Ezekiel O'Callaghan
@raptorchatter.bsky.social
Check out my outreach! The only person on paleo YouTube to talk about brachiopods! https://www.youtube.com/RaptorChatter
Ask me about the Northern Arizona University gartersnake lab!
Ask me about the Northern Arizona University gartersnake lab!
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Oh, apparently @raptorchatter.bsky.social already made that joke. youtu.be/Ecr4N-m9ChU?...
Somehow Nanotyrannus has returned
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October 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Oh, apparently @raptorchatter.bsky.social already made that joke. youtu.be/Ecr4N-m9ChU?...
Our video looking at the recent paper critiquing the claim that a dire wolf was cloned is out!
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An Academic Response to the Dire Wolf Resurrection
YouTube video by Raptor Chatter
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September 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our video looking at the recent paper critiquing the claim that a dire wolf was cloned is out!
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Our video on the new 'spinosaurid' material from Peru is up! youtu.be/2-Oi90KGbh0?...
Did scientists find a 20 million year Spinosaurid ghost lineage?
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September 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Our video on the new 'spinosaurid' material from Peru is up! youtu.be/2-Oi90KGbh0?...
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August 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I have to assume Mr. Xkcd was subject to massive tectonic forces which overturned the beds.
![Comic. [3-column table with headers Period, My Favorite Part, and My Biggest Complaint] [Row 1] P: *Precambrian*, MFP: Life develops, MBC: Snowball Earth episodes [Row 2] P: Cambrian, MFP: Trilobites!, MBC: Evolution could stand to calm down a little [Row 3] P: Ordovician, MFP: Earth might have had rings, MBC: Scary volcanic eruption in North America [Row 4] P: Silurian, MFP: First land animals, MBC: Earth’s newfound mold problem [Row 5] P: Devonian, MFP: Big mountains in Boston, MBC: Yeah, sure, what those giant killer fish needed was *armor* [Row 6] P: Carboniferous, MFP: Cool forests, MBC: Bugs too big [Row 7] P: Permian, MFP: Pangea, MBC: Google “The Great Dying” [Row 8] P: Triassic, MFP: Tanystropheus [dinosaur with extremely long neck next to tiny person for scale], MBC: Damage to Canada still visible from space at Manicouagan [Row 9] P: Jurassic, MFP: Birds, MBC: Parasitoid wasps [Row 10] P: Cretaceous, MFP: Raptors, MBC: Raptors [Row 11] P: Paleogene, MFP: Pretty horseys!!!, MBC: Paleocene-eocene thermal maximum [Row 12] P: Neogene, MFP: Forests of *Dracaena* Dragonblood Trees, MBC: Zanclean Flood [Row 13] P: Quaternary, MFP: Burrito invented, MBC: Whoever picked this name for the third period of the Cenozoic](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifyh56h2dhfnxxuarc6hspobseq6jzurt7mnkuo3dkvlkyrw6e76i@jpeg)
July 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I have to assume Mr. Xkcd was subject to massive tectonic forces which overturned the beds.
Our video on Shri rapax with commentary on niche partitioning is out! youtu.be/xQGMlfOGgQQ
Shri rapax and the Problem with Niche Partitioning
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July 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Our video on Shri rapax with commentary on niche partitioning is out! youtu.be/xQGMlfOGgQQ
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Incredible example of how AI is destroying Google search: working on a paper on mollusk shell assemblages in Panama so I tried to search for the classic paper on the left (which I know about because I was a field assistant). Instead Google AI hallucinated a completely fictional architectural firm.
June 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Incredible example of how AI is destroying Google search: working on a paper on mollusk shell assemblages in Panama so I tried to search for the classic paper on the left (which I know about because I was a field assistant). Instead Google AI hallucinated a completely fictional architectural firm.
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Megaraptorchatter!!!!
I'm published author!!!! youtu.be/qcFYTt7Vceo?...
