friend from mongolia

Stegosaurus skull and brain Natural History Museum

This must be the worst Crocodile I've heard of

About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166 million years ago, criss-cross the limestone floor in Oxfordshire. They record the comings and goings of a long-necked sauropod called Cetiosaurus and the smaller meat-eating Megalosaurus. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Proof of the 'sauropod skulls detonated upon time of death' hypothesis #FossilFriday

OH THAT IS SO COOL

For #MuseumSelfieDay, here's one in the marine mammal collections at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History with a big ol' male Stellar sea lion (CM 960). This was back on June 2024, when I was doing some collections reconnaissance for OHIO Honors Program undergrad Grace Vance while she was overseas. 🦭

New paper led by former UCL undergraduate Carly Pligersdorffer (now School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh) + EarthSciences UCL PhD student Paul M. J. Burke on the internal cranial anatomy of the Paleogene crocodylian Argochampsa, with an evaluation of salinity tolerance in extinct crocodyliforms doi.org/10.1111/joa.14…

On this #fossilfriday, take a moment to remember the great Richard Fortey, who passed last week. Scientist, naturalist, writer, and gentleman of the highest caliber. My thoughts in Stephen Moss obituary for The Guardian theguardian.com/science/2025/m…

Big headed baby

Tracking dinosaur footprints in the shadow of a 14th century castle. Only on the Isle of Skye! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 And as always, our School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh students found some amazing things! Stay tuned…

I am giving a talk for Pint of Science UK! I will be talking all about my research on the brains of dinosaurs 🧠🦕 and afterwards I will join Steve Brusatte and friends for a panel talk on the latest in dinosaur research 🦖🦕 20/05/2025, here in Edinburgh: pintofscience.co.uk/event/unearthi…

Happy #FossilFriday here is the holotype skull of the Styracosaurus albertensis from the Canadian Museum of Nature

Check out my new Palaeocast blog post! This time about the evolution of the arms of oviraptorosaurs. It's a summary of the recent research by Milly Mead Steve Brusatte Greg Funston It features an interview with Milly too! palaeocast.com/evolution-of-t…

Tonight, if you're in Edinburgh! See Adam Manning talk about his PhD research on dinosaur brains and intelligence. And stick around afterwards for a panel discussion with our School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh students on all things dinosaur! pintofscience.co.uk/event/unearthi…

Growing up in America, I never had a chance to get a Blue Peter badge as a kid... But I have one now! Ticked one off the bucket list as Abby & the crew filmed with our School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh students The University of Edinburgh, in the lab and in the field on Skye!

Again enormous thank you to the Marsh Trust and the Palaeontographical Society for the Palaeoart Award. Legitimately, unbelievable 😱

Styracosaurus - Protector of the Cretaceous Lands

Some recent drafts of ceratopsians.#paleoart #dinosaur #ceratopsians

Our School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh Masters students recently had the opportunity to not only prospect for dinosaurs and collect fossils on the Isle of Skye... ...but to have BBC's Blue Peter film them! The cool stuff you can do if you study in Edinburgh! blogs.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/20…