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The culture and science of palaeontology with @slyssabits.bsky.social and @travish.co
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Live recording of Fossils and Fiction at Suburban Brew (Adelaide) on November 29. Palaeontologists Aiden Couzens and Matt Herne join our panel to talk about Australia's oddest fossils. The show begins with Professor Flint's Palaeojam followed by Fossils live! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1964100016...
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Hype levels rising
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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For fossil-loving folk in Adelaide at the end of the month (maybe there's a conference or something 😉), we're hosting some live pods over pints and pizza www.eventbrite.com/e/live-palae...
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Episode 53: The deals with seals
Episode 53: The deals with seals
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October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Episode 53: The deals with seals
Episode 53: The deals with seals
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October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Your Sunday read! In 2010, a scientist argued that 2.1 billion-year-old African specimens showed complex life appearing far ahead of schedule. In doing so, he's run headlong into a very difficult question:

How on earth do you prove it?

My cover story (!) for @sciam.bsky.social!

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These Enigmatic ‘Fossils’ Could Rewrite the History of Life on Earth
Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once
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October 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Back in June we were back on the Oxfordshire “dinosaur highway”, excavating more dinosaur tracks with our teams from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford & Liverpool John Moores. The BBC have a story out today about our work at the site:

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In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Help fund art and science on the iconic sauropod family group Diplodocoidea
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Reassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group Diplodocoidea
We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary…
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October 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Quick #FossilFriday #paleoart post: a 2025 redo of my 2019 take on the giant #deer Megaloceros. Palaeolithic art captures some aspects of Megaloceros appearance but the details are not unambiguous: when is a line across a body a stripe, when is it a boundary between colour regions?
Three Megaloceros, a stag, doe and fawn, in front of an ice age landscape, painted in 2025. The bodies of the adults have large blocks of colour, without prominent stripes. Three Megaloceros, a stag, doe and fawn, in front of an ice age landscape, painted in 2019. The body of the stag has a dark stripe extending from the shoulder to the thigh.
October 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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October 12 marks the start of Earth Science Week across Australia. Explore the resources provided by Geoscience Australia at www.ga.gov.au/about/earth-...
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Episode 52: Opening up palaeontology
Episode 52: Opening up palaeontology
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October 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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New at the Terrible Lizards Podcast, a discussion between Iszi, Dave and me on the contents of ANCIENT SEA REPTILES, now out in softback ... terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls11e09-anc...
Terrible Lizards: TLS11E09 Ancient Sea Reptiles
Long time listener and second time guest Darren Naish joins us to talk about marine reptiles. While Darren is best known for his work on dinosaurs and pterosaurs, he has fingers in a huge number of ve...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Fun Fact: Trilobites evolved eyes made out of hard calcite minerals. These little crystal eyes fossilize beautifully!

Art from my new book: DINOSAURS 🦕 where I illustrate all prehistoric life!

Preorder book here: a.co/d/7X856do

#paleoart #fossiladdict #evolution #sciart #dinosaurs
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Artist Zev Landes is responsible for some iconic modern Australian palaeo-art, but maybe he doesn't like the field at all? Find out in the newest episode of Fossils and Fiction, now in your feeds rss.com/podcasts/fos...
A man with long hair and a green shirt crouches behind a cartoon trilobite holding a microphone above the words "Zev Landes Doesn't Like Paleontology"
August 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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It's Book Week in Australia. If you're looking for Dino books for young readers, check out our interview with Bronwyn Saunders, author of "Diprotodon: A Megafauna Journey"
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Episode 29: Diprotodon with Bronwyn Saunders – Fossils & Fiction
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August 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Dinosaur dance floors and ancient sharks. What a combo! Followed up by 'Would you Rather?'
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August 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Episode 49: One Big Shark
Episode 49: One Big Shark
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August 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Kiwis at twilight. A coloured lithograph by Joseph Wolf depicting 'Mantell's Apteryx', published in Zoological Sketches, vol. 1 (1861). The book's images were based on animals in the vivarium of the Zoological Society of London in Regent's Park.
August 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Episode 48: That is one big pile of Poozeum
Episode 48: That is one big pile of Poozeum
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July 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Discover megalodon and other ancient ocean giants with palaeontologist Ben Francischelli youtu.be/TkAkdk1YPgQ
July 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Eyes like heaven
Infernodrakon hastacollis
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Two Infernodrakon on an open field covered by ferns during sunset, one glides low in the air, the other chases behind on the ground.
July 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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In this episode, @markwitton.bsky.social offers thoughts on AI, how to support palaeo-art and more. Plus @travish.co fails miserably in a game of guess that fossil.
July 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Episode 47: King Tyrant vs AI
Episode 47: King Tyrant vs AI
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July 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Review: The Mutated Mess of Jurassic World Rebirth
Review: The Mutated Mess of Jurassic World Rebirth
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July 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Hot damn, the Palaeontology in Public book by @chrismanias.bsky.social is the subject of an article in @theguardian.com, following a theme in recent Jurassic World films that the public are bored with dinosaurs. (Fact: Chris has not watched a single JP sequel!)

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The Guardian view on the public’s dinomania: passion for palaeontology endures through the ages | Editorial
Editorial: From blockbuster movies like Jurassic World Rebirth to documentary series, the appetite for these ancient creatures appears inexhaustible
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July 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM