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Dr Orla Bath Enright

@orlabe.bsky.social
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Taphonomist - Investigating mechanisms of soft tissue preservation | Rugby & reading: best enjoyed separately to avoid chaos | Associate Editor for sedimentologika.bluesky.com 📍Germany she/her 🇮🇪

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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I'm excited to see @taphonomist.bsky.social's newest paper out @royalsociety.org. Our analytical investigations reveal an important cautionary tale about decay: what was believed to be the worlds oldest octopus remains (Pohlsepia) - is in fact, a highly decomposed nautiloid! Congrats again, Thomas!
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
#PalAss25 kicked of yesterday with our #ERC workshop! Three absolutely fantastic talks and panel discussion with expert speakers on academic publishing, grants and funding applications along with applying for jobs.
Prof. Daniela SchmidtProf. Barry LomaxProf. Phil Donoghue
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🚨Join our fantastic Panel of Speakers this evening at 1730 GMT to discuss the #LeverhulmeTrust Early Career Fellowship! Registration open to all here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @thepalass.bsky.social
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Join us in just over an hours time (1730 GMT) to hear from our panellists about their exciting career journeys! #PalAss Register here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Careering of course. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
We are excited to bring you our next ECR webinar series on careers in Palaeontology on Wednesday, November 12th, at 05:30 pm (GMT). This event is free of charge, but you will need to register. Aim of...
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨We have exciting new webinar series starting next Wednesday @1730 BST! Join me as we discuss the #ERCStartingGrant with our panel speakers who have recently obtained this funding. Anyone is welcome to join this webinar - register here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ERC Starting Grant. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
We are excited to bring you our next ECR webinar series beginning Wednesday 29th of October at 05:30 pm (GMT) on the ERC Starting Grant. This event is free of charge, but you will need to register. A...
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🚨Check out our new paper! 🦠 Led by @taphonomist.bsky.social our experiments show the influence of endogenous bacteria in the early stages of decay.
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Dr Thomas Clements @taphonomist.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Very excited to announce that I will be joining the staff at @uniofreading.bsky.social in the new year. Especially looking forward to working alongside Kevin the Ichthyostega and the team at the @colezoology.bsky.social as part of my new role.
Picture of a smiling Ichthyostega called Kevin. He is a chonk.
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Dr Thomas Clements @taphonomist.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Really interesting and excellently executed taphonomic study alert! The authours designed neat insect disarticualtion experiments to better understand preservational patterns of insect found in the Crato Formation, Brazil. 🪰🪳🦟 Very very cool work by Storari et al. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Taphonomy of aquatic insects from the Crato Formation Lagerstätte (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) under an actualistic look
The Crato Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) is a fossiliferous deposit of global significance, representing a lacustrine palaeoenvironment which offers insights into aquatic insect taphonomy. Despi...
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Luíseach Nic Eoin @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Sarah Gabbott's @thepalass.bsky.social plenary talk has been living rent free inside my head ever since December so I'm delighted that she's written it up as a Comment for @natecoevo.nature.com: we need taphonomy to understand plastic pollution rdcu.be/eAmRU www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Understanding environmental impacts of plastic requires a palaeontological lens - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Growing evidence suggests that timescales for plastic degradation have been vastly underestimated. The fossil record of plastic-like biopolymers might provide a perspective on plastic fossilization in...
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Check out my little sisters work published in Nature Communications today! 👩‍🔬📃
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Out today, our Nature cover debut! @stephanspiekman.bsky.social @she-paleo.bsky.social @nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 29/07/2025
A paper in Nature describes a Triassic reptile with a crest of appendages on its back, which are neither feathers nor skin. The findings demonstrate that feathers or hair-like protrusions are not unique to birds and mammals. go.nature.com/4nZCySR #Paleosky 🧪
Reconstruction and illustration of Mirasaura in its natural forested environment, hunting insects. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto
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Nature @nature.com · 28/07/2025
Although large, elongated protrusions on a 247-million-year-old reptile fossil have some similarities to feathers, they are not feathers go.nature.com/3J0pOLt
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Unusual fossil skin appendage is not a feather
Although large, elongated protrusions on a 247-million-year-old reptile fossil have some similarities to feathers, they are not feathers.
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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Here it is! Please welcome the AMAZING Mirasaura grauvogeli, a NEW MARVELOUS Drepanosaur published in NATURE today! This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures! I was commissioned to bring it to life #paleoart
Illustration showing a pair of Mirasaura perched on fern fronds. The green animals show their tall orange, brown and white crests while a small beetle flies over one of them
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Emilie Ellis @e-ellis1.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My sister Orla and team just changed our understanding of the fossil record! 😍
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Stephan Spiekman @stephanspiekman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Check out our video for a wonderful illustration of #Mirasaura @smnstuttgart.bsky.social
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨 So excited to finally share an incredible discovery from the #Triassic, Grès à Voltzia! Our international team, led by @stephanspiekman.bsky.social and published today in @nature.com, reveals a new reptile, #Mirasaura grauvogeli, donning an elaborate crest 🦎🔬✨ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
