#paleontology

Could Spinosaurus swim? The fierce dinosaur ignites debate.

From Science News (registration may be required): https://flip.it/8TqW7M

#Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Science

If you're visiting the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival this year, be sure to check out the headline talk 'Spinosaurus and the River of Giants’ presented by Dr Nizar Ibrahim!

Tickets available here: https://fossilfestival.com/palaeontological-festival-event-tickets-for-purchase/

#fossils #dinosaurs #paleontology #Spinosaurus

Mary Ann Woodhouse and the discovery of Iguanodon
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/02/10/mary-ann-woodhouse-and-the-discovery-of-iguanodon/

"On 10 February 1825, Gideon Algernon Mantell’s paper “Notice on the Iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil reptile from the sandstone of Tilgate Forest” was read by Davies Gilbert MP at a meeting of the Royal Society of London.

In the paper, Mantell gives a brief description of the characteristics of the sandstones of Tilgate Forest. He also gives details of the help given by George Cuvier. At first, Cuvier suggested that the teeth found in a Sussex quarry belonged to a rhinoceros. However, in a letter written in 1824, he admitted his error and stated that the remains were reptilian and probably belonged to a giant herbivore."

#paleontology #iguanodon #history #Mary_Ann_Woodhouse

Welcome to Sepkoski's Online Genus Database!
https://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/

"The purpose of this database is to allow users to easily search and summarize Sepkoski's global genus compendium on the basis of Evolutionary Fauna, Phylum, or Class. You can recover customized lists of genera and their stratigraphic ranges (according to Sepkoski) as well as summaries of genus richness and taxonomic rates of evolution. As time permits, I will be adding additional features to this database, including the ability to search for a genus name and to obtain lists of taxa by stratigraphic interval."

#paleontology #Sepkoski #database #stratigraphy #tool

`The Palaeontology Portal`

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Paleontology

#wiki #paleontology #wikiportal #wikipedia

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dinosaur-spinosaurus-jurassic-swim

#paleontology #dinosaurs #Spinosaurus #science

Happy 92nd birthday to #JayMatternes! Read more about this underrecognized illustrator in this fully authorised career retrospective full of mesmerising #Paleoart and #WildlifeArt

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/08/22/book-review-jay-matternes-paleoartist-and-wildlife-painter/

#Books #BookReview #SciComm #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Palaeoart

Listen to my talk on our physical Foraminifera Collection on youtube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3KZjA1bso

#foraminifera #microfossils #fossil #MarineLife #paleontology #MarineScience #palaeontology #shell

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax - Palaeontologist & published by Columbia University Press) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. "Froghopper sex" shows a pair of Anthoscytina perpetua engaging in Jurassic sex.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Pterosaurs #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Jurassic #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

Henry De la Beche, who died OTD in 1855, was the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and the first President of the Palaeontographical Society https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/edinburgh/?s=mb #travel #geology #paleontology

https://www.europesays.com/uk/17692/ Extraordinary discovery in Sardinia: dinosaur tracks found during filming of a documentary #Dinosaur #History #Italy #paleontology #Sardinia #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom

Were you tragically unable to attend our recent Paleo 2025 symposium? Were you there but want to listen to one of the talks again? You're in luck! We've just posted the talk recordings to our YouTube page. There's a dedicated playlist for the Paleo 2025 talks, which can be found at

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIbLEoMjr_5NpuhqFjTsSdb_Apg3_IIUQ.

#palaeontology #paleontology #alberta #dinosaur #ab #yyc #ammonite #amphibian #joggins #fossils #trex

Day 2 of Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 at the SoCal Airshow! The fog should burn off soon, allowing flight operations to get underway. In the meantime, we have over 50 Ice Age fossils to explore!

#paleontology #fossils #scicomm #museum #airshow

Extraordinary discovery in Sardinia: dinosaur tracks found during filming of a documentary.

Traces of a bipedal dinosaur from around 165 million years ago were found in Ogliastra during the filming of a documentary.

The exceptional discovery sheds light on the animals that lived on the island during the Middle Jurassic.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250412-extraordinary-discovery-in-sardinia-dinosaur-tracks-found-during-filming-of-a-documentary?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Dinosaurs #Sardinia #Jurassic #Paleontology #Italy

For the next 2 days Western Science Center’s Mobile Museum #M3 is attending the Southern California #Airshow at March ARB! The airshow is free, check us out! #museum #fossil #scicomm #paleontology #aviation

The other #NewBook at the library this week was The Princeton Field Guide to Predatory #Dinosaurs. So, before I get to King Tyrant, first I shall compare and contrast the last two books from Greg Paul. Reviews coming soon to https://inquisitivebiologist.com

#Paleontology #Palaeontology #Fossils #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon @bookstodon @princetonupress

Back in the realm of mobile phone coverage after a few days of exploration in the Sahara, and excited to see that the Walking With Dinosaurs trailer is out!

Hope you're looking forward to the #Spinosaurus science segments from our team!

#dinosaurs #paleontology #wwd2025 #science

https://youtu.be/Y4qqoyIcERU?si=RTpxFO36BwA619UG

Ancient massive, stubby rhinos lived like hippos in North America

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/rhinos-herds-like-hippos-in-north-america/

#science #paleontology #fossils #nebraska #miocene #rhino #hippo

New study suggests dinosaurs were thriving until the asteroid impact—decline may be a fossil record illusion. #DinosaurExtinction #FossilRecord #Paleontology

https://geekoo.news/dinosaurs-decline-before-asteroid-impact-may-be-misleading/

#LostBones #FossilFriday! In a 1945, C. R. Stauffer documented the discovery of a tarsal bone from an ancient horse, possibly Equus caballus, uncovered in October 1939 in glacial deposits 31 feet below the surface during well drilling in Marshall, MN.
Pleistocene horse specimens are rare in Minnesota Check out Lost Bones #4 (profile link) for details.

#Pleistocene #Horses #Paleontology #CitizenScience

Ref: Stauffer, C. R. (1945). Some Pleistocene Mammalian Inhabitants of Minnesota.