Palaeo Scene

Jenna, she/her, Curator natural science @potteriesmuseum 🦖🦕🦊🦇🐝🌿 🎓 MPhil-Manchester Uni, 🎓 BSc-Portsmouth Uni Instagram - palaeo_scene

[Centre for Palaeogenetics @CpgSthlm]

A small chunk of woolly rhino meat was found inside the stomach of this 14,000 year old Ice Age wolf puppy 🤯

Read the paper below to learn how sequencing a genome from the puppy's last meal yielded novel insights into the woolly rhino's extinction:
https://t.co/xhEhhPACqY

[Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women_archeopal]

Not so long ago, zooarchaeology was a male-dominated field, like many others. Among the few women entering this discipline was Dorothea Bate. Her Mediterranean fieldwork & discoveries of fossil dwarf species left a lasting legacy. #FossilFriday #paleontology #archaeologists

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #fossilfriday !
This lovely specimen is the stem of a Lepidodendron. This fossil was found during coal mining at Florence Colliery (Longton, Stoke on Trent).
Lepidodendron sp.
Westphalian D, Middle Carboniferous
Photo taken at @potteriesmuseum

#paleobotany #fossil #plants

[The PalAss @ThePalAss]

Please support the affected staff, postdocs, and students by signing the petition:
👉 https://t.co/5qlGWQIev6 ✍️

Let’s stand together for science and education 💪📚

https://t.co/7gBL04XZMu

[Virtual Conference For Women Archaeo and Paleo @women_archeopal]

🦴✨Today, for #FossilFriday we highlight Orra White,one of the first scientific female illustrators. She created some of the earliest drawings of dinosaur footprints and played a key role in visualizing fossils and geology for teaching. #WomenInScience #Paleontology

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #Halloween #batweek and #fossilfriday!
2 amazing specimens of Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon
Messel Pit, Eocene, Darmstadt, Germany
📸 Hessisches Landesmuseum (Darmstadt)
I posted these back in 2021 but thought they should to be reposted
#FossilFriday #Bats #Messel

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #fossilfriday everyone!
Platysomus parvulus
📸 - @PotteriesMuseum ‘John Ward’ collection
Knowles Ironstone Shale
Westphalian (315-307 Ma), Upper Carboniferous
Longton, Stoke on Trent
#fossils #palaeontology #fish #carboniferous

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #fossilfriday !
This gorgeous specimen is the leaf scarring of Sigillaria sp. (where the leaves used to attach).
Coal Measures (Upper Carboniferous) Found in Berry Hill Colliery, Stoke on Trent
Photo taken at @potteriesmuseum

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #fossilfriday everyone! I was inspired by the news today about the new species of #ichthyosaur Xiphodracon, I had to go and see what ichthyosaur specimens we have in the collections here at @Potteriesmuseum
Ichthyosaur sp. jaw fragment, Charmouth, Dorset, Lower Jurassic

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #fossilfriday !

This gorgeous specimen is Michelinia sp. (Look at that bituminous infilling 😍)
A favosites tabulate coral
Lower Carboniferous (Asbian substage, Visean ~330MYA),
Waterhouses, Staffordshire
Photo taken at @PotteriesMuseum

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #fossilfriday !

Staffordshire is probably best known for its extensive carboniferous coal measures.

This gorgeous specimen in a borehole was found at a depth of 452m.
Lepidodendron aff. ophiurus
Middle Carboniferous, Beech, Staffordshire
Photo taken @PotteriesMuseum

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #fossilfriday
Elonichthys egertoni (potentially renamed) a carnivorous bony fish from the Middle Carboniferous (~300MYA) found in Fenton, Stoke on Trent
📸 @PotteriesMuseum

Can you believe that this beautiful specimen was rescued from a skip?!
#carboniferous #stokeontrent

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

#fossilfriday today is a little different!
This week, I officially started my new role as a curator of natural science at @PotteriesMuseum

It’s been an amazing first week exploring the museum’s incredible collections — from palaeontology and geology to zoology!

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

Happy #fossilfriday everyone!
Here is one of my favourite fossils I’ve seen - the Berlin Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx
Discovered 1874/75 Eichstätt, Germany
Solenhofen Plattenkalk, Tithonian, Late Jurassic
Photos taken at Naturkundemuseum Berlin (and stitched together)

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

So proud of you Dr Devine!!! Congratulations!🎉🥹❤️

[Laura Devine @DevinePalaeo]

472 pages and 4 years later I can finally call myself a Doctor! 🎓🎊 @UOP_SEGG
Thank you to my viva examiners @Sansom_Rob and @MariemSaavedra for making it such a positive experience, and to my supervisor @nichnos and everyone who has helped and supported me along the way!
🎉🦐🌊

[Palaeocast @Palaeocast]

Ep162: Cerney Wick (UPDATED)
https://t.co/ZrSJFH6hBw

Following our introductory podcast to Cerney Wick, we were granted special access to record the excavations during the 2024 field season.

#paleontology #paleo #fossils #mammoth #ammonite #fieldwork #evolution #multimedia

[Palaeo Scene @JennaDavers22]

#FossilFriday today is this gorgeous mix of Brittlestars (Palaeocoma milleri) and Crinoids (Balanocrinus gracilis) from the Pliensbachian (Jurassic) of Dorset, England
Photo taken at @NHM_London

[Grace Varnham @GraceVarnham]

Can’t stop thinking about that Homotherium cub woken up from its near 32,000 year old nap

[Darren Naish @TetZoo]

This is not a drill, a mummified #sabretooth cat has been published from the #Pleistocene permafrost of Russia. It's a Homotherium cub! The team (Lopatin et al.) reckon it's Homotherium latidens. Paper is OA: https://t.co/ihzAggBM9y ... cont...

[The PalAss @ThePalAss]

Registration is now OPEN for #PalAss24! 🥳 Join us in Erlangen, Germany from 9th-13th December for the 68th Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting (and the Christmas markets). See the website for details 👇
https://t.co/gMO3r92KL2
#FossilFriday