We have a new paper out! Turtle ancestors evolved a shell—but what else? We found that an unique rostral vasculature was also obtained gradually along the lineage, and that an earliest turtle Proganochelys likely retained a mostly ancestral state!🐢 doi.org/10.1186/s13358…

Update: Saturday is Sold OUT. We recommend pre-booking for Sunday and Monday. Sharks opens Saturday, October 11! 🦈 Though many associate sharks with the terrifying monster from the movie Jaws, they are far more fascinating and complex than their depiction in popular culture.

Interested in fossils? Brains? Reptiles? Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time? Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition? Then apply for our School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh PhD project! e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item=1…

The Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum is seeking a contract (14 mo) Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology to help develop a new public exhibition on raptor dinosaurs. royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/UFdMVz28…

🚨 New paper alert! Our team just published a comprehensive study on fossil macroinvertebrates from the Santana Group (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil), one of the world’s most iconic Cretaceous fossil sites.

It's real. And it's spectacular. Sometimes, one fossil really can change everything you think you know. NEW PAPER (see bottom of thread) AND 🧵

Whew. A little thing happened today. Honored to have done this work with the outstanding Dr. James G. Napoli. I was a skeptic when I stepped into this, but no denying it #Nanotyrannus is valid. Dr. James G. Napoli and I left no stone unturned. And by the way, there are juvi T. rex, stay tuned...

They say things happen in three... It's been a busy couple of months w/ the announcement of our new pachycephalosaur #dinosaur #Zavacephale, resurrection of #Nanotyrannus, and now, published today, the final of our big impact papers of 2025... direct dating of dinosaur fossils!

Couldn’t make #2025SVP because we are installing a major update to our Royal Ontario Museum dinosaur gallery this week. Happy to say that #DinoZuul goes on permanent display starting December 5th! Here is a sneak peek…