Oryctodromeus skull and neck side view.
Happy #FossilFriday! Get up close and personal with Oryctodromeus! This plant eating dinosaur lived ~96mya and likely raised its young in burrows. See it on display in the Hall of Giants. #[bit.ly/4sp4wIE
#Paleontology #Oryctodromeus #Cretaceous #Montana #Blackleaf #Fossil #Dinosaur
Happy #FossilFriday! This is the skull of Nakanonectes (MOR 3072), one of the last plesiosaurs to cruise the Western Interior Seaway in the Cretaceous Period. With a mouth full of needle-like teeth, it ate small fish and cephalopods. #[bit.ly/4sp4wIE
Yup yup!! Guess who's coming to @museumoftherockies.bsky.social on April 28th......its that @stevebrusatte.bsky.social "kid" as I used to call him :)
We are hiring! 🦖 If you are a MSU paleo student looking for hands-on experience, join us as a Field Assistant this season. Work in the field & gain new skills. Apply today: bit.ly/4tt3nke
#Hiring #Paleontology #FieldSeason #Bozeman #ScienceJobs
Happy #FossilFriday! This week Dr. Cary Woodruff is visiting #MOR to study the largest animals to walk the Earth, the #sauropods. Here, Woodruff is standing next to the hindlimb of a #Diplodocus (#MOR738) from the #Jurassic #MorrisonFormation of #Wyoming.
Ever wanted to manage the finances of a world-class dinosaur museum? We are hiring a Director of Finance! Lead our fiscal strategy, oversee a $7.5M budget, and join the senior leadership team. Details & Apply: bit.ly/4dfRCsx
#Finance #Nonprofit #Bozeman Equal Opportunity Employer, Veterans/Disabled
YAY! Here are the winners of our 5th Annual Dinosaurs and MOR! Art Contest.
• Age 0–10: Wyonne with Stegouros
• Age 11–14: Tyler M. with Cryolophosaurus
• Age 15–18: Danielle M. with Torosaurus
Honoring event sponsor: In Memory of Tim L. Harvey who was an artist and loved this festival.
🦖 Future paleontologists - Earn your Junior Paleontologist Certificate this weekend by collecting stamps from Montana Dinosaur Trail partners.✨ Start your journey. Get certified. Sat/Sun from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and is include with membership/admission. museumoftherockies.org/signature-ev...
🦕 Join our Dino Workshops for a weekend of creativity, from dino play for little ones to terrariums, bath bombs, and dioramas for older explorers. 📅 March 28–29 🎟️ Registration required (includes museum admission). Spots are limited 👉 mor.ticketapp.org/portal/produ...
Happy #FossilFriday! 🦖 Big Mike is waiting for you. Join us this weekend for the 5th annual Dinosaurs & MOR! Festival, packed with 14 Montana Dinosaur Trail paleo passport stations, 18 world-class paleo presentations, and prehistoric workshops for all ages. Learn more at bit.ly/3Peh7jZ
Join us for a special Dinosaurs + MOR #FossilFriday livestream with Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Director and renowned paleontologist Dr. Kirk Johnson
🗓️ Today (Fri, March 27)
🕘 9–10 AM MST
💻 Free + open to all
👉 Join: tinyurl.com/Fossil-Frida...
This weekend, MOR hosts an elite powerhouse of world-class scientists! 🏛️🦖 It’s the All-Access Paleo Lecture Series. ✨🧪 Get your 1 or 2-day pass at 🎟️ museumoftherockies.org/signature-ev...
🦕 Don’t miss the Members-Only Festival Kickoff this Friday, March 27 @ 5:30 p.m. It’s your chance to meet world-class paleontologists, get books signed by Dr. Kirk R. Johnson, and enjoy a special presentation of "Dino Fight Night." A perfect Friday night for all MOR Members!
Calling all fossil fans! 🦖 Our Dinosaurs and MOR! Festival (March 27-29) features hands-on workshops for every age: Dino Play, Seaway Suds bath bombs, and Terrarium/Diorama building. Admission is included for non-members! 🎟️ Details here: mor.ticketapp.org/portal/produ...
Happy #FossilFriday! The seaway that covered much of North America in the #Cretaceous was filled with giant carnivorous #reptiles. #Mosasaurus (#MOR006) and other mosasaurs had a second set of #teeth on the roof of the mouth that helped hold struggling prey.
Happy #FossilFriday! 🦖 Join paleo artist Ruby Pines for a 3D sculpting workshop. Grab some clay or Play-Doh and learn to craft a mini Dimetrodon! 🗓 Friday, March 20 🕑 9 a.m. MST | 11 a.m. EST 🔗 tinyurl.com/2uh5rmaa
Get ready to have your mind blown by the absolute rockstars of the paleo world! The 5th Annual Dinosaurs and MOR! Festival is bringing a heavy-hitting lineup of experts to Bozeman on March 28 & 29. Learn more and purchase tickets: museumoftherockies.org/signature-ev...
