Jeffrey Epstein’s interest in dinosaurs has led to a reckoning in the #paleontology community.
A British dinosaur convention is banning some paleontologists named in the Jeffrey #Epstein files from attending DinoCon – as the global scientific community becomes the latest to grapple with the convicted sex offender’s connections to prominent people in the worlds of business, politics and academia
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/13/politics/jeffrey-epstein-paleontology-dinocon #globalmuseum #dinosaurs
Cory Doctorow
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Michael Grinder
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Coprolites aren't my favorite fossil but they're a solid number two.
Coprolites aren't my favorite fossil but they're a solid number two.
Quixoticgeek
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Heard on the latest Common Descent podcast that there's a debate in #palaeontology about whether fossil preparators, who chip fossils out and stabilise them with resin etc., should be co-authors on scientific papers.
In #archaeology, a finds conservator does not get this type of credit. Because
a) Most can't identify or date the objects they apply their valuable skills to.
b) #Humanities papers rarely have more than three authors.
Heard on the latest Common Descent podcast that there's a debate in #palaeontology about whether fossil preparators, who chip fossils out and stabilise them with resin etc., should be co-authors on scientific papers.
In #archaeology, a finds conservator does not get this type of credit. Because
a) Most can't identify or date the objects they apply their valuable skills to.
b) #Humanities papers rarely have more than three authors.
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw::paw:
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The Creature met an ancestor! 🦣 🦴 🏛️
#TheLaBreaTarPits#LosAngeles#California#Fossils#Merchtodon#Paleontology#Photo#Photography#Plushtodon#LetyDoesSelfies
Dinosaurs discovered in 2025 that surprised paleontologists.
In 2025, scientists have named several new dinosaur species and are learning new facts about the remarkable lives of dinosaurs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/12/28/new-dinosaur-species-2025/87276495007/ #globalmuseum #dinosaurs #paleontology
Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿
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I've enjoyed the final post of 2025 on JK Revell's ( @JKRevell) Synapsida blog. It's Prehistoric Mammal Discoveries 2025 and it's got all sorts of exciting finds like the oldest known fossilised cowpat (20-million years old), the longest ever fossilised horn from a woolly rhino (164 cm!), an expansion of the known range of the extinct European jaguar, and evidence that Glyptodonts (VW beetle sized armadillo relatives) walloped each other with clubs on their tails.
That just scratches the surface. Check it out.
http://synapsida.blogspot.com/2025/12/prehistoric-mammal-discoveries-2025.html
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