Dr Dana Ehret
@drdanaehret.bsky.social
Paleontologist, herpetologist, ichthyologist, curator, adjunct professor. Editor for: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Eastern Paleontologist and The Mosasaur he/him
Second to last paleontology talk of the summer in Voorhees last night! This was number 12 of the season!
August 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Second to last paleontology talk of the summer in Voorhees last night! This was number 12 of the season!
I’ll be giving a virtual talk in addition to my numerous in person talks for the summer library reading program #unearthastory which is #paleontology themed!
July 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I’ll be giving a virtual talk in addition to my numerous in person talks for the summer library reading program #unearthastory which is #paleontology themed!
Happy #FossilFriday ! Here’s a beautiful shark coprolite I just collected last week in the NJ Cretaceous!
June 19, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Happy #FossilFriday ! Here’s a beautiful shark coprolite I just collected last week in the NJ Cretaceous!
Gordon Hubbell passed away. Gordon served on my Ph.D. Committee, opened his house to me weekly to learn from him and donated valuable specimens to the Florida Museum that allowed me to describe Carcharodon hubbelli in his honor. Gordon and Kate were kind, generous people that will be missed greatly!
June 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Gordon Hubbell passed away. Gordon served on my Ph.D. Committee, opened his house to me weekly to learn from him and donated valuable specimens to the Florida Museum that allowed me to describe Carcharodon hubbelli in his honor. Gordon and Kate were kind, generous people that will be missed greatly!
Mike Burns, paleontologist at Jacksonville State University, who worked on ankylosaurs, passed last week. I knew Mike, travelled with him and took him in the field. A nice and funny man who was way too young and will be missed! #paleontology
proze.jsu.edu/u/lp/employe...
proze.jsu.edu/u/lp/employe...
May 17, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Mike Burns, paleontologist at Jacksonville State University, who worked on ankylosaurs, passed last week. I knew Mike, travelled with him and took him in the field. A nice and funny man who was way too young and will be missed! #paleontology
proze.jsu.edu/u/lp/employe...
proze.jsu.edu/u/lp/employe...
Reposted by Dr Dana Ehret
And here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Qt...
May 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
And here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Qt...
Talking #cryptozoology and # fossils today! Two of my favorite things
May 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Talking #cryptozoology and # fossils today! Two of my favorite things
Visited the original carved skull for Haddy, #Hadrosaurus foulkii, at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philly yesterday! #Leidyiswatching #dinosaur
April 21, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Visited the original carved skull for Haddy, #Hadrosaurus foulkii, at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philly yesterday! #Leidyiswatching #dinosaur
Here’s a note from the OG Turtle paleontologist Oliver Perry Hay to the NJ State Geologist in 1906. Hay described a fossil turtle from NJ called Amblypeza entellus. The taxon is no longer valid, it is a jr synonym of Taphrosphys sulcatus, but we still retain the holotype and Hay’s note #Fossilfriday
March 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Here’s a note from the OG Turtle paleontologist Oliver Perry Hay to the NJ State Geologist in 1906. Hay described a fossil turtle from NJ called Amblypeza entellus. The taxon is no longer valid, it is a jr synonym of Taphrosphys sulcatus, but we still retain the holotype and Hay’s note #Fossilfriday
We sent out our Nile Crocodile mount for restoration. It’ll be included in a new upcoming exhibit and needed freshening up!
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
We sent out our Nile Crocodile mount for restoration. It’ll be included in a new upcoming exhibit and needed freshening up!
It’s cold enough for walruses in New Jersey this week! But it wouldn't be the first time! During the Late Pleistocene (over 30,000 years ago) the area that is now New Jersey had walruses! We still dredge their fossils along the coast today.
January 30, 2026 at 2:16 AM
It’s cold enough for walruses in New Jersey this week! But it wouldn't be the first time! During the Late Pleistocene (over 30,000 years ago) the area that is now New Jersey had walruses! We still dredge their fossils along the coast today.
Talking to the DVPS in a few moments online about the Ellisdale fossil site! Since I’m doing it from my office, I can show off some specimens including this large theropod phalanx!
January 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Talking to the DVPS in a few moments online about the Ellisdale fossil site! Since I’m doing it from my office, I can show off some specimens including this large theropod phalanx!
RIP Lungy 😞 I don’t know how old he was but I had him for about 20 years and he was already a good size, I would guess he was at least 30…. He moved with me from Florida to Jersey to Alabama and back to Jersey again
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
RIP Lungy 😞 I don’t know how old he was but I had him for about 20 years and he was already a good size, I would guess he was at least 30…. He moved with me from Florida to Jersey to Alabama and back to Jersey again
Princeton Allosaurus! Giving a departmental lecture today
September 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Princeton Allosaurus! Giving a departmental lecture today
September 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Press Coverage for my latest exhibit: Ecosystems at Risk: Threatened and Endangered in New Jersey! whyy.org/articles/new... #endangered #ecosystems #newjersey
New Jersey State Museum gives flowers to its native flora and fauna
The exhibition highlights the state’s natural habitats and efforts to protect them.
whyy.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Press Coverage for my latest exhibit: Ecosystems at Risk: Threatened and Endangered in New Jersey! whyy.org/articles/new... #endangered #ecosystems #newjersey
This past week a program about Natural History in Quebec came to the NJSM to film about the dinosaurs of Appalachia!
August 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This past week a program about Natural History in Quebec came to the NJSM to film about the dinosaurs of Appalachia!
I didn’t know I was mentioned in this #shark book about the #Megalodon !
July 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I didn’t know I was mentioned in this #shark book about the #Megalodon !
Before and after shots of drawer installation in our #naturalhistory collections #museumlife
June 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Before and after shots of drawer installation in our #naturalhistory collections #museumlife
The New Jersey State Museum is hiring a Curator of Archaeology and Ethnography!
May 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The New Jersey State Museum is hiring a Curator of Archaeology and Ethnography!
#SharkWeek appearance #2 filming completed! Look for me talking about fossil makos this summer!
May 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#SharkWeek appearance #2 filming completed! Look for me talking about fossil makos this summer!
It’s been 5 years since we lost paleobotanist Brian Axsmith to Covid… he was a good friend and I still think of him every time I see a plant fossil
May 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It’s been 5 years since we lost paleobotanist Brian Axsmith to Covid… he was a good friend and I still think of him every time I see a plant fossil