#PaleoFest2026 #PaleoFest talks are starting soon. Don't forget to axolotl questions!
March 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
#PaleoFest2026 #PaleoFest talks are starting soon. Don't forget to axolotl questions!
@paleeoguy.bsky.social with some refreshing proactive problem-solving proposals for improving and formalizing paleo field and lab skills training.
#PaleoFest2026
#PaleoFest2026
March 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
@paleeoguy.bsky.social with some refreshing proactive problem-solving proposals for improving and formalizing paleo field and lab skills training.
#PaleoFest2026
#PaleoFest2026
I can’t make it to #PaleoFest2026 this year, but the wonderful @paleobyliam.bsky.social is transporting two small sculptures of mine I’m donating to the Burpee Museum for the auction at this weekends event. Faux metallic painted wall-hanging casts, here‘s a peek #sciart
March 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I can’t make it to #PaleoFest2026 this year, but the wonderful @paleobyliam.bsky.social is transporting two small sculptures of mine I’m donating to the Burpee Museum for the auction at this weekends event. Faux metallic painted wall-hanging casts, here‘s a peek #sciart
March 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Also for #PaleoFest2026, look for my wall-hanging mini-bust of a famous Chicago zoo gorilla, now taxidermied @ FMNH
www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/bushman...
Please bid this up at the weekend auction to benefit the Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois
#SciArt 🦍
Painted plaster cast
www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/bushman...
Please bid this up at the weekend auction to benefit the Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois
#SciArt 🦍
Painted plaster cast
March 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Also for #PaleoFest2026, look for my wall-hanging mini-bust of a famous Chicago zoo gorilla, now taxidermied @ FMNH
www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/bushman...
Please bid this up at the weekend auction to benefit the Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois
#SciArt 🦍
Painted plaster cast
www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/bushman...
Please bid this up at the weekend auction to benefit the Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois
#SciArt 🦍
Painted plaster cast
Missed opportunity at #PaleoFest2026. Had I thought to bring this I could have started by having @arctomet.bsky.social & @jgn-paleo.bsky.social sign it and started collecting tyrannosaur workers autographs!
March 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Missed opportunity at #PaleoFest2026. Had I thought to bring this I could have started by having @arctomet.bsky.social & @jgn-paleo.bsky.social sign it and started collecting tyrannosaur workers autographs!
#PaleoFest2026 speaker:
Mary Droser, U of C, Riverside
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
Mary Droser, U of C, Riverside
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
February 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
#PaleoFest2026 speaker:
Mary Droser, U of C, Riverside
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
Mary Droser, U of C, Riverside
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
At the Burpee Museum of Natural History #PaleoFest2026 this weekend visiting Jane and all the scientists, some of our former staff, and even a couple Sternberg Camps students in attendance!
March 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
At the Burpee Museum of Natural History #PaleoFest2026 this weekend visiting Jane and all the scientists, some of our former staff, and even a couple Sternberg Camps students in attendance!
#FossilFriday make plans if you’re able to attend #PaleoFest2026, @ Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois
Looks like it’ll be another outstanding event! Please bid up this Alioramus altai mini-bust wall-hanging I made for auction during the weekend to benefit this small but mighty regional museum ❤️🦖
Looks like it’ll be another outstanding event! Please bid up this Alioramus altai mini-bust wall-hanging I made for auction during the weekend to benefit this small but mighty regional museum ❤️🦖
March 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
#FossilFriday make plans if you’re able to attend #PaleoFest2026, @ Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois
Looks like it’ll be another outstanding event! Please bid up this Alioramus altai mini-bust wall-hanging I made for auction during the weekend to benefit this small but mighty regional museum ❤️🦖
Looks like it’ll be another outstanding event! Please bid up this Alioramus altai mini-bust wall-hanging I made for auction during the weekend to benefit this small but mighty regional museum ❤️🦖
Dr. Thomas Holtz, University of Maryland
“A Small State with Some Big Dinosaurs: Maryland in the Mesozoic”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“A Small State with Some Big Dinosaurs: Maryland in the Mesozoic”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Dr. Thomas Holtz, University of Maryland
“A Small State with Some Big Dinosaurs: Maryland in the Mesozoic”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“A Small State with Some Big Dinosaurs: Maryland in the Mesozoic”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
#PaleoFest2026 Speaker:
Madelyn Turala, East Tennessee State University
“Estimating body size of extinct crocodilians based on skeletal remains ”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
Madelyn Turala, East Tennessee State University
“Estimating body size of extinct crocodilians based on skeletal remains ”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
February 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
#PaleoFest2026 Speaker:
Madelyn Turala, East Tennessee State University
“Estimating body size of extinct crocodilians based on skeletal remains ”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
Madelyn Turala, East Tennessee State University
“Estimating body size of extinct crocodilians based on skeletal remains ”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
John Moretti, University of Texas
“Exploration of water caves in central Texas reveals previously unknown aspects of the Ice Age animal community”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“Exploration of water caves in central Texas reveals previously unknown aspects of the Ice Age animal community”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
John Moretti, University of Texas
“Exploration of water caves in central Texas reveals previously unknown aspects of the Ice Age animal community”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“Exploration of water caves in central Texas reveals previously unknown aspects of the Ice Age animal community”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
At @jgn-paleo.bsky.social opening talk for #PaleoFest2026. There's a certain poetry that a large part of the evidence for Nanotyrannus' validity involved it giving us all the finger.
