Marc Jones
@marcehjones.bsky.social
Curator, fossil reptiles, at Natural History Museum London. Honorary positions at UCL and University of Adelaide. #tuatara He/Him 🦎 #Cymraeg
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Marc Jones
@marcehjones.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Hello Bluesky! 🦋 It's great to see so many familiar names and faces here already. For #FossilFriday here are some mosasaurs on display @nhm-london.bsky.social
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You have to laugh at some of the quotes in this piece about the smear campaign against critics of @itiscolossal.bsky.social. George Church says Ben Lamm "has faced technical hurdles and skeptics with respect & humor" www.gmwatch.org/en/106-news/... 1/2
Dark PR attacks on critics of 10-billion-dollar biotech Goliath
Debunkers of de-extinction disinformation hit by vicious campaign of intimidation. Report: Jonathan Matthews
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October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You have to laugh at some of the quotes in this piece about the smear campaign against critics of @itiscolossal.bsky.social. George Church says Ben Lamm "has faced technical hurdles and skeptics with respect & humor" www.gmwatch.org/en/106-news/... 1/2
All four poster sessions were extremely busy right up to the last second. Given that the number of posters is generally increasing, should future poster sessions be longer?
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November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
All four poster sessions were extremely busy right up to the last second. Given that the number of posters is generally increasing, should future poster sessions be longer?
#ConferencePosters
#2025SVP
#SVP2025
#ConferencePosters
#2025SVP
#SVP2025
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I guess now would be a good time for my first post here. Yesterday we published a new paper on the incredible ecosystem of tetrapods and other vertebrates in Science. It has been years of work - but we got there in the end. Thank you to everyone the contributed to this work ❤️
An early Triassic bone bed excavated at 78°N changes the story about how marine life recovered after the most cataclysmic extinction in Earth history ~252 million years ago.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I guess now would be a good time for my first post here. Yesterday we published a new paper on the incredible ecosystem of tetrapods and other vertebrates in Science. It has been years of work - but we got there in the end. Thank you to everyone the contributed to this work ❤️
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After leaving #2025SVP, as always, I’m torn between sleeping and recovering for three full days and getting started on new collaborations!
SVP is always so fun and inspiring!
SVP is always so fun and inspiring!
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
After leaving #2025SVP, as always, I’m torn between sleeping and recovering for three full days and getting started on new collaborations!
SVP is always so fun and inspiring!
SVP is always so fun and inspiring!
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#2025SVP For people who missed my talk: I’m happy to give this or longer versions via zoom/in person for your seminars/colloquiums. Being based at a small museum w/ little daily exchange among peers, it’s a great opportunity for me to stay connected & for you to learn about our shelled overlords.
#2025SVP ! If you want to get an idea of the major steps of 🐢turtle🐢 evolution, come to see my talk on Friday, Nov 14, 8:30 AM, Hall 8. My student Guilherme Hermanson talks just before me (8:15). 4 years of macroevolutionary research on turtles went into our talks, covering many unpublished results.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#2025SVP For people who missed my talk: I’m happy to give this or longer versions via zoom/in person for your seminars/colloquiums. Being based at a small museum w/ little daily exchange among peers, it’s a great opportunity for me to stay connected & for you to learn about our shelled overlords.
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
Urmi Chakraborty presenting on the ontogeny of #rhynchosaur braincases from the Late Triassic of India as part of the Reptile O'Rama session in Meeting Room Hall 4.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Urmi Chakraborty presenting on the ontogeny of #rhynchosaur braincases from the Late Triassic of India as part of the Reptile O'Rama session in Meeting Room Hall 4.
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You left without buying one @davehone.bsky.social ... but I stepped up. It's very very sweet! 🍒
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You left without buying one @davehone.bsky.social ... but I stepped up. It's very very sweet! 🍒
If you're interested to know more about the fossil vertebrate collections @nhm-london.bsky.social come see poster B356 this afternoon in Hall 3.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you're interested to know more about the fossil vertebrate collections @nhm-london.bsky.social come see poster B356 this afternoon in Hall 3.
🦴🐠🐡🦈🦕🦖🐸🦎🐍
🦅🦜🐊🦔🦡🦣🐋💩🐾
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Trophic interactions between microvertebrates from the Chinle Formation of Arizona, USA, presented by
@dingo-fossils.bsky.social as part of the Triassic non-marine tetrapod community symposium.
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@dingo-fossils.bsky.social as part of the Triassic non-marine tetrapod community symposium.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Trophic interactions between microvertebrates from the Chinle Formation of Arizona, USA, presented by
@dingo-fossils.bsky.social as part of the Triassic non-marine tetrapod community symposium.
