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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎

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Metal & Mosasaurs 🤘🦎 : RGGS at AMNH : Skeleton Crew Paleo Co-Founder : NSF GRFP Fellow : Carthage College Alumna : she/her 🖤🤍💜 : views my own. linktr.ee/tyrantlizardqueen

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Dynamognathus @dynamoterror.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A hypothetical earliest Tylosaurine, just after the split with Plioplatecarpines. No fossils of such basal Tylosaurs are known, but based on other early #Mosasaurs it’d be leggy and noodly. Inspired by @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social’s research/discussion on the Skeleton Crew. #sciart #paleoart #lizard
A colored-pencil drawing of a slender and sinuous early Tylosaurine mosasaur on a white background. Its head is slender and sharply pointed, with a streak of yellowish orange running along the upper lip. The lower jaw is a sickly green, as is the tail (also marked by vertical stripes). Its mouth is open and the small, pointed teeth of the lower jaw are visible. The rest of the body is a dull tan with faint, disorganized speckles. The limbs are relatively short and the hands and feet form relatively broad, webbed paddles with visible digits and claws. The tip of the curling tail is formed into a modest paddle, with a very short upper lobe. This is a speculative and hypothetical depiction, as no such fossils of early Tylosaurs are known but by the laws of biology and phylogenetics it must have existed at some point.
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Hady George @houdzgeorge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Welcome Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda! I'm delighted to introduce you to a new species of protomammal. Hailing from the Triassic of Tanzania, this is the first record of Dinodontosaurus outside of South America, and it informs on the origin of dinosaurs. Here's a thread summarising our findings 🧵
Life reconstruction of two Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda individuals by Gabriel UguetoSkull and jaw of the holotype of Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda. Original photos by Jonathan Jackson
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Alejandro Q (EL_INDORAPTOR) @qindotrex.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The real sea rex Tylosaurus rex (References below) #drawing #paleoart #mosasaur
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Palaeo3D @palaeo3d.com · 18/07/2026
@tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social just watched this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9zu... 👍 how cool!
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Mosasaurs with Dr. Amelia Zietlow | Fossil Crates Live Ep. 5
YouTube video by Fossil Crates
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Join us July 25th as we stream for a NEW COLLABORATIVE EXPEDITION to the Cretaceous of Kazakhstan, co-lead by Jared Shiffert, our own Dr. Napoli, & the Kyzylorda Regional Museum. Your support will ensure that the 2026 joint expedition will be the first of many!
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Andy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology, recently published in Paleobiology, by @jgn-paleo.bsky.social - this is a *must read*, esp. for those in the archosaur realm www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology
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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It'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
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: LIVESTREAM. JULY 25. Something very different this time.... stay tuned!! ✈️⛏️🦴
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
King in Black A few weeks late but here’s a Tylosaurus rex life reconstruction . Huge congrats to @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social and her team on publishing the work on the king of the seaway. #TylosaurusTuesday #paleoart #sciart #art
Tylosaurus rex, one of the largest known mosasaurs, in full body with a red background. Tylosaurus rex up close. PNG of Tylosaurus rex
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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
T. rex vs. T. rex.
Single-panel comic, drawn in pencil. A Tylosaurus rex in a cowboy hat faces a Tyrannosaurus rex. The caption reads: 'This town ain't big enough for the two of us.'
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
There's a new T. rex in town. Not a dinosaur, but a mosasaur. Tylosaurus rex. About the same size as Tyrannosaurus rex. Top predator, but in the sea. Nasty bite. The terror of ancient Texas! Described by pal @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social My thoughts @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2026/05/28/s...
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Another T. rex debuts: A marine apex predator named Tylosaurus rex | CNN
There’s a newly crowned T. rex. This one, called Tylosaurus rex, was a tyrant of the sea and mosasaur spanning up to 43 feet in length.
