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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 1h

We cover a lot of ground in this one: the ethics of publishing on Myanmar amber, article retraction, and whether Rob has any credibility. It's a good one. Give it a listen 👇

Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 1d

#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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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 1d

#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...

fossils.libsyn.com

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 2d

Sharing for @Rebecca Hunt-Foster; "Happy Establishment day Dinosaur National Monument! On this date in 1915, President Woodrow Wilson established the original 80-acre national monument to protect the Carnegie Dinosaur Quarry." @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @palaeontosoc.bsky.social

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 5d

How do you select a name for a new dinosaur? Sneak peek on #FossilFriday of the next @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out on Tuesday with @tweetisaurus.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/5Cbz9...

How do you choose a name for a new #dinosaur ? #thefossilfiles #taxonomy

YouTube video by The Fossil Files Podcast

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 8d

AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...

World Heritage Officer in Dorchester | Dorset Council

View details and apply for this World Heritage Officer vacancy in Dorchester. Join a passionate and collaborative team at the heart of Dorset's environmental and heritage work. As part of the Dor...

www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 8d

There's still a long way to go, but the evidence is clear: our approach to tackling violent crime and its complex causes is working.

Violent crime leading to injury is falling in every borough. I'm determined to build on this progress and deliver a safer London for everyone.

London mayor Sadiq Khan hits out at 'misinformation' as new figures show fall in crimes

Sir Sadiq Khan's comments come after renewed attacks from US President Donald Trump - who recently claimed "crime in London is through the roof".

news.sky.com

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 8d

I had an amazing time on the University of Birmingham palaeo field course to Utah last week. God I love you America... please don't break...

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 8d

Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, Krzysztof Owocki, Martin Qvarnström & Gerard D. Gierliński (2025)
An ornithischian-theropod ichnoassemblage from the Norian-Rhaetian transition of Poland
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 113312
doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Redirecting

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 11d

Coming to the end of another University of Birmingham Palaeontology undergraduate fieldtrip to Utah & Colorado. Thanks to the incredible @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social team - we had an amazing time digging dinosaurs in the Cedar Mountain Formation.

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 11d

This is so cool!!

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12d

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 14d

This episode was genuinely hilarious to make... listen in on all your favourite podcast platforms! @thefossilfiles.bsky.social

Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 15d

In this week's episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, I complete loose control
I think you can even pinpoint the exact moment that @tweetisaurus.bsky.social makes me laugh so hard that I burp.
Tune in for 🦕🌔🐝
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JI4...

Dinosaurs on the moon confirmed

YouTube video by The Fossil Files Podcast

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 18d

#FossilFriday A succession (anagenetic?) of Two Medicine Formation centrosaurines from @museumoftherockies.bsky.social: Stellasaurus, Einiosaurus, Achelousaurus

A series of skulls from earlier to later of Two Medicine formation horned dinosaurs

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 18d

😱😱 Were you in Knightsbridge??

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20d

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Robert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 20d

What to see in Georgia🇬🇪? @thefossilfiles.bsky.social is on tour. The Dmanisi cave fossils, some of earliest humans (?) outside of Africa, ~1.8 million years old, here in Tbilisi

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 20d

#2025SVP #SVP2025
Note: "Your poster should be formatted in portrait (vertical) orientation and not larger than 234 cm/92 inches in height x 95 cm/37 inches in width."
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Poster Presentation Guidelines – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 20d

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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Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 20d

Prepare to meet thy Dome: a pachycephalosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia - Nature

The pachycephalosaurian Zavacephale rinpoche, from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, provides crucial insights into the early evolution of dome-headed dinosaurs, including the development of the front...

www.nature.com

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 20d

😁 no no no don't change it!

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 21d

Boum Glacier
2000 | 2023 ✝️

Pyrenean glaciers will be gone within 10 yrs! 🔥

Boum passed away in 2023 and a moving tribute was paid to him last Sunday!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ha...

'Funny' to see headline from 2020 saying it will be gone by 2040! 😱
www.ladepeche.fr/2020/09/13/e...

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 20d

Love how this rhynchosaur is so clearly coming in for a hug.

Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 20d

Birmingham is built on the Triassic and our main logo for this year's conference features a Triassic reptile, a rhynchosaur, first described by Richard Owen in 1842 from Shropshire, just west of Birmingham.

We will be running two Triassic field trips this year, although both are now sold out

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 20d

I also enjoyed "Technical session XIV: Reptile O'rama"

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 20d

You'd have to ask the programme committee... @gondwannabe.bsky.social

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