Hey look: A job! @echinerd.bsky.social and I are looking for a research technician to work on sea urchin development. If you are good at segmenting CT scans and want a chance to work on some super cool organisms, this job here at UCL is for you! apply now: bit.ly/4o2qccY

Our new 🦕 paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Sam Beeston shows that pneumaticity extends far into the tail in multiple sauropod dinosaur lineages, including brachiosaurids, suggesting that its evolution was probably complex across the clade: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🚨 New croc paper alert! Another study led by Ana Laura Paiva (PhD student I co-supervise with Max Langer) is out today in Palaeontology! We revisit a classic question with new tools: how big were notosuchians, really? 🐊📏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Art: @mirantakouvari.bsky.social

New paper @thepalass.bsky.social led by PhD student Ana Laura Paiva (with @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social, @paleodaniel.bsky.social & others) estimating body size in notosuchian crocodylomorphs, with implications for extinction selectivity across the K/Pg mass extinction: doi.org/10.1111/pala...

The New Paleobiology Database User Guide is here! This is the second edition of the volume designed to be a comprehensive guide for Paleobiology Database users -- escholarship.org/uc/item/9gg7...

Privileged to have had the chance to discuss my work with the global crocodylian conservation community at the 28th IUCN SSC Crocodile Specialist Group Working Meeting in Agadir, Morocco last week. Thrilled to have been awarded first prize for my talk on our Cuban crocodile research 🐊 #CSG2026

📣 10 days left to register for our workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology and Phylogenetics Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...

Sethapanichsakul, T., Khansubha, SO., Manitkoon, S. et al. The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia. Sci Rep 16, 12467 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Introducing Nagatitan, a new, large-bodied titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand, with our paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Perth Sethapanichsakul: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We’re hiring a herpetology curator @nhm-london.bsky.social - come join us! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...

Job alert: Director of Science @ Defra! Join my team in a critical science leadership role to ensure robust evidence underpins decisions on nature, climate, pollution, food & more. Apply if you enjoy solving big, complex challenges & want to make a real difference! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

Re-evaluation of the Early Cretaceous titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur Triunfosaurus leonardii from the Triunfo Basin, Brazil: implications for the initial radiations of Somphospondyli and Titanosauria academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

New paper on the earliest Cretaceous Brazilian sauropod dinosaur Triunfosaurus, possibly the oldest known titanosaur, along with a new perspective on this clade's radiation, casting doubt on previous biogeographic proposals🦕(+ @ismarcarvalho.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/zool... @es-ucl.bsky.social

If you're interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral (or any other) fellowship to come work with me @es-ucl.bsky.social on sauropod dinosaurs, crocodiles, fossil birds, past biodiversity patterns, and/or vertebrate conservation palaeobiology, please get in touch

⏰ Abstract Submission Deadline: 16th April ⏰ Don’t miss the opportunity to present your work at the ProgPal 2026 conference! 🦖✨ 🔗 More info: palass.org/progressive-... 📌 Poster ⚡ Lightning Talk 🎤 Full Talk 🌟 Keynote Speaker #conference #ProgPal2026 #palaeontology

The ISPH is back in Europe! The ISPH returns to Europe for its 8th edition. The symposium will take place at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in the quiet and charming city of Leiden (the Netherlands) from 6 to 8 July 2027. isph2027.wordpress.com

PDRA positions at Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (York, UK) These include four that I am involved with: beta diversity change ecosystem metrics ecological monitoring & Indigenous and local knowledge food system dynamics & biodiversity sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...

We are excited to be recruiting a number of new postdoctoral researchers working across a range of topics from biodiversity modelling and creative future visioning to cultural understandings of biodiversity and game design. Find out more and apply by 28 April: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...

Are you looking for a Post-doc related to biodiversity? We might have just the role for you! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social are curently advertising 10 (yes!) post-docs covering natural & social science of biodivesity. Come work with us & share with anyone appropriate! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...

Postdoc advert now live! Come and work with me at the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social on the Mediterranean Neogene insular giant fauna. You'll also get to work with a great team: @toriherridge.bsky.social @nannonstevens.bsky.social and Jesse Hennekam

Were dinosaurs and other terrestrial vertebrates capable of long-distance transoceanic dispersal? Through a new mechanistic energetic model, our new paper suggests this was possible: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @es-ucl.bsky.social

‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨 Two Post Doc Opportunities: PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.

