A quick statement about current and ongoing events in paleontology - but this philosophy should also be duly applied to all sciences and walks of life.
06.02.2026 22:11
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A quick statement about current and ongoing events in paleontology - but this philosophy should also be duly applied to all sciences and walks of life.
Life reconstruction of Haolong in dark forest environment, by Fabio Manucci.
Montage showing scales and spikes of Haolong, with anatomical position marked on life reconstruction of whole animal. From Huang et al. 'Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous'. iguanodontian dinosaur
Really taken with Haolong dongi, out today from Jiandong Huang, Pascal Godefroit and team. Just submitted news article on it. An iguanodontian with abundant hollow spikes across the neck and body, projecting from among conventional basement scales, and with rows of plate-like scales along the tail.
I’ve already been incredibly disappointed by @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social’s handling (and lack of accountability) on serious safety and ethical issues. This latest statement is the final straw.
So… we’re all in agreement that we’re skipping SVP this year? So gross.
So excited that @sternbergcamps.bsky.social is coming to North Dakota!
Registration for the NDGS (@ndgspaleo.bsky.social) Public Fossil Digs is February 1st in case anyone else wants to join this summer… ndpaleofriends.org
It was the best day!
Curatorial hand holding up a thick fossil shell fragment over a chalk outcrop. There's a spherical pearl pressed against the inner shell surface indicating the presence of a pearl, however because of geologic processes the pearly color is all gone.
A rare find for today: a Cretaceous pearl! In the Niobrara, clams are EVERYWHERE and can be useful to tell you when you are in the chalk. Normally we ignore clam chunks like this Volviceramis frag, but this one is special
The round marble-like knob on the inside is an 87 million year old pearl. 🧪🦪
So excited to see Sternberg camps coming to North Dakota!
Curious where Sternberg Science Camps+ will be this summer? Well we’ve got a map for that! Yellow states are places we have logistics pretty much locked in for. States in gray are ones we are diligently working on for 2025 programs! We’ll be posting updates of this map as we get logistics finalized.
That definitely sounds like an “outreach expense” to me.
I mean… same.
I’ve been waiting for this movie version FOREVER! I hope it holds up to the original!