Paleo volunteer at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Field/lab experience, research, and scicomm. Fahlo Affiliate, NAGT Digman Award Recipient
Joined January 2021
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“Two Earthlings,” by John Brosio
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Our signage for Jane the Nanotyrannus has officially been updated! Just in time for DinoFest where awesome paleontologist and friend @JGN_Paleo will be giving a talk!
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Jun 11
Notocolossus was among the largest known dinosaurs, but notably it preserved one of the most complete hind feet of any giant titanosaur…
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Jun 10
Less of a myth and more of an issue with recency bias in studies. This isn’t to say every new study should be ignored but the way people just go based on whatever they were last told hook, line, and sinker isn’t great.
What is paleo myth that makes you really pissed off
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Jun 9
While generally not the norm these days, wall mounted dinosaur skeletons like this were fairly common practice in the early days of paleontology and museum work…
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Jun 8
Today is #WorldOceanDay, a vitally important aspect of our planet. An alien world deeply interconnected with our own here on land, one we must always strive to protect and maintain.
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Jun 8
Y’all if you can just report this user, he’s continuing to launch nasty, personal attacks and it’s getting old
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Brachiosaurus, one of the most famous sauropod dinosaurs. Many older depictions actually come from the more complete Giraffatitan from Africa, as they were once synonymous with one another…
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Jun 7
While Quetzalcoatlus northropi is relatively fragmentary, Q. lawsoni is more complete and often used to fill in the blanks. Only kicker is most phylogenies don’t find them to be each others closest relatives 🤔
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What a beautifully dynamic world…
ALT Art by Julio Lacerda
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Jun 7
A reminder that when you’re friends with me, you get to hold really badass stuff…
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Jun 6
Well we’re hitting the road in a week and I’ll need something to read in the national parks. Thankfully @SteveBrusatte just released a new book. Now I just have to have some self control and save it!
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Jun 6
Silesaurs are a group of dinosauriformes that have been the subject of much debate regarding their classification. One idea that’s caught some attention is that they’re the ancestors of ornithischians which, as of yet, don’t have a more clear ancestral group…
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Jun 5
My youngest brother graduates high school today, so this #FossilFriday features a dinosaur named the same year he was born: Gigantoraptor. Ironically he’s fairly short unlike this giant chicken…
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Jun 4
Welcome to the world Jian changmaensis, the newest microraptorine! Our lead paleontologist at the Carnegie Matt Lamanna was part of the team that named and described this awesome new animal!
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Jun 4
Some really cool details:
It’s relatively large, about the size of a barn owl
Fossil pellets may have belonged to this, the only nonavian dinosaur that appears to have hunted the early birds it lived with
The name comes from a winged creature in Chinese mythology
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