Dr. Jennifer Peteya
@jennypeteya.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biology at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Bloomsburg. Paleontologist interested in exceptional preservation, especially the evolution and taphonomy of color production mechanisms in animals.
Amara says, "please support the Paleontological Research Institution!" Seriously, though, they need our help! Please donate if you can!
www.priweb.org/support
What does the toy have to do with the museum? It's from there! Who doesn't want a 5-foot eurypterid plush??
www.priweb.org/support
What does the toy have to do with the museum? It's from there! Who doesn't want a 5-foot eurypterid plush??
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Amara says, "please support the Paleontological Research Institution!" Seriously, though, they need our help! Please donate if you can!
www.priweb.org/support
What does the toy have to do with the museum? It's from there! Who doesn't want a 5-foot eurypterid plush??
www.priweb.org/support
What does the toy have to do with the museum? It's from there! Who doesn't want a 5-foot eurypterid plush??
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Pretty good article about the specifics of PRI's situation and what led to the immediate need they have from upstate NY based media.
www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
This hidden gem Upstate NY museum with dino bones you can touch is on the brink of extinction
Officials say the museum that houses a mastadon skeleton needs to raise $1 million by the end of 2025 to avoid foreclosure.
www.newyorkupstate.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Pretty good article about the specifics of PRI's situation and what led to the immediate need they have from upstate NY based media.
www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
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In the last 11 days another 102 donors have given >than $40,000, with some other donations in stock waiting to become available for use.
PRI can make it with your help!
Please continue to share with your networks for potential donors so we can keep the museum and its online resources available!
PRI can make it with your help!
Please continue to share with your networks for potential donors so we can keep the museum and its online resources available!
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
In the last 11 days another 102 donors have given >than $40,000, with some other donations in stock waiting to become available for use.
PRI can make it with your help!
Please continue to share with your networks for potential donors so we can keep the museum and its online resources available!
PRI can make it with your help!
Please continue to share with your networks for potential donors so we can keep the museum and its online resources available!
My PhD almost entirely involved Chinese fossils, I worked with my advisor's Chinese collaborators, and several of my labmates were Chinese. All this does is detract from good science and take away both American and Chinese students/researchers. There is no good that comes from this if it passes.
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My PhD almost entirely involved Chinese fossils, I worked with my advisor's Chinese collaborators, and several of my labmates were Chinese. All this does is detract from good science and take away both American and Chinese students/researchers. There is no good that comes from this if it passes.
I had a baby almost 2 months ago, so I haven't been posting much. I just had to share this beauty that was hanging out in my car this morning! Maple Spanworm Moth. Bloomsburg, PA. #moth #invertebrate #insect
September 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I had a baby almost 2 months ago, so I haven't been posting much. I just had to share this beauty that was hanging out in my car this morning! Maple Spanworm Moth. Bloomsburg, PA. #moth #invertebrate #insect
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We lost Mark Norell today. Dinosaur hunter extraordinaire. The coolest dude alive. My PhD supervisor.
Wherever you are, raise a glass of your favorite lager or single malt, as it is what Mark would want.
Wherever you are, raise a glass of your favorite lager or single malt, as it is what Mark would want.
September 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We lost Mark Norell today. Dinosaur hunter extraordinaire. The coolest dude alive. My PhD supervisor.
Wherever you are, raise a glass of your favorite lager or single malt, as it is what Mark would want.
Wherever you are, raise a glass of your favorite lager or single malt, as it is what Mark would want.
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Sometimes I think it is necessary to remind everyone about the diversity of echinoderm ANUSES! this fossil crinoid with its well armed ANAL CHIMNEY for example!! #echinoday echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-...
September 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Sometimes I think it is necessary to remind everyone about the diversity of echinoderm ANUSES! this fossil crinoid with its well armed ANAL CHIMNEY for example!! #echinoday echinoblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-...
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How about a blastoid with brachioles and preserved color patterns?
