Dr Emma Nicholls
@dremmanicholls.bsky.social
Vertebrate Palaeontologist and Collections Manager at OUMNH / @morethanadodo.bsky.social. Research areas: Mesozoic reptiles and sharks. Chair of @originalgcg.bsky.social. Anti-racism. She/Her
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We asked @dremmanicholls.bsky.social what exactly needs to happen for dinosaur footprints to be preserved like those found in Oxfordshire.
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We asked @dremmanicholls.bsky.social what exactly needs to happen for dinosaur footprints to be preserved like those found in Oxfordshire.
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
The answer is such a specific set of circumstances you'll be amazed that any have been found at all...
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We're at #SVP2025 - come and say hello in Hall 3 (with the coffee) and put some pieces in our jigsaw puzzle! Free stickers & postcards...
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We're at #SVP2025 - come and say hello in Hall 3 (with the coffee) and put some pieces in our jigsaw puzzle! Free stickers & postcards...
Time for the Tyrannosaurus #PowerHour at #SVP2025 🦖 🦖 🦖
It wouldn’t be a vertebrate palaeontology conference without this in the schedule huh?!
#dinosaur #Trex #Tothers
It wouldn’t be a vertebrate palaeontology conference without this in the schedule huh?!
#dinosaur #Trex #Tothers
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Time for the Tyrannosaurus #PowerHour at #SVP2025 🦖 🦖 🦖
It wouldn’t be a vertebrate palaeontology conference without this in the schedule huh?!
#dinosaur #Trex #Tothers
It wouldn’t be a vertebrate palaeontology conference without this in the schedule huh?!
#dinosaur #Trex #Tothers
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Scenes from the #SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleoart workshop. We had terrific talks from @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social, @tetzoo.bsky.social, @palaeojules.bsky.social and @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, as well as fantastic discussion from attendees. Thanks to everyone who contributed, I hope you all enjoyed it!
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Scenes from the #SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleoart workshop. We had terrific talks from @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social, @tetzoo.bsky.social, @palaeojules.bsky.social and @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, as well as fantastic discussion from attendees. Thanks to everyone who contributed, I hope you all enjoyed it!
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Wishing a warm welcome to everyone at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 85th Annual Meeting. While in Brum, snap a selfie with our #Museum icons and share with #LapworthRocks!
Images by Greg Milner.
#geologyrocks #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #minerals #SVP2025 #2025SVP
Images by Greg Milner.
#geologyrocks #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #minerals #SVP2025 #2025SVP
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wishing a warm welcome to everyone at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 85th Annual Meeting. While in Brum, snap a selfie with our #Museum icons and share with #LapworthRocks!
Images by Greg Milner.
#geologyrocks #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #minerals #SVP2025 #2025SVP
Images by Greg Milner.
#geologyrocks #geology #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #minerals #SVP2025 #2025SVP
Love this conference quote just now by dinosaur palaeontologist Gregory Funston:
“It can be hard to tell which is the [front] end of an oviraptorid skull”
Haha… yep!! 😆
#2025SVP #DinosaurProblems #HerbivorousTheropods
“It can be hard to tell which is the [front] end of an oviraptorid skull”
Haha… yep!! 😆
#2025SVP #DinosaurProblems #HerbivorousTheropods
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Love this conference quote just now by dinosaur palaeontologist Gregory Funston:
“It can be hard to tell which is the [front] end of an oviraptorid skull”
Haha… yep!! 😆
#2025SVP #DinosaurProblems #HerbivorousTheropods
“It can be hard to tell which is the [front] end of an oviraptorid skull”
Haha… yep!! 😆
#2025SVP #DinosaurProblems #HerbivorousTheropods
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Great article on the Oxfordshire sauropod trackway, with contributions from @dremmanicholls.bsky.social, Prof. Kirsty Edgar and @peterfalkingham.com, who also made the excellent animation. Check out the overhead shot too - very cool 🦕
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Huge dinosaur trackway uncovered in the UK - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quarry
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Great article on the Oxfordshire sauropod trackway, with contributions from @dremmanicholls.bsky.social, Prof. Kirsty Edgar and @peterfalkingham.com, who also made the excellent animation. Check out the overhead shot too - very cool 🦕
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Any presentation that starts with a Star Trek reference has my FULL attention!! 🖖
We had an EPIC talk this morning by @pselaphacus.bsky.social on what the Life Collections team gets up to @morethanadodo.bsky.social
(A LOT, is the take home message…)
We had an EPIC talk this morning by @pselaphacus.bsky.social on what the Life Collections team gets up to @morethanadodo.bsky.social
(A LOT, is the take home message…)
April 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Any presentation that starts with a Star Trek reference has my FULL attention!! 🖖
We had an EPIC talk this morning by @pselaphacus.bsky.social on what the Life Collections team gets up to @morethanadodo.bsky.social
(A LOT, is the take home message…)
We had an EPIC talk this morning by @pselaphacus.bsky.social on what the Life Collections team gets up to @morethanadodo.bsky.social
(A LOT, is the take home message…)
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📢Calling all natural historians!
