Denver Fowler Ph.D
@denverfowler.bsky.social
Dinosaur behavior, stratigraphy, fieldwork, raptor feet & claws, tyrannosaur toothmarks, ceratopsids, public interaction, open-science. Opinions my own
Curator at Badlands Dinosaur Museum, Dickinson, North Dakota
Curator at Badlands Dinosaur Museum, Dickinson, North Dakota
This last link is to our preparator Steve's Twitch account. He'll be streaming the field report live, and he also stream regularly showing fossil preparation in his home lab with ASMR vibes.
www.twitch.tv/fossilprepar...
www.twitch.tv/fossilprepar...
fossilpreparator - Twitch
Vertebrate Paleontologist, herpetoculterist, Chicagoan by birth (North Dakotan by circumstance). Paleo Laboratory Manager @DickinsonMuseumCenter, STEM education, 3D printing & scanning. Here's a few t...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This last link is to our preparator Steve's Twitch account. He'll be streaming the field report live, and he also stream regularly showing fossil preparation in his home lab with ASMR vibes.
www.twitch.tv/fossilprepar...
www.twitch.tv/fossilprepar...
Here's the City of Dickinson's YouTube page (live stream will also appear here: choose your favourite venue!)
www.youtube.com/@cityofdicki...
www.youtube.com/@cityofdicki...
City of Dickinson - City Hall
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December 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Here's the City of Dickinson's YouTube page (live stream will also appear here: choose your favourite venue!)
www.youtube.com/@cityofdicki...
www.youtube.com/@cityofdicki...
This is a slide in our fieldwork presentation, streaming this Thursday!
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is a slide in our fieldwork presentation, streaming this Thursday!
Dickinson Museum Center Online Gift Shop
Dickinson Museum Center
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November 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Postcard sets are up now too. I really wanted a big range of exclusive merch available for this christmas. We've got a few out there, but we've got lots of cool new ideas in the pipeline, based on specimens and artwork we commissioned.
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Postcard sets are up now too. I really wanted a big range of exclusive merch available for this christmas. We've got a few out there, but we've got lots of cool new ideas in the pipeline, based on specimens and artwork we commissioned.
I made a lot (I run them off on our printer when it's not making exhibits). The detail is really nice -you could probably code characters from these! (I am unreasonably pleased with how well they came out). We're planning on more exclusive merch like this.
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I made a lot (I run them off on our printer when it's not making exhibits). The detail is really nice -you could probably code characters from these! (I am unreasonably pleased with how well they came out). We're planning on more exclusive merch like this.
Here's the link. Proceeds from sales of these magnets goes to our paleo program. Andrey Atuchin gets 12.5% of the Dasp sales too! We've got tshirts, sticker, and hopefully postcards soon in the shop!
www.dickinsongov.com/museum-center
www.dickinsongov.com/museum-center
Museum Center
www.dickinsongov.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Here's the link. Proceeds from sales of these magnets goes to our paleo program. Andrey Atuchin gets 12.5% of the Dasp sales too! We've got tshirts, sticker, and hopefully postcards soon in the shop!
www.dickinsongov.com/museum-center
www.dickinsongov.com/museum-center
This is the third neck bone we have from the pterosaur skeleton now, making it one of the most complete pterosaur skeletons of its kind. It is an Azhdarchoid, probably related to Cryodrakon.
The oviraptor is a caenagnathid of medium to large size. Super exciting!
The oviraptor is a caenagnathid of medium to large size. Super exciting!
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is the third neck bone we have from the pterosaur skeleton now, making it one of the most complete pterosaur skeletons of its kind. It is an Azhdarchoid, probably related to Cryodrakon.
The oviraptor is a caenagnathid of medium to large size. Super exciting!
The oviraptor is a caenagnathid of medium to large size. Super exciting!
Both oviraptors (a bird-like dinosaur) and the flying pterosaurs (related to dinosaurs) had fragile thin-walled bones, so they are rarely preserved. We are really lucky that skeletons are coming out from one of our sites!
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Both oviraptors (a bird-like dinosaur) and the flying pterosaurs (related to dinosaurs) had fragile thin-walled bones, so they are rarely preserved. We are really lucky that skeletons are coming out from one of our sites!
