Anthony (Tony) J. Martin
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ichnologist.bsky.social
Anthony (Tony) J. Martin
@ichnologist.bsky.social
Traces & trace fossils. Wrote 'Life Sculpted' (2023), 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014), 'The Evolution Underground' (2017), & more. Hubby, Trekkie, reading, cooking, craft-beer imbibing, childless cat dude. 🧪🐾🦖🦕🪨⚒️🌍📚✍️ 🖖 https://ajmartinauthor.com
For #FossilFriday, a folk song in honor of Early Cretaceous (~130 mya) fossil synapsid tracks in a pavement stone, Araraquara, Brazil; co-sung by Dr. Bernardo Peixoto (left) & Dr./Fr. Giuseppe Leonardi (center), witnessed by my spouse @hallelujahtruth.bsky.social (right). 🧪🐾🪨⚒️🇧🇷
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Actual footage of me receiving the authors' copy of the upcoming @thamesandhudson.bsky.social book 'OCEAN: From the Shore to the Abyss,' edited by @ashadevos.bsky.social, with chapters by her, @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social, @helenscales.bsky.social, @drandrewthaler.bsky.social, & me. 🧪🌊🪸🐠🐳🦀🦐
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
For #FossilFriday, walking with dinosaurs ~100 million years too late at the Davenport Ranch dinosaur tracksite (1st documented in 1940), near Bandera TX on a @geosociety.bsky.social pre-meeting field trip just 2 weeks ago. Tracks show evidence of herding sauropods & big theropods. 🧪🪨⚒️🦖🦕🐾 #ichnology
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For #FossilFriday, a special look at a historic dinosaur trackway at Maya Dude Ranch near Bandera, Texas. Originally interpreted by Roland Bird in 1940 as that of a "swimming sauropod," discovery of more tracks by "Jurassic Judy" (Neuman) confirmed it as a walking (not swimming!) trackway. 🧪🦕🐾
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM