Alison Park

Wow, the authors have complained that I posted a review of their manuscript, which they posted on Bioarxiv, online. I've been told to delete it by ZJLS. Nope. If you don't want people to review your work, don't put it on a preprint server.

Dino track way from #Namibia at #MtEtjo for this weeks #fossilfriday.

Ichthyosaur Prep vid! Narrated by @palaeo-olly.bsky.social

#Ichthyosaur #notadinosaur #fossil #fossilpreparation #jurassiccoast

Yesterday's fish prep.

#fossilfriday #fossil #fish #fossilprep #preparation

Sticker haul from this weekend.

#LymeRegisFossilFestaval #paleostickers #dinosaur

Metazooa Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

🦓 Animal #677 🐕‍🦺
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
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🔥 72 | Avg. Guesses: 6.6

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#metazooa

Twinsies! :3 Got mine when Kallie visited the UK last year!

Just finished this lovely little fish. My client bought it at a fossil show in Munich, they were originally from Lebanon. But we don't have more information.

#fossil #fossilfish #fishfossil #FossilPreparation #fish #fossilshow #Lebanon #guessthefossil #fossilfriday

Metazooa Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

🐅 Animal #667 🐮
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
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🔥 62 | Avg. Guesses: 6.5

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#metazooa

This was absolute LUCK, and it'll never happen again.

Super proud of @issywalker.bsky.social

Earth heritage - University of Birmingham Earth heritage comprises the landforms, rocks, fossils, minerals and soils that surround us and the ways that people understand, value, are inspired.

Earth Heritage is now a research theme within our International Centre for Heritage & we have funding to develop it further. We’re keen to hear from people interested in research partnerships in heritage, geotourism, geoethics, geoconservation & related areas. www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology JSP publishes research in phylogenetics and systematics that are relevant to palaeo-systematics, including palaeobiology, functional morphology and palaeoecolog

I'm delighted to have just taken over as the co-Editor-in-Chief for @journalsystpal.bsky.social along with @imranrahman.bsky.social. Many thanks to Zerina Johanson, who is stepping down after many years of hard work. Do ask me questions!
www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjs...

Congratulations!

Very pleased to welcome @tweetisaurus.bsky.social, new co-Editor-in-Chief with @journalsystpal.bsky.social! bsky.app/profile/twee...

I don't often prepare ammonites, and this #Paranioceras is the largest one I've had the honour to prepare unfortunatelyit is missing its center. Found in Charmouth, UK.
#ammonite #fossil #fossilpreparator

“Taxonomy and systematics underpin all aspects of palaeobiology, and it is vital that their importance is recognized by funders, institutions and publishers, and that we continue to train ECR in these disciplines to avoid an ‘extinction of experience’ in specimen- and field-based research.”

Cynodont or procolophonid. They would be such adorable pocket puppies!

Thank you!

Unboxing jacket 1 of 4. The age and location of these jackets are known, unfortunately, which way round or what is in them is unknown. And the original plaster of this specific specimen started to fall apart, to the one is extra tricky to work with. #devonian #fish #fossil #fossilfriday #teeth

Also now available are the titles of the four (!) special symposia at #2025SVP:

- Ancient Biomolecules

- Synchrotron radiation micro-CT scanning in paleontology

- Evolution of Triassic non-marine tetrapod communities

- Multidisciplinary approaches to skull function and evolution

Well done @palaeo-olly.bsky.social !!!

Metazooa Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

🦉 Animal #603 🪲
I figured it out in 6 guesses!
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🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 6

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When you OG prep box isn't big enough for your current project #Devonian #psammosteid so you hijack your partners desk. Thank you @palaeo-olly.bsky.social for your desk and help.

YouTube video by PalaeoTube Fossil Preparation at Emanya | Coccosteus cuspidatus (Devonian Armoured Fish)

Preparation of a Devonian placoderm (Coccosteus cuspidatus) for #fossilfriday prepared by @afossilpreparator.bsky.social at Emanya Prep

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The Geological Society of London - Public Lecture: The Stegosaurian Dinosaurs Event details Stegosaurs are a group of dinosaurs characterised by the possession of two rows of plates and spines that extend from the neck to the end of the tail. They are known from the Middle Jura...

On 18th March I'm doing a free, hybrid, public lecture at the GeolSoc on stegosaurs. Come along or join online: www.geolsoc.org.uk/03-PL-stegos...

Finished this ichthyosaur paddle a little while back. Really enjoyed working on this.

#ichthyosaur #fossil #fossilprep #notadinosaur #marinereptile

Always worth stressing that this is for *US* national parks. The rest of the world has national parks too but the rules on what you can do vary from place to place.

Lunch at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery with Mike Benton. Then new museum displays in Cirencester showcasing many of the finds from the Mammoth Graveyard site over the summer. A return dig has been confirmed for 2025. With @palaeo-olly.bsky.social @acsmillen.bsky.social

#mammoth #tuskforce

The lost long tail of early bird evolution Fossil find reveals the earliest known short-tailed bird.

Welcome Baminornis! Only the second undoubted bird from the Jurassic. Joining the iconic Archaeopteryx.
But Baminornis could fly better!
My thoughts in this commentary for @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM