Go out there and get you a #paleontologist! ⚒️🫶🥰 (‘cause nothing says “I love you” like paleo puns and comic sans 😌)

Which one(s) are you sending to your Valentine? 🤔

#ValentinesDay #Valentines #Paleontology #Geology #Puns #Fossil #Love

Did you know #mosasaurs can be World Record holders? Well, if you visit the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, you’ll meet Bruce, the 13 meter-long, #worldrecord holder for largest mosasaur on display!🥇🏆

(The largest published mosasaur is ~17 meters long 😮)

#FossilFriday #Paleontology #Education

This #FossilFriday we’re looking at some late #Neogene sharks from the central East Coast of the US, including teeth from a baby Otodus megalodon, a Carcharhinid shark, and a Hemipristis serra! 🦈

#shark #sharkweek #fossil #otodusmegalodon #teeth #science #paleontology #naturalhistory #beach

Going to be in the DC area tomorrow? You might have a chance of running into us if you stop by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History… say hi if you spot us! 👀

#Museum #Smithsonian #WashingtonDC #NaturalHistory #Paleontology #NationalMall #Geology #Fossils #Prehistoric

Just felt it needed to be said that Tiffany Turrill’s take on Pakicetus should be referred to as “cutie patootie”, “good boy”, or “water puppy.” That is our official scientific opinion.

No questions or criticism accepted 😌

#whale #earlywhale #paleontology #eocene #doggo #cutiepatootie #pakicetus

TORTOISE? 🐢 On this lovely #FossilFriday???

Allow us to introduce: #Hesperotestudo, the giant tortoises of the #Miocene to the #Pleistocene!

#fossil #tortoise #turtle #paleontology #paleontologist #americanmuseum #naturalhistory #ammh #naturalscience #earthscience #museum #research #scicomm

There’s a very good reason T. rex wasn’t a seafarer…🦖 🌊

The subject of this week’s #FossilFriday is a (mostly reconstructed) jaw of #Mosasaurus hoffmanni, the largest #lizard 🦎 to ever live on earth! Compare it to the #Tyrannosaurus #jaw Matt is holding below! 😮

#mosasaur #paleontology #museum

On this fine #FossilFriday, allow us to introduce you to the giant #Moa - a group of #extinct, flightless birds from New Zealand belonging to the genus Dinornis!

The largest moa species were 12 ft tall and weighed ~510 lb! Watch out Sesame Street, cause that’s a BIG bird 🐥

#paleo #naturalhistory

Two naturalists in the Big Apple?🍎 Now that just doesn’t seem right…but NATURAL SCIENCE IS EVERYWHERE! Even in NYC

Matt & Max spent last week at @natural-history.bsky.social doing research in the collections and exploring the urban geology, wildlife, & more of NYC

#paleo #naturalscience #research

Matt and Max take SVP! It was our first SVP, in fact! 🦖🦕🦣
We laughed, we learned, we cried, and we TORE IT UP on the dance floor🕺🏼

BIG shout out to all the new friends we made and old ones we saw again!

#SVP #paleontology #conference #dinosaurs #mosasaurs #mammals #science #naturalhistory #fossils

Ever wonder how YOU can get involved in paleontology? Matt talks about a few ways to do so in this video caption! ⚒️

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How do you get involved in paleo in your community? Let's share ideas in the comments! 💪

#paleontology #geology #fossil #excavation #citizenscience