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Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Some zooms from my Guanlong (a proceratosaurid dinosaur) digital painting, commissioned by Mentorn, for a TV documentary back in 2022.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Guanlong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guanlong</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Jurassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jurassic</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Here's a digital painting of Guanlong (a proceratosaurid dinosaur), which was commissioned by Mentorn, for a TV documentary back in 2022.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Guanlong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guanlong</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Jurassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jurassic</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
H. Pettijohn<p>Apologies for not being very active on here--I've been busy with field work! As recompense, enjoy some beautifully articulated semionotid fish scales from the Substation Quarry, found by a volunteer!<br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>In 2022 Jason Osborne and I reconstructed the Early Oligocene toothed whale Ediscetus osbornei, and here are some zooms into the artwork I created for Jason. The two Ediscetus are chasing a school of Spanish mackerel.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ediscetus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ediscetus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mackerel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mackerel</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>In 2022 Jason Osborne and I reconstructed the Early Oligocene toothed whale Ediscetus osbornei, and here is the artwork I created for Jason. The two Ediscetus are chasing a school of Spanish mackerel.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ediscetus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ediscetus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mackerel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mackerel</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>A small spot illustration of Coelophysis (2022), for a book not yet published.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Coelophysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coelophysis</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Stella Angelika Ludwig<p>Speculative life reconstruction of Leptostomia, a small pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco.</p><p>These tiny pterodactyloids had a very long and slender bill that may have been used for probe-feeding in soft sediment.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaurs</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>A small spot illustration of Spicomellus (2022), for a book not yet published.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Spicomellus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spicomellus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Alberta Palaeo Society<p>The main event at Paleo 2025 had to be our speakers! Thanks to each of them for presenting their groundbreaking research at the forefront of palaeontology!</p><p>Dr. Cam Tsujita, Western University: "Squid Games: Challenges in Ammonite Paleoecology"</p><p>Dr. Matthew J. Vavrek, Cutbank Palaeontological Consulting: "Geographic Area and Body Size Relationships in the Dinosauria Through the Mesozoic"</p><p>(1 / 3)<br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleo2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleo2025</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alberta</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/ab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ab</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/yyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yyc</span></a></p>
Alberta Palaeo Society<p>Whew! Another symposium has come and gone, and Paleo 2025 was a huge success! Over 150 people attended seven lectures, viewed one of 20 posters, visited vendors and association tables, joined our Sunday fossil scanning workshop, or simply mingled with fellow palaeontology enthusiasts!</p><p>Stay tuned for more posts about this fantastic event!</p><p>A big thanks to all the volunteers who made it happen!</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/ab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ab</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alberta</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/yyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yyc</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleo2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleo2025</span></a></p>
InarticulateQuilter<p>Mary’s back on the design wall! There was a bobble with her background fabric but I’m happy to working on this one again</p><p>This was originally going to be 16 on-point blocks, but I resolved to make smaller quilts this year, so I’m going with 9 instead</p><p>Next up - setting squares with ammonite centers 🤞🏻</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Quilting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quilting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/InarticulateAnning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InarticulateAnning</span></a></p>
Brains Matter<p>Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa’s Western Cape <a href="https://theconversation.com/dinosaur-tracks-made-140-million-years-ago-have-been-found-for-the-first-time-in-south-africas-western-cape-250660" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/dinosaur-t</span><span class="invisible">racks-made-140-million-years-ago-have-been-found-for-the-first-time-in-south-africas-western-cape-250660</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a></p>
Stella Angelika Ludwig<p>Leaves from the Palaeocene Konservat-Lagerstätte Menat (France) look like they could have fallen from a tree just days ago, despite being around 60 million years old. They were preserved in the sediments of a maar lake in the volcanic complex of the Massif Central 🍃</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleobotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleobotany</span></a></p>
AltonDooley<p>Funisia, a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> that is thought to be one of the earliest known organisms to use sexual reproduction. It’s from Australian deposits from Ediacaran Period, over 600 million years ago. Part of a new <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/exhibit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exhibit</span></a> at Western Science Center in cooperation with the Droser Lab at <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UCRiverside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCRiverside</span></a>. Opens tomorrow! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Some zooms into my "Denizens of the Beach and Copse" painting (2022), showing the Severn Estuary in the Late Devonian. Featured are a group of Elginerpeton, an Ichthyostega, fungi, slime moulds, algae, rhyniophytes, zosterophylls, lycopsids, &amp; equisetids.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Devonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devonian</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ichthyostega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichthyostega</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>The third and final Severn Estuary painting (2022), this time showing the Late Devonian. "Denizens of the Beach and Copse" features a group of Elginerpeton, an Ichthyostega, fungi, slime moulds, algae, rhyniophytes, lycopsids, equisetids, &amp; others.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Devonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devonian</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ichthyostega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichthyostega</span></a></p>
H. Pettijohn<p>The Substation Quarry dig by the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site is going swimmingly! Great finds are popping up, and it's incredible how the community has come together to help with such a unique site.<br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Some zooms into my "Primeval Clevedon Bay" painting (2022), depicting fish, crinoids, othrocones, corals, gastropods, and brachiopods in an Early Carboniferous shallow sea. This painting was the first winner of the Marsh Palaeoart Award.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Carboniferous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carboniferous</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFish</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>Here's a second painting of the Severn Estuary, this time during the Early Carboniferous. Called "Primeval Clevedon Bay," it features fish, crinoids, othrocones, corals, gastropods, and brachiopods. This painting was the first winner of the Marsh Palaeoart Award.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Carboniferous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carboniferous</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFish</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
InarticulateQuilter<p>My favorite non-fiction book is Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind by Donald C. Johanson. I reread it often, but it is wildly out of date</p><p>I’d like to find a similar, popular science-y book that will bring me up to speed on what’s happened in the paleoanthropology field recently - any recommendations? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
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