A book cover, featuring the text "Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time. Edited by Chris Manias." The cover image depicts a large long-necked Sauropod dinosaur, modelled after the famous animation "Gertie the Dinosaur" in a park, with a city skyline in the background. A range of humans are standing around Gertie, pointing at and admiring her. There is also a man in a ringmaster outfit standing on Gertie's shoulder.

"Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time" is out today, and is freely downloadable as an open access pdf, published by @uclpress.bsky.social !

uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeon...

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Why the World Has to Ignore David Peters and ReptileEvolution.com — Tetrapod Zoology And so it is that I must once more write about the great eternal menace of our age: David Peters.

A reminder that David Peters is a serial purveyor of nonsense, that he shouldn't be taken seriously, and that he is toxic and leading a highly negative campaign of constant criticism. ResearchGate have been alerted to this issue but have yet to take action. Please see... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/7/...

The one thing I want Wotr to have is gunslinger as a class. If we had that it would be a 10/10 game ngl

FossilFighterRBP - Twitch I'm a Monster Professor in training! On my off time I stream whenever I can. Check me out at 10 PM PST

Gloomwood gaming. We're getting the FUCK out of the hive, good riddance.
www.twitch.tv/fossilfighte...

if i, a cis guy, put on the mars shirt i’ll melt like the nazi that opened the ark of the covenant in raiders of the lost ark

Drawings of Mary with the characteristic bonnet and ammonite

Young Mary with a skull og Temnodontosaurus

The famous pioneering fossil hunter, Mary Anning (b. 1799). Mary was barely 12 when, along with her brother, she discovered the skull of an ichthyosaur and paved the way for the field that eventually would be called "palaeontology"

Prolly my funniest Marvel Rivals clip. Can't believe I kited that Black Panther for half a minute lmao

why the fuck did he say that

Twitch Twitch is the world

Fellas we are gloomwood gaming once again. I hate everything about crowmen so this will be fuuuun...
www.twitch.tv/fossilfighte...

🌊Meet the Sacabambaspis🌊
(Part 1)

Goobers!
The whole lot!!

Sacabambaspis was one of several jawless filter feeders that ruled the world during the Ordovician and I absolutely love them!
They were made famous on the internet for a spoofed museum model where you may have first heard about them!

Stream over! had some technical difficulties at the start, but we got it to work afterwards!

Twitch Twitch is the world

Going LIVE with the new Gloomwood Update! Time to explore the depths of the Hive+Underport now!
www.twitch.tv/fossilfighte...

Newest #pokemon watercolor is of my ace, Nidoqueen. Been transferring her over every new game since the beginning. Ear injury based on an actual battle against a fire gym leader’s Ninetails in 2014 during a Comic-Con event. #pokemonart

There's way less annoying posts here though which is a big boon imo

The only thing I have is that not every artist I followed didn't make the jump. Also I feel the site isn't as funny but it'll take time

Now that we're finally caught up on all of my Fossil Fighters art, might I ask you to take a peek at my feed? There's at least 125* models I made because I love these games so much. I'll be starting to make more soon!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

[ Neura ]

" Enflame Plus allows Neura to start battle with an attack bonus. Team it with speedy allies to ensure a first round KO! "

#fossilfighters #fakesaur #3Dart #art

Illustration of Dinocephalosaurus, a lizard-like animal with a very long neck, laying dead curled up on green filamentous algae. Some small fish are circling nearby.

Death of a Dragon.

A portrait of a recently described specimen of Dinocephalosaurus, one of the numerous very weird reptiles of the Triassic period. While not a dinosaur itself, this beast lived in the dawn of the dinosaurs. #Sciart #Paleoart

Dr Darren Naish Issues Rebuttal of Aquatic Dinosaur Theory In a recent scholarly rebuttal, renowned palaeontologist Dr Darren Naish has challenged the controversial claims made by Brian J. Ford asserting that all non-avian dinosaurs were aquatic animals not s...

New at the Everything Dinosaur Blog, an article on my recent paper on Brian Ford's sorry and ongoing 'all dinosaurs were aquatic' nonsense .... blog.everythingdinosaur.com/blog/_archiv... #dinosaurs

Close-up of a tridactyl dinosaur footprint (Anchisauripus) from the Sinemurian Portland Formation of Connecticut

Dinosaur toe beans

[ Megadon ]

" Megadon's Red Sea skill allows it to attack the opposing team all at once while stealing LP in the process. Possessing a large LP and Attack is the cherry on top! "

#fossilfighters #fakesaur #3Dart #art

I pop in every now and then, but way less than I used to. There's so many bots and white supremacists in like every other semi big post it's getting pretty unusable. Still some gems but yeah

[ Longi ]

" A strange vivosaur boasting strong support effects. With Color Change, it's able to change type multiple times in battle. "

#fossilfighters #fakesaur #3Dart #art

Post-Truthism, Brian J Ford’s Aquatic Dinosaurs, and the Fate of ‘Too Big To Walk’ — Tetrapod Zoology Late in the afternoon of Friday November 8th, my paper ‘The response to and rejection of Brian Ford’s Too Big to Walk , a 21st century effort to reinstate the aquatic dinosaur hypothesis’ saw digital...

New at Tetrapod Zoology, a response to a wretched 'post-truth' project ... tetzoo.com/blog/2024/11...

[ Seidon ]

" An extra-large vivosaur that grows slowly but makes strong LP gains. Seidon's Auto Counter makes it a dangerous opponent. "

#fossilfighters #fanart #dinosaurs #3Dart #art

I have a concerning amount of mudkips with guns.

#pokemon #mudkip

[1/4] ORDOVICIAN paleo-geography art series - inspired by a recent paper suggesting the Earth might have had a ring system at this time! #geology #paleoart #sciart #paleontology #paleoart

First off, world map (native size: 120 x 80 cm, 300 ppi):

[ Zhuchengo ]

" A mighty close range vivosaur with a unique ability that boosts allies' crit rates in battle. May fortune be on your side in future conflicts. "

#fossilfighters #fakesaur #dinosaurs #3Dart #art

Nessie Point and Counterpoint; Who Owns the ‘Facts’ on the Loch Ness Monster? — Tetrapod Zoology Regular readers of this blog might be aware of my book Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths , initially published as an ebook in 2016 ( Naish 2016 ) and appearing in har...

Who owns the 'facts' on the #LochNessMonster and are believers right to be super-aggressive towards the sceptics? New #TetZoo article now has a good number of comments .... tetzoo.com/blog/2024/11... #LochNess #Nessie