Freelance writer (she/her) interested in paleontology and archaeology. Avatar by Natalia Jagielska.
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Jeanne Timmons
#FossilFriday The first hint to this story occurred in 1990 when Margaret Hems spotted a fossil poking out of a cliff on the ocean shore. 🦣
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As it's the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival this weekend, today's #FossilFriday just has to be Mary Anning's famous ichthyosaur, found by Mary and her brother in 1811 and 1812. First illustrated in 1814 and many, many times since, it's an icon of early 19th century vertebrate palaeontology.
Jeanne Timmons
It's also historically been thought to be an afrothere, an extinct relative of modern elephants, sea cows, hyraxes, tenrecs, and aardvarks, though new evidence has called this into question. (2/3)
Whatever its true ancestry, if you study Arsinoitherium or any of its possible relatives, extant or extinct, you should be part of the Afrotheria session I'll be co-chairing with @tegnikus.bsky.social at this year's IPC in Cape Town. Abstracts are due at the end of the month! (3/3)
This #FossilFriday is a two-fer! The double-horned Eocene mammal Arsinoitherium (seen here in the @nhm-london.bsky.social ) is the 2nd in my series of salutes to the Egyptian fossil record in honor of #TeamEgypt making the @gonzagauniversity.bsky.social campus their home during the World Cup. (1/3)
Mammoth parade
Did you know that Kendal Museum is home to an incredible collection of fossils? Explore everything from Carboniferous plant life and giant ammonites to strange prehistoric sea creatures. 🦖
Pictured: bones and teeth from ancient megafauna.
#FossilFriday #Paleontology #WoollyMammoth
#FossilFriday Annie Montague Alexander, Naturalist and Fossil Hunter, co-founded the museum of natural history of the University of California and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. She shared her life with Louise Kellogg for forty-two years. wp.me/p3ihHu-1MU #WomenInSTEM #PrideMonth 🧪⚒️🌈
Tom Sharpe
Morphology & Ecology Across Time Lab
Morphology & Ecology Across Time Lab
Morphology & Ecology Across Time Lab
Fascinating post by Dr. Alton Dooley!
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"This fragment, small and incomplete as it is, is currently the only evidence we have establishing the presence of #Camelops at the Promenade Temecula." - Dr. Alton Dooley
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Jeanne Timmons
Jeanne Timmons
The scuffling next to the riverbed had been going on for some time pre-dawn. An occasional muted ‘yip!’ or angry bark accompanied an otherwise silent mass of activity. Something large had fal…
