Scarcely have I arrived at the airport that I ran into two other paleontologists on their way to #SVP2025 At the risk of sounding goofy, this almost feels like a religious pilgrimmage. I'm stoked

Happy #FossilFriday! Here's an *enormous* ichthyosaur skull from the Triassic of Nevada, USA. This one might be a new species? I was lucky enough to see this at an awesome temporary ichthyosaur exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno a couple months ago. Highly recommended

I would have gotten it in like four fewer guesses, but Metazooa was ❌WRONG❌ about our animal being in a certain subfamily when it actually isn't 🤷🏽‍♂️ 🦫 Animal #829 🐦 I figured it out in 7 guesses! 🟧🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2 metazooa.com #metazooa

It's our LAST STREAM for two weeks, since I'm departing for the UK and #SVP2025 tomorrow! Tune in now for #Paleontology Q&A, a discussion of why scientific conferences are important, and then our usual Thursday BIRDSday festivities twitch.tv/paleontologizing

Looks like we've got a very special interview on today's stream, so tune in now 👀 twitch.tv/paleontologizing

Despite incomplete knowledge, the fossil record is amazing. It's a disturbingly easy thought experiment to imagine living in a world where there's no such thing and we would never know about the existence of trilobites or ichthyosaurs. We're so lucky

Once again I am taking my special traditional role in a malacological conference of being the person who asks bewildered students if they're aware that molluscs have a fossil record 😂

It's SO nice to feel optimistic for once this year. It's been a great day.

Pretty good! I saw a *bunch* of these critters on Sunday, coincidentally enough 😇 🪲 Animal #827 🐲 I figured it out in 3 guesses! 🟨🟨🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.1 metazooa.com #metazooa

Hopefully we won't have *too* many feline eclipses on today's #Twitch stream, especially since we'll be interviewing @fbertpaleo.bsky.social about his new hadrosaur mating evidence paper. Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing for live Q&A, paleontological discussion and science camaraderie

Just finished my poster for #SVP2025

Coulda done better, but four guesses ain't bad 🦫 Animal #822 🐇 I figured it out in 4 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 4 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2 metazooa.com #metazooa

It's a Paleontologizing #Halloween special today! We'll be applying a paleontological perspective to the 'Loch Ness Monster' legend — and talking about a *real life* aquatic monster reptile which plies the Earth's oceans even now 👀 Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing for paleo chat & camaraderie

Well, there go my plans for today's stream

We're now starting our FIRST EPISODE of 'The Fossil Finders,' a new series with @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social and we're interviewing @doublebeam.bsky.social, sauropod & pachycephalosaur expert — and also an old friend of mine — about his fieldwork adventures! Tune in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing

Bringin' that average guess figure down 👇🏽👍🏽 🐡 Animal #821 🦉 I figured it out in 4 guesses! 🟧🟨🟩🟩 🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2 metazooa.com #metazooa

We're having a chill #TurtleTuesday stream on Twitch today, with additional discussion of Liaoningosaurus (they're juveniles!) and whatever else chat wants to talk about. Join the discussion at twitch.tv/paleontologizing

#TwitchCon 2025 last week was a blast — hanging out with other scientist streamers, talking with Twitch staff, and meeting Paleontologizing viewers for the first time — and I'm just now getting a chance to sit down and post some photos. Let me show you what I got up to 👀

HOLY COW, this is awesome! It was wonderful meeting @tehnessa.bsky.social at TwitchCon, and I'm so impressed with this wonderful piece she's painted Check out her animal coloring book art on her profile, too — super cool!

Pretty good! We maybe got a *little* lucky there 😏 🫏 Animal #819 🦈 I figured it out in 3 guesses! 🟨🟨🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2 metazooa.com #metazooa

It's a Fossil News stream today on #Twitch! Join us as we chat about ground sloth diets, duckbill mummies, and dinosaur diversity *right* before the asteroid impact Tune in and join the discussion LIVE @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing

I am SO EXCITED to be starting this new series with @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social! This is going to be an awesome venue for paleontology #SciComm — and it's interactive, too! Join us LIVE to ask @doublebeam.bsky.social questions about his adventures digging dinosaurs in Montana and beyond

Four guesses ain't bad 😏 🐻 Animal #815 🦍 I figured it out in 4 guesses! 🟨🟨🟩🟩 🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 5.3 metazooa.com #metazooa

