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RealGravitas -Citizen SaboteurBaja California Miocene Carcharodon megalodon tooth. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossil</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>

James GreenTiny Eocene seashells from geologic deposits near River Falls, Alabama. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossils</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shells</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/seashells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seashells</a>

The Dinosaur DaveThis weeks <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lego</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> is <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Monolophosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monolophosaurus</a> In 1981, Dong Zhiming found a nearly complete skeleton during a stratigraphic exploration funded by the oil industryIn 1984 the fossil was finally uneartheredIn 1987, before being formally described, it was called Jiangjunmiaosaurus in the press. This is a nomen nudum (a name with inadequate description, thus its invalid).In 1993/1994, Zhao Xijin and Philip John Currie named and described the type species Monolophosaurus jiangi

AltonDooleyNew blog post!Part 3 in our look at ribs; what if you make them really heavy?Please leave a tip or subscribe if you like what you read. All proceeds support research and education at the Western Science Center. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossil</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scicomm</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeaCow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeaCow</a> <a href="https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/heavy-ribs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/heavy-ribs/</a>

Marcus Brandel🫎It’s a <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bisonbison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bisonbison</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Alcesalces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alcesalces</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>! 🐂🐴🐘🦥🐪 These <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LostBones</a> skulls come from Kittson County, Minnesota—the northeastern most county in the state, known as “where Minnesota begins.” Many other species and elements are also displayed. If any of these great specimens are your donations and you have more details, please reach out through the link in my profile.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/KittsonCountyHistoryCenter/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/KittsonCountyHistoryCenter/</a><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pleistocene</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Skulls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Skulls</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossils</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shareyourdiscovery</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Citizenscience</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...In 2024 I designed the Ice Age Giants coin series, for the The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London. The coloured silver coins came with acrylic presentation blocks, here's my steppe mammoth block artwork.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/IceAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IceAge</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/WoollyMammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoollyMammoth</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mammoth</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SteppeMammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SteppeMammoth</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>

Kate :verigold:Ancient 'Squid' Fossils Turn Out to Be Something Else Entirely <a href="https://scienceblog.com/ancient-squid-fossils-turn-out-to-be-something-else-entirely/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://scienceblog.com/ancient-squid-fossils-turn-out-to-be-something-else-entirely/</a> 🦕 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Squid</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cephalopod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cephalopod</a>

Kenneth De BaetsPreprint released just in time for <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossilfriday</a>: Unique fingerprint of marine ectotherm body size change during hyperthermal crises <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.25.666730" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.25.666730</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleobiology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evolution</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ClimateWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateWarming</a>

Alberta Palaeo SocietyTail (caudal) vertebra of a hadrosaur! This was found on a recent field trip to St. Mary's Reservoir. At the top you can see the projections where the neural spine would have been!Credit: Scott Hartman, skeletal<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossils</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/ab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ab</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alberta</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/hadrosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hadrosaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossilfriday</a>

The Dinosaur DaveThis week for <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossilfriday</a> we have another <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Guess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Guess</a> that <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lego</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossil</a>. This one I would rate as easy. This ones known for a distinctive crest.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).This was designed by AlmostPerfect

llewellyI haven't thought about the dinosaur mailing list in a long time, but, does anyone know if it still exists, and if there is an rss feed for it? <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/rss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rss</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossils</a>

llewelly<a href="https://mstdn.party/@boisterousbard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@boisterousbard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ashleygjovik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ashleygjovik</a> the common descent podcast did an episode on shrews recently. There are some pictures at the episode page, including both living and fossil shrews.<a href="https://commondescentpodcast.com/2025/07/19/episode-222-shrews/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://commondescentpodcast.com/2025/07/19/episode-222-shrews/</a>also: check out how weird shrew skulls and necks can be: <a href="https://svpow.com/2025/07/05/nuchal-sesamoids-in-shrews/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://svpow.com/2025/07/05/nuchal-sesamoids-in-shrews/</a><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/shrews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shrews</a>

The Dinosaur DaveThis weeks <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lego</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> is <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Plesiobalaenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Plesiobalaenoptera</a> In 2010, Michelangelo Bisconti named a newly discovered fossil rorqual (the largest group of baleen whales), Plesiobalaenoptera quarantellii. The fossils were found in sediments of the Stirone River in northern Italy.Plesiobalaenoptera has a postcoronoid fossa, or hole in the dentary bone of the lower jaw, which would have made ram feeding difficult to perform.

James GreenTop) crinoid stem segment impression & Bottom) what looks like a crinoid calyx & other parts in Citronelle formation gravel chert, Southeast Louisiana. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossils</a>

Jim SharkeyHappy <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>

Historical BiologyFor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>, we have a fossil from our editor Ana Paula Carignano.This fossil is UNC-PMIC 71 (Neuquenocypris calfucurensis), a right valve of the Upper Cretaceous ostracod from Patagonia. It inhabited lacustrine paleoenvironments & is a common component of the Upper Cretaceous continental assemblages of Patagonia 🐚

Peter RoopnarineA <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</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">#paleontology</a> @calacademy.bsky.social <a href="https://mastodon.calacademy.org/@calacademy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@calacademy</a> flic.kr/p/8cy7X6

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...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!<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/IceAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IceAge</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/WoollyMammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoollyMammoth</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mammoth</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SteppeMammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SteppeMammoth</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>

AlbertoEste <a href="https://masto.es/tags/fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossilfriday</a> va dedicado a esos fragmentos de belemnites que te cruzas paseando por el jurásico.

AltonDooleyNew blog post!My friend Eric was skeptical when I told him I was writing posts about ribs. But he loves food, so I’m starting each rib post with a rib dinner from restaurants near the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#museum</a>. This week, we look at the shape of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ribs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ribs</a> which turns out to be pretty critical to staying alive. If you like what you read, please consider subscribing or leaving a tip.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossil</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scicomm</a> <a href="https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/rib-connections-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/rib-connections-2/</a>

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