Reposted by Matt McKeownGreg 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
Reposted by Matt McKeownLiterally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Pelagosaurus typus The basalmost known metriorhynchoid, small piscivorous pursuer, sea noodle, very numerous in specimens (a 2006 thesis listed 88 specimens, with even more being figured since then), and yes the arms were that tiny. One specimen shows a gnarly healed broken jaw 1256
Reposted by Matt McKeownThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Full article: A new teleosauroid (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) with a unique dentition from the Middle Jurassic of eastern Morocco www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comA new teleosauroid (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) with a unique dentition from the Middle Jurassic of eastern MoroccoThe Mesozoic and early Paleogene of Morocco provides a rich and extensive record of crocodylomorphs encompassing a wide range of skull, dental morphologies, and paleoecologies. Here we describe a n... 0259
Reposted by Matt McKeownProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant ProfessorAll Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre... 03354
Reposted by Matt McKeownSteve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨Postdoc job alert: Come work with my paleontology & evolution group in Edinburgh! Researcher in Cognitive Evolution Over Deep Time. You'll study how brains & neurons have evolved over time, and predict neuron count in extinct species! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTC355/p...jobs.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time at The University of EdinburghApply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 26376
Reposted by Matt McKeownPALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Dolichorhynchops, the penguin plesiosaur #cretacious #plesiosaur #research #palaeontology 08826
Reposted by Matt McKeownEmma Dunne @emmadnn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Love to see ecology and conservation being combined with local languages 🏴🦪 Really highlights the importance of including languages beyond English in our research! www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comLost oyster beds rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots languageScientists searched for the inclusion of the Gaelic and Scots words for oyster or oysters in place-names around Scotland's coast. 02913
Reposted by Matt McKeownThe Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Duntulm sauropod tracksite & environmental partitioning in Middle Jurassic dinosaurs on the Isle of Skye, Scotland onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology @datadryad.bsky.social 083
Reposted by Matt McKeownAura @aurahack.ca · 24/09/2026thinking about the coolest thing ever put into a videogame www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-YP...youtube.comArmored Core VI - “I won’t miss!”YouTube video by Zatheroth 22577146
Reposted by Matt McKeownThe Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A fresh look at historic mosasaur fossils from Belgium! New study by Sharpe et al. confirms Mosasaurus lemonnieri as a valid species, describes a new mosasaurine, Thoraxion tahlequahae & reveals insights into mosasaur anatomy, variation & evolution anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 0189
Reposted by Matt McKeownSteve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Over a decade ago, Tom Challands and I noticed these strange rock pools on the Isle of Skye coast. Hundreds, each the size of a car tire, lined up in zig-zag sequences Dinosaur tracks! We announced the site, then handed it to Paige dePolo to describe for her Masters Now today: 1497
Reposted by Matt McKeownpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Moby Dick by French artist Gérard DuBois, 625190745
Reposted by Matt McKeownThe Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026⚠️ Few PhD and project opportunities. More details below ⬇️ palass.org/phd-opportun... #PhD #opportunity #palaeontology #project 0813
Reposted by Matt McKeownDavide Foffa @davfoff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Important reading: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comHow contemporary academic structures constrain scientific creativity and hold back early-career researchers - Nature Human BehaviourIn this Perspective, Haubrock et al. argue that today’s scientific structures constrain creativity and that strategic conformity is a rational response. They discuss how this holds back early-career r... 052
Reposted by Matt McKeownLiterally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Plesiosuchus! a robust, giant sea-croc, among the largest known (as usual for metris, its skull has never been properly restored in lateral view) large, closely-packed teeth & lack of occlusal pits for them show they didn't interlock like a gharial as usual, but more orca-like 45423
Reposted by Matt McKeownPrehistoric Midwest @prehistoricmidwest.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Archelon was the largest sea turtle of all time, growing to be the size of a car! Its fossils are found in deposits linked to the Western Interior Sea in South Dakota. More paleoart coming soon! #paleoart #archelon 413044
Reposted by Matt McKeownNick Barber 🌋 @volcannick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A unique overlap of both the themes of this account i.e. philly news and science-is-on-fire updates: Drexel University is closing the Academy of Natural Sciences, the US' oldest natural history museum, after over 200 years being open to the public. www.inquirer.com/education/ac...inquirer.comThe Academy of Natural Sciences is closing its museum after nearly two centuriesThe closure does not affect the rest of the institution, which builds and maintains the collections and conducts research through departments such as the Patrick Center for Environmental Research. 21210
