Drew Gentry

Paleontologist | Turtle enthusiast | Trekkie

[Drew Gentry @AlabamaPaleo]

NEW PAPER: Meet 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘺𝘴 𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘪, a new freshwater turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama, reconstructed here by the incredible @SerpenIllus 🐢 Amazing work by coauthors @auntbeast and @JamesFParham

https://t.co/TnsDrpXqgR

[Earth Archives @EarthArchivesHQ]

A geology grad student and her faculty researcher adviser helped to describe a new genus and species of leatherback sea turtle.

https://t.co/1nSWIyKAPu

#fossils #paleontology

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

The world’s population of critically endangered Galápagos tortoises is now a little bit bigger. https://t.co/Fh1IJp3dtN

[Drew Gentry @AlabamaPaleo]

Leatherback sea turtles at #svp2024 #alabamapaleo

[Pedro Mocho 🏳️‍🌈🦕 @PD_Mocho]

New paper by @Tortugologo (@UNED ) and Miguel Telles Antunes on portuguese turtles with a new specimen of Algorachelus: "A bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira (#Belas, #portugal)" #Paleontology #Sintra https://t.co/SGIeV6O4K2

[Clare Fieseler, Ph.D. @ClareFieseler]

BREAKING: Paleontologist Bobby Boessenecker was arrested this morning at 9:05am on grand larceny charges connected to these missing fossils.

[Adán Pérez García @Tortugologo]

Lusochelys emilianoi, the first sea turtle described for the Iberian Neogene record: "A pan-cheloniid turtle from the Middle Miocene of Portugal", new paper published in "The Anatomical Record"

https://t.co/Jxgw3tEIvL
https://t.co/vRkCqybHIB

[Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @Davey_F_Wright]

Natural history collections are the major source of data in biological sciences: ecology, evolution, biogeography, paleobiology, & beyond. Collections are essential to understanding the past, present, & future of biodiversity. #CollectionsAreEssential

[Dr. Georgios Georgalis @DrGeorgalis]

Our new paper on new #trionychid remains from the Plio-Pleistocene of Kos Island, Greece, representing among the youngest fossil occurrences of the group in Europe.
Avrithis, A.I. and G.L. Georgalis. 2024. Historical Biology
https://t.co/siC7MohBkz

[Serjoscha Evers @SirJoscha]

An important paper dropped today:

https://t.co/S5MgVWEd1Z

Description of the Middle Jurassic turtle Heckerochelys. Congrats to all authors! 🐢🤩🐢

[Aldo Benites-Palomino @paleoAldo]

It's #FossilFriday! Check this massive dermochelyid fossil from the upper Pisco Fm. (Late Miocene) at the @MuseoHNUNMSM exhibition. This is a great specimen that is still pending to be described (hopefully someday).

[マ・ヌケサク @migawaritamesi]

#金曜日だから化石貼る #fossilfriday
ミュージアムパーク茨城で昔に開催されていた企画展「アンモナイト・ワールド」よりサンタナケリス　ホロタイプ標本

[Drew Gentry @AlabamaPaleo]

For #FossilFriday , here is an excellent write up by @TimBella from @washingtonpost about the most recent exciting paleontological discovery in Alabama.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The rare whale skull, discovered by 16-year-old Lindsey Stallworth and her teacher Drew Gentry on her family’s Alabama property, could be a new species. https://t.co/TjDMpMlyqi

[Earth Archives @EarthArchivesHQ]

Alabama professor and student discovered a rare 34-million-year-old whale skull roughly four to five feet long in a hillside this summer.

https://t.co/fI35u6YzS2

#fossils #paleontology

[Drew Gentry @AlabamaPaleo]

@CoastalPaleo Yep. I assumed it was a reference to the Ralph Wiggum meme

[Drew Gentry @AlabamaPaleo]

@CoastalPaleo

[Yale Peabody Museum @yalepeabody]

Our Archelon specimen might look familiar, but it’s final pose in our new Central Gallery is going to change the game. #YalePeabody2024 #FossilFriday

📷: Andrew Melien

[Drew Gentry @AlabamaPaleo]

@auntbeast @SirJoscha "Someone (like @AlabamaPaleo ) *WILL* devote their entire career to Alabama fossil turtles and hardly scratch the surface. 😉

[Drew Gentry @AlabamaPaleo]

@auntbeast Possibly one or two from the Paleogene.