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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Since we are going out for 10 days next week after, Tropical storm Rachael has cleaned off the site, to evaluate the Ironstone bonebed near the base of our Cretaceous section in eastern Utah for #FossilFriday a few pictures of ankylosaur and iguanodont fossils collected of the surface of the site.

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Outside commercial antiquities -consultants advising how to salvage academic focused museums is a very bad look for Fort Hays Univ.! www.facebook.com/share/p/1Jpv... Need to learn more! Utah Friends of Paleontology @paleontologizing.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social

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Jack Stack @jackstack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hot off the presses! I reviewed the history of early ray-finned fishes, with a focus on their morphology, fossil record, and taxonomy. My principal goal is a guide for other workers to make the rich record of early actinopterygian evolution more broadly available. dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor...

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The Evolutionary History of Early Ray‐Finned Fishes (Pan‐Actinopterygii)

Ray-finned fishes, the most diverse living vertebrate clade, include over 600 extinct early actinopterygian species whose evolution is an enigma.

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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

BREAKING: In Nebraska rally, Trump just suggested he would be unbothered to see Iran "take out" LA or San Diego: “They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take—Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay."

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

@utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social Oct. 8th, 7:00 PM MT Kyle Atkins-Weltman from Oklahoma State and his talk - "Segmental mass properties in end-Cretaceous dinosaurs and their paleoecological implications" This will be an online only meeting. Please join us with this link. meet.google.com/ojn-safj-vzh

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There is a 10 mile stretch out there in eastern Utah with more bonebeds with more distinct species representing multiple time slices than anywhere else in the world!! UGS is going to open IRONSTONE BB next week. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @geosociety.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For #FossilFriday with the upcoming tragic closure of the Sternberg Museum I thought I would share some pictures of our only currently known Mancos Group mosasaur, Gnathomortis stadtmanni. First exhibited as a mounted skeleton at the John Wesley Powell River History Mus., Green River, Utah.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Powerful letter from paleontologist Kenshu Shimada re: the Sternberg Museum of Natural History at Fort Hays State U in Kansas, US closing by years end. Along w/ the closing of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, US, this is an alarming trend in the US right now. #FossilFriday 🧪

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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tenure-track assistant professor/curator jobs in vertebrate paleo posted at both Idaho State and Louisiana State is a nice salve right now. ☕️ Apply, apply! 🥔 🐊 🦴 ⛏️

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Vert paleo curator gig at LSU; see recently published "Vertebrate Fossils of Louisiana" for a preview of the collections and potential projects that can be developed: repository.lsu.edu/spmns/5/

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Vertebrate Fossils of Louisiana

By Suyin Ting, Lorene E. Smith, Connor D. White, et al., Published on 01/01/25

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Alberta Palaeontological Society @abpalaeosociety.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks to Luke Nelson, who recently graduated with his Master's degree, for presenting last Friday! It was a fascinating exploration of a large sabre-toothed fish, Enchodus, which lived in Alberta in the Late Cretaceous. youtu.be/czalifQ16J8 #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #fish #alberta

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The anatomy, taxonomy, and tooth replacement of a sabre-toothed Cretaceous fish

YouTube video by Alberta Palaeontological Society

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Congratulations to William Freimuth, Lindsay Zanno, and @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social on the long awaited update on Geminiraptor suarezarum, NOW Falcarius suarezarum. Utah's 4th therizinosaur to date, a fifth may be coming... journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tyrannosaurs galore at end of Cretaceous as interpreted by Sancarlo & Paul, 2026. It will be interesting to see haw this all settles out. zoonova.afriherp.org/documents/Sa... @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @jgn-paleo.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Note: on the Utah state lands PFYC MAP all mapped formations listed Class 3-5 are all grouped together in red to be considered for paleontogical mitigation if there is to be surface disturbance or a significant land transfer in those area.

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tell Trish Wellenbach why the nation needs the Philidephia Academy of Natural Sciences. As the 1dt Natural History museum in the western hemisphere it should be a National Monument perhaps formally tied to the Smithsonian. Tw958@drexel.edu @standupforscience.net @scifri.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Check out this talk by Joshua Lively summarizing their important paleontological research in Utah. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gATz... See: 22:30-30:35 specifically work at site being live streamed on www.twitch.tv/paleontologi... next week but the entire presentation is fine overview of their research.

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Science Unwrapped: Terrific, Terrible Lizards: The Age of Dinosaurs and Beyond in Eastern Utah

YouTube video by Utah State University College of Science

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Utah's Potential Fossil Yield Classification Maps. Blues sections on state management map are Utah State Lands. This is our first filter in dealing with paleontological management issues (particularly mitigation) here in Utah. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

More - belatedly - from #DinoConUK 2026, showing vendors, guests and artists. If you're interested in #dinosaurs #palaeoart or prehistoric life in general, join us for 2027! News on our next event coming soon. Videography by @tomjurassic.bsky.social, and follow us at @dinoconuk.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We open the Ironstone bonebed a bit to the west Oct. 13 - 23...for evaluation.

