Milo Gaillard
@milogaillard2.bsky.social
26/male/autistic/aspiring paleontologist. I also like animals, dinosaurs, video games, movies, and I work out. Two wrongs don't make a right.
I.J. Maniel, R. Almeida, D.L. Kimbrough, G.S. de la Puente, A.C. Garrido, F. Bellardini, J.B. Mahoney. 2026. Albian zircon U-Pb crystallization ages from tuff beds in the Candeleros and Huincul formations, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Gondwana Research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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LIU Di, ZHAO Tao, ZHOU Zhong-He, ZHANG Yu-Guang, QIU Rui & WANG Bao-Peng (2026) Body mass estimation in Mesozoic birds: evaluating the performance of univariate and multivariate regression approaches PaleoVertebrata (advance online publication) www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/...
Body mass estimation in Mesozoic birds: evaluating the performance of univariate and multivariate regression approaches
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A new study re-evaluating size of the legendary Liopleurodon ferox. This should have been highly-unusual macropredator. Just look at these teeth! Look at the scale. The smallest are the size of lion fangs, and the largest look like tusks. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio
Worse than I could have imagined with near total loss of our Campanian dinosaur beds. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @agu.org @natgeosci.nature.com @paleosoc.bsky.social No one asked my opinion as Utah's State Paleontologist! @paleontologizing.bsky.social
Thanks to all the Bayverse Transformers posting I've been seeing on my tl lately, I've been obsessing over that epic 3v1 forest battle again. Idk if I've ever posted this on Bluesky, but here's a real example of an epic 3v1 with a white-tailed deer and three grey wolves.
C. T. Siviero B, Rega E, McLain MA, Brand LR, Nelsen D, Chadwick AV (2026) Identification of tooth traces from a Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Edmontosaurus annectens bonebed in the Lance Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. PLoS One 21(7): e0351939. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Identification of tooth traces from a Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Edmontosaurus annectens bonebed in the Lance Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A.
Identifying the origin of perforating lesions on fossil bone is often difficult, and many are considered tooth traces, in spite of more likely and more parsimonious etiologies. Much of this confusion ...
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This year’s red wolf population count is published, with another increase! Close to 40 individuals in the wild now! www.fws.gov/project/red-...
I am excited to share this new paper, I was fortunate to be a part of: Tackling equity barriers – Exploring the experiences of underrepresented postgraduate research students An essential topic to increase diversity and strengthen science inc palaeontology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
For today’s #FossilFriday I thought I’d celebrate the fact that this week, the first verifiable hatchling fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex have now been published in the scientific literature! This is great for tyrannosaur research. 1/8
Happy #FossilFriday from this cute little tyrannosaur premaxillary tooth! Tyrannosaurs were heterodont (having different forms of teeth) with the premaxillary teeth at the front of the mouth being shorter and more "D-shaped" in cross-section than the rest. Judith River Formation - Montana, USA
Hypothetical skull reconstruction of the new parasaurolophin hadrosaur, Plesiolophus warnerensis. #sciart #paleoart #paleontology
The anatomy of two troodontid teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiayin, Heilongjiang Province, China sjp.pensoft.net/articles.php...
The anatomy of two troodontid teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiayin, Heilongjiang Province, China
The anatomical characteristics of troodontid teeth have remained largely unexplored. This study employs high-resolution computed tomography data to reconstruct and describe the morphology of two trood...
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Matías Soto Núñez, Felipe Montenegro and Daniel Perea (2026) A new aeolosaurini (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay Ameghiniana (advance online publication) doi: 10.5710/AMGH.19.06.2026.3689 Free pdf: www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/am...
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New at Tetrapod Zoology.... a brand new book on TAXONOMIC VANDALISM and one notorious vandal in particular... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/7/... #herpetology #snakes #books
Snake Men by Zach St. George — Tetrapod Zoology
A fun, fast-paced new book covers taxonomic vandalism in the reptile world, and one notorious vandal in particular…
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This same source also mentions how wolves might be able to smell moose with necrotic mandibles or decaying teeth from actinomycosis, allowing them to sniff out more vulnerable prey.
Ausarchosaur@ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 4w agoWolves have actually been observed riding on the backs of moose that they hunt. At least some of the time, this seems to be done when the moose in water.
Nilpanapan, A., Manitkoon, S., Suteethorn, V. et al. A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand. Sci Rep 16, 21205 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand
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A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand nature.com/articles/s41... Uragasaurus kalasinensis gen. et sp. nov. Art: Jæsica ßababi
Amazing interview of Eric Snively by Brian Curtice, regarding the baby T. rex fossils published today. youtu.be/2Rn9Dqa5l9A?...
Baby T. rex Finally Found!
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I looked through the hatchling tyrannosaurid paper. For what it’s worth, the mention of Haversian remodeling in the leg bones (suggesting precocial locomotion) is consistent with a BMIT abstract by Eric Snively that I came across years ago. New to me is the tooth wear.
We can finally ask ourselves the real big questions: who would win in a fight between a T. rex and a house cat?
Filhotes de Tyrannosaurus rex e a Evolução das Estratégias de Reprodução dos Dinossauros www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/15...
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Now out in Cretaceous Research, 2 collaborative papers using isotopes to investigate vertebrate palaeoecology & anomalous d13C patterns via a combo of amber & enamel geochem from Saskatchewan. Great work by Ben in leading these for his MSc! More research to come on this topic soon, so stay tuned.
Longrich, N.R.; Makovicky, P.J.; Tokaryk, T.; Cooper, D.M.L.; Saitta, E.T.; Erickson, G.M.; Szekely, T.; Snively, E. Hatchlings of Tyrannosaurus rex and the Evolution of Dinosaur Reproductive Strategies. Biology 2026, 15, 1090. doi.org/10.3390/biol...
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A second theropod tooth from the Cauvery Basin reaffirms the presence of troodontid dinosaurs in the Cretaceous of India - Dhiman - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A second theropod tooth from the Cauvery Basin reaffirms the presence of troodontid dinosaurs in the Cretaceous of India
Fossil remains of the small maniraptoran theropod dinosaur group Troodontidae have so far been documented exclusively from the Laurasian continents, with one exception. A single tooth specimen (DUGF/....
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Preparator – Field Paleontologist The Geologic Mapping and Paleontology Program of the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) seeking a full time permanent Preparator – Field Paleontologist. This is a unique opportunity to build a career focused on Field Paleontology in Utah. @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
Just been chatting with author David Lambert: 93 and still going strong, an author of some of my favourite books from childhood. David is responsible for my involvement in the 2001 Dorling Kindersley Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Life, backstory here... tetzoo.com/blog/2022/1/...
A Look Back at Dorling Kindersley’s 2001 Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Life — Tetrapod Zoology
Do you know this book? If the answer is yes, you might enjoy the following…
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