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danthebugman @danthebugman@mastodon.world · Aug 07, 2026
A new species of Ice Age toad discovered at La Brea Tar Pits: The spadefoot toad Spea labreae #fossils #amphibians #science https://phys.org/news/2026-08-species-ice-age-toad-la.html
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Will Beckett 🍁 @WillderBeast@sauropods.win · Aug 06, 2026
Sharing a *real* mastodon on Mastodon (or selected replica parts thereof). These are shots from the Albert County Museum's new Hillsborough Mastodon display near where this 8-10 foot tall, 80,000 year old juvenile came to light back in 1936 #fossils #fossil #Mastodons #Pleistocene #paleontology #Palaeontology #museum #newbrunswick #Canada
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Alberta Palaeo Society @alberta_palaeo_society@sauropods.win · Jul 28, 2026
More exciting palaeo events! Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: Fossil Treasures from the Burgess Shale @ TELUS Spark Science Centre, Calgary, AB (TELUS Spark & Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation) Sunday, August 2, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: Devil's Coulee - Sunset Tour of the Fossil Site @ Warner, AB (meet at museum; drive to fossil site) (Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum) For more information: see https://albertapaleo.org/events/calendar #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #dinosaurs #events
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Natasha :mastodon:🇪🇺🇮🇪 @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt · Jul 26, 2026
Looking remarkably like you need a set of watchmakers screwdrivers are these fossilized crinoids, brachiopods, and bryozoans. Do zoom in btw! 🔍 Body parts of ancient marine creatures that lay scattered here on an ocean floor over 300 million years ago. County Donegal, Ireland. 📷 by Cormac MacFhionnlaoich, a hiking guide #IE #Ireland #Fossils #Photo #geology
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Global Museum @globalmuseum@mastodon.online · Jul 15, 2026
T. Rex Hatchlings Were Smaller Than a Cat And Born by The Dozen. "Going through museum collections, my colleagues and I have discovered the first remains of hatchling tyrannosaurs" - Nick Longrich, paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Bath in the UK. https://www.sciencealert.com/neglected-museum-fossils-turn-out-to-be-the-first-t-rex-hatchlings-ever-found #fossils #dinosaurs
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World news | The Guardian @guardian_world@robot.villas · Jul 14, 2026
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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive@mastodon.social · Jul 08, 2026
Sectional View of the Crust of the Earth (1828–40) by Orra White Hitchcock. Source: Amherst College https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ef504df0-75fc-4e78-99ca-f8beb74d1847 #diagrams #fossils #education #geology #fabric #science #textiles #art #publicdomain
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jcrabapple @jcrabapple@dmv.community · Jul 05, 2026
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🌀 In the Nebraska badlands, mysterious stone spirals up to 8 feet tall puzzled scientists for nearly a century. Paleontologist Erwin Barbour called them "Devil's Corkscrews" in 1892 and insisted they were fossilized plant roots. Edward Drinker Cope argued they were rodent burrows. Barbour retorted that if a gopher made them, "it must stand as a lasting monument to the genius of that creature." The answer turned out to be both. An extinct prairie-dog-sized beaver called Palaeocastor carved helical tunnels with its flat front teeth, spiraling down 8 feet into the earth. Later, moisture-seeking roots grew into the abandoned burrows and became petrified, preserving the spiral shape. Two organisms, one fossil, decades of argument. You can still see beaver skeletons nestled inside their spiral homes at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. #paleontology #fossils #science
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Global Museum @globalmuseum@mastodon.online · Jul 04, 2026
518-million-year-old fossil reveals where spider fangs came from. Ancient fossil Urokodia may reveal how spiders’ fang-like mouthparts first began to take shape. https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/518-million-year-old-fossil-reveals-where-spider-fangs-came-from/ #globalmuseum #fossils
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The Inquisitive Biologist @inqbiol@scicomm.xyz · Jun 29, 2026
New review: From Archaeopteryx then, to ten thousand species now: The Story of Birds sees Brusatte skillfully and captivatingly recount another chapter of life's evolutionary history. https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/06/29/book-review-the-story-of-birds-an-evolutionary-history-of-the-dinosaurs-that-live-among-us/ #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Evolution #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Fossils #Birds #Ornithology #Scicomm @bookstodon@fedigroups.social
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Aethelflaed @Aethelflaed@mstdn.social · Jun 28, 2026
#history #science #geology #fossils Scientists have identified the World's largest known scorpion. Praearcturus gigas which lived in the Devonian Era was over 3 feet in size, with pincers 6.3 inches long. Its fossils were first found in the UK in 1870, but debate has raged about what kind of creature it was. Using computed tomography scans and other #technology has helped to identify it. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-the-worlds-biggest-known-scorpion-the-size-of-a-dog
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Fathom Publishing @FathomPublishing@mastodon.social · Jun 26, 2026
Summer for most means sun and beaches, but for the Dinosaur Highway Research Team in Oxfordshire, the season looks a little different. 🔗 Read about the 2026 excavation season at one of the world's the oldest fossil sites: http://dlvr.it/TTDpgb #dinosaurs #fossils #research #discovery
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jun 04, 2026
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Science / the fossils 62 million years ago, 4 million years after the asteroid, a stretch of Egyptian seafloor filled with fish — and held them in stone. 500 specimens. Paleontologist Sanaa El-Sayed pulled them from blistering desert, closing a ten-million-year hole in how life rebuilds after catastrophe. https://twp.ai/4hs7C2 #Science #Paleontology #Fossils #Egypt #Extinction #Ocean #Climate #NatGeo #ThistleAndMoss #TheGathering
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Alberta Palaeo Society @alberta_palaeo_society@sauropods.win · May 22, 2026
This week’s Fossil Friday is a Late Cretaceous sea star from Alberta (APS 1987.038). It was found in the Cardium Formation, which formed along the shallow margin of the Western Interior Seaway. This seaway bisected North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. This sea star would have lived in the warm, shallow waters along that margin. It was found by Harvey Negrich and Don Sabo. Photo credit Howard Allen. #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #seastar #fossilfriday
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