Dinosaur researcher at NHM London. Honorary Prof at Birmingham. Ed-in-Chief of TJSP. One half of the Fossil Files podcast. Medium pace swing bowler. You were thinking it; I just said it out loud. Views my own.
Prof Susie Maidment
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Whale Necropolis, and weird fishes. Glorious chewy carcasses, the real circle of life:
‘we report a vast whale necropolis extending 1,200 km along the floor of the Indian Ocean, comprising 5 modern whale-fall communities and 476 fossil cetaceans.’
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If true, I have serious concerns about this being a war crime.
Under the laws of armed conflict:
Proportionality: the military advantage has to outweigh the anticipated civilian harm.
Hard to see what military advantage would outweigh robbing 20k people of drinking water.
What a great idea -- super useful and will be a really interesting benchmark for years to come
Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insi...
We are officially in an El Nino now. The forecast explicitly calls for it to peak as a Very Strong El Nino in the Nov-Jan period. Expect that the Earth will break its record for warmest temperatures on record. 🔥
Angry
Adam Rutherford
We all know that what Israel is doing is barbaric. How could we not. The divide is between those who want to shine a spotlight on its actions and those who want to turn that spotlight off.
This week we have @afossilpreparator.bsky.social training our Palaeontology & Geology undergraduate students in fossil preparation skills in our new fossil prep lab. Another reason to consider the University of Birmingham if you are interested in studying Palaeontology at university.
The day has finally come: The Story of Birds is out in the UK! 🇬🇧
We launched it last night at the sparkling new @waterstones.bsky.social at Battersea Power Station. Hosted by fellow bird book author @matthewstadlen.bsky.social
I hope friends in my adopted home of Britain like this book!
Tori Herridge
We @journalsystpal.bsky.social commissioned a series of short review articles on the systematics of major fossil groups from leading experts, and asked them to speculate on where their field is going. The first, by Otega-Hernandez, is out now: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Footage appears to contradict Israeli military’s account of killing of seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in West Bank
Susie & Rob tackle everyone's favourite Devonian Mystery Tower in this week's #FossilFiles - hurrah!
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Ever wondered what impact climate may have had on dinosaur body size? Us too! 🧵
Check out our new paper that tries to answer just that—out today in Palaeontology! @thepalass.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The systematics and evolution of Cambrian euarthropods have undergone a major transformation in recent years owing to the continued discovery of new species from sites with exceptional preservation...
We @journalsystpal.bsky.social commissioned a series of short review articles on the systematics of major fossil groups from leading experts, and asked them to speculate on where their field is going. The first, by Otega-Hernandez, is out now: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Dr Susannah Lydon
www.tandfonline.com
The systematics and evolution of Cambrian euarthropods have undergone a major transformation in recent years owing to the continued discovery of new species from sites with exceptional preservation...
Body size evolution is commonly associated with climate change. For example, birds and mammals have been found to decrease in size with anthropogenic global warming. Recent studies have inferred dist...
In this week's #FossilFiles podcast, we FINALLY discuss Prototaxites, the giant phallic Devonian life-form that might be a totally unknown branch of the tree of life. This is one of the coolest papers we've ever done. Listen here or wherever you get your pods: fossils.libsyn.com/the-mysterio...
