Gage Scheidler

ENMU. Biology major. Senior. Aspiring paleontologist.🦖 I convert coffee into science. ☕️🔬 Lover of food, tattoos, music, and animals.

[Dr. Michio Kaku @michiokaku]

One question I often get: is the universe a computer simulation? I don't think so. E.g. the weather is so complex that the smallest object that can simulate the weather is the weather itself. If we add the quantum theory, no digital computer can possibly simulate quantum atoms.

[Lindsay Zanno @ExpeditionLive]

For #FossilFriday ... meet Megalania! The largest land lizard ever. curtesy of the stunning @melbournemuseum

[Salamanda @ajzellmer]

A reminder that herpetology is the greatest field #herpsci

[Ashley Hall @LadyNaturalist]

Banquet time! This is what the world's vertebrate paleontologists look like ALL in one room! What an AMAZING week we've all had! #2018SVP

[Gage Scheidler @Gagesaurus_rex]

@JB_McHugh_7337 There’s no such thing as too much New Mexico food!! 🌶🌮

[Eugenia Gold @DrNeurosaurus]

Need to report harassment at #2018SVP ? Talk to @jmtheodor @anjgoswami Dave Polly or James Proffitt!

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP If you can't refer these to Deinosuchus, needs a new name. riograndensis will get a new genus name. The eastern type will be a new species in this new genus.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP Texas vs. Mississippi/Alabama seem to be distinct on size and on morphology.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP D. rugosus nomen dubium. D. hatcheri distinct but restricted to type. What of D. riograndensis?

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP How do the species differentiate? Osteoderms and vertebrae are similar.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP Other specimens from the type riograndensis locality are known. Good posterior skull from Mississippi. GOOD braincase. Also, good jaws from Alabama.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP Good new skull from the D. riograndensis type locality. Does have some features assessable on the holotype.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP Deinosuchus riograndensis had mostly cranial bones in its holotype. D. rugosus is a single tooth.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP Deinosuchus hatcheri includes a few bones only, but from across the body. So possible to compare to other taxa.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP A systematic review of the giant alligatoroid Deinosuchus from the Campanian of North America and its implications for the relationships at the root of Crocodylia

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Cossette #2018SVP Deinosuchus: is it three species or one?

[Diplotomodon (𓅽) @Diplotomodon]

Nanotyrannus is Dead, Again, and Maybe For Real This Time #2018SVP

[Meig Dickson MSc ✡️🦕🦤🦜🏴 @DinosaurBiology]

#2018SVP Snively: Rotational inertia is the difficult of an animal turning. To demonstrate, "Here I have a Darth Maul lightsaber -"

[Gage Scheidler @Gagesaurus_rex]

@baum_bailey More often than I care to admit 🤷‍♂️

[(parody) BILL NYE THO @Bill_Nye_Tho]

yea she thicc but is she environmentally conscious