Ethan O’C-Linford
@ethanoclinford.bsky.social
Undergraduate student of palaeontology at the University of Portsmouth and researcher in fossil avifauna evolution.
Our abstract for #PalAss25! If you are a delegate, come by and say hello. Full abstract booklet: palass.org/sites/defaul...
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Our abstract for #PalAss25! If you are a delegate, come by and say hello. Full abstract booklet: palass.org/sites/defaul...
Pleased to share that I’ll be presenting some research at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association. See you at @thepalass.bsky.social!
October 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Pleased to share that I’ll be presenting some research at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association. See you at @thepalass.bsky.social!
This is a Gary Kaiser’s ‘The Inner Bird’ appreciation post. If you’re interested in avian anatomy and evolution, this book is a beginner’s bible.
October 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is a Gary Kaiser’s ‘The Inner Bird’ appreciation post. If you’re interested in avian anatomy and evolution, this book is a beginner’s bible.
Walking with dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight, southern England.
September 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Walking with dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight, southern England.
That’s one big ammonite!
The keel section of a giant ammonite, with enormous ammonitic sutures clearly visible, from the Grey Chalk of Yaverland Beach, Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, southern England.
The keel section of a giant ammonite, with enormous ammonitic sutures clearly visible, from the Grey Chalk of Yaverland Beach, Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, southern England.
September 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
That’s one big ammonite!
The keel section of a giant ammonite, with enormous ammonitic sutures clearly visible, from the Grey Chalk of Yaverland Beach, Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, southern England.
The keel section of a giant ammonite, with enormous ammonitic sutures clearly visible, from the Grey Chalk of Yaverland Beach, Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, southern England.
Sublime views of the Weald rocks and chalk today at Yaverland Beach, Isle of Wight, southern England.
September 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sublime views of the Weald rocks and chalk today at Yaverland Beach, Isle of Wight, southern England.
The visually-beautiful Wessex Formation of the Wealden Sub-basin, Wealden Group, Isle of Wight, southern England.
September 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The visually-beautiful Wessex Formation of the Wealden Sub-basin, Wealden Group, Isle of Wight, southern England.
Some more urban palaeontology.
August 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Some more urban palaeontology.
My time in Cambridge, doing work on the stilt-legged pan-anseriform Presbyornis.
June 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My time in Cambridge, doing work on the stilt-legged pan-anseriform Presbyornis.
The old Cavendish Laboratory, @cam.ac.uk, where the electron and the neutron were discovered, the structure of DNA revealed, and the atom was split.
June 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The old Cavendish Laboratory, @cam.ac.uk, where the electron and the neutron were discovered, the structure of DNA revealed, and the atom was split.
Happy to announce a short reference handbook I’ve been authoring for well over a year! It’s currently in the proofreading/copyediting stage, and should be available somewhat soon.
May 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy to announce a short reference handbook I’ve been authoring for well over a year! It’s currently in the proofreading/copyediting stage, and should be available somewhat soon.
Many thanks for today’s excellent seminar given by the wonderfully witty @tetzoo.bsky.social!
May 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Many thanks for today’s excellent seminar given by the wonderfully witty @tetzoo.bsky.social!
Some urban palaeontology.
May 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Some urban palaeontology.
And the coolest birthday present award goes to:
(The red-throated loon, Gavia stellata, in its winter plumage).
(The red-throated loon, Gavia stellata, in its winter plumage).
April 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
And the coolest birthday present award goes to:
(The red-throated loon, Gavia stellata, in its winter plumage).
(The red-throated loon, Gavia stellata, in its winter plumage).
A new addition; I foresee this will be my personal bible.
April 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A new addition; I foresee this will be my personal bible.
The Whitby Mudstone Formation and Ravenscar Group between Whitby Beach and Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire.
April 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Whitby Mudstone Formation and Ravenscar Group between Whitby Beach and Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire.
Dinosaur footprint of the Ravenscar Group, between Whitby beach and Saltwick Bay, probably made by a small theropod. There were more in the surrounding blocks, so they likely represent a trackway. Unsure of the exact horizon, could be the Saltwick Formation.
April 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Dinosaur footprint of the Ravenscar Group, between Whitby beach and Saltwick Bay, probably made by a small theropod. There were more in the surrounding blocks, so they likely represent a trackway. Unsure of the exact horizon, could be the Saltwick Formation.
Always nice to make a new friend during fieldwork.
April 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Always nice to make a new friend during fieldwork.
The impressively massive lower jaws of a bowhead whale, standing tall over Whitby.
April 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The impressively massive lower jaws of a bowhead whale, standing tall over Whitby.
The patchy marine fossil assemblages of north Robin Hood’s Bay, Yorkshire. Lower Jurassic, ~195-million-years-old.
April 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The patchy marine fossil assemblages of north Robin Hood’s Bay, Yorkshire. Lower Jurassic, ~195-million-years-old.
The beautiful Middle Jurassic fossil Ginkgo leaves of the Ravenscar Group, Scalby Ness North Bay, Yorkshire.
April 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The beautiful Middle Jurassic fossil Ginkgo leaves of the Ravenscar Group, Scalby Ness North Bay, Yorkshire.