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Victoria Arbour

@victoriaarbour.bsky.social
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British Columbia-based dinosaur palaeontologist and King of Clubs.

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Victoria Arbour @victoriaarbour.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you're in Victoria, swing on by our new climate change permanent exhibit, a big project of mine for the last 2 years! cheknews.ca/exhibit-at-r...
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Exhibit at Royal BC Museum shows how climate change is changing B.C.
The exhibit explores how climate change is reshaping British Columbia’s ecosystems and impacting communities.
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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sometimes important fossils are #TeenyTinyThings - like this 200 million year old Tritheledont tooth that was collected during a public fossil dig at Wasson Bluff in 2016. The tooth is from an extinct mouse sized animal (10-20 cm) that was a close relative to early mammals.
A 2016 Canadian Bluenose Dime with a tiny orange and white fossil tooth, one-sixth the diameter of the Dime.two close up views of the tooth crown and root, inner and outer surfaces.
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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
(2/2) William Stout’s work in The Dinosaurs is so, SO good. It’s like a beautiful blend of a Mesozoic Mucha and Arthur Rackham. Stout’s work was found throughout DinoLand, USA, from the exit signs outside Dinosaur to the inside of Restaurantosaurus. 🦖
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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Philippe “Manchu” Bouchet, 1985
A rabbit with a giant yellow fin on its back bounds across a field towards some factories.
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Having said that, some of the inaccurate models are great. The dragonesque Allosaurus is a no in terms of accuracy but still looks great and I loved that sequence. I really enjoyed the terrifying Hatzegopteryx, Ankylosaurus in the rain, the singing Peloroplites, and the ‘snow king’ Yutyrannus. 4/8
A Cretaceous ankylosaur, head lifted, singing in a fynbos-like habitat and bright sunlight.
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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Result from the Joggins Formation #paleostream! This Canadian site is an absolute classic and even if you are not familiar with its name you probably know at least one of its major players...
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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
(♻️) 🪹🏞️ RAVEN IMMEMORIAL #telekitneticart #formline #indigenousart Prints up for sale here 👉 ko-fi.com/s/2245fcff40
A print illustration with a limited green, cream, and dark blue palette. The poster is divided into six rectangular sections. The top left shows a formline design of a raven in flight. The top right shows an illustration of Hornby Island Azhdarchids. The middle left shows a cliff overlooking the ocean, with bird-like silhouettes flying above. The middle right shows a shoreline of the ocean, with bird-like tracks in the sand. The bottom left shows an illustration of a raven. The bottom right shows a formline illustration of a Hornby Island Azhdarchid in flight.A picture of the art prints of "Raven Immemorial." They're 8 x 10 matte art prints.
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Victoria Arbour @victoriaarbour.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
A festive Ruopodosaurus clava on the tree!
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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
No, absolutely no. Turn down the review invitation if you can't do it. DO NOT fake it. This is malpractice and deeply dishonest. Plus, it's not any good. "More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review — often against guidance
A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.
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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
#formline #telekitneticart #indigenousart #paleoart custom formline commission of a yi qi for @dinosourcepod.bsky.social! thank you so much for commissioning me! 🪶🦖
A black and red formline design on a white background of a yi qi. The design is a side profile showing the yi qi in flight.
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Rachel Ignotofsky @rachelignotofsky.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Herbivore Dinos grazing in a Cretaceous Period paradise! Illustration from my book: DINOSAURS Link to buy here: a.co/d/b5XhJp2 #prehistoric #dinosaurs #fossil #fossiladdict #paleontology #evolution #sciart #paleoart
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Victoria Arbour @victoriaarbour.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I feel like you've gotta be a very specific kind of old for this joke and yet, here I am.
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 12/11/2025
“At $73 billion in direct impact on the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.” www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
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Comment: Investing in Canada's cultural sector is crucial to 'elbows up'
At $73 billion in direct impact to the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.
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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🏞️🪶 Raven Immemorial 🪶🏞️ #formline #telekitneticart #paleoart
A print illustration with a limited green, cream, and dark blue palette. The poster is divided into six rectangular sections. The top left shows a formline design of a raven in flight. The top right shows an illustration of Hornby Island Azhdarchids. The middle left shows a cliff overlooking the ocean, with bird-like silhouettes flying above. The middle right shows a shoreline of the ocean, with bird-like tracks in the sand. The bottom left shows an illustration of a raven. The bottom right shows a formline illustration of a Hornby Island Azhdarchid in flight.
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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Raptor formline.. 🦖🏀 this design was made as a gift for my brother last year!!! He's ballin'!!!! #paleoart
A formline design of a raptor-type dinosaur with a feathered tail, crest, and wings and a basketball being held in it's talons. The raptor is colored a dark navy blue, bright red, and bright orange, and the background is a pale light yellow.
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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
If you get a blackout sheet, my grand prize for the stamp rally is an 8 x 10 AFC-exclusive print, titled "Raven Immemorial"! I have a limited number of these, so get those sheets filled out quick if you're visiting AFC!!
A print illustration with a limited green, cream, and dark blue palette. The poster is divided into six rectangular sections. The top left shows a formline design of a raven in flight. The top right shows an illustration of Hornby Island Azhdarchids. The middle left shows a cliff overlooking the ocean, with bird-like silhouettes flying above. The middle right shows a shoreline of the ocean, with bird-like tracks in the sand. The bottom left shows an illustration of a raven. The bottom right shows a formline illustration of a Hornby Island Azhdarchid in flight.
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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Here's my single-row bingo prize- a 1.5" holographic button pin of the Hornby Island Azhdarchid!! First unearthed on Hornby Island, BC, this guy is thought to have been rather small for pterosaurs based off current remains- right now, they're believed to have been about the size of a house cat!!
A button pin design featuring a Hornby Island Azhdarchid sitting and holding a small fruit. Blocky letters above and below it read "I am simply a little guy."
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Victoria Arbour @victoriaarbour.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I know these are Bumpy and Dolores but they can pass for a pretty good Zuul and Ferrisaurus, in my opinion.
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Victoria Arbour @victoriaarbour.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Loooooooook at this Zuul, I mean Bumpy.
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Victoria Arbour @victoriaarbour.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
BC's provincial fossil has a new scientific name - welcome Traskasaura!
timescolonist.com
Extinct marine reptile species named for Courtenay man who discovered it
The previously unnamed species of elasmosaur is being called Traskasaura sandrae in honour of Mike Trask, who in 1988 discovered fossils in the Puntledge River.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/04/2025
dire wolves more like liar wolves am I right
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Eric Scott @captainfossil.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology has issued an official statement regarding recent executive orders from the current administration & the effects of these attacks on vertebrate paleontology and the scientific community in general, w/ a request for input from affected scientists. 🧪
Dear Eric,

