Oliver Weeks
@palaeo-olly.bsky.social
MSci Palaeontology and Evolution graduate | Co-Founder of Emanya Fossil Preparation and Conservation | Studying Whale Jaw Function and Rhaetian Microvertebrates | He/Him
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So privileged to have worked with the team on this amazing dinosaur.
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So privileged to have worked with the team on this amazing dinosaur.
For #fossilfriday my first paper just dropped, published by @geolassoc.bsky.social with @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social.
We found a mixed terrestrial and marine fauna with complex ecological implications and a Rhaetian age for these Holwell fissures.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We found a mixed terrestrial and marine fauna with complex ecological implications and a Rhaetian age for these Holwell fissures.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Microvertebrates from a Rhaetian neptunian dyke at Holwell, Somerset: Dating the fissures
Dating the Mesozoic-aged fissure deposits around Bristol and South Wales has been problematic, with ages of the older examples disputed as either Carn…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
For #fossilfriday my first paper just dropped, published by @geolassoc.bsky.social with @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social.
We found a mixed terrestrial and marine fauna with complex ecological implications and a Rhaetian age for these Holwell fissures.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We found a mixed terrestrial and marine fauna with complex ecological implications and a Rhaetian age for these Holwell fissures.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Finished this ichthyosaur paddle a little while back. Really enjoyed working on this.
#ichthyosaur #fossil #fossilprep #notadinosaur #marinereptile
#ichthyosaur #fossil #fossilprep #notadinosaur #marinereptile
February 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Finished this ichthyosaur paddle a little while back. Really enjoyed working on this.
#ichthyosaur #fossil #fossilprep #notadinosaur #marinereptile
#ichthyosaur #fossil #fossilprep #notadinosaur #marinereptile
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Lunch at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery with Mike Benton. Then new museum displays in Cirencester showcasing many of the finds from the Mammoth Graveyard site over the summer. A return dig has been confirmed for 2025. With @palaeo-olly.bsky.social @acsmillen.bsky.social
#mammoth #tuskforce
#mammoth #tuskforce
February 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lunch at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery with Mike Benton. Then new museum displays in Cirencester showcasing many of the finds from the Mammoth Graveyard site over the summer. A return dig has been confirmed for 2025. With @palaeo-olly.bsky.social @acsmillen.bsky.social
#mammoth #tuskforce
#mammoth #tuskforce
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This has been an amazing week working with a fantastic team.
It's the end of an extremely successful week here in Morocco. We set up the prep lab at USMBA and prepped, catalogued and described a bunch of stuff. I even attempted to draw an ankylosaur. Now, the writing... @richardjbutler.bsky.social @afossilpreparator.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This has been an amazing week working with a fantastic team.
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Amazing successful day here in Morocco setting up a prep lab with our collaborators at USMBA. We even managed to start prepping some new Spicomellus material! Big, big thanks to @afossilpreparator.bsky.social and Kate @Zoic Palaeotech! Impossible without their hard work! @richardjbutler.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Amazing successful day here in Morocco setting up a prep lab with our collaborators at USMBA. We even managed to start prepping some new Spicomellus material! Big, big thanks to @afossilpreparator.bsky.social and Kate @Zoic Palaeotech! Impossible without their hard work! @richardjbutler.bsky.social
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Pre-assembly for a new preparation lab, in Fes, Morocco on the hotel floor with Susie @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and Richard @richardjbutler.bsky.social
#fossils #dinosaurs #fossilprep #zoicpalaeotech
#fossils #dinosaurs #fossilprep #zoicpalaeotech
February 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Pre-assembly for a new preparation lab, in Fes, Morocco on the hotel floor with Susie @tweetisaurus.bsky.social and Richard @richardjbutler.bsky.social
#fossils #dinosaurs #fossilprep #zoicpalaeotech
#fossils #dinosaurs #fossilprep #zoicpalaeotech
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Happy New Year!
For the first post of the year here's an ichthyosaur found on the Jurassic coast, Uk by Ben Daly now completed and returned to them.
Prep done using ZOIC PalaeoTech The Maia and The Balaur.
For the first post of the year here's an ichthyosaur found on the Jurassic coast, Uk by Ben Daly now completed and returned to them.
Prep done using ZOIC PalaeoTech The Maia and The Balaur.
January 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Happy New Year!
For the first post of the year here's an ichthyosaur found on the Jurassic coast, Uk by Ben Daly now completed and returned to them.
Prep done using ZOIC PalaeoTech The Maia and The Balaur.
For the first post of the year here's an ichthyosaur found on the Jurassic coast, Uk by Ben Daly now completed and returned to them.
Prep done using ZOIC PalaeoTech The Maia and The Balaur.
Late #fossilfriday - take a look at this...interesting museum display I found a few months ago
10/10 for effort
10/10 for effort
December 20, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Late #fossilfriday - take a look at this...interesting museum display I found a few months ago
10/10 for effort
10/10 for effort
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This lovely #Coccosteus was a placoderm, or armoured fish, which lived in the seas of the Devonian (~400 million years ago). This one was found in the Caithness Flagstones at Achanarras - Scotland. #fossilfriday 106 hours of prep time.
November 29, 2024 at 1:22 PM
This lovely #Coccosteus was a placoderm, or armoured fish, which lived in the seas of the Devonian (~400 million years ago). This one was found in the Caithness Flagstones at Achanarras - Scotland. #fossilfriday 106 hours of prep time.
For #fossilfriday here's the most recent ammonite I've prepped - a Sigaloceras from Cerney Wick, found this summer next to a mammoth bone or two.
November 22, 2024 at 9:00 PM
For #fossilfriday here's the most recent ammonite I've prepped - a Sigaloceras from Cerney Wick, found this summer next to a mammoth bone or two.
I raise you - cat
November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
I raise you - cat