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Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre @charmouthhcc.bsky.social · 13d

It's complete!
Enzo the ichthyosaur is now fully on display in the Centre after being discovered just a year ago. A whole lot of work went into this one by Chris and Alex Moore, and Nic Reast and it looks fantastic! #FossilFriday

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · 16d

A little late for the #EuropeanHeritageDays but still: Plesiosaurs are among the most iconic mesozoic marine reptiles of Europe. The first plesiosaur was discovered in 1821 by Mary Anning - a talented fossil huntress and major contributor to paleontology.
#paleontology #paleoart #DINOJAM

A sketch of a plesiosaur skull and two swimming plesiosaurs

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 27d

As we're all taught, you can (usually) only directly date the age of a rock if it cooled from lava.

But here, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs, using uranium-lead ratios in the calcite. Hugely exciting, maybe groundbreaking.

My take @science.org

www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientists directly date dino eggshells for the first time

The new findings narrow age estimates for the clutch of eggs—and may help identify which species laid them

www.science.org

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Naquadria @naquadria3.bsky.social · Apr 8

France's decision to return the skulls of King Toera and two warriors to Madagascar is a significant step toward rectifying colonial injustices. Honoring the dignity of those wronged by colonialism is essential for healing and justice. #Restitution #Justice #HumanRights #France #ForeignPolicy

France to return human remains to Madagascar in first action under new law

The skulls of King Toera and two warriors were held at Paris's Natural History Museum since 1899

www.theartnewspaper.com

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Africa View Facts @africaviewfacts.bsky.social · Aug 26

France has returned the skull of King Toera, a Sakalava king killed by French troops in 1897 during the Ambiky massacre in Madagascar 🇲🇬, along with the skulls of two of his warriors.

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Aug 25

What’s better for #MondayMotivation than a giant flying snack? 🍫 🪰 Meganeuropsis was a #Griffinfly, a group of giant #ExtinctInsect from the Permian epoch. Meet them, and other delicious friends, in pleistogames.itch.io/cisuralian-c...
#paleontology #indiedev #paleoart #entomology

A capture of the info menu, with detailed information on the giant griffinfly Meganeuropsis

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Aug 14

Somehow, the flappy-bird moves of Diplocaulus in pleistogames.itch.io/cisuralian-c... are based on real science! Back in 1980, Cruickshank and Skews used a replica and a wind tunnel to show that tilting the head up while facing the current would propulse it upwards ⤴️
#paleontology #gamedev #indiedev

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Aug 11

Cisuralian Cruise is a free spooky arcade game where you play as a young Diplocaulus, swimming your way through the dangers of the Early Permian. The last update is live at pleistogames.itch.io/cisuralian-c..., and my Dimetrodon is starving to meet you!
#PaleoSky #gamedev, #indiedev

A young Diplocaulus encounters a scary Dimetrodon in the dark during a nocturnal river cruise

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Jean-François Cudennec @jfcudennec.bsky.social · Jul 29

Wear marks on trilobite fossil found in archaeological context suggest that the Romans may have used it as ornament.

Very cool find, and a good excuse to bring back this thread on antique palaeontology !

bsky.app/profile/jfcu...

#PaleoSky 🏺 ⚒️ 🦑

Computer simulations of the Armea trilobite specimen mounted for use as a personal ornament. a‒b, Leather bracelet with the trilobite attached via a central hole, sewn to an additional leather piece on the reverse (detail in b). c‒e, Different views of the same specimen, set in a banded pendant of silver or another metal

Source : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02266-8

Photographs and interpretation of Colpocoryphe sp., the Ordovician trilobite found in the Armea Roman settlement. a, c, d, Specimen CCA21-3965 in dorsal (a1), lower (a2), anterior (a5), posterior (a6), left-lateral (a3), and right-lateral (a4) views. α in a3 indicates the angle measured between the two main wear facets (1 and 2 in Fig. 2) of anthropic origin, whose convergence is marked by a blue arrow in a2. b, Reconstruction of the life habit of the genus Colpocoryphe (b1), half-buried in the substrate in an arched shape, and retraction of the exoskeleton after death or ecdysis (b2). The lateral view of the specimen in a3 was reproduced in b2 to clarify the positioning of the fossil. c, Posterior-oblique view of the specimen with enhanced pygidium (c1), to indicate the missing parts (highlighted in pink in c2) with reference to a drawing of a Colpocoryphe pygidium. d, Close view of a.2 (lower side of specimen), showing details of abrasion striae near the boundary between the angular facets (blue line). Drawings reproduced from Hammann (1983)

Source : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02266-8

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Aug 9

Update: Postjam version has been deployed! - Cisuralian Cruise pleistogames.itch.io/cisuralian-c...