We are now facing unprecedented, systemic challenges to scientific enterprise, its infrastructure, and the diverse people and communities that make it possible. The recent executive orders issued by the Office of the President of the United States threaten to directly harm our discipline and the people in it. 

As paleontologists, we know that in times of upheaval, ecological communities that fare the best tend to be the most diverse. Analogously, our varied backgrounds and perspectives and our willingness to listen to and learn from each other have enabled us to adapt to challenges facing our discipline and our Society in the past. We believe that the best approach to overcoming these new challenges is to turn to our fundamental values and our mission, which includes facilitating the cooperation of all persons concerned with the history, evolution, ecology, comparative anatomy, and taxonomy of vertebrate animals. We take this moment to specifically support and affirm the right of all of our members and our non-member colleagues to conduct science and live their lives in safety and harmony, no matter their gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, age, or citizenship status.We encourage members in positions of safety and security to advocate for members who are not. Speak out in favor of research funding, evidence-based policies, and policies that ensure people of all identities receive equitable protections and opportunities. SVP leadership is actively working with other scientific organizations to respond to and mitigate the impact of these government actions on our members. We will continue to prioritize building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive vertebrate paleontology community where all feel welcome and are able to thrive.

The mission of our Society is primarily scientific in nature. We seek to advance the science of vertebrate paleontology throughout the world, and foster the scientific, educational, and personal appreciation and understanding of vertebrate fossils and fossil sites. Several executive actions taken by the current presidential administration are antithetical to this mission, including the pause and audit of federal grant funding, the silencing of federal employees, the stripping of climate history data from government websites, the attempts to downsize the federal workforce, including departments charged with maintaining fossils and fossil sites, and attacks on academic freedom, climate change research, disabled people, transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people, immigrants, and endeavors for diversity, equity and inclusion. These actions, if successful, will impede our ability to carry out our mission and harm the broader practice of science. The Society would like to gather additional information regarding the effects of recent federal action on paleontologists on the ground. To help us in this task, we ask that you share your experiences. We would like to know if you have been impacted or may be impacted by these executive actions. We recognize that at this point there is uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the federal funding audit, pending legal challenges, and other aspects of these executive actions, so you may not know the full impacts yet. This uncertainty itself is an impact. If you have been or might be impacted by these executive actions, please fill out this survey [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]. Please also provide any ideas or suggestions, including areas of concern on which you believe the Society should focus.

Below we share some resources that you may find helpful when considering ways to support your colleagues and/or take action during these tumultuous times. We appreciate that this is a time full of uncertainty for many of you, especially those located in the United States, and we will do our best to keep you informed of Society actions.

Contact your congressional representatives [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]

NSF updates on the implementation of executive orders [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]

List of ongoing presidential actions [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com]

Understanding the impacts of NIH funding on a specific state [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com] 

How to support trans colleagues [vertpaleo.us1.list-manage.com] (linked from SICB)

In solidarity,

Stuart Sumida, SVP President, and the SVP Executive Committee
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Dr. Jasmina Wiemann @jwiemann.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Apply now for SVP’s Futures Award! 🦕 This award ($5,000 USD) is intended to support a summer research experience for current undergraduate students (incl. community colleges) who are Black, Indigenous, and/or members of other racial or ethnic minority groups! Link: vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-...
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SVP Futures Award – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Victoria Arbour @victoriaarbour.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
A new Zuultide addition to the Christmas tree, courtesy of Cary Woodruff!
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Victoria Arbour @victoriaarbour.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Zuultide greetings to all!
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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
(Repost) it's been a while since I've shared this guy here... Have a 🦖🏀 #formline
A formline illustration of a raptor dinosaur clutching a basketball in it's feet talons.
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