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just a bit late for #fossilfriday, a comparison of some typical ankylosaur dorsal osteoderms from the Upper Jurassic through Lower Cretaceous of North America and Europe. Impressed at how distinct they are from each other. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social

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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

⚠️ Few PhD and project opportunities. More details below ⬇️ palass.org/phd-opportun... #PhD #opportunity #palaeontology #project

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#ThrowbackThursday 2015 Shot from the Hippodraco type locality at Andrew R C Milner 's Site on the southern border of the proposed Yellow Cat unit of a future Dawn of the Cretaceous Fossil Beds NM. The abandoned well pad at Andrew's Site would be the perfect setting for an interpretation center.

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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I presented on this at SVP last year, too

My research poster from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 conference, showcasing my fieldwork livestreams and offering advice and encouragement to other paleontologists to try streaming from the field

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Danny has been live streaming from various digs in Utah for 4 years now. I thinks we have all benefited. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @thepalass.bsky.social @jeremybroberts.bsky.social Nice to have internet at quarry too.

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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For #FossilFriday: holotype of the extinct Pleistocene bison species Bison antiquus, one of millions of specimens housed in the collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - the oldest natural history museum in the US, now slated for permanent closure on 30 September. 🧪

Bison antiquus holotype (ANSP 12990) braincase with left horn core, shown in posterior view (top) and dorsal view (bottom). From McDonald & Scott (2023), The Pleistocene Fauna of Big Bone Lick, Boone County, Kentucky: A Rich History and Unanswered Questions

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Based research on the terrestrial J-K boundary here in eastern Utah, I'm thinking that the base of the Cretaceous should be lowered into the uppermost Jurassic with the Volgan Isotopic Carbon Excursion VOICE as the best global marker. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTwR... for a recent talk on topic.

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What happened to our jurassic dinosaurs

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

UGS paleontologist Don DeBlieux' @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social tall "More Moenkopi Madness! Exceptional New Tracksites in the Triassic of Canyonlands National Park" just got posted. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQph... @paleontologizing.bsky.social @jeremybroberts.bsky.social

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Don DeBlieux: "More Moenkopi Madness! Exceptional New Tracksites in the Triassic of Canyonlands NP"

YouTube video by Utah Friends of Paleontology

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Why preserve the Academy of Natural Sciences; America's oldest Natural History Museum. It is a National Treasure! Should become an urban National Monument. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0-t... @paleontologizing.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social

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Preserving the Academy of Natural Sciences | Studio 2 from WHYY | 09/09/26

YouTube video by WHYY

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

But as we have been noting, there is a profound faunal turnover among the the Morrison megafauna at the end of the Jurassic, when diplodocids and its diverse large theropods were hit hard and small taxa were barely touched. In North America, an influx of European taxa was critical in its recovery.

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#FossilFriday How about some bones from an under appreciated nodosaurid, upper Cenomanin to Turonian, Wyoming,(94-92 Ma). Stegopelta landerensis. FMNH UR88 Note the fungal/bacteria pathology pits on the sacral shield. Nice left side cervical half ring & dorsal verts. @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Idaho Museum of Natural History is very proud to announce that the website for WAVP 2027, being held February 12th through the 14th here in Pocatello, Idaho, is updated & is now accepting abstract submissions! Deadline is November 9th. www.wavp.us#submitYourAb... @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For #FossilFriday The holotype of Uintascorpio from the Middle Eocene Green River Formation north of Parachute Colorado. I shot this picture ~30 years ago. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @paleontologizing.bsky.social @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social @drjmchugh.bsky.social @jeremybroberts.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Utah Geological Association needs a chief editor for our esteemed peer-reviewed journal, Geology of the Intermountain West. www.giw.utahgeology.org/index.php/GI... you are interested reach out to Doug Sprinkel (dsprinkel@gmail.com). GIW is a critical open source publication on western geoscience.

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The most recent UGS Survey Notes just went on line. ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications... Learn about what the Utah Geological Survey is doing to inform the public, how ground water resourses affect the Great Salt Lake and more. @agu.org @geosociety.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Again, this is why Earth Sciences get defunded: we correctly tell people "no, it will not work."

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s getting into grad school workshop begins this Saturday. All are welcome!

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

MIKE Benton is very deserving of the Darwin Medal !!!!! @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Many shark and ray groups went extinct. Reproductive strategies critical. If there was a long interval of time as lin the plankton. Scavengers did better than top predators.

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