Maxwell Miles Candlen
@candlenmm.bsky.social
Paleontology student researcher at the New York State Museum, lead author of The Podokesaurus Project (@podokesauruspro.bsky.social)
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Fun fact: the fire that destroyed Podokesaurus also took with it one of the few casts of Rhomaleosaurus. Mount Holyoke *allegedly* had a complete collection of Ward’s fossil casts, all of which was destroyed except for the Megatherium.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fun fact: the fire that destroyed Podokesaurus also took with it one of the few casts of Rhomaleosaurus. Mount Holyoke *allegedly* had a complete collection of Ward’s fossil casts, all of which was destroyed except for the Megatherium.
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We’re in Japan for the month, so we’re in Fukui checking out the current goings-on, including their fantastic special exhibition on theropods!
October 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
We’re in Japan for the month, so we’re in Fukui checking out the current goings-on, including their fantastic special exhibition on theropods!
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Hey, guys, so it turns out the Spinosaurus holotype wasn’t blown into oblivion, the Germans just sent it to Japan under the shroud of night! #paleosky
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Hey, guys, so it turns out the Spinosaurus holotype wasn’t blown into oblivion, the Germans just sent it to Japan under the shroud of night! #paleosky
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Freya has been busy prepping a Jurassic plant from Massachusetts that we collected a few weeks ago; most of this was covered when we found it. She’ll need the practice for when we find CT Valley bones🤞 #PaleoSky
August 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Freya has been busy prepping a Jurassic plant from Massachusetts that we collected a few weeks ago; most of this was covered when we found it. She’ll need the practice for when we find CT Valley bones🤞 #PaleoSky
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Spent the day at Yale checking out Connecticut Valley fossils, Coelophysis, and the oldest surviving dinosaur fossil found in the western hemisphere (2nd pic.) We also got Raising Cane’s for the first time. #paleosky
July 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Spent the day at Yale checking out Connecticut Valley fossils, Coelophysis, and the oldest surviving dinosaur fossil found in the western hemisphere (2nd pic.) We also got Raising Cane’s for the first time. #paleosky
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Getting help with the analysis
June 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Getting help with the analysis
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Happy #DinosaurDay to you and yours!
If Mignon Talbot were here to celebrate, she’d probably say: “Where am I? How did I get here?”
If Mignon Talbot were here to celebrate, she’d probably say: “Where am I? How did I get here?”
June 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Happy #DinosaurDay to you and yours!
If Mignon Talbot were here to celebrate, she’d probably say: “Where am I? How did I get here?”
If Mignon Talbot were here to celebrate, she’d probably say: “Where am I? How did I get here?”
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Making some interesting breakthroughs in interpreting Podok’s dorsal verts. Thinking we’re seeing them from a different perspective than previously thought, + some internal features not before appreciated
May 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Making some interesting breakthroughs in interpreting Podok’s dorsal verts. Thinking we’re seeing them from a different perspective than previously thought, + some internal features not before appreciated
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Thanks again to Mount Holyoke for allowing us to present some of our in-progress Podokesaurus revision. The first new science on the species in almost 60 years!
May 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thanks again to Mount Holyoke for allowing us to present some of our in-progress Podokesaurus revision. The first new science on the species in almost 60 years!
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We’ll be giving a short talk at Mount Holyoke this Thursday, in celebration of their new Podokesaurus exhibit. We will be sharing our latest anatomical observations and phylogenetic results that you won’t be able to hear anywhere else!
April 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We’ll be giving a short talk at Mount Holyoke this Thursday, in celebration of their new Podokesaurus exhibit. We will be sharing our latest anatomical observations and phylogenetic results that you won’t be able to hear anywhere else!
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Preliminary phylogenetic analysis recovers Podokesaurus as a… podokesaurid (and I’m not telling what that means)
April 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Preliminary phylogenetic analysis recovers Podokesaurus as a… podokesaurid (and I’m not telling what that means)
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We’re at the AMNH this week visiting Podok’s cousin, Coelophysis. Featuring Freya with a large slab and me with my favorite bone: the pubis from the original type series of C. longicollis.
March 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We’re at the AMNH this week visiting Podok’s cousin, Coelophysis. Featuring Freya with a large slab and me with my favorite bone: the pubis from the original type series of C. longicollis.
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Help us look for Podokesaurus-bearing rocks!
Volunteer sign-up for our first exploratory field trip is live, just fill out the form below (or contact us directly if you don’t have a Google account):
docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
Volunteer sign-up for our first exploratory field trip is live, just fill out the form below (or contact us directly if you don’t have a Google account):
docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
March 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Help us look for Podokesaurus-bearing rocks!
Volunteer sign-up for our first exploratory field trip is live, just fill out the form below (or contact us directly if you don’t have a Google account):
docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
Volunteer sign-up for our first exploratory field trip is live, just fill out the form below (or contact us directly if you don’t have a Google account):
docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
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First Podokesaurus Project Exploratory Field Trip to be announced soon, going to be looking for volunteers. Keep your eyes on this space if you’re interested…
March 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
First Podokesaurus Project Exploratory Field Trip to be announced soon, going to be looking for volunteers. Keep your eyes on this space if you’re interested…
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2/22 and 2/23 ONLY you can come and see our Podokesaurus model (and us) at the New York State Museum’s Rock and Fossil Fun Fair!
February 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
2/22 and 2/23 ONLY you can come and see our Podokesaurus model (and us) at the New York State Museum’s Rock and Fossil Fun Fair!
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Approved to visit Dinosaur State Park and the American Museum of Natural History next month, to see their Podokesaurus casts, but also all the incredible Coelophysis material at the AMNH!
Pic of the original Mount Holyoke cast for S&G:
Pic of the original Mount Holyoke cast for S&G:
February 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Approved to visit Dinosaur State Park and the American Museum of Natural History next month, to see their Podokesaurus casts, but also all the incredible Coelophysis material at the AMNH!
Pic of the original Mount Holyoke cast for S&G:
Pic of the original Mount Holyoke cast for S&G:
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Fans of Connecticut Valley dinosaurs are going to be very happy in a few days… watch this space
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fans of Connecticut Valley dinosaurs are going to be very happy in a few days… watch this space
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Distracting myself from everything with deez diapophyses
February 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Distracting myself from everything with deez diapophyses
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He’s a 10, but his proximal femur is fragmentary and difficult to interpret (but at least the cats are helping)
January 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
He’s a 10, but his proximal femur is fragmentary and difficult to interpret (but at least the cats are helping)
Time to be real: the only reason dino-fans love the name Saurophaganax so much is because it has an “x” in it
December 22, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Time to be real: the only reason dino-fans love the name Saurophaganax so much is because it has an “x” in it