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Sinéad Lynch
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Palaeontology PhD candidate in the ANOM lab, Switzerland🦂🦀🦣🇨🇭.
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nature.com
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species

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‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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dimetrodone.bsky.social
Monotremes from another time and place #specbio
August 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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minouette.bsky.social
Velvet worm repeat pattern! Putting more invertebrate linocuts into surface design! 🧪🐡

These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand (Aotearoa). Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongated, 🧵
A repeat pattern made with my linocut blue S-shaped velvet worm, resembling a many-legged caterpillar with two antennas and a pattern of spots. Along its length there’s a central darker blue stripe. The image is repeated and reflected to make mesh of nearly interlocking S-shaped velvet worms against a deep raspberry purple background.
August 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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noracc.bsky.social
New published paper 🗞️🦐
Led with the help of @gaetanptn.bsky.social, this project gives insight into the fossilization process of arthropod appendages and the decay resistance of setae 🫨

Want to know more? 🤨
➡️ www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...

@sineadlynch.bsky.social @taphozoan.bsky.social
www.openpalaeo.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Results from the #paleostream!
Tyrannosculda ( a wish by @ultraluther.bsky.social ), Pulaosaurus, Shangyang and Istiorachis.
August 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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agatebloodlines.bsky.social
20 million years ago, Moropus inhabited the forests of North America
August 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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pikaole.bsky.social
Horseshoe crab
Nine fluorescent Horseshoe crabs on a light sky blue background. Rainbow-colored seashells are scattered around.
May 11, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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pikaole.bsky.social
Cleaner shrimp 🦐
February 11, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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lotuscat.bsky.social
Long day today, so one photo only. I got a face shot of Old World swallowtail or kiageha (Papilio machaon) caterpillar. Those little eyes! Short legs! Chonky body! Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Invertebrate #Insects
キアゲハの幼虫。お目目とお手手。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫
Face of kiageha caterpillar. The face is onigiri shaped with black lines on green. Small pair of eyes on ide. Six legs are held in prayer position. The legs are yellow-green with claws. The body is green with black and orange spots. A pair of proleg can be seen clasping the plant stalk.
August 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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rmwaterhouse.bsky.social
Par exemple... www.moulting.org
August 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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graveyardrave.bsky.social
Punk Shrimps- Primps? Shrunks? Either way this is the silliest thing I’ve ever made.
Plastic Punk Shramps on chunky metal mall necklaces
August 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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collemyria.bsky.social
Moulting citizen science : Le site web d'un projet de science citoyenne visant à recueillir des informations sur la mue des arthropodes.
via @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social‬
Moulting.org, un site de science citoyenne consacré à l'étude de la mue des arthropodes
Web site of citizen science project to gather information on arthropod moulting.   Moulting citizen science   ------ NDÉ Traduction   Contribuez à la science ! Ce site est consacré à la science citoyenne et se concentre sur l'étude de la mue des arthropodes dans le cadre de notre projet iNaturalist.   Rejoignez-nous en apportant des photos ou des observations de ce processus fascinant. Vos contributions seront partagées en ligne, et vous en serez pleinement remercié.   Explorez la collection diversifiée d'images et de données directement à partir d'iNaturalist et contribuez à faire progresser notre compréhension de la biologie des arthropodes.
sco.lt
August 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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crabspromenade.bsky.social
Ilyoplax dentimerosa, a beautiful specimen, found in Korea. It's funky dance is coming soon!
チゴガニの仲間、Ilyoplax dentimerosa の美個体です。韓国にて。本種の面白いダンスは後日アップ予定です、乞うご期待。
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #invertebrate
July 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
amazing things are happening in the shrimp rodeo community

www.reddit.com/r/ShrimpsIsB...
July 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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pikaole.bsky.social
Anomalocaris and Rili shrimp #shyshrimp
Three Anomalocaris and a Rili shrimp (Neocaridina) swim together. All have colorful patterns on their heads and tails. Heart-shaped water droplets fly around. A happy and bright atmosphere.
July 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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anniestegg.bsky.social
"The Axolotl Parade" (14x18 inches, oils on copper panel)
Prints are on Gallery Gerard 🌿

I had so much fun working on this one!

#AxolotlArt #AxolotlLove #AmphibianArt #AnimalArt
July 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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poodlewool.bsky.social
Pigeons, apricots, and thyme!
Because it's always thyme for pigeons! :) A repeating pattern of peaceful floating pigeons interspersed with clusters of apricots, small white flowers, and sprigs of thyme. It's primarily a dusty teal color.
July 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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nataliajagielska.bsky.social
This baby pterosaur is no bigger than my thumb
July 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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astrapionte.bsky.social
“All” 55 known species of sloths that lived during the Late Pleistocene.

#paleoart #animals #art #wildlife #extinct
December 18, 2024 at 4:50 AM
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astrobiologiste.bsky.social
For #FossilFriday, probably my favorite specimen at @hmns.bsky.social.

This horseshoe crab had a very bad day.
A horseshoe crab impression. You can see its footprints in the soft stone. I imagine it going about its business and then ... Gone.
December 13, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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uk-wildlife.bsky.social
I see #Crustmas seems to be a thing, and people are sharing Ostracod photos!? I don't need an excuse to share photos of my Favourite crustacean!
Or better yet, here's a video!
#BugSky #invert #PondLife
December 1, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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nextstrain.bsky.social
Tis #Crustmas is the season of giving or not? 😅 I remember people were asking if they eat their moult. Yeah they do eat it and they dont seem to enjoy sharing moult snacks. 😆🦐
December 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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themuseumofliz.bsky.social
'Palaeontology is like cheese 🧀, there are lots of gaps but the bits in between are really good'

Emilia Jarochowska #Palass24
December 12, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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moistmacro.bsky.social
Day 12 for #25DaysofCrustmas is a little protective crab on a small coral head - not sure of the species.
#MarineLife #Crustmas #Inverts
A photo of a honey brown colored crab sat on a similar colored coral - the crab is in a defensive posture.
December 12, 2024 at 9:20 AM
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rachelwarnock.bsky.social
Massive thanks to everyone who attended our phylo workshop this morning at #PalAss24 ☺️ 👩🏼‍💻 All materials available online! palass-2024-phylo.netlify.app
Group selfie showing all workshop participants at their desks. Everyone is smiling. A group of cheerful instructors at the end of the workshop
December 10, 2024 at 3:41 PM