Curator of Palaeontology and Geology at @ManitobaMuseum and Adjunct Prof. at @USaskGeoSci, using Cambro-Ordovician #fossils to illuminate early animal evolution
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Joined September 2019
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Graduate student opportunities in my lab! Seeking up to 2 students to start next year. Learn more:
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Fossil Friday! Arrakiscolex, a Cambrian 🪱named after F. Herbert's fictional planet Arrakis. Note how the plate covering extends from one annulus to the other (arrowhead). I was excited to discover a pair of caudal hooks when preparing this fossil 😍. Marjum Fm., UT. ⚒️
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Crinoid fossils, scattered, like the tiny parts of some ancient broken machine.
County Donegal, Ireland.
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Lilith the Hyolith is FINALLY available on our Etsy shop!!! etsy.com/ca/listing/46005094…
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The largest dipluran fossil on record exceeded 5 cm: this 165-million-year-old, six-legged insect relative may have been a top predator in Jurassic soils. @RSocPublishing phys.org/news/2026-10-giant-…
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🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨
A new juvenile specimen of Hupehsuchus, a marine reptile related to ichthyosaurs with a platypus snout and "baleen" teeth, has been described from the uppermost Member II of Jialingjiang Fm of Hubei, China. Helps better understand ontogeny.
🎨: Ceri Thomas
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I am helping host the upcoming BCPA symposium in Cranbrook! It will be Cambrian themed!!! @AposematicSau designed and illustrated the logo based on fossils from the Eager Formation! I will share an update when registration is available! :>
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Trace fossils | Current Biology cell.com/current-biology/ful…
Recently had the chance to see the holotype of Tylosaurus pembinensis at the Miami Museum in Manitoba. An incredible specimen and a very interesting small museum. Well worth a visit!
#ManitobaFossils #Cretaceous #WesternInteriorSea #mosasaur #reptile #FossilFriday
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Quite a rare species, and even more scarce as a complete individual: 𝙈𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞 Adrain & Edgecombe, 1996
Aulacopleuridae
Upper member of Belén fm., Eifelian, Middle Devonian
Patacamaya, Dept. La Paz, Bolivia
#trilobites #fossilfriday
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Fossil Friday! Here's a 500-million-year-old brachiopod from the Cambrian Marjum Formation of Utah, with its delicate chitinous setae preserved 😍. Specimen discovered by @Cambriannelids during our latest field campaign in September. ⚒️
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Come learn why you shouldn’t rake your leaves and other insect-friendly gardening tips. Sunday, October 18, 2-2:45 pm with Malakai Fielding. FREE.
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Whaaat??? Flightless bird ("Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis... from southeastern China") in the Jurassic? Dude, you literally just learned to fly and you are immediately dropping this superpower.
Reminds me the story of limb loss in early tetrapods.
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
A little Flexicalymene granulosa for #TrilobiteTuesday #Ordovician #OntarioFossils #Paleozoic #arthropod
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Absolutely thrilled to share Infernogallus jamesi, a new theropod from the Hell Creek with bizarre features that we argue were specializations for eating fruits. A thread 🧵 [1/15]
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Have you heard of Blastoids, the ancient sea buds? 🌊 These extinct echinoderms had petal-like food grooves to catch meals! Discover the unique structure of these suspension-feeders! 🦠 #fossils #geologyrocks #paleontology #geologypage
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At long last, we finally announce the small Hell Creek caenagnathid Infernogallus jamesi, based in part on this gorgeous @romtoronto skeleton w articulated skull—1st for the clade. The strange anatomy suggests a fruit-eating ecology. Read the paper here:
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