This year our Summer Meeting is exploring the ✨senses✨
So we want to hear from you! We're looking for papers that explore the intersections of the senses - including sight, sound, smell, taste and touch - with the history of natural history.
This year our Summer Meeting is exploring the ✨senses✨
So we want to hear from you! We're looking for papers that explore the intersections of the senses - including sight, sound, smell, taste and touch - with the history of natural history.
March 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📢Calling all natural historians!
This year our Summer Meeting is exploring the ✨senses✨
So we want to hear from you! We're looking for papers that explore the intersections of the senses - including sight, sound, smell, taste and touch - with the history of natural history.
This year our Summer Meeting is exploring the ✨senses✨
So we want to hear from you! We're looking for papers that explore the intersections of the senses - including sight, sound, smell, taste and touch - with the history of natural history.
🥳 HAPPY IGUANODON DAY! 🥳
It was the 2nd dinosaur scientifically named & described, & presented to the Royal Society 200 years ago today!
It’s 1 of 3 animals upon which the group ‘Dinosauria’ itself was first based 💪
Visit OUMNH to see more on this fantastic #dinosaur!
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
It was the 2nd dinosaur scientifically named & described, & presented to the Royal Society 200 years ago today!
It’s 1 of 3 animals upon which the group ‘Dinosauria’ itself was first based 💪
Visit OUMNH to see more on this fantastic #dinosaur!
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🥳 HAPPY IGUANODON DAY! 🥳
It was the 2nd dinosaur scientifically named & described, & presented to the Royal Society 200 years ago today!
It’s 1 of 3 animals upon which the group ‘Dinosauria’ itself was first based 💪
Visit OUMNH to see more on this fantastic #dinosaur!
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
It was the 2nd dinosaur scientifically named & described, & presented to the Royal Society 200 years ago today!
It’s 1 of 3 animals upon which the group ‘Dinosauria’ itself was first based 💪
Visit OUMNH to see more on this fantastic #dinosaur!
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
Really devastating news.
Sad news from Dorset & symptomatic of the ongoing funding crisis within UK heritage. I loved working with the team at JCT over recent years & hope for all the best for their wonderful & very dedicated staff.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Jurassic Coast Trust to shut over commercial and cost worries
Last year the trust said it was planning a visitor centre in Weymouth, but it is now shutting down.
www.bbc.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Really devastating news.
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Attended a great panel at @morethanadodo.bsky.social this evening about the amazing new Dewars Farm tracksite. Well done to @dremmanicholls.bsky.social, @djemurdock.bsky.social @kirstymedgar.bsky.social and @lukeemeade.bsky.social for informative answers to heaps of audience questions!
January 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Attended a great panel at @morethanadodo.bsky.social this evening about the amazing new Dewars Farm tracksite. Well done to @dremmanicholls.bsky.social, @djemurdock.bsky.social @kirstymedgar.bsky.social and @lukeemeade.bsky.social for informative answers to heaps of audience questions!
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Celebrating the Year of the Snake 🐍 with a visit to Oxford University Museum of Natural History for a panel on the amazing Oxfordshire dinosaur trackways. 🦕🦖 #Palaeontology #Fossils #Dinosaurs Featuring @markwitton.bsky.social and @dremmanicholls.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Celebrating the Year of the Snake 🐍 with a visit to Oxford University Museum of Natural History for a panel on the amazing Oxfordshire dinosaur trackways. 🦕🦖 #Palaeontology #Fossils #Dinosaurs Featuring @markwitton.bsky.social and @dremmanicholls.bsky.social
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29 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Cornwallite:
- An uncommon copper arsenate mineral
- A secondary mineral in the oxidised zone of copper sulphide deposits
- Named in 1846 after Cornwall, its type locality #minerals
Cornwallite:
- An uncommon copper arsenate mineral
- A secondary mineral in the oxidised zone of copper sulphide deposits
- Named in 1846 after Cornwall, its type locality #minerals
January 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
29 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Cornwallite:
- An uncommon copper arsenate mineral
- A secondary mineral in the oxidised zone of copper sulphide deposits
- Named in 1846 after Cornwall, its type locality #minerals
Cornwallite:
- An uncommon copper arsenate mineral
- A secondary mineral in the oxidised zone of copper sulphide deposits
- Named in 1846 after Cornwall, its type locality #minerals
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January 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The Geologists' Association are pleased to have supported this excavation with a Curry Fund Award. Well done everyone!
The ‘Dinosaur Highway’ excavation will be featured on BBC2’s #DiggingForBritain at 8pm (GMT) this evening!!
Here’s an exciting sneak preview of the story, by @ox.ac.uk’s amazing Comms Team:
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...
