Denver Fowler Ph.D
@denverfowler.bsky.social
Dinosaur behavior, stratigraphy, fieldwork, raptor feet & claws, tyrannosaur toothmarks, ceratopsids, public interaction, open-science. Opinions my own
Curator at Badlands Dinosaur Museum, Dickinson, North Dakota
Curator at Badlands Dinosaur Museum, Dickinson, North Dakota
VOLUNTEER ON A DINOSAUR DIG: We run one of the only free dinosaur digs in the USA. We work public land and the fossils go in our public museum, forever. It's hard work, but we find some cool things. If this sounds like you, we're taking applications. Link in comms. #dinosaurs
February 4, 2026 at 10:17 PM
VOLUNTEER ON A DINOSAUR DIG: We run one of the only free dinosaur digs in the USA. We work public land and the fossils go in our public museum, forever. It's hard work, but we find some cool things. If this sounds like you, we're taking applications. Link in comms. #dinosaurs
CANNIBALISM OF AN ADULT TYRANNOSAUR BY A JUVENILE:
Our new study on a Badlands Dinosaur Museum fossil reveals dinosaur cannibalism where a juvenile tyrannosaur feasted on the carcass of a dead adult!
3D reconstructions supervision Yu Xin, designer Shen Li, sculptor Liang Junwei
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Our new study on a Badlands Dinosaur Museum fossil reveals dinosaur cannibalism where a juvenile tyrannosaur feasted on the carcass of a dead adult!
3D reconstructions supervision Yu Xin, designer Shen Li, sculptor Liang Junwei
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February 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
CANNIBALISM OF AN ADULT TYRANNOSAUR BY A JUVENILE:
Our new study on a Badlands Dinosaur Museum fossil reveals dinosaur cannibalism where a juvenile tyrannosaur feasted on the carcass of a dead adult!
3D reconstructions supervision Yu Xin, designer Shen Li, sculptor Liang Junwei
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Our new study on a Badlands Dinosaur Museum fossil reveals dinosaur cannibalism where a juvenile tyrannosaur feasted on the carcass of a dead adult!
3D reconstructions supervision Yu Xin, designer Shen Li, sculptor Liang Junwei
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JOB: SEASONAL PALEONTOLOGIST
BADLANDS DINOSAUR MUSEUM (DICKINSON, ND)
2026 summer tourist season. May/June start, 15wks, end Aug/Sept. Full-Time, 40 hrs/wk, $19.84hr. 50% working with public, 50% lab/collections. See link in comms for info. Come work with us!
BADLANDS DINOSAUR MUSEUM (DICKINSON, ND)
2026 summer tourist season. May/June start, 15wks, end Aug/Sept. Full-Time, 40 hrs/wk, $19.84hr. 50% working with public, 50% lab/collections. See link in comms for info. Come work with us!
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 PM
JOB: SEASONAL PALEONTOLOGIST
BADLANDS DINOSAUR MUSEUM (DICKINSON, ND)
2026 summer tourist season. May/June start, 15wks, end Aug/Sept. Full-Time, 40 hrs/wk, $19.84hr. 50% working with public, 50% lab/collections. See link in comms for info. Come work with us!
BADLANDS DINOSAUR MUSEUM (DICKINSON, ND)
2026 summer tourist season. May/June start, 15wks, end Aug/Sept. Full-Time, 40 hrs/wk, $19.84hr. 50% working with public, 50% lab/collections. See link in comms for info. Come work with us!
