Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Today’s #DailyMastodon is a partial Pacific #Mastodon tusk, found in West Hollywood in 2012. Housed at #NHMLA. Brett Dooley from #WesternScienceCenter for scale. #paleontology
#dailymastodon #mastodon #nhmla #westernsciencecenter #paleontology
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
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Yesterday a team from #WesternScienceCenter conducted exploratory excavations in #Pleistocene sediments at #JoshuaTreeNationalPark (under permit). Among the discoveries was this lower jaw, probably from the extinct llama Hemiauchenia. #FossilFriday #paleontology #camels
#camels #paleontology #fossilfriday #JoshuaTreeNationalPark #pleistocene #westernsciencecenter
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
128 followers · 281 posts · Server mstdn.socialYesterday a team from #WesternScienceCenter conducted exploratory excavations in #Pleistocene sediments at #JoshuaTreeNationalPark (under permit). Among the discoveries was this lower jaw, probably from the extinct llama Hemiauchenia. #FossilFriday #paleontology #camels
#camels #paleontology #fossilfriday #JoshuaTreeNationalPark #pleistocene #westernsciencecenter
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
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Right lower 1st molar from a #packrat (Neotoma sp.) in occlusal view. From the early #Pleistocene of Temecula, California, part of the collection at the #WesternScienceCenter. #FossilFriday #rodent #fossils #paleontology
#paleontology #fossils #rodent #fossilfriday #westernsciencecenter #pleistocene #packrat
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
128 followers · 281 posts · Server mstdn.socialRight lower 1st molar from a #packrat (Neotoma sp.) in occlusal view. From the early #Pleistocene of Temecula, California, part of the collection at the #WesternScienceCenter. #FossilFriday #rodent #fossils #paleontology
#paleontology #fossils #rodent #fossilfriday #westernsciencecenter #pleistocene #packrat
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
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This weekend Western Science Center and Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 will be in Los Angeles at #lacomicon! I’m holding #3dprinted femora of an American mastodon (dark one) and a Pacific mastodon (light one). Visit our display this weekend to find out how these mastodons are different, to see dozens of different California mastodons, and to purchase plushies, fossil replicas, and more!
#mastodon #fossils #pleistocene #iceage #3dprinting #comicon #westernsciencecenter #losangeles #museums
#Museums #losangeles #westernsciencecenter #ComiCon #3DPrinting #iceage #pleistocene #fossils #Mastodon #3dprinted #lacomicon #m3
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
128 followers · 281 posts · Server mstdn.socialThis weekend Western Science Center and Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 will be in Los Angeles at #lacomicon! I’m holding #3dprinted femora of an American mastodon (dark one) and a Pacific mastodon (light one). Visit our display this weekend to find out how these mastodons are different, to see dozens of different California mastodons, and to purchase plushies, fossil replicas, and more!
#mastodon #fossils #pleistocene #iceage #3dprinting #comicon #westernsciencecenter #losangeles #museums
#Museums #losangeles #westernsciencecenter #ComiCon #3DPrinting #iceage #pleistocene #fossils #Mastodon #3dprinted #lacomicon #m3
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
38 followers · 23 posts · Server mstdn.party#Introduction. I’m the holotype Pacific mastodon, hanging out at the #WesternScienceCenter. I talk about whatever I want, which is usually #paleontology, #pleistocene, and #museums. Really anything but #mammoths, which are not worth my time. #MuseumMascot
#introduction #westernsciencecenter #paleontology #pleistocene #museums #mammoths #MuseumMascot
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
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It’s #MastodonMonday! This is a rare #SouthDakota mastodon tooth from the US National Museum collection in Washington. #WesternScienceCenter staff Brittney Stoneburg and Brett Dooley photographed it last week, and we produced the #photogrammetry #3dmodel the next day. We made this model so we can take measurements from it for our mastodon research. #paleontology #fossils #Pleistocene
#pleistocene #fossils #paleontology #3dmodel #photogrammetry #westernsciencecenter #southdakota #mastodonmonday
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
128 followers · 281 posts · Server mstdn.socialIt’s #MastodonMonday! This is a rare #SouthDakota mastodon tooth from the US National Museum collection in Washington. #WesternScienceCenter staff Brittney Stoneburg and Brett Dooley photographed it last week, and we produced the #photogrammetry #3dmodel the next day. We made this model so we can take measurements from it for our mastodon research. #paleontology #fossils #Pleistocene
#pleistocene #fossils #paleontology #3dmodel #photogrammetry #westernsciencecenter #southdakota #mastodonmonday
AltonDooley · @AltonDooley
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A time series of #fossil scallops from Chesapeake Bay. At the bottom is Chesapecten middlesexensis (7.5 million years), at the top is Chesapecten jeffersonius (4.5 million years), and in the middle is an unnamed transitional form (7 million years). From a 2019 exhibit at #WesternScienceCenter. #FossilFriday #Evolution #seashells #mollusks #bivalve
#bivalve #mollusks #seashells #evolution #fossilfriday #westernsciencecenter #fossil