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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 6d

For #FossilFriday a chance to shake hands with the #IsleofWight dinosaur Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis.

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 2d

#Fossil Files podcast fans!! Today sees the release of Fossil Fails II: The tiny dinosaur with the massive flaw... Get our take on that whole Oculudentavis thing - available now on libsyn and wherever you get your podcasts! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social fossils.libsyn.com/fossil-fails...

The Fossil Files: Fossil Fails: The tiny dino with a massive flaw

Discovery of the smallest ever dinosaur acheived quite a splash when it was publised on the front cover of Nature in 2020. The new critter, Oculodentavis, was the size of a hummingbird and reconstruct...

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 7d

Need science visuals? Graphic design? Scientific illustration? Motion graphics? I do those! Get in touch and let's discuss how we can work together to communicate your research. I can create visual assets for journals, social media, print, meetings or outreach. Website here: stuartponddesign.com

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 7d

Ah damn. A hero of reason with her fierce intelligence, humility and ability to communicate the science.

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Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

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Jeremy Lockwood @valdosaurus.bsky.social · 13d

For #FossilFriday a posterior view of the braincase of the Early Cretaceous fish-eating spinosaurid dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri. In the collections of @nhm-london.bsky.social. First discovered in Barremian aged Smokejacks brick pit Surrey by collector William Walker in 1983. Time flies!

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Rebecca | Palaeoplushies @palaeoplushies.com · 20d

Using my new thylacine sewing pattern I have created another lifesize thylacine plushie!

This big friend is available over here: www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/thylaci...

A lifesize thylacine plushie stands on a lawn. It is made of printed fabric, with highly detailled artwork.

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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 21d

Some great jobs in evolutionary morphology / palaeo now available @sunyofficial.bsky.social: apply.interfolio.com/172502 and apply.interfolio.com/172517

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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 21d

Two weeks working at the ESI in Joburg, one paper on another new Zimbabwean dino about to be submitted, another on a potentially new South African dino well on the way, two new grant ideas to work on, prelim work done on other projects. Amazing how much you can get done without meetings ...

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 21d

JOBS JOBS JOBS! Stony Brook are advertising two assistant professorships in vertebrate palaeo/evolution, one focused on (in the words of the SVP programme) NOT DINOSAURS and the other on evolutionary neurology:
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 23d

Early registration (and the best possible rates) still open for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting 2025 in Birmingham, but it closes on Thursday. Register now if you haven't already! #SVP2025 #2025SVP

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2025 Registration Information – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 24d

Walking through the woods and heard hammering, the source being this Nuthatch that was in the process of successfully extracting an acorn lodged in the bark of a mature Ash tree, presumably by one of the very vocal and industrious jays that were about at the time. #birding

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 27d

For #FossilFriday, contemplating trace fossils made just after "The Fall" (the end-Cretaceous meteorite impact) preserved in <66 million-year-old sediments in central Colorado, while finishing a research article with @denvermuseumns.bsky.social colleagues on these survivors' traces. 🧪🐾

White chunk of sandstone with surface pockmarked by circular outlines of open and filled fossil burrows, most 5-10 mm wide, and a few that are horizontally expressed with meniscae (curved lines)in the burrow fill.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · 27d

Species interaction over millions of years. Limpets sheltering in a dinosaur footprint seen at the impressive Triassic track site at the Bendricks, Barri, Cymru. #FossilFriday

Species interaction over millions of years. Limpets sheltering in a dinosaur footprint at the Bendricks, an impressive Triassic track site at Barri, Cymru.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · Sep 9

Scientific illustrations? I create those! Simple or complex, 2D or 3D, for any subject illustrations can communicate complex research, processes and concepts effectively. Plus scope for re-usage across a range of channels of delivery. Get in touch! #SciArt

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · Sep 3

Last week in Nature: ooo look at my spiky dino. This week in Nature: EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT BIOLOGY IS WRONG www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother

Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · Sep 5

The beautifully preserved skeleton of the Kimmeridgian theropod Juravenator from Germany, as seen at Jura-Museum Eichstätt. #FossilFriday

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · Sep 2

What's up? I'll tell you What's Up, Bluesky! A NEW EPISODE OF THE FOSSIL FILES, THAT'S WHAT! And it's on nothing less than the Triassic punk, Mirasaura. Listen here and on all your favourite podcast platforms: fossils.libsyn.com/mirasaura-tr...

The Fossil Files: Mirasaura, Triassic Punk

This new discovery is WEIRD. Mirasaura (the 'marvellous lizard') has been described from the Triassic of France, and it has mad projections coming out of its back, far longer than its body. We take a ...

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · Sep 3

I've got plenty of capacity so if you, your clients and or institution need any scientific visualisation, graphic design or motion graphic work then get in touch!

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Illustration showing the distribution of microplastics from terrestrial to marine environments

Skeletal reconstructions of Edmontonia, Vectipelta and Scutellosaurus to scale

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · Sep 1

Heads up for #SVP2025 attendees: I'm running a day-long workshop about UK #paleoart on Nov 11th (the day before the meeting). Essentially a mini-conference, it's a day of talks on UK palaeoart history, conservation and current projects, as well as... 1/3

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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · Aug 31

Rather chuffed to have been awarded first prize in two photography categories at our village show today. Alan Garner fans might know the location of the colour photo.

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · Aug 29

I absolutely love this story by @jamesashway.bsky.social on he background about how we found Spicomellus

James Ashway @jamesashway.bsky.social · Aug 29

Find out the full story behind the dig 👇 (4/4)
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Discovering mysterious Middle Jurassic dinosaurs in Morocco | Natural History Museum

Discover how new fossils of the unusual dinosaur Spicomellus were found in Morocco.

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

If you don't have access to Nature, but would like to read our paper on the new specimen of #Spicomellus, you can read it online at this link with no subscription: rdcu.be/eCJK3

Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur

Nature - The ankylosaurian dinosaur Spicomellus afer possessed a tail weapon and uniquely elaborate dermal armour.

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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)

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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Introducing a crazy new look for Spicomellus, based on new osteoderms unlike anything we've ever seen before. I was brought in to produce a life reconstruction based on the new material, published today in Nature by Maidment et al:

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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Stu Pond @stupond.bsky.social · Aug 27

Brilliant reconstruction, congratulations!

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