A nice addition to our exhibit. This Ornithomimus skull was painted by one of our volunteers, Ty Patterson. #dinosaurs #fossils #fossilfriday #museums
January 22, 2026 at 4:57 AM
A nice addition to our exhibit. This Ornithomimus skull was painted by one of our volunteers, Ty Patterson. #dinosaurs #fossils #fossilfriday #museums
A rare portrait of me with the snout of a hell pig (entelodont). Kindly donated to our museum this year by Betty Leppart, from the Gary Leppart collection. In the new year I will be 3D printing a back part of the skull, and getting this on exhibit. #FossilFriday
December 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A rare portrait of me with the snout of a hell pig (entelodont). Kindly donated to our museum this year by Betty Leppart, from the Gary Leppart collection. In the new year I will be 3D printing a back part of the skull, and getting this on exhibit. #FossilFriday
The field report starts in 55mins 6pm MT, 5pm PT, 8pm ET. See you soon! You can stream it non-live on the youtube channel. See the post for links:
TOMORROW (Thurs, 8pm ET/6pm MT/5pm PT) Our Annual field report! Learn about fossil discoveries so new we're still cleaning them up in the lab! Live & FREE on Youtube, Facebook Live, & Twitch (FossilPreparator and @paleontologizing.bsky.social . Links in comms! #fossilfriday #dinosaurs #scicomm
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The field report starts in 55mins 6pm MT, 5pm PT, 8pm ET. See you soon! You can stream it non-live on the youtube channel. See the post for links:
TOMORROW (Thurs, 8pm ET/6pm MT/5pm PT) Our Annual field report! Learn about fossil discoveries so new we're still cleaning them up in the lab! Live & FREE on Youtube, Facebook Live, & Twitch (FossilPreparator and @paleontologizing.bsky.social . Links in comms! #fossilfriday #dinosaurs #scicomm
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
TOMORROW (Thurs, 8pm ET/6pm MT/5pm PT) Our Annual field report! Learn about fossil discoveries so new we're still cleaning them up in the lab! Live & FREE on Youtube, Facebook Live, & Twitch (FossilPreparator and @paleontologizing.bsky.social . Links in comms! #fossilfriday #dinosaurs #scicomm
Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype skull full-size reconstruction. Went on display in our exhibit hall (Badlands Dinosaur Museum) Sept 2025. The nicest Daspletosaurus skull reconstruction I think. Casts possibly available in 2026. #dinosaurs #fossils #fossilfriday
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype skull full-size reconstruction. Went on display in our exhibit hall (Badlands Dinosaur Museum) Sept 2025. The nicest Daspletosaurus skull reconstruction I think. Casts possibly available in 2026. #dinosaurs #fossils #fossilfriday
NEW MAGNETS: Our shop now stocks magnets of Liberty the Lambeosaurus, & Daspletosaurus wilsoni, all in glorious shades of gold, silver & copper (only US$12 each!). Lambeo based on 3D scan of our skull (the only USA specimen); Dasp by Andrey Atuchin. Link in comments #dinosaurs #fossilfriday
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NEW MAGNETS: Our shop now stocks magnets of Liberty the Lambeosaurus, & Daspletosaurus wilsoni, all in glorious shades of gold, silver & copper (only US$12 each!). Lambeo based on 3D scan of our skull (the only USA specimen); Dasp by Andrey Atuchin. Link in comments #dinosaurs #fossilfriday
Three very delicate bones cleaned in the past 2 days. SUPER RARE - 2 limb bones from a parrot-mimic oviraptorosaur, and the other is a neck bone from a flying pterosaur.
From US Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management
From US Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Three very delicate bones cleaned in the past 2 days. SUPER RARE - 2 limb bones from a parrot-mimic oviraptorosaur, and the other is a neck bone from a flying pterosaur.
From US Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management
From US Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management
CLUMSY MALE DINOSAURS INJURED FEMALES DURING MATING: Our new paper (Filippo Bertozzo et al. 2025), shows that a common tail injury seen in duckbilled dinosaurs was probably caused by heavy male dinosaurs clumsily crushing the spines of females during mating.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
CLUMSY MALE DINOSAURS INJURED FEMALES DURING MATING: Our new paper (Filippo Bertozzo et al. 2025), shows that a common tail injury seen in duckbilled dinosaurs was probably caused by heavy male dinosaurs clumsily crushing the spines of females during mating.
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BABY DUCKBILL #dinosaur: Deanna just finished prepping this cute femur. We have a couple of nice jaws from a similarly-sized baby hadro from this same site, so maybe they are part of the same skeleton.
