Eric Scott
@captainfossil.bsky.social
Vertebrate paleontologist, specializing in Plio-Pleistocene megafauna (horses & bison, mostly), extinctions, etc. He/him. Views my own.
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology is looking for new members for the Communications Committee - and in this age of miscommunication and misinformation, committees like this one are more needed than ever. #2025SVP
SVP Communications
Committee (CommComm) is
recruiting new members! They especially need members with skills in any of the following:
- Video editing
- Micro-blogging (BlueSky for example)
- TikTok and Instagram video content
- Background researchers for video programs
Committee (CommComm) is
recruiting new members! They especially need members with skills in any of the following:
- Video editing
- Micro-blogging (BlueSky for example)
- TikTok and Instagram video content
- Background researchers for video programs
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology is looking for new members for the Communications Committee - and in this age of miscommunication and misinformation, committees like this one are more needed than ever. #2025SVP
The best advice I received back when I gave my first presentation was, "This is your study and you know this subject better than anyone else who might be listening. Relax." It helped. #2025SVP
Many of our student attendees will be giving their first talk or poster this meeting! What advice you give them to help make it the best experience possible?
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The best advice I received back when I gave my first presentation was, "This is your study and you know this subject better than anyone else who might be listening. Relax." It helped. #2025SVP
Pomegranates in our yard. #LazySunday
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pomegranates in our yard. #LazySunday
This is Sasha. She is my heart. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is Sasha. She is my heart. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
Fascinating new study from @arctomet.bsky.social about how differences in parental care (or lack thereof) between Mesozoic dinosaurs and Cenozoic mammals might potentially affect interpretations of species diversity and trophic abundance in ancient communities. 🦖🧪
Bringing up baby: preliminary exploration of the effect of ontogenetic niche partitioning in dinosaurs versus long-term maternal care in mammals in their respective ecosystems
Mesozoic dinosaurs and Cenozoic mammals are often regarded as broadly ecologically equivalent, as they included the majority of medium-to-large-bodied terrestrial vertebrates of their respective eras....
www.italianjournalofgeosciences.it
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Fascinating new study from @arctomet.bsky.social about how differences in parental care (or lack thereof) between Mesozoic dinosaurs and Cenozoic mammals might potentially affect interpretations of species diversity and trophic abundance in ancient communities. 🦖🧪
I didn't know that today was National Sandwich Day when I made this grilled cheese, but what the heck, it'll do. #NationalSandwichDay 🥪
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I didn't know that today was National Sandwich Day when I made this grilled cheese, but what the heck, it'll do. #NationalSandwichDay 🥪
The Museum of the Rockies @museumoftherockies.bsky.social is one of the premier paleontology museums in the western US, routinely producing cutting-edge science and showcasing some truly spectacular fossils. Please consider giving them a follow! 🦖🧪
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Museum of the Rockies @museumoftherockies.bsky.social is one of the premier paleontology museums in the western US, routinely producing cutting-edge science and showcasing some truly spectacular fossils. Please consider giving them a follow! 🦖🧪
Movies in a darkened room on Halloween night: "Cabin in the Woods", "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil", and "The Frighteners". Plus margaritas. 🎃 #HappyHalloween
two men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing a hat that says " beer "
Alt: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing a hat that says " beer "
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Movies in a darkened room on Halloween night: "Cabin in the Woods", "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil", and "The Frighteners". Plus margaritas. 🎃 #HappyHalloween
Happy National Cat Day to all who celebrate from (clockwise from top left) Arya, Buzz, Tigger, Zorro, Boris, and Sasha! (Arya is perched on my back while Sasha is lounging in my lap in this collage, in case you were wondering.) #NationalCatDay #CatsOfBluesky
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Happy National Cat Day to all who celebrate from (clockwise from top left) Arya, Buzz, Tigger, Zorro, Boris, and Sasha! (Arya is perched on my back while Sasha is lounging in my lap in this collage, in case you were wondering.) #NationalCatDay #CatsOfBluesky
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social has just published their "Best Practice Guidelines for Mitigation of Adverse Impacts on Paleontological Resources" for paleontologists around the world who work to recover & conserve fossils threatened by human activities.
vertpaleo.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social has just published their "Best Practice Guidelines for Mitigation of Adverse Impacts on Paleontological Resources" for paleontologists around the world who work to recover & conserve fossils threatened by human activities.
