I'm Max, the Pacific Mastodon! I enjoy long walks in the Pleistocene, the exhibit hall @WesternCenter, and being cooler than mammoths.
Joined September 2015
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27 Mar 2019
HI IM A HOLOTYPE SAY HELLO TO THE PACIFIC MASTODON 🎉🎉🎉 @WesternCenter
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23 Jun 2023
Anyone can be a klutz sometimes! “Clumsy Critters”, a new exhibit @WesternCenter, features 4 fossil animals that managed to hurt themselves during their lives.
#FossilFriday #paleontology #fossil #scicomm #paleopathology
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16 Jun 2023
A #3dprint of the palaeomerycid Procranioceras. Palaeomerycids are an extinct artiodactyl family known for their elaborate horns. Print based on a scan provided by @MorrillHallUNL & will be featured in an exhibit opening @WesternCenter this August. #FossilFriday #Miocene
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14 Jun 2023
Today the @WesternCenter Mobile Museum #M3 is in San Jacinto CA for the grand opening of a new @jerseymikes. This location is donating a portion of this week’s sales to the museum! #museum #paleontology #fossil
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Max Mastodon retweeted
2 Jun 2023
This August, @WesternCenter is opening an exhibit that will have a mix of original fossils, casts, and 3D prints. Our printers have been working overtime to make dozens of prints, including these awaiting painting. #3dprinting #museums #scicomm #fossil #FossilFriday #paleontology
ALT Lab table with about 2 dozen 3D prints of fossils in various stages of painting.
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20 May 2023
For the next 2 days I’ll be with the @WesternCenter Mobile Museum #M3 at ComiCon Revolution in Ontario California! #scicomm #outreach #paleontology
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11 May 2023
Today I’m with the @WesternCenter Mobile Museum #M3 at Buchanan Elementary School in Temecula! #scicomm #outreach #paleontology
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Max Mastodon retweeted
5 May 2023
Join us TOMRROW for the last SciSat before summer! Look for clues & solve mysteries as you learn all about the Science of Sleuthing!
SciSats are held in partnership w/ @HUSDParents. HUSD friends and family can make it a day w/free admission into the museum on SciSat days!
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Max Mastodon retweeted
29 Apr 2023
The Inland Empire Science Festival is NOW OPEN! Stop by to see science exhibitors from across Southern California, all for the price of your regular museum admission - and thanks to @HUSDParents, HUSD families get in FREE!
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Max Mastodon retweeted
JOIN US! Inland Empire Science Festival, Saturday, April 29, 2023, 10AM-4PM, Western Science Center. HUSD families enjoy free admission!
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26 Apr 2023
I will be in attendance! I declare this is a mandatory event for anyone in SoCal with even a passing interest in science!
24 Mar 2023
Save the date on 4/29 & celebrate science at the Inland Empire Science Festival in Hemet, CA! 🦖🔬🦠
IESF is an annual celebration of STEM in the IE! Science orgs from across the region will be at the event sharing what they do-& it's free w/your regular museum admission!
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25 Apr 2023
Today I’m with Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 at Valle Vista Elementary School near Hemet, California. #paleontology #fossil #museum #outreach #scicomm @WesternCenter @HemetUnified
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18 Apr 2023
Very large American #mastodon tusk from West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. @LSU_MNS collection. #fossil #paleontology #DailyMastodon #TuskTuesday
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17 Apr 2023
A Pacific #mastodon right astragalus (ankle bone) from Hemet, California. @WesternCenter collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
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14 Apr 2023
Pacific #mastodon lower jaw from Santa Barbara Co., California. @sbnature collection. #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
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12 Apr 2023
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Max Mastodon retweeted
12 Apr 2023
Enjoying the #superbloom at Diamond Valley Lake? @MaxMastodon is too! Remember to visit the museum after seeing the flowers, and check dvlmarina.com/about for trail fees and schedule. 🌸
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12 Apr 2023
American #mastodon right maxilla fragment with the upper 2nd & 3rd molars. Columbia Co. FL, @FloridaMuseum collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
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10 Apr 2023
Ouch! Closeup of a healed injury to my lower jaw. They tell me another #mastodon might have tried to stab me in the face with his tusk. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil @WesternCenter
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9 Apr 2023
An American #mastodon upper right 3rd molar from Cass Co., Nebraska. @MorrillHallUNL collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
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