Anthony Shillito

Banting Research Fellow @USaskGeoSci Researching footprints and burrows of the first animals on land, and how they changed the world around them

[PalaeoPERCS @PalaeoPERCS]

Don't miss next week's seminar! Anthony Shillito (@AnthonyShillito) from @usask in Canada will be giving a talk entitled "Life Finds a Way: Understanding the Theatre of Terrestrialization" at 1600 UTC on Tuesday, February 7th!

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[Javier Ortega Hernández @InvertebratePal]

Dear #IPC6 organisers, take note that although the meeting has been mostly great, there is a massive issue with diversity and inclusion practices. No less the phrase “the other gender” when addressing delegates during the conference diner :( we have to do better!!!

[Russell Garwood @RussellGarwood]

Check this out from @EonsShow for an excllent overview of arthropleurids, and questions surrounding their gigantism... Including the specimen @Censedgeol @willmcmahon92 and @AnthonyShillito discovered and we described last year.

[Liz Hide @TheMuseumOfLiz]

*adults for scale 📏

Giant millipede fossil now on display @SedgwickMuseum,
found & described by @Censedgeol @AnthonyShillito @willmcmahon92 @RussellGarwood

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

This #HalfTerm week at the @SedgwickMuseum you can see two new exhibits!

The millipede #fossil Arthropleura is on display in all its gigantic glory 🪱

And you can also see the fantastic 'Two Islands' display by John Kelly, showing changing landscapes of Surtsey and Barra.

[Russell Garwood @RussellGarwood]

For #FossilFriday, I wanted to tell you a little more about an arthropleurid (giant millipede) that @Censedgeol @AnthonyShillito and @willmcmahon92 discovered, and that we recently described. These things got really big - this partial fossil is 76 cm long.

[Anthony Shillito @AnthonyShillito]

@paulappleby01 @northcoastaonb I think you may have misinterpreted the photo of the excavation - there was no drilling into the cliffs involved as the fossil was in a boulder on the foreshore. I do agree they should make it clear that without proper permissions excavating fossils like this would be illegal!

[Anthony Shillito @AnthonyShillito]

@paulappleby01 @northcoastaonb The fossil was found in a block that had fallen from the cliff already (a large boulder on the beach), and all permits and permissions were granted before it was collected!

[The Geological Society @GeolSoc]

How many shoes would a giant millipede need?

Well now we might find out! Research published in the Journal of the Geological Society documents a record-setting giant myriapod fossil discovered in the UK providing insights into biology & habitat.

https://t.co/MDFSkYVL2y

[Liz Hide @TheMuseumOfLiz]

things are looking pretty millipede-tastic this morning.

Nice work @Censedgeol @earthscicam @AnthonyShillito @RussellGarwood @willmcmahon92

looking forward to having the largest invertebrate ever on display @SedgwickMuseum in 2022

[Anthony Shillito @AnthonyShillito]

Great to see this work making it out after we found this amazing fossil on a walk on the beach back in January 2018! Check it out! #fossil

[William McMahon @willmcmahon92]

Paper by @Censedgeol @AnthonyShillito @RussellGarwood and myself getting some fun coverage today. Listen in to @Censedgeol on @BBCBreakfast at 0905, or find the paper here: https://t.co/TWojenZ4A9

[BSRG @brit_seds]

And Undergraduate awards went to Annabella Ormerod of @BangorGeosci, Hamilton Allport of @EarthSciCam , while Masters awards went to Harry Rennie of @CSI_RHUL and Hajar Alwazzan of @ESEImperial - well done for some amazing projects. Congratulations all and to the supervisors too.

[Sedimentology @JSedimentology]

What's between the covers of the Dec. issue? How about this #openaccess article -

True substrates: The exceptional resolution and unexceptional preservation of deep time snapshots on bedding surfaces.

Find at: https://t.co/erBNUHuW5D

Check out the dino footprint below

[Anthony Shillito @AnthonyShillito]

Come along to the next Seds Online #GreatDebate on Wednesday and hear me argue AGAINST the motion with Prof. Sam Purkis!

[Saupe Lab Oxford @ErinSaupe]

Off to see the Belemnite Marls with ⁦@OxUniEarthSci⁩ ⁦@BensonLabOxford⁩ ⁦@Palaeo_Matt⁩ ⁦@AnthonyShillito⁩ ⁦@nikki_sridhar⁩

[New Scientist @newscientist]

On West Mount Barren in Australia, ancient animal burrows were previously dated as 1.2 billion years old – twice as old as any known animal in the fossil record.

A new analysis suggests they are much more recent, and may have been made by crustaceans https://t.co/KQBkFbNH0e

[Sedimentology @JSedimentology]

It's fall in the northern hemisphere. Get cozy with some ichnofossils.

Non-palimpsested crowded Skolithos ichnofabrics in a Carboniferous tidal rhythmite: Disentangling ecological signatures from the spatio-temporal bias of outcrop

Find at: https://t.co/XvM3SF7Dk5

[Seds Online @Seds_Online]

Next #Seds_Online Webinar is from Neil Davies: 'True substrates: the inevitable preservation of ‘human timescale’ snapshots on ancient bedding planes'

See you on 28th July at 4pm London:
https://t.co/2lOPQ9cQaW

@EarthSciCam @AnthonyShillito @willmcmahon92

[Anthony Shillito @AnthonyShillito]

Check out our new #openaccess paper in @JSedimentology and find out why incredible surface textures make it into the rock record!