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James Pascoe @jamespascoe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Spinosaurids are as enigmatic as they are diverse, Suchomimus at perhaps 11 metres was the largest known member of the Baryonychinae, while Irritator at around 6 metres is regarded as the smallest of the Spinosauridae. More WIP on displays for next months @dinoconuk.bsky.social charity auction 🏴‍☠️🦖

Suchomimus in blue and Irritator in orange as scale comparisons

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Thought I’d get myself a T-shirt printed for DinoCon next month, so people know who I am. Putting my name on it seemed a bit naff, so I did this instead. I think it’s very “me”. 🤷‍♂️

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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

New paper from the lab: Our teeth arose as sensory organs on the outside of the body of ancient jawless fish.!! Congrats to Yara Haridy and the team! Background and video: phys.org/news/2025-05... Open Access Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... News and Views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Our report on employment is out in Paleobiology (They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies) Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States

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Cass Morrison @cretaceous-cass.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I am very pleased to announce that my first scientific paper & first author paper, has just been published ! Rise of the King: Gondwanan Origins and Evolution of Megaraptoran Dinosaurs royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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James Pascoe @jamespascoe.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Congratulations to my good friend @stevoallain.bsky.social for his new paper on Palaeontology, it’s deliciously open access and concerns tyrannosauroids and megaraptorans in terms of origin, size and distribution. Love you my friend and proud of you! 🦖🖤

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Rise of the king: Gondwanan origins and evolution of megaraptoran dinosaurs | Royal Society Open Science

Late Cretaceous Earth was dominated by theropods such as tyrannosauroids and megaraptorans; however, it is unclear how these clades diversified and grew to massive proportions. This study aimed to con...

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James Pascoe @jamespascoe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The @iknowdino.bsky.social reward just arrived, & I’ve been a backer of this wonderful podcast for many years! Allosaurus is iconic, from Dinamation, Lapworth Museums Big Al, to a stunning graduation commission for my good friend @dinomaster.bsky.social via the mighty @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social 🖤🦖

Smiling bearded rogue, dimpled of cheek, glad in Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, holding a Allosaurus patch

Large scale animatronic Allosaurus from the early 90’s

Replica of Big Al at the wonderful Lapworth Museum

Allosaurus with a taste for sea food by the wonderful Steve White

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Christopher Dean @princessquatris.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🚨 I'm super happy to announce that our new paper is finally out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🚨 We used the ecological approach of occupancy modelling to investigate the structure of the dinosaur fossil record prior to the K/Pg mass extinction! www.cell.com/current-biol...

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The structure of the end-Cretaceous dinosaur fossil record in North America

Dean et al. examine the fossil record of North American dinosaurs prior to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Estimates of detection probability from occupancy models decrease prior to the extinction...

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Neil Gostling/EvoPalaeoLab @neilgostling.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

We have a rich fossil heritage on the south coast, marine reptiles, dinosaurs, the first humans on these islands... And everything in between. Come and find out about it at our new exhibition, running from April 4th to June 1st. godshousetower.org.uk/eventer/exhi... @unisouthampton.bsky.social

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DinoCon @dinoconuk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Tickets are available to buy now! 🦖🦕🥳 www.dinocon.co.uk/tickets #DinoConUK #Devon #Exeter #Dinosaur #Convention #Event #UniversityOfExeter

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

For #valentinesday and #FossilFriday, here's Tyrannosaurus engaging in face biting, a behaviour evidenced from numerous tooth gouges and puncture wounds in their skulls. Among living species, face biting is strongly correlated with the onset of sexual maturity, so this image is love-adjacent, sorta.

Two Tyrannosaurus wrestle by biting one another ON THEIR MOTHERHUBBIN' FACES. They lean towards the right of the image, the further animal trying to wrench its jaws out of the bite of the closer. One foot of each animal is off the ground, and the tail of the closer individual arcs upwards. Dust and debris scatter as they stagger around the clearing. Behind them is a nice, pleasant day with blue skies and shady trees; the sort of place you might picnic if it weren't for the threat of two 8-tonne reptiles trampling you while they settled their differences. The experience is similar to being in some city parks.

