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@ninadavtian.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 3:44 PM

One week ago, I had the chance to see another episode of the « 2026 @climatecerege.bsky.social @cerege.bsky.social habilitation defense » series, featuring Irene Schimmelpfennig, and I sure enjoyed her talk.
Congrats Irene! ⛰️ 🏔️ 🧊 👩‍🔬
⚒️ 🦣
❄️🥼
#PaleoSky

Photo taken on 9th October 2026 by Nina Davtian (it’s me!) within the CEREGE (Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement des Géosciences de l’Environnement, Aix-en-Provence, France) Amphitheatre. The photo shows Irene Schimmelpfennig shortly before her habilitation (in French « habilitation à diriger des recherches », HDR) defense, as well as a slide with the title of her HDR thesis and names of her HDR defense committee members.

@journalsystpal.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 10:45 AM

The holotype of 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙞 from the early Eocene Fur Formation in Denmark.

🔗 Evolution of a morphological novelty: exceptional skeleton of an early Eocene trogon (Aves: Trogoniformes) elucidates the origin of a unique foot morphology by Mayr (2026) buff.ly/djk12iT
#PaleoSky #FossilFriday

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 12:57 AM

The actual #inktober 15, Hooray, a happy lil dromie.

#paleoart #paleosky #dinosaur #dinosaurart #oc #ocart #ocsky #gijinka #dromaeosaurus

Dromeaosaurs
Dromie
Swift Running Lizard

[happy lil goober]

@ninadavtian.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 4:57 PM

🔗 to Maayan’s 🧵:
bsky.app/profile/maay...
Congrats to all the authors!
🧪 ⚒️ 🌊 🦣 👩‍🔬
#PaleoSky

@ninadavtian.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 4:55 PM

To all #paleoceanography people: give a read to this new paper co-authored by Maayan Yehudai! 👇🏻
🧪 ⚒️ 🌊 🦣 👩‍🔬
#PaleoSky

@journalsystpal.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 10:45 AM

The Autumn edition of our 'A Note from the Editor' series is here - this time, written by 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, the co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.

Susie gives a brief update on what's been happening at JSP and highlights a key recent publication #PaleoSky

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 12:06 AM

So #inktober Day 14 is Lady. As the resident artist for dinosaur ladies, I could do anything.. so I did the original Lady Dinosaur, and threw in another record breaker for good measure.

#paleoart #paleosky #dinosaur #dinosaurart #trex #tyrannosaurus #sue #scotty #oc #ocart #ocsky #gijinka

$Tyrannosaurus Rex Sue and Scotty FMNB PR 2081 and RSM P2523.8 We’ve already covered Tyrannosaurus, but here have the two shining examples of T Rex. Sue is the most complete T Rex ever found, and thought to be the oldest, with modern estimates placing her around 33. Scotty is the largest ever found, estimates to be between 8 and 11 tons, and thought to not be fully grown. They’re however close enough in size that both could feasibly be the largest T Rex ever found. Both survived beatings in life, Sue having broken ribs and several other fractured bones, and Scotty having wounds on his tail, near his eye, and a parasitic infection in his jaw. Despite all of this, the two lived long healthy lives.$

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 12:58 AM

While not the traditional definition of flimsy, for #inktober day 13, I did the Tyrant Polar Bear, an animal known from a single bone.. some pretty flimsy evidence, am I right?

#paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocart #ocsky #gijinka

Ursus Maritimus Tyrannus
Marity
Tyrant Polar Bear

[big bear]

@ninadavtian.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 2:03 PM

With my @climatecerege.bsky.social colleagues Irene Schimmelpfennig and Deborah Verfaillie, as well as @legertancrede.bsky.social in the supervisory team. 👇🏻
⚒️
❄️🥼
#PaleoSky

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:33 PM

#inktober Day 12; Toss

This was difficult, but eventually I came to the Fighting Dinosaurs (not to be confused with Dueling Dinos), and did Protoceratops body slamming a Velocci

#dinosaur #dinosaurart #paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocart #ocsky #gijinka #protoceratops #velociraptor

Protoceratops
Proto
Early Horned Face

[GIT EM, GIT EM]

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 12:58 AM

#inktober Day 11: Rescue

I knew I wanted to do La Brea, but had a hard time picking a good species.. till I realized I did Mammuthus Primigenius, not Columbi.

#paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocart #ocsky #gijinka #labrea #mammoth

Mammuthus Columbi
Columbi
Columbian Mammoth

[stuck in La brea oh no]

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:18 AM

#inktober Day 9; Mystic

I found out that certain ammonite fossils are iridescent and that others turn into natural gemstones (Ammolite), so I thought a concept that sick needed to be made. Species is Cleoniceras.

#Paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocart #ocsky #gijinka #ammonite

Cleoniceras
Cleo
Glory Horn

[iridescence is different from bioluminescence, but both are sick as fuck]

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:41 AM

#inktober Day 9; Ram

Even I’m still surprised I’m still in this, have a homalocephale bonking into a tree to get some fruits

#dinosaur #dinosaurart #oc #ocart #ocsky #paleoart #paleosky #gijinka #homalocephale

Unknown author Oct 9, 2026, 2:41 PM

Arizonasaurus

#digitalart #artistsonBluesky #Dinosaur #PaleoSky #art #ArtSky #digitalartists #Paleoart #Arizonasaurus #Theropod #dinoSky

@journalsystpal.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 10:45 AM

🦎 New Early Triassic procolophonid described from the Katberg Formation (Karoo Basin, South Africa).

Pinheiro 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. report 𝙋𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 based on a nearly complete skull and associated postcranial remains 🔗 Read the full study here: buff.ly/jghJqcV

#FossilFriday #PaleoSky

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 9, 2026, 1:53 AM

Most mammals replace their teeth only once. A new, carnivorous, semiaquatic fossil mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China reveals multiple tooth generations, enhancing our understanding of mammal dental evolution, according to a paper in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4ALPDFx #Paleosky 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows holotype specimen of Dongoconodon platycauda IMMNH-PV01700.

@natureportfolio.nature.com Oct 8, 2026, 10:20 PM

A paper in Nature describes the fossil of an early relative of mammals that shares some adaptions seen in the modern platypus, from the Jurassic period of China. The remains shed light on the evolutionary origins of suckling and swallowing. go.nature.com/4zpn0Nc #Paleosky 🧪

This is the b section of Figure 1. It shows X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy photograph of the main part of the holotype (Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, PMOL-AM00026A)

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:14 AM

I’m not out yet! #inktober Day 7; Panic!

I initially wanted to do something running from Hatzegopteryx as kind of a bit and never end up doing her, but it was a disservice to this massive aerial monster.

#paleoart #paleosky #pterosaur #hatzegopteryx #oc #ocart #ocsky #gijinka

Hatzegopteryx
Hatzi
Hateg Basin Wing

Hatzegopteryx is an azhdarchid pterosaur from the Mediterranean, being found from Hateg Island off of Romania, it was the apex predator of the island, gliding to and from the mainland and snatching up anything small enough to fit in its mouth. It didn’t hunt fish and instead hunted land vertebrates. It’s thought that it could’ve been bigger than Quetzalcoatlus, but more material needs to be found.

Hatzi’s are relentless. I have seen them chasing prey for hours. They will go without sleep, circling prey by gliding on the breeze. They often seem fairly sleep deprived with wide eyes. They’re irritable, and considering their size, that’s a very bad thing. Generally, if an azhdarchid shadow passes over you, hope you weigh enough to not become a target. Even then, they might land and stare down at you. I’ve learned to puff up my chest enough that they generally ignore me.

@journalsystpal.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:45 AM

A new 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 species (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) from the Early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa by Marchitelli et al.: buff.ly/1QFxUnY

This discovery provides the oldest South African record of 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙨 and the first confirmed monitor lizard from the region #Neogene #PaleoSky #Fossil

@ninadavtian.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 9:33 AM

Do you prefer the extinct 🐘 place over this 🔵🦋 place?
@evangowan.bsky.social also has an account there—and so do I BTW:
fediscience.org/@DrEvanGowan
#SeaLevel
🧪 ⚒️
#PaleoSky