Dr Darja Dankina 🐠
@darjadankina.bsky.social
🔹Supervisor and researcher in Palaeobiology #paleozoic #ichthyofauna
🔹Palaeontological collection's curator
🔹PhD in Geology
🔹Conferences organiser
🔹Palaeontological collection's curator
🔹PhD in Geology
🔹Conferences organiser
🌍🎧 Excited to share that I had the pleasure of joining BBC’s The History Hour to talk about one of favorite topics — dinosaurs! 🦕🦖
Have a listen to the full episode here
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#podcaster #radioshow #dinosaur #dino #bbcearth #palaeontology #experience #interview
Have a listen to the full episode here
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#podcaster #radioshow #dinosaur #dino #bbcearth #palaeontology #experience #interview
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🌍🎧 Excited to share that I had the pleasure of joining BBC’s The History Hour to talk about one of favorite topics — dinosaurs! 🦕🦖
Have a listen to the full episode here
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#podcaster #radioshow #dinosaur #dino #bbcearth #palaeontology #experience #interview
Have a listen to the full episode here
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#podcaster #radioshow #dinosaur #dino #bbcearth #palaeontology #experience #interview
☀️ I’m happy to collaborate and work on coccoliths with Francesca Lozar 🎊🤓 and being as a co-author of a poster based on our preliminary results 🥳
#FossilFriday #fossils #research #Italy
#FossilFriday #fossils #research #Italy
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
☀️ I’m happy to collaborate and work on coccoliths with Francesca Lozar 🎊🤓 and being as a co-author of a poster based on our preliminary results 🥳
#FossilFriday #fossils #research #Italy
#FossilFriday #fossils #research #Italy
🥳Excited to open #TMS2025 conference in beautiful #Pisa 🇮🇹 with my oral presentation:
“New insights from an unstudied collection of Pridoli (Late Silurian) acanthodians in Lithuania 🇱🇹”.
#conference #paleontology #research
“New insights from an unstudied collection of Pridoli (Late Silurian) acanthodians in Lithuania 🇱🇹”.
#conference #paleontology #research
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🥳Excited to open #TMS2025 conference in beautiful #Pisa 🇮🇹 with my oral presentation:
“New insights from an unstudied collection of Pridoli (Late Silurian) acanthodians in Lithuania 🇱🇹”.
#conference #paleontology #research
“New insights from an unstudied collection of Pridoli (Late Silurian) acanthodians in Lithuania 🇱🇹”.
#conference #paleontology #research
🌞 Difference between what my eyes 👀 see VS what tomographic analyses 🇧🇪 reveals ⬇️ #devonian 🐟
#Fossil #sundayvibes #researcher
#Fossil #sundayvibes #researcher
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🌞 Difference between what my eyes 👀 see VS what tomographic analyses 🇧🇪 reveals ⬇️ #devonian 🐟
#Fossil #sundayvibes #researcher
#Fossil #sundayvibes #researcher
🐟 Accepted in PalZ! 🐠
"Re-evaluation of the Devonian ichthyofaunal assemblage from Lithuania and Belarus"
🔹 A fresh look at the fossil fish of the Devonian seas 🌊 🌞🎊
#fossil #fossilfriday #devonian #fish #article
#paper #news #fridayfeels
"Re-evaluation of the Devonian ichthyofaunal assemblage from Lithuania and Belarus"
🔹 A fresh look at the fossil fish of the Devonian seas 🌊 🌞🎊
#fossil #fossilfriday #devonian #fish #article
#paper #news #fridayfeels
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🐟 Accepted in PalZ! 🐠
"Re-evaluation of the Devonian ichthyofaunal assemblage from Lithuania and Belarus"
🔹 A fresh look at the fossil fish of the Devonian seas 🌊 🌞🎊
#fossil #fossilfriday #devonian #fish #article
#paper #news #fridayfeels
"Re-evaluation of the Devonian ichthyofaunal assemblage from Lithuania and Belarus"
🔹 A fresh look at the fossil fish of the Devonian seas 🌊 🌞🎊
#fossil #fossilfriday #devonian #fish #article
#paper #news #fridayfeels
⚠️ New article on the way ⬇️
🐟 In this work, I propose a new #species named in honor of a talented geologist, colleague, and dear friend — Dr. Jonas Šečkus — who sadly passed away this year 💫
#Article #palaeontology #fossils
🐟 In this work, I propose a new #species named in honor of a talented geologist, colleague, and dear friend — Dr. Jonas Šečkus — who sadly passed away this year 💫
#Article #palaeontology #fossils
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
⚠️ New article on the way ⬇️
🐟 In this work, I propose a new #species named in honor of a talented geologist, colleague, and dear friend — Dr. Jonas Šečkus — who sadly passed away this year 💫
#Article #palaeontology #fossils
🐟 In this work, I propose a new #species named in honor of a talented geologist, colleague, and dear friend — Dr. Jonas Šečkus — who sadly passed away this year 💫
#Article #palaeontology #fossils
October 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🌍 Excited to share my scientific visit to the Royal #Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 🏛️!
