Fern Pendragon
@fernpalaeo.bsky.social
Palaeontologist
Mostly post pictures of things I think are neat
🏳️⚧️ She/Her
Mostly post pictures of things I think are neat
🏳️⚧️ She/Her
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The War on Science
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September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Look at this perfect Triassic friend. Mirasaura was a "monkey lizard" with a prominent sail on its back that wasn't really like scales or feathers. Studying these fossils also revealed that the enigma Longisquama is a drepanosaur with a fan, too. I'll tell you more at @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
This Surprising Ancient Reptile Had a Colorful, Corrugated Sail on Its Back. New Research Suggests It Was Used to Communicate
A 247-million-year-old fossil from a German natural history museum reveals the secrets of Mirasaura
www.smithsonianmag.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Look at this perfect Triassic friend. Mirasaura was a "monkey lizard" with a prominent sail on its back that wasn't really like scales or feathers. Studying these fossils also revealed that the enigma Longisquama is a drepanosaur with a fan, too. I'll tell you more at @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
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Titanosaur-sum discovery! Well-preserved tracks of Nemegt sauropods from S Mongolia have revealed novel insights into soft tissue anatomy & function, including scales that may have helped with scratch digging on sandy surfaces! 🧪🌍🦕
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
@linneansociety.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
@linneansociety.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Titanosaur-sum discovery! Well-preserved tracks of Nemegt sauropods from S Mongolia have revealed novel insights into soft tissue anatomy & function, including scales that may have helped with scratch digging on sandy surfaces! 🧪🌍🦕
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
@linneansociety.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
@linneansociety.bsky.social
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A small marine arthropod from the Cambrian period. A strange creature with 5 eyes, grasping trunk, and swimming lobes. This animal would've used its trunk to grab prey and pass it to its mouth underneath the head.
July 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A small marine arthropod from the Cambrian period. A strange creature with 5 eyes, grasping trunk, and swimming lobes. This animal would've used its trunk to grab prey and pass it to its mouth underneath the head.
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If you've not already followed the cool trans nature experts in this starter pack, you're really missing out.
Also, it's Pride! Get some more trans voices on your timeline!
Also, it's Pride! Get some more trans voices on your timeline!
June 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If you've not already followed the cool trans nature experts in this starter pack, you're really missing out.
Also, it's Pride! Get some more trans voices on your timeline!
Also, it's Pride! Get some more trans voices on your timeline!
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Habronattus alachua lass agrees ♥️
June 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Habronattus alachua lass agrees ♥️
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Paleontologist Elizabeth Philpot used a fossil like this to make ink, painting an ichthyosaur skull in an 1833 letter to Mary Buckland.
June 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Paleontologist Elizabeth Philpot used a fossil like this to make ink, painting an ichthyosaur skull in an 1833 letter to Mary Buckland.
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I want there to be places for trans paleontologists beyond the student and volunteer level. I want us to have access to more than labor that principally benefits curators and profs. Students I meet now, I want to see as leaders in the field before I’m subject to taphonomic agents.
June 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I want there to be places for trans paleontologists beyond the student and volunteer level. I want us to have access to more than labor that principally benefits curators and profs. Students I meet now, I want to see as leaders in the field before I’m subject to taphonomic agents.
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happy #worldgiraffeday! this is sivatherium, a giraffid that lived in africa and eurasia between the late miocene and early pleistocene. it resembled an okapi more so than a giraffe, though it was much larger and more heavily built in comparison
(art by ralph lomotan)
(art by ralph lomotan)
June 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
happy #worldgiraffeday! this is sivatherium, a giraffid that lived in africa and eurasia between the late miocene and early pleistocene. it resembled an okapi more so than a giraffe, though it was much larger and more heavily built in comparison
(art by ralph lomotan)
(art by ralph lomotan)
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New Art!
A stellasaurus to celebrate Pride Month 2025! I love all you lovely people. Stay safe out there and resist tyranny however you can.
#paleoart #pridemonth2025 #lgbtqia+ #lgbtartist #dinosaur #digitalart #art
A stellasaurus to celebrate Pride Month 2025! I love all you lovely people. Stay safe out there and resist tyranny however you can.
#paleoart #pridemonth2025 #lgbtqia+ #lgbtartist #dinosaur #digitalart #art
June 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New Art!
A stellasaurus to celebrate Pride Month 2025! I love all you lovely people. Stay safe out there and resist tyranny however you can.
#paleoart #pridemonth2025 #lgbtqia+ #lgbtartist #dinosaur #digitalart #art
A stellasaurus to celebrate Pride Month 2025! I love all you lovely people. Stay safe out there and resist tyranny however you can.
#paleoart #pridemonth2025 #lgbtqia+ #lgbtartist #dinosaur #digitalart #art
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I cannot emphasize this enough that for YEARS:
-trans women played various women’s sports.
-trans kids got medical assistance as they and their parents needed.
-trans folk could get accurate documents.
-trans folk used the bathrooms that felt appropriate.
AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.
-trans women played various women’s sports.
-trans kids got medical assistance as they and their parents needed.
-trans folk could get accurate documents.
-trans folk used the bathrooms that felt appropriate.
AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.
June 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I cannot emphasize this enough that for YEARS:
-trans women played various women’s sports.
-trans kids got medical assistance as they and their parents needed.
-trans folk could get accurate documents.