March 7, 2026 at 1:02 AM
At @jgn-paleo.bsky.social opening talk for #PaleoFest2026. There's a certain poetry that a large part of the evidence for Nanotyrannus' validity involved it giving us all the finger.
Reg Sprigg, explorer and Geologist, is on Australia's hundred dollar bill.
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Reg Sprigg, explorer and Geologist, is on Australia's hundred dollar bill.
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Galcarius utahensis, earliest known:therizinosaurian
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Galcarius utahensis, earliest known:therizinosaurian
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
#PaleoFest2026 speaker:
Courtney Sprain, University of Florida
“T-Rex and the Crater of Doom?”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
Courtney Sprain, University of Florida
“T-Rex and the Crater of Doom?”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
February 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
#PaleoFest2026 speaker:
Courtney Sprain, University of Florida
“T-Rex and the Crater of Doom?”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
Courtney Sprain, University of Florida
“T-Rex and the Crater of Doom?”
March 6-8, 2026 Burpee Museum Rockford, Illinois, USA
burpee.org/paleofest/le...
Evolutionary changes to therizinosaurians over time.
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Evolutionary changes to therizinosaurians over time.
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
First PaleoFest speaker of the morning:
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
First PaleoFest speaker of the morning:
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Willie Friemuth, North Carolina State University
"Utah’s Sister Sickle-Makers: paleobiological insights from two therizinosaurian bonebeds”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Does tooth count change during growth?
Dr. James Napoli: “Nanotyrannus lethaeus: how new evidence revealed Rockford’s own tyrannosaur species was hiding in plain sight”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.
Dr. James Napoli: “Nanotyrannus lethaeus: how new evidence revealed Rockford’s own tyrannosaur species was hiding in plain sight”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.
March 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Does tooth count change during growth?
Dr. James Napoli: “Nanotyrannus lethaeus: how new evidence revealed Rockford’s own tyrannosaur species was hiding in plain sight”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.
Dr. James Napoli: “Nanotyrannus lethaeus: how new evidence revealed Rockford’s own tyrannosaur species was hiding in plain sight”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.
#PaleoFest2026 continues to reinforce how CT scanning technologies are revolutionizing paleontology research. We desperately need to make this technology more accessible to more researchers without such prohibitive associated financial costs!
March 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#PaleoFest2026 continues to reinforce how CT scanning technologies are revolutionizing paleontology research. We desperately need to make this technology more accessible to more researchers without such prohibitive associated financial costs!
Dr. James Napoli: “Nanotyrannus lethaeus: how new evidence revealed Rockford’s own tyrannosaur species was hiding in plain sight” all about one of our favorite dinosaurs, Jane!
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.
March 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Dr. James Napoli: “Nanotyrannus lethaeus: how new evidence revealed Rockford’s own tyrannosaur species was hiding in plain sight” all about one of our favorite dinosaurs, Jane!
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Rockford, Illinois, USA.
Fatima Husain, MIT
“Eukaryotic life from a Snowball Earth analogue environment on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“Eukaryotic life from a Snowball Earth analogue environment on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Fatima Husain, MIT
“Eukaryotic life from a Snowball Earth analogue environment on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“Eukaryotic life from a Snowball Earth analogue environment on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Her kids when she started working the site, and now, still working it... just the tip of the iceberg
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Her kids when she started working the site, and now, still working it... just the tip of the iceberg
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Mary Droser
“Animals, Sediments, Slime, Muck and Goo: The Record of Earth’s Early Animals and their Environments with Implications for Discovering Life Elsewhere”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
Dr. Kelsey Arkle
“Applying a Modern Analog Technique to Foraminifera to Track Neogene Paleo-Water Depths of the Southern Basin in Trinidad”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“Applying a Modern Analog Technique to Foraminifera to Track Neogene Paleo-Water Depths of the Southern Basin in Trinidad”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
March 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Dr. Kelsey Arkle
“Applying a Modern Analog Technique to Foraminifera to Track Neogene Paleo-Water Depths of the Southern Basin in Trinidad”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum
“Applying a Modern Analog Technique to Foraminifera to Track Neogene Paleo-Water Depths of the Southern Basin in Trinidad”
#PaleoFest2026 #BurpeeMuseum