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Anthony vs dead turtles
@mosasaurologist.bsky.social
Glutton for paleontology fieldwork punishment. Discovering new ancient sea life all over Western Kansas. Curator. Also home to random rescue Golden Retriever pics and the occasional dinosaur.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

1) Wesley Willis and the Fiasco
2) Reverend Horton Heat
3)Afghan Whigs
4) Hum
5) They Might be Giants
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

1. Ozzfest
2. Charley Crockett
3. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
4. The Mavericks/Dwight Yoakum
5. The PDX Broadsides
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

1. Tom Waits
2. Insect Warfare
3. Warhead
4. King Crimson
5. Nothing Clean (final gig, house show)
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I roasted my first turkey today!

Only 2 of us so I dismembered the lower half for later. Winnie is gonna get so many leftovers.
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
How much luck will I get by snapping a T. rex wishbone this Thanksgiving?
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Subscale Winnie model! The full sized Plesioplatecarpus skull will have a 22 inch (55 cm) lower jaw
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Winnie meets Winnie!

We finished the 50% scale mosasaur skull reconstruction today and ip looking over it for edits, but in the meantime I'm also cracking a beer and snuggling with my girl who is fresh out from her latest chemo appointment
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
So... let's see if we can get this digital reconstruction of Winnie done by Thanksgiving.....
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Without downloading any new pics, what's it like dating you
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Happy #MosasaurMonday from Eustace, the holotype skull of Jormungandr walhallensis discovered in North Dakota by the NDGS.

We were tasked with taking this not-quite-complete skull (right) and digitally restoring it for display at the NDGS as well as a library just a few miles from the dig site 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Abstract submitted! I should not be allowed to come up with titles.
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What a rollercoaster.

We were able to locate one of Winifred's daughters from her time in the puppy mill using Embark! She lived in Colorado too! Contacted the owner to see about arranging a meet up and...

The daughter died this past August from hemangiosarcoma.
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It works!
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I would also accept Archers of Loaf or the Afghan Whigs on said mixtape thank you
An ancient times, a person did not simply *tell* another person that they cared about them; person A in this scenario, in a totally normal way, spent several days making a mixtape of the most choice Oasis b-sides OR the best Guided By Voices tracks obv
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy #FossilFriday from this print of the holotype skull of Bison "kansasensis". This copy has gone off to greener pastures, but we're working on another one to assemble and hopefully put in our catalog.
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Waiting on chemo for New Idiot Dog, so here's a throwback to 5 years ago when I was finishing up the cast reconstruction of Walker's skull

This bruiser was the second Mosasaurus ever found in Kansas (Wally was the first) from the Weskan shale, near the Colorado border.
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Who's got 3 paws and is excited about dinner tonight?
November 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
More truth has never been truthed before!
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I think I nodded off with this playing on the plane coming home from England and now it is firmly stuck in my head

Jetlag is a funny thing.

youtu.be/RYmyfksGA74
Björk - Enjoy - Post
YouTube video by Music
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November 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Winifred went to a ribbon cutting ceremony today for a new section of trails and demanded pets from:

The Mayor
The Mayor-elect
3 other members of City Council

It was resolved that she is indeed a very good tripod
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Not for nothing, but I commissioned artwork just for a poster at #SVP2025 by @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social

Supporting real live artists isn't all that hard to do! Especially for the cover of a supposedly leading journal. Enough of this AI slop.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You ever want to drink peaches with a hint of beer? Drink this! @coastalpaleo.bsky.social 's arm for scale
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Hur hur hur, Colorado is always on brand
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Had a great time in the weeks leading up to #2025SVP working with @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social on the poster art for Ichthyodectid tail trauma. Highly recommend!
Now that SVP is over, I can finally post the commission that I did for @mosasaurologist.bsky.social 's poster on a certain very cool taxon! #paleoart #sciart
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So apparently people here were more interested in weird fish making weird poop than the fish tail trauma. Was swamped all poster session during #2025SVP and barely have a voice. Time for a drink
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's #FossilFriday again, and I am presenting 2 posters on Niobrara fish with Jeff Liston and @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social at #2025SVP
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
At lunch for #2025SVP and I may never recover from this
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM