La Buitrera was among the most amazing places I've ever had the chance to work, both geologically and in terms of sheer beauty, and I really tried to channel how it felt to be there into the final piece. I can't thank everyone I met there enough for having me on to help and for showing me the ropes!

These tracks appear in interdunal river deposits in the Kokorkom paleoerg (a dune sea spanning 826 km^2) and can be beautifully preserved, including skin impressions! While these prints were made in relatively wet conditions, I depicted a transient sauropod herd during dry times in the final piece.

While the La Buitrera Paleontological Area, where we were working, is known primarily for its extraordinary preservation of small animals in a large dune sea, I also had the chance to see some amazingly preserved sauropod footprints that Apesteguía et al. described in 2023.
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Squeezing in one more art piece before the end of 2024, a year after having the opportunity to do fieldwork in the Candeleros Fm of Argentina's Neuquén Basin. That trip inspired this piece, which depicts a group of titanosaurs traveling a dry interdune riverbed at sunset. #paleoart #sauropods 🦕

Headed to Minneapolis for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting next week? Come check out my talk on Wednesday morning at 10:30am discussing some of my PhD work experimentally rethinking current methods for examining fluvial transport in the fossil record! #Taphonomy #fossils #2024SVP

Hey y’all! I’m a PhD Candidate at the U of Minnesota in paleontology focused on experimental taphonomy in river/floodplain environments! I also enjoy doing science outreach through art, film, and music! You can find that stuff here and on YouTube at Earth Encompassed!

Had a great time doing field work in Utah, looking for Cretaceous #fossils in places like the Book Cliffs! Lots of #geology to see and interpret, and lots of stories to tell from the rocks!

Unfortunately, the volcano itself is mostly built over by residential areas or on private property, so it’s difficult to explore the hill that remains of Pilot Knob. But, only a few miles away at Mckinney Falls State Park, the falls are formed by more erodible ash beds undercutting limestones.

Pilot Knob Volcano is a fascinating geological feature that few in Austin know about. It was part of a chain of volcanos that stretched across Texas during the Late Cretaceous. Many were submarine during their early eruptions, but here I chose to represent it as more established later in its life.

In what is now Austin, a Tylosaur cruises past Pilot Knob Volcano, a volcanic island in the Western Interior Seaway. A shoal of Hoplopteryx follow as it passes over a reef along the volcano’s flanks, and the ash cloud is set ablaze by the light of a Cretaceous sunset. #paleoart #mosasaurs #geology

Hey y’all! I’m a masters student at the U of Minnesota in vertebrate paleontology focused on taphonomy. I am interested in paleoecology, paleoenvironments, and the evolution of vocalization. I enjoy scicomm through art and film, and you can find my outreach videos on YouTube at Earth Encompassed!