#FossilFriday The Dimetrodon mount for the @NMNH prior to its installation
September 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
#FossilFriday The Dimetrodon mount for the @NMNH prior to its installation
🐯🐾🦥🐴🐘🐪 For #FossilFriday, a fantastic mount from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Fossils. The Smilodon on display — specimen v10928 — is a composite skeleton sourced from the La Brea Tar Pits, CA.
#pleistocene #smilodonfatalis #citizenscience
Skull photo credit NMNH
#pleistocene #smilodonfatalis #citizenscience
Skull photo credit NMNH
August 1, 2026 at 2:23 AM
🐯🐾🦥🐴🐘🐪 For #FossilFriday, a fantastic mount from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Fossils. The Smilodon on display — specimen v10928 — is a composite skeleton sourced from the La Brea Tar Pits, CA.
#pleistocene #smilodonfatalis #citizenscience
Skull photo credit NMNH
#pleistocene #smilodonfatalis #citizenscience
Skull photo credit NMNH
I signed some copies when I swung through the NMNH the other week!
Spotted @restingdinoface.bsky.social in the wild (at the Smithsonian).
July 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I signed some copies when I swung through the NMNH the other week!
Belated #FossilFriday! Here's "the Nation's Tyrannosaurus rex", USNM 555000 (formerly MOR 555) and Hatcher the Triceratops (USNM 500000) @NMNH
July 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Belated #FossilFriday! Here's "the Nation's Tyrannosaurus rex", USNM 555000 (formerly MOR 555) and Hatcher the Triceratops (USNM 500000) @NMNH
I love dinoramas.
Ceratosaurus snuffling at a Stegosaurus carcass in a NMNH display.
Ceratosaurus snuffling at a Stegosaurus carcass in a NMNH display.
June 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I love dinoramas.
Ceratosaurus snuffling at a Stegosaurus carcass in a NMNH display.
Ceratosaurus snuffling at a Stegosaurus carcass in a NMNH display.
How long before they come for evolution at NMNH? I can’t.
March 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How long before they come for evolution at NMNH? I can’t.
Pachycephalosaurus sold at auction donated to NMNH, will be on display next week
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Smithsonian Acquires Exceptionally Complete Skull of Iconic Dome-Headed Dinosaur
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December 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Pachycephalosaurus sold at auction donated to NMNH, will be on display next week
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Triceratops in lush, dense forest of Late Cretaceous western North America - mural for Deep Time exhibition at NMNH (Julius Csotonyi)
March 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Triceratops in lush, dense forest of Late Cretaceous western North America - mural for Deep Time exhibition at NMNH (Julius Csotonyi)
Hans was always kind to me when we’d meet at SVP and generous when I’d interview him. I’ll never forget a NMNH tour where he brought out the Ceratosaurus holotype because he knew I’d love it. What sad news.
Very sad to hear about the passing of Dr. Hans Sues. His last work was the description of Tyrannoroter heberti. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 24, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Hans was always kind to me when we’d meet at SVP and generous when I’d interview him. I’ll never forget a NMNH tour where he brought out the Ceratosaurus holotype because he knew I’d love it. What sad news.
July 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#fossilfriday Sqalicorax body fossil from NMNH
June 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
#fossilfriday Sqalicorax body fossil from NMNH
The Smithsonian's NMNH is accepting applications for various fellowships for graduate students and postdocs. Projects using NMNH resources are encouraged. For details: https://fellowships.si.edu/SIFP #postdoc
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)
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September 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Smithsonian's NMNH is accepting applications for various fellowships for graduate students and postdocs. Projects using NMNH resources are encouraged. For details: https://fellowships.si.edu/SIFP #postdoc
Crocodile relative Macelognathus raids an Allosaurus nest on Late Jurassic forest floor to capture a hatchling - mural for Deep Time exhibition at NMNH (Julius Csotonyi)
March 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Crocodile relative Macelognathus raids an Allosaurus nest on Late Jurassic forest floor to capture a hatchling - mural for Deep Time exhibition at NMNH (Julius Csotonyi)
kicking myself for not taking a better photo of the display W79 the last time I went by NMNH in Albuquerque
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
kicking myself for not taking a better photo of the display W79 the last time I went by NMNH in Albuquerque
A portrait sketch a portrait of Diplodocus hallorum based on the skeletal mount at the NMNH. As pointed out by Tess Gallagher, studies like this are a good reminder of how bizarre sauropods probably looked at certain angles.
