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#fossilfriday
Here's a skull of the tyrannosaur Bistahieversor from the late cretaceous of New Mexico. On display at thr New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque.
#newmexicomuseumofnaturalhistoryandscience
#tyrannosaur
#prehistoricnewmexico
#cretaceous
1 day ago
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#museummonday
life amongst the mangrove roots (magnified several times life size). On display at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville.
#floridamuseumofnaturalhistory
#mangroves
#florida
#marinelife
5 days ago
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The fifth and final installment of
#maystodon2026
. These foot prints were made by a mastodon (or gophothere) near the town of Barstow, California around 15 million years ago. On display at the Raymond Alf Museum of Paleontology, Claremont.
#fossilfriday
#raymondalfmuseum
#mastodon
#footprints
8 days ago
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#throwbackthursday
part of what used to be ice age Lake Manix. Taken on a museum field trip, San Bernardino County, California 2010.
#iceage
#lake
#prehistoriccalifornia
#sanbernardinocounty
9 days ago
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#museummonday
recreated excavation of a Native American pueblo. Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
#maxwellmuseumofanthropology
#universityofnewmexico
#nativeamerican
#pueblo
12 days ago
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Fourth installment of
#maystodon2026
. A partial skull of an American mastodon found along the Kansas River. On display at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence.
#fossilfriday
#universityofkansasnaturalhistorymuseum
#prehistorickansas
#mastodon
15 days ago
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#museummonday
tule elk along the Kern River near Taft, California. On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
#naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty
#California
#tuleelk
#wildlife
19 days ago
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Third installment of
#maystodon2026
is the skull of the middle miocene Miomastodon. Was on display at the Oregon Muaeum of Science and Industry, Portland (don't if it still is).
#fossilfriday
#oregonmuseumofscienceandindustry
#mastodon
#prehistoricoregon
22 days ago
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#throwbackthursday
A pair of polar bears play underwater. San Diego Zoo, California, 2012.
#sandiegozoo
#California
#polarbears
#arctic
23 days ago
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#museummonday
a coyote chases a rabbit in Columbia Gorge. Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, the Dalles, Oregon.
#columbiagorgediscoverycenter
#thedalles
#oregon
#wildlife
26 days ago
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Second installment of
#maystodon2026
. A crushed skull and tusks of an American mastodon found in Prescott Valley, Arizona. On display at the Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott.
#fossilfriday
#sharlothallmuseum
#prehistoricarizona
#mastodon
29 days ago
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#throwbackthursday
tufa towers along the shore of Mono Lake. Tufa only forms underwater, so we can only see these because the lake level has dropped. Mono Basin National Scenic Area, California, 2013.
#monolake
#California
#geology
#lake
about 1 month ago
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#museummonday
skull of a beaked whale (can't remember the species) next to a sperm whale jaw. Used to be on display at the California Academy of Sciences, San Fransisco, California, 2018.
#californiaacademyofsciences
#sanfrancisco
#beakedwhale
#marinemammal
about 1 month ago
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Welcome to
#maystodon2026
. For our first installment is the female Pacific mastodon from Rancho la Brea. On display at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Los Angeles, California.
#labreatarpitsandmuseum
#losangeles
#prehistoriccalifornia
#mastodon
about 1 month ago
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#throwbackthursday
one of the tour boats gets ravaged by a Dilophosaurus during the breakout. The old Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, California, 2013.
#jurassicpark
#jurassicparktheride
#universalstudios
#hollywood
about 1 month ago
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#museummonday
Stewart Island diorama. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Colorado.
#denvermuseumofnatureandscience
#newzealand
#wildlife
#marinemammals
about 1 month ago
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#fossilfriday
skull of an ice age peccary found in Denver, Colorado. On display at History Colorado Center (also in Denver).
#historycoloradocenter
#prehistoriccolorado
#iceage
#peccary
about 1 month ago
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#throwbackthursday
a petroglyph believed to depict a macaw on rocks outside of Albuquerque. Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico, 2018.
#petroglyphnationalmonument
#newmexico
#parrot
#nativeamerican
about 1 month ago
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#museummonday
fish of the Gulf. Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, Texas, 2023.
#corpuschristimuseumofscienceandhistory
#corpuschristi
#gulfofmexico
#fish
about 2 months ago
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#fossilfriday
skeleton of the wolf-sized bone crushing dog Aelurodon stirtoni. This was in the old fossil hall. On display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.
#smithsonian
#nationalmuseumnaturalhistory
#dog
#prehistoricnebraska
about 2 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
a couple of alligators chilling in "Florida's Amazon", Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, 2017.
#fakahatcheestrandpreserve
#florida
#alligator
#swamp
about 2 months ago
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#fossilfriday
adult and juvenile skulls of the boomerang-headed amphibian Diplocaulus from the famous Permian Red Beds of Oklahoma. On display at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman.
#permian
#samnoblemuseumofnaturalhistory
#prehistoricoklahoma
#redbeds
about 2 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
a 20 mule team wagon (actually more like a 18 mule 2 horse team wagon). Death Valley National Park, California, 2007
#deathvalleynationalpark
#california
#history
#wagon
about 2 months ago
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#fossilfriday
a skull of the coyote-sized Oligocene dog Mesocyon. Found in the John Day formation of Oregon. On display at the Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene.
#oregonmuseumofnaturalandculturalhistory
#universityoforegon
#prehistoricoregon
#dog
2 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
the old Carnotaurus model at the Natural History Musem of Los Angeles County, California, 2006
#naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty
#dinosaur
#carnotaurus
#mesozoic
2 months ago
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#museummonday
a grizzly bear forages along a stream in a coastal rainforest. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, Canada.
