Alessandro Chiarenza

Steve, Alessandro, Sam, Darren.

Sam and Darren.

Inside of Lightroom London with Prehistoric Planet Ice Age pics on walls.

More shots, we had such a great time. Here's me with Steve Zhang, @macroecoevoale.bsky.social and @splendidhand.bsky.social

So nice to see you on the big screen at the premiere, Tori! 🦣 🧊

Our paper re-evaluating the notosuchian Eremosuchus elkoholicus is out now! This work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis, and sheds some light on the complex evolutionary history of sebecid crocodyliforms 🐊🌎
@es-ucl.bsky.social

Happy Origin Day! Published OTD in 1859

#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's landmark book 'On the Origin of Species' was first published. The work is one of the foundations of evolutionary biology, and one of the most important scientific works of the 19th century. #HistoryOfScience

A re-evaluation of the notosuchian crocodyliform Eremosuchus elkoholicus from the lower Eocene of Algeria and the evolutionary and biogeographic history of sebecids Notosuchian systematics have been highly debated in recent decades, particularly the placement of sebecids and closely related species. As the only notosuchian lineage to have survived the Cretaceo...

New paper on the notosuchian Eremosuchus by @piginatutu.bsky.social, co-authored by myself and @pdmannion.bsky.social among others out now!! We even find some cool evidence of replacement teeth in the dentary! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Need a Xmas present idea? How about this delightful book, One Cosmic Rock, by @karenkrossing.com charmingly illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social about the end of the dinos (I was lucky enough to be the consultant)

Top left: photograph of a fossil palaeomonid arthropod from Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy; the image in the bottom right corner has colours superimposed to illustrate the various features of the animal. Scale bar in the bottom right corner is 10 mm for both images. Specimen number: MCSNT 57057. Bottom left: a map of Italy, with the a region in the northwest shaded grey and enlarged on the right to show the location of the study area near Trieste.

An Upper Cretaceous arthropod assemblage from Villaggio del Pescatore (Campanian, Italy) & its implications for peri-Tethyan palaeobiogeography & palaeoecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @macroecoevoale.bsky.social #PapersinPalaeontology

Great to have the chance to talk about the conservation palaeobiology of Cuban crocodiles at #2025SVP in Birmingham last week and also to see so many fantastic talks and posters from the other members of the @es-ucl.bsky.social palaeo group! 🦴🐊

Wonderful remembrance of the great Philippe Taquet by my friend Didier Dutheil. Sad news indeed.

Very proud to have been part of the team that honored him by naming a dinosaur species after him—and a most bizarre one at that (which, as it turns out, was found by Didier).

Our new MADEx team paper is out now in Sedimentology: we refine the geology & paleoenvironment of Mongolia’s Bayanshiree Fm, home to iconic taxa like Segnosaurus & Garudimimus: a 95.5-89.6 Ma age places this rich paleobiota at the acme of the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum! 🏜️🦕🌡
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/sed....

Check out this #CORDIScovery podcast on how we study extinct animals, ecosystem and evolution in deep time. I greatly enjoyed learning and discussing our EU funded projects: #ECODIV, #DINODAWN, #MAPAS with @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social and Sara Varela!

Philippe Taquet, chasseur de dinosaures et ancien directeur du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, est mort Destiné à reprendre l’industrie textile familiale, cet esprit libre a préféré la vie de chercheur d’os, découvrant plusieurs espèces d’animaux disparus, tout en menant une carrière institutionnelle de premier plan. Il s’est éteint le 16 novembre, à 85 ans.

Philippe Taquet, chasseur de dinosaures et ancien directeur du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, est mort

repping UCL at #SVP2025

Some good representation from the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at #2025svp! If you have any queries about what we do, come find us! 😊 @joeflansan.bsky.social
@macroecoevoale.bsky.social
@piginatutu.bsky.social
Some flyers still left at the @graphicssci.bsky.social booth too! 🎨

So excited for the paper describing my and Dr Michelle Lawing's ppgm R package to come out in time for the end of #2025SVP ! If you're interested in using the PPGM method, this is the paper to read, and please come find me at the conference if you want to chat #R

See you tomorrow @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social #2025SVP #SVP2025 15:00 Hall 4, Tecnhical Session XVII: Dinosauria III: Macroevolution & Sauropodomorpha 🦕🌋

Massive congratulations to my buddy Aubrey Roberts for her work that has made the front cover of Science today! Aubrey talked about it this morning at #2025SVP

Topically appropriate for #2025SVP #SVP2025 - out now in @thepalass.bsky.social, the first insects, shrimps & other arthropods from the Tethyshadros site, northern Italy. Congrats to PhD student Marco Muscioni for leading another cracking paper & cheers to all the VdP team! 🦐 doi.org/10.1002/spp2...

ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: Morphological Trait Evolution in Isolated Populations of Large Mammals and its Implications for Rewilding in the UK at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.co...

Anyone interested in applying for PhDs at #2025SVP, email or find me or @tguillerme.bsky.social for a chat if you’re interested in morphological trait evolution with a conservation theme:
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Melisa, Miranta, and Emily sit behind the colourful science graphic design stand!

#2025SVP All of Science Graphic Design is here! Come and say hi!

#nocontextneeded

Will do!

U-Pb calcite age dating of fossil eggshell as an accurate deep time geochronometer - Communications Earth & Environment Biogenic carbonate of eggshells can be used as a new geochronometer through direct calcite U-Pb dating, producing high accurate ages, as revealed by two tests on dinosaur eggs from North America and M...

Tucker, R.T., Venter, K.E., Lana, C. et al. U-Pb calcite age dating of fossil eggshell as an accurate deep time geochronometer. Commun Earth Environ 6, 872 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s432...

My advice for #2025SVP would be aimed not to students, who are excellent in our society and I am sure will do great but on senior academics. During Q&A, please resist the urge to grandstand or grill. Be polite, constructive, and supportive. That’s how we build a stronger, kinder community. #SVP2025

This is excellent advice for all first time presenters … also, the quality of your talk will not impact your future career - that comes down to your CV & skills overall, not your ability to perform on the platform. So, if you slip up a bit don’t sweat it - most of the audience won’t realise anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️

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#2025SVP USA 🇺🇲 🗽 alert: as your travel begins make sure to check your flights proactively! ✈️
One of my legs was cancelled due to the US Govt shutdown, but luckily I caught it. Worse before it'll get better.
Stay frosty!
See you in Birmingham. 😅🇬🇧🫖

Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not Two new studies suggest that, contrary to longstanding beliefs, dinosaurs were not on the decline before the Chicxulub asteroid impact.

What do we know about the last surviving dinosaurs, living right before the asteroid? And is Nanotyrannus a tiny tyrannosaur species or juvenile T. rex?

Lindsay Zanno & I talk through the big questions with Ira Flatow on today's @scifri.bsky.social !

www.sciencefriday.com/segments/din...

Cool - but tell us about that tyrannosaur model, Susie...