NHMdinolabさんのイラストまとめ

Although among the earliest pterosaurs described, in this case by Buckland in 1829, a detailed description of the whole skeleton has never been published, although Dimorphodon quickly became established as important & it’s been widely depicted in palaeoart (as in this Burian)

Mourning the demise of my favourite mug, featuring one of Gary Larson’s classic dino takes, which I’d had since the far off days of my PhD. Oh well.

And putting this out before some other wag makes a comparison with my skills (2/2)

And with some nice zoological themes too (3/3)

More Monets and Van Goghs … (2/2)

Taking in some Monet @MuseeOrangerie - been to Paris many times but my first visit here. Spectacular …

And the result is in … negative 🥳🥳🥳 I shall be going to the ball after all - heading to South Africa in a couple of days to pick up work on Triassic dinos with @ESI_FossilLab Whoo-hoo!

I’d like to thank all my colleagues for thinking I’m competent enough to to hold down two full times jobs, one for the public side of the museum and one on the science side. Luckily I don’t need sleep or holidays - oh wait

Decided to try out my iPhone macrolens for a few minutes in my tiny garden. My horticultural skills might be shocking (the roses need some serious help) but the photos aren’t too bad

I bring you a mighty bovid for #FossilFriday - a skull of the extinct cow Pelorovis antiquus, from the Pleistocene of South Africa, which is also a symbol of @NationalMuseumB where this fine specimen is housed. Note the modern Cape buffalo skull at bottom left for comparison ...