Reposted by James gintyThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 12/10/2026www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgCoordinated transformations of the labyrinth and occiput during the dinosaur–bird transition | PNASEvolutionary shape changes of the vertebrate semicircular canals (SCCs) are often ascribed to evolutionary transitions in locomotion, including the... 0156 15
Reposted by James gintyaidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026How strange! Alt-Right bot activity being reported as nosediving after Ukraine bombed the shit out Russia’s data centres. What a bizarre coincidence! 8417125 417
Reposted by James gintyGreg Funston @funstonpaleo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Say hello to Infernogallus jamesi! Out today in NatComm, we describe the most complete caenagnathid yet known, with an intact skull. Analysis of its biomechanics shows unique adaptations for processing food paralleled only by specialized fruit-eating parrots. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 08026 80
Reposted by James gintyProf Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Fossil taxa are sometimes considered island weirdos without any actual evidence that island effects were important in their evolution. So we wrote a paper on how we could do actual island biogeography in deep time. If you want a copy but can't access it, email me: www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comIsland biogeography in deep time - Nature Reviews BiodiversityIsland ecosystems feature unique species assemblages with diverse evolutionary histories, but identifying island communities in deep time comes with its own challenges. This Perspective explores the a... 210945 109
Reposted by James gintyDr Michael J Ryan @drmichaeljryan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026CMNVP 2120, the holotype of Gorgosaurus libratus 06113 61
Reposted by James gintyCallan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Great day capturing drone imagery of Triassic dinosaur footprints in lakeside sediments in the Luck Stone Culpeper quarry. ⚒️ 37213 72
Reposted by James gintySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of two Labour gains from Reform in Northumberland by-elections yesterday. Too early to know for sure we've passed peak Reform, but another encouraging sign. 24809152 809
Reposted by James gintyMatt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Variety pack of eurypterids at UMMNH for #FossilFriday: Acutiramus (UMMP IP 86635), Paracarcinosoma (UMMP IP 62598), Eurypterus (UMMP IP 7157), and Dolichopterus (UMMP IP 62680). All from the Silurian of New York and Ontario. 04810 48
Reposted by James gintyDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Enormous thanks to @nataliajagielska.bsky.social for sending me these spectacular and beautiful tickets for a special showing of Prehistoric Planet Ice Age created by @somniosa.bsky.social - amazing, I am so grateful to both :) 06412 64
Reposted by James gintyNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Weird facts about early British Palaeontologists. Adam Sedgwick, accepting the position of Professor of Geology at Cambridge, had to be celibate & married to his work. William Buckland (father of dinosaurs) decided to name 1 of his 9 kids, Adam Sedgwick Buckland, to compensate for his lack of heirs. 29121 91
Reposted by James gintyYves Van de Peer @yvdp.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Polyploidy: A macromutational force pushing bioeconomic developments | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...pnas.orgPolyploidy: A macromutational force pushing bioeconomic developments | PNASPolyploidization, the consequence of genome doubling, is a macromutation that reshapes genomes, phenotypes, and ecological interactions. Polyploidi... 0158 15
Reposted by James gintyUri Wolkowski @deinocurious.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Trying to get back to a more regular #FossilFriday schedule... This time, one of the most unique mammals of South America, the sea-going sloth Thalassocnus. This genus of amphibious sea-grass specialists went extinct only 3 million years ago. Just imagine if they were still around today! #Paleosky 0248 24
Reposted by James gintyStats for Lefties 🍉🏳️⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Gr. Manchester result (+/- vs May local elections): 🔴 Lab: 47% ( +24 ) ➡️ Ref: 21% ( -10 ) 🟢 Grn: 12% ( -7 ) ⚫️ Res: 9% ( +9 ) 🔵 Con: 8% ( -3 ) 🟠 Lib: 3% ( -7 ) In May's local elections, Labour lost to Reform across the region by a 7pt margin. Tonight they WON by 26pts. x.com/LeftieStats/... 21910 19
Reposted by James gintyMindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Fossilized bones and teeth are incredible, of course, but there's nothing quite like a fossil track that preserves an imprint of an actual foot—toes and all. Especially when that footprint, made about 1.4 million years ago by an extinct human relative, looks very, very human 👣 #FossilFridaycnn.comAncient human relative ‘Nutcracker Man’ was larger than once thought, fossil footprints reveal | CNNNew evidence suggests the extinct hominin Nutcracker Man was nearly 2 feet taller and dozens of pounds heavier than once thought and sometimes traveled in groups. 03814 38
