The overall sentiment is highly positive and engaged, exemplified by enthusiastic phrases like 'one of the cutest animals ever' and 'the biggest skink that ever existed,' which reflect excitement and interest. The tone is sometimes playful, but also scholarly, with references to fossil records and scientific publications, emphasizing the discovery's importance to understanding extinction events and reptile diversity.
AgreementStrong agreement
Most discussions show strong support and excitement about the discovery, emphasizing its significance to understanding Pleistocene biodiversity and extinctions.
InterestHigh interest
The posts clearly demonstrate high curiosity, with mentions of the skink being 'the biggest skink that ever existed' and references to fossil records and paleoart.
EngagementModerate engagement
Several posts include commentary on the fossil significance and its implications, indicating a moderate level of deep engagement.
ImpactModerate impact
The discussions highlight that this discovery broadens our understanding of reptile diversity during the Pleistocene, suggesting it has meaningful scientific implications.
Abstract in brief
The discovery of a giant Pleistocene skink from Australia, with an extensive fossil record including skull and skeleton at various growth stages, significantly broadens our understanding of squamate diversity and morphology.
This skink, weighing around 24 kg and featuring a broad skull, heavy body armor, and squat limbs, likely served as an herbivore filling a niche similar to that of land tortoises, which are absent in Australia.
The existence and subsequent extinctions of these large, morphologically unique skinks suggest that many small-bodied vertebrate groups may have lost their largest members during the Late Pleistocene, thereby expanding the known scope of extinction events.
Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #megafauna of eastern Australia until 47,000 years ago.
Read the paper in #ProcB here -> https://t.co/aMzsgAarPp https://t.co/FXrRRtcfZH
Jun 13, 2023 · 339 likes · 76 shares · 908 followersView post →
A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/eXJFN3PFwO
Jun 14, 2023 · 20 likes · 2 shares · 32,117 followersView post →
PO
Phys.org
@physorg_com · X
Ancient extinct skink was orders of magnitude bigger than any skink alive today @RSocPublishing https://t.co/GqyS4QH01O https://t.co/bza2BRoBCI
Jun 14, 2023 · 15 likes · 4 shares · 1,008,644 followersView post →
The discovery of a giant Pleistocene skink from Australia broadens our understanding of squamate diversity. Weighing around 24 kg with extensive armor, this herbivore filled a unique ecological niche, and its extinction…
This study explores whether Megalodon was warm-blooded or cold-blooded, using isotope analysis. Findings suggest Megalodon maintained a warmer body temperature, indicating endothermy, which may have contributed to its…
#ProcB in @newscientist | A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions: https://t.co/FcGW9IRtbX https://t.co/klmEFGaGeX
Aug 12, 2023 · 7 likes · 1 share · 38,520 followersView post →
HG
hidrante archie lore expert #gallineros
@kitsunamisoy · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
#ProcB A giant armoured #skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the #Pleistocene extinctions https://t.co/1AOeRAEUNK #Palaeobiology https://t.co/xIyQH4wEbt
RT @physorg_com: Ancient extinct skink was orders of magnitude bigger than any skink alive today @RSocPublishing https://t.co/GqyS4QH01O ht…
Jun 22, 2023 · 4 shares · 1,780 followersView post →
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CRCpaleos
@CRCpaleos · X
ARTÍCULO REFERENCIA (resumen)
A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions
https://t.co/PJr0PLEm3B
vía @RSocPublishing
Jun 20, 2023 · 1 like · 3,209 followersView post →
PC
PETRACHE CRISTINA.
@PETRACHECRISTI9 · X
RT @RSocPublishing: #ProcB in @guardian | A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene…
#ProcB in @guardian | A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions: https://t.co/rB9AC1Xib3 https://t.co/TukWnJWPbc
Jun 19, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 38,520 followersView post →
Jun 16, 2023 · 69 likes · 17 shares · 13,058 followersView post →
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wahoo
@silly_teleost · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
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Jun 16, 2023 · 76 shares · 207 followersView post →
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khazana
@ripthedodobirds · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
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Jun 16, 2023 · 76 shares · 139 followersView post →
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Jrexon
@jrexicanzilla · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 16, 2023 · 76 shares · 238 followersView post →
FN
Flinders University Newsroom
@FlindersUniNews · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 16, 2023 · 76 shares · 955 followersView post →
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Arthur Crichton
@Palaeossum · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 15, 2023 · 76 shares · 122 followersView post →
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alfred fischer
@alfredfischer17 · X
Riesenskink im Pleistozän mit 2,5 kg entdeckt.
