NANOTYRANNUS IS BACK, and WE ARE STREAMING ABOUT IT! Join us Tuesday, November 4th, at 8:30 pm Eastern time for all of your questions about NANOTYRANNUS, and why we're all #backinhell after Lindsay Zanno and our very own @jgn-paleo.bsky.social published the paper of the year!

Today's bombshell in @nature.com by Lindsay Zanno & James Napoli @jgn-paleo.bsky.social (bit.ly/4qBE6ng) shows that putative juvvy T. rex fossils actually are Nanotyrannus. I reviewed the manuscript, so Nature invited me to write the News & Views commentary. Free link: rdcu.be/eNv94 🦖

Hi everybody! We are excited to share that we will be streaming the brand new Jurassic World Evolution 3 TOMORROW Oct 21, 830pm ET! Be sure to stop by & check it out with us!

NOW LIVE! Watch at the link in the comments below:

The Skeleton Crew is taking a break from their hiatus to STREAM TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 7th (9 pm to 12 am EDT) to raise awareness of two very important fundraisers in the world of paleontology! Want more details? Check the latest post on our channel page on YouTube!

Journey with the Crew to the pixelated past as we check out the sandbox alpha of the long-awaited Dino Run 2 LIVE on YouTube tonight at 8:30pm Eastern! Special thanks to @pixeljamgames.bsky.social for the opportunity to get our hands on this so early!

Reskeeting this for its lovely artwork (by Henry Sharpe) of a Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur that also depicts its freshly made tracks on wind ripples. 🧪🐾🦖🎨 #sciart

Exciting new research out today in Nature on the evolution of theropod wrist bones by Skeleton Crewmembers James & Alex!! Tune in to our livestream at 8pm et TONIGHT to learn more as we play a topically relevant board game (Wingspan) together! Art by Henry Sharpe; link to paper in the next post.

Forelimb anatomy of Cretaceous pennaraptoran dinosaurs sheds light on the origin of the avian wrist: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶🧪 (📷 @jgn-paleo.bsky.social et al.)

Kicking off #JurassicJune with a new episode of #DINODNA on @jurassicparkpod.bsky.social 🌊 Join me and the amazing Amelia Zietlow @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social to hear about all things Mosasaurus, including what we've seen of the Rebirth version... www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/mosasau...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Mark your calendars: our 10k subscriber livestream, featuring a live ranking of Scorpius followed by Path of Titans, will be THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 11th from 7pm ET! Hope to see you there!

Keep an eye on the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology YouTube channel in 2025. I'm set to lead the committee that controls it and we have some *plans*! In the meantime, I'll always recommend folks check out the wonderful work being done by @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social.

There's a @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social episode where they talk about how researchers said Pachycephalosaurs couldn't have butted heads because they would have gotten brain injuries all the time, until they realized the animals doing it today do it *despite* getting brain injuries all the time.

In addition to having a fabulous operation on YouTube, @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social has a really great store on RedBubble with all kinds of paleontology-themed stickers and diversity color-schemes. www.redbubble.com/people/Skele...

Happy #FossilFriday! Just in time for holiday shopping, we are running a shopping weekend sale (now through Tuesday December 3rd) - 35% off orders of $40 or more! As always, thank you all for your support!!

We're thrilled to share that we were invited by Raw Thrills to take a look at a prototype cabinet for T-REX SAFARI VR ADVENTURE, a new virtual reality experience. We had an absolute blast, and can't wait for everyone to get to go their own dinosaur safari. VIDEO BELOW 👇

Happy #FossilFriday! What the HONK were we doing in Chicago?! We can't wait to share the super special opportunity that brought us all together in the Land of Lincoln - stay tuned!!

Tuning in to today's @skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social JWE2 ranking episode like

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Two new spooky versions of our logo are now up on our Redbubble, for the month of October only!

Huge THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by the livestream & donated to help us help the SVP last night!! Also, thank you again to Fossil Crates - our top donor & winner of the Majungasaurus skull was Logan J., with $350!

Remember to join us TONIGHT from 6pm onwards as we help the SVP raise money to host this year's meeting! The highest donor will be gifted a scale Majungasaurus skull, courtesy of Fossil Crates - the number to beat is currently $100! See you tonight!

Special #FossilFriday announcement: THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6th - join us for a Fundraiser Livestream to support the annual meeting of the SVP, from 6pm onwards! Highest donor will be gifted a scale Majungasaurus skull, courtesy of Fossil Crates! See you there!!

Our other announcement? We got early access to the new Paleo Pines Halloween DLCs!! Tune in to our new video about it on Youtube!

