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Nuchal sesamoids in shrews

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [20:26:53]

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I missed this paper (Yuan et al. 2024) when it came out last year, but my friend and colleague Jeremiah Scott brought it to my attention. The bit on nuchal sesamoids in shrews is so good and so weird that I’m just going to copy and paste it in its entirety. I loathe numbered references

Texas air comes calling

Ontario-geofish [12:04:00]

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I still can't get over the power density of that Texas storm.  It's all blown out now, and the hot Gulf plume is coming up to us. The Europe stagnant pocket has blown out, as well.No heat waves right now, the media will just go back to doomer stories.ps  and such mangled physics.  Nice they are

FOSSIL HUNTRESS PODCAST: DEAD SEXY SCIENCE

ARCHEA [11:00:00]

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Geeky goodness from the Fossil Huntress. If you love paleontology, you will love this stream. Dinosaurs, trilobites, ammonites—you'll find them all here!Close your eyes & fly with me as we head out [...]

The Dread Olecranon of Kentrosaurus

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [01:22:20]

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(This was buried in Part 5 of my 2011 review of the Sideshow Apatosaurus maquette, but it’s long deserved to be a post of its own, and now it is. I’m not adding anything new here, just extracting and [...]

FOSSIL FRESHWATER SALMON FROM KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA

ARCHEA [01:43:00]

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Fossilized Salmon gifted to the Huntress by John LeahyNestled in the interior of British Columbia, the region around Kamloops is a dry, sagebrush-studded landscape—and home to some of Canada’s most [...]

A collision of 3 air masses hits Texas

Ontario-geofish [01:01:00]

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 This is where physics could come in handy.Cold air meets the Gulf air.  Bad enough, but the winds show something else.Cold California air curls up and hits the area, as well.  You [...]