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Heather F. Smith. Ph.D. @heatherfsmith.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This session brings together research on vertebrate diversification, endemism & ecosystem structure in Campanian Laramidia. Talks highlight fossil assemblages from Alaska to Texas, w/advances in geochronology, paleoenvironmental reconstructions & interpretations of Western Interior Seaway dynamics

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Heather F. Smith. Ph.D. @heatherfsmith.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Excited to invite everyone to our session at GSA “The Campanian Crucible: A synthesis of vertebrate paleobiogeography and ecosystem dynamics in Laramidia" 🗓️ Tuesday, May 19 ⏰ 8:00–11:40 AM 📍 Alvarado C 🏔️ GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Albuquerque Awesome logo design by @tuttran.bsky.social 🤘

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Michael Chiappone @chiapponenature.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The first chapter of my PhD is published! If you're interested in how bones can be buried in floods, check it out in Paleobiology! (doi:10.1017/pab.2025.10087) And if you want to see the full scale experiments we ran, I did a summary video featuring a cover of When the Levee Breaks! #Taphonomy

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When the Levee Breaks - Taphonomy in Action

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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

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Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository

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Tut Tran @tuttran.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

New paper alert! (My first!) This is a benchmark paper on all NPS fossils within the State of Utah through 2024. Loads of illustrations by me and pic by coauthors and collaborators. Open access, free to download! Thanks to all who made this possible! giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph...

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

New paper alert!! Thanks to @tuttran.bsky.social for putting us all together for his first publication! It will be helpful to have much of this data in one place. Check it out: giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.ph... #NPSpaleo

Cover of new paper shows geologic section with fossils of a variety of national parks and monuments in Utah.

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HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dinochick.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

New seasonal paleontology positions available for Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park and Fossil Butte National Monument. Apply soon, they close after they receive a certain number of apps! #NPSpaleo #PaleoJobs www.usajobs.gov/job/850816000 www.usajobs.gov/job/850816700

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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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Dr. Sarah Z. Gibson, PhD @gombessagirl.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

While doing research for my Geology of the National Parks course, I came across this article by @tuttran.bsky.social on paleontology in Bryce Canyon National Park, which will always be my favorite NP. Spent so much time there with my family. www.nps.gov/articles/000...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Getting several responses to my "here are some tips to communicate your science to the public" thread along the lines of "if other people don't understand what I do, it's because they're stupid and that's not anything I can fix." If you believe this, you are a bad teacher and a bad scientist.

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

SARAH MCBRIDE OF DELAWARE BECOMES THE FIRST TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF CONGRESS CAN I GET A HELL YEAH FROM THE STRESSED OUT CHAT

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