Happy #FossilFriday! #Mosasaurs were a group of predatory marine reptiles that lived during the Late #Cretaceous period. They had long tails for moving through the water, and flippers for steering. The #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit at MOR has two skeletal mounts of mosasaurs.
July 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! #Mosasaurs were a group of predatory marine reptiles that lived during the Late #Cretaceous period. They had long tails for moving through the water, and flippers for steering. The #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit at MOR has two skeletal mounts of mosasaurs.
Super late #FossilFriday #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit! Now you don't see it, now you do! #ichnology, #tracefossils #paleontology 75 million year old crab tracks from the Two Medicine Formation!
Happy #FossilFriday! Finding fossil tracks in the field can be a challenge without good lighting. MOR 1082, the fossil tracks of a Cretaceous horseshoe crab, stand out when the light is right.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Super late #FossilFriday #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit! Now you don't see it, now you do! #ichnology, #tracefossils #paleontology 75 million year old crab tracks from the Two Medicine Formation!
#FossilFriday, Toothy McToothers here is currently on exhibit in #CretaceousCrossroads. Its a holotype too, which is pretty cool. #paleontology
Happy #FossilFriday! This is the skull of Nakanonectes (MOR 3072), one of the last plesiosaurs to cruise the Western Interior Seaway in the Cretaceous Period. With a mouth full of needle-like teeth, it ate small fish and cephalopods. #[bit.ly/4sp4wIE
April 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
#FossilFriday, Toothy McToothers here is currently on exhibit in #CretaceousCrossroads. Its a holotype too, which is pretty cool. #paleontology
#FossilFriday #Hypacrosaurusstebingeri skull (holotype), currently on exhibit in #CretaceousCrossroads was 3D scanned as part of MOR's ongoing digitization of paleo-collections. Fun animation below. #paleontology #dinosaurs
Happy #FossilFriday! #Hypacrosaurus stebingeri was a large, crested #hadrosaur (duck-billed #dinosaur) from the Upper #Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of #Montana. The fossils of adults and juveniles of this hadrosaur reveal how its bones changed as it grew. #Paleontology
February 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
#FossilFriday #Hypacrosaurusstebingeri skull (holotype), currently on exhibit in #CretaceousCrossroads was 3D scanned as part of MOR's ongoing digitization of paleo-collections. Fun animation below. #paleontology #dinosaurs
Gorgeous #tyrannosaur. Sign me up for a cast Denver! Would love to figure out a place for it in #CretaceousCrossroads! #paleontology
Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype skull full-size reconstruction. Went on display in our exhibit hall (Badlands Dinosaur Museum) Sept 2025. The nicest Daspletosaurus skull reconstruction I think. Casts possibly available in 2026. #dinosaurs #fossils #fossilfriday
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Gorgeous #tyrannosaur. Sign me up for a cast Denver! Would love to figure out a place for it in #CretaceousCrossroads! #paleontology
Had a blast on @paleonerdspod.bsky.social it was fun traveling down memory lane. Did a LOT of name-dropping. Talked some Burpee history, Jane, Nanotyrannus & plenty of @museumoftherockies.bsky.social . #CretaceousCrossroads overview & more!
✨️ NEW! EPISODE 98! ✨️
Ray and Dave interview field paleontologist ⛏️ and Senior Director of Exhibitions at the Museum of the Rockies whose work has helped uncover major Late Cretaceous fossils Including the famous tyrannosaurid, “Jane.”
🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/scot...
Ray and Dave interview field paleontologist ⛏️ and Senior Director of Exhibitions at the Museum of the Rockies whose work has helped uncover major Late Cretaceous fossils Including the famous tyrannosaurid, “Jane.”
🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/scot...
May 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Had a blast on @paleonerdspod.bsky.social it was fun traveling down memory lane. Did a LOT of name-dropping. Talked some Burpee history, Jane, Nanotyrannus & plenty of @museumoftherockies.bsky.social . #CretaceousCrossroads overview & more!
#FossilFriday- new #pachycephalosaur #Brontotholusharmoni (MOR 480), named by @doublebeam.bsky.social after the late, create MOR Chief Preparator Bob Harmon! #Paleontology #dinosaurs. Holotype is on exhibit in #CretaceousCrossroads at MOR!
