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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not often fossil plants get reconstructions but part of the new New Mexico Musuem of Natural History and Science exhibit on the early Paleocene San Juan Basin has reconstructed early Paleocene sycamore leaves based on specimens from my dissertation! #FossilFriday #Paleobotany

Reconstructions of early Paleocene scyamore leaves from northwest New Mexico showing a large terminal and two small lateral leaflets of the plant.

Reconstructed early Paleocene sycamore tree and early primate at the New Mexico Musuem of Nature and Science. Small brown mammal resting on a limb of a white and grey tree with silk leaves.

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Recognition of two potential warming events in the Paleocene terrestrial record of North America and associated mammalian responses academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My first class of the fall semester starts in 7 days. Where has my summer gone?

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Spent the last few days collecting a latest Cretaceous (latest Maastrichtian) flora from the Naashoibito Member in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico. First time I’ve ever found any within the Naashoibito!

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Eric Schuettpelz @ferncurator.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

NOW HIRING: Research Botanists (2). Smithsonian NMNH Botany seeks candidates with expertise in plant systematics. Those focused on lichens, marine algae, or large angiosperm families are especially encouraged to apply. For details, visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/867546600). Deadline 26 May 2026.

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Found some latest Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Naashoibito Member of northwestern New Mexico today while doing some pre-field season reconnaissance today. Hopefully this bodes well for our work later this month!

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Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus) @mmarcosaurus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

How birds survived the dinosaurs’ doomsday By Steve Brusatte (@stevebrusatte.bsky.social) Scientists finally understand why birds were the only dinosaurs to pull through the end-Cretaceous mass extinction www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-a...

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Why birds were the only dinosaurs to survive mass extinction

Scientists finally understand why birds were the only dinosaurs to pull through the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Tip for students contacting potential advisors about graduate school in paleontology - probably not a great idea to tell me that you'd rather do dinosaurs but my "boring" plant fossils are ok I guess and that you probably wouldn't get bored or uninterested in your first email to me.

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Dan Peppe @danpeppe.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

My student, Evan Cerna presenting at #2025SVP on a new Cretaceous dinosaur trackway in the Glen Rose Formation in central Texas!

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

What do we know about the last surviving dinosaurs, living right before the asteroid? And is Nanotyrannus a tiny tyrannosaur species or juvenile T. rex? Lindsay Zanno & I talk through the big questions with Ira Flatow on today's @scifri.bsky.social ! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/din...

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Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not

Two new studies suggest that, contrary to longstanding beliefs, dinosaurs were not on the decline before the Chicxulub asteroid impact.

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Had the pleasure of working on the press release image for this groundbreaking research!

A streak of white in the sky startles a large sauropod with ceratopsian and theropods under its legs

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

New dates on fossils from New Mexico reveal a community of dinosaurs that were thriving right before the asteroid strike, including 80-foot-long, 30-ton giants like Alamosaurus. I’ll tell you more in my latest for NatGeo. 🧪

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New evidence reveals dinosaurs were thriving right up to the moment the asteroid hit

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities.

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Our new paper is out in @science.org #ScienceResearch Our understanding of the dinosaurs at the very end of the Cretaceous is limited by few localities. What dinosaur biogeographic patterns were present leading up the K/Pg boundary? What can these tell us about end Cretaceous dinosaur communities

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Something explosive is coming tomorrow... (Science by Andrew Flynn and team; art by @nataliajagielska.bsky.social )

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Looking for a graduate program in paleobotany, paleoclimatology, and/or terrestiral sedimentology? Attending #GSA2025 next week? Please reach out so we can chat! Recruiting MS students for Fall 2026 for projects focused on the late Cretaceous - early Paleogene of western North America.

Landscape picture of rocks in the San Juan Basin of northern New Mexico. Lower, drab colored rocks overlain by gold and tan sandstones plus fossilized trees.

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Ingrid Romero (Ph.D.) @ingrid-pollen.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Thanks to @smithsonianmag.bsky.social for highlighting the Fossil Pollen collection at NMNH and the research we are developing with this collection Meet the Scientist Digitizing Millions of Fossilized Pollen Grains to Reveal Earth’s Climate History - smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...

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Meet the Scientist Digitizing Millions of Fossilized Pollen Grains to Reveal Earth’s Climate History

Smithsonian researcher Ingrid Romero studies fossil pollen to reconstruct ancient climates and predict future changes

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I am recruiting MS students to join my research group at New Mexico State University starting Fall of 2026! Any students interested in late Cretaceous-early Paleogene fossil plants, terrestrial paleoclimate, Earth surface processes, or magnetostratigraphy, please reach out! www.andrewgflynn.com

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Estimating carbon assimilation rates from #fossil #leaves & application to the mid-Miocene Clarkia #forest New #AJB research by Melanie Cham, Alexander Lowe, Dana Royer, Sophia Ronan, William Rember & Caroline Strömberg doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #paleobotany #photosynthesis

Violin plots depicting estimated assimilation rates ranges for nine fossil plant taxa.

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Rainy but productive day collecting Paleocene - Eocene fossil leaves out of the lower San Jose Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Also found some super cool soft sediment deformation and sedimentary structures!

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Day two of collecting earliest Eocene plants from the lower San Jose Formation in the San Juan Basin. Found lots of legumes including some attached!

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Andrew Flynn @flynnpaleo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Successful day collecting earliest Eocene fossil plants from the lower San Jose Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico!

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