This is a Pentremites tulipaformis from the Mississippian Glen Dean Fm. of Kentucky.
#FossilFriday
This is a Pentremites tulipaformis from the Mississippian Glen Dean Fm. of Kentucky.
#FossilFriday
September 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
How about a blastoid with brachioles and preserved color patterns?
This is a Pentremites tulipaformis from the Mississippian Glen Dean Fm. of Kentucky.
#FossilFriday
This is a Pentremites tulipaformis from the Mississippian Glen Dean Fm. of Kentucky.
#FossilFriday
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Happy #FossilFriday! #Sturgeons evolved in the #Cretaceous. This remarkably preserved Priscosturion(#MOR1184) is a fossil sturgeon discovered in the body cavity of a Brachylophosaurus. See #Priscosturion, #Brachylophosaurus, and more in the #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit at MOR.
August 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! #Sturgeons evolved in the #Cretaceous. This remarkably preserved Priscosturion(#MOR1184) is a fossil sturgeon discovered in the body cavity of a Brachylophosaurus. See #Priscosturion, #Brachylophosaurus, and more in the #CretaceousCrossroads exhibit at MOR.
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Happy Deinonychus Discovery Day!
On August 28 1965, John Ostrom's team found a small, lithe, birdlike theropod which would forever change the way the world views dinosaurs — and it would even be immortalized as the "Velociraptor" of Jurassic Park
On August 28 1965, John Ostrom's team found a small, lithe, birdlike theropod which would forever change the way the world views dinosaurs — and it would even be immortalized as the "Velociraptor" of Jurassic Park
August 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Happy Deinonychus Discovery Day!
On August 28 1965, John Ostrom's team found a small, lithe, birdlike theropod which would forever change the way the world views dinosaurs — and it would even be immortalized as the "Velociraptor" of Jurassic Park
On August 28 1965, John Ostrom's team found a small, lithe, birdlike theropod which would forever change the way the world views dinosaurs — and it would even be immortalized as the "Velociraptor" of Jurassic Park
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#ICYMI @jurassicpedia.bsky.social’s @tyrannosaurtj.bsky.social and I talked on See Jurassic Right about being part of the Jurassic Generation and the ways we keep our love of dinosaurs alive today!
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August 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#ICYMI @jurassicpedia.bsky.social’s @tyrannosaurtj.bsky.social and I talked on See Jurassic Right about being part of the Jurassic Generation and the ways we keep our love of dinosaurs alive today!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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New specimen of the enantiornithean ("opposite bird") Shangyang with evidence of an iridescent feather crest: elifesciences.org/articles/103... 🪶🧪 (📷Li et al.)
August 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New specimen of the enantiornithean ("opposite bird") Shangyang with evidence of an iridescent feather crest: elifesciences.org/articles/103... 🪶🧪 (📷Li et al.)
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Please consider as large a donation as you can reasonably make and do tell your colleagues about this.
To contribute to the fund to save PRI, please go to www.priweb.org/give...
Together we can and must make this happen!!
-Carl Brett" 18/18
To contribute to the fund to save PRI, please go to www.priweb.org/give...
Together we can and must make this happen!!
-Carl Brett" 18/18
Help save the Paleo Pals from extinction!! is raising funds for Paleontological Research Institution
I'm a passionate supporter of all kinds of paleontology. Fossils bring us together—and now I’m asking you to support one of our most dedicated institutions: the Paleontological Research Institution. L...
www.priweb.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Please consider as large a donation as you can reasonably make and do tell your colleagues about this.
To contribute to the fund to save PRI, please go to www.priweb.org/give...
Together we can and must make this happen!!
-Carl Brett" 18/18
To contribute to the fund to save PRI, please go to www.priweb.org/give...
Together we can and must make this happen!!
-Carl Brett" 18/18
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Schizophrenia is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.
July 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Schizophrenia is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.
Bipolar disorder is not a crime.