Happy #FossilFriday! Meet Brontotholus harmoni (MOR 480), a new pachycephalosaurid from the Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Named after former MOR Chief Preparator Bob Harmon. Bronotoholus was named this week in a @ZoolJLinnSoc paper by MSU alumnus @doublebeam and colleagues.
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
#FossilFriday- new #pachycephalosaur #Brontotholusharmoni (MOR 480), named by @doublebeam.bsky.social after the late, create MOR Chief Preparator Bob Harmon! #Paleontology #dinosaurs. Holotype is on exhibit in #CretaceousCrossroads at MOR!
Happy #FossilFriday! #Sturgeons evolved in the #Cretaceous. This remarkably preserved Priscosturion(#MOR1184) is a fossil sturgeon discovered in the body cavity of a Brachylophosaurus. See #Priscosturion, #Brachylophosaurus, and more in the #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit at MOR.
August 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! #Sturgeons evolved in the #Cretaceous. This remarkably preserved Priscosturion(#MOR1184) is a fossil sturgeon discovered in the body cavity of a Brachylophosaurus. See #Priscosturion, #Brachylophosaurus, and more in the #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit at MOR.
#FossilFriday! MOR has been doing a ton w/3D scanning & printing over the last year or so. Several new prints will be in our #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit opening this coming summer!
Happy #FossilFriday! MOR Exhibit Specialist, Brian Helms, is surface scanning a duck-billed #dinosaur (#MOR2844) humerus from the #Cretaceous Judith River Formation (~77 mya). This #fossil will join many others in MOR’s upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads Exhibit opening Summer 2025!
December 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
#FossilFriday! MOR has been doing a ton w/3D scanning & printing over the last year or so. Several new prints will be in our #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit opening this coming summer!
Happy #FossilFriday! The #dinosaurs at #MOR are preparing for the upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit! Here, the lower jaw of #Daspletosaurus horneri (#MOR590), a #tyrannosaur from the Two Medicine Formation in #Montana, undergoes conservation in the #fossil prep lab.
January 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! The #dinosaurs at #MOR are preparing for the upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit! Here, the lower jaw of #Daspletosaurus horneri (#MOR590), a #tyrannosaur from the Two Medicine Formation in #Montana, undergoes conservation in the #fossil prep lab.
Happy #FossilFriday! MOR Exhibit Specialist, Brian Helms, is surface scanning a duck-billed #dinosaur (#MOR2844) humerus from the #Cretaceous Judith River Formation (~77 mya). This #fossil will join many others in MOR’s upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads Exhibit opening Summer 2025!
December 13, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! MOR Exhibit Specialist, Brian Helms, is surface scanning a duck-billed #dinosaur (#MOR2844) humerus from the #Cretaceous Judith River Formation (~77 mya). This #fossil will join many others in MOR’s upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads Exhibit opening Summer 2025!
Happy #FossilFriday! #Troodon was one of the first named #dinosaurs from North America. This week MSU Paleontologist David Varricchio & team unveiled new Troodon #fossils, including this upper jaw. See a 3D printed Troodon in the new #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit @ MOR in July!
May 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! #Troodon was one of the first named #dinosaurs from North America. This week MSU Paleontologist David Varricchio & team unveiled new Troodon #fossils, including this upper jaw. See a 3D printed Troodon in the new #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit @ MOR in July!
Last week, gave a tour to County Music Star #BradPaisley! Super cool guy, big dinosaur nut! Saw #SUETheTrexExperience, Hall of Horns & Teeth, Paleo Collection & upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit. Was brilliant at IDing dino-fossils! So good I offered him a Docent job :) Talked comic books too!
🎸 Big dinos, bigger stars! 🦖
We had a blast giving Brad Paisley a behind-the-scenes paleontology tour at #MuseumoftheRockies! 🦴💥 Turns out, Brad’s a fossil fan too and excels at ID’ing fossils! Plan your own prehistoric adventure today.
#BradPaisley #Paleontology
We had a blast giving Brad Paisley a behind-the-scenes paleontology tour at #MuseumoftheRockies! 🦴💥 Turns out, Brad’s a fossil fan too and excels at ID’ing fossils! Plan your own prehistoric adventure today.
#BradPaisley #Paleontology
May 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Last week, gave a tour to County Music Star #BradPaisley! Super cool guy, big dinosaur nut! Saw #SUETheTrexExperience, Hall of Horns & Teeth, Paleo Collection & upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit. Was brilliant at IDing dino-fossils! So good I offered him a Docent job :) Talked comic books too!
