Simon Braddy
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Lunataspis gundersoni Lamsdell et al. 2025. Upper Ordovician (Katian) Big Hill Biota of Michigan, USA. University of Wisconsin Geology Museum 4087. Collected by Gunderson and Meyer. Image without labels. Scale bar in cm. Image credit: Kenneth (Chris) Gass
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Nice reconstruction of #Jaekelopterus, the largest ever arthropod (2.59 m) long. It's probably more closely related to Pterygotus than Acutiramus. For details see:
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RT @CanJEarthSci: And last, a redescription of the Early Devonian eurypterid Leiopterella tetliei @Leibniz_DSMZ_en .
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New paper accepted on Chinese pterygotid eurypterids in Journal of Paleontology.
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New paper accepted on giant Chinese eurypterids in Journal of Earth Science
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Congratulations to Chris Gass on his new eBook on the trace fossils of Blackberry Hill (the earliest evidence for animals on land), available here:.
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Blackberry Hill has been referred to as the quintessential site for studying trace fossils, especially those from Cambrian tidal flats. This is not only because those fossils helped determine the...
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Sci News article on cyclopygid trilobites, based on recent paper in Historical Biology:.
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New research has resolved the evolutionary history of a bizarre group of trilobites called the cyclopygids, named after the mythical one-eyed monster Cyclops, as their eyes gradually merged into a...
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Cyclopygid #trilobite phylogeny, dedicated to Euan and Richard. Taihungshaniidae basal to Nileidae and Cyclopygidae. Adapted to pelagic lifestyle (larger eyes, lost segments, decreased size and improved streamlining) as moved into deeper water.
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A new phylogeny of cyclopygid trilobites (Superfamily Cyclopygacea Raymond, 1925) is presented, based on an analysis of 47 genera and 63 characters. The majority-rule consensus supports a paraphyle...
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RT @hide2051: シルル紀の生き物です。.Offacolus kingi.Venustulus waukeshaensis.Aquilonifer spinosus.Parioscorpio venator.#古生物 #イラスト .
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Sketchfab has various 3D models of eurypterid fossils and reconstructions you can manipulate (rotate, scale etc):
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New video on Jaekelopterus; great CGI but a distinct AI feel and images don't always match the narration. Name spelt wrong (although it is pronounced Yay-kel-op-ter-us). See my Facebook profile for comments
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I suspect Keurbos may relate to Acheronauta, as mentioned in: K.C. Gass & S.J. Braddy. 2023. The Waukesha Biota: A wonderful window into early Silurian life. Geology Today 39 (5): 169-175; doi: 10.1111/gto.12447i.
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A new exceptionally preserved euarthropod, Keurbos susanae gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Ordovician Soom Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Africa, is described herein. Two specimens exhibit an...
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Richard co-supervised MSc and PhD students with me and we spent many hours discussing #fossils, popular science writing and TV presentation.
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Palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum who was also a bestselling science writer and accomplished TV presenter
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RT @JoschuaKnuppe: And so concludes this short and relaxing formation #paleostream! The Soom Shale is a late Ordovician lagerstätte with f….
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A reconstruction of the Early Devonian chasmataspidid (chelicerate) Forfarella mitchelli from Scotland, described by Jason, Lyall and me.
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RT @wwawwroww: The Waukesha Biota is a Silurian Lagerstätte preserving many soft-bodied organisms, but rarely any hard carapaces. The scene….
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