Texas Vert Paleo Collections

Accumulating awesomeness since 1858

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

Dinosaurs get all the glory, but aetosaurs ruled the world before them! Learn more about a new aetosaur species identified by @WAReyes6 and featured on the cover of the latest issue of @AnatRecord 🐊

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

Huge turnout tonight, with 70 bird fans stopping by to see our hundreds of chimney swifts roosting for the evening. @TravisAudubon

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

SEPT 8: Join @TravisAudubon for a "Swift Night Out," a free & public bird-watching event at our @TexasVertPaleo collections!
The old chimneys at our collections are home to hundreds of swifts. Watch as they come home to roost this Friday night!

More info:https://t.co/Q2PFqb1D1P

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

Meet "A. buceei," a new species of extinct Texas beaver discovered in the @TexasVertPaleo collections and named after Buc-ee's, a chain of Texas-based travel centers known for its cartoon beaver mascot.

https://t.co/EmhlnDiEGu

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

Ancient Texas wildcat edition!😺 #fossilfriday

How it started: How it's going:

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

A recent study led by JSG's @PaleoFeathers offers a first look at the the theropods of Patagonia. They include megaraptor dinosaurs and birds similar to today's ducks and geese. 🦖🦆
https://t.co/EnUqEHxqTT

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

Thousands of years ago, small, prehistoric wildcats wandered into @NBCavernsTX and never came out. Early next year, JSG paleontologists are entering hard-to-reach chambers in the cave to collect their fossil remains. 🐈🦴
https://t.co/RQ9M7bHGhI

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

How accurate are Halloween skeleton decorations? We asked paleontologists with the @jclarkepaleolab to weigh in on some spooky skele-birds! 💀🧵

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

Last Halloween, we shared the story of the "mummy's curse" - a collection of mummified rodent bones inherited by @TexasVertPaleo.

We're happy to say the curse has lifted! Some sense (and skeletons) have been made from what started as a mess of bones.
https://t.co/MzypIW9kxk

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

This week Kenneth Bader retrieved the last field jacket of mammoth material from Katy Prairie Preserve, in cooperation with the Coastal Prairie Conservancy. Any guesses about what this jacket contains?

#FossilFriday #texasfossils

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

Have questions about the dinosaurs and other big screen stars in your favorite Jurassic movie? Have them answered by a panel of UT Austin paleontologists following a screening of Jurassic World Dominion this Tuesday, July 5th. Details in the link! https://t.co/oCwhxJFyyB

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

After more than two years, join us again at @drafthouse on July 5th for a screening of #JurassicWorldDominion with real fossils and a live Q&A after with paleontologists from @UTAustin. Tickets are on sale now, fossils on exhibit at 6:30, movie at 7!

https://t.co/JYVg5mOyhV

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

Come see us tonight in Wimberley, TX to watch Jurassic Park under the stars with real #texasfossils

#FossilFriday

https://t.co/bLccNMwqwq

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

16 hours to go in the final stretch of our campaign! THANK YOU to our generous friends and supporters who raised $10,600 so far. 100% of all contributions will go directly to creating paid undergraduate student opportunities to work in the collections.
https://t.co/SqpmVNuzYA

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

We’re not horsing around, our fundraiser ends in three days and we have a commitment to match all donations up to $15,000! Help us reach our goal to fund undergraduate collections positions and your donation will be doubled!

https://t.co/AbyvTjwXIz

#modernmonday #museums #atx

[UT Jackson School of Geosciences @txgeosciences]

Our @TexasVertPaleo is hosting a fundraiser for a student worker! Hear from collections director @Texaspaleo about the critical curation work your donation will help support.
More info and give: https://t.co/KnwNp4WCU6

https://t.co/qjELci9VTQ

[Melissa E. Kemp @melisabetta]

Thanks for the feature!

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

Our Integrated Pest Management specialist needs your help! We have 5 days to go and halfway to our fundraising goal of $15,000 to hire him some undergraduate help conserving our collections. Don’t worry, our Tokay Gecko eats the bugs so we don’t have to.

https://t.co/AbyvTjwXIz

[Texas Vert Paleo Collections @TexasVertPaleo]

@CrocHolliday Thanks, Casey!

[Casey Holliday @CrocHolliday]

@TexasVertPaleo needs your help! As a Research Associate, I've benefitted greatly from the expertise and efforts of the folks there and have gotten to study amazing specimens. They need more room, and more help to manage their one-of-a-kind collections. https://t.co/buZQly8ZYw