We've got THREE (3) NEW DINOSAUR TAXA to cover on our #Twitch stream today — Anteavis, Huayracursor, and Brontotholus! Plus we have Thursday BIRDSday later on, so join us for paleontological discussion and science camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing

Four guesses is not too bad! We had a 50/50 shot at getting it in just three guesses, but picked wrong at the end 😅 🐼 Animal #814 🦙 I figured it out in 4 guesses! 🟥🟥🟥🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.4 metazooa.com #metazooa

It's a Q&A-heavy stream today as I continue to catch up after #TwitchCon, so join us and post your best #paleontology questions! twitch.tv/paleontologizing

I'm back from #TwtichCon and saying hello to all the folks I met for the first time there in San Diego as they pop into today's stream! Join us for #paleontology Q&A and natural history camaraderie (including the occasional feline eclipse) at twitch.tv/paleontologizing

ATTENTION: I HAVE MADE LANDFALL IN SAN DIEGO

Today's was a little tricky — but rewarding! 🦤 Animal #806 🐂 I figured it out in 5 guesses! 🟥🟥🟧🟧🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.5 metazooa.com #metazooa

If you're gonna be at #TwitchCon San Diego this year, flag me down and I'll give you some stickers! This year I've got the Paleontologizing logo, as well as a leatherback turtle design I put together to raise awareness about these superlative creatures

It's my *last stream* until I fly out to #TwitchCon tomorrow! Join us for fossil news, viewer Q&A, and paleontological camaraderie twitch.tv/paleontologizing

"Bad flip, crania lost"

In the middle of a dozen other projects, I've been working on a life-sized, 3D-printed vaquita porpoise for @kaseysnow.bsky.social to show off at #TwitchCon 🐬 🤞🏽 Cross your fingers I have enough time to paint it properly before I fly out on Wednesday 🤞🏽

CONGRATS, CARY! Exciting stuff

Not too shabby if I do say so myself 😏 🐧 Animal #801 🦓 I figured it out in 3 guesses! 🟧🟩🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.5 metazooa.com #metazooa

We've got TWO new dinosaur genera to introduce on today's #Twitch stream: ZAVACEPHALE and UTETITAN! Join us for discussion of those two new papers, #paleontology Q&A, and a long-awaited Thursday BIRDSday 🐦📅 twitch.tv/paleontologizing

Catching up with some old friends at Berkeley

The late Dr. Jane Goodall with a wonderful posthumous message. Worth the few minutes! What a treasure.

Bumping this! That's my (very rough) draft logo for the proposed "DAWN OF THE CRETACEOUS Fossil Beds National Monument" 🌅🦖 We're hoping that someday these wonderful and vitally important fossil sites are protected, so we can continue learning what our planet was like in the earliest Cretaceous

Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.

We're digging up more of this dinosaur (Gastonia, not to scale) out here in Utah with @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social and you can tune in and watch the excavation live at ~1pm Pacific @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing

A wind storm *destroyed* our shade tarp setup and made me end the broadcast early, and now I've got a clip of it 💨 Enjoy 💨 www.twitch.tv/paleontologi...

I can't watch this because I'm out in the desert, digging dinosaurs again for two weeks but YOU should watch it and tell me how good it is! www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

MORE CRETACEOUS FIELDWORK! I'm back out in the Cedar Mountain Formation with @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social, digging up dozens of ankylosaurs and streaming each day at 1pm Pacific Tune in @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing to see what we're finding and ask some questions!

I need some new tent stakes for this upcoming round of fieldwork, because the hard Wyoming ground really messed 'em up. Just LOOK at this one

We've got another paleoartist on here now! Tyler just joined Bluesky and his work is quite impressive. Give him a follow!

This is bad news overall, and I worry about its impact on paleontological fieldwork in the region. www.hcn.org/articles/dec...

Not too shabby today 🐋 Animal #778 🐻‍❄️ I figured it out in 5 guesses! 🟧🟨🟩🟩🟩 🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.6 metazooa.com #metazooa

It's our last #Twitch stream until I'm out in the field again this weekend! We're discussing a new fossil genus of leatherback turtle (Ueloca colemanorum!) plus the results of dinosaur extinction on Paleocene landscapes, and a sneak peek of upcoming fieldwork Join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing