Fossil hunting can be a real race against time as June's fossil of the month shows! One of our wardens, Phil, rescued this holey rock from the beach just last month before the piddock borings reached the fossils within.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
June 5, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Fossil hunting can be a real race against time as June's fossil of the month shows! One of our wardens, Phil, rescued this holey rock from the beach just last month before the piddock borings reached the fossils within.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
Sarah Jamison-Todd, Philip D. Mannion and Paul Upchurch (2025)
The earliest fossil cetacean with Osedax borings: narrowing the spatiotemporal gap between Cretaceous marine reptiles and late Cenozoic whales
Royal Society Open Science 12(6): 250446
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The earliest fossil cetacean with Osedax borings: narrowing the spatiotemporal gap between Cretaceous marine reptiles and late Cenozoic whales
Royal Society Open Science 12(6): 250446
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The earliest fossil cetacean with Osedax borings: narrowing the spatiotemporal gap between Cretaceous marine reptiles and late Cenozoic whales | Royal Society Open Science
Borings of the extant bone-eating worm Osedax have previously been found in Cenozoic cetaceans and Cretaceous marine reptiles.
The stratigraphically youngest Cretaceous example is from the Maastrichti...
doi.org
June 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Sarah Jamison-Todd, Philip D. Mannion and Paul Upchurch (2025)
The earliest fossil cetacean with Osedax borings: narrowing the spatiotemporal gap between Cretaceous marine reptiles and late Cenozoic whales
Royal Society Open Science 12(6): 250446
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The earliest fossil cetacean with Osedax borings: narrowing the spatiotemporal gap between Cretaceous marine reptiles and late Cenozoic whales
Royal Society Open Science 12(6): 250446
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@jeneye127.bsky.social 🦈 HUMOM IS BEEN BORINGS ALL WEEKSEND!! NO SWIMMIES FOR SYVIES! SHE SAYS 'SOMETHINGS SOMETHINGS SOOO TIE-TIES SYVIES' 😤🦈
July 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
@jeneye127.bsky.social 🦈 HUMOM IS BEEN BORINGS ALL WEEKSEND!! NO SWIMMIES FOR SYVIES! SHE SAYS 'SOMETHINGS SOMETHINGS SOOO TIE-TIES SYVIES' 😤🦈
More reasons to love the mild and damp British winter!
Moss - 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴
Beetle wood borings - 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 sp.
Golden Shield Lichen - 𝘟𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
Tripe Fungus - 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢
Moss - 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴
Beetle wood borings - 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 sp.
Golden Shield Lichen - 𝘟𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
Tripe Fungus - 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢
February 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
More reasons to love the mild and damp British winter!
Moss - 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴
Beetle wood borings - 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 sp.
Golden Shield Lichen - 𝘟𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
Tripe Fungus - 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢
Moss - 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴
Beetle wood borings - 𝘏𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 sp.
Golden Shield Lichen - 𝘟𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢
Tripe Fungus - 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢
For #MolluscMonday, these 2 pieces of driftwood are more than a little bored, thanks to marine clams (Martesia) that drilled into them. Wood-boring clams likely evolved from rock-boring clams during the Jurassic Period, described in my book LIFE SCULPTED (2023, U. of Chicago Press). #ichnology 🪵🧪
November 18, 2024 at 1:35 PM
For #MolluscMonday, these 2 pieces of driftwood are more than a little bored, thanks to marine clams (Martesia) that drilled into them. Wood-boring clams likely evolved from rock-boring clams during the Jurassic Period, described in my book LIFE SCULPTED (2023, U. of Chicago Press). #ichnology 🪵🧪
Hooman doins an "sibrasekuritee webbynar", da it v v borings, puttings dis Shadow to eeps!
September 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hooman doins an "sibrasekuritee webbynar", da it v v borings, puttings dis Shadow to eeps!
#MolluscMonday Bivalve borings in a fragment of a fallen marble column from the ruined Temple of Serapis at Puzzuoli, Italy. The temple was famously figured by Charles Lyell in his Principles of Geology (1830).
April 6, 2026 at 6:36 AM
#MolluscMonday Bivalve borings in a fragment of a fallen marble column from the ruined Temple of Serapis at Puzzuoli, Italy. The temple was famously figured by Charles Lyell in his Principles of Geology (1830).
“sure we did borings and cultural anthropology and archaeology analysis but we also really don’t wanna make business owner feel bad so we need to repeat the same thing elsewhere”
“You guys need to control cost”
kill me
“You guys need to control cost”
kill me
uwu why is the cost of the project going up I FUCKING WONDER WHY
October 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“sure we did borings and cultural anthropology and archaeology analysis but we also really don’t wanna make business owner feel bad so we need to repeat the same thing elsewhere”
“You guys need to control cost”
kill me
“You guys need to control cost”
kill me
July 23, 2026 at 8:07 AM
#MolluscMonday Two sectioned nerineoid gastropods from the polished limestone floor of a staircase in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Spot the bivalve borings in the shells. ?French Cretaceous.
March 9, 2026 at 7:15 AM
#MolluscMonday Two sectioned nerineoid gastropods from the polished limestone floor of a staircase in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Spot the bivalve borings in the shells. ?French Cretaceous.
