Patrick Mark Smith

Geoscience Curator and Senior Palaeontologist working at the Geological Survey of New South Wales

[Patrick Mark Smith @PatrickMarkSmi1]

Really pleased to see this work finally out! My latest paper which focuses on the Early Cambrian trilobite fauna of the Coonigan Formation in far western New South Wales.

https://t.co/PM5Yw3RUBA

#Trilobite #NSWGeology #Cambrian #palaeontology

[Patrick Mark Smith @PatrickMarkSmi1]

New paper published re-dating late Cambrian (~494 million year old) trilobites and agnostids from near Batemans Bay, NSW. These represent the oldest trilobites in the eastern Lachlan Orogeny.

https://t.co/CfdigoLGsH

[Patrick Mark Smith @PatrickMarkSmi1]

Looking for Middle Cambrian trilobites near Tamworth, NSW. Found this amazing Dorypyge pygidium in an allochthonous limestone block associated with a volcanoclastic matrix.

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Amphoton bicknelli

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My new blog post reporting on the human side of a 6-year long project I undertook to describing all Cambrian trilobites (i.e. the oldest fossils) in New Zealand.

https://t.co/ZalteEOVuP

[Matthias Svojtka @plasiaspis]

𝙏𝙖𝙢𝙙𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙭𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 Zhu, Peng, Du & Hu, 2007
Ceratopygidae
Sandu Fm., Furongian, Upper Cambrian
Jingxi, Guangxi Prov., China
#trilobites #fossilfriday

[Palaeontologia Electronica @PalaeoE]

Bradoriid #arthropods were an important part of Cambrian and Ordovician #animal communities. A new analysis of bradoriid carapaces determines the importance of relatedness, geography, mode of life, and time in the shape evolution of these animals.

[Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus 🍥 @PPaleoartist]

quick little thingo of the new aussie trilobite: Triarthrus novoaustralis

trying to be more okay with imperfections in my art, i still struggle with focusing on fine details which dont really add much to the final composition, even here i admittedly do it a bit

#AusPalaeo

[Patrick Mark Smith @PatrickMarkSmi1]

@PPaleoartist Amazing work!

[Patrick Mark Smith @PatrickMarkSmi1]

My new paper with Izak Schoon, @Lazarus__Taxon, @RussellBicknel1, Melanie Hopkins and Yong Yi Zhen on a new species of Triarthrus (trilobite) from NSW and its stratigraphic significance is out. Thanks to Katrina Kenny for the amazing reconstruction! https://t.co/tAtfqejTOa

[Matthias Svojtka @plasiaspis]

𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙩𝙮𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 Růžička, 1938
Solenopleuridae
Jince fm. (Sternbergaspis brdensis subzone of the Acadolenus snajdri biozone), Miaolingian, Cambrian
Jince-Vinice, Czech Republic
#trilobites #fossilfriday

[Patrick Mark Smith @PatrickMarkSmi1]

Latiproetus bowningensis (Mitchell, 1887) from the Late Silurian (Ludlow) aged Yarwood Siltstone Member, Black Bog Shale from Bowning near Yass, NSW. This species is fascinating as it resembles Latiproetus obesus Chang, 1974 from the Early Silurian of Guizhou in southern China.

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A wonderfully complete "Gravicalymene" australis found in the Late Silurian (Ludlow) aged Yarwood Siltstone Member, Black Bog Shale from Bowning near Yass, NSW.

[Angus Dalton @angus_dalton]

🚨 SOUND THE GIANT SEA SCORPION FOUND IN NSW KLAXON 🚨

some very cool work + a super interesting backstory here as to how @austmus palaeontologist Dr Patrick Smith uncovered this fossil 🌊🦂

https://t.co/YisESDoFKv

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

Specimens of what appear to be the largest eurypterid species found in Australia could shed light on the sudden extinction of the massive arthropods. https://t.co/VogpdIN3Pb

[Patrick Mark Smith @PatrickMarkSmi1]

A new paper, co-authored by Russell Bicknell, myself, Izak Schoon, and others, describes previously unknown sea scorpions from New South Wales, Australia!
https://t.co/M78QOJc8I6

[Matthias Svojtka @plasiaspis]

Small (3 mm) meraspis of 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 Zhao, Gong & Huang, 1987
Chengkouaspididae
Kaili fm., Cambrian Series 2/3
Balang, Jianhe County, Guizhou, China
#trilobites #trilobitetuesday

[Zootaxa updates @Zootaxa]

Funeralaspis n. gen.: a new odontopleurine trilobite from the early Middle Ordovician (Dapingian) of Death Valley, eastern California, #USA, and the classification of Ordovician odontopleurines
https://t.co/Sto6c00DKH
#Taxonomy

[Patrick Mark Smith @PatrickMarkSmi1]

Some nice Early Cambrian trilobite finds today in outback New South Wales.

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Full article: The quest for an Australian Cambrian stage scale https://t.co/dgcTeiT3cQ