Gastonia Chapter, @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social Andrew Knight, Utahraptor State Park presents THE DINOSAURS OF NEW ENGLAND the birthplace of American Paleontology.
6 pm, March 25 at the Grand Center (182 N 500 W),Moab
open to the public, and free! @andrewtracks.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social
UFOP Great Basin meeting Thurs March 12th, 7:00 pm MT: David Smith, Northland Pioneer College will present: "Uncovering the biology of therizinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Utah." In person & on line: meet.google.com/hzr-pkdu-wtp @ydawtheshow.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social
Benton & Rayfield's preproof "Bringing dinosaurs to life: A scientific revolution in palaeobiological methods" is a nice overview of the paleo revolution, I have had the pleasure of living through. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @palaeontosoc.bsky.social
I have another #paleobotany restoration guide for this #FossilFriday. This time, it's Kimuriella densifolia, a whole plant bennettitalean from the Late #Jurassic of Japan.
This plant is composed of three organ taxa: Williamsonia, Zamites, and Weltrichia.
#paleoart #sciart #botany
But they gave it butt fuzz.....
Utah deserves its own Dinosaur Documentary. No other place in the world has such a continuous record in one place intersperced with spectacular National Parks and Monuments. @scinews.bsky.social @netflix.com @altnps.bsky.social @whydinosaurs.bsky.social @agu.org @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
March 7 •Stand up for Science
✔️Events across US
So far—What they did:
Shared💌letters of career federal scientists
raise alarm/harm of Trump policies
🦆impeach the quack RFK
💉🧫🕵🏻♂️
investigator sent overseas re:
“unethical”
hepatitis B vaccine trial
•Science for Good org
Sad that I have such high expectations relative to Dino documentaries. Any one want to focus on an entire dinosaur series spanning the entire Mesozoic centered on the the most complete record on the planet surrounding or National Parks on the Colorado Plateau, call me.
Into second episode, certainly some fine animation, but the Science is being being played way to fast and loose for my taste. These things need a diverse advisory board like Discovery Channel did for When Dinosaurs Roamed North America.
OK for #FossilFriday, who has been watching Netflix' The Dinosaurs? Who were the consultants on this..I am just 20 minutes in and not to impressed so far. I have to admit I'm pretty fussy. PERHAPS,...I know to much and have to many opinions. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @paleontologizing.bsky.social
New species evolved within a few thousand years of the Chicxulub Impact 🧪
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
The immediate aftermath of the K/Pg mass extinction (ca. 66 Ma) in the marine realm was characterized by the initial recovery of productivity and the originations of new species.
Assuming a 30-min commute to/from train station, 45-min to/from airport, 30-min early arrival for train and 90-min for plane, 500 mph plane (LAX-JFK is ~450), a 280 mph train is faster than flying any distance less than 950 miles.
Here is a 950-mile radius circle centered on Kansas City.
Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.
It’s morning of day 1 of my shark field research skills class! Wish us luck, and let me know if you want to sign up for the fall! 🦑🧪🌎🦈
Many of the scientists Jeffrey Epstein courted were already well-established and well-funded. So why didn’t they all just say no? Science talked with three who did just that.
Here’s how Epstein approached them, and why they refused to have anything to do with him. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/40qbXnv
WELL, DORKS! @timothysnyder.bsky.social says there is nothing more important than science and no one more important than scientists to establish a decent society and politics...which is why we are STANDING UP FOR SCIENCE on MARCH 7TH across the nation!
JOIN US! www.standupforscience.net/march7
Total lunar eclipse from 4-5 AM this morning. www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/u...
When I taught at the University of Nebraska, I fought with the National Arbor Day Foundation about planting all are good roadcuts!
Evolution of behaviors documented by trace fossils. @ichnologist.bsky.social
March 4, 5 - 7 pm: Exploring Alberta's Northern Dinosaur Ecosystem @ U of A
March 5, 11 am - 1 pm: Mass Extinctions? @ RTMP (and Zoom)
March 5, 3 - 3:30 pm: Dino Dentist (RAM)
albertapaleo.org/events/calen...
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#palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #dinosaurs #events
A good man to be piloting the ship in these stormy waters...
Looking forward to Utah Paleontological License Plates supporting paleo research in Utah. mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...
@utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @nhmu.bsky.social
🧪🏺 Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration.
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.
JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In honor of Hans Dieter Sues a #FossilFriday, the big Kayentatherium that Hans built much of his dissertation around. Got to help excavate in July 1981 working for Farrish Jenkins and first met Hans, while he was working on the specimen at Harvard a few years later. @paleontologizing.bsky.social
Cropping teeth of Utah's new Kayenta ornithischian, so for #FossilFriday Scutellosaurus lawleri. My pics of the original exhibit & gastondesign.com mount. Not the transition at base of tail from 2 rows of osteoderms across midline to 1 medial row running down the tail. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social
That is the Southern Parkway connecting I-15 south of St George, Utah via a loop east of the city to the main road to Zion National Park. That entire region is being developed on top of a vast paleontology site dominated by tracksites & extensive archaeological sites by Virgin & Santa Clara Rivers.
#FossilFriday A beautiful Cretaceous seastar. This fully articulated specimen of Calliderma was collected in the Chalk of England.
I’m excited to share a new project that I hope will be a valuable resource for the paleo community!
I'm working on a textbook about plesiosaurs and compiled a comprehensive overview of all currently valid plesiosaur taxa and some nomina dubia. 1/3
www.sachspal.de/plesiosauria/
#FossilFriday
Paleo mitigation is important! The yellow star marks the most import Kayenta fossil site in Utah, plants, tracks, fish (whole and partial) abundant and diverse teeth (diverse dinos & crocs, pterosaurs). Sadly, the site is under a new highway & hill is gone forever. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social
