Fraser Weston

Mosaic anatomy in an early fossil squamate - Nature Breugnathair elgolensis gen. et sp. nov., an early squamate identified from a newly discovered Middle Jurassic skeleton on the Isle of Skye, provides new evidence on the origins of snakes.

Nature research paper: Mosaic anatomy in an early fossil squamate

go.nature.com/46WNnNU

03.10.2025 08:07 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

It's fair to say that not everyone was convinced by our identification. But now we have a much more complete skeleton, excavated by our UK-Moroccan-US team. Not only does Spicomellus have spikes fused to its dorsal ribs, it has metre-long spikes extending from a cervical half ring

27.08.2025 15:20 — 👍 153    🔁 27    💬 5    📌 1

That’s a wrap on my two months @thepalass.bsky.social research internship at the NHM 🦖! Spent two months working on some awesome techniques (bet you can’t guess by the photos 😂) with @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and @imranrahman.bsky.social! Grateful for the staff involved in making this happen.

23.08.2025 08:32 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

November can’t come soon enough! So excited to share this research on evolutionary constraints of sabre teeth. 🐯

#SVP2025

19.08.2025 09:38 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Have you seen the Band of Brothers episode of Walking With Dinosaurs yet? Last year it was an absolute pleasure to dig at the site with our University of Birmingham undergraduates - thanks so much to @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social for an amazing experience!

18.06.2025 19:50 — 👍 25    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 0

So glad to be able to share my opinions on the new series of Walking with Dinosaurs with BBC’s Points of View. Great opportunity to talk about the show and its significance to the public.

01.06.2025 13:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Exam period forces me to finally tackle palaeontology’s biggest question: What’s the relationship of the random items in room G26?
Think this is definitely a future publication 😂. Still no closer to understanding the field of phylogenetics!

14.05.2025 08:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This bizarre new dinosaur has something in common with modern sloths Like T. rex and some modern sloths, this strange 90 million year old dinosaur had two fingers on each hand.

New therizinosaur fossils are always exciting. But this one is particularly weird/cool having only two fingers!

Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

25.03.2025 19:28 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Nothing like a spontaneous midweek trip to London to listen to @tweetisaurus.bsky.social’s amazing talk on stegosaurs. Great way to celebrate handing in a dissertation 🥳

18.03.2025 22:41 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Got a sneaky peek at these results last month. Might be the best matching of academics and Sci-Fi I could imagine!

10.03.2025 09:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Here’s the BBC News channel coverage of our Oxfordshire dinosaur tracks from earlier today, including an interview with me at the end: youtu.be/mIEmgtpO3RU?...

02.01.2025 14:26 — 👍 27    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Super happy to finally be able to share this! These are some photos from the UK’s biggest dinosaur trackway which was uncovered in Oxford over the summer. It was an amazing experience getting to help excavate and photograph these tracks. Thanks to all the staff involved.

02.01.2025 11:41 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0