The Dinosaur Dave

We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

I would rate them as more American than him anyway

Someone used a megastone on stick

Awesome. Maybe i should get you to review my aussie themed lego natural history book thing im working on, haha
Heres a preview of the builds. Each coloured plate is scaled to the figure in it, which is about 1.8m tall.

Diprotodontians Forever: the Vombatiform Radiation, Part I — Tetrapod Zoology If you’re a regular reader here you might recall me making occasional lamentations about the near-absence of marsupial-themed content here. The recent Thylacoleo article was an unusual blip....

We're at nearly 20 comments on the Tet Zoo vombatiform article now, including on the koala fossil record, the use of the term 'joey' (should it be applied to ALL marsupials or just kangaroos?) and more .... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/11... #marsupials #mammals

How to publish videos (and audio) on PeerTube | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

For those who are seeing how Youtube is now editing peoples videos with AI without permission, and refuse to really address it, start posting to the fediverse. Its far from perfect, but your videos wont be edited by AI with segments changed or anything like that
fedi.tips/how-to-publi...

I know you're not, but it kinda, sorta, maybe, at a glace, looks like your copping a feel in the second image given how similar it looks to the first. I know you are looking at local fossils, but yeah... ima just leave that there

Selfie photo of me and the Mary Anning statue in Lyme Regis

Photo of a beach boulder containing a slew of ammonite fossils, with my hand for scale

Lyme Regis ammonites for #FossilFriday!

Visiting the hometown of Mary Anning, prospecting the same beaches she prospected, and just being in one of the places where paleontology first started to blossom — that was an incredible experience

In 2011 these fossils were named Oxalaia by Brazilian palaeontologist Alexander Kellner.

In 2018, a fire ripped through the collection where the Oxalaia holotype was held. Its not known if it survived, as many other specimens were lost.
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This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Oxalaia

In 1999 Elaine Machado, of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, went to the Cajual Island, where his team found a very weathered and very fragmented Jaw was found.

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Admiral Bradley thought about whether to murder civilians for 41 minutes. He’s a criminal.

This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as medium. This is known from fragmentary material, is not Spinosaurus.

Comment your guesses and I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by Icespurr.

Getting back into some #stargate #3d #render #3drender using some of the Stargate VFX models I have.
Here is four of them, more renders on my DeviantArt -
www.deviantart.com/spinobreaker

Got a suggestion for a render? Let me know and I will see what I can do

it appears plagiorizer William Toosey tries his shit again, that's my Propalorchestes in his "Journey through the Cenozoic".
I suspect this is just the tip of it. Many of these are just other people's work with a new texture slapped on top.
Lots of JRC art here.

Okay, so it's not as comprehensive as I was hoping. Like he said, there are other alt-brick companies worth a look out there. And I second his recommendation at the end, to seek out JANG's Other Bricks channel on YouTube for previews and reviews of alt-brick stuff.

YouTube video by jtsandman45 LEGO: The Rise of Alt-Bricks

I am an AFOL, an Adult Fan Of LEGO.
In the past few years, the prices of sets have majorly increased, and some of the quality has not been there.
Other companies are catching up to, and even surpassing LEGO in quality. This is a good alt-brick companies overview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPNm...

Honestly. I use non lego bricks as inspiration for my builds. About 15% of my lego fossil museum are rebuilt from non lego branded stuff. I do like some of their cool bricks lego doesnt have. Its really interesting. Sluban is really good. Their jets and what not are really good.

I want to stress here for journalists covering Kennedy and his goons that this war on public health is driven by big money.

The wellness industry is a massive, massive grift.

Here the HMAS Mamaragan and the HMNZS Tangaroa conduct training exercises near Mars

More renders for #StargateNow
Cant wait for a the new series... lets get the hype slowly building
What #Stargate renders do we want to see?

It was not thought to be a temnospondyl due to it being of cretaceous age, far younger than any other found.

In 1989 more remains were found but the fossils were still highly fragmentary.

In 1997, Warren at al, formally described and named Koolasuchus
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This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Koolasuchus

In 1978, the original fossils were found in the coastal rocks near the town of San Remo, Victoria, Australia.

In 1986 the fossils were mentioned in a publication by Anne Warren and R. Jupp.
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This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as medium. While this lived alongside dinosaurs, it wasnt one of them.

Reply your guesses, and I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by Matthew Nolan.

@paleontologizing.bsky.social makes science so much fun! We will be coloring this with our two kiddos this year ❤️🦃

The bc304 named Jacob Carter, to the lower left, with 6 white F302s with Thunderbirds livery flying information next to them. In the background is Earth on the left, with the USS Daedalus, Apollo, Odyssey, and George Hammond nearby. The Sun Tzu is in the far background upper left corner area

With #Stargate coming back. Im getting back into doing the odd Stargate themed render. In this one, i reskinned the VFX models of the F302 to have the #USAF #Thunderbirds livery and put them in formation as if they're prepping for an airshow somewhere. What other stargate renders do you want to see?

Guys. Please stop dropping into my replies on any post that doesn't mention Epstein and accuse me of being distracted. Once you have more lawsuits filed to release the files than I do, we can talk. Until then, I can hold more than one thought in my head. Thanks!

The sad part is that being antiwomen, controlling them and manipulating them is the point. It boils down to the religious right refusing to admit theyre wrong and instead they will bathe in the blood of innocent people to prove they are right. Its as evil as you can get but they will never realise

My law firm is currently litigating 61 voting and election cases, including 12 redistricting cases. We have four cases in one stage or another before the Supreme Court.

These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.

It is impossible to understand the writing, speaking, & policy views of Ezra Douthglesias & all of the other pundits & journalists still at the Nazi Bar in 2025 without grasping this essential point about the information environment in which they are writing, speaking, & forming their policy views.

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In 1856, schoolteacher Johann Carl Fuhlrott recognised bones from Kleine Feldhofer Grotte in Neander Valley as distinct from modern humans. They were presented to anthropologist Hermann Schaaffhausen to study

In 1863, "Neanderthal Man" was proposed as a new species. This was formalised in 1864

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Homo #neanderthalensis aka #Neanderthal

In 1829, Philippe-Charles Schmerling, found a partial skull in the Grottes d'Engis, Belgium. He thought it was a "poorly developed" human

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