@TheDinosaurDave
not knowing anything about paleonotology in Tasmania, today I just read the wikipedia page for the Knocklofty Formation , nearly empty aside from a list of temnospondyl (stem-?)amphibians and fishes, and I learned @alcootatooter described one of the temnospondyls, Rotaurisaurus. And it's an Induan formation, that seems quite unusual, to have a fossiliferous formation from the Induan?
How do you make a dinosaur skull that can survive classroom handling? This How It's Made episode shows the #art and #science of creating #museum-quality skeletal replicas that are so detailed even experts can find them hard to tell apart from originals.
Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/from-bone-to-clone-the-art-and-science-of-making-skeletal-replicas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=bone_clone
#dinosaurs #paleontology #education #museums #crafts #bones #fossils #design #handmade #painting #sculpture #skeleton #tksst #video
Coelacanths in the Mendips!
<< Scientists find “living fossil” fish hidden in museums for 150 years | ScienceDaily >>
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251027224852.htm
A new study published in Nature definitively settles a decades-long paleontological debate by confirming Nanotyrannus lancensis as a separate species from Tyrannosaurus rex, not just a juvenile.
The #discovery describes a fully grown, 5-meter-tall predator with a different bone-growth pattern and hunting strategy – prioritizing agility and speed over the brute force that made its larger T. rex cousin famous – suggesting #dinosaurs maintained healthy ecological diversity right up until the extinction event.
In honour of the new Nanotyrannus paper, here is a wonderful Nanotyrannus cast at Mount Royal University in Calgary!
A #FossilFriday from the archives. Here's a cast of Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni, as it was on display in the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, 2005, with curator Matt Williams for scale. I think the specimen was subsequently repainted to remove the green border.
Thank you Professor Alice Roberts, Dean and I are delighted you enjoyed reading “The SECRET LIVES of DINOSAURS” (written by Dr Dean Lomax and illustrated by @BobNicholls) is OUT NOW.
Another great Sunday sorting fossils! It was a spectacular haul with a surprising number of partial jaw fragments found this time.
Rodent molar - CS Ling
Reptile Jaw - Daegan Kovacs
Phalanx - Labib Chowdhury
If you'd like to come assist palaeontological research, our next session is this Sunday! https://albertapaleo.org/events/fossilsorting for more information.
ICYMI: 
Adam Savage goes behind the scenes at the American #Museum of Natural #History to see how preparators build lifelike #dinosaurs. The team used texture molds from the museum's #elephant collection for the #triceratops and painted the #mosasaur with colors inspired by caiman #lizards.
Adam Savage goes behind the scenes at the American #Museum of Natural #History to see how preparators build lifelike #dinosaurs. The team used texture molds from the museum's #elephant collection for the #triceratops and painted the #mosasaur with colors inspired by caiman #lizards.
Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/triceratops-mosasaur-amnh-adam-savage-tested-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=amnh-dinosaurs
#paleontology #science #fossils #art #craftsmanship #amnh #animals #biology #engineering #jobs #nature #painting #plesiosaurs #reptiles #sculpture #stem #work #tksst #video
Ottawa researchers help uncover northern-most rhinoceros 
species ever found
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/arctic-rhino-fossil-9.6956379
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Des chercheurs•euses aident à dévoiler l’espèce de rhinocéros la plus nordique jamais trouvée
// Article en anglais //
You mean three decades of complete (and orchestrated) failure has consequences!?
Scientists discover dinosaur 'mummies' with hoofs like a horse
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/duck-billed-dinosaur-hoofs-9.6932298
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Des scientifiques découvrent des « mommies » dinosaures avec des sabots comme un cheval
Another great week for palaeo events!
Oct. 29 - U of A Palaeo Society Halloween Event!
Nov. 1 - 2: Telus Spark Earth Science Week! Especially exciting, our president, Cory Gross, will be giving presentations on both days!
Nov. 2: Microfossil Sorting!
https://albertapaleo.org/events/calendar for more information!
"New research reveals [...] that the skin found on newly discovered duck-billed dinosaur “mummies” [...] aren’t fossilized flesh at all but clay molds welded by microbes as the creatures decayed."
Aidez-moi...j'ai retrouvé ma collection de cailloux de quand j'étais petit, et il y a ce truc qui m'a toujours intrigué...vu de loin ça ressemble vaguement à un #trilobite, mais ce n'est pas du tout...trilobé... donc je suppose que ce n'est pas ça.
Voilà, c'est une pierre très noire, très compacte, pas du calcaire, plutôt la consistance d'un silex mais noir. Je ne sais plus où j'ai trouvé ça mais probablement en ville. Je mets les photos du dessous et du dessus, sur le "dessous" on voit des structures assez fines. Est-ce que ça dit quelque chose à quelqu'un ??
The high price found at the Montreal Gem and Mineral show (runs today until 5pm at the Palais des congrès).
Trilobites $2000
The dinosaur footprints are only $500 each!
Lead exposure may have influenced brain and language development in early humans and Neanderthals
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/lead-exposure-in-early-humans-and-neanderthals/
UChicago paleontologists unveil duck-billed dinosaur ‘mummies’.
66 million-year-old fossils preserved in muddy badlands of Wyoming featured scales, spikes and hooves
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-paleontologists-unveil-duck-billed-dinosaur-mummies #dinosaurs #fossils #Palaentology
