Darren Withers

Rescuing local palaeo heritage with @pborogeopalaeo | museum volunteer @PboroMuseum & Rutland County Museum | synergistically work with ⚒️Palaeontologists⚒️

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

Great to be involved with the #RutlandSeaDragon learnt so much over the three weeks from @Dean_R_Lomax @MrIchthyosaurus @MarkoPalaeo @Dr_EmmaNicholls @EmilyJSwaby @PauldelaSalle @stevendey + plus many others involved. Still chuckle with "calculate excavated soil expansion 🤣"

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

Thank you for the update Nigel, that's great to hear.

[Nigel Larkin @MrIchthyosaurus]

#svpca After a year off in 2025 and a period of silence, organisers of recent SVPCA have met with other interested parties to discuss future symposia, including provisional plans for a meeting in late August or early September 2026. More details to follow very soon.

[Geological Collections Group (GCG) @OriginalGCG]

Want to discover how Chatteris Museum is bringing its hidden fossil collection into the spotlight this #FossilFriday? Read our new blog post by Amalia Robertson, volunteer at the museum 👇

https://t.co/vDVpxRNTRk

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

@PauldelaSalle @TEC_Kimmeridge Have you seen the Simolestes skull at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery yet.

[History_of_Geology @Geology_History]

January 1, 1638 (Julian calendar), birthday of Danish physician Niels Steensen or latinized Nicolas Steno. He popularized the first stratigraphical principles and recognized the true origin of fossils studying "tongue-stones" - petrified shark teeth 🦈 ...

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

@Paleo_Tykoski @PerotMuseum Really cool.

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

@PauldelaSalle Really fascinating Paul.

[Paul de la Salle @PauldelaSalle]

What a superbly comprehensive paper! My sincere congratulations to the authors. The projections on the lachrymal and prefrontal again indicate something very interesting going on function wise in the posterior naris area, don't you think?

[Darren Naish @TetZoo]

Sea Monsters in Cornwall. Sunday 26th October 2025, I’ll be talking Sea Monsters Past and Present as part of the Dark Folklore Festival in Porthtowan, Cornwall. More info and tickets at... https://t.co/K50IM9NuvY

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

@Dean_R_Lomax @BobNichollsArt Congratulations to you both. And to all those who helped to endure the journey.

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

@Dean_R_Lomax @BobNichollsArt Congratulations to you both. And to all those who helped to endure the journey.

[Darren Naish @TetZoo]

Mesozoic Art II - edited by @sharkbitesteve and myself and featuring the incredible work of 25 cutting-edge palaeoartists - is out in just a few days. The ultimate must-have book on modern #palaeoart / #paleoart. Buy yours now ... https://t.co/n5EdqT0M3h #books #dinosaurs

[The Folklore Centre, Todmorden @CentreMyth]

Next year’s programme is shaping up nicely! 💚

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

@Northlincmuseum Your welcome.

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

Congratulations, this couldn't be more true. As I've been very busy working with the @Northlincmuseum helping to
Pack up the #scunthorpepliosaur into new boxes purchased through the museums core collections budget. Ready to move to its permanent storage location.

[North Lincolnshire Museum @Northlincmuseum]

⭐️ We are delighted to have received #Accreditation status! ⭐️

Museum Accreditation is a UK-wide industry standard that shows we care for our collections, make them accessible to audiences and safeguard our history and heritage for the future 🏺🖼️

@ace_national @ace_thenorth

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

And now 4 years ago today! More jaw dropping #ichthyosaur pics for you. Still safely tucked away in plaster jackets! To all those making the vital decisions for work to start. Please please can we speed things up 😭 edit: the ALT text should read 'The largest ichthyosaur skeleton ever found in the UK' but hay I'm sure you can appreciate where I'm coming from.

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

9/9/2021 - was a day to apply a weak acetone paraloid solution to the exposed bone from this huge section of #rutlandichthyosaur I mean just look at it, absolutely jaw dropping.

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

Well deserved for sure, you've now kept #pachystropheus researchers and #musuemvolunteers around the world busy for a number of years.

[Jacob Quinn @teeMightyQuinn]

@outfossiling @BristolUni Thanks for sharing and the kind words Darren - it's great to get the #Rhaetian #coelacanths out there 🌎

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

@physorg_com This is brilliant to see.

[Darren Withers @outfossiling]

New paper 🚨 on #coelacanths from my good friend @teeMightyQuinn and his team. 'Multiple new species of “living fossil” fish found hiding in plain sight after more than 150 years'. Press release today from @BristolUni 👇 congratulations to all those involved.
https://t.co/BXLlA8Tv5w

[Jacob Quinn @teeMightyQuinn]

Our new paper on Coelacanths from the British Rhaetian. Many of these fossils are identified for the first time from museum collections, many of which had been misidentified as fossils of marine reptiles or other taxa for as long as 150 years.
The paper: https://t.co/0PJkkPnNLl