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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 12/02/2025

Let's celebrate #DarwinDay by reminding ourselves that everyone has moments when they feel worse for wear. Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell in 1861: "But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything." www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-L... So, hang in there, #academicsky! 🧪

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"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything."

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#Iguanodon was formally named 200 years ago today in 1825. The second dinosaur to be named after Megalosaurus, and one of three genera originally used to define Dinosauria.

Pencil drawing of an Iguanodon, a large herbivorous dinosaur with a heavy, beaked, ungulate-like head and large distinctive 'thumb' claws on its hands.

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Dino Chu @dinomaster.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Happy 200th birthday #Iguanodon! Despite being the first dinosaurs to ever be discovered, it was the second dinosaur to be described and named. This iconic ornithopod was quite wide spread across Europe. It boasts a large thumb spike likely for grasping plant and could be used to defend itself.

Me next to an old “kangaroo” stance Bernissart Iguanodon cast mount at the Sedgwick Museum at Cambridge.

A modern Iguanodon on all fours (likely still a facultative quadruped) from better myology and anatomical studies and mass analysis at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt.

Life sized Iguanodon thumb spike cast at the Natural History Museum of London.

On the meme, “talk dumb, get the thumb”

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Happy 200th Birthday Iguanodon! Very much a fan of your early-20th century look depicted by Gerhard Heilmann, with prehensile tongue and power-walk

A coloured painting, depicting two Iguanodon in a forested environment. The Iguanodon are bipdel and very scaly, with iguana-like crested heads. One is walking in the foreground in a determined manner, with thumb-spikes outstretched, and in the background one is stretching up to eat leaves from a tree, with a prehensile tongue gripping the branches.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Iguanodon was named 200 years ago today, so here's (AFAIK) the first time it appeared in #paleoart: an 1833 watercolour/pencil study "Reptiles Restored, the Remains of Which Are To Be Found in a Fossil State in Tilgate Forest, Sussex" by George Scharf. That's Iguanodon on the left. #Sciart thread...

Watercolour and pencil sketch showing a Cretaceous landscape as understood in 1833. A lizard-like Iguanodon is shown at left alongside a large palm tree, its tail whirling over rolling hills in the distance. A meandering river bisects the scene, with other animals along its banks. These are, from the top down, a swimming plesiosaur in the stream, a monitor lizard-like Megalosaurus, stork-like birds, the spiky Hylaeosaurus, another swimming plesiosaur, a somewhat dog-like crocodile, and two turtles. The right side of the image shows fern-like plants, reeds and more palm trees.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My poster on the life appearance of Megalosaurus, as presented at SVPCA 2024. A paper on this, and the history of M. reconstructions, is currently in the system and should (hopefully!) be published later this year. Posting this in the interim as a poss. useful #paleoart reference. #Sciart #dinosaur

A text-heavy poster detailing what we might predict about the life appearance of the medium-large predatory dinosaur Megalosaurus. Various reconstructions abound, with a timeline of historic interpretations on the left, the oldest known life reconstruction of Megalosaurus in the top right, and my own reconstructions in the middle and bottom.

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We'll be having the online launch for Palaeontology in Public on Tue 18 Feb 18:00-19:30 UK-time It will feature comments from Mike Benton, Riley Black, Natalia Jagielska and Alison Laurence, & discussion with some of the chapter authors More info & signup link here: forms.office.com/e/gpWburvZPk

Poster advertising the launch event for Chris Manias (editor), Palaeontology in Public (UCL Press, 2025). It contains the following text:

Online Book Launch
Tuesday 18 February, 18:00-19:30 (UK Time) on Zoom
Chaired by Adrian Currie
Responses from Mike Benton, Riley Black, Natalia Jagielska and Alison Laurence
And discussion with some of the chapter authors.
Register at: https://forms.office.com/e/gpWburvZPk

There is also an image of the book cover. This features the text "Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time. Edited by Chris Manias." The cover image depicts a large long-necked Sauropod dinosaur, modelled after the famous animation "Gertie the Dinosaur" in a park, with a city skyline in the background. A range of humans are standing around Gertie, pointing at and admiring her. There is also a man in a ringmaster outfit standing on Gertie's shoulder.