Very excited to announce that our Leverhulme grant on insular gigantism was successful! 3 year project with @toriherridge.bsky.social @nannonstevens.bsky.social and Jesse Hennekam. Postdoc advert coming soon, but feel free to contact me via email for more details.

I’m looking for a post doc (up to five years) interested in phylogenetics and earth systems - please spread the word!

New paper on the internal anatomy of the skull of the Early Cretaceous crocodyliform Pholidosaurus, with evidence for oceanic capability, led by Sapienza Università di Roma PhD student Leonardo Barbini, with @palaeoburke.bsky.social (@es-ucl.bsky.social): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Come and work with our colleagues @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - three new lectureship posts around School strategic priorities - including 'Evolutionary Biology and understanding the evolution of life'

Here's Galahadosuchus, a new saltoposuchid from Gloucestershire that I was brought on to illustrate. Congrats to Ewan Bodenham, Stephan Spiekman (@stephanspiekman.bsky.social), Susie Maidment (@tweetisaurus.bsky.social), Paul Upchurch, and Phil Mannion (@pdmannion.bsky.social) on the publication!

Meet Galahadosuchus jonesi, a new crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic of the UK, described by @es-ucl.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social PhD student Ewan Bodenham (with @stephanspiekman.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & Paul Upchurch): anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Congrats to Ewan Bodenham @stephanspiekman.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social Paul Upchurch & @pdmannion.bsky.social on describing Galahadosuchus, a new crocodylomorph from Triassic Gloucestershire. Reconstruction: @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

This #FossilFriday I am delighted to share a postdoctoral position that we @deeptimeecology.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social are advertising on early animal evolution in the #Ediacaran. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

Great news! A new NSF Geoinformatics grant to support the PBDB was funded in June of 2025! This will overhaul the technical underpinnings of PBDB, a necessary step for carrying the PBDB forward -- www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

These roles are now live! 🚨 Come join the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at @es-ucl.bsky.social. Research Software Engineer: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Community Engagement Coordinator: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Closing date: 18-Jan-2026

Our job adverts are now live! 🤩 We are hiring a Research Software Engineer and a Community Engagement Coordinator to support @palaeoverse.bsky.social over the next two years, based at UCL. Apply by January 18th 2026, ideally to start in March 2026 🗓️ More info and links below 👇

Beyond excited to announce that as of today I officially started a Ramón y Cajal 5-year senior fellowship (tenure-track) at University of Alcalá in Madrid, if you are interested in birds & vertebrate macroevolution & you like sun & good food, hit me up to explore postdoc or PhD opportunities!

🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨 We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social. - Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP - Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn

JOB ALERT! Collection Manager job going in Palaeontology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/collecti...

We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

Interested in Historical Ecology and Conservation Palaeobiology? 🪸🦀 Steve Pates and I are offering a PhD project on Unlocking Palaeo-Historical Biodiversity Data to Inform Ecological Baselines @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 19th January 2026 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums. www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...

New paper on the notosuchian Eremosuchus by @piginatutu.bsky.social, co-authored by myself and @pdmannion.bsky.social among others out now!! We even find some cool evidence of replacement teeth in the dentary! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK

Great to have the chance to talk about the conservation palaeobiology of Cuban crocodiles at #2025SVP in Birmingham last week and also to see so many fantastic talks and posters from the other members of the @es-ucl.bsky.social palaeo group! 🦴🐊

Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme: 🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Over the moon to receive this certificate and honourable mention from @uclopenscience.bsky.social for 'Open Science & Scholarship' 😁 Thank you for the nomination @es-ucl.bsky.social!

On Saturday November 15, 2025 we will open the call to submit proposals for the Analytical Paleobiology School 2026 for grad students in Erlangen for a training in analytical methods. Do you want to join or send someone? More info and details: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-scho...

My advice for #2025SVP would be aimed not to students, who are excellent in our society and I am sure will do great but on senior academics. During Q&A, please resist the urge to grandstand or grill. Be polite, constructive, and supportive. That’s how we build a stronger, kinder community. #SVP2025

This is excellent advice for all first time presenters … also, the quality of your talk will not impact your future career - that comes down to your CV & skills overall, not your ability to perform on the platform. So, if you slip up a bit don’t sweat it - most of the audience won’t realise anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️

Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸 We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini. 🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...

A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...