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Posted on September 17, 2018September 17, 2018

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 4

Back again for another week of Mongolia Monday! This will be the last week that I'll cover my Gobi fieldwork from this summer, but if you want to hear about fieldwork from previous years, let me know in the comments! Note: this is week 4 of my series documenting my travels in Mongolia. Check out …

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Posted on September 10, 2018September 16, 2018

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 3

That week seemed to fly by, but looking back, it was really productive. I was able to get a lot of work done in the lab, and saw some fantastic specimens for the first time. I forgot to add an update on my work in town last time, so there will be a bit more …

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Posted on September 3, 2018September 16, 2018

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 2

After two fantastic weeks in the Gobi, I'm finally back in UB. I just moved into an apartment north of Sukhbaatar Square, and it's settling in that I'll be here for another month. We had a really successful expedition, so let's get right into it! Note: I'll cover the Gobi trip over three weeks, focusing …

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Posted on August 12, 2018September 2, 2018

Mongolia Monday Travel Log 1

I'm travelling in Mongolia for eight weeks to do fieldwork and research. Each week I'll post an update of what I've been up to. Note: I'll be in the field for the next two "Mongolia Mondays", so there won't be a live update. Look for a mega-update on September 3rd! Week 1 After a long flight …

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Posted on February 23, 2018September 2, 2018

These hips did lie…

Every now and again, scientists make mistakes. Some of these are, as Bob Ross would call them, happy little mistakes, that end up being incredible scientific leaps (think Penicillin). In other cases, they're less positive, but can still provide cautionary tales for future work. Today, I want to talk about one of the latter cases. …

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Posted on February 9, 2018September 2, 2018

Eggshell from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation

This week has been really exciting for me, because I just had a paper accepted! It's been extra special because it's the first paper to come out of my own fieldwork. Since 2015, a team of volunteers and I have been working in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation exposed near Drumheller. Finally, our work is bearing …

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Posted on January 8, 2018August 12, 2018

Guide to Technical Terms

Science is often inaccessible because of the complex terminology we use to capture big ideas. Below are definitions of some common terms you'll find on my page. If you think of any more I should add, contact me to let me know! Dinosaur: Dinosaur is the term used to describe members of the group Dinosauria. …

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Posted on January 8, 2018September 2, 2018

Oviraptorosaurs of the Nemegt

My first research post will be on a study we recently published. You can access that paper here or here. This project is really a culmination of a lot of my previous work, so it's a bit backwards to be featuring it first. Where it builds of off past studies I'll highlight those, and I …

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Posted on December 21, 2017September 2, 2018

New Year’s Resolution

Unlike many palaeontologists, I'm not entirely up to date on twittering and instagramming. But social media has become one of the main ways scientists communicate with the public, so I'd better catch up. My New Year's resolution is to become more engaged in public communication of the science myself and my colleagues do. I hope …

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With our favourite restaurants (@abbey_bar_edinburgh) closed for #lockdown, @britpro and I have had to cook for ourselves lately. Fortunately we’ve been able to get great fresh, local seafood from @eddiesedinburgh, top-quality cuts from @amathiesonbutcher, and when we’re following the amazing recipes from @tom_kitchin we can’t go wrong! Cooking is one of the few things we can look forward to!
Incredibly excited to share our new paper on #baby #tyrannosaurs, out now at the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences! These #fossils show that baby tyrannosaurs were among the biggest creatures to ever hatch from an egg, and that they looked just like their parents!
#fossilfriday: the third episode of Palaeontologist’s Perspective is out! This episode will take you inside dinosaur bones to show you how we learn about dinosaur growth and physiology! Link to the full video in my bio.
As someone who read a lot of @NatGeo as a kid, I’m incredibly proud and humbled to have my work featured on their website. A great story by @laelaps and some great #paleoart by Julius Csotonyi (@JCsotonyi on Twitter) and Natalia Jagielska (@palaeo_natalia / @WryCritic on Twitter).
Meet Oksoko avarsan! Science lost one two-fingered dinosaur today (Stan the T.rex), but gained another! The paper is out now at Royal Society Open Science!
Episode 2 of #PalaeontologistsPerspective is out! In this eppy you’ll live a day in the life of our field crew. See how we eat, get around, and spend our downtime at camp. And if you haven’t checked out the other episodes (including the intro), check them out here: www.gregfunston.com/palaeontologists-perspective/

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