The Bristol Dinosaur: Groundbreaking Research on Thecodontosaurus Antiquus

On the 14th of December 2020 new research was published in the Journal of the Linnean Society on the brain analysis of the Bristol Dinosaur, Thecodontosaurus antiquus. In this article I give an overview of the research from the palaeontologists at The University of Bristol.

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Pliosaurus! Exhibition: Unraveling the Fossil and Volunteering Experience

On the 9th December 2017 I started volunteering at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery for their Pliosaurus! Exhibition which ran from June 2017 until the 18th of February 2018. This interactive museum exhibition focused on the 8 metre long fossil of the marine reptile Pliosaurus carpenteri, the only known specimen of its species and a rare example of a relatively complete Pliosaur. In this article I explain more about the fossil, my volunteer role, what I enjoyed about the exhibition and what I think the impact of it has been.

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