#royalbritishcolumbiamuseum
#victoriabc
#grizzlybear
#rainforest
2 months ago
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Finishing off
#mammothmarch2026
is a skeleton of the now defunct Jefferson's mammoth (Mammuthus jeffersoni). On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.
#universityofnebraskastatemuseum
#prehistoricnebraska
#mammoth
#fossilfriday
2 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
a Scutosaurus as some roadside dinosaur park we stumbled across in Oregon (sometime in the early 2000s).
#oregon
#dinosaurpark
#scutosaurus
#prehistory
2 months ago
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Third installment of
#mammothmarch2026
a cast of a Columbian mammoth footprint found at the Carson City Prison, Nevada. On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California.
#fossilfriday
#naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty
#prehistoricnevada
#mammoth
3 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
Andean condor, Los Angeles Zoo, California
#losangeleszoo
#losangeles
#California
#andeancondor
3 months ago
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#museummonday
seabirds on their spring migration, Seward Penninsula, Alaska. On display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Colorado.
#denvermuseumofnatureandscience
#Colorado
#Alaska
#seabirds
3 months ago
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#mammothmarch2026
for the second installment we have the tusk and teeth of Carnegie, found 19 miles southwest of Cleburne, Texas in 1981. On display at the Layland Museum of History, Cleburne.
#mammothmarch
#laylandmuseumofhistory
#cleburnetx
#mammoth
3 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
The cleanest elephant in the world. She's been in that shower for 71 years! The Jungle Cruise, Disneyland, California, 2014.
#disneyland
#California
#junglecruise
#elephant
3 months ago
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#museummonday
the entrance hall at the Mayborn Museum, Waco, Texas
#maybornmuseum
#bayloruniversity
#Waco
#tyrannosaurusrex
3 months ago
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Welcome to the first installment of
#mammothmarch2026
kicking things off is this skull of a Columbian mammoth from Anza Borrego, California. On display in the Visitor Center, Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
#fossilfriday
#mammothmarch
#anzaborregodesertstatepark
#prehistoriccalifornia
3 months ago
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#fossilfriday
skull of an early Miocene camel from Cajon Pass, California. On display at the San Bernardio County Museum, Redlands.
#sanbernardinocountymuseum
#prehistoriccalifornia
#camel
#miocene
3 months ago
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#fossilfriday
skeleton of a soft shell turtle. On display at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville.
#floridamuseumofnaturalhistory
#prehistoricflorida
#turtle
4 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
mantis shrimp at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, California, 2010.
#cabrillomarineaquarium
#California
#mantisshrimp
#marinelife
4 months ago
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#fossilfriday
type specimen (specimen used to name a new species) of Pteranodon sternbergi. On display at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hayes, Kansas.
#sternbergmuseumofnaturalhistory
#pterosaur
#pteranodon
#mesozoic
4 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, 2009
#lassenvolcanicnationalpark
#lassenpeak
#volcano
#california
4 months ago
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#museummonday
the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry display at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Shot this at SVP back in 2016.
#naturalhistorymuseumofutah
#saltlakecity
#jurassic
#dinosaurs
4 months ago
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#fossilfriday
a front leg if the giant camel Gigantocamelus (which may or may not be valid). I really had to crouch to get the whole thing in frame. On display at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence.
#universityofkansas
#naturalhistorymuseum
#prehistorickansas
#camel
4 months ago
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#museummonday
a Channel Island gray fox lounges by the beach next to an old Native American midden. Scene: San Nicholas Island, California. On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
#naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty
#californiachannelislands
#grayfox
#wildlife
4 months ago
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#fossilfriday
skull of an extinct beak whale from the Pliocene of southern California. Used to be on display at the San Diego Natural History Museum (took this in 2003 with my first ever digital camera, a mere 2 mp).
#sandiegonaturalhistorymuseum
#prehistoriccalifornia
#beakedwhale
#marinemammal
4 months ago
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#throwbackthursday
the Barstow Syncline, Rainbow Basin Natural Area, Barstow, California, 2013. Taking on one of the field trips i used to do with the San Bernardino County Museum.
#rainbowbasinnaturalarea
#barstow
#miocene
#geology
5 months ago
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#fossilfriday
skeleton of the chunky early miocene oreodont Merycochoerus. On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.
#universityofnebraskastatemuseum
#prehistoricnebraska
#oreodont
#miocene
5 months ago
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Swimming hippo, San Diego Zoo, California, 2003.
#sandiegozoo
#sandiego
#california
#hippo
#hippopotamus
5 months ago
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#fossilfriday
: this funsize terror is Dallasaurus. It is considered one of the earliest mosasaurs in North America. Found in Dallas County, Texas and on display at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas.
#perotmuseumofnatureandscience
#prehistorictexas
#mosasaur
#marinereptile
5 months ago
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#fossilfriday
since im at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County i thought I'd post something from there. Lower jaw of Allison's sea cow (Dioplotherium allisoni). 15 Mya, found in Laguna Hills, California.
#naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty
#losangeles
#prehistoriccalifornia
#seacow
6 months ago
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#museummonday
antique oil rig, ca. 1925. On display at the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas. Though I don't know for how much longer...
#panhandleplainshistoricalmuseum
#panhandle
#plains
#museum
#canyontx
#texas
#texashistory
#oil
#oilrig
6 months ago
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