Drew Gentry

NEW PAPER: Meet 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘺𝘴 𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘪, a new freshwater turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama, reconstructed here by the incredible @SerpenIllus 🐢 Amazing work by coauthors @auntbeast and @JamesFParham anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

A geology grad student and her faculty researcher adviser helped to describe a new genus and species of leatherback sea turtle. news.fullerton.edu/2025/09/geolog… #fossils #paleontology

The world’s population of critically endangered Galápagos tortoises is now a little bit bigger. bit.ly/4iPxv3s

Leatherback sea turtles at #svp2024 #alabamapaleo

New paper by @Tortugologo (@UNED ) and Miguel Telles Antunes on portuguese turtles with a new specimen of Algorachelus: "A bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira (#Belas, #portugal)" #Paleontology #Sintra doi.org/10.1002/ar.254…

BREAKING: Paleontologist Bobby Boessenecker was arrested this morning at 9:05am on grand larceny charges connected to these missing fossils.

Lusochelys emilianoi, the first sea turtle described for the Iberian Neogene record: "A pan-cheloniid turtle from the Middle Miocene of Portugal", new paper published in "The Anatomical Record" godzillin.blogspot.com/2024/03/lusoch… anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar…

Natural history collections are the major source of data in biological sciences: ecology, evolution, biogeography, paleobiology, & beyond. Collections are essential to understanding the past, present, & future of biodiversity. #CollectionsAreEssential

Our new paper on new #trionychid remains from the Plio-Pleistocene of Kos Island, Greece, representing among the youngest fossil occurrences of the group in Europe. Avrithis, A.I. and G.L. Georgalis. 2024. Historical Biology tandfonline.com/eprint/BBZKB59…

An important paper dropped today: tandfonline.com/eprint/GDRAGV8… Description of the Middle Jurassic turtle Heckerochelys. Congrats to all authors! 🐢🤩🐢

It's #FossilFriday! Check this massive dermochelyid fossil from the upper Pisco Fm. (Late Miocene) at the @MuseoHNUNMSM exhibition. This is a great specimen that is still pending to be described (hopefully someday).

#金曜日だから化石貼る #fossilfriday ミュージアムパーク茨城で昔に開催されていた企画展「アンモナイト・ワールド」よりサンタナケリス　ホロタイプ標本

For #FossilFriday , here is an excellent write up by @TimBella from @washingtonpost about the most recent exciting paleontological discovery in Alabama.

Alabama professor and student discovered a rare 34-million-year-old whale skull roughly four to five feet long in a hillside this summer. mynbc15.com/newsletter-dai… #fossils #paleontology

@CoastalPaleo Yep. I assumed it was a reference to the Ralph Wiggum meme

Our Archelon specimen might look familiar, but it’s final pose in our new Central Gallery is going to change the game. #YalePeabody2024 #FossilFriday 📷: Andrew Melien

@auntbeast @SirJoscha "Someone (like @AlabamaPaleo ) *WILL* devote their entire career to Alabama fossil turtles and hardly scratch the surface. 😉

@SirJoscha But Alabama always has turtle surprises. Someone (like @AlabamaPaleo ) could devote their entitre career to Alabama fossil turtles and hardly scratch the surface.

In 2022 we gave you Appalachemys, and the Cretaceous of Alabama has surprises in store for you 2023...

@auntbeast Possibly one or two from the Paleogene.