Boris is keeping an eye out for anything that might be happening today on #NationalBlackCatDay ... but so far, nothing much going on. Oh, well, Halloween is in the offing ... #CatsOfBluesky
October 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Boris is keeping an eye out for anything that might be happening today on #NationalBlackCatDay ... but so far, nothing much going on. Oh, well, Halloween is in the offing ... #CatsOfBluesky
The Fossil Finders gets you a front row seat to paleontologists‘ personal fieldwork adventures! This new program is a collaboration between SVP and paleo-Twitch-streaming rockstar @paleontologizing.bsky.social!
You can find Danny’s channel at Twitch.tv/paleontologizing.
#TheFossilFinders
You can find Danny’s channel at Twitch.tv/paleontologizing.
#TheFossilFinders
October 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Boris catching some rays while Buzz catches some Z's. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Boris catching some rays while Buzz catches some Z's. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
Last minute #FossilFriday entry: a fossil onyx slippersnail, Crepidula onyx, from Pliocene deposits in Ventura Co. CA, found on a construction site by my paleontologist wife Kim & currently on display @ the Western Science Center in Hemet, CA as part of their new "Life in the Slow Lane" exhibit! 🧪🐌
October 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Last minute #FossilFriday entry: a fossil onyx slippersnail, Crepidula onyx, from Pliocene deposits in Ventura Co. CA, found on a construction site by my paleontologist wife Kim & currently on display @ the Western Science Center in Hemet, CA as part of their new "Life in the Slow Lane" exhibit! 🧪🐌
More fossil ground sloths for #InternationalSlothDay!
So it's #InternationalSlothDay, so here is a Paramylodon from Big Bone Luck
October 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
More fossil ground sloths for #InternationalSlothDay!
Happy #InternationalSlothDay! To celebrate w/ a paleontology twist, here's a fossilized skull and lower jaw of the extinct Pleistocene (Ice Age) ground sloth Paramylodon harlani, discovered in 2018 during excavation for the LA subway's La Cienega Station. 🧪🦥 #WorldSlothDay #MylodontMonday
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Happy #InternationalSlothDay! To celebrate w/ a paleontology twist, here's a fossilized skull and lower jaw of the extinct Pleistocene (Ice Age) ground sloth Paramylodon harlani, discovered in 2018 during excavation for the LA subway's La Cienega Station. 🧪🦥 #WorldSlothDay #MylodontMonday
It may be #NoKings day today, but Tigger thinks maybe he should be accorded *some* respect, at least, if not be treated like a king himself - which means no photos while he's busy grooming. (That's my side of the bed that he's claimed, BTW.) 🐈 #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
October 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It may be #NoKings day today, but Tigger thinks maybe he should be accorded *some* respect, at least, if not be treated like a king himself - which means no photos while he's busy grooming. (That's my side of the bed that he's claimed, BTW.) 🐈 #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"I used Glyptal throughout."
"I used Glyptal throughout."
"It's good exposure though".
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"I used Glyptal throughout."
"I used Glyptal throughout."
Unsolicited sick pic
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Unsolicited sick pic
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
SVP President @stuartsumida.bsky.social speaks to Open Access Government about the importance of vertebrate paleontology and science in the United States.
www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-importan...
www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-importan...
The importance of palaeontology, Earth history, and science
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology discusses the significance of paleontology, Earth history and science in this insightful opinion piece
www.openaccessgovernment.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
War zone in Portland.
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
War zone in Portland.
“It’s really a tour de force to get such high-quality data out of something so degraded and old.” https://scim.ag/3Ku8SxQ
Ancient DNA from horses slaughtered by Neanderthals sheds light on equine evolution
200,000-year-old genes are oldest ever recovered from open-air site
www.science.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Buzz proudly says he's UP for #Caturday! #CatsOfBluesky
October 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Buzz proudly says he's UP for #Caturday! #CatsOfBluesky