Skye McDavid

Say hello to Rexarthuria cliftii - a new name for an overlooked historical taxon that represents the oldest azhdarchoid material in Europe. @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This makes me feel so much better about my multiple manuscripts at various stages in the pipeline based on Sternberg specimens

I just pasted a DOI into Google Maps. Am I cooked?

Inhalers. Budesonide/Formoterol was approved in 2006 and Albuterol/Budesonide in 2023.

It should not be socially acceptable for stores to play Christmas music before Black Friday. Yes I'm a Christmas hater but hearing it in October feels like a microaggression.

Well since we're doing this:

they forgor 💀 but we rember 😁 Y’all are in for a treat with this paper - stay TUNED

It is done. My magnum opus. My legacy.

Finally got proofs!!!

Unfortunate pteranodon soon to be quick Xipachtinus snack # sciart

So this is the newly described tanystropheid Simonettoia tilaventina, which allegedly has a hyperelongate cervical 3 (and only cervical 3), shaded in blue here. I have several reasons to doubt this beyond just how off it looks superficially:

Just a reminder that certain colors cannot be discriminated by around 5% of the population. Especially in the run-up to the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting, think about choosing colorblind-friendly colors for display. There are many resources for this, but colorbrewer2.org is great.

I posted this last week without comment, but I'm going to comment now. The people who established the system of museums in the West had a very specific reason for doing so: they thought that having an appreciation for the wonders of the world was absolutely necessary for being a good citizen.

it’s fucked up they still won’t let me eat the bog butter what is Big Archaeology™️ trying to hide

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

Got Flu and Covid vaxx!

@oceansofnyc.com I thought I would get NO1BOSS for this one but it turns out it's a private Ocean and not a taxi.

Thanatosdrakon amaru

This is how it feels to have a concussion (minus the hating everyone part, I'm very appreciative of my SO, friends, family, and colleagues who are putting up with my being very poorly and very stupid)

I'm one of the scientists here. Sternberg Museum holds one of the most important pterosaur collections in the world. It is extremely important that the collection remains accessible for research, and it would be a tragedy for Kansas if it has to be transferred out of state.

#fossilfriday An example of why the ANSP and its collections must be saved. Atlantochelys mortoni, a giant protostegid sea turtle - named in 1849 by Agassiz based on the proximal humerus fragment. In 2012, someone found a large distal humerus that FIT ONTO THE SAME BONE in ANSP collections. 1/ 🦖🧪

I rarely make public criticisms of new papers, but Sancarlo & Paul's latest "paper" is nothing more than a brazen act of taxonomic vandalism. And the organization(?) that publishes the "journal' has a 'family photos' section on their website.

Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/

Yes, yes,I know it’s bad to leak SVP abstracts under embargo but I simply can’t restrain myself. Get ready for a second species of the Scansoriopterygid Yi, this time unearthed in mid-Jurassic Texas. *places 10 gallon hat over tiny dinosaur, fully encasing it* Meet Yi haw.

In Memoriam: Hans-Dieter Sues link.springer.com/article/10.1... I fondly recall having lunch with Hans at SVP 2023. He was cheerful and a delight to be around

Buckle up guys: I've got a story for you about my recent experience submitting a paper to Scientific Reports, a @natureportfolio.nature.com journal. I certainly won't be submitting there or peer-reviewing for them again, and I suggest you don't either, unless you enjoy your privacy being breached!

Humaning.

As promised - the Infernodrakon holotype's official nickname is Joey! She's named after Joey Ramone: they're lanky, in life they were about the same height (6'6"), and azhdarchids are pretty rock n roll

I got the scheduling info for my talk at #2026SVP! Quetzalcoatlus is not what you think it is. Come see my talk in 26 ABC at 3:30 PM on Friday, Nov 12. See you in Cleveland!

Quetzalcoatlus. That's it, that's the skeet.

#FossilFriday Zavacephale rinpoche, holotype and reconstructed skeleton in Fukushima Museum.

I love New York because where else does an abandoned Korean church get turned into a cannabis dispensary?

Registered for SVP 2026! See you in Cleveland, Ohio!

Meet prehistoric high-flyer 𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪! This pterosaur was abundant in the islands that dotted an ancient tropical sea in what is now Central Europe. 𝘙𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴' sharp teeth may have been used to catch fish along the islands it inhabited. 📍 Dinosaur Hall (Upper Floor), Level 1

#SciArtSeptember 2: violet A recently described specimen of Sinopterus dongi showed, for the first time, evidence of iridescent colour in pterosaurs. There were also traces of horizontal stripes on the soft tissue crest. The Mesozoic world is getting more and more colourful. #SciArt