#paleoart
#paleoart
October 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A portrait sketch a portrait of Diplodocus hallorum based on the skeletal mount at the NMNH. As pointed out by Tess Gallagher, studies like this are a good reminder of how bizarre sauropods probably looked at certain angles.
#paleoart
#paleoart
Should really go to NMNH, since it’s literally on the Mall, IMO.
June 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Should really go to NMNH, since it’s literally on the Mall, IMO.
Three #Tyrannosaurus skulls of @SUEtheTrex of @FieldMuseum, USNM 555000 of @NMNH, and Tufts Love rex of @burkemuseum. The skull differences in these three T.rex specimens is amazing! #dinosaurs #paleontology #FossilFriday
September 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Three #Tyrannosaurus skulls of @SUEtheTrex of @FieldMuseum, USNM 555000 of @NMNH, and Tufts Love rex of @burkemuseum. The skull differences in these three T.rex specimens is amazing! #dinosaurs #paleontology #FossilFriday
For an upcoming #molluscmonday, an NMNH feature on the Iron Scaly Footed Snail Chrysomallon squamiferum! A cool feature on Iron SNAILS,-the Scaly footed snail! Chrysomallon squamiferum by our resident department postdoctoral scholar Melissa Betters! ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/i...
Meet the Metal Snail from the Bottom of the Ocean
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February 20, 2026 at 8:45 PM
For an upcoming #molluscmonday, an NMNH feature on the Iron Scaly Footed Snail Chrysomallon squamiferum! A cool feature on Iron SNAILS,-the Scaly footed snail! Chrysomallon squamiferum by our resident department postdoctoral scholar Melissa Betters! ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/i...
Feeling grateful this holiday season for starting a new postdoc at NMNH using phenomics to study drivers of #freshwatermussel #plasticity
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Feeling grateful this holiday season for starting a new postdoc at NMNH using phenomics to study drivers of #freshwatermussel #plasticity
Please place your bets...
Probability in the Pleistocene:
Origins and Antiquity of Native American Dice, Games of Chance, and Gambling🏺🧪
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Shows dice, games of chance, and gambling were a feature of Native American culture from 12 kya
Probability in the Pleistocene:
Origins and Antiquity of Native American Dice, Games of Chance, and Gambling🏺🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Shows dice, games of chance, and gambling were a feature of Native American culture from 12 kya
April 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Please place your bets...
Probability in the Pleistocene:
Origins and Antiquity of Native American Dice, Games of Chance, and Gambling🏺🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Shows dice, games of chance, and gambling were a feature of Native American culture from 12 kya
Probability in the Pleistocene:
Origins and Antiquity of Native American Dice, Games of Chance, and Gambling🏺🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Shows dice, games of chance, and gambling were a feature of Native American culture from 12 kya
Your weekend reading: Native American dice. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
April 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Your weekend reading: Native American dice. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
If you see this, post a bird
I hope this counts (drawn from the raven skeleton at NMNH)
I hope this counts (drawn from the raven skeleton at NMNH)
July 6, 2024 at 12:24 AM
If you see this, post a bird
I hope this counts (drawn from the raven skeleton at NMNH)
I hope this counts (drawn from the raven skeleton at NMNH)
The snab! I always love to visit Opabinia, an old friend, at the NMNH. And thanks to @jopabinia.bsky.social and colleagues, we now know about two equally-wonderful relatives of this Burgess Shale classic. 🧪
June 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The snab! I always love to visit Opabinia, an old friend, at the NMNH. And thanks to @jopabinia.bsky.social and colleagues, we now know about two equally-wonderful relatives of this Burgess Shale classic. 🧪