insanely talented @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!

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Nuclear Threat Initiative @nti.org · Aug 26

Listen to the seagull!!

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 22

*THIS* is a story I want to know more about! 😨

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 22

For #FossilFriday we recently imaged a bunch of microfossils with a Keyence microscope at @univmiami.bsky.social, & this #Troodon tooth was one of my favorites! Their teeth are something...but under such high mag, they really are wicked, and "wounding tooth" is certainly an appropriate name!

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hunter *LOVES* pools. Hunter *HATES* sharing pools. 🤣

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Aug 7

This was a MASSIVE and EXCEPTIONAL multi-institutional collaboration led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @Palaeo_Bham, and it was incredible to meet, work with, and learn from our amazing colleagues at the Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah.
-fin

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