Update: Postjam version 02 has been deployed!

As promised, the new version is up - with a lot of content, including what I planned to include during the GMTK Jam 2025! For the record, the theme of the jam was ‘LOOP’, and I only had A SINGLE D...

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Aug 4

I did it! Within a single day, I submitted my spooky paleozoic spin on a famous infinite runner to the 2025 #GMTKJam. You can play it here : pleistogames.itch.io/cisuralian-c...

There are tons of things I want to add after the voting period ends. Btw you can leave a vote if you liked it!

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A spooky, paleozoic, 3D spin on Flappy Bird.

pleistogames.itch.io

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PolGM @polgm.bsky.social · Jul 31

J'ai développé un nouveau jeu d'enquête gratuit !
Ca s'appelle "L'Enquête : l'affaire Dreyfus"

Jouable sur ordinateur (ou téléphone), sans pub ni inscription, environ 30 minutes - et je serais ravi d'avoir vos retours !

Pour tester, c'est par ici :
pgmstudio.itch.io/lenquete-aff...

L'Enquête : l'affaire Dreyfus by Pol Grasland-Mongrain

Reconstituez l'affaire Dreyfus

pgmstudio.itch.io

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Jul 31

I am away from home until Sunday... but I've not skipped a single #GMTKjam since 2022, so let's make a super small game fitting the theme, featuring extinct species and a reasonable amount of science - all that within 1 actual day!

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Kalika Prasad @kalikaprasad.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our new paper is out!
1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry!

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Wound repair in plants guided by cell geometry

Mathew et al. show that growth conflicts reshape cells after injury, forming rhomboidal geometries that trigger diagonal divisions. This reorients cell files to restore tapered morphology. A two-step ...

www.cell.com

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PolGM @polgm.bsky.social · Jul 29

Corruption, sexe, règlements de compte : que s'est-il vraiment passé à la mairie de Saint-Étienne en 2014 ?
Faites l'Enquête :
pgmstudio.itch.io/lenquete-sai...

(poke @saintetienne-loire.ici.fr )

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yee-qi.bsky.social @yee-qi.bsky.social · Jul 24

Tuojiangosaurus and Meioneurites
#paleoart #SciArt #art #artist #paleontology #artistonbluesky #originalart
🐡 🐡

Purple stegosaur with orange head; blue butterflylike animals perch along its back.

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Poulet - Wishlist Wordatro! @poulet.bsky.social · Jun 23

Wordatro! is now available on Steam! 🎉 I'm so excited!

This is just the beginning, and more free updates are on the way. The game is available now with a 15% launch discount, so don't miss out!

Enjoy the game! 🐔
youtu.be/ZAzhX3839hU

store.steampowered.com/app/3140120/...

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Jun 17

As a kid, and later a paleontologist, I was so thrilled to see actual mummies and early human skulls in France. I wish a game like #Relooted by @nyamakop.co.za existed at the time.

(also don't actually heist human remains, you could damage them and you may jeopardize ongoing restitution efforts)

Relooted by Nyamakop @nyamakop.co.za · Jun 16

POV:

You heist the Kabwe Skull back

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Relooted by Nyamakop @nyamakop.co.za · Jun 16

POV:

You heist the Kabwe Skull back

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Jun 16

I just updated my website at pleistogames.fr, right in time for the #GameCamp. If you're going there and want to talk paleontology, evolution, worldbuilding or creature design, please reach out to me!

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Ghislain | Pleistogames @pleistogames.bsky.social · Jun 8

Instant wishlist 😍

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Doot 🪲☀️ Kabuto Park OUT NOW 🪷🐝 @dodoot.bsky.social · Apr 8

Kabuto Park has big beetles but it is also home to many small bugs 🤏🪲

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Mickaël Newton @mickaelnewton.bsky.social · Apr 6

La Bourse JV est en péril et tout le monde s'en fiche. On doit collecter 50K€ de toute urgence, là on touche à peine les 15.

Alors que si on devait annoncer la fin du truc, là on aurait plein de relai médiatique. Mais c'est maintenant qu'il faut parler en fait !

www.helloasso.com/associations...

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