Chris Widga · @zygoloph
112 followers · 99 posts · Server mastodon.socialWonderful to see my colleague at the #GrayFossilSite, Laura Emmert, profiled in @nature! There are few specimens that we excavate that are as technically challenging to get out of the ground and put back together as our large herbivores (#rhino #mammut). She does a fantastic job!
#grayfossilsite #rhino #mammut #paleontology #scienceworks #careers
Chris Widga · @zygoloph
39 followers · 44 posts · Server mastodon.social
Introduction. I'm the head curator at the #GrayFossilSite, #ETSU. I do #paleontology of #quaternary #mammals like extinct #proboscideans (mastodons...err... #Mammut). #Bison and #mammoth too, but only on Thursdays.
I'm fascinated with the #paleoecology of places around me--whether #GreatPlains and #prairies or high elevation #Appalachian #GrassyBalds.
My past life in #archaeology pops up quite often--whether the origins of North American #dogs or #megafaunal #extinctions.
#grayfossilsite #etsu #paleontology #Quaternary #mammals #proboscideans #mammut #bison #mammoth #paleoecology #greatplains #prairies #appalachian #grassybalds #archaeology #dogs #megafaunal #extinctions