Reposted by James gintyRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 31/07/2026You know what’s cool? An extremely pregananant ichthyosaur with eleven foetuses! peerj.com/articles/216... 727479 274
Reposted by James gintyNova [COMMISSIONS OPEN] @novaaawolf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026It was an AMAZING event!!! Thank you and the team so much for putting it all together!! 0155 15
Reposted by James gintyClaude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026happy #fossilfriday! this is eurotrochilus, a stem-hummingbird from oligocene france, poland, and germany 🪶 like modern hummingbirds, eurotrochilus was a nectar-eater capable of hovering flight, though its skeleton also exhibits some primitive features (art by scott reid) 210841 108
Reposted by James gintyThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 11/07/2026www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comThe evolutionary significance of the earliest cloacal opening in SynapsidaThe cloaca is a fundamental structure of modern terrestrial vertebrates, including the terminal parts of the urogenital and digestive systems that con… 0154 15
Reposted by James gintyDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026If you've watched Project Hail Mary (I have, twice), this is that place. 4768 76
Reposted by James gintyAlberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Evidence of fruit-eating from preserved gut contents in Eocene birds of the Messel Formation: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🪶🧪 (📷Mayr & Collinson) 06114 61
Reposted by James gintyEsther van Hulsen wildlife art @esthervanhulsen.bsky.social · 06/07/20264 down, 21 more to go Working on illustrations for a new book!These are Epidexipteryx, Jeholornis, Confuciusornis and Yi Qi. More to follow! Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #SciArt #dinosaurart #paleoillustration 512729 127
Reposted by James gintyGlenn Branch @glennbranch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026ICYMI: Steve Brusatte (@stevebrusatte.bsky.social) discusses "The 250-million year rise and fall of the dinosaurs" for Big Think.youtube.comThe 250-million year rise and fall of the dinosaurs | Steve BrusatteYouTube video by Big Think 1167 16
Reposted by James gintyDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Dr Dave Hone and Iszi Lawrence are recording an episode of Terrible Lizards (Dave is also speaking on #Spinosaurus AND doing a book signing with Dr Mark Witton); Guest of Honour David James Armsby is speaking and premiering a new film; Dr Darren Naish (err, me) is talking about marine reptiles... 1122 12
Reposted by James gintyThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Jurassic avialan reveals stepwise evolution of bony tail in birds | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgJurassic avialan reveals stepwise evolution of bony tail in birdsA Jurassic avialan reveals that the vertebral reduction and shortening preceded pygostyle fusion in early avialan evolution. 0287 28
Reposted by James gintyMatt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Back from the field on this #FossilFriday to see the humbling news that a gorgeous little Carboniferous fish bears a new name: Unionichthys friedmani. Thanks to Struan Henderson and @gilespalaeo.bsky.social for this honor. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 26615 66
Reposted by James gintyJay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Got my hands on the latest by @stevebrusatte.bsky.social who gave a delightful talk all about the wonders of bird evolution! Very excited to delve into it!! 2305 30
Reposted by James gintyThe Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Triassic archosauromorph lips onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 05518 55
Reposted by James gintyThe Well-read Naturalist @wellreadnaturalist.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Prof. @stevebrusatte.bsky.social recently sat for a very interesting and informative interview with the Geology Bites podcast. His most recent book,"The Story of Birds," has recently been published in the U.S. and will be this month in the U.K. #Booksky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...podcasts.apple.comSteve Brusatte on the Dinosaurs That Survived the AsteroidPodcast Episode · Geology Bites · May 28 · 33m 085 8
Reposted by James gintyAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Shameful from Reform and a good example of why you should never share anything by that godawful aggregator account, which just happens to be run by a Reform councillor. Obviously prostate cancer is a particular problem for black men, who are twice as likely to suffer from it in their lifetimes 1301360379 1.4K
