Cary Woodruff
@doublebeam.bsky.social
A dino paleontologist who loves to research & share all things sauropod (🦕) related. Curator of Vert. Paleo. at Frost Science in Miami, FL USA.
A *GREAT* new sauropod cervical ligament system paper just dropped.
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Gonna start with the paper:
Williams, A.R., & Harris, J.D. (2025). Cervical ligament systems in sauropod dinosaurs: what support is there? Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 13: 81–97. doi.org/10.18435/vam...
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Gonna start with the paper:
Williams, A.R., & Harris, J.D. (2025). Cervical ligament systems in sauropod dinosaurs: what support is there? Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 13: 81–97. doi.org/10.18435/vam...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A *GREAT* new sauropod cervical ligament system paper just dropped.
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Gonna start with the paper:
Williams, A.R., & Harris, J.D. (2025). Cervical ligament systems in sauropod dinosaurs: what support is there? Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 13: 81–97. doi.org/10.18435/vam...
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Gonna start with the paper:
Williams, A.R., & Harris, J.D. (2025). Cervical ligament systems in sauropod dinosaurs: what support is there? Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 13: 81–97. doi.org/10.18435/vam...
NO!!!! The New Safe Confinement was supposed to last 100 years! 😭😭😭😭
Make Putin *bleed* *every* penny!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/e...
Make Putin *bleed* *every* penny!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/e...
Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says | CNN
The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to th...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
NO!!!! The New Safe Confinement was supposed to last 100 years! 😭😭😭😭
Make Putin *bleed* *every* penny!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/e...
Make Putin *bleed* *every* penny!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/e...
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Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.
For #FossilFriday, my *secret project* that I've been dying to share with y'all is finally here!
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HUNTER!
Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog!
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HUNTER!
Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog!
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December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For #FossilFriday, my *secret project* that I've been dying to share with y'all is finally here!
🥁🥁🥁🥁
HUNTER!
Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog!
🧵
🥁🥁🥁🥁
HUNTER!
Or, more specifically, Hunter the Dino-Digging Dog!
🧵
Hunter's favorite category is the Sporting Group. 🐕🏆
@TheNatlDogShow
@TheNatlDogShow
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hunter's favorite category is the Sporting Group. 🐕🏆
@TheNatlDogShow
@TheNatlDogShow
AGH! I forgot to post it for #FossilFriday, but yesterday, my review of the book "Balancing a Sauropod: The Physiology of a Dinosaur" came out in The Quarterly Review of Biology. 2 second synopsis: Did I like it? No, I did not.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Balancing a Sauropod: The Physiology of a Dinosaur. By Brant E. Isakson. Academic Press. Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and New York: Elsevier. $106.25 (paper). xv + 144 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-12-8...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
AGH! I forgot to post it for #FossilFriday, but yesterday, my review of the book "Balancing a Sauropod: The Physiology of a Dinosaur" came out in The Quarterly Review of Biology. 2 second synopsis: Did I like it? No, I did not.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
I have laughed at this WAY more than I should! The satire in this is 🤌🏆
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I have laughed at this WAY more than I should! The satire in this is 🤌🏆
I knew going into A House of Dynamite that I was gonna cry. But never *THAT* that much. And I think about this subject. *A LOT*.
Kathryn Bigelow, @netflix.com, @nti.org, bravo!
This is an *exceptional* 'wake up' film. Please watch it. And please get everyone you know to watch it.
Kathryn Bigelow, @netflix.com, @nti.org, bravo!
This is an *exceptional* 'wake up' film. Please watch it. And please get everyone you know to watch it.
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I knew going into A House of Dynamite that I was gonna cry. But never *THAT* that much. And I think about this subject. *A LOT*.
Kathryn Bigelow, @netflix.com, @nti.org, bravo!
This is an *exceptional* 'wake up' film. Please watch it. And please get everyone you know to watch it.
Kathryn Bigelow, @netflix.com, @nti.org, bravo!
