A Record-Breaking Find on England’s Jurassic Coast The field of paleontology is currently abuzz over a find that pushes the boundaries of our understanding of prehistoric marine predators. A pliosaur skull—150 million years old and 95% intact—has officially been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the best preserved specimen...
Another talk from Paleo 2026 posted! This one is Tako Koning discussing the Driftwood Shale, a beautifully preserved Eocene ecosystem.
Her research covered a wide range of palaeontology but her largest contribution was to the origin & evolution of early mammals. She was 1st woman to serve on the executive of the International Union of Geological Sciences & a trailblazer in #palaeontology.
In ’39, when she was 14, Germany invaded Poland & occupied Poland until the end of WWII in ’45. Non-Germans were barred from higher education, on pain of death. The Polish resistance organized a clandestine network of instruction. 🧵2/
This week’s Fossil Friday is a vertebral centrum from a Late Cretaceous crocodile. The centrum is the main body of a vertebra.
This specimen was found by Judith Aldama in Montana and is catalogued as APS 2013.11.
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Fossil Festival HEADLINE TALK
A DINOSAUR ART LIFE
Sunday 14th June, 1.30pm
📍Marine Theatre
🎟️Adults £7 / Children £4. Tickets available here:
https://fossilfestival.com/palaeontological-festival.../
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #JurassicWorld #JurassicPark
THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, Unearthing the Real Behaviours of Prehistoric Animals, written by Dr Dean Lomax and illustrated by @BobNicholls, is OUT NOW!
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology
New blog post!
We just unveiled a new exhibit for our mobile museum. “Life in the Ancient Seas” features fossils from every continent, across more than 600 million years of time.
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Max’s Mobile Museum was designed from the outset to allow for rotating exhibits that could be changed out quickly. At last Saturday’s Inland Empire Science Festival we debuted our first new Mobile Museum exhibit since 2022, Life in the Ancient Seas. This exhibit was inspired by a temporary
Scientists identify 230-million-year-old parrot-beaked reptile in Brazil
New rhynchosaur species described. Link for actual paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/4/260176/481336/A-new-hyperodapedontine-rhynchosaur-from-a?searchresult=1 [https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/4/260176/481336/A-new-hyperodapedontine-rhynchosaur-from-a?searchresult=1]
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