Belated scenes from our #MarineReptileConf2026 fieldtrip to Crocodiles of the World, which doesn't just house crocodiles but other crocodylians as well as tortoises, varanids, snakes and more. Had a great time.

Missed part of Jan Vandeburie talk on enlightenment science and the Maastricht mosasaur... FINAL TALK is Steven Day on digital modelling and 3D models of marine reptiles. #MarineReptileConf2026

Now Judyth Sassoon on philosophy in science and how people have thought about the issue of terrestrial locomotion in marine reptiles. #MarineReptileConf2026

Next up is Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social on colours and patterns in fossil marine reptiles... #MarineReptileConf2026 Includes a plug for Mark's next book! #palaeoart #paleoart

Aww man, the visuals in this talk. A #palaeoart treat. Bob Nicholls @bobnichollsart.bsky.social at #MarineReptileConf2026

Final session at #MarineReptileConf2026 is on visualisation and starts with Bob Nicholls @bobnichollsart.bsky.social on illustrating fossil marine reptiles...

Ok, first talk is Emily Swaby and Emily Chen on Mystery at the Museum! #MarineReptileConf2026

I'm giving a talk in the next session so probably won't be sharing updates. But session is on curation and such... my talk is ichthyosaur-themed but it's in this session for a reason. And look, I went up to the balcony... #MarineReptileConf2026

Now some turtles, with Takumi Watanabe on reorganisation of the auditory system as turtles adapted to marine life. #MarineReptileConf2026

I'm gonna try threading posts to see if it helps engagement. Next at #MarineReptileConf2026 is Hady George et al. on the mesorostrine teleosauroid Neosteneosaurus. More #crocodylomorph representation.

Back at it after chairing #MarineReptileConf2026 plesiosaur session, now in croc and turtle talks. First is Paul Burke on Aigialosuchus, a Late Cretaceous tethysuchian.

Currently in plesiosaur session on Day 2. #MarineReptileConf2026

This probably ends my reporting for the day. I'll do more tomorrow but not during the first session as I'm chairing it. Plesiosaur-themed and looks great! #MarineReptileConf2026

Final talks in today's #ichthyosaurs session: Joseph Mercer et al. on macroevolutionary trends in Liassic lineages, and Feiko Miedema on insights in ichthyosaur reproduction. #MarineReptileConf2026

Judy Massare at #MarineReptileConf2026, on Sundance Formation #ichthyosaurs, a defence of the distinct nature of Baptanodon. Next is Erin Maxwell on ichthyosaurs from German Plattenkalks.

Another #ichthyosaur session at #MarineReptileConf2026! First up is Max Hoepelman et al. on immature ichthyosaurs and implications they have for ontogenetic niche shifts and Strawberry Bank ecology.

Aaand more #ichthyosaurs at #MarineReptileConf2026. Steve Etches presented on a new Kimmeridge Clay Nannopterygius specimen, recently collected from the field. Then Aylin Gjøringbø et al. on microanatomical variation in Late Jurassic ichthyosaur pelvic girdles. Last talk in session!

More #ichthyosaurs... Kieran Satchell et al. on a Black Ven Ichthyosaurus specimen that has convincing intestinal preservation. #MarineReptileConf2026

It's Ben G Thomas at #MarineReptileConf2026, first talk in an #ichthyosaurs session, this one on new Jurassic specimens suggested to be new taxa of Grendelius, and of Grendelius-like animals

Now Donald Henderson on comparing shark, ichthyosaur and cetacean body shapes and streamlining. #MarineReptileConf2026 #ichthyosaurs Some nice dissing of the aquatic Spinosaurus model early on.