James Lamsdell, PhD

The cutest little possum toy ever with a glass of champaign.

Bug and I got upgraded.

Lol no

YouTube video by Ambrose-Meyer Entertainment & Educational Channel The Amazing World of Fossils: Decoding Early Life

Just got notification that a video I was interviewed for on Paleozoic lagerstatten is out, also featuring numerous excellent people including Brenda Hunda, Nigel Hughes, and Derek Briggs.

(I did not know about the unfortunate use of AI generated "animals", I'm sorry T_T)

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My linocut horseshoe crab is hand printed on 8” x 8” cream coloured Japanese paper speckled with some tiny brown bark inclusions. The crab is viewed from above and its body is printed with a base of grey, with some darker gold-green especially around the edges to give the impression it is a bit domed and then texture, edges, hairs around the edge of the horseshoe shape and the tail are printed in dark brown.

Day 7 #artAdventCalendar my #linocut horseshoe crab (Tachypeus gigas) in grey, blue-bronze and dark brown on 8” x 8” cream-coloured Japanese paper with bark inclusions. 🧪🐡 They get their name from their horseshoe like shape but they are not crabs; they are chelicerates, more closely related to 🧵

Happy #fossilfriday everyone,

Enjoy a feel good story about one of the Museum of the Earth's high school supporters!

Thanks to big giving Tuesday support, PRI is now within ~400,000 of its end of year goal of ~4 million for the mortgage+ops. We can #SavePRI !🧪⚒️🦣🐚

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A view of the headshield of Megalograptus, preserved as reddish-brown cuticle on a pale grey rock. The headshield is generally equilateral in shape, with a rounded front bearing small spiny projections. A pair of round eyes are also located at the front of the head. The surface of the headshield is curved in dense, pustule-like scales.

A fossil of the second appendage of Megalograptus, preserved as dark cuticle on a light grey rock. The appendage is short with robust spines coming off of it.

A view of the body segments of Megalograptus, preserved as dark cuticle on pale grey rock. Four body segments are present, again preserving small, pustule-like scales.

One of the earliest large predatory eurypterids, Megalograptus, for #FossilFriday. Megalograptus is known from abundant - and very unusual - material from the Ordovician of #Ohio, affording an important insight into the morphology of this rather bizarre species. ⚒️🧪

Top songs from Spotify wrapped, featuring Suspirium for the 5th year in a row. 1. Short Change Hero (The Heavy), 2. Suspirium (Thom Yorke), 3. Precinct 4q Major Crime Unit (Sea Power), 4. Francis Forever (Mitski), 5. Enemy (Imagine Dragons, JID)

Top albums from my Spotify wrapped, all soundtracks - 1. Scavengers Reign, 2. Disco Elysium, 3. Hollow Knight, 4. Battletech, 5. Baldur's Gate 3

A view from my Spotify wrapped showing that my listening age is 30.

Fun to see what I've been listening to over the course of what has been, in all honesty, an absolutely terrible year.

Save the Museum of the Earth and PRI – Secure Its Future! In these challenging times, places like the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) stand as beacons of hope, fostering understanding of the natural world and inspiring action for a sustainable fut...

Today I’m joining the #GivingTuesday challenge to save the Museum of the Earth. As a Board of Trustee emeritus member, I see first-hand the Museum's impact on educating our community and the world about climate change, biodiversity, and our home planet. Please donate at priweb.org/support.

Now, that could prove useful 🧪

A great overview on benefits, pitfalls, and limitations.

Been having too many conversations with colleagues of late where I explain that this is where I feel it's all going.

A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology The burgeoning field of phylogenetic paleoecology combines paleoecological data with hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships to tease apart the roles that ecology and relatedness both play in the evo...

Out late for #FossilFriday, it's our invited @annualreviews.bsky.social paper with @sarahlsheffield.bsky.social and @bigfacecats.bsky.social on why Phylogenetic Paleoecology is useful and how to do it.

doi.org/10.1146/annu...

A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology The burgeoning field of phylogenetic paleoecology combines paleoecological data with hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships to tease apart the roles that ecology and relatedness both play in the evo...

Out late for #FossilFriday, it's our invited @annualreviews.bsky.social paper with @sarahlsheffield.bsky.social and @bigfacecats.bsky.social on why Phylogenetic Paleoecology is useful and how to do it.

doi.org/10.1146/annu...

A tubular fossil with bumps on it next to a hand written note by Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering, a prominent eurypterid researcher. The note reads "I give up - what is it?"

Always enjoy running into Kjellesvig-Waering's notes in collections. #FossilFriday

Morning.

Hahaha I got a "what are you doing here?" in Kentucky earlier this month. In a friendly way but always a fun reminder of not quite belonging. And I'm fortunate it's only something people pick up on when I open my mouth!

Early Ordovician sea scorpions from Morocco suggest Cambrian origins and main diversification of Eurypterida | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Eurypterida were a diverse clade of aquatic euchelicerates that occupied environments ranging from freshwater to fully marine and included several of the largest euarthropods on record. Although a Mid...

New earliest record of eurypterids from the Fezouata biota in Morocco!

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Had a great time talking to the Dry Dredgers about eurypterids last night, and getting to look through the Cincinnati collections was a huge treat.

A very long, very flat model of the eurypterid Acutiramus at the Cincinnati Museum.

A front view of the eurypterid, equally flat.

Happy #FlatFuckFriday to all who celebrate.

A very long, very flat model of the eurypterid Acutiramus at the Cincinnati Museum.

A front view of the eurypterid, equally flat.

Happy #FlatFuckFriday to all who celebrate.

A picture of a well lit fossil of a shark, with the outline of the body visible due to the difference in rock texture and colour. The nose is to the right, and a beautifully preserved triangular fin can be seen projecting toward the top of the slab.

A view if Cladoselache, the first well-preserved shark from the Devonian, on display in the Cincinnatti Museum for #FossilFriday.

I love this specimen, look at how long the fins are!

A photograph of several grey fossils in a draw.

Museum collections are my happy place.

Yeah, evolutionary psychology (not a science) has nothing to do with actual evolutionary biology (which is, really, just biology in appropriate context).

A strange reconstruction of a creature with a horse-like mane running down its back, pained human eyes, a cat-like face with a goatee, emaciated ribs, and a stubby tail. It looks like a creature from Bloodborne.

Nina Tucker in her second health bar form from Fullmetal Alchemist.

Amanda looked up this reconstruction of Exaeretodon while going through papers for the podcast yesterday and I can only see one thing.

Got one last month saying I might live too long(!!) and that I really should consider what that means for retirement.

My understanding is that adults require a huge number of gallons and that they regular get stressed and need to be hand fed (which admittedly does sound kind of cute).

Actual highlight of yesterday was having a woman in the botanical gardens overhear us talking about work and say "Oh, I didn't think paleontologists existed anymore".

A photograph of a man in a shirt picking up a naturalization certificate and looking nonplussed, next to the famous meme from the office of a very shellshocked looking Steve Carrell with long hair shaking the hand of a smiling man.

Somehow ended up becoming American.

A view of an aquarium with many blue shrimp moving around on the sand. A fossil brachiopod is partially buried, and multiple snails can be seen in the background alongside moss and wood.

Shrimp update

Turns out they're transferring all research corp employees to the university. This apparently has nothing to do with federal funding.