This is an *exceptional* 'wake up' film. Please watch it. And please get everyone you know to watch it.
We have a GREAT sauropod-themed #FossilFriday with two awesome studies that came out this week!
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October 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We have a GREAT sauropod-themed #FossilFriday with two awesome studies that came out this week!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUNTER!!!!!! The big man turns **6** today! **SIX** Seems like just yesterday he was small enough to be my carry-on....😅 Here's to my love and the bestest boy on his bestest day, and may it be filled with tennis balls and cheeseburgers!
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUNTER!!!!!! The big man turns **6** today! **SIX** Seems like just yesterday he was small enough to be my carry-on....😅 Here's to my love and the bestest boy on his bestest day, and may it be filled with tennis balls and cheeseburgers!
For #FossilFriday, it's a *NEW PACHYCEPHALOSAURID*(!), and a project that is very near and dear to my heart. Let's welcome #Brontotholus_harmoni!
October 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
For #FossilFriday, it's a *NEW PACHYCEPHALOSAURID*(!), and a project that is very near and dear to my heart. Let's welcome #Brontotholus_harmoni!
Reposted by Cary Woodruff
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!
#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️
September 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️
Phil and co. have found *EVEN MORE* of the #Prenocephale holotype?!?!?!
@MongoliaQuest
@MongoliaQuest
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a window with blinds and says `` everybody stay calm ! ''
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a window with blinds and says `` everybody stay calm ! ''
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September 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Phil and co. have found *EVEN MORE* of the #Prenocephale holotype?!?!?!
@MongoliaQuest
@MongoliaQuest
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We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
defector.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
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For #FossilFriday some more images from the discovery & study of the new Spicomellus skeleton. An amazingly fun project with great people.
August 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
For #FossilFriday some more images from the discovery & study of the new Spicomellus skeleton. An amazingly fun project with great people.
Reposting this because with all of the wonderful #Spicomellus news, riding Frank the donkey around the Moroccan badlands (ok, right around the house...) was unequivocally the highlight of the entire dig for me 😅
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August 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Reposting this because with all of the wonderful #Spicomellus news, riding Frank the donkey around the Moroccan badlands (ok, right around the house...) was unequivocally the highlight of the entire dig for me 😅
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Out today in Nature is the most exciting dinosaur paper I've ever been involved in - led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social we describe a partial skeleton of the UTTERLY BIZARRE Spicomellus from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco, the oldest known ankylosaur. (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Out today in Nature is the most exciting dinosaur paper I've ever been involved in - led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social we describe a partial skeleton of the UTTERLY BIZARRE Spicomellus from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco, the oldest known ankylosaur. (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It's already blowing up on the paleo sphere, but let's welcome another #Spicomellus post!
(reconstruction by the insanely talented @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(reconstruction by the insanely talented @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's already blowing up on the paleo sphere, but let's welcome another #Spicomellus post!
(reconstruction by the insanely talented @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(reconstruction by the insanely talented @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Cary Woodruff
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 3:22 PM
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!!
Reposted by Cary Woodruff
Listen to the seagull!!
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Listen to the seagull!!
*THIS* is a story I want to know more about! 😨
August 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
*THIS* is a story I want to know more about! 😨
For #FossilFriday we recently imaged a bunch of microfossils with a Keyence microscope at @univmiami.bsky.social, & this #Troodon tooth was one of my favorites! Their teeth are something...but under such high mag, they really are wicked, and "wounding tooth" is certainly an appropriate name!
August 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For #FossilFriday we recently imaged a bunch of microfossils with a Keyence microscope at @univmiami.bsky.social, & this #Troodon tooth was one of my favorites! Their teeth are something...but under such high mag, they really are wicked, and "wounding tooth" is certainly an appropriate name!
Hunter *LOVES* pools. Hunter *HATES* sharing pools. 🤣
August 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hunter *LOVES* pools. Hunter *HATES* sharing pools. 🤣