Dr Richie Howard
@arthropoda-curator.bsky.social
Curator of Fossil Arthropods at the Natural History Museum, London 🦂
Nature geek and outdoor enthusiast with a passion for angling 🌞🌿
Nature geek and outdoor enthusiast with a passion for angling 🌞🌿
Pinned
The Euchelicerate Limuloides and Other Bunodidae from the Upper Silurian (Wenlock Přĺdolĺ) of England
Limuloides (Woodward, 1865) (Euchelicerata: Bunodidae) are marine “synziphosurans” distinguished by nine scalloped, horizontally oriented radial ridges on the dorsal prosoma and prominent spines on...
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A lovely surprise on Christmas Eve!
Over the moon my @palaeontosoc.bsky.social monograph has just been published 🎉🥳🎄
A two year labour of love I began shortly after I started as a curator at the NHM in 2022.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Over the moon my @palaeontosoc.bsky.social monograph has just been published 🎉🥳🎄
A two year labour of love I began shortly after I started as a curator at the NHM in 2022.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Dr Richie Howard
I finally have something worth posting here! A new paper on wormsI never expected to see fossilised! Juracanthocephalus is the first body fossil of Acanthocephala and remarkably provides links with rotifers and other gnathiferans.
Published in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Published in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A Jurassic acanthocephalan illuminates the origin of thorny-headed worms - Nature
An acanthocephalan body fossil, Juracanthocephalus daohugouensis, is described from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou biota of China, showing previously unrecognized diversity in ancient Acanthocephal...
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I finally have something worth posting here! A new paper on wormsI never expected to see fossilised! Juracanthocephalus is the first body fossil of Acanthocephala and remarkably provides links with rotifers and other gnathiferans.
Published in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Published in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘪 (Schlotheim, 1823) (Ptychopariida: Conocoryphidae)
Miaolingian
Jince Formation
Ginetz, Bohemia, Czechia 🇨🇿
Miaolingian
Jince Formation
Ginetz, Bohemia, Czechia 🇨🇿
April 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘪 (Schlotheim, 1823) (Ptychopariida: Conocoryphidae)
Miaolingian
Jince Formation
Ginetz, Bohemia, Czechia 🇨🇿
Miaolingian
Jince Formation
Ginetz, Bohemia, Czechia 🇨🇿
Reposted by Dr Richie Howard
A couple of Neobisium carcinoides pseudoscorpions sieved from Hornbeam leaf litter on a random road verge in Norfolk today while out cycling with @jeremybartlett.bsky.social
#pseudoscorpions #invertebrates
#pseudoscorpions #invertebrates
March 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A couple of Neobisium carcinoides pseudoscorpions sieved from Hornbeam leaf litter on a random road verge in Norfolk today while out cycling with @jeremybartlett.bsky.social
#pseudoscorpions #invertebrates
#pseudoscorpions #invertebrates
This is one of our coolest horseshoe crab fossils. Tachypleus syriacus- featuring a fishy friend!
Cenomanian in age, from the Hjoula Lagerstätte of Lebanon 🇱🇧
Cenomanian in age, from the Hjoula Lagerstätte of Lebanon 🇱🇧
March 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This is one of our coolest horseshoe crab fossils. Tachypleus syriacus- featuring a fishy friend!
Cenomanian in age, from the Hjoula Lagerstätte of Lebanon 🇱🇧
Cenomanian in age, from the Hjoula Lagerstätte of Lebanon 🇱🇧
Reposted by Dr Richie Howard
Shaky footage but here's a few seconds of a Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus lagurus) gliding across a lichen covered wall at Hethel church today.
March 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Shaky footage but here's a few seconds of a Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus lagurus) gliding across a lichen covered wall at Hethel church today.
𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 (Brongniart, 1822) (Phacopida: Encrinuridae)
Wenlock Series (upper Silurian)
Coalbrookdale Formation
Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England
Wenlock Series (upper Silurian)
Coalbrookdale Formation
Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England
March 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 (Brongniart, 1822) (Phacopida: Encrinuridae)
Wenlock Series (upper Silurian)
Coalbrookdale Formation
Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England
Wenlock Series (upper Silurian)
Coalbrookdale Formation
Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England
Can never decide whether it’s cooler that fleas are parasitic scorpionflies or that termites are eusocial cockroaches.
March 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Can never decide whether it’s cooler that fleas are parasitic scorpionflies or that termites are eusocial cockroaches.
Here is a Selenopeltis from the collection of Joachim Barrande.
