New paper day! From former MSc student Nathan Cochran's @paleodude.bsky.social work...you know how annoying it is to accidentally bite your lip? Imagine if you were a Dimetrodon!

First observed cranial pathology in the early Permian synapsid Dimetrodon limbatus

Dimetrodon is an early non-mammalian synapsid from the early Permian of Europe and North America best known for its elongated neural spines, which in life formed an interconnected sail, and an earl...

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The only tyrant or king I respect is Tyrannosaurus rex. The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct. #NoKings

I don't know who needs to hear this but you can call for the regulation of the private fossil market AND call for Brazilian fossil repatriation. Big Rex auctions just increase the demand fulfilled by the illegal trade of Brazilian fossils.

Among the thousands of dire wolf specimens at La Brea #TarPits is this 𝘈𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘴 lower jaw. Known as “The Endling”—the last known #direwolf fossil on Earth—this fossil is dated to be approximately 13,082 years old. See the fossil now on view in our Fossil Lab!

Watching more movies and decided to play into me being a mid-20s white guy and made a Letterboxd. May God have mercy on my pasty soul. letterboxd.com/paleodude/

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Nathan uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 3 films watched. Favorites: Jurassic Park (1993), Hundreds of Beavers (2022), Godzilla Minus One (2023), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022).

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Happy #TylosurusTuesday! Did you know? There are seven species of Tylosurus alive today!!! They are readily distinguishable from other marine life by their toothy elongate snouts. They are of course very dangerous, & have severely injured multiple people (& killed at least one).

A guide to the exoparia: the presence of the exoparia doesnt actually change much for the way we reconstruct most dinosaur groups, however, it changes some minor things for two of the most well known dinosaur groups that should be taken into account: #scicomm #paleontology #dinosaur #sciart

#SciArt Spotlight 🎨 Florida Pliocene Scientific art helps to illustrate Florida's evolving ecosystems, bringing life to the fossils we display in our exhibits. 🗝️ Check out the art + key and bonus fossils for gomphotheres, early artiodactyls and more: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blo...

Begging Democrat politicians to stop fighting to win over conservatives, and start winning over the 90 million Americans who just didn’t vote at all in the last national election. A meaningful chunk of those 90 million are absolutely looking for progressive policy directions.

Happy #FossilFriday! For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon. Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪

I'm super excited to announce that I'll be joining the Maddin lab at Carleton University for my PhD this Fall! Expect lot's of really cool synapsidy research on this feed soon!

This is like the highlight of the year so far I'm not even kidding.

Join our team teaching Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Calgary! We are hiring two positions to start in the Fall teaching in our new integrated curriculum.

Assistant or Associate Professor, Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary - Calgary (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Calgary - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | 670361

The University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) is seeking two academic scholars for full-time positions in Anatomy.

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Unicorns are one thing but every kid I knew who got into dinosaurs was equally interested in extant animals. Dinosaurs are just a gateway into the natural sciences for a lot of kid. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead | Isabel Losada

Put up pictures of lemurs, penguins and wolves, and introduce tomorrow’s environmentalists to the amazing nature in our world, says author Isabel Losada

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Rewatching the Simpsons Season 8 and oh my god it's kind of impressive how basically every episode in it is absolutely peak. May just be my favorite.

I present you the whole collection of bonobo drawings. These are all part of the same illustration, but they are not the final version; I still want to correct some details and then I will share the whole composition. #Sciart #art #primates #mammals

Museum peeps, what's your least favorite conversation to have with people outside the field? For me, it's screens and buttons. "I hate how new exhibits are full of screens and buttons" or "you should add more screens and buttons for the kids." Both takes are missing the point! A thread. 🧵

De-extinction is the “let’s colonize Mars” for Biologists. Instead of working to fix & be sustainable, its a frat boy mentality that we can just trash it all and science will undo it. We don’t need to change our behaviors because we can control Z it

One of the most accurate representations of grad school applications.

There's nothing more heartbreaking than finding out that you've missed out on a PhD position thanks in entirety to the hell that is the federal government at this point. Science in the states is basically dead or dying.

Hoping all of you stayed warm this #FamilyDay with Alberta's last cold snap of the year hitting hard. Luckily I was able to escape the cold at the Royal Tyrrell Museum where I didn't have it as bad as these snowy Pachyrhinosaurus. #paleoart #paleontology #museum

Anyone who uses any other palico voice besides the funny meows in Wilds is insane and I do not trust their moral character.

Pair of small dicynodonts Diictodon snoozing in their comfy burrow

Any recommendations for reliable phones? Thoroughly disappointed by Google Pixel having to replace a screen due to a manufacturing error and now dealing with the phone not charging properly.

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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Looks like with the NSF funding freeze I'll really have no other option than to remain in Canada for graduate studies. What an absolutely devastating and cruel administration the GOP has run.

I made a Lythronax

Who has two thumbs and submitted his first manuscript? This guy! Stay tuned for the deep history of bad luck within Synapsida. #paleontology

a pixelated image of a dragon flying over a desert landscape .

ALT: a pixelated image of a dragon flying over a desert landscape .

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