Jeanne Timmons
@mostlymammoths.bsky.social
Freelance writer (she/her) interested in paleontology and archaeology. Avatar by Natalia Jagielska.
https://mostlymammoths.wordpress.com/freelance-work/
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"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way." - the late Congressman John Lewis
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Was on the BBC talking about cool extinct megacritters and science in Florida! Check it out!
Scientist Spotted 🦣 BBC talked to our paleontologist Advait Jukar about fossils preserved in Florida's freshwater springs and how they help researchers understand our past and present biodiversity.
Diving into Florida’s prehistoric cave of Ice Age secrets
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Diving into Florida’s prehistoric cave of Ice Age secrets
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Diving into Florida’s prehistoric cave of Ice Age secrets
The state's blue sinkholes are the silent reminders of the time when giants roamed the Earth.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Was on the BBC talking about cool extinct megacritters and science in Florida! Check it out!
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Super late #FossilFriday #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit! Now you don't see it, now you do! #ichnology, #tracefossils #paleontology 75 million year old crab tracks from the Two Medicine Formation!
Happy #FossilFriday! Finding fossil tracks in the field can be a challenge without good lighting. MOR 1082, the fossil tracks of a Cretaceous horseshoe crab, stand out when the light is right.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Super late #FossilFriday #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit! Now you don't see it, now you do! #ichnology, #tracefossils #paleontology 75 million year old crab tracks from the Two Medicine Formation!
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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The move to MA has been great for all kinds of reasons. That it was for my partner’s job, not mine, is on the list. It also led to my 2nd job, so I didn’t know how nice starting at an institution as a full professor would be. This feature is well done! A gift!
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
The Power of Black Literature | Arts & Sciences
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November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The move to MA has been great for all kinds of reasons. That it was for my partner’s job, not mine, is on the list. It also led to my 2nd job, so I didn’t know how nice starting at an institution as a full professor would be. This feature is well done! A gift!
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
“It’s my job to highlight what dominant culture doesn’t want us to notice." @profkori.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“It’s my job to highlight what dominant culture doesn’t want us to notice." @profkori.bsky.social
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sci...
THANK YOU, @itsafronomics.bsky.social, for this important thread.
All the ways the next generation gives me a lot of hope. A thread/
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
THANK YOU, @itsafronomics.bsky.social, for this important thread.
An expansive view of how White Sands National Park may have appeared in the Pleistocene. Art by Karen Carr.
(from: www.karencarr.com/portfolio-im...)
(from: www.karencarr.com/portfolio-im...)
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
An expansive view of how White Sands National Park may have appeared in the Pleistocene. Art by Karen Carr.
(from: www.karencarr.com/portfolio-im...)
(from: www.karencarr.com/portfolio-im...)
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Breaking out the Mammoth tooth to lecture about megafaunal extinctions today for #FossilFriday
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Breaking out the Mammoth tooth to lecture about megafaunal extinctions today for #FossilFriday
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For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪
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Some infographics about the Paleontological Research Institution, its continuing impact on research and education, and what is needed to keep this place around into the future after a major donor was unable to keep a pledge.
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some infographics about the Paleontological Research Institution, its continuing impact on research and education, and what is needed to keep this place around into the future after a major donor was unable to keep a pledge.
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
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#FossilFriday Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold wp.me/p3ihHu-5qE 🧪⚒️🌴 #womeninstem #histsci
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#FossilFriday Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold wp.me/p3ihHu-5qE 🧪⚒️🌴 #womeninstem #histsci
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She spent her career at the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum, breaking barriers in a field dominated by men.
Her legacy continues today through the Madeleine Fritz Annual Lecture in Palaeontology, by highlighting women´s contributions to the field.
Her legacy continues today through the Madeleine Fritz Annual Lecture in Palaeontology, by highlighting women´s contributions to the field.
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
She spent her career at the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum, breaking barriers in a field dominated by men.
Her legacy continues today through the Madeleine Fritz Annual Lecture in Palaeontology, by highlighting women´s contributions to the field.
Her legacy continues today through the Madeleine Fritz Annual Lecture in Palaeontology, by highlighting women´s contributions to the field.
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Fritz was the first woman in Canada to earn a PhD in geology/palaeontology, and her groundbreaking research on fossil Bryozoa helped shape our understanding of ancient marine ecosystems.
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Fritz was the first woman in Canada to earn a PhD in geology/palaeontology, and her groundbreaking research on fossil Bryozoa helped shape our understanding of ancient marine ecosystems.
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Today, for #FossilFriday, we present Madeleine Alberta Fritz (1896–1990): a Canadian pioneer of palaeontology, and affectionately known as “the great-grandmother of Palaeozoic Bryozoa.”
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today, for #FossilFriday, we present Madeleine Alberta Fritz (1896–1990): a Canadian pioneer of palaeontology, and affectionately known as “the great-grandmother of Palaeozoic Bryozoa.”
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Este pequeno anfíbio viveu em Nazária, Piauí, +280 milhões de anos atrás. Timonya anneae era parecida a um axolote e tinha um modo de vida totalmente aquático. O que vemos aqui é um crânio que foi dividido ao meio no momento em que abrimos a rocha. #FossilFriday 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Este pequeno anfíbio viveu em Nazária, Piauí, +280 milhões de anos atrás. Timonya anneae era parecida a um axolote e tinha um modo de vida totalmente aquático. O que vemos aqui é um crânio que foi dividido ao meio no momento em que abrimos a rocha. #FossilFriday 1/2
😍 This is so great, @amjukar.bsky.social!
