Paleobytes
@paleobyter.bsky.social
Paleo hobbyist. Fossil lover and rock hound. Engineer. She/her. 34.
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Paleobytes
@paleobyter.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Thanks for the follows. I’m typically a little quiet. Tried BlueSky before. I just got active in my local geology and fossil club so I will likely share some exciting things from there.
Some other notables: I’m a swimmer, engineer, and a lover of turtles.
Some other notables: I’m a swimmer, engineer, and a lover of turtles.
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Diane Acker and I at Late Ordovician Sequatchie Formation in Ringgold, Georgia. We are looking at the Ordovician-Silrurian boundary as well as collecting ichnofossils. @ichnologist.bsky.social has an excellent blog post about this. Check it out!
www.georgialifetraces.com/tag/sequatch...
www.georgialifetraces.com/tag/sequatch...
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Diane Acker and I at Late Ordovician Sequatchie Formation in Ringgold, Georgia. We are looking at the Ordovician-Silrurian boundary as well as collecting ichnofossils. @ichnologist.bsky.social has an excellent blog post about this. Check it out!
www.georgialifetraces.com/tag/sequatch...
www.georgialifetraces.com/tag/sequatch...
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Tonight, Gov. Andy Beshear joined emergency management officials and first responders at Louisville Metro Hall to update Kentuckians on the UPS plane crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
Read more: tinyurl.com/y3jrwdaa
Read more: tinyurl.com/y3jrwdaa
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tonight, Gov. Andy Beshear joined emergency management officials and first responders at Louisville Metro Hall to update Kentuckians on the UPS plane crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
Read more: tinyurl.com/y3jrwdaa
Read more: tinyurl.com/y3jrwdaa
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
Paleo freak of the week is Tullimonstrum, colloquially known as the Tully monster. A creature of the Pennsylvanian subperiod
So far found only in sediments deposited in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois, US. Its classification has been the subject of controversy.
#paleofreakoftheweek
So far found only in sediments deposited in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois, US. Its classification has been the subject of controversy.
#paleofreakoftheweek
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Paleo freak of the week is Tullimonstrum, colloquially known as the Tully monster. A creature of the Pennsylvanian subperiod
So far found only in sediments deposited in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois, US. Its classification has been the subject of controversy.
#paleofreakoftheweek
So far found only in sediments deposited in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois, US. Its classification has been the subject of controversy.
#paleofreakoftheweek
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Gar week 2025?
Party on, Wayne. Party on, GARth.
Party on, Wayne. Party on, GARth.
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Gar week 2025?
Party on, Wayne. Party on, GARth.
Party on, Wayne. Party on, GARth.
I’m also very excited because I am going on a field trip with the Geological Society of Kentucky this weekend! Should be fun to look at some nice road cuts. :)
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m also very excited because I am going on a field trip with the Geological Society of Kentucky this weekend! Should be fun to look at some nice road cuts. :)
Finally getting more into this book and it’s been really interesting.
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Finally getting more into this book and it’s been really interesting.
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Carboniferous Icons! This is the age of the bugs for sure, but also fun shaped aquatic critters!
Tully Monster💚, Meganeura💜, Arthropleura💙, Diplocaulus🦎
#paleontology
Tully Monster💚, Meganeura💜, Arthropleura💙, Diplocaulus🦎
#paleontology
November 16, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Carboniferous Icons! This is the age of the bugs for sure, but also fun shaped aquatic critters!
Tully Monster💚, Meganeura💜, Arthropleura💙, Diplocaulus🦎
#paleontology
Tully Monster💚, Meganeura💜, Arthropleura💙, Diplocaulus🦎
#paleontology
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September 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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These three show up at your door for candy, what's your move?
*happy Halloween! I miss the Tully Monster...*
#halloweenart #Halloween2025 #doodle
*happy Halloween! I miss the Tully Monster...*
#halloweenart #Halloween2025 #doodle
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
These three show up at your door for candy, what's your move?
*happy Halloween! I miss the Tully Monster...*
#halloweenart #Halloween2025 #doodle
*happy Halloween! I miss the Tully Monster...*
#halloweenart #Halloween2025 #doodle
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We've got a new article! 🦀
@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.
#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.
#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
When trash stops being a treasure: pollution and its effects in Another Crab’s Treasure
Abraham U. Morales-Primo Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico. E-mail: aump.puma (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Marine e…
jgeekstudies.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We've got a new article! 🦀
@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.
#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.