✨Tonight✨ we are kick starting our new and fully booked #ECR #PeerReview Training Programme with the wonderful help from our editorial officer and journal editors as review mentors! ✨Tomorrow✨ we have our panel discussion on "Careers in Palaeontology" Join @thepalass.bsky.social to get involved!
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Emma Dunne @emmadnn.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Delighted to share our paper on data equity in #palaeobiology as part of Paleobiology's 50th anniversary issue 🥳 We look at how palaeo data is collected, stored, curated & shared, and how equity in these processes is crucial for our field's future (1/n) 🧪⚒️ doi.org/10.1017/pab....
Simplified flowchart illustrating generalised steps in palaeobiological research processes and the various factors that introduce inequity with regard to data collection, storage, study, analysis, publication, and reuse.
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A great opportunity to join online and learn more about ichnology ⬇️ #ichnology #online #webinar
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
☎️Calling PalAss members! We have an exclusive webinar this Wednesday on our #EngagementGrant with expert panellists to answer all your questions. 💫Register using the link below
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🌟Members Exclusive!🌟 Join our upcoming webinar to learn the ins & outs of the Palaeontological Association Engagement Grant, featuring previous awardees as our panel speakers. 🗓️Wednesday the 23rd of April, 17:30 (BST) Don't miss your chance to boost your outreach ideas!
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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory
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West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brands
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
On 18th March I'm doing a free, hybrid, public lecture at the GeolSoc on stegosaurs. Come along or join online: www.geolsoc.org.uk/03-PL-stegos...
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The Geological Society of London - Public Lecture: The Stegosaurian Dinosaurs
Event details Stegosaurs are a group of dinosaurs characterised by the possession of two rows of plates and spines that extend from the neck to the end of the tail. They are known from the Middle Jura...
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Check out this new paper by Chiarella et al. in #Sedimentologika, exploring the impact of #plastic sediments in natural environments. If you were inspired by Prof. Gabbott's "Future Fossils" talk at the 2024 #PalAss Annual Meeting. Get stuck into this! #OpenAccess #Palaeontology #Sedimentology
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Ricardo J Pereira @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Calling all creative minds in science communication! 🧠💡🎨 Join us at SMNS as a Content Creator and help bring biodiversity research to a wider audience! 🌿🧬📱 📅 Apply by 16.03.2025 🔗 Details: www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stellen/deta... #JobAlert #Hiring #ScienceComm #SocialMedia
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Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Offene Stellen
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Ricardo J Pereira @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Hello, BlueSky! 🦋 Excited to reconnect, exchange ideas, and build a collaborative space driven by curiosity and innovation. We’re launching the Dept. of Biodiversity Monitoring at SMNS!🚀 Using museum & monitoring collections, we study genomic diversity 🧬 and species persistence in a changing world.
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Just read a great paper by McMahon et al. 2025, "Remarkable fossils on unremarkable bedding planes? The role of true substrates in the fossil record of the Ediacaran macrobiota" @philvixseboxse.bsky.social #Ediacaran #Palaeontology Check it out: www.lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Remarkable fossils on unremarkable bedding planes? The role of true substrates in the fossil record of the Ediacaran macrobiota | Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Strata from the late Ediacaran Period (∼579-539 Ma) host fossils of Earth's earliest assemblages of diverse macroscopic organisms: the Ediacaran macrobiota. Many Ediacaran macrobiota taxa are preserve...
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
TODAY! Join us to discuss the PalAss Research Grants: Wednesday 19th February at 17:30 UTC Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Thank you to Christian Klug for inviting me to speak with the Paläontologie Institut and #UniversitätZürich #UZH last week about early biases in fossil preservation. It was great to be back in Switzerland for a few days 🇨🇭
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Jeff Peakall @hyperpycnal.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Revisiting the black shales depositional enigma! This one has taken a while, but delighted to see this out at last. With a stellar cast, and me. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Revisiting the black shale depositional enigma: Transport processes and contrasting sediment sources in a heterolithic basin fill – Bowland Basin, England
Factors that control the accumulation of organic-rich shales are keenly debated and include basin redox variations, sediment provenance and diverse depositional processes. The relative importance of ....
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Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science 👩‍🔬 Be the weird kid with the rock and shell collection...you're going places! 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #Geoscience
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Stephen Lokier @lokier.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Our new paper.... "Coming to light: How effective are sediment gravity flows in removing fine suspended carbonate from reefs?" led by @makingripples.bsky.social along with William Hewitt & James Hendry is out now as #OpenAccess in The Depositional Record. Enjoy! doi.org/10.1002/dep2...
Video stills of the heads of selected CaCO3 flows.

(A) 15% low-density turbidity current, (B) 25% low-density turbidity current, (C) 53% high-density turbidity current, (D) 55% high-density turbidity current, (E) 58% mud flow and (F) 59% slide. Dashed lines in (C) and (D) show density interfaces in high-density turbidity currents. Arrow in (E) points to lip region of mud flow. Scale bar is 100 mm long.
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Eli Amson @eliamson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
PhD position alert: join a diverse team of palaeontologists to study the evolution of temnospondyls! The PhD project @smnstuttgart.bsky.social will focus on bone microanatomy: lots of fun with thin-sections and CT in perspective. Whoever you are: don't hesitate to reach out! tinyurl.com/msvntnd9
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Dr Thomas Clements @taphonomist.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Oh look a wild @orlabe.bsky.social appeared on Bluesky. Drop her a follow, there is some very exciting rotten fossil research coming soon!
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