Lead Paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park, Crohn’s survivor, PhD, recovering Hoosier, Arby's enthusiast. Personal account, opinions are my own.
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We're just a biological speculation
Sittin' here, vibratin'
And we don't know what we're vibratin' about
And the animal instinct in me
Makes me wanna defend me
It makes me want to live when it's time to die
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Jun 13
Back in the funhouse with a #CrohnsDisease flare, handling with gust rest, IV fluids, and steroids. Reminder to drink water, manage stress, avoid trigger foods, and be mindful of folks who may be battling “invisible” illnesses.
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Jun 14
Thanks to all for kind words and support. Pain swelling is down, yesterday’s CT still showed narrowing @ 9-yr old surgery site, NG tube staying, prepping for colonoscopy tomorrow to compare w/ what they saw two months ago. Great news is I drank broth for first food since Tues.
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Jun 5
I won’t apologize for being the guy who splits the discarded bone layer to find the tiny fish and reptile jaws. #fossilfriday #triassicpark
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May 30
you’re always a short wander away from amazing things at Petrified Forest National Park
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May 29
published now in PEFO's peer-reviewed journal Lithodendron! Postosuchus Supernova #fossilfriday #triassicpark petrifiedforestfieldinstitut…
7 Jun 2024
@VTechmeetsPaleo left us a fun puzzle and challenge: a rauisuchid maxilla eroding out of a sheer cliff 35’ in the air… (nobody tell OSHA, yet)… #fossilfriday
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May 29
fragmentary as it is, skeletal material of these beasts are seemingly rare in the Upper Triassic of North America
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May 27
did anyone else put their backpack down right next to a 200,000,000 year old fish jaw today?
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May 25
the node representing the population of the most recent common ancestor of Sauria is right here in Holbrook, AZ
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May 16
Printed a Revueltosaurus skull for some outreach this week. Once thought to be an early dinosaur, this friend is actually more closely related to crocs. Specimens from Petrified Forest NP were the first to determine this important discovery. #fossilfriday #triassicpark
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May 8
~2018 I checked a waterline trench for fossils in PEFO’s backcountry and noticed a bone layer that I marked with a screwdriver. Yesterday I revisited the site and found my screwdriver, where I had nearly unknowingly nailed an in-situ dinosaur femur! #fossilfriday #triassicpark
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May 1
Sometimes all you need is a small fragment of a fossil for an ID. This Desmatosuchus osteoderm preserves the anterior lamina and rough lateral margin unique to the aetosaur taxon. #fossilfriday #triassicpark
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Apr 24
stopped by to see the newly remodeled @NMMNHS and WOW! The new Paleozoic exhibit is fantastic. Dinosaur for #fossilfriday tax. @NMMNHS_Paleo
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Apr 16
I did NOT have two new taxa from the @GhostRanchorg Coelophysis Quarry in my April bingo card.
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Apr 16
to be fair, I reviewed the saurischian paper but didn’t know its status and the croc came out of left field
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