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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 2d

#MolluscMonday: James Sowerby's illustration of Ammonites bucklandi from the Lias of the Bath district, in vol.2 of Mineral Conchology (1818), the description brightened by the tale of William Buckland being proclaimed an 'Ammon Knight' by his friends for his mode of carrying a large specimen.

Illustration from Sowerby's Mineral Conchology of the large ammonite he named after William Buckland. It shows a large spiral shell with its inner whorls missing.

Extract from Sowerby's published description: 'Found in the Blue Lias of Bath and the neighbourhood, measuring from a foot to 21 inches or more in diameter, and rather remarkable for having frequently lost the inner whorls; which circumstance, by a sort of friendly pun, has given rise to the name given it, in honour of a meritorious and enlightened Geologist, the Rev. W. Buckland, who having found a large specimen, was induced by his ardour to carry it himself, although of considerable weight, and being on horseback it was not the less inconvenient; but the inner whorls being gone so as to allow his head and shoulder to pass through, he placed it as a French horn is sometimes carried, above one shoulder and under the other, and thus rode with his friendly companions, who amused him by dubbing him an Ammon Knight; and thus the specimen was secured, by diverting the tedious toil otherwise hardly to be borne. May his zeal for information always be rewarded: may his abilities continue to meet that attention they have hitherto so deservedly gained: may his horn be exalted with honour.'

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 2d

#MolluscMonday Early Pleistocene Neptunea angulata from the Red Crag of East Anglia bearing a striking example of the shell repair trace fossil Caedichnus, normally representing failed attempts at predation by crabs. Would handling this sinistral snail have proved difficult for the crab?

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 5d

#FossilFriday An unused view of the bizarre tooth-whorl of the Permian cartilaginous fish Helicoprion taken for ‘Fossils. The Essential Guide’.

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 6d

The old Geological Museum Library at the NHM nowadays seems to be used mainly as a studio, frequently featuring in television programmes or news items. Long gone are the days when it was a place to locate and read books.

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 7d

This short article is worth viewing if only for the portrait of the artist outside the Natural History Museum in London. DOI: 10.2110/palo.2025.031

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 9d

#MolluscMonday The invasive freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea is becoming so abundant in the Dronne at Les Églisottes (Gironde, SW France) that it is beginning to form a shell beach.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

To the right of this picture are fossil iguanodon teeth found at Old Roar quarry by #Bexhill Museum curator Henry Sargent in around 1916.

There are seven pieces varying in size from penny coin size to Dracula fang size! On the left of them is a replica of the fossil iguanodon tooth found in 1822. They are all displayed on a glass shelf in a display cabinet.

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 12d

#FossilFriday Several comatulid crinoids are visible on this small slab from the Middle Jurassic of Wiltshire. An unused image taken for ‘Fossils. The essential guide’.

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International Bryozoology Association @bryozoology.bsky.social · 14d

New publication on fossil bryozoans of Turkey.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First report of Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) palaeostomate bryozoans and associated biota of the northern Arabian Plate in southeastern Türkiye

The Halevikdere Formation of southern Türkiye yields an under-explored archive of Late Ordovician marine ecosystems. Our knowledge about Ordovician br…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Mali Ramsfjell @malihr.bsky.social · 15d

Self repost because this is pretty cool imho

Mali Ramsfjell @malihr.bsky.social · 16d

Today's cool museum collection discovery: Bryozoans growing on crustaceans!

I believe this ctenostome belongs to the genus Triticella, which is known to grow on specific groups of marine invertebrates 🦐

#bryozoa #nordigbryo #marineinvertebrates

A photo of a dead crustacean in ethanol. It is covered by small zooids

A close up of Triticella zooids. Thei have a long "stalk" and then you have the autozooid.

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 16d

#MolluscMonday Photographed at Hampton Court Palace last week, orthocone nautiloids in paving slabs of Swedish Ordovician limestone. A microfault crosses the chambered phragmocone of one. The other fossil may represent a siphuncular structure but comments would be welcomed.

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Dr. Sven N. Nielsen @snnielsen.bsky.social · 19d

I just deleted my account. Not much use anyway and this is just too much... 🧪

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 19d

#FossilFriday Choose your favourite fossil ‘lollipop’ from these specimens of the Cretaceous stalked sponge Siphonia tulipa. Another unused image taken for ‘Fossils. The Essential Guide’.

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 20d

www.bbc.com/newsround/ar...

Magnificent bryozoan: What are the giant blobs floating in US waters?

It might look like a giant gummy bear, or a brain shaped blob...like something from another planet maybe? But actually this blob was found on Earth floating in a U.S. lake...

www.bbc.com

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 20d

Another brief dive into the Cambrian: doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

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Mali Ramsfjell @malihr.bsky.social · 23d

When a Tubulipora ooeciostome is easy to find 🙏🏻🥳

A photo of a bryozoan colony with long tubular zooids

A photo of a small, hooded structure that is attached to regular zooids

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International Bryozoology Association @bryozoology.bsky.social · 21d

New publication on bryozoan growth rates, published in Marine Ecology
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 22d

I found this cartoon in an old diary of mine from 1994. At the time, the NHM was close to allowing a branch of the well-known fast food chain to open in its basement. Homo researchus looks a bit different these days.

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 22d

Are you sure that’s not a scleractinian brain coral on the cover?

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 23d

#MolluscMonday I wonder how many of those disembarking from their superyachts at the quayside in St Tropez will notice the rudist bivalves in the limestone blocks they are stepping onto?

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 26d

#FossilFriday The ‘face’ of the brachiopod Ancistrocrania from the Late Cretaceous Chalk of Belgium. One of the unused images taken for ‘Fossils, The Essential Guide’ which I wish was available at all good booksellers.

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Prof Col Macpherson @colinmacpherson.bsky.social · 27d

In 2019 @durhamearthsci.bsky.social welcomed Holmes's granddaughter (Mary, in scarf) and great granddaughter (Tahareh, plaid skirt) to the Arthur Holmes Building. Picture includes me (tallest) and Prof Jon Gluyas holding his copy of "Holmes". ⚒️🧪🧵1/2

Three women and three men standing in a group in an office space.

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Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠） @lhliow.bsky.social · 28d

#bryozoa bryozoologists! It’s official!! We are hosting Larwood 2026 in Oslo!! 1-3 June: mark and save on your calendars and spread the news!! @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social

International Bryozoology Association @bryozoology.bsky.social · 28d

Save the date! Next Larwood meeting (European bryozoan conference) in 2026 will be in Oslo from 1st-3rd of June! Hosted by @lhliow.bsky.social Hope to see you there.

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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 28d

Things That Irritate Editors #14: papers that show that the author has no idea about the journal's scope. Remember, kids, always get the measure of your intended venue before you submit. Read the guidelines. Email the editors with an inquiry. Many editors are human and will be pleased to help.

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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here are some more helpful images for palaeooysterologists.

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