Winifred got a pigs ear from her neighbor aunties for Christmas. First one ever, she seemed pretty excited about it.

More Jenny volcano action plz m.youtube.com/watch?v=1nN_...

Tad the Christmas succulent gets bedazzled with mosasaur ornaments AS IS TRADITION

I was nearly killed in a car wreck here back in 2003. I make every effort to avoid this place now

Traffic was mental this afternoon

It's the 11th day of THAT FISH it's the stupid Xiphactinus at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, which I got to poke around on a bit while working on making exhibits for their renovation project.

Working on a secret project at home base while listening to a lot of Sugar. Am I crazy or does the guitar on this sound just like something Superchunk would come up with? youtu.be/0RK1xIdcopo

On the 10th day of THAT FISH is present the stupid Xiphactinus that's on display at the Science Museum of Minnesota, which is got to inspect over beers at SVP in 2024. It's an old panel mount that needs some updates, but nice enough Beverages always make dealing with this fish much more enjoyable

This sweater is extremely not well-made. As opposed to me who is just extremely not well-adjusted.

Better than the emotional scars I have from @geopetalfabric.bsky.social and @maryanningsrevenge.bsky.social 's NSFW episode on bird milk that I indulged in while driving across Wyoming this summer www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUzr...

On the 9th day of THAT FISH, it's time for CARL the stupid Xiphactinus. This ugly fish was discovered in late 2021 by Cassi Knight, scouting an outcrop we had been over about 6 years prior. Erosion works fast in the chalk and this dismembered head has beautiful teeth, incl 3 in the premax (rare).

As a Detroiter I’m so happy someone is finally going to rid us of Toledo That’s what they get for making all those crappy Jeeps

OK back on track for the 8th day of THAT FISH I present to you the difference between stupid Xiphactinus and Chad Ichthyodectes when they exist at about the same size! These lower jaws of 8-footish long fish display just how different these ichthyodectids are in shape and toothiness.

Whoops, I can count I promise! For the 6th day of THAT FISH we feature a cardboard Xiphactinoggin that I made from scratch in my garage. From memory. To scale. New Idiot Dog was not amused

For the 7th day of THAT FISH is Spitfire, a little Xiphactinus that I found about 5 minutes into my morning one day last fall. We collected it that day since a few well placed cow hooves could have destroyed it if we left it out. Though that may have solved a few problems for me...

These pterosaur cervical vertebrae always remind me of cute little bears

😲 Pterosaur discovery Alert‼️David Braswell found pterosaur vertebrae in ~82 million-year-old (Cretaceous) marls of Harrell Station Paleontological Site in Alabama at a trip I organized for the Alabama Paleo Society! These are now the first pterosaur vertebrae in UA's fossil collection. #FossilFriday

For the 5th day of THAT FISH I present all of the Xiphactinus I've found in 2025 for #FossilFriday! The first one, an exploded skull, will be recovered sometime later next year. The rest I either left in place or were donated to a museum. 🧪🐟

On the 4th day of THAT FISH I present NIA, the front half of a giant stupid Xiphactinus that I found at the end of 2016 I was policing up a bunch of sites that my boss had found while he was busy digging up a scrappy "juvenile Pteranodon" which turned out to be an almost complete Ichthyornis...

Dog is getting chemo so i am cooling my jets at the wife's office. Digging the historic paleoart that were used in textbooks years ago.

On the 4th day of THAT FISH we have God Damnit Ruth Anne I stumbled across this beauty in 2014 early in the field season in the low Niobrara. She's just a dismembered head and pec fin set, but that's how these fish are commonly found as the heavy bony ends drop off the rotting carcass and sink

On the 3rd day of THAT FISH, we have PICKLES the stupid Xiphactinus. Here's the front of the skull jacket, with the white part on the left the part that was just starting to erode out

As someone whose grandfather was ALSO shot in the leg during the Battle of the Bulge, this makes me wonder if he enjoyed this during that winter Spoiler, he never made ANY of the food he had during his time in Europe again, and specifically forbade SOS to be eaten by any of us