Reposted by Matt McKeownThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Reconstruction of an extinct soundscape reveals ultrasonic communication in the Jurassic | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgReconstruction of an extinct soundscape reveals ultrasonic communication in the Jurassic | PNASVery little is known about the acoustic landscape of long-gone environments, such as the Jurassic forests. The sounds made by dinosaurs and other c... 02813
Reposted by Matt McKeownJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026NSF just announced its GRFP solicitation due in October - deadline varies by field: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Now for the bad news... * NSF estimates they will issue 1,500 awards, down from 2,500+ last year. * NSF removed STEM Education and Learning Research as a Major Field.nsf.govNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 6139169
Reposted by Matt McKeownPALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Pteranodon and Mosasaur – as a fish, you're not safe anywhere #Cretaceous #Pteranodon #pterosaur #pterodactyl #mosasaur #marinereptile #digitalpainting #research 04914
Reposted by Matt McKeownThe Geologists' Association @geolassoc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Bartoncetus wanklyni, new genus of a small dorudontine whale from the Bartonian of England; a lost skull and a forgotten postcranial skeleton by Henk Jan van Vliet et al. In Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, volume 137, issue 4: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S001... 042
Reposted by Matt McKeownJoschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Result from the López de Bertodano Formation #paleostream! I have been looking forward to this one for a while as it combines some fascinating aspects of the latest Cretaceous. This formation was deposited in Antarctica and I hear you all: "wait a sec, that's not what I... 416958
Reposted by Matt McKeownBob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026NEW-ish ARTWORK #Ichthyosaurs (unnamed), 1 adult & 2 juveniles, painted in 2025 for Lynn Museum: www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk Also pictured are Caturus, Ptycholepis, Saurichthys, crinoids, Apoderoceras, & Belemnoteuthis. #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Jurassic #JurassicWorld #Dinosaurs #Alt4Me 06621
Reposted by Matt McKeownNaomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias. 9955291131
Reposted by Matt McKeownPALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Pliosaurus ahead! #pliosaur #marinereptiles #jurassic #TopPredator #digitalart #ScienceForAll #research #sea #paleontology 88122
Reposted by Matt McKeownbeetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Two year anniversary of when I first posted this comic 121215494410
Reposted by Matt McKeownPablo Rivera @pablonotpicasso.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Pair of Sachicasaurus vitae, splashing around 124 MYA in the waters over what will someday be Colombia. Included a color rough in the thread- this piece was relatively painless thanks to that step and definitely something I always need to remember to incorporate! #paleosky #sachicasaurus #paleoart 3308102
Reposted by Matt McKeownBob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026NEW PAINTING TIME! Here is "Consuming the Fallen," commissioned by The Etches Collection. It features over 50 different species of marine vertebrates and invertebrates. #SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #SeaRex #Pliosaurus #Ichthyosaurs #Jurassic #JurassicWorld #Thalassodraco #Sharks 1023468
Reposted by Matt McKeownBob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Key to species 1, 2, and 3. 23910
Reposted by Matt McKeownStephan Spiekman @stephanspiekman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Excited to share our new paper in Science Advances! Led by Dr Wei Wang at #IVPP in Beijing, it presents a complete skeleton of #Austronaga, the most marine of all archosauromorphs. To boot, this fossil preserves the oldest complete digestive tract of any reptile! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 513761
Reposted by Matt McKeownDr. Nora Mitchell @noraflora10.bsky.social · 29/07/2026University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Biology is searching for a tenure track assistant professor in Aquatic Ecology to start August 2027! Application deadline September 28 2026. I am searching chair, please reach out with any questions!! wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UW_Comprehen...wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comBiology: Assistant Professor in Aquatic EcologyCurrent Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Position Title: Biology: Assistant Profes... 03246
Reposted by Matt McKeownAllison 美林 Chin @allisonchinart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Plesiosaur sketchbook page 321843
Reposted by Matt McKeownPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Orca whales pulverized a sunfish in what could be a feeding strategy or form of play, scientists say abcnews.com/US/scientist... 2023438
Reposted by Matt McKeownAndrzej Wolniewicz @aswolniewicz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026New paper out in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social! With a team led by @barankarapunar.bsky.social, we report an Early Triassic marine vertebrate assemblage from the 🇮🇹 Dolomites that includes a possible saurosphargid, one of the earliest records of the group in the world! 🐢 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 0126