🦖🦕⛏️ #Dinosaur
@djemurdock.bsky.social
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
Here’s an exciting sneak preview of the story, by @ox.ac.uk’s amazing Comms Team:
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...
🦖🦕⛏️ #Dinosaur
@djemurdock.bsky.social
@morethanadodo.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Geologists' Association are pleased to have supported this excavation with a Curry Fund Award. Well done everyone!
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1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
January 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
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For #FossilFriday here is one of my favourite pterosaurs, Istiodactylus, from the Cretaceous of the UK
Their razor-edged, interlocking teeth are thought to have helped deflesh carcasses, basically the Cretaceous equivalent of vultures!
Specimen housed at the London NHM
Their razor-edged, interlocking teeth are thought to have helped deflesh carcasses, basically the Cretaceous equivalent of vultures!
Specimen housed at the London NHM
January 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For #FossilFriday here is one of my favourite pterosaurs, Istiodactylus, from the Cretaceous of the UK
Their razor-edged, interlocking teeth are thought to have helped deflesh carcasses, basically the Cretaceous equivalent of vultures!
Specimen housed at the London NHM
Their razor-edged, interlocking teeth are thought to have helped deflesh carcasses, basically the Cretaceous equivalent of vultures!
Specimen housed at the London NHM
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For #FossilFriday here’s the inside story from @djemurdock.bsky.social & @kirstymedgar.bsky.social on *those* dinosaur tracks from Oxfordshire!
The footprints were uncovered at a large quarry in Oxfordshire.
How we uncovered the UK’s biggest site of dinosaur tracks in a quarry in Oxfordshire
The footprints were uncovered at a large quarry in Oxfordshire.
theconversation.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
For #FossilFriday here’s the inside story from @djemurdock.bsky.social & @kirstymedgar.bsky.social on *those* dinosaur tracks from Oxfordshire!
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Via @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy on SVPOW, check out this funky original version of Happy the Haplocanthosaurus at the Cleveland MNH. Could this have been a death pose? Or did they run out of time/money after mounting the torso? Not mutually exclusive possibilities! svpow.com/2025/01/23/a...
January 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Via @mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy on SVPOW, check out this funky original version of Happy the Haplocanthosaurus at the Cleveland MNH. Could this have been a death pose? Or did they run out of time/money after mounting the torso? Not mutually exclusive possibilities! svpow.com/2025/01/23/a...
Just spent an EXTREMELY fun evening talking about dinosaurs & the recent trackway excavation
Can I monologue about dinosaurs, at anyone who’ll listen, for 3 hours straight?
Yes. Yes I can.
@morethanadodo.bsky.social #FossilFriday
Can I monologue about dinosaurs, at anyone who’ll listen, for 3 hours straight?
Yes. Yes I can.
@morethanadodo.bsky.social #FossilFriday
January 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Just spent an EXTREMELY fun evening talking about dinosaurs & the recent trackway excavation
Can I monologue about dinosaurs, at anyone who’ll listen, for 3 hours straight?
Yes. Yes I can.
@morethanadodo.bsky.social #FossilFriday
Can I monologue about dinosaurs, at anyone who’ll listen, for 3 hours straight?
Yes. Yes I can.
@morethanadodo.bsky.social #FossilFriday
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More on those extensive trackways from @dremmanicholls.bsky.social @djemurdock.bsky.social
And the talk on 30 Jan will be livestreamed, plus uploaded to the Oxford NHMs YouTube channel
And the talk on 30 Jan will be livestreamed, plus uploaded to the Oxford NHMs YouTube channel
The footprints were uncovered at a large quarry in Oxfordshire.
How we uncovered the UK’s biggest site of dinosaur tracks in a quarry in Oxfordshire
The footprints were uncovered at a large quarry in Oxfordshire.
theconversation.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
More on those extensive trackways from @dremmanicholls.bsky.social @djemurdock.bsky.social
And the talk on 30 Jan will be livestreamed, plus uploaded to the Oxford NHMs YouTube channel
And the talk on 30 Jan will be livestreamed, plus uploaded to the Oxford NHMs YouTube channel
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We’re changing some of our permanent displays at @morethanadodo.bsky.social which means a chance to get up close to some display specimens like this stunning azurite on malachite with chrysocolla #MineralMonday
January 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We’re changing some of our permanent displays at @morethanadodo.bsky.social which means a chance to get up close to some display specimens like this stunning azurite on malachite with chrysocolla #MineralMonday
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This week’s #MineralMonday spotted on the early morning dog walk 🐕🦺
One of the most abundant minerals at Earth’s surface. ❄️🧊🥶
One of the most abundant minerals at Earth’s surface. ❄️🧊🥶
January 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This week’s #MineralMonday spotted on the early morning dog walk 🐕🦺
One of the most abundant minerals at Earth’s surface. ❄️🧊🥶
One of the most abundant minerals at Earth’s surface. ❄️🧊🥶