March 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Here is a Selenopeltis from the collection of Joachim Barrande.
Alexa:
“70s invert palaeo vibes”
“70s invert palaeo vibes”
March 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Alexa:
“70s invert palaeo vibes”
“70s invert palaeo vibes”
Today I got FOUR lifers, which is the sort of numbers I normally only do on a holiday abroad!
Dartford Warbler, Wood Lark, Meadow Pipit and Common Snipe.
Dartford Warbler, Wood Lark, Meadow Pipit and Common Snipe.
March 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Today I got FOUR lifers, which is the sort of numbers I normally only do on a holiday abroad!
Dartford Warbler, Wood Lark, Meadow Pipit and Common Snipe.
Dartford Warbler, Wood Lark, Meadow Pipit and Common Snipe.
Do not mess with Velvet Swimming Crabs.
March 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Do not mess with Velvet Swimming Crabs.
A cheirurid, a phacopid and a harpetid walk into a bar
February 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A cheirurid, a phacopid and a harpetid walk into a bar
More reasons to love the mild and damp British winter!
Moss - 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴
Beetle wood borings - 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 sp.
Golden Shield Lichen - 𝘟𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
Tripe Fungus - 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢
Moss - 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴
Beetle wood borings - 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 sp.
Golden Shield Lichen - 𝘟𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
Tripe Fungus - 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢
February 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
More reasons to love the mild and damp British winter!
Moss - 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴
Beetle wood borings - 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 sp.
Golden Shield Lichen - 𝘟𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
Tripe Fungus - 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢
Moss - 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴
Beetle wood borings - 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 sp.
Golden Shield Lichen - 𝘟𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
Tripe Fungus - 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢
On this #FossilFriday I am curating an enormous collection of harpetid trilobites from the Devonian of Morocco, as figured in the recent ZooTaxa monograph by Robert Johnson.
Some absolutely gorgeous material we are very lucky to have acquired.
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Some absolutely gorgeous material we are very lucky to have acquired.
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
January 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
On this #FossilFriday I am curating an enormous collection of harpetid trilobites from the Devonian of Morocco, as figured in the recent ZooTaxa monograph by Robert Johnson.
Some absolutely gorgeous material we are very lucky to have acquired.
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Some absolutely gorgeous material we are very lucky to have acquired.
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
They are out!
January 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
They are out!
The Jackdaws getting right in the feeder this morning.
Move aside House Sparrows!
Move aside House Sparrows!
January 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Jackdaws getting right in the feeder this morning.
Move aside House Sparrows!
Move aside House Sparrows!
Here’s a dragonfly wing from the Purbeck Group (Tithonian) collected in the 19th century that I curated today.
Fantastic preservation of the venation!
Fantastic preservation of the venation!
January 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Here’s a dragonfly wing from the Purbeck Group (Tithonian) collected in the 19th century that I curated today.
Fantastic preservation of the venation!
Fantastic preservation of the venation!
We’ve just had our windows replaced and it disturbed this juvenile Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis) from hibernation in one of the cracks 😴
A lot of growing to do for her next year!
A lot of growing to do for her next year!
January 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We’ve just had our windows replaced and it disturbed this juvenile Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis) from hibernation in one of the cracks 😴
A lot of growing to do for her next year!
A lot of growing to do for her next year!
So much good moss round these parts
January 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So much good moss round these parts
Beetle remains from the Middle Jurassic Taynton Limestone of Oxfordshire - bugs from the world of Megalosaurus.
January 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Beetle remains from the Middle Jurassic Taynton Limestone of Oxfordshire - bugs from the world of Megalosaurus.
Obsessed with this photo
January 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Obsessed with this photo
Reposted by Dr Richie Howard
Hey folks I want to Post More ... I curate fossil (non-cephalopod) molluscs at NHM London - does anyone have any curation or mollusc related questions for me? Any kinds of critters you'd like to see more pics of? I can't guarantee I'll answer everything, but I'll try!
January 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hey folks I want to Post More ... I curate fossil (non-cephalopod) molluscs at NHM London - does anyone have any curation or mollusc related questions for me? Any kinds of critters you'd like to see more pics of? I can't guarantee I'll answer everything, but I'll try!
Winter colours in West Berkshire ☺️
January 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Winter colours in West Berkshire ☺️
Today’s the day!
God that was hard work 😂
God that was hard work 😂
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today’s the day!
God that was hard work 😂
God that was hard work 😂