David Harper

We had a great day and evening celebrating Professor Mike Benton’s achievement. Thanks to everyone who came and made it a wonderful day! #bentonfest

Scottish isles may solve mystery of 'Snowball Earth' Fantastic news just in. Superbly detailed scientific study leading to a key proposal for Golden Spike status. Well done ⁦@theIUGS⁩ ⁦@geosociety⁩ ⁦@ThePalAss⁩ ⁦@GeolSoc⁩ bbc.com/news/articles/…

Commemorating the slaughter of the Scots in 1513 at Floden ⁦@Walk_Borders⁩ ⁦@scottishgeology⁩ ⁦@ColdstreamBand⁩ ⁦@Lucy_Worsley⁩

@historyinmemes And he was a graduate of Van Mildert College @vanmildert1965 @durhamalumni @durham_uni

One of the greatest moments in the history of athletics, a record that has stood for 29 years.

@gsciencelady @Palaeonto_Soc @scottishgeology So do I!

🤩 I love it when a monograph is about #ScottishFossils

@WGCG_UK Indeed it is (well probably bronze).

Is that a golden spike I see?

Bitter sweet occasion in Oslo to celebrate the life and work the legendary Robin Cocks ⁦@GeolSoc⁩ ⁦@GeolAssoc⁩ ⁦@DurUniEarthSci⁩ ⁦@theIUGS⁩ ⁦@Trond_Torsvik⁩ ⁦@RichardFortey⁩

Almost 50 years to the day I (we) visited Castellane, my undergraduate mapping area of Mesozoic limestones and ‘Tertiary’ molasse. Thank you ⁦@imperialcollege⁩ for such a great opportunity ⁦@ICS2022⁩ ⁦@durham_uni⁩

@ICS2022 @theIUGS @DurUniEarthSci First the Hauterivian Stage of the Cretaceous../1

Super few days in beautiful Drôme celebrating @ICS2022 @theIUGS @DurUniEarthSci achievements. Not one but two Golden Spike dedications…the Albian and Hauterivian stages of the Cretaceous. Thanks to everyone involve especially the communities of Arnayon and La Charce. /2

@Stuartsediment @DurUniEarthSci @Durham_Volc @mb_allen @k_mccaffrey Super locality, great teaching team!

Volcanics and geological mapping on Spain year-2 field trip @DurUniEarthSci @Durham_Volc @mb_allen @ProfDATHarper @k_mccaffrey

@BryozoanNhm @Palaeonto_Soc What wonderful news. Well done Paul (DSc Dunelm), and how well deserved.

Very grateful to the @Palaeonto_Soc for awarding me their biennial medal in recognition of my contributions to taxonomic and systematic palaeontology. My thanks go to all those who put me forward for this honour.

@SNSUniofGalway Brilliant, the JMM is a hidden gem, not to be missed!

Wonderful day out in Auld Reekie to present our mentor Euan Clarkson with the Gallagher & Harper monograph on the Pentlands Silurian brachiopds. He inspired us both over many years. Thanks too Yves for support. ⁦@ThePalAss⁩ ⁦@DurUniEarthSci⁩ ⁦@scottishgeology⁩

@ErinSaupe @OxUniEarthSci Ah yes, the Neapolitan slices. Great spot.

Last outcrop of the Spain field course ⁦@OxUniEarthSci⁩! A beautiful send off by this lovely outcrop!

The beautiful river #Tweed ⁦@Walk_Borders⁩ ⁦@BordersInfo⁩ ⁦@scottishgeology⁩ #Coldstream

SILURIAN BRACHIOPODS FROM THE PENTLAND HILLS, SCOTLAND tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Brilliant to see this published @ThePalAss @DurUniEarthSci @scottishgeology @PaleoSoc great job by @Palaeonto_Soc

Late Ordovician and early Silurian virgianid and stricklandioid brachiopods from North Greenland: implications for a warm-water faunal province onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sp… @ProfDATHarper @ICS2022 @datadryad @wileyearthspace

Beautiful morning along the Tweed, no snow but very cold.