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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Out today: We show that Westlothiana lizziae or "Lizzie," described 35 years ago as the world's oldest reptile - is not a stem amniote at all, but a stem tetrapod. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The part and counterpart of the holotype specimen of Westlothiana.

Paleoartistic reconstruct of Westlothiana by Jacob Schick based on our new data

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🗓 Submissions close for the year on Sept 1st at 8am est! newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/

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Submissions – New Edge Sword & Sorcery

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A very fun mount at the Western Wyoming Community College food court of everyone's least-favorite #dinosaur, #Tyrannosaurus rex. #trex #Wyoming

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I have been especially enjoying the #Orhan stories they have been publishing!

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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Our paper on turtle origins is finally out in Current Biology, with two major implications for our understanding of reptile evolution 🐢 #Paleontology #Turtles #Evolution www.cell.com/current-biol...

A pair of Eunotosaurus by Gabriel Ugueto: a sense of scale is provided by Glossopterus leaves in the fore-and-background and by a prosbolid hemipteran insect

Phylogeny of major reptile groups, showing turtles (Pantestudines) as early archosauromorphs and the putative stem-turtle Eunotosaurus as a millerettid stem reptile

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Protosuchus AMNH 3024 type cast at Harvard Museum of Natural History MCZ 2754 from the basal Jurassic Moenave Fm. on Ward Terrace, Navajo Nation, AZ for #FossilFriday @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @andrewtracks.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social

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💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 15/05/2026

Striped cuckoo (Tapera naevia) chicks utilize specialized, cryptic plumage that mimics the texture and color of pinecones for camouflage. #birds

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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Happy #FossilFriday from the dentary that spurred the AMNH to name T.rex before the Carnegie could…

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

We've got this little tiny tooth here at @imnh208.bsky.social and are contemplating what it could be. Any idea? #FossilFriday

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Another resource being gutted...

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The famous science of "entrepreneurship."

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026

#Artemis II update: Unfortunately, the toilet is once again no-go 🫠

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CAMEL MOBILE LIBRARY?! Each issue of the #2026MMM MMMagazine gives the science behind the battle, but also has so much more! Last night's LIBRARY column led by Janice Hermer, explained how no matter your interest, there's a library for that! libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This woman is a QUEEN. But also, did you know. A lot of Natural History scientific illustrators in the 19th century, were usually partners and wives of famous male academics. Buckland, Lyell, Mantell, Murchinson, Gould etc. Their academic output was carried by their (invisible) wives.

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We Need To Stop With The "Women Didn't Work" Myth

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I'm still thinking about something @paleeoguy.bsky.social said at PaleoFest that I hadn't heard articulated quite that way before: A fossil and its matrix are both parts of an ancient ecosystem. Preparing out the fossil means destroying one part to access the other.

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🖌️WELCOME BACK HARDEEP AJULA!🎨 Hardeep will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Color illustration by Hardeep Ajula, showing a skull-faced sorcerer cradling the chin of a frightened young man, forcing him to stare in the same direction he is.

Black & White illustration by Hardeep Ajula showing Orhan Timur, deposed Mongol ruler, riding horseback while turning to fire a bow, looming skull in the background.

Black & White illustration by Hardeep Ajula showing a woman standing at the ready, staring to the right, sword in its scabbard but ready to be drawn, as a small crowd of villagers watch her from the distance, and a tall column in the background has what looks like the body of a giant snake coiling up along it.

Color illustration by Hardeep Ajula showing a mounted warrior woman swinging her scimitar back at a pursuing crowd of animated skeleton warriors, striking one asunder.

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Joe Keating @evopalaeo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Not fussed about Spinosaurs, but I do like PCAs. I do not like this PCA

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J Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Surprising how little of that skeleton is actually there.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 20/02/2026

Today is the 3rd slopiversary of us having to temporarily close submissions. The problem of "AI"-generated submissions hasn't gone away and is still a huge waste of our time. House policy remains the same: #noAI stories, translation, art, or anything else.

Post from twitter on our @clarkesworld account from 11:48AM on Feb 20, 2023. "Submissions are currently closed. It shouldn't be hard to guess why."

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

BRACKET DROP DAY!!!! Get yours now at the LibGuide! libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM... Pick your portal: Players, Learners, or Educator! #2026MMM

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TheLennina 📓 @thelennina.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Yucky! Apparently there is a 2,600 ACRE data center that is proposed near Dinosaur Valley in Glen Rose, TX. I grew up loving that area, and I have numerous fond memories of it. Please help me tell the powers that be we do NOT want this data center. www.sierraclub.org/texas/greate...

Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I think the most wtf moment of #WAVP was the talk suggesting that Troodon was an obligate herbivore based on eggshell nitrogen and nothing else. The same talk implied that Maiasaura was specializing in eating rotten conifer logs when gravid. Definitely puzzling but now I want that Maiasaura paleoart

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Another great #WAVP in the books! Thanks to the Alf Museum and the Webb Schools for hosting, and we'll see everyone at @imnh208.bsky.social for #WAVP2027

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🧪🏺 Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration. All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts. JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

screengran of figure from paper showing four different generated images of a "day in the life of a Neanderthal". All images contain significant inaccuracies from physical characteristics (extremely primitive) to material culture (glass containers), and the lack of women and children is also obvious.

