#fossilfriday skeleton of the wolf-sized bone crushing dog Aelurodon stirtoni. This was in the old fossil hall. On display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.

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Finishing off #mammothmarch2026 is a skeleton of the now defunct Jefferson's mammoth (Mammuthus jeffersoni). On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.

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#fossilfriday skeleton of the chunky early miocene oreodont Merycochoerus. On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.

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Everyone's talking about nanotyrannus. But we have to wrap up #gomphtober2025 . Finishing things off is Eubelodon. On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.

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Third installment of #gomphtober2025 : lower jaw of the amebelodont Amebelodon fricki. The largest jaw of any land animal. On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.

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