Richard_Carr

Former grad student at FHSU studying mosasaur ecology. Trying super hard to break into the seedy underworld of Paleozoic Chondrichthyology.

[Ian Baylatry @thepeanutpal]

It was a great privilege to illustrate the fishes of the Qrieya 3 fossil site. Congratulations to the authors on an amazing study!

https://t.co/qEAGOBphS2

[RÈBELs RÄÎDÈRs @Rebels_Raiders]

Ah yes, human economics. Very fascinating. Very concerning.

*wheeze*

“Who does Earth owe $350 trillion to?”

Mostly itself.

You owe money to pension funds, banks, insurance companies, investment funds, foreign governments, central banks, corporations, and millions of individual investors.

*wheeze*

In other words, humans have invented a system where they borrow money from themselves, pay interest to themselves, panic about it constantly, and then argue on the extranet about who is responsible.

As a Vølüs, I find this arrangement delightfully profitable.

The more interesting question is not who you owe. The question is whether the debt grows faster than the economy that supports it.

* wheeze*

If I owe 10,000 credits and earn 100,000 credits per year, nobody cares.

If I owe 10,000 credits and earn 12 credits per year, suddenly C-Sec starts asking questions.

Hah hah hah…* wheeze*

So when a human says, “We owe $350 trillion! Who do we owe it to?”

The answer is:

“Mostly other humans. The real question is whether future humans can keep making enough money to convince everyone not to panic.”

* wheeze*

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have several sovereign debt instruments to sell to the Elcor. They take a very long-term view of investments.

[Joshua Rojas @JoshuaRojas19]

The first image is a spectacular illustration by the talented artist @AndreyAtuchin. Long ago in ancient North America, two caenagnathid dinosaurs called Anzu wyliei are engaged in a dynamic behavioral display - likely involving courtship or territorial conflict - in a lush,

[PliosaurDork @PliosaurDork]

입대 전에 급하게 그렸던 스피노

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

DOGE was just a cover for the largest robbery of the American people in history.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Z. Belaústegui et al. (2026)
The fossil record of insect bone bioerosion: Insights from titanosaur remains at Lo Hueco (Late Cretaceous, Spain) and implications for continental ichnofacies
Earth-Science Reviews 105561
doi: https://t.co/O6bzDeFUk6
https://t.co/4jTtfDkGFh

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Exceptional soft-tissue preservation reveals the oldest evidence for tube feet and their ecological significance in crinoids https://t.co/GA7CArRUNj

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Their absence of self-awareness is a serious pathology. They just killed 3k civilians (really, civilians) and are complaining that their invading soldiers are facing some risks WHILE INVADING.

[Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus 🍥 @PPaleoartist]

enter: the new lobopodian Oreinorema

the paper which described this animal made some very bold claims about its anatomy and phylogenetic position. others have questioned these interpretations after looking at the scans used. as always more research is needed

[Richard_Carr @EmuLarge]

I think it’s a numbat

[mr raridash (back from hiatus!) @LockandKeyHyena]

just saw a piece of aboriginal cave art of a thylacine and started crying

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

Absolutely overjoyed to share our new paper describing the oldest occurrence of soft-tissue preservation in crinoid echinoderms and their ecological significance

https://t.co/MXXOyPd6kF

[fud reaper 🪦 @fudreaper_]

In about 3 months from now, we are going to find out that the private equity firm that owns this brand of black label pineapples knew their product was approaching its expiration date and would be removed from Costco’s shelves.

So, in order to avoid the losses, they created a viral, guerilla marketing campaign to go into the ghettos across the US and popularize Kool Aid Pineapples as a way to sell their rapidly expiring product.

Netflix will make a movie about it next year.
It will be called Pineapple Hustle.

[Takumi @Paleoart_TTY]

Incakujira restoration

[Joschua Knüppe @JoschuaKnuppe]

It appears that we will be indeed at #Dinocon this year.
Get ready for prints, books, originals and other merch!

And yes, a selection of Formation Pieces will be there as prints.

[Cxspxxr✘🧸 @_6signxxx]

Mamdani is the Democrats’ worst nightmare because he’s living proof that they’re simply not doing their jobs.

[Cirsova - Dream Lords Legacy Live on Kickstarter @cirsova]

Wait, you guys are making $70k a year?

[Prehistorica (Christian M.) @Prehistorica_CM]

The appendages are not simply directed up and out like Kylinxia or other megacheirans, but instead, they attach behind the eyes facing inwardly, and slightly forward. Because the base of the appendage is flexible, the appendages could face any direction from this placement.

[Springer Nature @SpringerNature]

A bio-inspired robot has been used to illustrate the mechanism by which some species of fish are able to walk on land. This may provide insights into how the first terrestrial vertebrates moved onto land and navigated their new environment: https://t.co/RfnmwWsl5M

@NatureComms