Palaeontologist & Writer from Scottish Highlands | Chair of @scottishgeology | Secretary @Palaeonto_Soc | Editor EESTRSE @RoyalSocEd | she/her š³ļøāš
Joined April 2009
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
22 Oct 2025
Have you completed or commissioned a piece of palaeoart in the last year? Nominations are now open for The Marsh Palaeoart Award!
You can self-nominate, or nominate an artist you think deserves recognition. Check out our website for more details - palaeosoc.org/grants-prizes/ā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
17 Oct 2025
Our next Marsh Palaeoart Award launches next week! Recognising talent in the depiction of fossil fauna, this award is judged by a panel of artists and scientists, and has a cash prize of Ā£500. Check our website for more info: palaeosoc.org/grants-prizes/ā¦ Pls RT!
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
26 Mar 2025
Modern-day mammals grow quickly at first and eventually stop growing as adults. How early did this type of life cycle evolve? Researchers looked at Jurassic mammal fossils to find out! Learn more: sciencejournalforkids.org/arā¦ @ntlmuseumsscot @gsciencelady
Artist Credit: @maijakarala
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The Elgol dinosaur was discovered more than 50 years ago and is Scotland's earliest recorded dino.
news.stv.tv/highlands-islandā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
6 Mar 2025
Exciting!
Hot-off-press today:
The first and most complete dinosaur skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland
@gsciencelady et al.
New cerapodan or ornithopod #dinosaur from Isle of Skye.
#fossils #palaeontology #paleontology #Scotland #ScottishFossils
cambridge.org/core/journals/ā¦
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6 Mar 2025
Announcing the first found, most complete, #dinosaur skeleton from the Middle #Jurassic of Scotland! š¢š¦ Delighted to finally share this great new fossil, published today! It was actually the first dinosaur found in #Scotland... #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1017/S17556910240ā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
4 Mar 2025
For years, @colossal has said they're going to bring back the woolly mammoth.
Today they gave us a woolly mouse.
Is this a big step towards de-extinction...
...or a Jurassic Park moment?
scientificamerican.com/articā¦ @sciam with @gsciencelady @RobertKlitzman @EarthLeagueInt @TheWCS
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
23 Jan 2025
Our funding and awards are now open for submissions!
The Richard Owen Research Fund provides awards of up to Ā£1000 for research on UK and Irish fossil flora and fauna. Closing date 28th Feb 2025. Full details on our website:
palaeosoc.org/grants-prizes/ā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
Palaeoclimate Laboratory Research Assistant @CU_EARTHĀ
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Research Assistant on Mesozoic Mammals @gscienceladyĀ
jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/researā¦
Richard Owen Research Fund @Palaeonto_SocĀ
palaeosoc.org/grants-prizes/ā¦
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Apply today and join @gsciencelady on this project: jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/researā¦
#ApplyNow #researcher #HigherEducation
17 Jan 2025
Would you like to work with me on #MesozoicMammals from #Scotland? We're seeking a Research Assistant for an amazing @LeverhulmeTrust project, based in Birmingham with Prof Richard Butler. You'd join our team gaining new insights into mammal evolution! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/researā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
21 Jan 2025
Just a reminder that there is a brighter side to social media! You can find us on Bluesky, where we'll soon be sharing exclusive #ScottishGeology content šļø See you there! bsky.app/profile/scottishgeoā¦
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17 Jan 2025
Would you like to work with me on #MesozoicMammals from #Scotland? We're seeking a Research Assistant for an amazing @LeverhulmeTrust project, based in Birmingham with Prof Richard Butler. You'd join our team gaining new insights into mammal evolution! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/researā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
17 Jan 2025
Great job opportunity for someone interested in early mammal evolution and fieldwork in the Middle Jurassic of Skye, working with @gsciencelady @LukeEMeade and Richard Butler: jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/researā¦
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6 Jan 2025
I can now reveal I received this letter from Sir David Attenborough inviting me to write an SHNH* Patron's Review!
'Making do with less: fieldwork by the first female recipients of the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund between 1905ā1950' - published now in ANH euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10ā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
1 Jan 2025
Trying to choose some positive resolutions for 2025? Here are Scottish Geology Trust's 5 New Yearās Geo-Resolutions!
Thread... š§µ #NewYearsResolutions #GeoResolutions #ScottishGeology
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13 Dec 2024
Come join me on Blue Sky! It's all the good things twitter used to be, but more. I look forward to meeting you there! bsky.app/profile/elsa-pancirā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
29 Nov 2024
For Christmas, The Scottish Geology Trust would love to receive your nomination! š As a small charity this donation would mean a lot to us - you can find out more about our work championing #ScottishGeology on our website: scottishgeologytrust.org/
movementforgood.com/?utm_souā¦
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Dr Elsa Panciroli retweeted
14 Oct 2024
š¢Submission are now OPEN for the Marsh #Palaeoart Award! It recognises talent in depicting the extinct fossil faunas of the British Isles. This year's guest judge is the amazing @BobNichollsArt. Closing date 25th November. Full details: palaeosoc.org/grants-prizes/ā¦ #paleoart
ALT Advert for the Palaeontographical Society Marsh Palaeoart Award. It outlines the Ā£500 winning prize and open and closing dates, and the website link at www.palaeosoc.org
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