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May 21, 1799, of Mary “the Princess of Carpenter daughter, she founded a fossil business in Lyme Regis, Dorset, making important discoveries like complete fossils of Ichthyosaurus 🐬 & Plesiosaurus 🐉 https://t.co/xuWRaNkOh3
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2019-05-21

And may I present to you...

Fossils, Clocks and the Origin of Angiosperms.

My latest blog post, which takes a look at a new paper, and it's overall implications for the origin of the flowering plants!

https://t.co/CdJwVg8a5e

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2019-05-19

New blog post: part 2 of my analysis of the Crystal Palace models. This time we're covering Teleosaurus, pterosaurs and Mosasaurus (dinosaurs are obviously missing, but they're up next). Features two new palaeoart pieces done for .

https://t.co/sGjojAwsAs

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2019-05-18

New at The Fate of Burian’s Styracosaurus, a story of memes, of sorts... https://t.co/IMKGeXGhmw

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2019-05-11

Every we challenge you to write your very own This week's is Hypacrosaurus, so let's hear your poems in the comments!
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The second photo is a Hypacrosaurus illustration by for our Weston blog post.

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2019-05-10

Caihong, as viewed through the eyes of another dinosaur. In Ultra Violet.

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2019-05-09

BLIMP SHRIMP BLIMP SHRIMP
Aegirocassis was the largest Anomalocarid known to exist, and it had many blimp-like qualities. This drawing I made is meant to evoke images of the Hindenburg. Grey scale Anomalocarids are great.

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2019-05-09

Applying the Optimal Foraging Theory, this new paper about cannibalism in Gran Dolina TD6 (Atapuerca), arrives at opposite conclusions that our previous investigation. Undoubtedly, one of the most interesting Palaeo-contexts to investigate. !Thrilling!
https://t.co/V9H93xItWP

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2019-05-09

I've not done much accuracy and realism are what interests me, but this 2014 T-shirt design for the (palaeontology conference) was great fun.

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2019-05-03

You'll be great, just remember you are a world expert on your subject now. You're going to kick palaeo-arse! 🦕

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2019-04-30

New blog post tomorrow! can be very dramatic, and the one we will be featuring by John Joly is no exception!

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2019-04-25

So as well as being a good model, the Battat T. rex is a neat thing to own as a memento to a cool part of palaeoart history. The late LoRusso's design for this toy and the Boston Museum of Science model was also used in an iconic painting by Brian Franczak.

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2019-04-02

The next blog post is out on Thursday, and features the poem that first inspired the project! Written by Geological Survey of Canada fossil hunter Thomas C. Weston, the poem is a short-and-sweet ode to Victorian ideas about dinosaurs.

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2019-03-26

The whole manuscript is also a palaeographical bonanza. It was written in numerous unical and half-unical scripts by upwards of fifteen separate hands. https://t.co/JTu31hMC2j

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2019-03-23

Throwback Thursday, to 2012 (again) • Today, the Theropod with silly name, Bicentenaria •

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2019-03-22