Dr. Thomas Carr is surrounded by #tyrannosaurs at MOR
Happy #FossilFriday! This week Dr. Thomas Carr is surrounded by #tyrannosaurs at MOR. Here he is examining some of the larger Tyrannosaurus specimens at the museum (#MOR555 on the left and #MOR008 on the right) to solve a tyrannosaur growth mystery.
Calling all young paleo-artists! Museum of the Rockies is thrilled to announce our Dinos and MOR! Festival Art Contest, a digital showcase for creators ages 0-18. Details at the bottom of the page at museumoftherockies.org/signature-ev...
Happy #FossilFriday! The tiny bones inside this partial egg (#MOR246) belong to an embryonic #dinosaur. Originally identified as #Orodromeus, later study identified them as #Troodon bones. Orodromeus & Troodon are found in the #Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of #Montana.
Happy #FossilFriday! #Hypacrosaurus stebingeri was a large, crested #hadrosaur (duck-billed #dinosaur) from the Upper #Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of #Montana. The fossils of adults and juveniles of this hadrosaur reveal how its bones changed as it grew. #Paleontology
The scientific paper on this specimen by University of Alberta PhD student Taia Wyenberg-Henzler and MOR Curator of Paleontology Dr. John Scannella can be read here: doi.org/10.7717/peer...
Happy #FossilFriday! Over 66 million years ago this duck-billed #Edmontosaurus (MOR 1627) came face to face with #Tyrannosaurus. Today, the tooth embedded in its snout tells the tale of this Cretaceous encounter. Specimen from lands managed by by Bureau of Land Management.
Tyrannosaur attacking an Edmontosaurus in a forestry landscape. Image by paleoartist Jenn Hall.
New paper alert 🦖
A new study co-authored by our Curator of Paleontology, John Scannella, documents a tyrannosaur tooth embedded in an Edmontosaurus skull, rare evidence of an ancient attack.
📸 by Jenn Hall
Read more: peerj.com/articles/207...
#Paleontology #Fossils #NewResearch
Happy #FossilFriday! MOR Assistant Lab Manager Cassi Knight comes face to face with #BigAl (#MOR693). Typically, the skull of this #Jurassic carnivore is on display in MOR’s Hall of Giants, but today it’s undergoing regular conservation in the Paleo Department.
Few highlights from @museumoftherockies.bsky.social live #FROGS A Chorus of Color exhibit. 15 species from all over the world, 100+ individual specimens. Green Monkey Tree Frog, Poison Darts, Milk Tree Frog & White's Tree Frog. Also have some #paleontology in the exhibit too #amphibians #salamanders
Close-up of a small fossilized frog skeleton displayed on a dark museum pedestal, showing a detailed skull with large eye openings and outstretched limbs; another smaller frog skeleton sits on a raised platform in the background.
Happy #FossilFriday! #Beelzebufo, a large frog from the #Cretaceous of #Madagascar, may have eaten baby #dinosaurs. This “devil toad” hops into MOR with Frogs: A Chorus of Colors. The exhibit features living #frogs & fossil #amphibians.
Cast donated by Triebold Paleontology Inc.
NASA-themed Artemis II boarding pass graphic labeled “Taylor Planetarium,” featuring mission details including the SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, Kennedy Space Center launch site, destination around the Moon, crew names, and an Artemis mission patch over a blue lunar surface background.
🚀🌙 Taylor Planetarium is going to the Moon! Our name was submitted to ride along with NASA’s Artemis II mission; and it’ll make the trip around the Moon when the spacecraft launches. 💫
#ArtemisII #TaylorPlanetarium #MuseumoftheRockies
Two fossilized butterfly wing fragments from Lethe montana, light tan in color with faint vein impressions, preserved in stone and photographed on a dark fabric background.
Happy #FossilFriday! Even delicate animals can be preserved in the #fossil record. This #wing belongs to #Lethe montana, a ~32-million-year-old #butterfly. This fossil was discovered in an ancient lake deposit on lands managed by Bureau of Reclamation in western #Montana.
Diagram showing Tyrannosaurus rex growth from juvenile to adult, with a graph of age versus adult size and color-coded silhouettes increasing in size. An inset shows a fossil bone cross-section with growth rings used to estimate age. Credit: Dr. Holly Woodward Ballard
An exciting new study on Tyrannosaurus rex growth, led by MOR Research Associate Dr. Holly Woodward and including 10 specimens in the MOR Paleontology Collections, was published today in the journal PeerJ!
phys.org/news/2026-01...
