Hi I’m Richie!
I curate the fossil arthropod collection at the Natural History Museum
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My research interests are British Palaeozoic arthropods, early Cambrian soft-bodied faunas of the Yangtze Platform and the evolution of Ecdysozoa.
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I curate the fossil arthropod collection at the Natural History Museum
🦂🕷️🪲🦋🦐🦞🦀
My research interests are British Palaeozoic arthropods, early Cambrian soft-bodied faunas of the Yangtze Platform and the evolution of Ecdysozoa.
Follow me for posts about all of the above! 👆
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My undergraduate degree was geology though.
1. 435+ million years on Earth
2. Dual pincer-sting weapon system
3. Earth’s first large terrestrial predator
4. Psychedelic properties
5. Has own zodiac sign
6. Heavy metal-infused exoskeleton that glows under UV
7. Recognised, feared and RESPECTED world over
The changes that causes to the physical form (genotype) varies tho.
You sold me Dr. Howard. All A+ answers on your list.
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A single fossil named in the 19th century with a varied history of interpretation. Currently seen as part of a pterygotid eurypterid. If so, it’s unlikely to be valid as there are two other pterygotids from the same locality.
This morning my son was watching In A Nutshell that stated that 50% of all animal species live in jungles but there are almost no fossils from jungles. My wife and I are still recovering.
Name your favorite arthropod on three.
One, two, three…
Dead ones.
It spanned the world’s oceans during the Ordovician and was among the many casualties of the rapid oceanographic crises of the end Ordovician mass extinction.