The story of Oculudentavis is wild. It was named "eye-teeth-bird" but had neither the eyes nor teeth of a bird, and indeed it wasn't even a bird. And the fossil may have come from a war zone 1/2

University challenge fossils alert!!

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...

I am glad I caught that typo

Fossil fails for this #FossilFriday youtu.be/6avVFs2LwKk?...

If you haven't listened to @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, then this is the right episode to give it a try...

Hey palaeontologists - what (if anything) has this guy on Reddit found in Kootenay national park BC?

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...

Apparently this sign does not mean the Stairs of Cirith Ungol to Mordor but the “easy” route

Dinosaurs on the MOON?! youtube.com/shorts/vUGdg...

Further unexpected fossil finds in Tbilisi: archaeopteryx street art

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

Get the inside scoop on dinosaur weirdo Spicomellus from @tweetisaurus.bsky.social: behind the scenes, how the pandemic nearly killed it, where to put all those spikes, & dodgy fossil dealers @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out today www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Xb...

Would you believe that we don't have an evolutionary tree for the biggest group of fossil jawless fish? UNTIL NOW THAT IS! Our new paper "A Phylogeny for Heterostraci" 10+ years in development, 100+ taxa, is finally out (thread)

Question: What the hell is this? (thread)

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!!

🚨 Bonus mini-episode released today! Where do Squid come from? Susie and Rob discuss squid origins and the use of digital techniques a new paper from Imegami et al Available on Spotify, YouTube and all the usual places. Links in our bio

The origin of vertebrates gets a shake up as one of the first fossils of vertebrate skeleton turns out to be an invertebrate. Latest episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social out now, where ever you get your podcasts

Hello all! @thepalass.bsky.social has numerous vacancies on council including internet officer (a role I have served for the last 6 years): palass.org/association/... This role no longer requires any technical expertise beyond using web-based systems, and we can provide full training in those. ⚒️🧪

A shameful admission for @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, I have found documentary evidence that I was into dinosaurs long before I was into fossil fish

I see a theme developing from my old school diary #GrowingUpInThe80s

Now it is over Obsolete and defeated My rainbow road ends A Haiku to mark the occasion that my seven year old can now reliably beat me at Mario Kart

Now it is over Obsolete and defeated My rainbow road ends A Haiku to mark the occasion that my seven year old can now reliably beat me at Mario Kart

Where Pterosaurs came from has always been a bit of a mystery: they just sort of turn up in the Triassic. In this week's @thefossilfiles.bsky.social Susie and I cover a cool new study on ecology & origins of pterosaurs & weird relatives in Triassic climates. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCU2...

The shady coordinated attacks on de-extinction critics don’t address the substance of the arguments (they would lose). Instead, they are demonstrably weak ad hominem attacks on qualified people. If the wonderful @toriherridge.bsky.social is not allowed to speak out, who is?

In far less pleasant news -- it turns out that @devoevomed.bsky.social, @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social & I have all been targets of on-line smear articles, all in reference to our public criticisms of de-extinction. www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

This is eye-poppingly terrifying. The de-extinction debacle of Colossal Biosc. was already highly questionable both in terms of science & sci comm, but it now appears that somebody (?) has been coordinating dodgy hit pieces and feeble attempts to discredit scientists that criticise this 'work' 1/3

New palaeo-PhD opportunity! Will you be the one to figure out the anatomy and function of fossil jawless fish? Come join the team! Application Deadline August 22nd, funding for UK student only (sorry) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

In which Susie and I explore controversies over Pterosaurs and their origins - new @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode out on Tuesday www.youtube.com/shorts/QrkR8...

Romans wearing trilobites as a necklace! We maybe need to update our @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode on the first fossil collectors

hello gang, can anyone recommend resources for teaching programming in R to 1st year undergrads in geoscience? All and any tips welcome! 👩‍💻🐚📈

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As a little Friday treat check out our latest episode discussing past and present fossil collectors! Or if you fancy something else dive in to our back catalogue where we explore soft tissue preservation, de-extinction and more!

Funded PhD claxon!! Bill Sellers at University of Manchester is advertising a fully-funded PhD position on the evolution of quadrupedal gaits. Exact focus is open and *could* include fossils. Deets here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Got weird Deja vu passing through here today because I was last here 26 years ago to see my first ever gig: Super Fury animals. My ears hurt for days afterwards

A hint to my location

I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎

One of the best things ever is shaking a candidates hand immediately after their PhD viva saying “congratulations Dr Surname”

In which Susie and I giggle about the Erfoud Manuport because we are very serious people youtube.com/shorts/8D6-c...

The Erfoud “manuport” is a 7 cm long fragment of a fossil cuttlefish, likely carried and used by ancient humans ~250k years ago in Morocco. We can only speculate as to its use 👀 which Susie and I will be doing in the next episode of @thefossilfiles.bsky.social

New soft tissue preservation suggests some ichthyosaurs were using “stealth” technology when hunting. Our first @thefossilfiles.bsky.social episode on plesiosaur soft tissues and swimming might need an update!

Today we be fosslin’

My sons’s end of year 2 performance was called “Rockpool” and the children dressed up as crabs, seagulls, jellyfish, and…… a eurypterid. Not sure why but I am here for it

Those in need of entertainment this #FossilFriday might be interested in our new podcast @thefossilfiles.bsky.social wherein Susie and I gossip about new palaeo discoveries

Celebrating the first anniversary of Fern the Diplodocus in our garden @nhm-london.bsky.social , here's a little movie explaining exactly how we did it, starring yours truly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Xb...

The careful consideration and research before getting my daughter her first phone did not prepare me for the volume and intensity of cat gifs I would receive from her in the first half hour of her getting it

Perhaps our episode slamming de-extinction of Dire wolves as a scam went too early @thefossilfiles.bsky.social because as much as I would love to see a Moa IRL, this is way beyond pie in the sky

After our wittering and raging about de-extinction on @thefossilfiles.bsky.social, here is a far more considered and informed opinion from @toriherridge.bsky.social