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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Meet 'the ocean version of T. rex'—apex predator Tylosaurus rex, ruler of Cretaceous seas. I spoke to paleontologist @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social for @cnn.com about how she noticed something unusual about Texas fossils assigned to a known mosasaur & ended up describing a new species 🧪 #FossilFriday
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Another T. rex debuts: A marine apex predator named Tylosaurus rex | CNN
There’s a newly crowned T. rex. This one, called Tylosaurus rex, was a tyrant of the sea and mosasaur spanning up to 43 feet in length.
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Aaron Woodruff @cenozoicking.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
#FossilFriday I mostly draw mammals, but I've always been fascinated by marine reptiles. So after the new paper by @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social et al announced a new species of #Tylosaurus, T. rex, I had to take a crack at a reconstruction! Fun to try something different..
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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This is why one should avoid using the abbreviation "T. rex" from here on out - 'cause now there are *two* of them. Welcome to science, Tylosaurus rex! (Take a back seat for once, tyrannosaurs.) #FossilFriday 🧪
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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Everything IS bigger in Texas... Introducing TYLOSAURUS REX–“TEX”. A monster animal, a monster paper, & a monster project that I am *so* excited to finally share with everyone after ~5 yrs. Huge thanks to my coauthors, Mike & Ron, & to Alderon Games for bringing our lad to life!! #FossilFriday
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Palaeoncryptozoologist Briton @raftingzalmoxes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Fun fact: the length of the Tylosaurus from #TheDinosaurs is 12.4m/40.7ft. This meakes it larger than the biggest Tylosaurus proriger and puts it in the size range of Tylosaurus rex.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This week's free newsletter is out! Come learn about the new T. rex in town - Tylosaurus rex. And if you haven't yet, sign up for The Boneyard on Buttondown
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Friday Fragments #14
We've got a new mosasaur, and it's a *big one.*
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 21/05/2026
This research was led by Museum Research Associate Amelia Zietlow, who began this work as a comparative biology Ph.D. student in the Museum’s Richard Gilder Graduate School. The study updates a dataset crucial for studying mosasaur evolution! Image courtesy of Alderon Games - Path of Titans
Rendering depicts Tylosaurus rex with teeth bared, swimming over a rocky outcrop.
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 21/05/2026
🚨 There’s a new T. rex in town! A newly described species of giant mosasaur—growing up to 43 ft long—has been named Tylosaurus rex, or “king of the tylosaurs.” One of the largest mosasaurs known to date, this T. rex might be every bit as fearsome as the original “tyrant king.” Read more.👇
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Giant Mosasaur Species from Texas Named T. rex | AMNH
New research describes Tylosaurus rex from more than a dozen previously known fossils.
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Path of Titans @pathoftitans.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We are excited to announce a fourth new subspecies of Tylosaurus in Path of Titans, Tylosaurus Rex! Check out the interview with Amelia Zietlow, one of the amazing paleontologists who have described this new species of Tylosaurus! #pathoftitans #dinosaurs #game #interview #paleontology #Tylosaurus
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Tylosaurus rex - New Subspecies & Interview
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
But the new T.rex is actually just the appetizer: @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social also went and re-measured every mosasaur specimen (as well as a bunch of living lizards) she could, in order to create a good dataset for the family, which has been released as part of the paper's supplemental data.
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
For decades, people have pulled massive remains of Tylosaurus -- an enormous sea-going lizard -- out of North Texas creeks. Really massive remains. So massive that researchers like Mike Polcyn and @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social increasingly wondered if they were a new species. Turns out they are!
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Exclusive: There’s a new T. rex in town—and this giant beast ruled the seas
Equipped with powerful jaws and finely serrated teeth, paleontologists say the 43-foot-long prehistoric marine reptile deserves the name Tylosaurus rex.
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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New species of giant mosasaur, Tylosaurus rex, based on over 12 specimens previously referred to other species of Tylosaurus. Culmination of the PhD research of lead author @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social the paper is extremely thorough! 🎨: AlderonGames + @formorphology.bsky.social
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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social will do a live stream today discussing the work. bsky.app/profile/skel...
