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Happy #FossilFriday from the special surprise found inside the last stupid Xiphactinus that i discovered this spring: a complete Micropycnodon! This poor little guy was eaten right before the Xiphactinus (nicknamed Brown Sugar) died, and is forever trapped in fish rib jail. 🧪🐟

This was more complicated than even I thought when I set out to make the video, but I'm glad I did! It was a lot of fun, and the reality of this is really cool. youtu.be/djfoUWZbLn8?...

How Spiders REALLY Eat their Prey (and it isn't by just sucking blood)YouTube video by Travis McEneryyoutu.be

*watches new Spiderman* Hmmm, is that architecture from red Permian sandstone of Dumfriesshire? That's not New York, that's Glasgow! Fossiliferous masonry prevents suspension of disbelief.

Spiny turbots are a small family of flatfishes whose eyes don’t completely migrate to the other side of their heads. At the right angle they look like cyclopses

Bigger ≠ Better. Some of the smallest fishes on Earth have some of the most outstanding biology and beauty. I had an absolute blast writing this one... 👇🎏🤯 Five Tiny Fishes That Will Blow Your Mind tnature.substack.com/p/five-tiny-... #Nature #Science #Evolution #Biodiversity #Fishes #Wildlife

Five Tiny Fishes That Will Blow Your MindLittle species. Enormous wonder.tnature.substack.com

Scientists have developed a model to predict the age of zebra sharks - an epigenetic clock - a useful tool for protecting endangered sharks and restoring wild populations. 🦈 Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scie... Study: doi.org/10.1111/mec.... 📸: @aquariumpacific.bsky.social

Rejected headlines for this include: "2 tiny ptarmigan carvings unearthed from prehistoric cave in Germany" and "Two birds, one Stone Age cave." 🧪🏺

40,000-year-old bird figurines the size of a thumbnail discovered in German caveTwo newly discovered bird carvings reveal early humans' keen eye for artistry in the ice age world 40,000 years ago.www.livescience.com

Dunkleosteus on the carousel at the Ohio State Fair! www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

Brazil has listed the tambaqui, an Amazon fish, as vulnerable after projections indicated a 43.4% decline in its population. Without a recovery plan, a fishing ban could be imposed, raising economic concerns for small-scale fishers who rely on the species. @bykarlamendes.bsky.social reports.

Fishers fight for solutions as Brazil lists tambaqui as threatenedAmazon fishers fear a total ban on their most iconic catch could favor industrial farms over local communities.mongabay.cc

#Sharkweek video thread - all about a fossil shark nursery from Oligocene marine rocks in Charleston, SC. I initially made this for someone else, but they never bothered paying me, so you get to enjoy it for free! Split into 1 min segments. 1/7 🦖🧪🦑🦈

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I did some fishing at the British Museum. A short, fishy thread (5 posts) This a vessel with the shape of a berbel, arguably Luciobarbus conocephalus, becauae the piece was produces in the Amu Darya (Oxus River) Some 2500 years old @sibic.bsky.social

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation iucn.org/news/202607/...

From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museumsThe IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...iucn.org

🧵1/6 New paper from #NearLab dropped! Wood et al. (2026) tackle a long-standing mystery: how did freshwater perches, walleyes, and darters (Percidae) end up on BOTH sides of the Atlantic? Spoiler: they may have swum there. 🐟🌊 #Ichthyology #Evolution #Systematics

🦈 In honor of #SharkWeek, get a rare look at the megamouth on view at NHM—the second ever discovered of this species! Get a sense of the preparation required when we eventually rehouse it in a brand-new tank later this year.

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🧵1/6 New anglerfish paper dropped! A new evolutionary model by Satow & Takimoto in Proc. R. Soc. B tackles one of the ocean's wildest mysteries: why do some male anglerfishes permanently fuse their bodies to females and become literal parasites? 🐟🔦 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

We're still looking for a Fish Collection Manager at the Sam Noble Museum in Oklahoma! Apply by August 1st. #MuseumJobs #TeamFish jobs.ou.edu/jobs/curator...

Curator Archivist - Norman, Oklahoma, United StatesPay Range: Targeted salary $18.99 per hour, based on experience Benefits Eligible: Yes Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends) Travel: May be required For Be...jobs.ou.edu

#sharkweek 🦖🧪🦈🦑 Not only do we know that the giant shark Carcharocles megalodon IS extinct, we also have a pretty good idea of *when*. An analysis of non-reworked fossil teeth we published in 2019 revealed that the fossil record of the "meg" ends around 3.6 MYA - shortly before the ice age.

Nanjing Paleontological Museum has an in-house traditional Chinese artist, Li Chen, creating paintings of famous Chinese dinosaurs. These are from 2022 exhibition "From Dragon to Bird" and can be purchased in the museum as postcards or book《从龙到鸟系列 科学艺术化石复原图》

#fossilfriday A rare example of a well-preserved gill raker of a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), ~6myo, from the Purisima Formation of Santa Cruz, CA - typically broken up into tiny bits. Used for filter feeding, basking shark rakers are uniquely formed from enameloid dermal denticles. 🦈🦖🧪