Dinosaur Park Fm, Montana. ~76M years old, Late Cretaceous #fossilfriday
Dinosaur Park Fm, Montana. ~76M years old, Late Cretaceous #fossilfriday
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
BABY DUCKBILL #dinosaur: Deanna just finished prepping this cute femur. We have a couple of nice jaws from a similarly-sized baby hadro from this same site, so maybe they are part of the same skeleton.
Dinosaur Park Fm, Montana. ~76M years old, Late Cretaceous #fossilfriday
Dinosaur Park Fm, Montana. ~76M years old, Late Cretaceous #fossilfriday
Microbiology lecturer JOB: Dickinson State Uni. MSc required. $55-60k pa. If you're a paleontologist who can teach microbio, you can do the job!
Badlands Dinosaur Museum (my institution) works with DSU paleontologists & students on a variety of projects. Join us! prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/...
Badlands Dinosaur Museum (my institution) works with DSU paleontologists & students on a variety of projects. Join us! prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/...
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DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY (DSU) is a regional comprehensive institution within the North Dakota University System, whose primary role is to contribute to intellectual, social, economic, and cultural development, especially to Southwestern North Dakota. The University’s mission is to provide high quality, accessible programs; to promote excellence in teaching and learning; to support scholarly and creative activities; and to provide service relevant to the economy, health, and quality of life for the citizens of the State of North Dakota.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Microbiology lecturer JOB: Dickinson State Uni. MSc required. $55-60k pa. If you're a paleontologist who can teach microbio, you can do the job!
Badlands Dinosaur Museum (my institution) works with DSU paleontologists & students on a variety of projects. Join us! prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/...
Badlands Dinosaur Museum (my institution) works with DSU paleontologists & students on a variety of projects. Join us! prd.hcm.ndus.edu/psc/recruit/...
Hadrosaurine braincase. #fossilfriday. Collected by Badlands #Dinosaur Museum, Jul 2025 & cleaned by Deanna. Associated skeleton from BLM-administered US #publiclands. Dinosaur Park Formation, Montana.
You're looking up into the underside of the skull roof. The bottom of the photo is the frontals.
You're looking up into the underside of the skull roof. The bottom of the photo is the frontals.
October 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Hadrosaurine braincase. #fossilfriday. Collected by Badlands #Dinosaur Museum, Jul 2025 & cleaned by Deanna. Associated skeleton from BLM-administered US #publiclands. Dinosaur Park Formation, Montana.
You're looking up into the underside of the skull roof. The bottom of the photo is the frontals.
You're looking up into the underside of the skull roof. The bottom of the photo is the frontals.
A pubis (pelvic bone) from a medium sized ceratopsid. I'm going to be plaster jacketing this in a few minutes. Dinosaur Park Fm, Montana. From US public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
July 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A pubis (pelvic bone) from a medium sized ceratopsid. I'm going to be plaster jacketing this in a few minutes. Dinosaur Park Fm, Montana. From US public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
A selection of teeth collected today in the Judith River. Top row are all raptors, including a cool Dromaeosaurus with a wear facet. Bottom left are nodosaur, bott right is a tyranno.
June 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A selection of teeth collected today in the Judith River. Top row are all raptors, including a cool Dromaeosaurus with a wear facet. Bottom left are nodosaur, bott right is a tyranno.
A nice theropod claw found today. #dinosaurs #fossilfriday from US public lands BLM. Judith River FM.
June 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A nice theropod claw found today. #dinosaurs #fossilfriday from US public lands BLM. Judith River FM.
It's cold at our digsite today, but we just found this delightful troodontid raptor tooth. This is the site where we have found parts of a troodontid skeleton. Maybe a jaw is nearby, waiting to be found next!
Dino. Park Fm, Montana. From US public lands
#FossilFriday #dinosaur
Dino. Park Fm, Montana. From US public lands
#FossilFriday #dinosaur
June 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It's cold at our digsite today, but we just found this delightful troodontid raptor tooth. This is the site where we have found parts of a troodontid skeleton. Maybe a jaw is nearby, waiting to be found next!
