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Hady George @houdzgeorge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Welcome Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda! I'm delighted to introduce you to a new species of protomammal. Hailing from the Triassic of Tanzania, this is the first record of Dinodontosaurus outside of South America, and it informs on the origin of dinosaurs. Here's a thread summarising our findings 🧵

Life reconstruction of two Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda individuals by Gabriel Ugueto

Skull and jaw of the holotype of Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda. Original photos by Jonathan Jackson

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We will have a 23 month research associate role opening to support our work on mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. Open to candidates with substantial CT-segmentation experience with Masters or PhD qualifications. Advert should be out next week - will post soon but do get in touch if of interest.

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Relatives of Triceratops have never been found in Europe – until now. New research reveals that many rhabdodontid dinosaurs might actually be ceratopsians after all - rewriting what we know about Cretaceous Europe! Find out all about these dinosaurs 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

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Europe’s missing ceratopsian dinosaurs have finally been found | Natural History Museum

A dinosaur named Ajkaceratops has revealed that relatives of Triceratops lived in Europe after all.

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A shake-up of the dinosaur family tree! Rhabdodontids are not ornithopods. They are ceratopsians. There were horned dinosaurs in Europe! As shown by a new fossil of Ajkaceratops from Hungary! Check out our new study, led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social ⤵️

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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New material of Ajkaceratops cements its identity as a ceratopsian, but adds a new wrinkle. It turns out that many european ornithischians previously classified as iguanodontians may actually be ceratopsians! New paper by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social et al., that I provided art for (link in reply).

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Luke Meade @lukeemeade.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Excited to see this work out and delighted to have been able to contribute! 🎉😄

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Rare as hen's teeth: an Assistant Curator job, with our fantastic team at National Museums Scotland! Closing date 24th August #museums #museumjobs careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553

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Assistant Curator (Vertebrates)

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

📢 Job available here at University of Birmingham for a CT scanner experimental officer to run and manage our micro-CT facility! Scanning a range of paleontological, geological and biological samples edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Experimental Officer - CT Scanner - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 105393 - Grade 6

You will provide technical expertise, support and guidance within the CoLES CT Scanner Facility. In addition to operating the CT scanner, you will oversee and develop the facility, carry out data proc...

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...

Example of Middle Jurassic mammal fossils from Skye, published by Elsa Panciroli et al. 2024.

Cuillin Hills, the view from our field site on the Isle of Skye.

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Linked to this: we will be hiring soon a three-year research assistant. PhD not necessary but needs fossil CT segmentation skills and willing to work in the lab and field. Send me a message if of interest!

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Delighted to have been awarded a project grant from @leverhulme.bsky.social to work on amazing Middle Jurassic mammal specimens collected from our Isle of Skye field sites! Grant with @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social @lukeemeade.bsky.social Roger Benson & Stig Walsh.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

New #paleoart and new species for #FossilFriday! Meet Threordatoth chasmatos, a small Triassic procolophonid named today by @lukeemeade.bsky.social, @richardjbutler.bsky.social, @marcehjones.bsky.social and Nicholas C. Fraser. Link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/spp2... #sciart #paleontology

A small, tubby reptile, the new species Threordatoth chasmatos, rests on a grey rock with yellow lichen. The reptile is mottled grey, brown and orange, with small orange horns on its cheeks. Its eye is dark, and the lower jaw has a bluish tinge. Behind it are taller grey-yellow rocks - the walls of the fissures that this animal would be fossilised in.

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Luke Meade @lukeemeade.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

🦎Threordatoth chasmatos🦎 a new Late Triassic procolophonid in Papers in Palaeontology with @richardjbutler.bsky.social @marcehjones.bsky.social and Nick Fraser showing unique features of the jaw and teeth 🦷🦷https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1605 Reconstruction by @markwitton.bsky.social 1/4 #fossilfriday

Life reconstruction of Threordatoth chasmatos

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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A new procolophonid with complex dentition from the Late Triassic of southwest England onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Life reconstruction of the newly described procolophonid Threordatoth chasmatos among the fissures of Carnian–Norian southwest England, based in part upon aspects of the anatomy of the closely related Hwiccewyrm. Artwork by Mark Witton.

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