Alison Park
@afossilpreparator.bsky.social
Fossil Preparator
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Random posts that could be fossil or pet-related.
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Emanya Fossil Preparation and Conservation
Random posts that could be fossil or pet-related.
https://www.emanyaprep.com/
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After we published the new specimen of #Spicomellus a few weeks ago, we were contacted by George Blasing, who said he'd bought some on the commercial market, and wanted to return it to Morocco. It arrived last week. Thanks George for doing the right thing in the name of science!
October 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
After we published the new specimen of #Spicomellus a few weeks ago, we were contacted by George Blasing, who said he'd bought some on the commercial market, and wanted to return it to Morocco. It arrived last week. Thanks George for doing the right thing in the name of science!
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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...
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...
www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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...
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Early registration (and the best possible rates) still open for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting 2025 in Birmingham, but it closes on Thursday. Register now if you haven't already! #SVP2025 #2025SVP
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2025 Registration Information – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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September 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Early registration (and the best possible rates) still open for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting 2025 in Birmingham, but it closes on Thursday. Register now if you haven't already! #SVP2025 #2025SVP
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Well Fossil Files fans, this week you have a special bonus episode our new dinosaur #Spicomellus the spikey ankylosaur. In this episode, I tell Rob all about the back story: how we found it, excavated it and studied it. And I throw some shade on fossil smugglers. fossils.libsyn.com/the-spicomel...
The Fossil Files: The Spicomellus Special
Perhaps the weirdest dinosaur ever has just been described in Nature, by The Fossil Files' own Susie Maidment. In a worldwide EXCLUSIVE*, Susie gives as the unvarnshed truth about how this spikey Jura...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Well Fossil Files fans, this week you have a special bonus episode our new dinosaur #Spicomellus the spikey ankylosaur. In this episode, I tell Rob all about the back story: how we found it, excavated it and studied it. And I throw some shade on fossil smugglers. fossils.libsyn.com/the-spicomel...
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dis...
Such a lovely piece about the the behind the scenes written by James Ashworth
#spicomellus #fossil #fossilpreparation #dinosaur
Such a lovely piece about the the behind the scenes written by James Ashworth
#spicomellus #fossil #fossilpreparation #dinosaur
Discovering mysterious Middle Jurassic dinosaurs in Morocco | Natural History Museum
Discover how new fossils of the unusual dinosaur Spicomellus were found in Morocco.
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August 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dis...
Such a lovely piece about the the behind the scenes written by James Ashworth
#spicomellus #fossil #fossilpreparation #dinosaur
Such a lovely piece about the the behind the scenes written by James Ashworth
#spicomellus #fossil #fossilpreparation #dinosaur
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More on Spicomellus, the weird wacky spiky punk-rock porcupine of a dinosaur, from the mad minds of @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & @richardjbutler.bsky.social
Crazier than any of those hybrids we had in Jurassic World: Rebirth?
My thoughts for @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
Crazier than any of those hybrids we had in Jurassic World: Rebirth?
My thoughts for @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
Spikes, a tail weapon and a shield: Was this the world's weirdest dinosaur?
The Spicomellus is “totally unlike anything else that we have ever seen,” said a co-lead of a study on the dinosaur, which lived some 165 million years ago.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
More on Spicomellus, the weird wacky spiky punk-rock porcupine of a dinosaur, from the mad minds of @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & @richardjbutler.bsky.social
Crazier than any of those hybrids we had in Jurassic World: Rebirth?
My thoughts for @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
Crazier than any of those hybrids we had in Jurassic World: Rebirth?
My thoughts for @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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A journalist asked me yesterday how we worked out where all the Spicomellus armour went & truth is it was a challenge & what we present is a hypothesis. We had fun laying out all the armour & trying to figure out what the hell was going on! Fortunately @tweetisaurus.bsky.social is a talented artist.
August 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
A journalist asked me yesterday how we worked out where all the Spicomellus armour went & truth is it was a challenge & what we present is a hypothesis. We had fun laying out all the armour & trying to figure out what the hell was going on! Fortunately @tweetisaurus.bsky.social is a talented artist.
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Have you ever heard of #Spicomellus?
It’s one of the world’s strangest dinosaurs. Its rib bone has spikes fused to it - something unheard of in any other animal!
But now, more of the skeleton has been uncovered - and it's even stranger than anyone imagined... (1/4) 🧵
It’s one of the world’s strangest dinosaurs. Its rib bone has spikes fused to it - something unheard of in any other animal!
But now, more of the skeleton has been uncovered - and it's even stranger than anyone imagined... (1/4) 🧵
August 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Have you ever heard of #Spicomellus?
It’s one of the world’s strangest dinosaurs. Its rib bone has spikes fused to it - something unheard of in any other animal!
But now, more of the skeleton has been uncovered - and it's even stranger than anyone imagined... (1/4) 🧵
It’s one of the world’s strangest dinosaurs. Its rib bone has spikes fused to it - something unheard of in any other animal!