Reposted by James gintyaidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026🚨 ATTENTION: Reform's Rob Kenyon's OWN FAMILY call him "vile piece of scum". What a mess. How on earth they going to clean up this shit? [Luckily for Rob he's been a plumber for, err, six months] 38547 85
Reposted by James gintyThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...dx.plos.orgHyperelongate ornamental tail feathers in a new early Cretaceous enantiornithine birdBird diversity is reflected in the abundance and variety of extraordinary plumages. Some of these include elongate, ornamental tail feathers that are typically attributed to either intraspecific commu... 0133 13
Reposted by James gintyDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Oh boy are you in for a treat at JURASSIC OCEANS at the Natural History Museum, London. Got to attend the official opening last night and was very impressed! Can't share things yet but... look, a new book and an amusing old school mosasaur toy :) 3605 60
Reposted by James gintyDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Much remains unknown about Eotyrannus and additional finds would help a lot; study is underway on various parts of the holotype and there's much that could be done... 1184 18
Reposted by James gintyGriffin Lab @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Excited to dig into this, and thrilled to find some of our bird embryonic work featured here! 2123 12
Reposted by James gintyAlberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Evolutionary drivers of humeral (upper wing bone) shape in hummingbirds: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... 🪶🧪 (📷Ríos-Orjuela et al.) 04321 43
Reposted by James gintyThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgEarliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceansTop predators drive changes in ecosystem structure. For the last ~370 million years, large-sized vertebrates have dominated the apex of the marine food chain, while invertebrates have served as smalle... 0237 23
Reposted by James gintyThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 21/04/2026O’Connor, J.K., Clark, A.D. The ecology of Archaeopteryx. Discov. Ecol. 2, 12 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s443...doi.orgThe ecology of Archaeopteryx - Discover EcologyDiscover Ecology - As the oldest known dinosaur to use aerodynamic surfaces comprised of asymmetrical feathers for flight, Archaeopteryx undoubtedly occupied a unique ecological niche unlike that... 0205 20
Reposted by James gintySteve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 19/04/2026A warning: with The Story of Birds coming soon, I'm going to be very annoying with constant PR & marketing posts. Even more annoying than usual. In an effort to blunt the narcissism, here are some books from other writers (yes they exist) that I've greatly enjoyed recently! 1669 66
Reposted by James gintyPolitics UK @politicsuk.com · 18/04/2026🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has recorded his worst approval rating since becoming an MP 4488 48
Reposted by James gintyNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Cold spring in Liaoning. Two anchiornithids fighting. Tianyulong unbothered. 71432524 1.4K
Reposted by James gintyDr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 11/04/2026🏺 Interesting objects but I don't see that it's possible to argue specifically for these to be for gaming/gambling, rather than something like divination, with yes/no responses. That would make as much sense c. 12 Ka as gaming. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comNative Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study saysArchaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age 1110624 106
Reposted by James gintyClaude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 09/04/2026LOOK AT THE BABY LYSTROSAURUS 420876 208
Reposted by James gintyDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026New at the #TetZooTowers_collection TikTok... the Walking With Dinosaurs toys! 7549 54
Reposted by James gintySupertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Grenfell was social murder. Residents tried to raise concerns for years but were ignored by those in power, due to their class, race and social status. Simon Dudley has further proven that Reform will act in the interests of billionaire investors, not their poor, conned voters. 927360 273
Reposted by James gintyRiley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Learn about a cool Cambrian friend, support my writing, everyone wins. 06420 64
Reposted by James gintyProf Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Ooo super cool! Look @fossilrob.bsky.social 2288 28
Reposted by James gintyNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 01/04/2026A 500-million-year-old fossil of a very early relative of spiders, scorpions, and mites offers insights into how this group of arthropods, called chelicerates, evolved. The fossil, found in Utah in the US, has clear claws, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/3NB3Npy #Paleosky 🧪 04715 47
Reposted by James gintyNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 27/03/2026This but pterosaur crests 011031 110
