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The (‘Old Stone Age’) makes up the earliest chunk of the Stone Age – the large swathe of time during which hominins used stone to make tools. https://t.co/804sW1jnsf

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2019-10-21

From the palaeoart workshop. Agata Stachowiak's hartebeest, 's Ceratosaurus, ' Anchiornis, 's Confuciusornis.

Mustn't forget to mention meeting . Eeeee. I am not worthy. 😭

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2019-10-20

New online: Low, Su, Spicer, Wu, Deng, Xing & Zhou - Oligocene Limnobiophyllum (Araceae) from the central Tibetan Plateau and its evolutionary and palaeoenvironmental implications https://t.co/7XxPvDwNHC

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2019-10-18

I have shared
the fossil poems
that were in
the archives

and which
you were probably
hoping
would never be read

Forgive me
they were ridiculous
so earnest
and so nerdy.

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2019-10-17

Trailer for this series: https://t.co/uIMG6cSxLP. As this tweet has somewhat-exploded; check my art out - I'm a wannabe palaeoartist and cartoon illustrator. It might strike your fancy. Portfolio: https://t.co/v5ivw76LFM

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2019-10-14

I’ve been told this is pg enough for twitter. Tyrannosaurus rex being struck by the airblast of the Chicxulub impactor, the meteor that killed the non-avian dinosaurs. Good morning.

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2019-10-12

Schematic reconstruction of the components of an ovuliferous glossopterid loose strobilus based on shoots with attached Lidgettonia fertiligers presented by Prevec & Matiwane (2018).

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2019-10-11

is often depicted as cute. Because it is. It’s really cute. But even then, I still tried to make it scary this time. Opabinia regalis was one of two species of Opabinia that made the Burgess Shale its home. A great and famous Lobopod.

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2019-10-08

Fossilized teeth, skull cap and leg bone of Palaeoloxodon, the giant straight-tusked elephant, from the Pleistocene of Penghu, Taiwan.

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2019-10-07

I hit 2000 followers! In honour of that, here’s a visual demonstration of the ‘eversion’ of a Gilled lobopodians mouth (Vinther et al, 2016). In this case it’s the king of the Lobopods, Omnidens amplus, feeding on several Paucipodia.

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2019-10-04

The other new title just published is The Rise of Reptiles: 320 Million Years of Evolution, which looks amazing! https://t.co/avgV3JeRIU

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2019-10-03

One of my fav pieces of Palaeoart is this Juvenile T-Rex by Wayne Barlowe (1995), I just love its forward facing eyes and the way its staring into my soul. [ https://t.co/mRKE1tbqT6 ]

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2019-10-02

Après des jours de galère pour consulter le papier... Accueillez ! Cet de 62 Ma est très particulier, les bords de son bec portant de petites projections osseuses (flèches) !

Source : https://t.co/CPpDsrzxfz via Papers in Palaeontology

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2019-09-27

New post out tomorrow! "The Petrified Fern" by Mary Bolles Branch is about how time may reveal the worth of an apparently "useless" thing, like a very small fern. Featuring super awesome guest art by !

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2019-09-26

Nice: "Patterns In Palaeontology: Digitally Peering Inside Skulls" https://t.co/3VKSymAJHN

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2019-09-25

Giganotosaurus (upper) and Mapusaurus (bottom). I later learned on a Theropod Discord Group that my Giga is actually too fuzzy, but otherwise I'm happy with the results.

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2019-09-25

Hypothetical Walking With Dinosaurs II art: Episode 2, Blue Lias Formation, England, 199 million years ago.
From top left: Plesiosaurus, Temnodontosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Dimorphodon, Scelidosaurus, Sarcosaurus, Palaeospinax, Coroniceras.

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2019-09-23

Are you team botany, mineralogy, entomology, palaeo or team zoology? Find out for sure by taking the Sorting Quiz at the Stand at Friday 27 Sept 18.00-22.00 BST

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2019-09-23