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arms. I made a whole sequence showing reconstruction of the bones/muscles/feathers for my talk at just realised I've never shared any of it.

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2021-11-20

Results from the post-#Tetzoomcon
Erjiecaris, Patriofelis, Kurupi and Tupandactylus.

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2021-09-05

What I did during most of last night’s pariah dogs. I’m writing and illustrating a magazine article on early domestic dogs and needed to get some practise in. Getting dog faces right is hard! Based on random photos from the internet.

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2021-09-04

Huge thanks to everyone who participated in -- stressful from my end but mostly a success, and what amazing talks! Write-up to follow at when time allows. Thanks again to all attendees!

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2021-09-04

Well, it's 10-13am the day after and it FINALLY looks at if the afterparty has finished. Well played, well played, all, but you didn't beat last year's record :) See you next year!

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2021-09-04

big thanks to & , not just for planning & running another great but also for sorting me out... Zoology, ecology, palaeontology, speculative biology, conservation & evolution with fantastic sciart & palaeoart (& aliens) thrown in.

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2021-09-04

THE BEASTS OF GEVAUDAN: UNKNOWN MAN EATERS? François-Louis Pellisier at 2021. Unpacking the mystery, dissecting the evidence. What was it/they that killed people? Probably wolves...🐺?

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2021-09-04

THE CRONCH "CAT": DIET AND PALEOECOLOGY OF PATRIOFELIS ULTA. at 2021. Not a cat. With big teeth. Probably ate lots of turtles... a durophagore?

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2021-09-04

A fascinating talk by on the untold stories of mammal evolution related to her new book (that I clearly need to buy). Here’s an early mammal absolutely appalled about being called ”Cretaceous popcorn”.

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2021-09-04

is happening now! Doodle inspired by ’s talk about the ecology of enigmatic Eocene mammal Patriofelis (”father of cats”): could those crazy teeth have been for cracking turtle shells?

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2021-09-04

Hasty sketch of my Beast of Gevaudan: a giant weasel!

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2021-09-04

Less than one hour to go until and I'm not close to being ready... see you soon :) We encourage livetweeting.

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2021-09-03

invites have now been sent out for those who paid to join. Check junk and spam if they haven't appeared. Meeting starts 4pm BST, >not< GMT as said in the email (sorry). See you all in just over 1 hour!

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2021-09-03

5 hours until starts! I'll do a countdown if I can, starting now....

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2021-09-03

2021 happening today -- see a good number of you in about 7 hours! Follow the # for developments, there will be some amount of tweeting. Tickets available for next 3 hours then that's it... https://t.co/4F1soESwOx

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2021-09-03

2021 news: if you've booked a place, you'll receive the link (or links, if you've paid for the workshop too) around 1pm BST tomorrow. Tickets will stop selling around 12pm tomorrow. Timetable and info: https://t.co/4F1soESwOx

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2021-09-03

Over 200 people now attending 2021. That's a pretty good turnout (last year was around 350). Talks, discussion events, an informal afterparty. Today is probably the last day in which tickets are on sale... https://t.co/4F1soESwOx

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2021-09-02

Preparing for conferences is never easy. Just finished writing the speaker intros for 2021 AND the conference intro too. Still work to do before the event itself though. Join us on Fri 3rd (THIS FRIDAY), info and tickets here: https://t.co/4F1soESwOx

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2021-09-02

We hope to see you there this Friday Sept 3rd! Attendance is approaching 200 at the moment.

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2021-08-30