Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Celebrating the spectacular history of life on Earth, from the tiniest grains of pollen to the mightiest dinosaurs.

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Today’s catch: new research led by Dr. Donald Brinkman found that some fishes (like salmonids) were already adapted to higher-latitude environments during the Late Cretaceous. Learn more: https://t.co/ZUHZAUN0qq

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FINAL TALK OF THE SEASON: Join us next Thursday, May 1 for a free presentation by Dr. Corwin Sullivan, “From Dragon Bones to Dino-Birds: The Rise of Vertebrate Palaeontology in China.”

Learn more and register now: https://t.co/tCv4tKVK1C

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Join us on April 25 for Dr. Yan-Yin Wang’s Speaker Series talk, “Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Ribcage in Birds, Crocodiles, and Dinosaurs, with Implications on the Evolution of Ventilation.”

Learn more: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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Join us on Thursday, April 17 at 11 a.m. for next week’s Speaker Series talk. Dr. Bruce Archibald will present, “Things Change When You Warm Up Winters — What Fossils Tell us.”

Register for the Zoom talk now: https://t.co/tCv4tKVK1C

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Join us next week for Dr. Brian Davis’s talk, “Tiny Fossils and the Big Picture: Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs.”

Learn more and register: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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Join us next Thursday, April 3 for Lauren Wilson’s Speaker Series talk, “Cretaceous Arctic Birds from the Prince Creek Formation of Northern Alaska.”

Learn more and register for the Zoom talk now: https://t.co/V0Isx0gez7

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Dr. Todd Kristensen will present next week’s Speaker Series talk, “Ice Mummies on Mountains: Archaeology of Frozen Corpses in British Columbia and Italy.”

Learn more and register now: https://t.co/tCv4tKWhRa

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Join us next week for Dr. Kiersten Formoso’s talk, “Going for a Swim: Influences of Terrestrial Ancestry on Land-to-Sea Transformations.”

Learn more and register: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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Our Dr. Francois Therrien published a new Canadian Encyclopedia article about Ankylosaurus. This illustration by Julius Csotonyi depicts Euoplocephalus, a close relative of Ankylosaurus.

Learn more: https://t.co/yEIZRUMnDd

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For next week’s Speaker Series talk, Dr. Lisa Boucher will present,
“Landscape Paleoecology and the Evolution of Late Cretaceous Forests Along the Western Interior Seaway.”

Learn more and register to join us via Zoom: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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Join us next Thursday for Darren Tanke’s Speaker Series talk, “Ongoing Epic Excavation of the Kaskie Hadrosaur Skeleton, One of the World’s Biggest Dinosaur Quarries.”

Learn more: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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In next Wednesday’s Speaker Series talk, Andre Gogol will provide an in-depth look at his photographic methods and the ideas behind the images currently on display in our Perspectives exhibit.

Learn more: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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Please note: Tickets to the Royal Tyrrell Museum are only available by walk-up admission today.

High attendance may result in line-ups requiring visitors to wait outdoors. We thank you in advance for your patience and look forward to your visit!

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In next week’s Speaker Series talk, Christiana Garros will present, “Broken, Bruised, and Bitten: Survival Tales of Tyrannosaur Injuries.”

Join us at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 20!

Learn more: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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For next week’s Speaker Series talk, Dr. Alfred Lemierre will discuss the Quercy Phosphorites in southwest France, one of most fossil-rich localities preserving the Cenozoic of Europe. To register or learn more: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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Our Dr. Christopher West co-authored new research analyzing leaf megafloras from the Miocene. The study found that Miocene environments were much warmer, wetter, and greener than today.

Learn more: https://t.co/CKXk9AH5ql

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Join us on February 6 at 11 a.m. MT for a Speaker Series talk by Alessandro Franchini about microfossils found in Wyoming.

Learn more next week in the Museum’s Auditorium, or register to join us through Zoom: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz

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The specimen was discovered during excavation of a bonebed as part of a collaborative field school with the @UniofReading (England) and University of New England (Australia). #paleoresearch #palaeonews

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New research led by our Dr. Caleb Brown reveals a bite mark found in a fossil neck vertebra of a juvenile pterosaur from the Cretaceous of Alberta. The research suggests a crocodylian most likely bit the pterosaur. Learn more: https://t.co/PjvqOikllR

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Join us for free talks exploring hot topics in palaeontology during our 2025 Speaker Series. Attend in-person or via Zoom to learn about fossil photography, palaeobotany, and tyrannosaur injuries—to name a few.

Check out the full lineup: https://t.co/V0Isx0fGJz