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RT @Kimi_Chap: Happy Holidays from @NHMdinolab and myself! 🎄🎁.We give you a "A (not so) brief history of Massospondylus: its discovery, his….

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Paper #2: Porro LB, Witmer LM, Barrett PM. 2015. Digital preparation and osteology of the skull of 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 (Ornithischia: Dinosauria) PeerJ 3:e1494.

Paper #1: Botha, J., Choiniere, J. N., & Barrett, P. M. (2022). Osteohistology and taphonomy support social aggregation in the early ornithischian dinosaur 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴. Palaeontology, 65(4), e12619.

There is recent evidence suggesting that 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 developed social behaviour and may have moved around in herds. 🦕🦕🦕.

An early Jurassic ornithischian from South Africa (🇿🇦) and Lesotho (🇱🇸), named in 1978 by Prof. Peter Galton.This dinosaur is known from many specimens and it was a small, herbivorous dinosaur no larger than a medium dog. 🌿.

Happy #dinovember #FossilFriday!.Closing of our last #dinovember post for 2024 from a bit closer to home, 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴. Artwork: Gabriel Ugueto (@Serpenillus).#Palaeontology #SouthernAfrica #JurassicWorld #Fossil #paleoart

This was longer than a great white shark!. Afrovenator is known from a partial skeleton that includes the skull, most of its vertebrae, its forelimbs, hips, and hindlimbs. To read more about this African dinosaur, check out the original paper:

Happy #dinovember #FossilFriday!. Keeping with our theme of highlighting some African dinosaurs, next up is a theropod from the Jurassic of Niger. Afrovenator abakensis, the African hunter from Abaka, was estimated to be 7 metres long and weighed about a one metric tonne.

Check out more on its leg at Artist reconstruction: @PalaeoCrumpet.

Musankwa is a sauropodomorph dinosaur, and these dinosaurs are important for understanding how we get gigantic sauropods later on. Musankwa is one of four named dinosaurs from Zimbabwe during its time and shows us that there are still more fossils to find.

Happy #FossilFriday!. This also includes a #dinovember post on one of our newly African dinosaurs from Zimbabwe, Musankwa sanyatiensis. Known from a partial leg from the Late Triassic of Zimbabwe, Musankwa was found on the shore of Lake Kariba.

A big thank you to our current PalNews editor Caitlin Rabe (@CaitlinRabe) for her hard work compiling this issue and for the members of our society for their contributions. Drop a comment below to let us know what your favorite article is!.#Palaeontology #SouthernAfrica #Science.

❗ATTENTION ALL❗The latest issue of our biannual newsletter titled PalNews is now available for your reading pleasure. Check out the link in our bio to download the newsletter from our PalNews Archive and check out some of our other volumes while you’re there! 🇿🇦🇱🇸🇸🇿🇳🇦🇧🇼🇿🇼🇲🇿

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RT @raraujopaleo: Zanildo Macungo, Ken Angielczyk and Christian Kammerer at @PalPssa Enjoy!. I wish I was with you guys there! https://t.….

RT @raraujopaleo: Zanildo Macungo not only presented his amazing work on new gorgonopsians from Mozambique as a result of our Paleomoz Proj….

RT @PerAhlberg1: @NHMdinolab @PalPssa Well worth a visit! I'm there as well and was extremely impressed with the museum. As you can see fro….

RT @Comp_PaleoBio: Great talk by Rafel Matamales-Andreu!! New therapsid from the Permian of Mallorca!! #PSSA (Graaff-reinet, SA) https://t.….

RT @NHMdinolab: Currently in the heart of the Karoo, attending @PalPssa meeting in Graaff-Reinert and catching up on the latest development….