Dr Elsa Panciroli

Haha, I literally just shared, and thought, the same thing

'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

Oh what fresh horror...

Actually a very common fossil, but preserved in a way that looks like the mouth inside the mouth of an alien. It's actually a crinoid stem, an ancient sea lilly. I'd totally put this on my mantlepiece tho (or maybe make greetings cards...)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very legs

Early Career Researchers... 👀

We are especially keen to find a new editor for our amazing monographs - more info on this role coming soon, in the meantime you can always contact secretary@palaeosoc.org to find out more!

A really great small grant, well worth applying!

An old illustration of a waterfall with a couple in front of it, the man is wearing a top hat.

'Among the heathy hills and ragged woods
The roaring Foyers pours his mossy floods;
Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds,
Where, through a shapeless breach, his stream resounds'
Happy Burns Night 🥃

Great to see last year's winner of our Marsh Palaeoart Award, @matt-humpage.bsky.social, who illustrated Prototaxites in this amazing new paper. Astonishing science, stunning visuals!

I've never cited a paper from the International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) before. Today's the day.

Thanks for the shout out! And you picked up #BeastsBeforeUs for a real bargain!

The olfactory bulb endocast as a proxy for mammalian olfaction | PNAS Olfaction is a critical sense for tetrapods, playing a key role in survival and reproduction by aiding in food detection, predator avoidance, and s...

www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Shawn, Allan, Rosie, and a Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

#Thanksgiving 🦃 with our amazing volunteers in the bird collections of National Museums Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿! 😉

Do you live nearby and would like to join? We're capturing data from all our #birds. Well, now's your chance! Don't wait...

careers.nms.ac.uk/job/800113

#museum #ornithology 🪶

Passed a woman holding a can of squirty cream just spraying it into her mouth as she walks along and I think I might be doing life all wrong...

Highland science club celebrates 150th anniversary Inverness Field Club promotes interest in history and science in the Highlands.

Inverness Field Club is celebrating 150 years!! 🥳 It has a fascinating history, and a long history if female members (I'm currently researching them...). They provided funding twice for our team's work on Skye 🙏🏼 Societies like this do amazing work, plz support them!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A new #PhD opportunity supervised by @drmambobob.bsky.social and me at the @uniofreading.bsky.social on dragonfly and damselfly evolution!

It is competition funded through the CROCUS partnership, and involves a mix of palaeontology and comparative biology.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Heard the phrase 'epistemic disobedience' for the first time and I'll be honest it sounds good.

This scale image of Westlothiana makes me laugh - looks like the tetrapod is about to get splatted 😄

*natural

Thanks so much to everyone who braved the wind and rain to listen to us talk about writing! It was an honour to be invited to the panel. And shout out to the wonderful Heath Bookshop for supplying our books to sign ❤️

Oh no I missed the group photo! 😭
The morning session was fantastic, wish I could have been there for the afternoon! Thanks so much for organising it.

😄 should be a fun evening!

Luaidh ga dhèanamh air Dùghall Ros Tha luaidh ga dhèanamh air Dùghall Ros à Ealaiseadar san Eilean Sgitheanach a chaochail Dimàirt aig aois 68.

A sad farewell to Dugald Ross, founder of Staffin Dinosaur Museum. Dugie was at the forefront of #palaeontology in #Skye, bringing narural science and cultural heritage together like never before in #Scotland. Friend and mentor to many, he will be sorely missed. share.google/NKSDfsXw3SFL...

Not had enough #ScotGeolFest25?

Not to worry - there's still a chance to learn about the geology of Rouken Glen!

This postponed event will now take place this Saturday 25th October

Lean more here: www.scottishgeologytrust.org/event/rouken...

Time to nominate yourself or an artist you worked with for this excellent award!

If you have an interest in geology please consider contributing to this crowdfunder by @scottishgeology.bsky.social to improve access and interpretation at Hutton’s classic site, Siccar Point.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point

Like what you see? One of these could be yours... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/dyR5704... #scottishgeology #geologyart #historyofscience

An image of Siccar Point, showing the famous unconformity where vertical rock units are overlain by sub-horizontal rock units. Text over the image reads "Share the history and science of Siccar Point. Help us build the Deep Time Trail. "A great initiative! I look forward to visiting Siccar Point again". "Such an opportunity to bring more focus to a foundational exposure for our science" Donate now!"

Are you passionate about Scotland's scientific heritage?

Help us tell the story of one of Scotland’s greatest minds; James Hutton, the founder of modern geology, through his most famous geological outcrop Siccar Point.

Donate today!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point

If you love rocks, pls help share this! @seismatters.bsky.social @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social @hoggroup.bsky.social @geolassoc.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @timweedwriter.bsky.social @helengordon.bsky.social @tjdhalliday.bsky.social @stevebrusatte.bsky.social @david-farrier.bsky.social

Please share!! 🙏🏼
Want to see where the science of geology began? Then help us build the Deep Time Trail!

Prints of the Lost Drawings scattered on a table and held down with beach pebbles. Most of the prints are black ink engraving prints on cream paper.

We have some great rewards if you donate to help make the Deep Time Trail a reality!

First up, we have reproductions of the “Lost Drawings”. These illustrations were prepared by John Clerk of Eldin and were supposed to illustrate the later volumes of Hutton’s Theory of Earth