Today is May 13th, which means my new book, King Tyrant: A Natural History of #Tyrannosaurus rex is OUT NOW! Published by @princetonupress.bsky.social, this is the biggest and most detailed synthesis ever published on one of the best understood and most studied of all #dinosaurs. Thread follows...

So I found a very interesting study about ornithosuchids! Some interesting stuff I gathered from the paper.

1) The hooked upper snouts of early archosauriforms would have been useful for holding prey in the mouth, especially the whole body of a prey item.

Trying out a new handout on our Cedar Mt. research. What do you think? I know....I'm always trying to cram in too much information, but lot of history in 50 Ma. Dawn of the Cret Fossil Beds NM? @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social @palaeontosoc.bsky.social @geosociety.bsky.social

Prehistoric Museum was out in force helping out at the SGDS emergency fossil salvage. The jacketed some big fish and are getting the "lay of the land." For these projects you need friends in high places too! Need volunteers & funds... stgeorgedinosaurdiscoverysite-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=134...

We’ve utterly smashed all of our expectations with the Kickstarter and are just about to hit £110k! We’ve still only really just started too 🤯

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#dnd #dnd5e #dinosaur #dinosaurs #scicomm #science #paleontology

For those with an interest in #dinosaurs or other prehistoric animals, and any form of gaming (though especially #DnD) then this is the kickstarter for you. I helped out with the last book and will be editing this one too. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pal...

Anyone happen to have any good papers or lateral figures of Polacanthus or Gastonia material?

GORGEOUS. #fossil #ray

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Don't make me tap the sign

Quick question: What should my next skeletal drawing be? I'm getting a new laptop soon since my last one died a long and debilitating death, so it'll be the first one I've done in 3 years. Bluesky's poll system is kinda limited, so here's a link:

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Squeezing in one more art piece before the end of 2024, a year after having the opportunity to do fieldwork in the Candeleros Fm of Argentina's Neuquén Basin. That trip inspired this piece, which depicts a group of titanosaurs traveling a dry interdune riverbed at sunset. #paleoart #sauropods 🦕

Tom’s scream.mp3

Trying to think of a skeletal to share that I haven't really discussed elsewhere, so here's my take on the skeleton of everyone's favorite giant flying reptile, Quetzalcoatlus. The 2021 monograph by Padian, et al. made this worth tackling.

Got to see this lad at the HK Science Museum the other day: Hector the Deinonychus, one of the most complete Deinonychus specimens known and possibly one of the biggest (definitely bigger than I expected it to be). Glorious animal. If only they showed what's actually known and what was restored...

Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.

Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪

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