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llewelly<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@boisterousbard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>boisterousbard</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ashleygjovik</span></a></span> </p><p>the common descent podcast did an episode on shrews recently. There are some pictures at the episode page, including both living and fossil shrews.</p><p><a href="https://commondescentpodcast.com/2025/07/19/episode-222-shrews/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commondescentpodcast.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/19/episode-222-shrews/</span></a></p><p>also: check out how weird shrew skulls and necks can be: <br><a href="https://svpow.com/2025/07/05/nuchal-sesamoids-in-shrews/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">svpow.com/2025/07/05/nuchal-se</span><span class="invisible">samoids-in-shrews/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossilFriday</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/shrews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrews</span></a></p>
The Dinosaur Dave<p>This weeks <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> is <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Plesiobalaenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plesiobalaenoptera</span></a> </p><p>In 2010, Michelangelo Bisconti named a newly discovered fossil rorqual (the largest group of baleen whales), Plesiobalaenoptera quarantellii. </p><p>The fossils were found in sediments of the Stirone River in northern Italy.</p><p>Plesiobalaenoptera has a postcoronoid fossa, or hole in the dentary bone of the lower jaw, which would have made ram feeding difficult to perform.</p>
Jim Sharkey<p>Happy <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a></p>
Peter Roopnarine<p>A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> visual treat, the Cretaceous diatom Trinacria nitescens. In addition to their global ecological importance, diatoms are also a visual feast. Staring at this one enough will do wonder for your eyes. Scale bar = 10 microns. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <br>@calacademy.bsky.social <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.calacademy.org/@calacademy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>calacademy</span></a></span> flic.kr/p/8cy7X6</p>
Historical Biology<p>For <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a>, we have a fossil from our editor Ana Paula Carignano.</p><p>This fossil is UNC-PMIC 71 (Neuquenocypris calfucurensis), a right valve of the Upper Cretaceous ostracod from Patagonia. It inhabited lacustrine paleoenvironments &amp; is a common component of the Upper Cretaceous continental assemblages of Patagonia 🐚</p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>In 2024 I designed the Ice Age Giants coin series, for the The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London. One of the coins featured the steppe mammoth, it was a time to reflect on how long I'd been drawing very dead things!</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/IceAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IceAge</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/WoollyMammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WoollyMammoth</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mammoth</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SteppeMammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteppeMammoth</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a></p>
Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a>!<br>New late jurassic fish from <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> just came in:</p><p>Thrissops ettlingensis</p><p>Treatment: <a href="https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4EE2BDA1-4EE8-5723-904A-550F0BF7AB15" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/4EE2BDA</span><span class="invisible">1-4EE8-5723-904A-550F0BF7AB15</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.99.159055" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.99.</span><span class="invisible">159055</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Zitteliana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zitteliana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ThrissopsEttlingensis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThrissopsEttlingensis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/TeamFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeamFish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fishfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fishfriday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ichthyology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ichthyology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfriday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/jurassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jurassic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/thitonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thitonian</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Into 2024 with a new version of "Elevenses," featuring Sinosauropteryx, for the cover of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Fifth Edition, by Prof Michael J. Benton.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pterosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/MarineReptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineReptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Sinosauropteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sinosauropteryx</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a></p>
The Dinosaur Dave<p>This week for <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossilfriday</span></a> we have another <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Guess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guess</span></a> that <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a>. </p><p>This one I would rate as medium. This fossil is known from Italy.</p><p>Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).</p><p>This was designed by Nocculus9 (on Mecabricks)</p>
Jim Sharkey<p>Happy <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a>!</p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐴 <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> 🐟🐘🦥🐪 In the summer of 2012, students from the Geology Department at Gustavus Adolphus College collected over 800 bones on the Des Moines River near Jackson, Minnesota. </p><p>This crunchy but beautiful left horse femur was part of the project and is now housed at the Jackson County Historical Society in Lakefield.</p><p>Jackson County: <a href="http://www.jchsmn.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">jchsmn.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Lost Bones: <a href="https://medium.com/@dbrake40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">medium.com/@dbrake40</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/equus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equus</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/femur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>femur</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shareyourdiscovery</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenscience</span></a></p>
