Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
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The Joe Webb Peoples Museum in Connecticut has a cast of the plesiosaur Thalassiodracon hawkinsi, which they recently restored for loan and display. They blogged about it here: wespeoplesfossils.blogs.wesley

Henry Ward sold dozens, maybe even hundreds, of identical casts of this specimen to museums across Europe and North America, making it one of the most familiar plesiosaur skeletons in the world. The original skeleton is on display at the NHM London.

#plesiosaur #fossil #museum #fossilfriday

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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
614 followers · 1503 posts · Server sauropods.win

...and remember kids, a plesiosaur is not a dinosaur.

#plesiosaur #dinosaur

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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
614 followers · 1503 posts · Server sauropods.win

"Cambridge d̶i̶n̶o̶s̶a̶u̶r̶ *plesiosaur* bone probably from Roman fossil hunter"

An interesting story from the BBC. This fossil plesiosaur vertebra was recently found alongside pottery and animal bones. It was "likely to have been "curated" by an avid Roman fossil fan."

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-camb

#fossilfriday #fossils #plesiosaur #roman #bbc #cambridge

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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
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If you liked my recent children's picture book The Tyrannosaur's Feathers, you might also be interested in my previous book, The Plesiosaur's Neck.

“There’s one thing about her that’s hard to ignore,
THAT RIDICULOUS NECK!
What on Earth was it for?”

It encourages critical evidence-based thinking and concludes that scientists don't yet have the answer to everything.

@JonathanEmmett

amazon.com/dp/191297942X/ref=a

#ThePlesiosaursNeck #books #bookstodon #nonfiction #picturebook #uclan #plesiosaur

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Draco From Gatorbox · @draco
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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
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@drmambobob Pleased to see a in the logo!

#plesiosaur

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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
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A short article about "An exceptional fossil plesiosaur - Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni" on the National Museum of Ireland's webpage:

museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Re

This spectacular specimen formed the basis for my PhD thesis back in 2007.

#plesiosaurs #plesiosaur #nmi #museum #ireland #fossil

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Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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his book Studies of Fossil Fish, & named two species in her honour). She corresponded with the foremost geologists of her day, Charles Lyell, & Adam Sedgwick who taught Darwin. ⁠

She made her first significant find, the first skeleton to be correctly identified, with her brother when she was only 12 years old. She discovered & excavated the the 1st 2 skeletons ever found and the first pterosaur skeleton located outside Germany + many important fossil fish.

#ichthyosaur #plesiosaur

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KaylinQ · @KaylinQ
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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
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This has been a long time coming. My new research article on the topic of paedomorphism in plesiosaurs was published today in the open access journal Fossil Record:

"Recognising and quantifying the evolution of skeletal paedomorphosis in Plesiosauria" (Araújo and Smith 2023)

fr.pensoft.net/article/97686/

#plesiosaur #plesiosaurs #paedomorphism #fossil #evolution #heterochrony

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RT @ttorroo
Another 7 hours of practicing…
Plesiosaur family swimming around

#paleontology #paleoart #plesiosaur #seacreature

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JF studios · @jfstudiospaleoart
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a has caught some sort of cephalopod

#plesiosaur #art #paleoart #dinosaurs

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wodeworm · @wodeworm
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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
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@DaveWhittle Spoiler: it's a plesiosaur skeleton

(This would be a 'retweet' but a comment will have to do)

#plesiosaur #plesiosaurs #Plesiosaurus #Dorset #charmouth #fossilfriday

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Juggling With Eggs · @JugglingWithEggs
1242 followers · 2014 posts · Server mstdn.social

, and a clever pet...what’s not to like about this story of a complete 3D found by a pet dog called Raffles on Lyme Regis Beach?!

theguardian.com/science/2023/m

#plesiosaur #dorset #fossils

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KanatiGOTH · @KanatiGOTH
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Squeeb Creative · @Squeebcreative
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Dinosaurs have been my week.
Super fun diplodocus and plesiosaur cute dinosaur collection. 16 different dinosaurs!
Digital download available now! Perfect for t-shirt designs, stickers, tote bags and all your crafting fun!
www.designbundles.net/squeebcreative
Also at Creative Fabrica creativefabrica.com/designer/s

#dinosaurillustration #stickerdesign #dinosaurstickers #Diplodocus #plesiosaur #dinosaurcartoon

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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
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Here's @JonathanEmmett and me on a sunny day in 2021, showing off our children's book 'The Plesiosaur's Neck'.

Jonathan is holding the expertly crocheted plesiosaur puppet we use in our Zoom sessions and virtual book readings.

Our follow-up book, 'The Tyrannosaur's Feathers', is pretty-much done and coming soon!

@bookstodon

#worldbookday #books #book #bookstodon #plesiosaur #ThePlesiosaursNeck

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Adam S. Smith · @AdamStuartSmith
418 followers · 621 posts · Server sauropods.win

I've despised Jurassic World and everything it stands for since seeing the first film in the cinema in 2015. I haven't given the franchise a penny of my money since... until now. 😩

The bastards have only gone and found my Achilles' heel – plesiosaur toys. Grrr.

#plesiosaurs #plesiosaur #jurassicworld #kronosaurus #liopleurodon #Plesiosaurus #Nothosaurus #tanystropheus #actionfigures #toys

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Yorkshire NHM · @YNHM
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Say Hello to Darwin the Plesiosaur, the latest arrival at the ! 🏛
Plesiosaurs were not , but marine reptiles. Come visit us to see some incredible , including bones! 🦴

#museum #dinosaurs #fossils #plesiosaur

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