Ditto. The adult is a cast of the Sinclair 1964-65 World's Fair model by Louis Paul Jonas who's sculptural and taxidermy work you can still see in the AMNH in NYC.
Unsure if the baby is also a Jonas sculpt or from the later Topographics LTD. purchase in 1984.
A photograph of vintage statues of a baby and adult Tyrannosaurus rex taken at Prehistoric Park at the Calgary Zoo, AB, Canada.
The only tyrant or king I respect is Tyrannosaurus rex.
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
I'm quite knowledgeable on things that go bump in the Permian night. Wasn't able to send a DM as yours appear closed at the moment.
I don't know who needs to hear this but you can call for the regulation of the private fossil market AND call for Brazilian fossil repatriation.
Big Rex auctions just increase the demand fulfilled by the illegal trade of Brazilian fossils.
Aenocyon dirus lower jaw fossil (approximately 13,082 years old) on view at La Brea Tar Pits & Museum. Photo courtesy of Tyler Hayden.
Among the thousands of dire wolf specimens at La Brea #TarPits is this 𝘈𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘴 lower jaw. Known as “The Endling”—the last known #direwolf fossil on Earth—this fossil is dated to be approximately 13,082 years old.
See the fossil now on view in our Fossil Lab!
Watching more movies and decided to play into me being a mid-20s white guy and made a Letterboxd. May God have mercy on my pasty soul.
letterboxd.com/paleodude/
Happy #TylosurusTuesday!
Did you know? There are seven species of Tylosurus alive today!!! They are readily distinguishable from other marine life by their toothy elongate snouts. They are of course very dangerous, & have severely injured multiple people (& killed at least one).
text at top: The team found that in tyrannosaurs, the exoparia would've attached to the "jugal horn" and the surrounding bone on the top, and attached to the "shelf" onthe lower jaw on the bottom. image description of the middle: two tyrannosaur skulls, the left showing the attachment points for the exoparia, the right showing it in context with other jaw muscles text at bottom: *hypothetical skull and simplified muscles for visual purposes.
text at top: The placement of the exoparia would've created a smooth edge from the top to bottom jaw. Think the back of our jaws, if you press you can feel the edges of bone, but when you release the pressure there's no visible depression. Keep in midn the extent of the "cheek" is unrelated to the exoparia (again think our jaws). red text: no visible jugal horn, shallow depression if continuing lip line, smooth edge if rictus image description of the middle: two life reconstructions over the previous two tyrannosaur skulls that show two different possibilities of life reconstruction taking into account the exoparia text at bottom: Keep in mind these are only two possibilities of many, not the only options
text at top: The team found that in derived ceratopsians (the ceratopsians with "flaring" cheek bones), while the shape of the attachment points for the exoparia varies, in general it attaches to the "lower surface of the jugal", and the "upper surface of the surangular". image description of the middle: two derived ceratopsian skulls, the left showing the attachment points for the exoparia, the right showing it in context with other jaw muscles text at bottom: *hypothetical skull and simplified muscles for visual purposes.
text at top: Like in tyrannosaurs, the exoparia would've created a smooth edge from the top to bottom jaw for exactly the same reason as previously highlighted, Again, keep in mind the extent of the "cheek" is unrelated to the exoparia. The range of possible cheek coverage for ceratopsians is greater by nature of their diet and chewing motion. red text: many possibilities regarding extent of cheek coverage, jugal horn could be present, but only on outer surface, smooth edge image description of middle: two life reconstructions over the previous two ceratopsian skulls that show two different possibilities of life reconstruction taking into account the exoparia text at bottom: Keep in mind these are only two possibilities of many, not the only options
A guide to the exoparia:
the presence of the exoparia doesnt actually change much for the way we reconstruct most dinosaur groups, however, it changes some minor things for two of the most well known dinosaur groups that should be taken into account:
#scicomm #paleontology #dinosaur #sciart
a painting of an open landscape with a few large oak trees and a number of animals that resemble elephants, zebras, alligators, huge sloth and birds, and a numbered key to the illustration positioned below it reflecting the list in the post
#SciArt Spotlight 🎨 Florida Pliocene
Scientific art helps to illustrate Florida's evolving ecosystems, bringing life to the fossils we display in our exhibits.
🗝️ Check out the art + key and bonus fossils for gomphotheres, early artiodactyls and more:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blo...
Begging Democrat politicians to stop fighting to win over conservatives, and start winning over the 90 million Americans who just didn’t vote at all in the last national election. A meaningful chunk of those 90 million are absolutely looking for progressive policy directions.
Mounted fossil replicas of a young ceratopsian dinosaur (Triceratops sp.), background, and a mammal (Didelphodon vorax), foreground, at Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Happy #FossilFriday!
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
I'm super excited to announce that I'll be joining the Maddin lab at Carleton University for my PhD this Fall! Expect lot's of really cool synapsidy research on this feed soon!
This is like the highlight of the year so far I'm not even kidding.
The only way things get better is if you name and shame who's in the comments.
Join our team teaching Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Calgary! We are hiring two positions to start in the Fall teaching in our new integrated curriculum.
Unicorns are one thing but every kid I knew who got into dinosaurs was equally interested in extant animals. Dinosaurs are just a gateway into the natural sciences for a lot of kid.
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Rewatching the Simpsons Season 8 and oh my god it's kind of impressive how basically every episode in it is absolutely peak. May just be my favorite.
Illustration of a bonobo
I present you the whole collection of bonobo drawings. These are all part of the same illustration, but they are not the final version; I still want to correct some details and then I will share the whole composition. #Sciart #art #primates #mammals
Large touchscreen features an animated Deinonychus and a short description with "start exploring" prompt.
Museum peeps, what's your least favorite conversation to have with people outside the field? For me, it's screens and buttons. "I hate how new exhibits are full of screens and buttons" or "you should add more screens and buttons for the kids." Both takes are missing the point! A thread. 🧵
De-extinction is the “let’s colonize Mars” for Biologists. Instead of working to fix & be sustainable, its a frat boy mentality that we can just trash it all and science will undo it. We don’t need to change our behaviors because we can control Z it
One of the most accurate representations of grad school applications.
There's nothing more heartbreaking than finding out that you've missed out on a PhD position thanks in entirety to the hell that is the federal government at this point. Science in the states is basically dead or dying.
A snow covered statue of the ceratopsian dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai and two of its young in front of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.
Hoping all of you stayed warm this #FamilyDay with Alberta's last cold snap of the year hitting hard. Luckily I was able to escape the cold at the Royal Tyrrell Museum where I didn't have it as bad as these snowy Pachyrhinosaurus.
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
Anyone who uses any other palico voice besides the funny meows in Wilds is insane and I do not trust their moral character.
Pair of small dicynodonts Diictodon snoozing in their comfy burrow
Any recommendations for reliable phones? Thoroughly disappointed by Google Pixel having to replace a screen due to a manufacturing error and now dealing with the phone not charging properly.
Homo sapiens
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
That's the plan for the time being. I want to stress that so far working in Canada as a Master's student has been lovely. I just don't think I can deal with the political instability back home and would rather consider immigration.