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Iain Reid

@ijreid.bsky.social
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Engineering, evolution and extinction 🦕

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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Leahey et al 2015 do suggest that the rhamphotheca in Kunbarrasaurus would have extended along the maxilla dorsolateral to almost the entire tooth row based on neurovascular foramina as well as a rugose texture. Not sure how it compares to here but at least another potential instance
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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There is always the recourse that these "names" should be ignored as taxonomic vandalism, resulting in less than no legacy. Intentionally forget and move on
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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Glad to be able to share my latest publication with André and Daniel where we clean up some #ornithischia nomenclature left behind by our recent studies and give suggestions on what to do when you are thinking about naming a new clade doi.org/10.1093/zool...
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The evolution of ornithischian nomenclature
Abstract. Comprising two of the three taxa originally referred to Dinosauria, the members of Ornithischia have played a key role in the historical developm
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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Hey this is one of my diagrams, cool! I'd note that Sphaerotholus buchholtzae is also illustrated (but scaled too large probably) on the right
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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I was going to try and reach out to Maisch or go through my institution for an InterLibrary Loan. If I get one I will DM you
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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Definitely overlooked by me thanks for pointing it out!
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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Very good to see this useful review of these small bodied ornithischians. Excited for further work on the non-name-bearing specimens in US and Europe give us something to call the rest
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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Before this #FossilFriday ends, here's an unnumbered panel mount of a lambeosaur at the Pacific Museum of Earth at UBC in Vancouver
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Iain Reid @ijreid.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
First day of the new semester, so first post of a new platform. The skull of a Triceratops at the Royal Tyrrell. St. Mary River Formation, Alberta.
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