#FossilFriday #CretaceousCrossroads is almost here! TONS of things to discover in this exhibit- Two Medicine, Judith River, Bearpaw frms! Daspletosaur, Maiasaura, Troodon, Orodromeus, ceratopsid & ducky skulls, a couple o mosasaurs & a LOT of microverts!! Opens July 2nd!! #Dinosaurs #paleontology
Happy #FossilFriday! While the Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation is known for its dinosaur fossils, other organisms including lizards, turtles, fish and crocodilians are also found in its ecosystem. Come learn more about the Two Medicine Formation at the Cretaceous Crossroads exhibit opening!
June 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
#FossilFriday #CretaceousCrossroads is almost here! TONS of things to discover in this exhibit- Two Medicine, Judith River, Bearpaw frms! Daspletosaur, Maiasaura, Troodon, Orodromeus, ceratopsid & ducky skulls, a couple o mosasaurs & a LOT of microverts!! Opens July 2nd!! #Dinosaurs #paleontology
Celebrated my 8th year @museumoftherockies.bsky.social . Started as the #Paleontology Lab & Field Specialist, Post-Covid became Director of Exhibitions & Planetarium. Brought in amazing exhibitions & upgrades to Taylor Planetarium. #CretaceousCrossroads is next! lotsa #dinosaurs coming!
April 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Celebrated my 8th year @museumoftherockies.bsky.social . Started as the #Paleontology Lab & Field Specialist, Post-Covid became Director of Exhibitions & Planetarium. Brought in amazing exhibitions & upgrades to Taylor Planetarium. #CretaceousCrossroads is next! lotsa #dinosaurs coming!
Happy #FossilFriday! #Fossils are fragile and need special care if they go on display. This week, to prepare for #CretaceousCrossroads, Fossil Preparator Laurie (left) and Planetarium and Exhibits Specialist Ryanne (right) are cavity mounting a #crocodile skull and #turtle shell.
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! #Fossils are fragile and need special care if they go on display. This week, to prepare for #CretaceousCrossroads, Fossil Preparator Laurie (left) and Planetarium and Exhibits Specialist Ryanne (right) are cavity mounting a #crocodile skull and #turtle shell.
Doing smell/scent tests for upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit. There will be an interactive that has some "smells" of the Cretaceous. Here's are the names of the scents I am currently sampling- 1) Rotting Decay 2) Sulfur 3) Charred Corpse 4) Hell 5) Pine 6) Barnyard Manure. Office REEKS. LOL
a shirtless man is crying in a bathroom next to a shelf with bottles of perfume .
ALT: a shirtless man is crying in a bathroom next to a shelf with bottles of perfume .
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December 4, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Doing smell/scent tests for upcoming #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit. There will be an interactive that has some "smells" of the Cretaceous. Here's are the names of the scents I am currently sampling- 1) Rotting Decay 2) Sulfur 3) Charred Corpse 4) Hell 5) Pine 6) Barnyard Manure. Office REEKS. LOL
#FossilFriday fun fact- #CretaceousCrossroads, many of the exhibits MOR develops/installs, has #MontanaStateUniversity students working on it. @ryannestoddard.bsky.social is one of the "paleo-students" I have working on it & also the incoming #DeadLizardsSociety Student Paleo-Club President.
Happy #FossilFriday! #Fossils are fragile and need special care if they go on display. This week, to prepare for #CretaceousCrossroads, Fossil Preparator Laurie (left) and Planetarium and Exhibits Specialist Ryanne (right) are cavity mounting a #crocodile skull and #turtle shell.
May 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#FossilFriday fun fact- #CretaceousCrossroads, many of the exhibits MOR develops/installs, has #MontanaStateUniversity students working on it. @ryannestoddard.bsky.social is one of the "paleo-students" I have working on it & also the incoming #DeadLizardsSociety Student Paleo-Club President.
#FossilFriday #Maiasaura #TwoMedicineFormation. The #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit (opening mid-summer 2025 will feature Maia prominently! Mounted adult skeletal cast, babies, nests, eggs, augmented reality, and maia poop! Smell stations....wonderful...
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#FossilFriday #Maiasaura #TwoMedicineFormation. The #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit (opening mid-summer 2025 will feature Maia prominently! Mounted adult skeletal cast, babies, nests, eggs, augmented reality, and maia poop! Smell stations....wonderful...