A new “mud dragon” has emerged 🐢✨ Museum scientists have identified a brand-new species of ancient snapping turtle — Tavachelydra stevensoni — discovered just 70 miles south of Denver at Corral Bluffs. #FossilFriday https://www.dmns.org/catalyst/winter-2025/museum-scientists-discover-oldest-snapping-turtle-ever-found/ | Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Loving the media buzz around our Sword Dragon, Xiphodracon! 🐲🗡 Perfect for #FossilFriday It is the first described genus of Early Jurassic ichthyosaur from the famed Jurassic Coast in over 100 years! Yep. Although thousands of ichthyosaurs have been found along the UK’s Jurassic Coast since the discoveries of pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning, the extremely rare Xiphodracon is one of a kind (for now). As a palaeontologist, identifying a new species, and in this case, genus, is way cool… Y