Kenneth Carpenter
@ken1909.bsky.social
This is cool! Congratulations to the authors.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phylogenetically informative proteins from an Early Miocene rhinocerotid - Nature
Protein sequences from fossil tooth enamel of a rhinocerotid from Canada’s High Arctic are used to develop phylogenetic frameworks from a specimen too old to preserve ancient DNA.
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July 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is cool! Congratulations to the authors.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Jack Horner stopped by, so we went to see the giant Coastal Redwoods
July 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Jack Horner stopped by, so we went to see the giant Coastal Redwoods
Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist for top job Neil Shubin, a University of Chicago researcher known for co-discovering a ′missing link’ fossil fish, will lead the National Academy of Sciences if the decision is ratified by members. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist for top job
Neil Shubin, a University of Chicago researcher known for co-discovering a ′missing link’ fossil fish, will lead the National Academy of Sciences if the decision is ratified by members.
www.nature.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist for top job Neil Shubin, a University of Chicago researcher known for co-discovering a ′missing link’ fossil fish, will lead the National Academy of Sciences if the decision is ratified by members. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
bsky.app/profile/chri... reminds me of discovering that the holotype Polycotylus latipinus was split between the AMNH and USNM collections
A Paleontologist Matched Two Halves of the Same Fossil Stored at Different Museums—and Discovered a New Species www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
A Paleontologist Matched Two Halves of the Same Fossil Stored at Different Museums—and Discovered a New Species
Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late Jurassic period roughly 145 million years ago
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July 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
bsky.app/profile/chri... reminds me of discovering that the holotype Polycotylus latipinus was split between the AMNH and USNM collections
Had lunch with the great ornithopod/stegosaur/ankylosaur/ theropod/prosauropod worker Peter Galton (85!)
April 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Had lunch with the great ornithopod/stegosaur/ankylosaur/ theropod/prosauropod worker Peter Galton (85!)
Reposted by Kenneth Carpenter
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Part of John Bell Hatcher's letter to his boss, O.C. Marsh threatening to quit and complaining about Marsh ignoring what he writes. Aug. 1, 1890. He would continue to work for another three years.
January 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Part of John Bell Hatcher's letter to his boss, O.C. Marsh threatening to quit and complaining about Marsh ignoring what he writes. Aug. 1, 1890. He would continue to work for another three years.
We need to stand with our federal paleontology colleagues
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months' pay in effort to shrink government
The email sent to employees says those who leave their posts voluntarily will receive about eight months of salary, but they have to chose to do so by Feb 6.
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January 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We need to stand with our federal paleontology colleagues
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Earthquake now upgrade to mag. 7. Plate tectonics lives!
December 5, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Earthquake now upgrade to mag. 7. Plate tectonics lives!
Well, that was interesting. Just had a 6 earthquake and now tsunami alert. Fortunately, we deliberately avoided low ground when we moved here.
December 5, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Well, that was interesting. Just had a 6 earthquake and now tsunami alert. Fortunately, we deliberately avoided low ground when we moved here.
Scientists rushing to Bluesky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
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December 5, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Scientists rushing to Bluesky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nature presents preliminary results of how AI is being used in research. 81% of 1,043 researchers use some form.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
ChatGPT turns two: how the AI chatbot has changed scientists’ lives
How many researchers are using the AI tool? Nature gathers data and talks to members of the academic community.
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December 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Nature presents preliminary results of how AI is being used in research. 81% of 1,043 researchers use some form.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Its a given that AI is becoming an important tool in research.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Banish the PDF-hunting blues with these AI and digital tools
Ten years in the making, Candice P. Chu’s workflow takes some of the pain out of reference management.
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December 5, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Its a given that AI is becoming an important tool in research.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I guess this is how I will be remembered.
December 3, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I guess this is how I will be remembered.
I've been in touch with Peter Galton. His health is failing and he says his days of research are over. He wants to turn some stuff over to me. I will visit him in mid-April.
December 3, 2024 at 4:46 PM
I've been in touch with Peter Galton. His health is failing and he says his days of research are over. He wants to turn some stuff over to me. I will visit him in mid-April.
Finally published: "Geology and Paleontology of Jurassic National Monument" in "Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments," Utah Geol Assoc. Pub. 28 (4th ed.)
December 1, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Finally published: "Geology and Paleontology of Jurassic National Monument" in "Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments," Utah Geol Assoc. Pub. 28 (4th ed.)
Greetings all. I'm Ken, a retired vertebrate paleontologist and geologist. I graduated from the U. of Colorado in 1980 (BS) and 1996 (PhD). Better known for armored dinosaurs, my dissertation was on taphonomy and paleoecology of the marine Sharon Springs Member, Pierre Shale and plesiosaurs.
November 27, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Greetings all. I'm Ken, a retired vertebrate paleontologist and geologist. I graduated from the U. of Colorado in 1980 (BS) and 1996 (PhD). Better known for armored dinosaurs, my dissertation was on taphonomy and paleoecology of the marine Sharon Springs Member, Pierre Shale and plesiosaurs.