-trans folk used the bathrooms that felt appropriate.
AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.
-trans women played various women’s sports.
-trans kids got medical assistance as they and their parents needed.
-trans folk could get accurate documents.
-trans folk used the bathrooms that felt appropriate.
AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED.
Some Arctic Wolves at Tierwelt Herberstein I was able to see up close, they go from looking stoic to silly so fast
#wolf #photography
#wolf #photography
February 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Some Arctic Wolves at Tierwelt Herberstein I was able to see up close, they go from looking stoic to silly so fast
#wolf #photography
#wolf #photography
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This #paleoart shows 3 views of the Devonian brachiopod fossil Paraspirifer bownockeri; one is reconstructed w/ some epifauna and boreholes. These are fun to find; they're an impressive size (for brachiopods). I had an excellent specimen to use as a reference for this painting.
#FossilFriday #sciart
#FossilFriday #sciart
February 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This #paleoart shows 3 views of the Devonian brachiopod fossil Paraspirifer bownockeri; one is reconstructed w/ some epifauna and boreholes. These are fun to find; they're an impressive size (for brachiopods). I had an excellent specimen to use as a reference for this painting.
#FossilFriday #sciart
#FossilFriday #sciart
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Good morning, please have a nice bug.
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*Rosy Maple Moth in the Pine Barrens
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*Rosy Maple Moth in the Pine Barrens
February 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good morning, please have a nice bug.
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*Rosy Maple Moth in the Pine Barrens
#invertebrates #BugADay #Bugsky
*Rosy Maple Moth in the Pine Barrens
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last week my latest paper on #cycads came out.
The article deals with the idea of cycads as "living #fossils", but what does this mean exactly, and what did we actually test? A thread for #FossilFriday!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
The article deals with the idea of cycads as "living #fossils", but what does this mean exactly, and what did we actually test? A thread for #FossilFriday!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Disparity of cycad leaves dispels the living fossil metaphor - Communications Biology
An analysis of leaf disparity through time in cycads shows that this group has a dynamic and expanding morphological diversity until the present, and thus does not fit the ‘living fossil’ hypothesis o...
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March 22, 2024 at 2:08 PM
last week my latest paper on #cycads came out.
The article deals with the idea of cycads as "living #fossils", but what does this mean exactly, and what did we actually test? A thread for #FossilFriday!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
The article deals with the idea of cycads as "living #fossils", but what does this mean exactly, and what did we actually test? A thread for #FossilFriday!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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You want to know about pigeon pong.
February 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
You want to know about pigeon pong.
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This is the famous 'Ichthyosaur giving birth' specimen, a Stenopterygius mother found in the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden, Germany. It is one of my favourite ichthyosaurs and curated in the Stuttgart Museum of Natural History, Germany.
#paleontology #fossils #science #germany #museum
#paleontology #fossils #science #germany #museum
February 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is the famous 'Ichthyosaur giving birth' specimen, a Stenopterygius mother found in the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden, Germany. It is one of my favourite ichthyosaurs and curated in the Stuttgart Museum of Natural History, Germany.
#paleontology #fossils #science #germany #museum
#paleontology #fossils #science #germany #museum
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Meet Zarafasaura: The Long-Necked "Sea Monster"!
Zarafasaura (Zaa-RAH-fa-SORE-ra) was a small elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous seas of Morocco (72–66 mya). Its name comes from "zarafa", the Arabic word for giraffe—this one had 56 vertebrae!
A few fun facts about Zarafasaura:
Zarafasaura (Zaa-RAH-fa-SORE-ra) was a small elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous seas of Morocco (72–66 mya). Its name comes from "zarafa", the Arabic word for giraffe—this one had 56 vertebrae!
A few fun facts about Zarafasaura:
February 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Meet Zarafasaura: The Long-Necked "Sea Monster"!
Zarafasaura (Zaa-RAH-fa-SORE-ra) was a small elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous seas of Morocco (72–66 mya). Its name comes from "zarafa", the Arabic word for giraffe—this one had 56 vertebrae!
A few fun facts about Zarafasaura:
Zarafasaura (Zaa-RAH-fa-SORE-ra) was a small elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous seas of Morocco (72–66 mya). Its name comes from "zarafa", the Arabic word for giraffe—this one had 56 vertebrae!
A few fun facts about Zarafasaura:
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Minimalist Meilifeilong
February 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Minimalist Meilifeilong
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The virtual paleoart exhibition is live!
Explore artwork from 24 incredible artists, including paintings, handcraft, modeling, animation, and poetry.
Take your time exploring the details in pieces by your favorite artists—or discover new ones!
Visit: extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/
Explore artwork from 24 incredible artists, including paintings, handcraft, modeling, animation, and poetry.
Take your time exploring the details in pieces by your favorite artists—or discover new ones!
Visit: extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/
February 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The virtual paleoart exhibition is live!
Explore artwork from 24 incredible artists, including paintings, handcraft, modeling, animation, and poetry.
Take your time exploring the details in pieces by your favorite artists—or discover new ones!
Visit: extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/
Explore artwork from 24 incredible artists, including paintings, handcraft, modeling, animation, and poetry.
Take your time exploring the details in pieces by your favorite artists—or discover new ones!
Visit: extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/
February 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Some skinks what I drawed
February 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Some skinks what I drawed
Final alpaca update 🦙
February 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Final alpaca update 🦙