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Here we go, day 1 of Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Come and find us in the Jubilee Pavilion @bas.ac.uk #FossilFestival

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A very happy 99th birthday to Sir David. I’ve had the great honour to have met him several times in both human and ship form.

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Great to see that the 2025 Lyme Regis Fossil Festival programme is now published. I'll be giving a couple of talks about local lass #MaryAnning (of course!) The festival is a fantastic event, loads to see and do, and not to be missed! I hope to see you there! fossilfestival.com/lyme-regis-f...

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6 April 1821: at @geolsoc.bsky.social, William Conybeare introduces the genus Plesiosaurus for some bones from the Lias of Lyme Regis that differed from Ichthyosaurus. The best specimens (probably bought from #MaryAnning) were in the collection of Thomas Birch, but no complete specimen was known.

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For #FossilFriday here’s a Homo sapiens trace fossil on the Norfolk coast being revealed by coastal erosion due to anthropogenic climate change.

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20 January 1814: the 'Caledonian Mercury' reports that William Bullock is sending a collection of natural history specimens from his new London museum to Edinburgh, including 'the fossil head of a crocodile' – the first public display of the 1811–12 ichthyosaur found by #MaryAnning and her brother.

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For #FossilFriday here’s something I came across today, the skull of the Early Jurassic plesiosaur Anningasaura. From the Natural History Museum, London.

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Storm Bert hits the UK today, on the bicentenary of the Great Storm of 22-23 Nov 1824 which caused widespread destruction along the S coast of England. #MaryAnning told a friend of the damage in Lyme Regis. Contrary to some later accounts, her house was not damaged, but her brother's premises were.

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This #FossilFriday morning's blue #PaleoArt, for all the new #Bluesky people, features the #mosasaur #Platecarpus...

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Leaping Balaur bondoc #paleoart for #FossilFriday. This image follows the interpretation that Balaur was an omnivorous bird, not a "double-clawed" dromaeosaur. The skull is unknown, so the head is based on Sapeornis. Originally created for the first @palaeogames.bsky.social book. #sciart

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This #FossilFriday, I offer you a 50 million year old feather. I found this in the Green River Formation, while doing fieldwork for @johellawell.bsky.social's PhD back in 2006.

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The new Woolly Rhino coin is available in a variety of metals, including silver and gold. Released today, from The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London. You can buy my Ice Age Giants collection here: www.royalmint.com #coins #coincollector #coincollecting #paleoart #sciart #scicomm

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