#evolution #skinke #biologie #zoologie
A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions https://t.co/WOt9VLeheE
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 314 followersView post →
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Alan Tennyson
@TennysonAlan · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 697 followersView post →
BC
back to academia cyto
@cytosine_37 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
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Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 676 followersView post →
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Ryujiinxx
@Ryujiinxx · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 502 followersView post →
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centro_de_blanco
@deedee_kj · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 65 followersView post →
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Freddy.Have.Faith
@Freddirex · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 145 followersView post →
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rudy
@squibuscular · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 886 followersView post →
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Simon Scarpetta
@SimonScarpetta · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 254 followersView post →
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Angel Giovanni Becerra Rodríguez
@GiovanniBece · X
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions | Proceedi…
Jun 14, 2023 · 2 shares · 1,611 followersView post →
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Fwuf
@Fwufikins · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
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Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 123 followersView post →
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Alberto Leoni
@AlbertoLeoni11 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 98 followersView post →
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やもり
@yamori_ju · X
RT @physorg_com: Ancient extinct skink was orders of magnitude bigger than any skink alive today @RSocPublishing https://t.co/GqyS4QH01O ht…
Jun 14, 2023 · 4 shares · 480 followersView post →
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Stone Kaiju ᯅ ⚡ ³³º¹
@stonekaiju · X
RT @physorg_com: Ancient extinct skink was orders of magnitude bigger than any skink alive today @RSocPublishing https://t.co/GqyS4QH01O ht…
Jun 14, 2023 · 4 shares · 2,814 followersView post →
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Lemonlmao
@Lemonlmao1 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 64 followersView post →
PO
Phys.org
@physorg_com · X
Ancient extinct skink was orders of magnitude bigger than any skink alive today @RSocPublishing https://t.co/GqyS4QH01O https://t.co/bza2BRoBCI
Jun 14, 2023 · 15 likes · 4 shares · 1,008,644 followersView post →
PB
Phys.org Biology
@physorg_biology · X
RT @physorg_com: Ancient extinct skink was orders of magnitude bigger than any skink alive today @RSocPublishing https://t.co/GqyS4QH01O ht…
Jun 14, 2023 · 4 shares · 8,036 followersView post →
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TyrannoNoddy
@hulitherium · X
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions | Proceedi…
Jun 14, 2023 · 2 shares · 799 followersView post →
TJ
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@TomHoltzPaleo · X
A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/eXJFN3PFwO
Jun 14, 2023 · 20 likes · 2 shares · 32,117 followersView post →
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Augustus Sean Villanueva
@augustus_sean · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 315 followersView post →
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OrigamiPete
@origamiPete · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 4,354 followersView post →
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George Lambert
@Pebbleworm1990 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 318 followersView post →
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Isaac Kerr
@IsaacARKerr · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 296 followersView post →
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Laura Cooper
@trnsitionalform · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,308 followersView post →
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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow
@TyrantLzrdQueen · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 5,898 followersView post →
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Elizabeth M Dowding
@FairestFowl · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 362 followersView post →
CS
Cyclopes_sp
@Cyclopes_sp · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,628 followersView post →
LM
Loloratura Art (in opera mode)
@lolorawhat · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 2,643 followersView post →
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evomorphpapers
@evomorph_papers · X
A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions https://t.co/u57VVfUkpI
A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene extinctions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/gE7tgTb04J
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 259 followersView post →
AP
Australasian Palaeontologists
@AustralasianPa1 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
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Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 616 followersView post →
GS
GM_SPECEVO (More active in other sties)
@NasutoG80104963 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 2,028 followersView post →
AB
Aritra Biswas
@AritraB24401348 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 157 followersView post →
HM
HeapsGood Productions & HeapsGood Music
@Heapsgood · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 476 followersView post →
DT
Dr Kate Trinajstic
@KateTRINAJSTIC · X
RT @michael_s_y_lee: The paper will be out *later* today here:
https://t.co/mDNrZJBcV2
A PDF can also be accessed now on Academia:
https://…
Jun 14, 2023 · 2 shares · 656 followersView post →
GS
Groado Swaggins
@GroadoSwaggins · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 177 followersView post →
RB
Rafael Marquina-Blasco
@Ramarbla · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 165 followersView post →
JP
Joel López Parés
@jovepaleontoleg · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,469 followersView post →
JB
John Tibby (BA)
@john_tibby · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,198 followersView post →
CM
Colin McCarthy
@mccarthy_colin · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,140 followersView post →
RP
Royal Society Publishing
@RSocPublishing · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
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Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 38,520 followersView post →
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CuriosityFeedstheCat
@curiousityfeeds · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
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Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 2,330 followersView post →
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Narelle P
@p_narelle · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 803 followersView post →
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Dr Douglass Rovinsky
@DSRovinsky · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,381 followersView post →
DC
Dino Chu
@Dino_Dobrowski · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,093 followersView post →
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Nicowild
@Nicowild_57 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 67 followersView post →
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Dr James Rule
@Palaeo_JRule · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,866 followersView post →
MJ
Marc Jones
@MarcEHJones · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 3,547 followersView post →
AP
Adele Pentland
@AdelePentland · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 359 followersView post →
KS
Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social)
@Keogh_Lab · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 2,281 followersView post →
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Dr Qamariya Nasrullah
@QamNas · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 826 followersView post →
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michael
@Michael_Stahler · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 818 followersView post →
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Branden Holmes
@Athedeism · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 131 followersView post →
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Jamie Chapman
@Chapman_Histo · X
RT @michael_s_y_lee: The paper will be out *later* today here:
https://t.co/mDNrZJBcV2
A PDF can also be accessed now on Academia:
https://…
Jun 14, 2023 · 2 shares · 5,491 followersView post →
NS
Nikki S. Sieli.
@NSieli · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 168 followersView post →
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Jane Melville AM
@MVLizards · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,146 followersView post →
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T66
@torm28 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 261 followersView post →
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Bowerbird
@mangotree_books · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
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Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 2,942 followersView post →
神K
神木/Kamiki
@kamiki0209 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 14, 2023 · 76 shares · 720 followersView post →
JJ
Jay Jay
@JayJayTurtle1 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 124 followersView post →
DS
Dr. Elen Shute
@LoneRangifer · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,108 followersView post →
AD
A devour
@Adevour1 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 50 followersView post →
RM
Richi De Mendoza
@PaleoDucks · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 480 followersView post →
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Jhett
@jhettgreene · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 494 followersView post →
IC
IndoJuacoraptor the game (Commissions closed)
@juacoraptor · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 623 followersView post →
MW
Meaghan Wetherell
@MarysRevenge · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,214 followersView post →
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Jonathan
@Sontar22 · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 367 followersView post →
RC
Richard_Carr
@EmuLarge · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,846 followersView post →
SA
Shringasaurus Stan Account
@dino_magenta · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 1,149 followersView post →
FP
Flinders Palaeontology
@FlindersPalaeo · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 535 followersView post →
KK
Krista Koeller
@KristaLerista · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 2,866 followersView post →
DS
Dr Diana Fusco (megalibgwilia)(ecoevo)(.)(social)
@HvyMetalPalaeo · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 716 followersView post →
JC
Jess Clayton
@ClaytonJessa · X
RT @kailah_thorn: Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #m…
Jun 13, 2023 · 76 shares · 176 followersView post →
MB
Michael S. Y. Lee (biologist)
@michael_s_y_lee · X
The paper will be out *later* today here:
https://t.co/mDNrZJBcV2
A PDF can also be accessed now on Academia:
https://t.co/A8V4MFegrk
& our writeup in The Conversation is here:
https://t.co/vLyqKgbP0H
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Dr Kailah Thorn
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Oh lawd they comin’
Tiliqua frangens is here. The biggest skink that ever existed, lived among the other #Pleistocene #megafauna of eastern Australia until 47,000 years ago.
Read the paper in #ProcB here -> https://t.co/aMzsgAarPp https://t.co/FXrRRtcfZH
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NEW ROCK SKINK DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIAN DESERT Deep ...
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org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0704). A giant armoured skink from Australia expands lizard morphospace and the scope of the Pleistocene ...
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