🦴 I worked with local #palaeontologists to scan two rare #Devonian fish fossils 🐟 using tomographic analyses, revealing incredible “hidden under the rock” body fragments.
#Science
🦴 I worked with local #palaeontologists to scan two rare #Devonian fish fossils 🐟 using tomographic analyses, revealing incredible “hidden under the rock” body fragments.
#Science
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🌍 Excited to share my scientific visit to the Royal #Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 🏛️!
🦴 I worked with local #palaeontologists to scan two rare #Devonian fish fossils 🐟 using tomographic analyses, revealing incredible “hidden under the rock” body fragments.
#Science
🦴 I worked with local #palaeontologists to scan two rare #Devonian fish fossils 🐟 using tomographic analyses, revealing incredible “hidden under the rock” body fragments.
#Science
🔹Acanthodians 📸 from J. Valiukevičiaus #collection stored at the Nature Research Centre in #vilnius 🇱🇹 ✨ 🤓
#archives #paleontology #paleozoic
#archives #paleontology #paleozoic
October 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🔹Acanthodians 📸 from J. Valiukevičiaus #collection stored at the Nature Research Centre in #vilnius 🇱🇹 ✨ 🤓
#archives #paleontology #paleozoic
#archives #paleontology #paleozoic
⚠️ Exactly four years ago today, I became a Doctor of Geoscience, defending a cool topic about Late Permian fish from 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇵🇱 at Vilnius University 🎓✨🤓
#poland #latvia #lithuania #phd #university #diploma #geology #permianbasin
#poland #latvia #lithuania #phd #university #diploma #geology #permianbasin
September 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
⚠️ Exactly four years ago today, I became a Doctor of Geoscience, defending a cool topic about Late Permian fish from 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇵🇱 at Vilnius University 🎓✨🤓
#poland #latvia #lithuania #phd #university #diploma #geology #permianbasin
#poland #latvia #lithuania #phd #university #diploma #geology #permianbasin
⚠️ Paper is in #process 🐠 Silurian ichthyofauna from #lithuania 🇱🇹
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #fossils
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #fossils
September 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
⚠️ Paper is in #process 🐠 Silurian ichthyofauna from #lithuania 🇱🇹
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #fossils
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #fossils
🍁Jurassic ammonites from #Lithuania 🇱🇹 stored at the Nacional visitors centre in #vilnius ✨
#Fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition
#Fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition
September 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🍁Jurassic ammonites from #Lithuania 🇱🇹 stored at the Nacional visitors centre in #vilnius ✨
#Fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition
#Fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition
⚠️ 15th edition of the geological excursion, which took place this weekend in the southwest of #lithuania 🇱🇹
#trip #geology #meeting
#trip #geology #meeting
September 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
⚠️ 15th edition of the geological excursion, which took place this weekend in the southwest of #lithuania 🇱🇹
#trip #geology #meeting
#trip #geology #meeting
🤓Beautiful #jurassic invertebrates specimen from #lithuania 🇱🇹 stored at the Nature Research Centre in #vilnius ✨
#fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition
#fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition
September 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🤓Beautiful #jurassic invertebrates specimen from #lithuania 🇱🇹 stored at the Nature Research Centre in #vilnius ✨
#fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition
#fossil #palaeontology #museum #collection #exhibition
Reposted by Dr Darja Dankina 🐠
✨ The #PalAss2025 organisers are preparing something special for icebreaker participants together with Staggeringly Good ! 🥳
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
September 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
✨ The #PalAss2025 organisers are preparing something special for icebreaker participants together with Staggeringly Good ! 🥳
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
Don't forget to register for this event during the registration period ⬇️ 🎉
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#icebreaker #porstmouth #uk🇬🇧 #events #december
⚠️ ~130 million-year-old 🦈 shark teeth from 🇱🇹 #Lithuania, discovered in the 1960s by Romualda Mertinienė, are now stored at the Nature Research Centre in #Vilnius ✨🤓
#museum #fossil #paleontology #science #research #collection
#museum #fossil #paleontology #science #research #collection
September 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
⚠️ ~130 million-year-old 🦈 shark teeth from 🇱🇹 #Lithuania, discovered in the 1960s by Romualda Mertinienė, are now stored at the Nature Research Centre in #Vilnius ✨🤓
#museum #fossil #paleontology #science #research #collection
#museum #fossil #paleontology #science #research #collection
Reposted by Dr Darja Dankina 🐠
⚠️Don't forget to register for the annual dinner. The maximum capacity is 240 guests 🤩🥳 ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
⚠️ Abstract submission deadline: 19th of September ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #dinner #registration
palass.org/annual-meeti...
⚠️ Abstract submission deadline: 19th of September ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #dinner #registration
September 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
⚠️Don't forget to register for the annual dinner. The maximum capacity is 240 guests 🤩🥳 ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
⚠️ Abstract submission deadline: 19th of September ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #dinner #registration
palass.org/annual-meeti...
⚠️ Abstract submission deadline: 19th of September ⬇️
palass.org/annual-meeti...
#conference #uk #palaeontology #dinner #registration
⚠️ More #devonian 🐟 fossils are coming from 🇱🇹 #Lithuania
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #FossilFriday
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #FossilFriday
September 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
⚠️ More #devonian 🐟 fossils are coming from 🇱🇹 #Lithuania
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #FossilFriday
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #FossilFriday
✅ A paper has been submitted to the special issue on micropalaeontological collections 🤓☀️
#FossilFriday #paper #fossil #paleontology #collection #museum #vilnius
#FossilFriday #paper #fossil #paleontology #collection #museum #vilnius
September 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
✅ A paper has been submitted to the special issue on micropalaeontological collections 🤓☀️
#FossilFriday #paper #fossil #paleontology #collection #museum #vilnius
#FossilFriday #paper #fossil #paleontology #collection #museum #vilnius
🌞 I would like to share my interview, published in the Lithuanian newspaper Savaitė, where I talk about palaeontology as a profession, including its main issues, challenges, and adventures [in Lithuanian] 🤩
#palaeontology #newspaper #interview #lithuania #vilnius
#palaeontology #newspaper #interview #lithuania #vilnius
August 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🌞 I would like to share my interview, published in the Lithuanian newspaper Savaitė, where I talk about palaeontology as a profession, including its main issues, challenges, and adventures [in Lithuanian] 🤩
#palaeontology #newspaper #interview #lithuania #vilnius
#palaeontology #newspaper #interview #lithuania #vilnius
☀️Old-style science on Creataceous 🦈 teeth from 🇱🇹 #Lithuania #museum #collection #fossils #exhibition #science #research #vilnius #shark
August 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
☀️Old-style science on Creataceous 🦈 teeth from 🇱🇹 #Lithuania #museum #collection #fossils #exhibition #science #research #vilnius #shark
☀️Ordovician conodonts from #lithuania 🇱🇹 stored at the Nature Research Centre in #vilnius ✨
🔹 View via binocular vs SEM ⬇️
#fossils #paleontology
🔹 View via binocular vs SEM ⬇️
#fossils #paleontology
August 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
☀️Ordovician conodonts from #lithuania 🇱🇹 stored at the Nature Research Centre in #vilnius ✨
🔹 View via binocular vs SEM ⬇️
#fossils #paleontology
🔹 View via binocular vs SEM ⬇️
#fossils #paleontology
Reposted by Dr Darja Dankina 🐠
⚠️ We are delighted to announce that registration for the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association is now open!
🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025.
🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]
🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025.
🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]
August 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
⚠️ We are delighted to announce that registration for the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association is now open!
🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025.
🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]
🔹Join us at the University of Portsmouth from 11th to 15th December 2025.
🔸 Deadline for early-bird registration and abstract submission is 19th September 2025 [1/2]
🤓 Ordovician gastropoda from #lithuania 🇱🇹
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #nature #research #centre
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #nature #research #centre
August 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🤓 Ordovician gastropoda from #lithuania 🇱🇹
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #nature #research #centre
#palaeontology #science #research #collection #museum #vilnius #nature #research #centre
🤓 Excited to share our new paper on the #coccolith group, published in the CPN Newsletter [Issue 30, July 2025], together with Dr. Francesca Lozar 🌞
#paper #fossils #paleontology #friday
#paper #fossils #paleontology #friday
August 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🤓 Excited to share our new paper on the #coccolith group, published in the CPN Newsletter [Issue 30, July 2025], together with Dr. Francesca Lozar 🌞
#paper #fossils #paleontology #friday
#paper #fossils #paleontology #friday