Another new design?! You betcha! This one was partially inspired by SVP's meeting logo this year (& somewhat contributed to one of us needing to get a new computer with a better graphics card...) Catch this & the "Bad" design on our Etsy & Redbubble shops on Monday (Sep. 23)!

Hi everyone! One of our two announcements made on last night's stream is that we'll have two NEW designs coming to our Etsy & Redbubble shops this Monday (Sep. 23)! Here's the first one, quoting a paper on sauropod posture.

🚨🎲TONIGHT AT *9* EASTERN🦖🚨 Join the Crew for dinos, discussion and some *special announcements* LIVE on YouTube tonight!!!

Happy #FossilFriday! This certified Little Guy™ is Compsognathus, a compsognathid (!) coelurosaur dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Europe. This one was fossilized for his crime of herpetocide (murdering an innocent lizard; see police sketch, lower right).

Happy #FossilFriday! Giganotosaurus is known from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It is one of the largest predatory animals to have ever lived (on land!), with some estimates of body length up to 43 feet/13 m.

Hi everyone! We have not one but TWO special announcements today: First, a reminder that we are streaming TONIGHT at 8:30pm ET to celebrate ONE MILLION views! We'll be playing Paleo Pines to check out the new Sarcosuchus friends!! Second........we are opening an Etsy shop!!

Happy #FossilFriday! Did you know? The purpose of the sail of Ouranosaurus is unknown.

Happy #FossilFriday! Did you know how dumb a Corythosaurus looks from the front? Now you do!

HAPPY [HOOONNK] #FOSSILFRIDAY

Happy #FossilFriday! Tsintaosaurus is a lambeosaurine hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China. The most obvious and significant change in our understanding and depiction of its life appearance in recent years is the possibility of a hoof-life nail on its forefeet.

THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by our table at the Midwest Gaming Classic this weekend!! We had a phenomenal time meeting you all (including Liam, who made us this AMAZING artwork!) & are glad to share that our Holotype auction raised $150 for the Carthage Paleo student digs!!

THIS WEEKEND! If you are attending the Midwest Gaming Classic, be sure to stop by our table! We'll have exclusive pins & stickers for sale, a table of fossil replicas, & a paleoart station for kids & adults alike!!

Pasta, anyone? 🍝 Our last new design for the Midwest Gaming Classic was inspired by a Joke that Destroyed one of our recording sessions...and by the Italian restaurants that tend to inhabit midwestern shopping mall food courts 😉

Happy #FossilFriday! Despite the popularity of Ankylosaurus in media, the real animal is known from very few fossils. The complete skull & tail club of one of the best specimens is on display at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC!

We also made sure to include some traditionally popular paleo critters in our MGC lineup! T. rex, ammonite, Smilodon, & a completely revamped Velociraptor!

The next set of MGC designs (two brand new!) all have local ties to Wisconsin! -our first boneless buddy, Calymene, WI's state fossil -the Hebior Mammoth, the first fossil to greet you at the Milwaukee Public Museum -and Torosaurus, who introduces the MPM's Third Planet exhibit

There's only 3 WEEKS until the Midwest Gaming Classic!! We've got lots of fun stuff planned, including a paleoart activity, collaboration with other vendors, & a B o n e T a b l e ! We'll also be selling MGC-exclusive stickers &, for the very first time, pins! See you in MKE!

Happy #FossilFriday! Hybrids are effectively impossible to identify in the fossil record, but we do have at least one possible example: the Jeffersonian mammoth is only found where wooly & Columbian mammoths overlap - it's anatomy suggests that it may be a hybrid of the two!

Happy #FossilFriday! Iguanodon was the second dinosaur species to be scientifically described, & is well know today for its massive thumb spike & as the protagonist of Disney's "Dinosaur"!

Super excited to have some crew at the Burpee Museum (first time for Dalton) for #PaleoFest!! We're enjoying some really great talks and seeing some fantastic exhibits!

Happy #FossilFriday! Did you know? Gigantspinosaurus is named for its Gigantic Spine!

Happy #FossilFriday! It's well-known (& well-meme'd) that enemy-of-the-channel ED Cope incorrectly reconstructed Elasmosaurus with its head on its tail - but have you ever wondered whether there was, perhaps, a justified reason for this mistake? Tune in tomorrow to find out!!

Happy #FossilFriday! Stygimoloch spinifer is a prickly pachycephalosaur from the Hell Creek Formation of North America. Because of it's smaller stature & flattened dome, some paleontologists believe that Stygi are juveniles of Pachycephalosaurus...

We're less than two months (!) away from our FIRST ever IN-PERSON event!! Join us at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, April 5-7! We've got lots of fun activities planned - stay tuned & hope to see you there!