Although I don't generally keep up on palentological news, but your post reminded me that Dr Richard Fortey trilobite expert and science communicator (BBC, etc.) just died earlier this week (3/7). Among his popular science books Trilobite!: Eyewitness to Evolution was a candidate for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2001. I came across him as a guest on the podcast GEOLOGY BITES discussing Deep Time. He was also on an episode on trilobites as a geochorometer.
Although I don't generally keep up on palentological news, but your post reminded me that Dr Richard Fortey trilobite expert and science communicator (BBC, etc.) just died earlier this week (3/7). Among his popular science books Trilobite!: Eyewitness to Evolution was a candidate for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2001. I came across him as a guest on the podcast GEOLOGY BITES discussing Deep Time. He was also on an episode on trilobites as a geochorometer.
I'm not much of a paleontologist, either, but I knew of him, and saw the news of his death on BlueSky. He was certainly a prolific communicator.