One from the archives for #FossilFriday. A much younger me with the skull of the giant plesiosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni, in a store room of the National Museum of Ireland, back in 2007.

The skull has been turned upside down here, a view not often seen, as I was inspecting the palate.

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Remembering my friend Richard Forrest, a marine reptile expert, with a week or two of marine reptile artworks. I'll start with this old acrylic painting, called The Wreck, which I created for Richard back in 2004.

#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Alt4Me #MarineReptiles #Fossils #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Plesiosaur #Plesiosaurus #Ichthyosaurs #Pliosaurs #JurassicWorld

For @svelk929.bsky.social, Drosk with a #plesiosaur toy.

Maybe it’s for an indoor pool thing, even cold-resistant vinyl goes crunchy on a frigid day like today.

#lizard #reptile #inflatable #drysuit #furryart #wip

A certain classic #inflatable #seaserpent for @XydexxUnicorn It'll probably attract tourists instead of scaring them away, though, it's way too cuddly-looking.

#scoobydoo #nessie #plesiosaur #furryart

Mary Anning byla bezpochyby jednou z nejvlivnějších postav rané historie paleontologie, ale za svého života byla tak často přehlížena. 19. část projektu Kniha týdne na blogu Blogorgonopsid pojednává o knize The Fossil Hunter od Shelley Emling, vydané v roce 2009, jež vypráví životní příběh Mary Anning.

#books #science #history #maryanning #lymeregis #ichthyosaur #plesiosaur #ammonite #fossil #book #biography

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-fossil-hunter-dinosaurs-evolution.html

Mary Anning was undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in the early history of paleontology, yet in her life she was so often overlooked. The 19th part of the Book of the Week project on Blogorgonopsid covers Shelley Emling's book The Fossil Hunter from 2009 which tells Mary Anning's life story.

#books #science #history #maryanning #lymeregis #ichthyosaur #plesiosaur #ammonite #fossil #book #biography

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-fossil-hunter-dinosaurs-evolution.html

Holotype specimen of the plesiosaur Avalonnectes arturi (NHMUK 14550) on display in the Natural History Museum, London.

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