markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026For #FossilFriday: dinosaur footprints at Hanover point, Isle of Wight. My size 12 foot for scale. 074
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialPaul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Nice piece on our little Antarctic dino find courtesy of the BBC Science team: www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comAntarctica's first ever dinosaur bone discovered in a drawerThe fossil, collected in Antarctica in 1985, is part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur. 46115
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialPaul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Nice article by @joshlukedavis.com on our Antarctic sauropod paper: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...nhm.ac.ukFirst ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica identified as a titanosaur | Natural History MuseumAntarctica was once a thriving, forested ecosystem filled with a diversity of dinosaur life. 15119
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialPhil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Our new paper led by @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social & Mark Evans @bas.ac.uk on a sauropod from Antarctica 🦕 that represents the earliest collected dinosaur fossil from this continent: www.app.pan.pl/article/item... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @es-ucl.bsky.socialapp.pan.plA titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 12110
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Great to have worked with you on this Phil. 010
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Massive shoutout to all the #PalaeoDads out there, Dads, Stepdads, Grandads, Uncles and Role Models who are there for our next generation of Palaeontologists (and normal people). 000
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Spent a great #FossilFriday at the Natural History Musem today. Here’s a croc braincase bone that was hiding amongst the plesiosaurs. 010
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialMark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026News on #SVPCA, a (mostly) UK-based annual meeting devoted to vertebrate palaeontology. Things have been quiet about the meeting for the last 18 months, but a team of us are working to pick up where we left off. More details to follow ASAP, hopefully very soon. #FossilFriday #paleontology #fossil 14411
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialThe Geologists' Association @geolassoc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Join us online via Zoom on Fri 6th Feb at 19.00 GMT for our next free talk when @dremmanicholls.bsky.social of @morethanadodo.bsky.social will deliver 'Tales from a Geological Curator' Members and non-members must register in advance: non-members email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details 0179
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialBritish Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 14/01/2026Cut the ribbon: the Discovery Building is open! From 1976 to today, Rothera Research Station has been the UK’s Antarctic gateway for 50 years. The new building will power polar science for decades to come - and understanding Antarctica means understanding our planet. #PolarScience 1319
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialBritish Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 05/11/2025Landing at Wolf's Fang, a staging camp on the Antarctic continent 🇦🇶 The team are on the way to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf. They were meant to get to Halley today, but weather on the rest of their route is causing delays. Not a bad view to wait with though, eh? 45410
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialDr Jack J Matthews @jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Superb! A new species of Charnia - found in Charnwood Forest - has been named after Prof Martin Brasier 😊 051
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 15/10/20252009 sounds right. The new mount is much better btw. Great job though, looks v cool! 010
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Nice to see the old Leicester Museum Cetiosaurus mount have a starring role. 110
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialPeter Falkingham @peterfalkingham.com · 14/10/2025Oxford had a talented group make a video about the #dinosaur tracks in Oxfordshire this summer. Birmingham also had a talented group make a video. I made the video for our group. It is less professional. And has wildly inappropriate music: youtu.be/6ULOHr7dkF0youtu.beOxfordshire Dinosaur tracks - Falkingham Lab from Liverpool John Moores UniversityYouTube video by Peter Falkingham 2188
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialMuseum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Museum researcher Frankie Dunn has a funded research placement opportunity with @charnwoodforest.bsky.social ! Applications are now open! The project is part time (14 hours per week) over 12 weeks and the researcher will be receive a stipend of £1,300 www.charnwoodforest.org/collaborator...charnwoodforest.orgGeopark and Partners Seeking to Recruit Two Researchers - Charnwood Forest GeoparkWe’re looking for two researchers to join exciting and innovative projects that will help shape the future of our work in Charnwood Forest. Do you know someone who might be interested? Working with pa... 064
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 26/09/2025And yet still quite small compared to the largest extinct penguins. 010
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Frank will be greatly missed, such a friend and inspiration to so many. 010
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Lions, (sabre-toothed) tigers, and bears! 020
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I still think it’s a giant conodont. 020
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 06/07/2025@fossiliam.bsky.social I guess you’ve seen this one in Chapter House Street, York? 100
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 04/07/2025For #FossilFriday, a cobble from the streets of York with corals, not sure of the precise taxon. Maybe Carboniferous? 174
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Very sharp, all of you. Does Fern not have a dedicated account? 100
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialBritish Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 25/06/2025👋Bon voyage as the 2024/25 season ends in Rothera! ❄️ The new Discovery Building is now in use, powering and supplying the station as a new era of polar science begins. Final works continue ahead of handover later this year. Read more: www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/e... #PolarScience #Sustainability 0304
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Here we go, day 1 of Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Come and find us in the Jubilee Pavilion @bas.ac.uk #FossilFestival 000
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025See you there. We’ll be showing fossils from Antarctica. 010
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I wrote up Colonel Birch’s caricatures last year in GeoHistories, message me for a pdf if interested. 000
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Congratulations - great to have a favourite thesis chapter! 010
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 15/05/2025And here’s the man himself, back in his military days. Maybe not the heart-throb some have made him out to be, but so generous to the Anning family. www.facebook.com/HCavMuseum/p...facebook.comThe Household Cavalry Museum and ShopA chinless wonder James Birch was certainly not! In the age of the purchase system (pre-1871) the regiments of the Household Cavalry were deemed incredibly ‘fashionable’, and were accordingly... 110
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025I can ask, she’s here for a research visit. 110
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I’m hosting Vera next week at BAS, oddly enough. 110
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025A very happy 99th birthday to Sir David. I’ve had the great honour to have met him several times in both human and ship form. 010
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialTom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Great to see that the 2025 Lyme Regis Fossil Festival programme is now published. I'll be giving a couple of talks about local lass #MaryAnning (of course!) The festival is a fantastic event, loads to see and do, and not to be missed! I hope to see you there! fossilfestival.com/lyme-regis-f... 1208
Reposted by @markopalaeo.bsky.socialTom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 06/04/20256 April 1821: at @geolsoc.bsky.social, William Conybeare introduces the genus Plesiosaurus for some bones from the Lias of Lyme Regis that differed from Ichthyosaurus. The best specimens (probably bought from #MaryAnning) were in the collection of Thomas Birch, but no complete specimen was known. 0153
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025For #FossilFriday here’s a Homo sapiens trace fossil on the Norfolk coast being revealed by coastal erosion due to anthropogenic climate change. 001
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Sorry to hear of Richard’s passing. An inspiring scientist and writer. 000
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Would it have been better beneath a Diplodocus? 110
markopalaeo.bsky.social @markopalaeo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025More common in Leicestershire than Antarctica… 110