Rise of the king: Gondwanan origins and evolution of megaraptoran dinosaurs | Royal Society Open Science
Late Cretaceous Earth was dominated by theropods such as tyrannosauroids and megaraptorans;
however, it is unclear how these clades diversified and grew to massive proportions.
This study aimed to con...
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Megaraptorchatter!!!!
I'm published author!!!! youtu.be/qcFYTt7Vceo?...
Rise of the king: Gondwanan origins and evolution of megaraptoran dinosaurs | Royal Society Open Science
Late Cretaceous Earth was dominated by theropods such as tyrannosauroids and megaraptorans;
however, it is unclear how these clades diversified and grew to massive proportions.
This study aimed to con...
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm published author!!!! youtu.be/qcFYTt7Vceo?...
In two days I'm gonna be a published author. Feels surreal.
May 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
In two days I'm gonna be a published author. Feels surreal.
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Reading, however slowly you do it, is thinking. And you cannot do research if you do not think.
Undergrads, I can understand.
But if a grad student uses LLMs to summarize papers, just leave, go and give the funding and space to someone who actually wants to learn something.
Undergrads, I can understand.
But if a grad student uses LLMs to summarize papers, just leave, go and give the funding and space to someone who actually wants to learn something.
If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.
Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.
May 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Reading, however slowly you do it, is thinking. And you cannot do research if you do not think.
Undergrads, I can understand.
But if a grad student uses LLMs to summarize papers, just leave, go and give the funding and space to someone who actually wants to learn something.
Undergrads, I can understand.
But if a grad student uses LLMs to summarize papers, just leave, go and give the funding and space to someone who actually wants to learn something.
Whoa, you mean the people who had serious questions about this were right to question them the entire time, and just saying "trust me bro" isn't a good response to criticism.
April 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Whoa, you mean the people who had serious questions about this were right to question them the entire time, and just saying "trust me bro" isn't a good response to criticism.
Look, it's the main thing I wanted this Christmas!
December 21, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Look, it's the main thing I wanted this Christmas!
A second oarfish has hit California.
November 15, 2024 at 8:57 PM
A second oarfish has hit California.
One of the best keynotes for any conference I've been to. If not the best.
What an excellent start to #SVP2024 - Paleontologist Dr. Brandon Kilbourne reading his poetry and reflecting on natural historians, their role in colonialism, racism, and repression, and making sure we all know and share with our students the legacy of our field. #2024SVP #Paleosky #Paleontology 🧪
October 30, 2024 at 3:05 AM
One of the best keynotes for any conference I've been to. If not the best.
Never thought I'd compliment Ohio, but at least the Cincinnati airport had a nice little "welcome to Cincinnati" sign in the airport for all the paleontologists.
October 29, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Never thought I'd compliment Ohio, but at least the Cincinnati airport had a nice little "welcome to Cincinnati" sign in the airport for all the paleontologists.
Getting covid and then bronchitis just before the SVP meeting sucks, in part because I had to slow down poster design, and now I'm paying extra to get them in time.
October 23, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Getting covid and then bronchitis just before the SVP meeting sucks, in part because I had to slow down poster design, and now I'm paying extra to get them in time.
If people are really interested in chatting about svp abstracts I will say you can chat about specifically page 414 on this post.
October 21, 2024 at 6:27 AM
If people are really interested in chatting about svp abstracts I will say you can chat about specifically page 414 on this post.
I said it on the cursed site, but he didn't even tell me he was taking a photo! I guess I was actively showing people fossils though, which is one of my favorite things to do!
#nationalfossilday at Petrified Forest National Park, AZ, USA! 🦖🧪
October 17, 2024 at 4:49 AM
I said it on the cursed site, but he didn't even tell me he was taking a photo! I guess I was actively showing people fossils though, which is one of my favorite things to do!
A nicely lit Postosuchus cast for national fossil day, while volunteering with Petrified Forest!
October 17, 2024 at 2:51 AM
A nicely lit Postosuchus cast for national fossil day, while volunteering with Petrified Forest!