#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
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GAR WEEK 2025 is HERE!!!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
GAR WEEK 2025 is HERE!!!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
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Because #Halloween is for zombies and this year it falls on #FossilFriday, let's talk about fossil signs of zombification! Ophiocordyceps, the ant-zombifying fungus that inspired the last of us, compels an infected ant to leave its colony, climb a leaf and bite down, leaving distinctive marks 1/
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Because #Halloween is for zombies and this year it falls on #FossilFriday, let's talk about fossil signs of zombification! Ophiocordyceps, the ant-zombifying fungus that inspired the last of us, compels an infected ant to leave its colony, climb a leaf and bite down, leaving distinctive marks 1/
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Science fact: if you look at any tyrannosaur from far enough away it becomes a nanotyrannus
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Science fact: if you look at any tyrannosaur from far enough away it becomes a nanotyrannus
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Sponge worthy
Face it, we ALL need to know MOAR about the HORNY SPONGES! #spongeThursday!
October 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sponge worthy
Sad reality. Reason I became an engineer, other than being genuinely interested in it to an extent, was because I knew science and PhD jobs were very competitive and being an engineer would pay me well. I hope one day something changes.
October 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Sad reality. Reason I became an engineer, other than being genuinely interested in it to an extent, was because I knew science and PhD jobs were very competitive and being an engineer would pay me well. I hope one day something changes.
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Go see this... tetzoo.com/blog/2024/4/...
T. rex the Tool Maker -- Testing Controversial Claims About Dinosaur Smarts — Tetrapod Zoology
The intelligence of non-bird dinosaurs is one of the most-asked questions about their biology...
tetzoo.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Go see this... tetzoo.com/blog/2024/4/...
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The dinosaur cognition wars are (a) a thing and (b) very much continuing.
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The dinosaur cognition wars are (a) a thing and (b) very much continuing.
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We're now starting our FIRST EPISODE of 'The Fossil Finders,' a new series with @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
and we're interviewing @doublebeam.bsky.social, sauropod & pachycephalosaur expert — and also an old friend of mine — about his fieldwork adventures!
Tune in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
and we're interviewing @doublebeam.bsky.social, sauropod & pachycephalosaur expert — and also an old friend of mine — about his fieldwork adventures!
Tune in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We're now starting our FIRST EPISODE of 'The Fossil Finders,' a new series with @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
and we're interviewing @doublebeam.bsky.social, sauropod & pachycephalosaur expert — and also an old friend of mine — about his fieldwork adventures!
Tune in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
and we're interviewing @doublebeam.bsky.social, sauropod & pachycephalosaur expert — and also an old friend of mine — about his fieldwork adventures!
Tune in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
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In my 'Evolution of the Earth' class today, we'll finish learning about the Proterozoic Eon: the end of "Snowball [or Slushy] Earth" & the first supercontinents (all hail Rodinia!), but then will jump into the Phanerozoic Eon, focusing on the ecological expansion of marine biota & environments. 🧪🪨⚒️🌊
a person is swimming in the ocean with the caption " pov : you 're hunting with anomalocaris " on the bottom
Alt: Animation of the Cambrian animal Anomalocaris swimming above a herd of trilobites on a sea bottom, labeled with "POV (Point of View) : you 're hunting with Anomalocaris."
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In my 'Evolution of the Earth' class today, we'll finish learning about the Proterozoic Eon: the end of "Snowball [or Slushy] Earth" & the first supercontinents (all hail Rodinia!), but then will jump into the Phanerozoic Eon, focusing on the ecological expansion of marine biota & environments. 🧪🪨⚒️🌊
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The skull from near Herto, Ethiopia, BOU-VP-16/1 represents a person who lived sometime between 162,000 and 147,000 years ago. The skull bears two cutmarks on the right parietal and temporal, suggesting that other individuals may have conducted mortuary practices upon his death. #inktober
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The skull from near Herto, Ethiopia, BOU-VP-16/1 represents a person who lived sometime between 162,000 and 147,000 years ago. The skull bears two cutmarks on the right parietal and temporal, suggesting that other individuals may have conducted mortuary practices upon his death. #inktober
Older post and article, but Prototaxites are forever amazing to me.
A bizarre ancient organism previously thought to be a giant fungus may actually belong to an undiscovered branch on the tree of life that mysteriously went extinct.
Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life
Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a mysterious life form that went extinct long ago
www.newscientist.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Older post and article, but Prototaxites are forever amazing to me.