Henry Thomas with his newly described pterosaur neck vertebra from the new species now named "Infernodrakon". The bone was found under the fossil bones of "Jane" the Tyrannosaurus rex currently displayed at Burpee. This is the first pterosaur to be named from the Hell Creek. #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum

Henry Thomas with newly described pterosaur neck vertebra from the new species now named "Infernodrakon". The bone was found under the fossil bones of "Jane" the Tyrannosaurus rex currently displayed at Burpee. This is the first pterosaur to be named from the Hell Creek.
#PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum

Henry Thomas with his newly described pterosaur neck vertebra from the new species now named "Infernodrakon". The bone was found under the fossil bones of "Jane" the Tyrannosaurus rex currently displayed at Burpee. This is the first pterosaur to be named from the Hell Creek. #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum

Henry Thomas with newly described pterosaur neck vertebra from the new species now named "Infernodrakon". The bone was found under the fossil bones of "Jane" the Tyrannosaurus rex currently displayed at Burpee. This is the first pterosaur to be named from the Hell Creek.
#PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum

Jamaican coral reefs are at less than 10% of their 1970 coverage #paleofest2025

Why evolve florescence that you can't even see? No one knows, but cone snails made it cool #paleofest2025

There are 3 ways to lose your limbs as a taxa. How about all 3? And be pink. #paleofest2025

All the presenters at PaleoFest 2025 at Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois, USA (except for Dr. Paul Sereno)
#PaleoFest2025 #Paleontology #BurpeeMuseum

We pet the tegu and boop its nose #paleofest2025

Mammal diversity took off with flowers, before dinosaur extinction #paleofest2025

Don't underestimate diversity! #paleofest2025

The very elongated Infernodrakon hastacollis neck vertebra.

It made a special guest appearance at #PaleoFest2025 at #BurpeeMuseum yesterday.

"A Sahara Odyssey Extraordinary Adventure & Discovery" Paul Sereno

Dr. Paul Sereno #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum #Paleontology

Saturday night dinner Keynote by Dr. Paul Sereno
#PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum #Paleontology

Henry Thomas with his newly described pterosaur neck vertebra from the new species now named "Infernodrakon". The bone was found under the fossil bones of "Jane" the Tyrannosaurus rex currently displayed at Burpee. This is the first pterosaur to be named from the Hell Creek. #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum

The very elongate neck vertebra holotype of Infernodrakon.

Henry Thomas with newly described pterosaur neck vertebra from the new species now named "Infernodrakon". The bone was found under the fossil bones of "Jane" the Tyrannosaurus rex currently displayed at Burpee. This is the first pterosaur to be named from the Hell Creek.
#PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum

Can you imagine a POTUS who read scientific papers today? #paleofest2025

Fossil tree stumps exposed at the surface of an arctic hillside with two people standing next to them. Dr. Jaelyn Eberle, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History “Life in an Ancient Arctic Rainforest” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum #Paleontology Rockford, Illinois, USA

Dr. Jaelyn Eberle, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History standing at her laptop giving her talk. “Life in an Ancient Arctic Rainforest” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum #Paleontology Rockford, Illinois, USA

Mammal fossil skeletons, teeth, and jawbones Dr. Jaelyn Eberle, in a warm red winter jacket in the arctic. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History “Life in an Ancient Arctic Rainforest” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum #Paleontology Rockford, Illinois, USA

Dr. Jaelyn Eberle, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History “Life in an Ancient Arctic Rainforest”
#PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum #Paleontology
Rockford, Illinois, USA

Ceratopsians are so varied! #paleofest2025

Tyler Keillor, University of Chicago “Carving Ancient Beasts at the Burpee and Beyond: 25 Years of Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Tyler Keillor, University of Chicago “Carving Ancient Beasts at the Burpee and Beyond: 25 Years of Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Tyler Keillor posing with his reconstruction of Diabloceratops, University of Chicago “Carving Ancient Beasts at the Burpee and Beyond: 25 Years of Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Tyler Keillor, University of Chicago “Carving Ancient Beasts at the Burpee and Beyond: 25 Years of Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart”
#PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Images of important women paleontolgists in history

Search results showing images of paleontologists; the ones in red show women (4 of 24)

