Happy #Ostara! Spring has sprung in the Rockies!

I have a paleontology joke but I don't think you'd dig it.

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Indeed

Dinosaurs and MOR! Festival Join Museum of the Rockies for the annual Dinosaurs and MOR! Festival. Explore paleo stations, expert talks, and family fun.

If you're anywhere near Montana, check out the fantastic Dinosaurs & MOR at @museumoftherockies.bsky.social , March 27-29!

A fossil-filled weekend for families and the public. With an awesome lineup of scientist speakers. I was there in 2024 and loved it!

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Something different for #TrilobiteTuesday

This is an X-ray of a Chotecops trilobite from the Devonian Hunsruck slate near Bundenbach, Germany. The soft tissues were replaced with pyrite or fool's gold and are denser than the rock. The X-ray shows the denser material including legs and gills.

My, how the tables have turned since 2025! There has been some very cool work done by Lindsay Zanno and @jgn-paleo.bsky.social demonstrating that not only is #Nanotyrannus a valid genus, but one that contains TWO species! Science is powerful because it can always change what we think we know.

Not many museums would ask for this...... a taphonomic model

#paleontology #fossils #PaleoReconstruction

@paleeoguy.bsky.social with some refreshing proactive problem-solving proposals for improving and formalizing paleo field and lab skills training.
#PaleoFest2026

Just a quick heads up for those who intended to use the free scale bars handed out at this year's SVP by #PaleoTools: don't...

Thanks buddy! :) You've been a great friend and colleague.

Jeeze no kidding? Sooo...weird, right?

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Very cool!

Agreed!

Photos via CMNH (fossil) and Witmer & Ridgley, 2010 (CT model) of a juvenile #Tyrannosaurus rex collected in 1942 from Carter Co., MT. Scan data reveal extent of reconstruction. IMO no publications yet show data sufficient to support the genus "Nanotyrannus". Especially damning: Woodward et al 2020.

Fixed that for you.

New species of #Xiphactinus just dropped @mosasaurologist.bsky.social

My dad and I clowning with a croc skull back in 2010. #museumselfieday

2024 Museum Annual Field Report YouTube video by City of Dickinson - City Hall

If you didn't see our live 8th ANNUAL FIELD REPORT last night, you can now stream it in 1080p on YouTube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0350...

Fossils collected under permit on US public lands (Bur. of Land Management & Bur. of Reclamation)

#FossilFriday #dinosaur #dinosaurs #fossils #scicomm

#FossilAdventCalendar day 5: Meet #Maiasaura peeblesorum, state dinosaur of Montana and "good mother lizard".

Museum of the Rockies cares for a 75 million year old dinosaur nesting ground where Maiasaura, #Troodon, and others laid their eggs 🥚🥚🥚.

Learn more: www.nps.gov/articles/mes...

Since we’re new to Bluesky, a Rextooth recap is in order! We’re Rextooth a SciComm publisher owned and operated by husband & wife team Ted & Annie Rechlin. (It’s usually one of us running this account - 👋) 1/

I've been to a bunch of places but the northeast and deep south still elude me! Same key as RHF's map below:

Dreaming of a career in paleontology? Elevation Science is now accepting applications for our 2025 Field Internship! ⛏️

Don’t miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime—apply by January 31, 2025!

elevationscience.org/internships

Informational flier about staff positions for the 2025 Sternberg Museum Science Camps+ program. Instructor and TA jobs available!

I’m currently recruiting earth/life sciences undergrads, grad students, postdocs, & professional educators for 2025 instructor & TA jobs in Sternberg Museum Science Camps! Info & application form here 👉 forms.gle/5EGnpKMhHRj9...

Please share! ~40+ slots this summer!
#paleontology #geology #biology

We really need to teach our kids how to spot intellectual garbage. This is a hug hole in our educational system.