A new sail-back ornithischian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Group of the Isle of Wight & the origins of neural spine elongation in iguanodontians onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sp… Dryad @wileyearthspace #FossilFriday #PapersinPalaeontology

Introducing a crazy new look for Spicomellus, based on newly described osteoderms unlike anything we've ever seen before. I was brought in to produce a life reconstruction based on the new material, published today by Maidment et al. in Nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Croc fans are eating good today, we just got a new and exceptionally well preserved robust peirosaurid from Patagonia: Kostensuchus atrox We have most of the skeleton, which suggests a total length of perhaps up to 3.5 meters

Novas FE, Pol D, Agnolín FL, Carvalho IdS, Manabe M, Tsuihiji T, et al. (2025) A new large hypercarnivorous crocodyliform from the Maastrichtian of Southern Patagonia, Argentina. PLoS One 20(8): e0328561. doi.org/10.1371/journa…

After just 4 months of focused work by Perot Museum preparators and volunteers, most of the rock is gone on side 1 of the new plesiosaur from Celina, Texas. Time to slow it down for some fine and delicate detailing on this side of the skeleton. #FossilFriday

Kostensuchus atrox!!, a very cool terrestrial peirosaurid crocodylomorph described last week here depicted innocently playing with a friendly Isasicursor, how wholesome

Morelet’s crocs are considered a “terrestrial” species as they will disperse on land from one body of water to the next.

Man of Tomorrow. In theatres July 9, 2027.

Spinosaurus

Spinosaur v Sarcosuchus A4 private commission intended (apparently) to be turned into a tattoo. The client requested gore and a nod to the JP3 Spinosaurus.

Just a reminder not to conflate paleontologists with paleo enthusiasts. It’s generally not paleontologists that make a huge deal about highly fragmentary or undescribed fossils. It’s their job to work on them, whether or not a big deal is made usually comes down to “fans”

Our new paper on Coelacanths from the British Rhaetian. Many of these fossils are identified for the first time from museum collections, many of which had been misidentified as fossils of marine reptiles or other taxa for as long as 150 years. The paper: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Ambush Sarcosuchus imperator

Con solo 25 años, la paleontóloga Camila Zamora-Vega (Camila Zamora Vega), bióloga de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), deja huella en la paleontología mundial. [Hilo🧵]

We are delighted to share the first circular of #SECAD2027, the meeting on Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in Water, to be held in Lima, Peru, from 30 August to 3 September 2027. We look forward to welcoming you all! Link:drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

The historiography of dinosaur footprints of the Lower Cretaceous Weal... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I just heard paleontologist Dr. Hans Sues passed away suddenly! What an incredible loss. I never got to meet him in person but my online interactions were always pleasant. A giant in the field. My thoughts are with his family, friends, and colleagues.

Whilst galloping is often attributed to the Cuban crocodiles, the freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni) is also known to gallop! In fact, it is the freshwater crocodile that is perhaps the fastest crocodilian on land! Using their speed to evade potential threats.