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚨SCOOP, EXTRY, READ ALL ABOUT IT🚨 Friendship ended with T.rex! T.rex is my new best friend! I'll tell you all about it over at National Geographic.
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Exclusive: There’s a new T. rex in town—and this giant beast ruled the seas
Equipped with powerful jaws and finely serrated teeth, paleontologists say the 43-foot-long prehistoric marine reptile deserves the name Tylosaurus rex.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We get a new mosasaur today! T. rex! As in, Tylosaurus rex. Congrats to @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social and colleagues on the publication. digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/dbbf9d...
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Howdy everyone! Join us this THURSDAY, MAY 21 at 830 PM EST as we stream Path of Titans to take their newest Tylosaurus model out for a spin! Be there or be square...!
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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It's been much too long since my last #MosasaurMonday, so enjoy some southwestern seaway vibes from my trip to Dallas in 2023! 🌊🦎 Fossils are bits & bobs of Tylosaurus, [Lizard] King of the once-flooded Lone Star State. RIP Tylosaurus, you would have loved brisket sandwich 🤘😞
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
On NSF’s postdoc page, the biology and earth science fields have been completely eliminated; the only remaining fellowships are in math, astronomy, engineering, and “entrepreneurship.” Weird choice not to support research on the life support system for 8 billion people. www.nsf.gov/funding/post...
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Anthony of the Badlands @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Presenting on new mosasaur heads for this #FossilFriday at NDGS, including the debut to an audience of this huge mosasaur noggin that we built last year.
Its time to present all about mosasaur heads at AMMP!
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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Happy #FossilFriday! Our new exhibit at the Castle, PREHISTORIC WISCONSIN, opens NEXT WEEK on 3/26! If you're in the area, be sure to swing by - Chase & I will be hanging out in the exhibit from 1-3pm on April 1, 3, & 6 with answers to questions & bonus specimens from collections.
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 18/03/2026
🚨Science news! Recent research led by Meghan Forcellati, a comparative biology Ph.D. student in the Museum’s Richard Gilder Graduate School, has uncovered new clues about reptile evolution by studying the bony encasements of the inner ears of living lizards and snakes.
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Bony Inner Ears Offer Clues to Lizard Evolution | AMNH
Scientists hoping to reconstruct how extinct lizards and snakes lived have turned their attention to the inner ear.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This year the lineup includes Kirk Johnson as keynote speaker! And Phil Currie and Eva Koppelhus. And Amy Balanoff. And @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social & Larisa DeSantis & Lisa White & @joshmathews.bsky.social & so many more!!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
If you're anywhere near Montana, check out the fantastic Dinosaurs & MOR at @museumoftherockies.bsky.social , March 27-29! A fossil-filled weekend for families and the public. With an awesome lineup of scientist speakers. I was there in 2024 and loved it! museumoftherockies.org/signature-ev...
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Dinosaurs and MOR! Festival
Join Museum of the Rockies for the annual Dinosaurs and MOR! Festival. Explore paleo stations, expert talks, and family fun.
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Aaron Griffing @aaronhgriffing.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I’m so excited to announce our new paper in @journal-evo.bsky.social showing how embryology can help us determine ancestral character states in temporal niche academic.oup.com/evolut/advan... Collab w/ A Bauer, A Wegerski, @tonygamble.bsky.social, & A Rasys #GeckoEvoDevo #Aristelliger 1/x
Lateral view of a preserved croaking gecko (Aristelliger) embryo
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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Revising this statement slightly after reading other takes: dinosaur folks *wildly* overestimate how much the general public already knows. I think if your takeaway from the Netflix show is that audiences won't learn much, you're way deeper into fundamental dinosaur lore than 95% of people.
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Hi everybody! We have some exciting Etsy updates to share: -check out our brand NEW Nanotyrannus skull pin! Based on N. lethaeus (just in time for Paleofest! 😉) -T. rex pins are BACK! -we set up an automatic discount on 3 pin duos: Rex & Nano, Mammoth & Smilodon, and Alberto & Built Different
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Coming soon... a Skeleton Crew podcast ep that features myself and other members of the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge team. Nothing planned for the Tet Zoo podcast as John and I aren't talking again.
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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Happy #FossilFriday! I am absolutely thrilled to share the first new exhibit for the History Museum at the Castle to feature specimens from the Weis collection: bird evolution, flourite, & quartz. Many thanks to B Danz, T Green, & J Taylor for their photos & art!
A life model of Sinosauropteryx posed behind a real piece of fossilized Edmontosaurus skin.The entire exhibit cabinet featuring specimens from the Weis museum. The top halves display specimens and photographs that teach visitors about bird evolution. The lower halves of the cabinet feature flourite and quartz mineral specimens.The upper left section of the cabinet, which focuses on the common ancestry that birds share with dinosaurs.The upper right section of the cabinet, which calls attention to features and behaviors that visitors can observe in modern birds that they share with their reptile relatives.
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Berensreverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Jormungandr walhallaensis doodle :D #berensart2025
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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎 @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
the little man is INVESTED #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge
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Anthony of the Badlands @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Happy #MosasaurMonday from Eustace, the holotype skull of Jormungandr walhallensis discovered in North Dakota by the NDGS. We were tasked with taking this not-quite-complete skull (right) and digitally restoring it for display at the NDGS as well as a library just a few miles from the dig site 🧪
2 mosasaur noggins. In white on the right is the incomplete original, and on the left is our finished digital reconstruction in lavender
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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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These positions may be filled for a six month seasonal period, but can vary due to weather conditions, project needs, or funding. Anticipated Entry on Duty: <strong>April 2026</strong> <p>For more par...
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
NANOTYRANNUS IS BACK, and WE ARE STREAMING ABOUT IT! Join us Tuesday, November 4th, at 8:30 pm Eastern time for all of your questions about NANOTYRANNUS, and why we're all #backinhell after Lindsay Zanno and our very own @jgn-paleo.bsky.social published the paper of the year!
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WitmerLab at Ohio University @witmerlab.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Today's bombshell in @nature.com by Lindsay Zanno & James Napoli @jgn-paleo.bsky.social (bit.ly/4qBE6ng) shows that putative juvvy T. rex fossils actually are Nanotyrannus. I reviewed the manuscript, so Nature invited me to write the News & Views commentary. Free link: rdcu.be/eNv94 🦖
The figure used in my News & Views commentary. I generated the CT-based rendering of the holotype skull of Nanotyrannus lancensis (CMNH 7541), based on a recent scan. The lower image was done by the Nature art department.Here's the free link to the print version that I'm permitted to share: https://rdcu.be/eNv94. You can't download it but you can screen-capture its two pages if you really need a copy.Our casts of (bottom) the holotype of Nanotyrannus lancensis (CMNH 7541), (middle) the newly named holotype of N. lethaeus (BMRP 2002.4.1), and (top) T. rex (AMNH 5027). We published on CMNH 7541 in 2010 (http://bit.ly/3X5nCGm).
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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
True story, folks. Enjoy reading, but please refrain from posting about content until it is presented! #SVP2025 #2025SVP And even then, follow the presenters’ wishes on their slides/posters. @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Hi everybody! We are excited to share that we will be streaming the brand new Jurassic World Evolution 3 TOMORROW Oct 21, 830pm ET! Be sure to stop by & check it out with us!
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
DR. TSOGTBAATAR FUNDRAISER: gofund.me/c8d8d1ab7
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Donate to Help Dr. Tsogtbaatar, Icon of Mongolian Paleontology, organized by Lindsay Zanno
Renowned Mongolian paleontologist Dr. Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar is fig… Lindsay Zanno needs your support for Help Dr. Tsogtbaatar, Icon of Mongolian Paleontology
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
SAUROPOD FUNDRAISER: experiment.com/projects/rea...
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Reassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group Diplodocoidea
We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary relati...
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Skeleton Crew Paleo @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
NOW LIVE! Watch at the link in the comments below:
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