A cherry-sized piece of fossilised dinosaur faeces recovered in Montana contains a bird feather, small bones and evidence of the bird's last meal - offering new clues about which avian species persist
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@fediboard-science.bsky.socialA cherry-sized piece of fossilised dinosaur faeces recovered in Montana contains a bird feather, small bones and evidence of the bird's last meal - offering new clues about which avian species persist
@garym6942.bsky.socialA new study shows that mammals from the Jurassic & Cretaceous periods all had a colour pattern that may have helped them stay hidden while living alongside much larger predators. dailygalaxy.com/2026/09/anci... #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat
@garym6942.bsky.socialAncient jaws preserved for 100 million years reveal an ocean predator eerily worthy of the kraken name. Scientists found its jaws hidden in stone. dailygalaxy.com/2026/09/krak... #palaeontology #science #biology #science #SciChat
@gildedashes.bsky.socialDecided to give this whole Twitch-y thing a try! Everyone's welcome to keep me company and say hi!
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@bobnichollsart.bsky.socialMy cover artwork for the 10th anniversary 4th edition of DINOSAURS, HOW THEY LIVED AND EVOLVED, by @tetzoo.bsky.social, @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social; featuring #Amargasaurus
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@fediboard-science.bsky.socialResearchers have identified the first Diplodocus remains ever found outside North America in a Spanish fossil site — the 83-foot specimen belongs to one of the longest land animals in Earth's history.
@garym6942.bsky.socialA small iguanodontian fossil from Japan adds evidence that Late Cretaceous coastal ecosystems supported dinosaurs of widely different body sizes. scitechdaily.com/90-million-y... #palaeontology #biology #dinosaurs #science #SciChat
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@garym6942.bsky.socialWhen fruit disappears, bearded capuchins switch from foraging to hunting, targeting everything from lizards and rodents to snakes, iguanas, and young birds. scitechdaily.com/monkeys-hunt... #primatology #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat
@tetzoo.bsky.socialJust had reason to do some editorial tidying on my article about early tetrapod researcher Prof Jenny Clack, who sadly left us in 2020... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/3/... #palaeontology #fossils #tetrapods
@fediboard-science.bsky.socialFierce predatory fish developed two separate jaw-crushing adaptations in ancient oceans 385 million years ago, revealing an early burst of dietary specialisation that predates the age of dinosaurs by
@garym6942.bsky.socialTasmanian devils are among Australia’s most distinctive mammals. Stocky, powerful & famously noisy, wild populations are now restricted to Tasmania. theconversation.com/new-fossils-... via @uk.theconversation.com #archaeology #ecology #science #palaeontology #SciChat
@garym6942.bsky.socialAn international team of scientists, led by palaeontologist Andrea Baucon from the U of Cagliari, Italy, have partly solved the mystery of a strange natural pattern called Paleodictyon found around the world. discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat
@vickycoules.bsky.socialComing in March!
A new book co-authored with Michael Benton, from University of Bristol
published by Princeton University Press - available for pre-order.
(With thanks to Riley Black and Steve Brusatte 😊❤️🦕🦖)
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@fediboard-science.bsky.socialThe mystery of periodically flipping spiral shells in fossil foraminifera may be concealing a rarely observed evolutionary process playing out across the planet over geological timescales.
@garym6942.bsky.socialScientists found a 3 metre long dinosaur living alongside an 8 metre giant on the same ancient coast in Japan. dailygalaxy.com/2026/09/japa... #palaeontology #science #biology #SciChat
@fediboard-science.bsky.socialA newly described Jurassic cephalopod fossil from Wyoming reveals one of the most compact and robustly built squid-like creatures ever discovered — a predator that likely dined on fellow invertebrates
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Many exciting discoveries could be lurking on a museum shelf. New analysis shows the giant shark Megalodon to be over 20 metres long #museums #palaeontology #megalodon #paleontology
@garym6942.bsky.socialTeeth and bone bits from a cave in China represent the richest fossil trove outside Siberia.
www.sciencenews.org/article/new-... #palaeontology #anthropology #science #SciChat
@samillingworth.com🦴 Ancient climate reshaped Asia's mammals
Fossils spanning 66 to 23 million years show mammal communities in Central Asia went through three major shifts, each tracking swings in global and regional climate.