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Matthew Aaron Brown

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Examining the intersection of the history, philosophy, and practice of paleontology | Museum Director, Eagle Scout, National Parks, Fossils Live From Austin, Texas

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Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · 9d

I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. A cable news host.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, the pteroid is in the wrong place, this photo was staged at about 3am

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · 9d

Taking another stab at the ol’ Bluesky on #nationalfossilday and reposting this in-progress reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni (which hadn’t been named yet last time I posted it.) Half the size of the famous Q. northopi, this is the only place you’ll see these National Park Service fossils.

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Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Jan 28

My shiny new pallet jack arrived today, on a pallet. Which the delivery guys picked up off the lift gate and set inside the door. Wish we’d had an easier way to move it. Maybe I should order another pallet jack.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Dec 11

It’s endlessly funny to me that invariably the IT department sends out phishing warnings and then right after HR sends an email soliciting personal account info that breaks all the rules from our IT training.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Dec 2

“On a Sunday morning sidewalk, I’m wishing Lord that I was stone”

A couple old fossils, 25 years apart.

@suethetrex.bsky.social

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 26

Here’s a post from my PBL (Pretty Big Library) for #MarbledMonday, an 1897 copy of T.H. Huxley’s “Methods and Results” which was previously housed at the State Lunatic Asylum, so in a way it never really changed hands.

#libraries

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 25

Two years ago I returned the loan of this amazing Vancleavea skull to Ghost Ranch. It had been in Austin for CT scanning, and needed a courier to bring it home.

#paleontology

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Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 25

But only ghost dogs

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 25

Quetzalcoatlus is also my safe word

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 22

Barnes and Noble has no chill

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 22

C’mon, I’m right here.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 21

About 15 years ago Tyrrell staff built a replica of Brown’s scow and took it on a river trip to prospect. I’m not sure if I’ve seen that replica on exhibit or another one, but I think it’s at Dinosaur Provincial Park. Maybe that could be digitized?

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 21

If there’s still room, I’d throw my Marsh pick into the ring.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 20

Weird, prior to this week my last tweet here was exactly one year ago today. So here’s another look at this gigantic Alamosaurus pelvis that weighs roughly 2200 pounds.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 19

It’s Sauropod Sunday so here is the ilium of Alamosaurus, a titanosaur discovered in Big Bend National Park.

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Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 19

It’s very, very rare when I can successfully paint a cast to look anywhere close to the plan I have for it in my head. Molding, casting, preparation, field work- these haven’t been my job for about ten years, so it’s a nice treat when they still turn out in the neighborhood I aimed for.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 19

I am pretty pleased with myself over this paint job on #MammothMonday #TexasFossils

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Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 19

I feel like a decanter would leak all over the inside of my office desk drawer

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 18

Great idea 👍

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 18

I’ve been meaning to reread it and a few others for some time, but instead I just rewatch the movies.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 18

I suppose I haven’t read LA Confidential in almost 30 years, but my recollection is that it was an excellent story undercut by Elroy’s overindulgent Tarantinoesque need to prove how cool he was. I suspect the racism and homophobia were very accurate to cops of the era, judging by cops today.

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Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 18

Sunset algorithm found me, I took almost the same picture Saturday night.

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Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 18

Interesting, I read James Elroy first so when I got to Chandler and Hammett they seemed starkly less offensive.

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Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 16

That’s beautifully done. The Mayborn Museum in Waco on the Baylor campus has a similar intro.

Matthew Aaron Brown @matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · Nov 16

Since Homotherium kittens are in the news, here’s a side by side size comparison of an adult jaw next to a juvenile jaw from Friesenhahn Cave

#texasfossils #fossilfriday #kitten

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