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Another fun day digging up fossils!! Check out the material on that killer point.

Gorgeous fossil leaves from Oregon! My trip home was AMAZING and it included checking out the paleontology collections and the @mnch_uo exhibits. These fossil leaves are from the Eocene (~50 million yrs old) of the Willamette Valley, western Oregon. ⁣ ⁣ 2: Beautiful teeth from an early toothed whale discovered on the Oregon coast. The exact ID is still in the works. ⁣ ⁣ 3: The skull of the bone-crushing dog Tephrocyon. This extinct dog lived ~15 million years ago and is from the John Day Fossil Beds. ⁣ ⁣ 4: Giant salmon vertebrae from the Miocene of central Oregon. ⁣ ⁣ 5: Brontothere jaw (extinct rhino-like mammal ) from the late Eocene of eastern Oregon. I went to summer camps in this area as a kid! ⁣ ⁣ 6: Needles from Metasequoia, the dawn redwood tree. This conifer is the state fossil of Oregon! ⁣ ⁣ 7: The skeleton of an oreodont (sheep-pig-camel mammal) from the John Day Fossil Beds NM. ⁣ ⁣ 8: GIANT SPIKE-TOOTHED SALMON! Yes, Oregon really had salmon that big back 12-5 million years ago! Artwork by @ray.troll and sculpture by @staabstudios ⁣ ⁣ 9: And dinosaurs! The current traveling exhibit at @mnch_uo is called “Dinosaurs Take Flight” and highlights Archaeopteryx specimens. ⁣ ⁣ 10: Fossil map of Oregon by @ray.troll on display at @mnch_uo. I highly recommend checking out this museum if you ever have the chance. I volunteered here during high school and college and it’s a truly incredible place. Huge thanks to the museum and the faculty & students who made #WAVP2019 possible! ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #prehistoric#Oregon#paleontology#Cenozoic#PNW#miocene#megafauna#whale#evolution#eocene#museumlife#fossils#dinosaur#archaeopteryx#salmon#naturalhistory#scicomm#palaeontology#geologyrocks⁣⁣ ⁣

Okaaaaay......so remember when we said sarcosuchus was the biggest?.......we may have been wrong thanks to Purussaurus all artwork does not belong to dinogen #paleontology #dinosaurs #fossil #prehistoric #palaeontology #dinosauria #triassic #jurassic #cretateous #tyrannosaurusrex #triceratops #stegosaurus #theropod #spinosaurus #sauropod #crocodile #purussaurus #bigcroc

190 million year old “ gem of an ammonite ,” from the JurassicCoast! Yesterday’s fossil walk group (family)really stuck at the sieving well done to them great effort . See us @brandonfossils #fossil#minerals#unusual#fossils#jurassic#prehistoric#fossilhunter#jurassiccoast#ammonite#lymeregis#ammonites#palaeontology#fossilcollector#lymeregisbeach#fossilbeach#sievingsunday

Jurassic Coast wonderful waterfall washing of my “new” 180 million year old ammonite find ! Expertly filmed by the camera person . See more beautiful fossil bearing nodules @brandonfossils #fossil#unusual#beachcombing#fossils#jurassic#prehistoric#fossilcollector#geologyrocks#ammonite#naturalwonders#lymeregis#ammonites#palaeontology#fossilcollector#fossiloftheday#beautifulstream

A little pyrite prom I found today on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset UK often the center's are covered with a small piece of mudstone which can be easily removed. #ammonites #ammonite #fossil #fossils #fossilhunting #fossilcollection #pyrite #jurassic #jurassiccoast #pyriteammonite #geology #palaeontology #minerals #shells #stones #foolsgold #beautiful #beachcombing #dinosaurs #lymeregis #charmouth #dorset

Nearly finished the body for the juvenile T. rex! I intend this to go with Scotty. . . . . . #wip #dinosaur #dinoart #sciart #dinosaurs #paleoart #traditonalart #sculpting #sculpt #sculpture #clay #polymerclay #sculpey #supersculpey #modelmaking #modelkit #garagekit #palaeontology #paleontology #jurassicpark #jurassicworld #tyrannosaurusrex #tyrannosaurus #nanotyrannus

Seems appropriate to celebrate #fossilfriday that happens to coincide with #goodfriday with Palaeolagus haydeni, an extinct genus of lagomorph (rabbit) that lived between 40-23 million years ago (Eocene-Oligocene) across North America and Asia. This extinct species was originally described in the mid 1850s and this particular specimen comes from the White River Badlands in Wyoming. Swipe left for a reconstruction. For those that celebrate Easter (and those that don’t) enjoy your Friday and the following weekend wherever you are. Salute! Image credit: Didier Descouens. Scale: specimen is 16.5 cm across. #palaeontology #palaeobiology #fossils #archiveearth #timetraveler #deeptime #rabbit #lagomorph #oligocene #eocene #easter #fossilfriday #bunnyfromthebadlands

It’s #fossilfriday! Let’s celebrate by meeting a new early lineage of crab from the mid-Cretaceous (~95 Ma) of Colombia and the United States. These relatively small crustaceans had a strange mosaic of body parts - including large compound eyes, a spindle-shaped body, leg-like mouth parts and large oar-like legs that represent the earliest known adaptations in crabs for active swimming. The strange mix of features suggest this animal retained larval traits into adulthood - a developmental process called pedomorphosis. Swipe left to see reconstructions of this crazy little chimera! Original Source: Luque, J. 2019. Science Advances 5, no. 4, eaav3875 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3875; Reconstruction by Oksana Vernygora, University of Alberta #palaeontology #palaeobiology #crab #chimera #crustacea #archiveearth #timetraveler #cretaceous #pedomorphosis #evolution #new #lineage #columbia #treasure #fossilfriday