It was a good day building a Tyrannosaurus skull print in my garage listening to 90s indie deep dives but then Pandora had to ruin it with an ice recruitment ad. youtu.be/p8heCttqF3E

This pic looks like an entry for a "people who look like their pets" contest that did well. 8-)

For the second day of THAT FISH, here's a specimen that a lot of people have seen though they might not know it This stupid Xiphactinus was the star of the Prehistoric River Monsters episode, where we dug it up under the watchful eye of Jeremy and the film crew

I'm a day late getting this started, but how about "celebrating" the 12 days of THAT fish: Stupid Xiphactinus We begin with the first mounted skeleton at KU, supervised by Samuel Williston back in the very late 1800s. I can't tell who seems grumpier

Happy #FossilFriday from this dinky Saurornitholestes tooth that I found in the Judith River Formation. Now if only I could find a whole raptor attached to one of these someday.

Great, now I got this album stuck in my head

People always just LOVE my powerpoints

Populating my talk for tomorrow with lots of pics and I already miss Kansas fieldwork

Heads up COS: I'll be doing another Talk Nerdy at Fossil Craft Beer on 12/10 @7pm Boop Snoot Riot: is a fishy whodunnit from the depths of Kansas takes a deep dive into the strange fossil poop made entirely of crunched shells have been found in one spot of the Kansas chalk. See you there!

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Tyrannosaurus rex Triceratops Brachiosaurus Mosasaurs Stupid Xiphactinus

Holy shit, and exhibit i made for our museum made it on as a clue on Jeopardy!

I'm pretty sure we haven't heard the last word on the Texas Nessie skull

Now just how would you feel to be rejected by a shark?

Happy #FossilFriday from the plioplatecarpine modasaurs from the Niobrara! Selmasaurus is so dinky compared to the others. Not pictured: Latoplatecarpus who is out in the display hall.

A little more detail work to go before photos, but I wanted to compare Winnie to a manual restoration of Cap'n Chuck that I did 15 years ago. Winnie is LARGE but im happy with both of these weirdos. Plesioplatecarpus in front, Platecarpus in back.

Blog updated with details of the Deinosuchus schwimmeri reconstruction project. That's one big croc! rmdrc.blogspot.com/2025/12/king...

Blog updated with details of the Deinosuchus schwimmeri reconstruction project. That's one big croc! rmdrc.blogspot.com/2025/12/king...

I've been swamped all year with major scale and tricky reconstructions for museums. Here's some of what's been keeping me going, in no particular order Dub Narcotic Sound System Gits Built to Spill Underworld Lambrini Girls Appleseed Cast Tricky KMFDM Babes in Toyland and of course the Afghan Whigs

To celebrate the holidays, the 3d department made a bunch of Mini Winnies to decorate with. #MosasaurMonday

To celebrate the holidays, the 3d department made a bunch of Mini Winnies to decorate with. #MosasaurMonday

How it started vs. How it's going, #MosasaurMonday edition from Winnie! The first full scale skull prototype is ready for assembly and I can't wait to show it off, along with all of her weird facial trauma. This 86 my old Plesioplatecarpus was found just this past spring in the Niobrara of KS 🧪

This should really be titled “Franklin Learns About Backblast the Hard away”

New Idiot Dog had some much fun making people pet her at the brewery last night, that she is now on nap #4 for the day. On her head is Pete the Dimetrodon, keeping her safe

Weather goes to shit tomorrow so New Idiot Dog made it out for some yardwork

Thanksgiving is over so our local flock of 20 turkeys is out and about. There was a tiny runt of a turklet this year that all the neighbors named "Jeff". He's still kicking!

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen: 1) Wesley Willis and the Fiasco 2) Reverend Horton Heat 3)Afghan Whigs 4) Hum 5) They Might be Giants

I roasted my first turkey today! Only 2 of us so I dismembered the lower half for later. Winnie is gonna get so many leftovers.