Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · 16h

We’re in Japan for the month, so we’re in Fukui checking out the current goings-on, including their fantastic special exhibition on theropods!

1 6

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · 17h

Hey, guys, so it turns out the Spinosaurus holotype wasn’t blown into oblivion, the Germans just sent it to Japan under the shroud of night! #paleosky

3 12 47

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Sep 15

Did some quarrying today for the Museum and found a few Devonian fish elements #paleosky

1 2

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Aug 8

Freya has been busy prepping a Jurassic plant from Massachusetts that we collected a few weeks ago; most of this was covered when we found it. She’ll need the practice for when we find CT Valley bones🤞 #PaleoSky

2 3

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Jul 8

Spent the day at Yale checking out Connecticut Valley fossils, Coelophysis, and the oldest surviving dinosaur fossil found in the western hemisphere (2nd pic.) We also got Raising Cane’s for the first time. #paleosky

1 1

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Jul 7

We got to walk on dinosaur tracks today (and also got a lot of real work done.) #paleosky

1 5

Maxwell Miles Candlen @candlenmm.bsky.social · Jun 30

BEHOLD… Rupert Wild’s temnospondyl, from which tapioca boba are harvested. #PaleoSky

2 7

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Jun 4

Getting help with the analysis

1 3 7

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Jun 1

Happy #DinosaurDay to you and yours!

If Mignon Talbot were here to celebrate, she’d probably say: “Where am I? How did I get here?”

1 2

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · May 17

Making some interesting breakthroughs in interpreting Podok’s dorsal verts. Thinking we’re seeing them from a different perspective than previously thought, + some internal features not before appreciated

2 3

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · May 5

Thanks again to Mount Holyoke for allowing us to present some of our in-progress Podokesaurus revision. The first new science on the species in almost 60 years!

3 7

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Apr 28

We’ll be giving a short talk at Mount Holyoke this Thursday, in celebration of their new Podokesaurus exhibit. We will be sharing our latest anatomical observations and phylogenetic results that you won’t be able to hear anywhere else!

1

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Apr 8

Preliminary phylogenetic analysis recovers Podokesaurus as a… podokesaurid (and I’m not telling what that means)

1

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Mar 26

We’re at the AMNH this week visiting Podok’s cousin, Coelophysis. Featuring Freya with a large slab and me with my favorite bone: the pubis from the original type series of C. longicollis.

1 3 12

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Mar 24

Help us look for Podokesaurus-bearing rocks!

Volunteer sign-up for our first exploratory field trip is live, just fill out the form below (or contact us directly if you don’t have a Google account):

docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...

1 2 5

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Mar 13

First Podokesaurus Project Exploratory Field Trip to be announced soon, going to be looking for volunteers. Keep your eyes on this space if you’re interested…

1

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Feb 22

2/22 and 2/23 ONLY you can come and see our Podokesaurus model (and us) at the New York State Museum’s Rock and Fossil Fun Fair!

2 6

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Feb 21

Approved to visit Dinosaur State Park and the American Museum of Natural History next month, to see their Podokesaurus casts, but also all the incredible Coelophysis material at the AMNH!

Pic of the original Mount Holyoke cast for S&G:

2 17

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Feb 7

Fans of Connecticut Valley dinosaurs are going to be very happy in a few days… watch this space

1 2

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Feb 2

Distracting myself from everything with deez diapophyses

1 1 12

Reposted by Maxwell Miles Candlen

The Podokesaurus Project @podokesauruspro.bsky.social · Jan 12

He’s a 10, but his proximal femur is fragmentary and difficult to interpret (but at least the cats are helping)

3 9

Maxwell Miles Candlen @candlenmm.bsky.social · Dec 22

Time to be real: the only reason dino-fans love the name Saurophaganax so much is because it has an “x” in it

1 1 5

Maxwell Miles Candlen @candlenmm.bsky.social · Dec 13

The original publications are free online, read them here
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
And here:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

1 3