But now, more of the skeleton has been uncovered - and it's even stranger than anyone imagined... (1/4) 🧵
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It's finally here!
Meet Spicomellus - one of the world's strangest dinosaurs! After being named in 2021, many questions remained about what this ankylosaur looked like.
So, in 2023, I was part of an NHM content contingent who followed @tweetisaurus.bsky.social up into the Atlas Mountains...
Meet Spicomellus - one of the world's strangest dinosaurs! After being named in 2021, many questions remained about what this ankylosaur looked like.
So, in 2023, I was part of an NHM content contingent who followed @tweetisaurus.bsky.social up into the Atlas Mountains...
August 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's finally here!
Meet Spicomellus - one of the world's strangest dinosaurs! After being named in 2021, many questions remained about what this ankylosaur looked like.
So, in 2023, I was part of an NHM content contingent who followed @tweetisaurus.bsky.social up into the Atlas Mountains...
Meet Spicomellus - one of the world's strangest dinosaurs! After being named in 2021, many questions remained about what this ankylosaur looked like.
So, in 2023, I was part of an NHM content contingent who followed @tweetisaurus.bsky.social up into the Atlas Mountains...
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When @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social came up with the name 'Spicomellus', meaning 'spikey collar' back in 2021 based on a single partial rib, we never could have guessed how accurate he was!
Why is this thing not called Spikosaurus blackmetallus?
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social came up with the name 'Spicomellus', meaning 'spikey collar' back in 2021 based on a single partial rib, we never could have guessed how accurate he was!
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If you don't have access to Nature, but would like to read our paper on the new specimen of #Spicomellus, you can read it online at this link with no subscription: rdcu.be/eCJK3
Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur
Nature - The ankylosaurian dinosaur Spicomellus afer possessed a tail weapon and uniquely elaborate dermal armour.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you don't have access to Nature, but would like to read our paper on the new specimen of #Spicomellus, you can read it online at this link with no subscription: rdcu.be/eCJK3
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My friend Susie, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social, who I have known since I was 13, discovered a new dinosaur. Pretty amazeballs if you ask me. news.sky.com/story/crazy-...
'Crazy spikes', a tail weapon, and bone shields: New fossils reveal dinosaur's amazing armour
The new fossils, discovered in the Moroccan town of Boulemane, revealed spikes of up to one metre long around the dinosaur's head, along with plates protecting its throat.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My friend Susie, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social, who I have known since I was 13, discovered a new dinosaur. Pretty amazeballs if you ask me. news.sky.com/story/crazy-...
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Introducing a crazy new look for Spicomellus, based on new osteoderms unlike anything we've ever seen before. I was brought in to produce a life reconstruction based on the new material, published today in Nature by Maidment et al:
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Introducing a crazy new look for Spicomellus, based on new osteoderms unlike anything we've ever seen before. I was brought in to produce a life reconstruction based on the new material, published today in Nature by Maidment et al:
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And the artwork is by the fabulous @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social of course
August 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And the artwork is by the fabulous @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social of course
So privileged to have worked with the team on this amazing dinosaur.
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So privileged to have worked with the team on this amazing dinosaur.
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Welcome to a new member of the Isle of Wight iggy family! Congratulations @valdosaurus.bsky.social!
A new sail-back ornithischian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Group of the Isle of Wight & the origins of neural spine elongation in iguanodontians onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #FossilFriday #PapersinPalaeontology
August 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Welcome to a new member of the Isle of Wight iggy family! Congratulations @valdosaurus.bsky.social!
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In fact the whole website is a hoot as are the candles… jdandkateindustries.com
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August 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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For #InternationalCatDay and #FossilFriday here is an in-situ cave lion found today at the Hills Quary products, Mammoth Graveyard.
#TuskForce #CaveLion #IceAge
#TuskForce #CaveLion #IceAge
August 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For #InternationalCatDay and #FossilFriday here is an in-situ cave lion found today at the Hills Quary products, Mammoth Graveyard.
#TuskForce #CaveLion #IceAge
#TuskForce #CaveLion #IceAge
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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.
The preprint was originally submitted as a paper to ZJLS. I was asked to review it. The paragraph directly criticising Cary & I wasn't in it at that time, but otherwise it appears essentially the same. You can read my review here: naturalhistorymuseum-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...
July 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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.
July 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ichthyosaur Prep vid! Narrated by @palaeo-olly.bsky.social
#Ichthyosaur #notadinosaur #fossil #fossilpreparation #jurassiccoast
#Ichthyosaur #notadinosaur #fossil #fossilpreparation #jurassiccoast
June 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ichthyosaur Prep vid! Narrated by @palaeo-olly.bsky.social
#Ichthyosaur #notadinosaur #fossil #fossilpreparation #jurassiccoast
#Ichthyosaur #notadinosaur #fossil #fossilpreparation #jurassiccoast
June 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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