Addiction is not a crime.
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In 2002 I made a second visit to the Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park. While in the Walcott Quarry as part of a guided tour, the guide showed us this Wiwaxia corrugata #fossil that had been found by a visitor earlier in the season.
#PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #FossilFriday #Cambrian
#PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #FossilFriday #Cambrian
June 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In 2002 I made a second visit to the Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park. While in the Walcott Quarry as part of a guided tour, the guide showed us this Wiwaxia corrugata #fossil that had been found by a visitor earlier in the season.
#PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #FossilFriday #Cambrian
#PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #FossilFriday #Cambrian
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This is one of the most stunning crinoids in my collection. Gennaeocrinus mourantae from the Devonian Arkona Fm. of Ontario. A large pocket of these were found decades ago and very few have been found since.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
July 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is one of the most stunning crinoids in my collection. Gennaeocrinus mourantae from the Devonian Arkona Fm. of Ontario. A large pocket of these were found decades ago and very few have been found since.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
I am missing the western US something terrible this week, so for #FossilFriday, here's a throwback to my 2017 trip to Wyoming for the Tate Annual Summer Conference at Casper College. A Palaeogale skull I found in the White River Fm near Douglas during the field trip. It's now in their collection.
July 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I am missing the western US something terrible this week, so for #FossilFriday, here's a throwback to my 2017 trip to Wyoming for the Tate Annual Summer Conference at Casper College. A Palaeogale skull I found in the White River Fm near Douglas during the field trip. It's now in their collection.
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Shark Week: Scientists discovered this when they watched 32 years of it – reality blurred
Scientists watched 32 years of Shark Week. What they discovered is devastating.
Individual Shark Week specials and documentaries have received a lot of criticism over the years, including from shark scientists. But just what did shark researchers find when they looked at 30+…
www.realityblurred.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Shark Week: Scientists discovered this when they watched 32 years of it – reality blurred
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New paper! The 1st publication from our NSF grant investigating local to global biodiversity patterns in marine invertebrates across the O-S boundary is out! Here, we describe a new crinoid from Anticosti Island & use Bayesian tip-dating approaches to quantify uncertainty in its stratigraphic age 🧪
Phylogenetic position and stratigraphic uncertainty of a new flexible crinoid from the Ordovician–Silurian boundary of Anticosti Island (Québec, Canada) | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core
Phylogenetic position and stratigraphic uncertainty of a new flexible crinoid from the Ordovician–Silurian boundary of Anticosti Island (Québec, Canada)
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July 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New paper! The 1st publication from our NSF grant investigating local to global biodiversity patterns in marine invertebrates across the O-S boundary is out! Here, we describe a new crinoid from Anticosti Island & use Bayesian tip-dating approaches to quantify uncertainty in its stratigraphic age 🧪
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In my latest for the @nytimes.com, I wrote about an adorable new dinosaur with something extremely rare: fossilized vocal organs!
This Dinosaur Probably Tweeted More Than It Roared
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July 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In my latest for the @nytimes.com, I wrote about an adorable new dinosaur with something extremely rare: fossilized vocal organs!
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There are far more disabled people pretending to be well than there are pretending to be sick.
Being on disability is not fun.
You’re forced into legislated poverty. Treated like a “useless eater”. Shunned, abandoned and constantly questioned.
It’s dehumanizing 🧵
Being on disability is not fun.
You’re forced into legislated poverty. Treated like a “useless eater”. Shunned, abandoned and constantly questioned.
It’s dehumanizing 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
There are far more disabled people pretending to be well than there are pretending to be sick.
Being on disability is not fun.
You’re forced into legislated poverty. Treated like a “useless eater”. Shunned, abandoned and constantly questioned.
It’s dehumanizing 🧵
Being on disability is not fun.
You’re forced into legislated poverty. Treated like a “useless eater”. Shunned, abandoned and constantly questioned.
It’s dehumanizing 🧵
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