James Wheeley

Feeding Without Jaws opens this Wednesday!

Our temporary #exhibition tells the immersive story of our ancestors, jawless fish. Find out about why these ancient fish have fascinated palaeontologists, & what new discoveries have been made about them.

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#LapworthRocks

10.11.2025 16:00 — 👍 37    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

World Heritage Officer in Dorchester | Dorset Council View details and apply for this World Heritage Officer vacancy in Dorchester. Join a passionate and collaborative team at the heart of Dorset's environmental and heritage work. As part of the Dor...

AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...

30.09.2025 10:54 — 👍 45    🔁 42    💬 0    📌 1

Coming to the end of another University of Birmingham Palaeontology undergraduate fieldtrip to Utah & Colorado. Thanks to the incredible @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social team - we had an amazing time digging dinosaurs in the Cedar Mountain Formation.

27.09.2025 01:42 — 👍 29    🔁 7    💬 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

Honestly one of the most challenging sites I’ve ever worked. We can’t even jacket most individual bones (or groups of bones) because they are so dense. Thankfully, all those smaller osteoderms are robust and pop out in one piece!

#WalkingWithDinosaurs #WWD2025

18.06.2025 17:44 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Constraining the relative positions of island arc terranes in the Canadian Cordillera using conodont oxygen isotope thermometry | Journal of the Geological Society The Canadian Cordillera is a composite of crustal terranes with various stratigraphic and tectonic histories. The relationships between these terranes, and their relative positions throughout the late...

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10.03.2025 20:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Experimental Officer - CT Scanner - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 105393 - Grade 6 You will provide technical expertise, support and guidance within the CoLES CT Scanner Facility. In addition to operating the CT scanner, you will oversee and develop the facility, carry out data proc...

📢 Job available here at University of Birmingham for a CT scanner experimental officer to run and manage our micro-CT facility! Scanning a range of paleontological, geological and biological samples edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

25.02.2025 17:27 — 👍 63    🔁 54    💬 1    📌 1

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    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at what is said to be largest site of its kind in UK It is now a quarry in Oxfordshire. But nearly 166m years ago it was where a large number of dinosaurs crisscrossed the limestone floor.…

Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry

02.01.2025 12:16 — 👍 216    🔁 46    💬 3    📌 8