#Halloween special XI II: Poe, Cuvier, and memento mori
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/halloween-special-xiii-poe-cuvier-and-memento-mori/

Shri rapax, a new velociraptorine dromaeosaurid from Mongolia
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https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/shri-rapax-a-new-velociraptorine-dromaeosaurid-from-mongolia/

#FossilFriday ‘I’m interested in pushing the frontiers of science, not sailing my boat on calm seas. If you’re worried about storms, you shouldn’t be on the ship. Frankly, I find storms exciting.’
Elizabeth Vrba (1942–2025). Image: University of Michigan #womeninSTEM #evolution
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/the-legacy-of-elizabeth-vrba/

#FossilFriday E. Stromer von Reichenbach, German palaeontologist who discovered #Spinosaurus, was born on June 12, 1870 #histsci ⚒️🧪
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/ernst-stromer-and-the-lost-dinosaurs-of-egypt/

#FossilFriday In 1828, Mary Anning found the first pterosaur skeleton outside Germany. W. Buckland made the announcement of Mary’s discovery & named Pterodactylus macronyx in allusion to its large claws #WomenInSTEM #MaryAnning
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/mary-anning-and-the-flying-dragon/

Mary Anning, ‘the greatest fossilist the world ever knew’, was born on Lyme Regis #OTD in 1799 #womeninSTEM #histSTM #palaeontology
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/mary-anning-and-the-hunt-of-primeval-monsters/

#FossilFriday During #WWII, paleontologist Julia Anna Gardner became the leader of a group known as “The Dungeon Gang” that provided strategic information through analyses of maps, & aerial photographs to the Armed Forces. #WomenInSTEM
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/forgotten-women-of-paleontology-julia-anna-gardner-and-the-dungeon-gang/