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 14/02/2026

Using AI makes science communication worse. Period. AI use necessarily reduces accuracy, transparency and authenticity. But sci comm *needs* to be accurate, transparent, and authentic. Otherwise you’re just goofing around, which will destroy your audience‘s trust in you and in other sci comm.

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

⚔️THE CROWDFUND FOR NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY 2026 IS LIVE⚔️ Three issues - our Timeworn Terra special - a New Jirel of Joiry story... The more re-posts this gets, the more bonus content we'll add to this year's issues! Go here to learn more and back the magazine👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Cropped art by Jimmy Makepeace of the Mongol nomad Goatskin standing at combat ready, a friend at her back, as the disembodied head of a statue spews violet light from its eyes.

Overlaid are captions. Along the top reads "Just Launched on Backerkit. New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2026 is live"

Along the bottom reads "Share this post to unlock bonus stories".

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A great, inclusive publication with fun and occasionally thought-provoking short stories. I'm looking forward to this next batch!

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Dr Manu Saunders FRES @manusaunders.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

On this day that supports inclusive futures for women and girls in science, let's not forget all the women that were sidelined, ignored, or forced out of science because they: - had children - prioritised family/caring - did science differently - questioned boundaries & norms - fought the patriarchy

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Uri Wolkowski @deinocurious.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

For #FossilFriday , preserved fur and osteoderms (base for underlying armor) of Darwin's ground sloth, Mylodon darwinii

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

@garyonyx-mcgoy.bsky.social @tuttran.bsky.social and myself are here at the @nhmu.bsky.social DinoFest! Come by today and tomorrow to learn about the #Idaho fossils from @imnh208.bsky.social that come from our ancient fliers!

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Cy Marchant @slvrhwk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Very excited to share Scyllacerta creanae, a new Permian stem-reptile from South Africa known from an aggregation of several individuals. This specimen provides unprecedented detail regarding the anatomy of the early reptile skull. 🦎 (1/🧵)

Graphic illustrating the reconstruction process for Scyllacerta creanae (SAM-PK-K7710). The holotype aggregation specimen (left) comprises four skulls and at least six nearly complete skeletons preserved in lifelike positions. Using synchrotron micro-CT scans of the skulls, the bones could be segmented, digitally isolating them from the matrix and allowing their full morphology to be studied in detail (top center). Combining information from all four skulls, a reconstructed version could be assembled, depicting the likely life appearance (center, with each bone in a distinct color). This reconstruction can be used to make line drawings for science communication and skeletal reconstructions (bottom center). These reconstructions were the basis for a detailed life restoration of the head of Scyllacerta (bottom right, by @LiterallyMiguel). Despite its incredibly small size (top right, compared to a human hand), the known individuals were likely nearing full maturity.

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Congrats to John Foster, Kelli Trujillo, ReBecca Hunt-Foster, and Spencer Lucas for seeing this latest Morrison volume across the finish line!!! There are so many new great things in this volume. Papers galore; pdfs available through authors. @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @agu.org

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Hazard @datgreenmonstah.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Bringing back this banger because ppl need some hope-core #paleoart

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Excited for this. Just received last year's volumes this week and have been diving in. Already looking forward to the next installments.

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Happy #FossilFriday. Did you know Diplodocus skin glows orange under UV light? 🦕🟠

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

First paper of 2026 is out for #FossilFriday, and the first of probably several ornithischian papers over the next interval. Here my coauthors and I describe some tantalizing bits that suggest that ornithischian diversity in the Morrison Formation is higher than previously recognized.

The first page of the paper described in the post.

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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This #FossilFriday we are pleased to have published the new younginid taxon Scyllacerta from the late Permian of South Africa 🇿🇦 This beautiful aggregation has the holotype and has been in the literature for 30 years as “juvenile Youngina”. Photo taken before scanning at the @esrf.fr

A small bit of grey rock containing the entwined and overlapping skeletons of several small lizard-like reptiles. On white foam with a scale bar.

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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Introducing a new Permian reptile: Scyllacerta creanae With a tympanic fossa on the quadrate and no lower temporal bar, Scyllacerta challenges long-standing ideas about when-and-how hearing evolved in reptiles 🦎👂 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pala...

Skull of Scyllacerta, reconstructed based on scans of four nearly complete skulls.

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Idaho State University College of Science and Engineering @idahostateucose.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Gary McGaughey, a doctoral candidate in biological sciences, recently presented his research at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 85th Annual Meeting in Birmingham, UK. #idahostateucose #STEM #paleontology

Gary McGaughey presents his research on stage at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 85th Annual Meeting in Birmingham

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Stephan Spiekman @stephanspiekman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Just a quick heads up for those who intended to use the free scale bars handed out at this year's SVP by #PaleoTools: don't...

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Robert Gay @paleorob.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Very excited and pleased to see this important work out to the public after many twists and turns! giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...

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A visual paleontological inventory of Utah’s National Park Service areas | Geology of the Intermountain West

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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

#2025SVP was a hit for Idaho and the IMNH, with a big showing for Peecook Lab members past and present! @garyonyx-mcgoy.bsky.social @slvrhwk.bsky.social @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social @paleorob.bsky.social @idahostateucose.bsky.social

An unintentionally well-coordinated bluish purple group of smiling paleontologists.

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Julia McHugh @drjmchugh.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The posters are hung at the conference with care, in hopes that paleontologists soon would be there. Last Poster Session starts this afternoon! Come find me and @paleorob.bsky.social side by side for all the weird and mysterious fossil goodness. #2025SVP

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