#2025SVP
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@dingo-fossils.bsky.social as part of the Triassic non-marine tetrapod community symposium.
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Two axioms:
1) talent/smarts/grit are pretty evenly distributed (across race, country, gender, etc).
2) good things happen if you can collect critical masses of such people in one place.
1) talent/smarts/grit are pretty evenly distributed (across race, country, gender, etc).
2) good things happen if you can collect critical masses of such people in one place.
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Two axioms:
1) talent/smarts/grit are pretty evenly distributed (across race, country, gender, etc).
2) good things happen if you can collect critical masses of such people in one place.
1) talent/smarts/grit are pretty evenly distributed (across race, country, gender, etc).
2) good things happen if you can collect critical masses of such people in one place.
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Learn about our #FossilFriday weekly livestream at #2025SVP from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. and how we educate and engage the public with paleontology ⛏️, fossils 🦖, paleoart 🎨, paleontologists and paleo students!
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Learn about our #FossilFriday weekly livestream at #2025SVP from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. and how we educate and engage the public with paleontology ⛏️, fossils 🦖, paleoart 🎨, paleontologists and paleo students!
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
📍Location: B50
Register - FREE!
🔗https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar/virtual-fossil-fridays
An update on Triassic fossil material from Queensland, Australia, by @espenknutsen.bsky.social as part of the #Triassic non-marine tetrapod communities symposium.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
An update on Triassic fossil material from Queensland, Australia, by @espenknutsen.bsky.social as part of the #Triassic non-marine tetrapod communities symposium.
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First post on Bluesky. Repost from “the other place”.
Here is a recent fossil CT scan from the Australian Synchrotron. using our continuously improving Deep Learning Model we segmented nearly 8000 image slices in less than 24 hours - no training data.
Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here is a recent fossil CT scan from the Australian Synchrotron. using our continuously improving Deep Learning Model we segmented nearly 8000 image slices in less than 24 hours - no training data.
Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 17, 2024 at 5:33 AM
First post on Bluesky. Repost from “the other place”.
Here is a recent fossil CT scan from the Australian Synchrotron. using our continuously improving Deep Learning Model we segmented nearly 8000 image slices in less than 24 hours - no training data.
Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here is a recent fossil CT scan from the Australian Synchrotron. using our continuously improving Deep Learning Model we segmented nearly 8000 image slices in less than 24 hours - no training data.
Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Matthew Scipione on dating the #Triassic #RowanGrouo from the Bowen Basin, Australia: important work and implication for the #ArcadiaFormation.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Matthew Scipione on dating the #Triassic #RowanGrouo from the Bowen Basin, Australia: important work and implication for the #ArcadiaFormation.
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Come and find me today at #2025SVP at boot 372 to talk about advanced segmentation of CT scanned fossils! 🩻🐟 #conference #ctscanning @nhm-london.bsky.social @nitroshutter.bsky.social @euphanerops.bsky.social @gilespalaeo.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Come and find me today at #2025SVP at boot 372 to talk about advanced segmentation of CT scanned fossils! 🩻🐟 #conference #ctscanning @nhm-london.bsky.social @nitroshutter.bsky.social @euphanerops.bsky.social @gilespalaeo.bsky.social
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Massive congratulations to my buddy Aubrey Roberts for her work that has made the front cover of Science today! Aubrey talked about it this morning at #2025SVP
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Massive congratulations to my buddy Aubrey Roberts for her work that has made the front cover of Science today! Aubrey talked about it this morning at #2025SVP
Emma Bernard presenting her research as part of @chalksea.bsky.social that samples chalk nannofossils fossils from over 1000 Cretaceous fossil fish specimens at @nhm-london.bsky.social to significantly clarify their stratigraphic context.
Meeting Room Hall 4
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Meeting Room Hall 4
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November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Emma Bernard presenting her research as part of @chalksea.bsky.social that samples chalk nannofossils fossils from over 1000 Cretaceous fossil fish specimens at @nhm-london.bsky.social to significantly clarify their stratigraphic context.
Meeting Room Hall 4
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Meeting Room Hall 4
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Gabi Sobral presenting her talk on #Prolacerta and scleral rings as part of the #Triassic Non-Marine Tetrapod Communities symposium in the Meeting Room Hall 1. B
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November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Gabi Sobral presenting her talk on #Prolacerta and scleral rings as part of the #Triassic Non-Marine Tetrapod Communities symposium in the Meeting Room Hall 1. B
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