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Amanda Rea

@summitsandstrata.bsky.social

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A paleo nerd sharing their paleo and geo adventures! summitsandstrata.substack.com

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · Aug 23

Had a fun time doing paleontology in the Denver CO area this week, & thrilled to revisit Dinosaur Ridge yesterday for 1st time since 2014. Thanks to @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social for inviting me & to @profe-hallucigenia.bsky.social & @summitsandstrata.bsky.social for ichnologizing with y'all! 🧪🦖🦕🐾

Photo of four paleontologists standing in front of a tilted light-brown sandstone surface with sparse greenery; people from left to right are Martin Ezequiel Farina, me, Amy Atwater, and Amanda Rea. Place is Dinosaur Ridge, west of Denver, Colorado.

Titled light-brown sandstone surface with hundreds of three-toed dinosaur tracks with varying sizes on it surface; track forms are enhanced by charcoal, giving them blackened appearances. Tracksite has a fence and paved walkway in foreground, and greenery in the background. Place is Dinosaur Ridge, Colorado.

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Amanda Rea @summitsandstrata.bsky.social · Feb 10

#geology #roadtrip #camping #nps #publiclands #blackcanyonofthegunnisonnationalpark #stem #science

Amanda Rea @summitsandstrata.bsky.social · Feb 10

New blog out today! Take a trip to #blackcanyonofthegunnison with me and learn more about one of the coolest geological features in Colorado!

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

A lively trip to Colorado's least visited National Park.

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Riley Black - When the Earth Was Green out now 🌱 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · Jan 24

Write how you love to write. Whatever rules exist are generalized tools that you can use in different ways or toss at your discretion. Hone your skills. Learn by spending time on the page. There’s no good way to write other than what please you.

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Amanda Rea @summitsandstrata.bsky.social · Jan 24

The Burpee Museum of Natural History has amazing ceratopsian displays!

Last July, on my road trip to New York, I got the chance to check out this amazing museum in Rockford, Illinois. *ignore my crocs*

#roadtrip #triceratops #burpeemuseum #dinosaurs #paleontology

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Sternberg Science Camps+ @sternbergcamps.bsky.social · Dec 20

Please join us in welcoming Amanda Rea to our 2025 instructional staff team, via our program collaboration in Colorado with Dinosaur Ridge! Amanda will be leading our Paleontology Academy Colorado high school program this summer!

#paleontology #fossils #colorado #fossilfriday

Paleontologist/educator Amanda Rea at a fossil field site. Very rocky and dusty landscape with sedimentary rock units in the background.

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Amanda Rea @summitsandstrata.bsky.social · Jan 6

New blog out today!

I reflect on my recent trip back to my home state while I revel in the beautiful geology of Palo Duro Canyon.

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#palodurocanyonstatepark #roadtrip #geology

Amanda Rea @summitsandstrata.bsky.social · Dec 2

New blog, check it out! It's a quick adventure through Morrill Hall's famous paleontological specimens of Nebraska, including Archie, a 14ft tall Columbian Mammoth that was found by chickens!!

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#mammoth #Nebraska #roadtrip #geology #paleontology #blog

Person holds onto outreached foot of a mammoth statue outside the entrance to a museum.

Amanda Rea @summitsandstrata.bsky.social · Nov 30

a couple of cartoon characters are sitting on a bus and talking to each other .

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Amanda Rea @summitsandstrata.bsky.social · Nov 22

Check out my October blog on #greatsanddunes

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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Hear the Sand Dunes Sing

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Amanda Rea @summitsandstrata.bsky.social · Nov 22

When road tripping south, gotta stop at #greatsanddunesnationalpark

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