November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Counter slab of the Sinosauropteryx holotype
January 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Counter slab of the Sinosauropteryx holotype
the holotype Boaty McBoatface just dropped
Appreciation post for the French Tara Polar Station
(@fondationtaraocean.bsky.social), a drifting scientific base designed for long-term Artic missions to study biodiversity and the effects of climate change.
More info: fondationtaraocean.org/en/schooner/...
(@fondationtaraocean.bsky.social), a drifting scientific base designed for long-term Artic missions to study biodiversity and the effects of climate change.
More info: fondationtaraocean.org/en/schooner/...
March 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
the holotype Boaty McBoatface just dropped
Flamingo-like pterosaur holotype discovered in fossilised vomit 🤮
🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Flamingo-like pterosaur holotype discovered in fossilised vomit 🤮
a very warm welcome to haolong dongi, a fascinating hadrosauroid from the early cretaceous yixian formation described by huang et al. 🎉 the near-complete holotype preserves highly unique integumentary structures unknown in other dinosaurs
www.nature.com/articles/s41
(art by fabio manucci)
www.nature.com/articles/s41
(art by fabio manucci)
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
a very warm welcome to haolong dongi, a fascinating hadrosauroid from the early cretaceous yixian formation described by huang et al. 🎉 the near-complete holotype preserves highly unique integumentary structures unknown in other dinosaurs
www.nature.com/articles/s41
(art by fabio manucci)
www.nature.com/articles/s41
(art by fabio manucci)
While going through ptero collections with @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social we have rediscovered the missing holotype of Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870 in the collections of the British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
While going through ptero collections with @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social we have rediscovered the missing holotype of Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870 in the collections of the British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk
Gonna deep fry the holotype of NEMO
February 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Gonna deep fry the holotype of NEMO
8am Velociraptor sketch, as you do.
April 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
8am Velociraptor sketch, as you do.
🚨NEW MICRORAPTORINE🚨
a warm welcome to norellraptor barsboldi, a new microraptorine described from the early cretaceous jiufotang formation of china 🐉 named after the late mark norell and richard barsbold, norellraptor's holotype is a complete skeleton preserving feather impressions
a warm welcome to norellraptor barsboldi, a new microraptorine described from the early cretaceous jiufotang formation of china 🐉 named after the late mark norell and richard barsbold, norellraptor's holotype is a complete skeleton preserving feather impressions
September 29, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🚨NEW MICRORAPTORINE🚨
a warm welcome to norellraptor barsboldi, a new microraptorine described from the early cretaceous jiufotang formation of china 🐉 named after the late mark norell and richard barsbold, norellraptor's holotype is a complete skeleton preserving feather impressions
a warm welcome to norellraptor barsboldi, a new microraptorine described from the early cretaceous jiufotang formation of china 🐉 named after the late mark norell and richard barsbold, norellraptor's holotype is a complete skeleton preserving feather impressions
lancensis and lethaeus
March 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
lancensis and lethaeus
Wait everyone shut up for a second: the discovery of the Brachiosaurus holotype is at the exact midpoint between the founding of the United States and today (July 4, 1901)
July 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Wait everyone shut up for a second: the discovery of the Brachiosaurus holotype is at the exact midpoint between the founding of the United States and today (July 4, 1901)
What even are pterosaurs ...
January 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
What even are pterosaurs ...
guess who's going home at last 🎉 #IrritatorBelongstoBR #DecoloniseScience
April 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM
guess who's going home at last 🎉 #IrritatorBelongstoBR #DecoloniseScience
Parachoerodon rhynchus, a new genus and species of choerolophodontids from the Miocene of northern China. The skull is based on the holotype IVPP V23457 and paratype IVPP V23213.
May 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Parachoerodon rhynchus, a new genus and species of choerolophodontids from the Miocene of northern China. The skull is based on the holotype IVPP V23457 and paratype IVPP V23213.
Hello Tiktaalik holotype
November 12, 2023 at 7:11 PM
Hello Tiktaalik holotype
Datai holotype and paratype. Yes, the two are preserved embracing each other, head on neck.
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Datai holotype and paratype. Yes, the two are preserved embracing each other, head on neck.
happy #fossilfriday! this is lyrarapax, a radiodont from middle cambrian china. incredibly, the holotype preserves details of the animal’s nervous system, indicating that their raptorial frontal appendages were protocerebral, as was its labum
(art by @ultraluther.bsky.social)
(art by @ultraluther.bsky.social)
April 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
happy #fossilfriday! this is lyrarapax, a radiodont from middle cambrian china. incredibly, the holotype preserves details of the animal’s nervous system, indicating that their raptorial frontal appendages were protocerebral, as was its labum
(art by @ultraluther.bsky.social)
(art by @ultraluther.bsky.social)
And here's the holotype of Tecovaserpeton perfectum in person!
September 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
And here's the holotype of Tecovaserpeton perfectum in person!
#FossilFriday
Zavacephale rinpoche, holotype and reconstructed skeleton in Fukushima Museum.
Zavacephale rinpoche, holotype and reconstructed skeleton in Fukushima Museum.
September 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
#FossilFriday
Zavacephale rinpoche, holotype and reconstructed skeleton in Fukushima Museum.
Zavacephale rinpoche, holotype and reconstructed skeleton in Fukushima Museum.
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new species of eyeless cavefish is described from Guizhou Province, China. 🐟🧪
mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
July 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠, a new species of eyeless cavefish is described from Guizhou Province, China. 🐟🧪
mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...
My thoughts today are with the >19 million specimens held by the Academy of Natural Sciences and the dedicated staff who care for them. This ANSP holotype specimen is special to me, as I named it for my advisor, John Lundberg, a former ANSP Curator and authority on all catfishes, living, and fossil.
September 25, 2026 at 9:21 PM
My thoughts today are with the >19 million specimens held by the Academy of Natural Sciences and the dedicated staff who care for them. This ANSP holotype specimen is special to me, as I named it for my advisor, John Lundberg, a former ANSP Curator and authority on all catfishes, living, and fossil.
Our first Fossil Friday on BlueSky with our museum’s first holotype: Utahraptor!
31 years after being named, this dromaeosaur is still the largest on the planet. Our specimen is represented by this ungual (claw bone) and several other elements #FossilFriday #paleontology #palaeontology #dinosaur
31 years after being named, this dromaeosaur is still the largest on the planet. Our specimen is represented by this ungual (claw bone) and several other elements #FossilFriday #paleontology #palaeontology #dinosaur
November 22, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Our first Fossil Friday on BlueSky with our museum’s first holotype: Utahraptor!
31 years after being named, this dromaeosaur is still the largest on the planet. Our specimen is represented by this ungual (claw bone) and several other elements #FossilFriday #paleontology #palaeontology #dinosaur
31 years after being named, this dromaeosaur is still the largest on the planet. Our specimen is represented by this ungual (claw bone) and several other elements #FossilFriday #paleontology #palaeontology #dinosaur
Qilin tungurensis (formally Palaeotragus tungurensis) have a new genus name now!
Mainly based on the holotype and paratype AMNH 26582/26583, the part of horn core based on the refered IVPP V33851.
Mainly based on the holotype and paratype AMNH 26582/26583, the part of horn core based on the refered IVPP V33851.
August 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Qilin tungurensis (formally Palaeotragus tungurensis) have a new genus name now!
Mainly based on the holotype and paratype AMNH 26582/26583, the part of horn core based on the refered IVPP V33851.
Mainly based on the holotype and paratype AMNH 26582/26583, the part of horn core based on the refered IVPP V33851.
Always feel good to pin a future holotype
March 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Always feel good to pin a future holotype