Adam Yates
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Adam Yates
@reddirtpalaeo.bsky.social
A palaeontologist and avid naturalist living in the red centre of Australia. Current research topics include all things Miocene: mekosuchines, meiolaniids and molluscs.
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I'm at a loss to explain why organisations that should be better keep doling out this muck
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Reposted by Adam Yates
some of the "written" passages are completely unhinged, "Its discovery highlights Australia’s unique role in reshaping the boundaries between myth and science."
is it an all-year april fool?
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Agreed! Quinkana at the moment is a delicious mystery.
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
We don't really know very much about Quinkana's ecology since its remains are so incomplete and not one scrap of postcranium has yet been described. I'd say there is circumstantial evidence for some degree of terrestriality (remains in caves far from water bodies, ecomorphology of the skull etc.)
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I probably shouldn't need to say this but 'drop-bears' are a joke and 'Thylarctos plummetus' is a fictional joke name, NOT a predator of prehistoric australian crocodiles. This should not appear on a museum's educational pages!!
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The murgon eggshells referenced on the page were almost certainly laid by bog-standard semi-aquatic crocodiles (Kambara) as stated in the paper.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
For those not up on ozzie croc palaeontology.
-There is no such thing as a drop croc.

Some have speculated that certain dwarf ozzie crocs (e.g. Trilophosuchus) might have been tree-climbing but the evidence is lacking. Drop predation behaviour is pure fantasy.
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I sent you my email in chat - flick me an email and I'll send you the pdf (tomorrow)
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The maxilla fragment is currently on display. I'll search for some old photos. If I can't find any, there are reasonable black and whites in the original paper that names it (and measurements as well). If you need a pdf let me know
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Have you got good images of the maxilla piece? My perception is that the upper P3 is proportionately larger than in W. vanderleueri, sort of like it was converging on a Thylacoleo-like state.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This film made me realise Jodie Whittaker is actually a good actor
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yes! Lets have more artworks featuring lesser-known species from Australia's prehistory.
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Seriously if you don't look closely that photo of Owen's statue could be mistaken for Darth Vader
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM