Countdown Alert! Only one week until we unveil our next temporary exhibit "Prehistoric Visions" at the Sam Noble Museum! Witness the fusion of art and ancient life as student artists breathe new life into our fossil collections. Mark your calendars for June 29, see you there!🌿🎨
After my visit to @SamNobleMuseum, there was only one option for #FossilFriday: the caseid Cotylorhynchus from the Permian of OK. Caseids are named for E. C. Case, first director of @UMichPaleo.
Today our natural history museum turns 125 years old since it's original charter back in 1899. At that time, the museum was known as the Department of Geology and Natural History at the University of Oklahoma. (1/5)
What a view this morning as seen through Yellowstone’s Old Faithful live-stream webcam! The webcam captured some incredible footage of the park’s Wapiti wolf pack making its way through the Upper Geyser Basin. The webcam is made possible by our generous partners at @canon.
Nothing like back-to-back @geosociety + @SVP_vertpaleo meetings to remind me that this is the greatest job in the world. What a treat to see great science, great friends, and to share a week of laughter. ❤️
Exciting pair of muscle evolution companion papers just out! Bishop & Pierce describe the fossil record of appendicular muscle evolution in Synapsida on the line to mammals in both the forelimb and hindlimb:
https://t.co/AkL5hq31uo
https://t.co/U4eBp4Dy0M
@BrunaLab@KristaLerista Hey Emilio! I currently study geology as an undergrad! My advice is to go into undergrad for either biology or geology (or both) and work from there. The only school I know off the top of my head that has a major in paleontology is Montana State University.
no one is thinking about the weird thing you said at a party they’re thinking about how armadillos give birth to four genetically identical babies at a time you’ve got to stop taking yourself so seriously bro
Since the days of J. Willis Stovall nearly 100 years ago, you might think we've learned everything there is to know about dinosaurs like Saurophaganax, but that's not the case! Even today, debate continues on whether Saurophaganax belongs to its own genus, or if its actually a species of Allosaurus. Ongoing research on the very same femur Stovall examined in yesterday's archival photo hopes to solve this question once and for all. Pictured here, Andy Danison, a visiting researcher from the OSU Anatomy Department in Tulsa, is examining telltale traces on the bone itself to help differentiate this animal from other species of allosaurids.