thomasfarrellpaleo.bsky.social
Palaeontologist, worm botherer. PhD student at the University of Bristol. Interested in the evolution of Ecdysozoa. Mainly working on fossil scalidophorans from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte.
👤 Joined on 14 May 2025
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@thomasfarrellpaleo.bsky.socialMollisonia sp., a half-billion-year-old distant relative of 🕷️, 🦂 and their kin. Fossil from the Wheeler Formation collected by Clay Holman at the New Dig Quarry, House Range, Utah.
Show PostOur new paper is out! We find that different molecular clock methods recover distinct evolutionary timescales. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Show PostCharacter matrices, FBD, total-evidence dating... Fancy delving into all this & more over a 3-day course on morphological phylogenetics? 🧬💻🦴 📅 Pre-register by 8 Oct, 17:00 GMT: forms.gle/PwFh8zG6hrHY... ⏰ Deadline to request travel bursaries: 1 Oct, 17:00 GMT More info 👇 tinyurl.com/52c9u7dw
Show PostReally awesome worm science!! Check out Tom’s brilliant work, you can think of it as a primer for Dune 3
Show PostWe are organising an in-person Morphological Phylogenetics Workshop, in partnership with SRUK/CERU and @thepalass.bsky.social. When: Nov 9-11, 2026 Where: University College London There are limited places, so please pre-register by October 8th!!! Find more details here: tinyurl.com/52c9u7dw
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