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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · 2d

Episode 52: Opening up palaeontology

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 9d

New at the Terrible Lizards Podcast, a discussion between Iszi, Dave and me on the contents of ANCIENT SEA REPTILES, now out in softback ... terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls11e09-anc...

Terrible Lizards: TLS11E09 Ancient Sea Reptiles

Long time listener and second time guest Darren Naish joins us to talk about marine reptiles. While Darren is best known for his work on dinosaurs and pterosaurs, he has fingers in a huge number of ve...

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Rachel Ignotofsky @rachelignotofsky.bsky.social · 19d

Fun Fact: Trilobites evolved eyes made out of hard calcite minerals. These little crystal eyes fossilize beautifully!

Art from my new book: DINOSAURS 🦕 where I illustrate all prehistoric life!

Preorder book here: a.co/d/7X856do

#paleoart #fossiladdict #evolution #sciart #dinosaurs

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Aug 31

Artist Zev Landes is responsible for some iconic modern Australian palaeo-art, but maybe he doesn't like the field at all? Find out in the newest episode of Fossils and Fiction, now in your feeds rss.com/podcasts/fos...

A man with long hair and a green shirt crouches behind a cartoon trilobite holding a microphone above the words "Zev Landes Doesn't Like Paleontology"

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Aug 19

For all the books featured on Fossils and Fiction, check our post here www.fossilsfiction.co/2025/06/15/b...

Books We’ve Explored on Fossils and Fiction – Fossils & Fiction

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Aug 19

Or Sandra Bennett's 'The Adamson Adventures' series, including "Fossil Frenzy" and "Tracks in the Most"
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Episode 35: Kids Fossil Frenzy – Fossils & Fiction

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Aug 19

It's Book Week in Australia. If you're looking for Dino books for young readers, check out our interview with Bronwyn Saunders, author of "Diprotodon: A Megafauna Journey"
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Episode 29: Diprotodon with Bronwyn Saunders – Fossils & Fiction

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Aug 17

Dinosaur dance floors and ancient sharks. What a combo! Followed up by 'Would you Rather?'
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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Aug 14

Episode 49: One Big Shark

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Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · Aug 12

Kiwis at twilight. A coloured lithograph by Joseph Wolf depicting 'Mantell's Apteryx', published in Zoological Sketches, vol. 1 (1861). The book's images were based on animals in the vivarium of the Zoological Society of London in Regent's Park.

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Jul 28

Episode 48: That is one big pile of Poozeum

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Jul 21

Discover megalodon and other ancient ocean giants with palaeontologist Ben Francischelli youtu.be/TkAkdk1YPgQ

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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · Jul 19

Eyes like heaven
Infernodrakon hastacollis
#paleoart #sciart

Two Infernodrakon on an open field covered by ferns during sunset, one glides low in the air, the other chases behind on the ground.

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Jul 18

In this episode, @markwitton.bsky.social offers thoughts on AI, how to support palaeo-art and more. Plus @travish.co fails miserably in a game of guess that fossil.

Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Jul 18

Episode 47: King Tyrant vs AI

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Jul 18

Episode 47: King Tyrant vs AI

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Fossils & Fiction @fossilsfiction.co · Jul 9

Review: The Mutated Mess of Jurassic World Rebirth

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · Jul 4

Hot damn, the Palaeontology in Public book by @chrismanias.bsky.social is the subject of an article in @theguardian.com, following a theme in recent Jurassic World films that the public are bored with dinosaurs. (Fact: Chris has not watched a single JP sequel!)

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The Guardian view on the public’s dinomania: passion for palaeontology endures through the ages | Editorial

Editorial: From blockbuster movies like Jurassic World Rebirth to documentary series, the appetite for these ancient creatures appears inexhaustible

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · Jun 20

If you edit me correctly, for small snippets of time I sound like I know what I'm talking about...

(Full interview: www.fossilsfiction.co/2025/06/15/e... Thanks to @fossilsfiction.co for inviting me onto their show!)