Dino. Park Fm, Montana. From US public lands
#FossilFriday #dinosaur
Dino. Park Fm, Montana. From US public lands
#FossilFriday #dinosaur
Loving this 3D print of Champsosaurus. Model freely provided with Dudgeon et al. 2024. #FossilFriday #fossils
May 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Loving this 3D print of Champsosaurus. Model freely provided with Dudgeon et al. 2024. #FossilFriday #fossils
Possibly the best #dinosaur rubber stamp I own (I have about 100). #FossilFriday
May 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Possibly the best #dinosaur rubber stamp I own (I have about 100). #FossilFriday
I just liked the shape aesthetic.
#dinosaur factory photos: Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype.
#fossilfriday
#dinosaur factory photos: Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype.
#fossilfriday
May 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I just liked the shape aesthetic.
#dinosaur factory photos: Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype.
#fossilfriday
#dinosaur factory photos: Daspletosaurus wilsoni holotype.
#fossilfriday
International collaborative research just published! Michailow et al (2025). Link in comms (free)
Photo: some nice teeth in our collection (left to right): tyrannosaur; duckbill hadrosaur; (top) crocodile; (bottom) raptor; tyrannosaur with wear mark
#fossilfriday #dinosaurs
Photo: some nice teeth in our collection (left to right): tyrannosaur; duckbill hadrosaur; (top) crocodile; (bottom) raptor; tyrannosaur with wear mark
#fossilfriday #dinosaurs
May 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
International collaborative research just published! Michailow et al (2025). Link in comms (free)
Photo: some nice teeth in our collection (left to right): tyrannosaur; duckbill hadrosaur; (top) crocodile; (bottom) raptor; tyrannosaur with wear mark
#fossilfriday #dinosaurs
Photo: some nice teeth in our collection (left to right): tyrannosaur; duckbill hadrosaur; (top) crocodile; (bottom) raptor; tyrannosaur with wear mark
#fossilfriday #dinosaurs
This partial hand does not look like the troodontid from "Jack's bonebed", so we think it is from a parrot-mimic oviraptorid. We have a few tentative pieces of the skeleton so far, but it's looking really promising!
#FossilFriday #dinosaur #dinosaurs #oviraptor #science #NorthDakota
#FossilFriday #dinosaur #dinosaurs #oviraptor #science #NorthDakota
April 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This partial hand does not look like the troodontid from "Jack's bonebed", so we think it is from a parrot-mimic oviraptorid. We have a few tentative pieces of the skeleton so far, but it's looking really promising!
#FossilFriday #dinosaur #dinosaurs #oviraptor #science #NorthDakota
#FossilFriday #dinosaur #dinosaurs #oviraptor #science #NorthDakota
We're going to debut this fantastic skull reconstruction of Daspletosaurus wilsoni at Badlands Dinosaur Museum's "Expansion Unveiling" event, April 26th!
Here, DSU student Wes Isaac measures the skull so he can make a welded metal armature for display.
#dinosaurs #fossilfriday
Here, DSU student Wes Isaac measures the skull so he can make a welded metal armature for display.
#dinosaurs #fossilfriday
March 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We're going to debut this fantastic skull reconstruction of Daspletosaurus wilsoni at Badlands Dinosaur Museum's "Expansion Unveiling" event, April 26th!
Here, DSU student Wes Isaac measures the skull so he can make a welded metal armature for display.
#dinosaurs #fossilfriday
Here, DSU student Wes Isaac measures the skull so he can make a welded metal armature for display.
#dinosaurs #fossilfriday
It's permit season! Since 2015, Badlands Dinosaur Museum field crews have found 238 new fossil sites in the Hell Creek & Judith River Formations, all but 9 on public lands. The biggest fieldwork program in our region. So proud of all our field crews! #fossilfriday #dinosaurs
March 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It's permit season! Since 2015, Badlands Dinosaur Museum field crews have found 238 new fossil sites in the Hell Creek & Judith River Formations, all but 9 on public lands. The biggest fieldwork program in our region. So proud of all our field crews! #fossilfriday #dinosaurs