Women have been a part of paleontolgy since paleontolgy became a field.
Dr. Maria Eugenia Gold, Suffolk University "Finding Your Passion Across the Academic Landscape"
#BurpeeMuseum #PaleoFest2025
Rockford, Illinois, USA

Dr. Maria Eugenia Gold, Suffolk University "Finding Your Passion Across the Academic Landscape"
#BurpeeMuseum #PaleoFest2025
Rockford, Illinois, USA

Dr. Sarah Losso, Harvard University “Eat, prey, love: Functional morphology of trilobites”
#PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum #Paleontology #trilobites
Rockford, Illinois, USA

Known ceratopsian species in 1990 Dr. Eric Morschhauser, Indiana University of Pennsylvania “Ceratopsian dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the Horned and Hornless” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Known ceratopsian species today (so far) Dr. Eric Morschhauser, Indiana University of Pennsylvania “Ceratopsian dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the Horned and Hornless” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Dr. Eric Morschhauser, Indiana University of Pennsylvania “Ceratopsian dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the Horned and Hornless” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Known ceratopsian species in 1990 vs. today... so far.
Dr. Eric Morschhauser, Indiana University of Pennsylvania “Ceratopsian dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the Horned and Hornless”
#PaleoFest2025 #Dinosaur #BurpeeMuseum #Paleontology
Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Dr. Eric Morschhauser, Indiana University of Pennsylvania “Ceratopsian dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the Horned and Hornless” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Dr. Eric Morschhauser, Indiana University of Pennsylvania “Ceratopsian dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the Horned and Hornless” #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Dr. Eric Morschhauser, Indiana University of Pennsylvania “Ceratopsian dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the Horned and Hornless”
#PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.

A smiling Paleo Analysis' Steve Vicari talking with fans of paleontology at #PaleoFest2025 with his Utahraptor skull held on his right shoulder #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Paleo Analysis' Steve Vicari is at #PaleoFest2025 with his Utahraptor skull.
#BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Infernodrakon, a newly named pterosaur, the first bone of which was discovered under Jane! New paper just released today by Thomas et al. Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Infernodrakon, a newly named pterosaur, the first bone of which was discovered under Jane! New paper just released today by Thomas et al.
Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum

Jane's skull separated into its individual pieces, and then digitally reconstructed by Witmer Lab Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Jane's skull separated into its individual pieces, and then digitally reconstructed by Witmer Lab Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Jane's skull separated into its individual pieces, and then digitally reconstructed by Witmer Lab Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Jane's skull separated into its individual pieces, and then digitally reconstructed by Witmer Lab

Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

When Jane's dentary was first uncovered. Beautiful Tyrannosaurus rex teeth, but smaller than usual. Quarter and brush for scale. Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

When Jane's dentary was first uncovered.
Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Scott Williams: “No Plain Jane: How Burpee Museum’s teenage Tyrannosaur became a part of the ongoing Nanotyrannus debate” talk at #PaleoFest2025 #BurpeeMuseum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

The complete skeleton mount of Jane the juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex at Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA.

Getting ready for the evening kick-off to #BurpeeMuseum #PaleoFest2025 Here's a picture of Jane the juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex to start us out. Rockford, Illinois, USA.

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Current list of PaleoFest 2025 speakers.
Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA. February 28 - March 2, 2025
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PaleoFest presented by the Burpee Museum Feb 28 - Mar 2 2025 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA PaleoFest is a family fun weekend full of Paleontology and a weekend public lecture series of talks by Paleontologists from several different areas of study presenting their latest research. #BurpeeMuseum #PaleoFest #PaleoFest2025

Burpee Museum of Natural History Rockford, Illinois, USA just made a Big Announcement...
The Keynote Speaker for PaleoFest 2025 will be Dr. Paul Sereno from the University of Chicago
PaleoFest tickets are on sale now. Get ready, its
going to be awesome!
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Burpee Museum of Natural History's logo with the silhouette of "Jane" the teenage tyrannosaurus.

Burpee Museum's PaleoFest will be held Feb. 28- March 2, 2025. Fun activities for the whole family, 2 full days of talks by paleontolgists from around the world presenting results of their latest work, and amazing fossils on display. Rockford, Illinois, USA.
#BurpeeMuseum #PaleoFest #PaleoFest2025