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Dino Chu @dinomaster.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The newly described carcharodontosaur - #Tameryraptor markgrafi, looks a bit as if an Allosaurus wants to cosplay Ceratosaurus.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

So, you want to be a palaeontologist and study prehistoric life, but don't know where to start? Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it? Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)

A woman looking at a T. rex skull in a museum

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

A. Danison et al. (2024) Chimerism in specimens referred to Saurophaganax maximus reveals a new species of Allosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda) Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 12(1): 81-114 doi: doi.org/10.18435/vam... journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.p...

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Holly Woodward @histo-holly.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Great description of the work by Danison et al. 2024, the status of #Saurophaganax, and the scientific method at work: testing hypotheses, retesting later with more data, and knowing a hypothesis could be tested again in the future. svpow.com/2024/12/22/a...

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About that Saurophaganax paper

Newly out in VAMP: Danison, Andy D., Wedel, Mathew J., Barta, Daniel E., Woodward, Holly N., Flora, Holley M., Lee, Andrew H., and Snively, Eric. 2024. Chimerism of specimens referred to Saurophaga…

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Published today ... our study of predatory dinosaur diversity in the Lower Cretaceous Hastings Group of the Wealden. New data on one of the oldest Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages, revealing new spinosaurid, tyrannosauroid and dromaeosaurid lineages ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #dinosaurs

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East Sussex: Dinosaur teeth discovered in Bexhill

A new study says a discovery at Ashdown Brickworks helped unearth a community of dinosaurs.

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WitmerLab at Ohio University @witmerlab.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

For the 165th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species, here are two theropod dinosaurs—T. rex & a hummingbird. Despite all the differences, T. rex is more closely related evolutionarily to this hummingbird than T. rex is to, say, Allosaurus! Still blows my mind! 🦖 More... 1/2

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Paleobiology Database @paleodb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The Paleobiology Database has landed on Bluesky! ✨ Here we'll be posting database updates, new publications and all things fossil-data-related 🌍🐚 Be sure to check out our website for more info on how to contribute to and use PBDB data as well as loads of other resources! 🦕📊 paleobiodb.org

Image of the world showing fossil occurrences recorded in the Paleobiology Database as coloured dots with a geological timescale at the bottom

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Dino Chu @dinomaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Description and Analysis of an #Allosaurus fragilis (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Skull by Rush and Storm, 2024. The authors informs researchers that CMP 279 is open for study by all interested parties regardless of their perspectives on creation or evolution. *This is the “Ebenezer” Allo specimen.

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Description and Analysis of an Allosaurus fragilis (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Skull

Analysis of the skull of CMP 279 offers valuable insights into the species Allosaurus fragilis, and further research promises to yield even more valuable information.

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Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Ok, so the news is still new. I have a new paper out today naming a cool new pterosaur: Skiphosoura bavarica (Bavarian sword-tail), from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany. The full paper is here with all the info: www.cell.com/current-biol... Artwork by @serpenillus.bsky.social.

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Dr Michela Johnson @michela-johnson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Made it to the other side - hi Bluesky, I'm a paleontologist working on ecology, growth and morphology (among other things) of Jurassic fossil marine crocs and their living "relatives"! Why not celebrate with photos of some of the awesome animals I work on?

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Dr Dave Hone @davehone.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

This is still a better representation of a living dinosaur than you would find in most museums, and a couple of people did this in a couple of days and it's entirely edible. One of my favourite things ever.

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Tristan J. Stock @archelosaurian.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Looking at #Gnatalie, our new dinosaur displayed at the newly opened #NHMLA Commons Entrance. The material you see here is a composite of 5 diplodocids representing a new species, all from a quarry in southeast Utah that is rich in celadonite which turned all the bones in the locality green.

