It's not everyday you get to shake a dinosaur's hand

Oh, hello Dakota 👋

Packing for my trip to North Dakota!

I've got this big pal finished! They're a half-size, pose-able Protoceratops! They have a plastic armature throughout their body allowing a range of poses, surrounded by polyester stuffing which means they're still squishy! For sale over on my website: www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/12-pose...

They're very fun and expressive to pose!

Showing off my poster for ASAB - Spring

Jaw dropping fossil integument news: this new Iguanodontian was rather improbably covered in porcupine-like spines and this Permian trace fossil captures the earliest known cloaca

This is crazy: platypus hairs have unique, hollow melanosomes (pigment cells) that may have an additional function unrelated to the brown color they produce: A unique hollow melanosome morphology in the hairs of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

Going about my day normally when I remember that in just a few weeks I get to see something very cool and exciting

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Are you a student who wants to visit the NHMLA for your research? Do you advise or know a student who would benefit from visiting our collections? Well, there are three weeks left to apply for the NHMLA Student Collections Award. Help spread the word!

Big8 - a special exhibition I am excited to allow you access to the this special exhibit which highlights the work behind one of the biggest palaeo-related exhibitions. extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/ Hosted on @kunstmatrix #paleoart #SciComm

Especially dedicating this to the trans youth in the UK right now 🩷

🚨 PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology 🌱 We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share! #PlantScience #PlantSciJob

The amount of belittling, vitriol and arrogance I see from the community each time a palaeontology-adjecent media project shows up. Guys, you don't come off as intelligent by demeaning individual production members, you just prove you've no experience working in media, and come of as mean spirited.

Happy International Women's Day 💐 Did you know, for every 7 men in palaeontology, there are ~3 women. Women make up 25-35% of global vertebrate palaeontological publishing output. And are most likely to study mammals, while men, reptiles.

Bajadasaurus 🦕🌈

“Little Dippy’s Colorful Curiosity” by Tess Gallagher 🇺🇸 Bio: I am a paleontologist that specializes in the study of dinosaur scales, specifically those of sauropods. As someone who studies fossil skin, I use my artwork as a way to communicate my scientific hypotheses on dinosaur appearance.

Great news.

At the tip of this arrow, there is a 290 million years old impression of a cloaca from a fossilised reptile of the Goldlauter Formation in Germany. It’s the oldest known butthole. #PaleoSky ⚒️

Jack Horner "is no longer employed by Chapman University." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yes yes yes

*taps sign* we raised over $15k for Transgender Law Center last year! If you want to help support the org and look great doing it, the shirt is still live!

Outmuscled (Argentinosaurus & co.)

Follow the Yellow Leaf Road 🍃 Haolong dongi

I'll be attending the Virtual Conference for Women in Archeology and Paleontology! Come say hi and see my artwork!

🎨✨ Get ready to discover more about the world of paleoart at #6thvcwap ! 🦕🖌️ Explore the artworks of 14 women paleoartists, engage in discussions on GatherTown, and cast your vote for your favorite piece! @evolsara.bsky.social @tessasaurus.bsky.social @axellegardin.bsky.social @metanagon.bsky.social

Hello from remote publicly inaccessible One Tree Island, where I'll be assisting fluorescent studies on reefal health and echinoids.

The three princes of Farak confer in the dying light. #sciart #paleoart

I believe papers about extinct charismatic vertebrates should be held to the same publishing standards and norms as other taxonomic groups. It's objectively bizarre that papers describing a single species gets published in Science/Nature as if that's considered of broad paleobiological significance

Yall ever realize how common it is for news articles to give Watson and Crick full credit for "discovering" DNA, despite everyone and their mother knowing that it was Rosalind Franklin? Oh, and turns out Watson was at Epstein's house lol.

Hey look, it's me! Age of Dinosaurs takes your group on a breath-taking expedition to the heart of the prehistoric world. Come face-to-face with dinosaurs to discover how they truly lived while searching for answers that could save the future.

If the paleo community is going to be serious about Horner’s connection to Epstein, we also have to be serious about Myhrvold’s, because guess who contributed photos of animals mating to Epstein’s birthday book and has been appearing in new paleo papers this year - including the new Spinosaurus.

Just got my hot-off-the-press copy of the new edition of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, written by @tetzoo.bsky.social and yours truly, with gorgeous new cover art from @bobnichollsart.bsky.social: finally, a sauropodomorph on the cover 🦕🦕🦕 On sale soon!

--> , thermoregulatory structures, due to their blood filled nature, or all of the above. Whichever it is, this new discovery shows us that our understanding of integument in Dinosaurs and other extinct creatures is incredibly limited and still full of surprises…

Haolong dongi, the “Porcupine” Iguanodont. At about 2.5 meters long, not much would stand out about this Hadrosauroid had we just their skeletal remains, but thanks to the preservational nature of the Yixian Formation, we’ve come to uncover amazing details about the anatomy of this animal #sciart 🧵>

Along with overlapping dorso-caudal scutes and large flattened caudal scales, Haolong was covered in small spines. The purpose of these is so far unclear, however the current hypotheses land on them being defensive structures, display structures->

"I may have a slightly different opinion..." For February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I invited several female* artists and scientists to join a panel discussion on this important topic. We talked about 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒆𝒐(𝒂𝒓𝒕).

I always thought the term “billfish” implied toothlessness, and while that’s true for swordfish, all the other billfishes are exactly the opposite: their mouthes and bills are COVERED in tiny teeth. They also have these awful tooth filled pockets all along their bills. Awful.

The February Exhibit is online! 🖼️ As part of the permanent exhibition, I am so excited to show a LOT of new artwork by amazing female* artists. Check them out here extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/ If you would like to exhibit some artwork or know someone - please get in touch! #palaeoart cont..

Question for fellow Paleontologists. What is the likelihood of getting a curator position without having a PhD?

another equine commission :D As I was told, these are characters from the game Ecos la Brea, and the horse is defending his herd! | #art #digitalart #feralart #horse #horseart #equineart |

SVP has finally put out the statement they should have put out 9 days ago, instead of the disgraceful one they put out originally. This is better, but it's not enough. If SVP wants to regain its members' trust without increasing transparency, we need to see results, not promises.

From @geopetalfabric.bsky.social and @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social. You can follow the podcast at @weirdanddead.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/posts/150459...

Woohoo! I was just awarded the NDGS travel grant to visit a very cool specimen! 🥳

New paper to reflect on during the International Women in Science Day. 🧪⛏️⚒️🦕🦖 "Barriers Affecting Mexican Women in Paleontology: Challenges and Proposals for Building a Women’s Support Network" paleontologiamexicana.geologia.unam.mx/index.php/pa...

Happy International Women In Science Day! I had an amazing time speaking with fellow female scientists and paleoartists on todays paleoart panel with @extinctfineart.bsky.social . Pictured here is me and one of the key Diplodocus skin specimens that led to our recent discovery on Dippy Colors 🦕🌈

Happy International Women and Girls in Science Day! Proud to work alongside so many brilliant women, past and present, and excited for the future scientists who will shape what comes next.