And a hint about a similar story I've been working on for a while expected out next week or so
And a hint about a similar story I've been working on for a while expected out next week or so
Scientist Spotted 🦣 BBC talked to our paleontologist Advait Jukar about fossils preserved in Florida's freshwater springs and how they help researchers understand our past and present biodiversity.
Diving into Florida’s prehistoric cave of Ice Age secrets
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Diving into Florida’s prehistoric cave of Ice Age secrets
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
Diving into Florida’s prehistoric cave of Ice Age secrets
The state's blue sinkholes are the silent reminders of the time when giants roamed the Earth.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
😍 This is so great, @amjukar.bsky.social!
And a hint about a similar story I've been working on for a while expected out next week or so
And a hint about a similar story I've been working on for a while expected out next week or so
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Always enjoy running into Kjellesvig-Waering's notes in collections. #FossilFriday
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Always enjoy running into Kjellesvig-Waering's notes in collections. #FossilFriday
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Innovative and interesting work here by @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social, so happy to be part of it!
Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Innovative and interesting work here by @caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social, so happy to be part of it!
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#Fossilfriday: Pseudorhina alifera, a species of angel shark from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. Pseudorhina is the oldest known genus of angel shark (145-150 million years ago.)
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#Fossilfriday: Pseudorhina alifera, a species of angel shark from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. Pseudorhina is the oldest known genus of angel shark (145-150 million years ago.)
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#FossilFriday In 1828, Mary Anning found the first pterosaur skeleton outside Germany. W. Buckland made the announcement of Mary’s discovery & named Pterodactylus macronyx in allusion to its large claws bit.ly/1sEqnhU #WomenInSTEM #MaryAnning
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#FossilFriday In 1828, Mary Anning found the first pterosaur skeleton outside Germany. W. Buckland made the announcement of Mary’s discovery & named Pterodactylus macronyx in allusion to its large claws bit.ly/1sEqnhU #WomenInSTEM #MaryAnning
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#fossilfriday Sarah stands in for scale against the surprisingly large skeleton of the Jurassic pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni, on display in the "Mary Anning hall" at @nhm-london.bsky.social. This is a cast of the type, from the Whitby Mudstone of Yorkshire. @tetrameryx.bsky.social #2025SVP
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#fossilfriday Sarah stands in for scale against the surprisingly large skeleton of the Jurassic pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni, on display in the "Mary Anning hall" at @nhm-london.bsky.social. This is a cast of the type, from the Whitby Mudstone of Yorkshire. @tetrameryx.bsky.social #2025SVP
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Here is Vanderbilt's cast (minus the skull 😭), purchased around 1875 and recently rediscovered in a basement: www.vanderbilt.edu/evolution/re...
Hoping we can restore and display someday -- museum conservationists, on anyone with a spare skull, DM me!
#FossilFriday @evolutionvu.bsky.social
Hoping we can restore and display someday -- museum conservationists, on anyone with a spare skull, DM me!
#FossilFriday @evolutionvu.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here is Vanderbilt's cast (minus the skull 😭), purchased around 1875 and recently rediscovered in a basement: www.vanderbilt.edu/evolution/re...
Hoping we can restore and display someday -- museum conservationists, on anyone with a spare skull, DM me!
#FossilFriday @evolutionvu.bsky.social
Hoping we can restore and display someday -- museum conservationists, on anyone with a spare skull, DM me!
#FossilFriday @evolutionvu.bsky.social
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Welcome back to #fossilfriday
Here is the crinoid Arthroacantha carpenteri with a Platycerid snail attached. These snails are Coprophagous which means they ate fecal matter. The snail would attached to the anal chimney of the crinoid and would feed on the waste.
Arkona Shale
Mid Devonian
Ontario
Here is the crinoid Arthroacantha carpenteri with a Platycerid snail attached. These snails are Coprophagous which means they ate fecal matter. The snail would attached to the anal chimney of the crinoid and would feed on the waste.
Arkona Shale
Mid Devonian
Ontario
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Welcome back to #fossilfriday
Here is the crinoid Arthroacantha carpenteri with a Platycerid snail attached. These snails are Coprophagous which means they ate fecal matter. The snail would attached to the anal chimney of the crinoid and would feed on the waste.
Arkona Shale
Mid Devonian
Ontario
Here is the crinoid Arthroacantha carpenteri with a Platycerid snail attached. These snails are Coprophagous which means they ate fecal matter. The snail would attached to the anal chimney of the crinoid and would feed on the waste.
Arkona Shale
Mid Devonian
Ontario
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Platycrinites bozmanensis crinoid from the remote Mississippian Lodgepole Fm. of Montana. This specimen also has a Platycerid snail attached to the calyx (bottom left).
These snails were coprophages and would eat expelled waste from the crinoid.
#FossilFriday
These snails were coprophages and would eat expelled waste from the crinoid.
#FossilFriday
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Platycrinites bozmanensis crinoid from the remote Mississippian Lodgepole Fm. of Montana. This specimen also has a Platycerid snail attached to the calyx (bottom left).
These snails were coprophages and would eat expelled waste from the crinoid.
#FossilFriday
These snails were coprophages and would eat expelled waste from the crinoid.
#FossilFriday