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Dino Chu @dinomaster.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just found these incredible dinosaur stickers at Waterstone’s in Leicester 😁 It’s got an #Allosaurus!!

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The UK now has a #dinosaur and #palaeontology -themed convention, #DinoCon. Talks, displays, events, stalls, merch and more. For 2025, we're at Exeter University on the weekend of 16-17 August. More info at www.dinocon.co.uk

Aerial view of Exeter University. Trees and countryside around a modern campus.

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Kulindadromeus is friend-shaped. Reworking an old drawing to offer up for sale next week.

Detail from a larger pencil drawing of a Kulindadromeus looking up at something. Kulindadromeus is a small, herbivorous neornithischian dinosaur from the middle Jurassic. It's almost wholly covered in feather-like integument, excepting its scaly tail, limb extremities, and snout. Its overall appearance might be playfully described as a kind of bird-lizard-wallaby.

The very small detail is photographed with a pencil and a penny. The penny could eclipse the Kulindadromeus' entire torso.

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Unsurprisingly, research shows that people in the UK like dinosaurs, even if their choice of favourite dinosaur is questionable. yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

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Cindy Howells @palaeofossil.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Lovely to see a little Mary Anning ichthyosaur in the Oxford University Museum this week. This one even has stomach contents showing #ichthyosaur #oxford #geologicalcuratorsgroup #oxforduniversitymuseum @historyofgeology.bsky.social

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Aline Ghilardi @alinemghilardi.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

I created this paleo starter pack here 👇🏼, but it only holds 150 people because that's Bsky's limit. I'm going to build a second one, so if you're a paleontologist, paleoartist or paleontology communicator and would like to be included, leave a message down here ✌️😊. go.bsky.app/QWhLarC

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Dino Chu @dinomaster.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I haven’t been up on Blue Sky much recently but I’m very grateful for the sudden surge of followings recently. Here’s some pictures I’ve taken from my visit to the NHM London last week to see Fern the bronze Diplodocus cast of the famous Dippy that toured around the UK a few years ago.

Bronze cast of Dippy the Diplodocus outside the London Natural History Museum.

Hypsilophodon dashing under the gigantic Diplodocus despite from different eras.

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Only two pieces in tonights #paleostream Kvabebihyrax and Sarcosuchus. We were silly. #paleoart #sciart #scicomm

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Hatzegopteryx

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Dino Chu @dinomaster.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Growing up, I’ve always thought of having to go to far flung places to find #dinosaur fossils, but I have never crossed my mind they were just under my feet in my tiny home town Hong Kong. There are small outcrops baring Mesozoic aged rocks, but WOW! www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-new...

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(Pictures) First-ever dinosaur fossil found in HK

The Development Bureau (DEVB) announced Wednesday that Hong Kong has discovered the first-ever dinosaur fossils on home soil, dating about 145 million to 66 million years ago.Excavated at Port Island ...

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Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

This is cool: New fossils show that some Cretaceous-era birds had super-strong feet to catch and carry away small prey, some of the earliest evidence of avian predators. By @lbaisas.bsky.social. 🪶 www.popsci.com/science/exti...

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With fearsome feet, hawk-sized Cretaceous birds could scoop up baby dinos

Fossils from two newly described birds point to some strong feet.

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Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Block early, block often. If they just vibe wrong, block. If they're definitely shitheads, report and block. But block. Don't argue, don't quote-dunk, just block.

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Meep! Meep! concept sketch of a group of Berthasaura Berthasaura leopoldinae was a small noasaurid (a group of abelisaurians) that lived during the Late Cretaceous in South America. In the background you can see a group of Caiuajara (a tapejarid pterosaur) flying around 🎨 🐡 🧪 #paleontology

A concept sketch showing a group of three Berthasaura walking between some sand dunes while a group of Caiuajara soars above them in the background

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