Reposted by Matt McKeownTiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Proud to share our latest paper in out in Nature today on the origin of #snakes. We present Tametara mirim, an articulated 3D preserved stem snake from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Tametara helped us re-tell the story of snake origins in a novel way... www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comExceptional brain and ecological diversity in the earliest snakes - NatureA well-preserved fossil snake from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil shows early ecological and brain shape disparity in the group. 37142
Reposted by Matt McKeownCurtis Lanaghan @clanaghan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024"The transitional areas from deep to shallow waters were the best places for us to observe #Mosasaurs. The abundant prey species drew them to these areas, and the warm clear waters of the shallows allowed for easy viewing from out team while still being able to keep our distance..." #paleoart 07518
Reposted by Matt McKeown Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart @smnstuttgart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Zum 01.12.2026 besetzen wir innerhalb der Abteilung Paläontologie eine Stelle als Präparator*in (m/w/d) für wirbellose Fossilien unbefristet in Vollzeit (39,5 Wochenstunden) vergütet nach E 9B TV-L Bewerbungen möglich bis 27.09.2026 ➡ Alle weiteren Infos unter t1p.de/qiutp #JobAd 085
Reposted by Matt McKeowntravis-park.bsky.social @travis-park.bsky.social · 16/07/2026If you want an up-to-date summary of whale and dolphin evolution, have a read of my new review paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com! I’ve tried to cover as much research as possible in this, so apologies if I’ve missed you! doi.org/10.1038/s443...doi.orgThe evolution and diversification of Cetacea - Nature Reviews BiodiversityCetaceans are a highly diverse and enigmatic group of animals with a well-documented evolutionary history. This Review describes the macroevolutionary and palaeobiological history of Cetacea, from the... 05023
Reposted by Matt McKeownDr James Rule @palaeo-jrule.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Seals have a superpower: they are the only mammals with amphibious hearing! They hear well both in-air and underwater. My collagues and I have a new study in Proceedings B on the origins and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds 🦭🔊🧪 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...doi.orgThe origin and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipedsAbstract. Pinnipeds (true seals, eared seals and walruses) are the only mammals that can hear effectively in both air and water. How and when they achieved 411544
Reposted by Matt McKeownthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026My privilege to share some lovely stories from the science community about what Sam Neill's timeless performance as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park meant to them—and why it will continue to inspire kids to chase their own discoveries for years to come.wired.comSam Neill Inspired a Generation of ScientistsThe actor, who died at age 78 on Monday, embodied a passionate approach to research and positive masculinity in his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park. 222760797
Reposted by Matt McKeownRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 13/07/202623 month research associate job now available with our team to work on Middle Jurassic mammals from Scotland. Requires strong experience with segmentation of CT data but does not require a PhD. Deadline for applications is 26th July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comResearch Associate (Leverhulme) - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 105138 - Grade 6This is a Research Associate position to assist in palaeobiological research conducted as part of the project “New Insights Into Early Mammal Evolution From Exceptional Scottish Fossils” funded by the... 12031
Reposted by Matt McKeownRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026We 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. 03945
Reposted by Matt McKeownGabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Here are the concept designs that I did of the pliosaur Brachauchenius and the indeterminate nodosaur for last week’s episode of Surviving Earth #paleoart #sciart #SurvivingEarth 520759
Reposted by Matt McKeownmuvp-eg.bsky.social @muvp-eg.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Egypt’s First Pterosaur Fossil Adds Wings to the World of Spinosaurus MUVP reports the first confirmed pterosaur fossil from Egypt: a >95-million-year-old wing bone from Bahariya Oasis, with an estimated wingspan of ~4 m. DOI: doi.org/10.4202/app.... #Sallam_Lab #MUVP 36425
Reposted by Matt McKeownDr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026It's been far too long since Tylosaurus news...so here's another NEW TYLOSAURUS PAPER! 🦎 From me & Mike² (Everhart & Polcyn) For the first time in over 150 years, the holotype of Tylosaurus proriger is fully described & figured in detail. Incredible artwork by Andrey Atuchin 111642
Reposted by Matt McKeownTracy Heath @trayc7.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab 08097
Reposted by Matt McKeownNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I love travelling in China. But recently, social media has been drowning in absolute slop. The key things they're showing are bougie, largely non-residential CBDs and kitchy tourist traps (usually underscored with dubstep). It's Japan-level reductionism and orientalism. 👇 511914