@palaeo-meghan
Palaeontologist studying extinction across the early Toarcian hyperthermal event 🐊 PhD student @ Uni of Leeds 🐚 MEarthSci graduate Uni of Manchester 🦑 Events assistant Geological Collections Group 🦣 Fossil finder 🦁 ADHD 🦖 she/her 🦕 Views my own 🦞
This event is open to anybody who has worked on or has an interest in Toarcian fossils, and we welcome abstracts relating to research, curation, conservation, and preparation of Toarcian material.
Following on from the hugely successful first meeting in Bath (England) in June 2024, the Symposium on Toarcian Palaeobiology is an opportunity to platform the diversity of global Toarcian palaeontological research by spotlighting underrepresented fields.
A poster for the Symposium of Toarcian Palaeobiology featuring an ichthyosaur and a school of fish. The text reads "2nd Symposium on Toarcian Palaeobiology. Luxembourg, 15-18 June 2026. Registration now open at www.geocollections.org/toarcian. Registration deadline 1st June. Abstract submission deadline 13th April".
I’m pleased to announce that registration for the second Symposium on Toarcian Palaeobiology is now open! Visit www.geocollections.org/toarcian for more information and to register. Book early to avoid disappointment!
Screenshot of the wikipedia page for Merychippus, a proto-horse that lived in North America 15.97-5.33 million years ago. It had three toes on each foot.
Merychippus everyone 🎄🐎
Want to do a PhD linking palaeontology, ecological modelling and polar ecosystems? Look no further than this NERC GW4+ DLTP funded project with @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social at @bas.ac.uk & @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social and others (inc me).
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trent reznor update: he came back. he's lost a sainsburys bag for life with two heat-up chicago town pizzas and thought he might have put it down when he was browsing but we can't find it. anyone in bloomsbury, please be on the lookout for a sainsburys bag for life with two chicago town pizzas
TOARCIAN THYLACOCEPHANS
New Early Jurassic thylacocephalan assemblage from the Western Carpathians in Slovakia
Dollocaris toarcica sp. nov. and Zazrivacaris jodorowskyi gen. et sp. nov.
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A small pyrite gastropod
A fossil pair of mussel shells
A large belemnite
A phenomenal end to August with a late walk yesterday! The beach certainly didn't disappoint with loads of finds including a beast of a belemnite, a beautiful pair of mussel shells and possibly one of the smallest finds all Summer with this gastropod!
A flyer for the next edition of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series, featuring a cartoon of an open laptop with the Palaeoverse logo on the back, and a picture of Amy Shipley, wearing a denim jacket and with sunglasses on her head, smiling into the camera
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️28th August 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️
Join us for next week’s talk given by @sauropodlets.bsky.social from the University of Leeds, on “Modelling ancient food webs: ecosystem changes across the Pliocene marine megafaunal extinction” 🦈
Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
Enormous thank you to @tetzoo.bsky.social and @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social for inviting me, to stand among best of the best in the industry. What a diverse portfolio of people, talents and styles. 💜
Very busy
The fossil, and the reconstruction, smaller than a sparrow, fully flight capable
As in getting the most enjoyment out of palaeontology without the stress, and having the most opportunities to continue doing what they love
Jurassic Park 1994 spawned a generation of kids who wanted to study to become palaeontologists. I pointed out the credits at the end which of course ran for ages, with just one palaeontologist. He didn’t complete his degree but is very highly regarded. As Natalia says, it’s what you do that counts.
I was on BBC Points West tonight talking about discovering the cave lion jaw 🦁💗🦣
(Only available for 24 hours)
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Even with a palaeontology degree, the best opportunities simply won't come to you unless you engage with the community in some way.
So get out there and meet people! Education and training is second to what you can learn and who you can meet by yourself
As its becoming increasingly difficult to volunteer at museums, the #1 best way to get into palaeontology is to attend events such as the Lyme Regis or Yorkshire Fossil Festivals, local society talks, or even events like DinoCon. Talk to people, make connections, make life long friends.
Some of the most successful palaeontologists I've met, especially over the past week, have absolutely no formal qualifications outside of high school whatsoever. They're in it for the love.
Palaeontology really is what you do and what you make of it, not what a piece of paper says about you
Palaeontology is what you do and not who you are. If you take time to broaden our understanding of natural history, via citizen science projects, fossil collecting, doing own research etc. you are a palaeontologist. You can finish a PhD in palaeontology, and leave the field entirely, many people do.
Does anyone have any recommendations for any UK based tattooists who do good fossil pieces? After a week at Cerney Wick I think it's finally time to invest in some pieces. I've been putting it off long enough.
I was on BBC Points West tonight talking about discovering the cave lion jaw 🦁💗🦣
(Only available for 24 hours)
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
For #InternationalCatDay and #FossilFriday here is an in-situ cave lion found today at the Hills Quary products, Mammoth Graveyard.
#TuskForce #CaveLion #IceAge
A cave lion jaw with two exposed teeth still in the ground
The news is out! On Wednesday I found this unsuspecting looking bone under a nodule. We thought it was a baby mammoth scapula.
This morning we realised it was the jaw of a cave lion. An incredible team effort to expose, identify, and conserve this incredibly rare specimen 😍🦣🦁💗
#TuskForce
A cave lion jaw with two exposed teeth still in the ground
The news is out! On Wednesday I found this unsuspecting looking bone under a nodule. We thought it was a baby mammoth scapula.
This morning we realised it was the jaw of a cave lion. An incredible team effort to expose, identify, and conserve this incredibly rare specimen 😍🦣🦁💗
#TuskForce
I also gave an interview about the most common, most overlooked, and most widely hated fossil at the site. The humble Gryphaea.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ7I...
For anyone wondering, this is where I've been since Sunday! I'm having an incredible time.
On Wednesday I found a baby mammoth tusk, as well as something really exciting that I can't talk about yet 🤐🦣👀
YOU CANNOT
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
Putting Bandcamp Friday on payday is so heinous like... the pay check literally only just dropped in my account and it has to last five weeks with a festival in the middle but also I've gotten into a billion new bands in the past few months and it is.... BANDCAMP FRIDAY 🙃🙃🙃
Prehistoric Planet Ice Age image showing two homotheres interacting in a snowy landscape.
Prehistoric Planet Ice Age image showing two Woolly rhino, a calf and old adult.
Prehistoric Planet Ice Age image showing a glyptodont.
Prehistoric Planet Ice Age image showing a mother sloth climbing up a rocky surface, baby on her back.
It's true, #PrehistoricPlanet Ice Age is coming to #AppleTV for November 2025. These images show how good our animals are, but... believe me, this barely scratches the surface!! It has been a massive thrill and privilege to help bring this series together... you're in for an incredible treat.