Dr Daniela E. Winkler<p>Great collaboration with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://blueplanet.social/@etschopp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>etschopp</span></a></span> (FU Berlin), Andre Saleiro (University NOVA, Lisbon) &amp; partners from LIB Hamburg! Niche partitioning in 3 Jurassic sauropod faunas revealed using dental microwear texture analysis.<br>We find hints of migratory behaviour for camarasaurids, and a distinct habitat effect for sauropods from Tendaguru - likely due to sand from a nearby desert that settled on forage plants.<br><a href="https://rdcu.be/ewN7L" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rdcu.be/ewN7L</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/DinoScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinoScience</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> ‪@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social ‪@uni-kiel.de</p>
History_of_Geology<p>July 18, 1950, died <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> American geologist Mignon Talbot, the first woman to find and describe a dinosaur species in 1910 - Podokesaurus holyokensis - now the official State <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> 🦖 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a></p><p><a href="https://facebook.com/909295202471803/photos/a.909300642471259.1073741829.909295202471803/1048997028501619?type=3&amp;theater&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawLm6HRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETA4a2JmTTBaUkdJbHlPc2FRAR4L3PP5FGIyCkRK7DtFLL0Hpy7_KDJHm6QEIuWfRwS7UbXtFCJ4GRUlR6d1Sw_aem_eW-L2McRhKR6wUwWXtRQMQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/909295202471803/p</span><span class="invisible">hotos/a.909300642471259.1073741829.909295202471803/1048997028501619?type=3&amp;theater&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawLm6HRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETA4a2JmTTBaUkdJbHlPc2FRAR4L3PP5FGIyCkRK7DtFLL0Hpy7_KDJHm6QEIuWfRwS7UbXtFCJ4GRUlR6d1Sw_aem_eW-L2McRhKR6wUwWXtRQMQ</span></a></p>
AltonDooley<p>New blog post!</p><p>Ribs don’t need barbecue sauce to be interesting!</p><p><a href="https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/a-celebration-of-ribs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">life-from-a-certain-point-of-v</span><span class="invisible">iew.ghost.io/a-celebration-of-ribs/</span></a></p><p>If you like what you read, please subscribe or leave a tip. All proceeds support the cost of hosting the blog, and research and outreach at the Western Science Center. <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ribs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ribs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/osteology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osteology</span></a></p>
idw_online<p>🦖 Dino teeth tell stories: Microscopic wear marks reveal what sauropods ate—and that Camarasaurus likely migrated seasonally! 🌿🧳 New study uses dental wear to uncover Jurassic behavior: <a href="https://t1p.de/zkyb3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t1p.de/zkyb3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 🦷✨ <a href="https://idw-online.social/tags/DinoScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinoScience</span></a> <a href="https://idw-online.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a><br><a href="https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/07/18/was-dinozaehne-ueber-das-leben-vor-150-millionen-jahren-verraten" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/18/was-dinozaehne-ueber-das-leben-vor-150-millionen-jahren-verraten</span></a></p>
The Dinosaur Dave<p>This week for <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossilfriday</span></a> we have another <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Guess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guess</span></a> that <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a>. </p><p>This one I would rate as easy. This Australian sauropod is named after where it was found.</p><p>Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).</p><p>This was designed by Panlos Bricks</p>
The Dinosaur Dave<p>This weeks <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lego</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> is <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Aegirosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aegirosaurus</span></a> </p><p>In the mid 1800s, a marine reptile fossil was found in Bavaria, Germany by Dr. Oberndorfer.</p><p>In 1853, Dr. Johann Andreas Wagner named the "the Oberndorfer specimen", Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus</p><p>During WW2 the holotype was destroyed during a bombing raid.</p><p>In 2000, Nathalie Bardet and Marta Fernandez named a neotype from a private collection. They renamed the species Aegirosaurus leptospondylus</p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐊 A special back-to-our-roots <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> 🐴🐟🐘🦥🐪Terminonaris robusta (originally classified as Teleorhinus). A partial snout of Terminonaris was excavated in 1969 at the Hill Annex Mine - the same site where the claw of a dromaeosaur was found in 2015.</p><p>The excerpt here was published in a 1983 issue of Minnesota Conservation Volunteer. Vintage paleoart by Ken Sander.</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Crocodile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crocodile</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Terminonarusrobusta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terminonarusrobusta</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a></p><p>More <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a> <a href="https://medium.com/@dbrake40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">medium.com/@dbrake40</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Here's the environment illustration for the Stegosaurus coin, from the 2023 DINOSAUR CELEBRITIES series. I designed them (also Tyrannosaurus &amp; Diplodocus) for The Royal Mint and Natural History Museum, London.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tyrannosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyrannosaurus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/TyrannosaurusRex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TyrannosaurusRex</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/TRex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRex</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Stegosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stegosaurus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Diplodocus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diplodocus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coins</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/CoinCollector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoinCollector</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoinCollecting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>Ancient bone-eating worms ate mosasaur, ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient-bone-worms-ate-mosasaur.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-07-ancient-</span><span class="invisible">bone-worms-ate-mosasaur.html</span></a> 🐋 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cetaceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cetaceans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a></p>