You can read the paper free here:
Deciphering causes and behaviors: A recurrent pattern of tail injuries in hadrosaurid dinosaurs; Bertozzo, Tanke, Conti, Manucci, Arnott, Godefroit, Ruffell, Fowler, Freedman Fowler, Bolotsky, Bolotsky, & Murphy; iScience 113739
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Deciphering causes and behaviors: A recurrent pattern of tail injuries in hadrosaurid dinosaurs; Bertozzo, Tanke, Conti, Manucci, Arnott, Godefroit, Ruffell, Fowler, Freedman Fowler, Bolotsky, Bolotsky, & Murphy; iScience 113739
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Deciphering causes and behaviors: A recurrent pattern of tail injuries in hadrosaurid dinosaurs
Biological sciences; Evolutionary biology; Paleobiology
www.cell.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You can read the paper free here:
Deciphering causes and behaviors: A recurrent pattern of tail injuries in hadrosaurid dinosaurs; Bertozzo, Tanke, Conti, Manucci, Arnott, Godefroit, Ruffell, Fowler, Freedman Fowler, Bolotsky, Bolotsky, & Murphy; iScience 113739
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Deciphering causes and behaviors: A recurrent pattern of tail injuries in hadrosaurid dinosaurs; Bertozzo, Tanke, Conti, Manucci, Arnott, Godefroit, Ruffell, Fowler, Freedman Fowler, Bolotsky, Bolotsky, & Murphy; iScience 113739
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
This new finding adds to our understanding of dinosaur behavior. Although it might seem unintuitive, these battling dinosaurs being injured during reproduction is in keeping with what we see in modern day animals. (art: Troco) /10
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This new finding adds to our understanding of dinosaur behavior. Although it might seem unintuitive, these battling dinosaurs being injured during reproduction is in keeping with what we see in modern day animals. (art: Troco) /10
A key implication is that these injuries should only be sustained by females, so this might be a way to infer the sex of dinosaurs. The inability to infer males & females in dinosaurs has frustrated scientists since study began nearly 200 years ago! (art: Troco) /9
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A key implication is that these injuries should only be sustained by females, so this might be a way to infer the sex of dinosaurs. The inability to infer males & females in dinosaurs has frustrated scientists since study began nearly 200 years ago! (art: Troco) /9
Previously, isolated examples were suggested to be evidence of tyrannosaur attacks, or trampling. The new study suggests a mating injury is most likely. This is supported by the often extensive nature of these injuries, & the occurrence of the injury at the base of the tail /8
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Previously, isolated examples were suggested to be evidence of tyrannosaur attacks, or trampling. The new study suggests a mating injury is most likely. This is supported by the often extensive nature of these injuries, & the occurrence of the injury at the base of the tail /8
The new study combines detailed descriptions of the injured specimens with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) which computer-models how a structure reacts under stress. This showed that the injuries caused to the tail spines were consistent with a force delivered from above. /7
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The new study combines detailed descriptions of the injured specimens with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) which computer-models how a structure reacts under stress. This showed that the injuries caused to the tail spines were consistent with a force delivered from above. /7
A more recently collected Dickinson specimen, "Had Enough", is another of the nine key skeletons in the study. (specimen found by volunteers Stephanie and Samantha Sutton) /6
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A more recently collected Dickinson specimen, "Had Enough", is another of the nine key skeletons in the study. (specimen found by volunteers Stephanie and Samantha Sutton) /6
Here Filippo and Liz look at one of the key skeletons, "Warwick's Duck": on loan at Badlands Dinosaur Museum from Museum of the Rockies for a number of years, and can be seen in the exhibit (found by Warwick Fowler, in 2009). /5
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Here Filippo and Liz look at one of the key skeletons, "Warwick's Duck": on loan at Badlands Dinosaur Museum from Museum of the Rockies for a number of years, and can be seen in the exhibit (found by Warwick Fowler, in 2009). /5
In 2019, Darren Tanke, Filippo Bertozzo, Liz Freedman Fowler, & I met at Badlands Dinosaur museum to look at some exciting new specimens. Dr. Bertozzo proposed a joint study coauthored by paleontologists across the world who had made these same observations of injured tails. /4
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In 2019, Darren Tanke, Filippo Bertozzo, Liz Freedman Fowler, & I met at Badlands Dinosaur museum to look at some exciting new specimens. Dr. Bertozzo proposed a joint study coauthored by paleontologists across the world who had made these same observations of injured tails. /4