Palaeobiologist @snsf_ch @UZH_en researching competition between extinct reptiles. Loves outreach and Doctor Who (he/him)

Joined September 2014
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🎉New paper alert! 🎉 Skull reconstruction and functional morphology of the bizarre 🐊cousin Effigia from the Triassic. New anatomy and feeding behaviours beautifully depicted by @MarkWitton @AnatRecord DM me for a copy! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wi… (1/8)
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I've finally started to transition away from this hellsite, find me below on bsky Will keep this account active but will rarely check and will no longer post here Looking forward to seeing actual palaeo-related content again
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Jordan Bestwick retweeted
PhD opportunity with @ButlerLabBham, @NaturalEngland & me on the nature, importance and protection of British vertebrate fossil track sites [image by @MarkWitton]. Field, desk & lab-based project. Potential funding through @CENTA_NERC - more info here centa.ac.uk/studentship/2025…
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Spotted some "dinosaur-themed" ring binders the other day in Zurich More and more AI-generated slop appearing on merch...
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The ichthyosaur is now in its rightful position overlooking the Zurich collections! #FossilFriday
Special ichthyosaur delivery at the museum today So special it arrived under armed guard!
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Special ichthyosaur delivery at the museum today So special it arrived under armed guard!
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Jordan Bestwick retweeted
We're thrilled to announce the upcoming CPEG & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium! Join us in person or virtually at the University of Zurich🇨🇭 in the summer of 2025. First circular here: cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/

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Almost time for #Deadpool&Wolverine I'm so excited #LFG
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I currently hold one of these fellowships and my time at UZH has been fantastic so far Anyone palaeo-related who is looking to join the palaeoteam at Zurich should definitely consider applying to this (feel free to message me any questions you may have)
The call for proposals for the “SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024” will open on 2 September 2024. 🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 December 2024 📄 The call document is already available on our website: sohub.io/e651 #TransitionalMeasures #HorizonEurope #Research
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Some fantastically cursed taxidermy in the Zurich collections 😂
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Update: Three hours in the palaeontology and geology sections, upstairs to zoology and this sight awaits me This place is unreal
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Celebrating today's election results at the Vienna Natural History Museum What a building!
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Some of the many, many statues in the museum are...interesting...
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The final version of our osteoderm paper is now available at PYGS! Please email or DM me if you would like a copy :)
🎉New paper alert! 🎉 We describe a new type of ankylosaur osteoderm from the Middle Jurassic Oxford Clay Formation Now out (as pre-proof) in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society @GeolSoc @YRGGS lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/… (1/7)
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As much I'd love to see those amounts of Lab, LD and Con seats on July 5th, the amount of Reform seats is more than a little concerning...
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🚨 NEW: The second MRP from Electoral Calculus LAB: 450 (-26) LD: 71 ( 12) CON: 60 (-6) Reform: 18 ( 18) Green: 4 ( 2) 14-24 June Changes w/ first MRP Via @MarwanData, @electcalculus and @findoutnowUK
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For those of you who, like me, spent countless hours in the early-mid 2000s playing the Big Al game on the BBC website; Rejoice! An emulator was made a couple of years back and it's 100% the same as the original! jenniferedwards.co.uk/unityg…
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This whole election campaign is playing out like something from The Simpsons I think Mr. Burns is more in touch with common voters than this guy
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🚨 NEW: Rishi Sunak has said he had to "sacrifice all sorts of things" as a child ITV: "Can you give me an example?" Suank: "All sorts of things... like lots of people, all sorts of things... famously Sky TV"
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🎉New paper alert! 🎉 We describe a new type of ankylosaur osteoderm from the Middle Jurassic Oxford Clay Formation Now out (as pre-proof) in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society @GeolSoc @YRGGS lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/… (1/7)
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This project is the result of volunteer work I did at Nottingham Museum last summer and the specimen will be part of the museum's new dinosaur gallery which will open later this year! (6/7)
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Lastly, thanks to @Jordan_Mallon and @Dean_R_Lomax for their helpful reviews on the MS The MS is unfortunately behind a paywall for now, but if you'd like a copy please email or message me! (7/7)
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