🦈 HUMOM SAIDS TO BUCKLES IN. IS GOING TO BE LONGS AND BORINGS TWO DAYS 😾🦈
February 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM
🦈 HUMOM SAIDS TO BUCKLES IN. IS GOING TO BE LONGS AND BORINGS TWO DAYS 😾🦈
I got the bedtime borings
April 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I got the bedtime borings
This is not digging, they are doing geotechnical borings. They still haven’t announced a contractor
already started digging www.popville.com/2026/09/exca...
September 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This is not digging, they are doing geotechnical borings. They still haven’t announced a contractor
Ah-ha! It was Old-man Matty Y the whole time!
This is just 3 "Slow Borings" in a trenchcoat!
This is just 3 "Slow Borings" in a trenchcoat!
February 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Ah-ha! It was Old-man Matty Y the whole time!
This is just 3 "Slow Borings" in a trenchcoat!
This is just 3 "Slow Borings" in a trenchcoat!
Packing for a work trip is an impossible word problem to me. You have to look professional but it will be 85° & you have to walk everywhere. You have to take your shoes off at the airport but can only take 3 pairs max. Your closet only offers home hobo or aged borings and there's no time to shop
September 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Packing for a work trip is an impossible word problem to me. You have to look professional but it will be 85° & you have to walk everywhere. You have to take your shoes off at the airport but can only take 3 pairs max. Your closet only offers home hobo or aged borings and there's no time to shop
“let’s throw all the borings in there” 💀💀💀 #TheTraitorsCanada
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“let’s throw all the borings in there” 💀💀💀 #TheTraitorsCanada
No muck! I think. Need borings.
May 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
No muck! I think. Need borings.
New #RSOS paper: The earliest #fossil cetacean with Osedax borings: narrowing the spatiotemporal gap between Cretaceous marine reptiles and late Cenozoic #whales. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #palaeontology @plesiosarahs.bsky.social @pdmannion.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New #RSOS paper: The earliest #fossil cetacean with Osedax borings: narrowing the spatiotemporal gap between Cretaceous marine reptiles and late Cenozoic #whales. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #palaeontology @plesiosarahs.bsky.social @pdmannion.bsky.social
🦈 HAPPIES FRIDAYS MISS JEN! WHAT IS YOU DOING TO NOT BE BORINGS THIS WEEKSEND FOR LILYS? 🦈
May 30, 2026 at 12:11 AM
🦈 HAPPIES FRIDAYS MISS JEN! WHAT IS YOU DOING TO NOT BE BORINGS THIS WEEKSEND FOR LILYS? 🦈
Staying with a #trace #fossil theme on #SpongeThursday! Entobia cretacea is the name given to these silicified casts of clionaid sponge #borings in a hard calcareous substrate (now dissolved) -- spherical chambers were connected by a network of canals -- scale bar in mm #Cretaceous (~85 MYA) Kent UK
April 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Staying with a #trace #fossil theme on #SpongeThursday! Entobia cretacea is the name given to these silicified casts of clionaid sponge #borings in a hard calcareous substrate (now dissolved) -- spherical chambers were connected by a network of canals -- scale bar in mm #Cretaceous (~85 MYA) Kent UK
Wouldn't get your hopes up, but the HPH is reporting small signs of activity. With the opening of the Obama Presidential Center and re-activation of the south entrance to MSI, the long abandonment of the Clarence Darrow Bridge is not just scandalous, but incomprehensibly stupid.
bit.ly/4jzQ1AL
bit.ly/4jzQ1AL
Photo: Crews begin soil testing at Darrow Bridge
Crews conduct soil borings near the eastern abutment of the Darrow Bridge Oct. 1, 2026.
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October 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Wouldn't get your hopes up, but the HPH is reporting small signs of activity. With the opening of the Obama Presidential Center and re-activation of the south entrance to MSI, the long abandonment of the Clarence Darrow Bridge is not just scandalous, but incomprehensibly stupid.
bit.ly/4jzQ1AL
bit.ly/4jzQ1AL
Right! Included a section in my book 'Life Sculpted' on that topic, telling how bone-eating worms were first seen in modern whale falls, then paleontologists found their borings in fossil whale bones, soon followed by finds of similar borings in Mesozoic marine-reptile bones. 🧪🐋🪱🕳️
April 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Right! Included a section in my book 'Life Sculpted' on that topic, telling how bone-eating worms were first seen in modern whale falls, then paleontologists found their borings in fossil whale bones, soon followed by finds of similar borings in Mesozoic marine-reptile bones. 🧪🐋🪱🕳️
A good indication that you may have some wormy friends inside are the presence of paired borings that resemble the number 8
I don't have pics of an oyster with these borings on my phone but will definitely share one with you. But here is a chione clam that has both the borings and the blister 😊
I don't have pics of an oyster with these borings on my phone but will definitely share one with you. But here is a chione clam that has both the borings and the blister 😊
January 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A good indication that you may have some wormy friends inside are the presence of paired borings that resemble the number 8
I don't have pics of an oyster with these borings on my phone but will definitely share one with you. But here is a chione clam that has both the borings and the blister 😊
I don't have pics of an oyster with these borings on my phone but will definitely share one with you. But here is a chione clam that has both the borings and the blister 😊