Here he is, Lystrosaurus, the bulldog-walrus-pig-lizards we discovered in our episode on Communism in Antarctica during the Triassic. Isn’t he or she a beauty?

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#antarctica #triassic #podcast

New episode. Finally Ryan tackles communism in Antarctica during the Triassic. Find out what it takes to dig in the polar extremes and meet the bulldog-walrus-pig-lizard that lived there millions of years ago.

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#antarctica #triassic #podcast

On our way to Oregon, Brett and I started the day at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada. Under a shelter are 9 partial skeletons of the giant #Triassic #ichthyosaur Shonisaurus popularis. With a length of up to 15 meters, Shonisaurus was one of the largest known ichthyosaurs. #roadtrip #paleontology #stateparks #fossil

Pebbles.

#pebbles #beach #sea #wave #bubbles #colour #geology #quartzite #tourmalinite #triassic #pangaea #Devon

This #FossilFriday I’m very proud of the work I’m doing on these small #Triassic bits of bone. #fossil

For #FossilFriday I was delivered some new #fòssils to prep. There’s already a bone sticking out. These are from #Triassic #Nevada.

#pterosaurs were flying reptiles, whose ancestors taxonomically split from what would become #dinosaurs around the start of the #Triassic period. Pterosaurs were the first non-insect animals to evolve powered flight.

In our Pterosaur case you can see wing bones which were found in Stonesfield, just a few km from the #museum. There is also a wonderfully preserved Pterosaur claw from #oxford in a case just to the left of the African elephant. Let us know if you find them. Happy #fossil hunting!

One of my favorite projects while running the CMNH prep lab was extracting a small skull from this block of Coelophysis fossils. This was one of the original jackets collected from the first excavation of the now famous Ghost Ranch quarry in New Mexico (Block XII if memory serves). It was prepared over 8 years by long-time CMNH volunteer Dale Zelinski. Dale passed away in 2019 but his work lives on.

#coelophysis #dinosaur #fossil #fossilprep #preparator #triassic #paleontology