Duncan Murdock

Collections Manager for all things Earth 🌍🪨💎☄️🐚🦣🦖 at @morethanadodo 🦤🏛. Views my own. (he/him)

[Sky News @SkyNews]

🦖 Nearly 200 dinosaur footprints have been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire, shedding new light on the extinct creatures.

Earth scientist @djemurdock highlights some of the findings ⬇️

https://t.co/b4emNooFPX

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[UniBirmingham News @news_ub]

Our palaeontologists worked with their counterparts from @UniofOxford to uncover a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of different prehistoric footprints on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ https://t.co/UIWhfbCV8y

[Duncan Murdock @djemurdock]

@Shunkup @geology_johnson It’s difficult to see from photos, but it looks to me that the ‘body’ outline is an artefact of where has been exposed, and you’re seeing only part of a bigger animal. Could it be a partially exposed eldoniid?

[Charnwood Forest Geopark @CharnwoodGeo]

🌳 We were pleased to welcome Martin Lisec to the Geopark this week.

🖼️ His artwork is helping us to tell the story of our ancient fossils, and how animal life first evolved around 560 million years ago!

[ThinkSee3D @ThinkSee3D]

There are now 3 models on permanent display at @morethanadodo aka the Oxford University Museum of Natural History made by TS3D, including this tardigrade model in a new display case. Tonight was the launch event for these new displays.

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

🚨 Registration for our SPECIAL GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY MEETING closes 1st May!!!🚨

17th-18th May, University of Leicester

Currently there are still places for both the dinner (17th) & Charnwood Forest/BGS field trip (18th)

See: https://t.co/pmqLoxOBOJ

#FossilFriday #Geology #Rock

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

📢There are just five weeks left before abstract submission and registration for presenting delegates closes on May 17th for the Symposium on Toarcian Palaeobiology!

If you plan to present at the symposium, make sure to register soon to avoid disappointment! 🐊🐚🦋🐾🌲🌋

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

Be a part of GCG history and design our new logo!

🚨 #Competition closes Friday 22-Mar 🚨

The winner will receive a year’s membership and the new logo will be unveiled at our 50th anniversary event in May 🥳

#Rock #Mineral #Fossil

https://t.co/8u3qt74qsA

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

🚨 We've extended the deadline for our #LogoCompetition to 22nd March, so there's still time to get your creative juices flowing! 🚨

The winner gets a year’s membership, and the new logo will be unveiled at our 50th anniversary celebration in May 🥳🥳🥳

https://t.co/8u3qt74qsA

[Duncan Murdock @djemurdock]

@jackjmatthews Is it about the ICZN 🤔?

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

Join the GCG for a virtual coffee morning celebrating neurodiversity in geological collections on the 18th of March in support of Neurodiversity Celebration Week!

Registration and more information can be found here: https://t.co/LJEZVbn27Z

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

Abstract submission is also open and will close on 1st April 2024. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words. Please find more information on how to submit your abstract via the web link above ⬆️

[Duncan Murdock @djemurdock]

@CharnwoodGeo

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

The seminar will be held on 17th May at the University of Leicester. A full day fieldtrip will take place on 18thMay to the British Geological Survey Nottingham and Charnwood Forest Geopark.

Register now at https://t.co/pmqLoxOBOJ

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

🎉🥂The GCG is 50 this year!🥂🎉

Come and join us for our 50th anniversary seminar and fieldtrip at the University of Leicester on the 17th - 18th May 2024!

Geological Collections: Past, present, and future

Registration is open now! More info below ⬇️

[Duncan Murdock @djemurdock]

Jonathan Higginbottom 🐊 (@RobBiddulph) and Alex Bailey 🧚 (@chriscolfer) for #WorldBookDay2024

[Duncan Murdock @djemurdock]

Glad to be on board!

[Charnwood Forest Geopark @CharnwoodGeo]

👋 Today we welcome the first nine members of our Expert Advisory Panel.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 As we work towards UNESCO Global Geopark status, the Panel will help support our projects, ensuring that everything we do - from education to interpretation - is guided by the best scientific advice.

[Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjmatthews]

🥳 Very excited to share this year's Oxford University Museum of Natural History entry to #Palaeovision:

🎵 More (Than Just...) 🎵

📽 Check out the clip below and watch the full song on YouTube: https://t.co/UK72Lo74Ns

[Meghan Jenkinson @Palaeo_Meghan]

OXFORD MUSEUM ROBBED AT PALAEOVISION AGAIN

[Duncan Murdock @djemurdock]

12 year old me: dreaming of finding a complete Dudley bug (trilobite) in @BCgeopark

38 year old me: just a normal day in @morethanadodo Earth Collections…

[Dr Jack J Matthews @jackjmatthews]

📺 Make sure you tune in to watch @Palaeovision23, and see this year's @morethanadodo entry:
🎵 More (Than Just...) 🎵

🥳 It's a celebration of all the wonders of palaeontology. Well, most of them... 😉

📅 7pm GMT, Jan 31st, online