Matthew Aaron Brown
@matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social
Examining the intersection of the history, philosophy, and practice of paleontology | Museum Director, Eagle Scout, National Parks, Fossils
Live From Austin, Texas
Live From Austin, Texas
Taking another stab at the ol’ Bluesky on #nationalfossilday and reposting this in-progress reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni (which hadn’t been named yet last time I posted it.) Half the size of the famous Q. northopi, this is the only place you’ll see these National Park Service fossils.
October 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Taking another stab at the ol’ Bluesky on #nationalfossilday and reposting this in-progress reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni (which hadn’t been named yet last time I posted it.) Half the size of the famous Q. northopi, this is the only place you’ll see these National Park Service fossils.
My shiny new pallet jack arrived today, on a pallet. Which the delivery guys picked up off the lift gate and set inside the door. Wish we’d had an easier way to move it. Maybe I should order another pallet jack.
January 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My shiny new pallet jack arrived today, on a pallet. Which the delivery guys picked up off the lift gate and set inside the door. Wish we’d had an easier way to move it. Maybe I should order another pallet jack.
It’s endlessly funny to me that invariably the IT department sends out phishing warnings and then right after HR sends an email soliciting personal account info that breaks all the rules from our IT training.
December 11, 2024 at 3:55 AM
It’s endlessly funny to me that invariably the IT department sends out phishing warnings and then right after HR sends an email soliciting personal account info that breaks all the rules from our IT training.
“On a Sunday morning sidewalk, I’m wishing Lord that I was stone”
A couple old fossils, 25 years apart.
@suethetrex.bsky.social
A couple old fossils, 25 years apart.
@suethetrex.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 7:03 AM
“On a Sunday morning sidewalk, I’m wishing Lord that I was stone”
A couple old fossils, 25 years apart.
@suethetrex.bsky.social
A couple old fossils, 25 years apart.
@suethetrex.bsky.social
Here’s a post from my PBL (Pretty Big Library) for #MarbledMonday, an 1897 copy of T.H. Huxley’s “Methods and Results” which was previously housed at the State Lunatic Asylum, so in a way it never really changed hands.
#libraries
#libraries
November 26, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Here’s a post from my PBL (Pretty Big Library) for #MarbledMonday, an 1897 copy of T.H. Huxley’s “Methods and Results” which was previously housed at the State Lunatic Asylum, so in a way it never really changed hands.
#libraries
#libraries
Two years ago I returned the loan of this amazing Vancleavea skull to Ghost Ranch. It had been in Austin for CT scanning, and needed a courier to bring it home.
#paleontology
#paleontology
November 25, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Two years ago I returned the loan of this amazing Vancleavea skull to Ghost Ranch. It had been in Austin for CT scanning, and needed a courier to bring it home.
#paleontology
#paleontology
Quetzalcoatlus is also my safe word
November 25, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Quetzalcoatlus is also my safe word
Barnes and Noble has no chill
November 22, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Barnes and Noble has no chill
I am pretty pleased with myself over this paint job on #MammothMonday #TexasFossils
November 19, 2024 at 6:23 AM
I am pretty pleased with myself over this paint job on #MammothMonday #TexasFossils
Sunset algorithm found me, I took almost the same picture Saturday night.
November 18, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Sunset algorithm found me, I took almost the same picture Saturday night.
Since Homotherium kittens are in the news, here’s a side by side size comparison of an adult jaw next to a juvenile jaw from Friesenhahn Cave
#texasfossils #fossilfriday #kitten
#texasfossils #fossilfriday #kitten
November 16, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Since Homotherium kittens are in the news, here’s a side by side size comparison of an adult jaw next to a juvenile jaw from Friesenhahn Cave
#texasfossils #fossilfriday #kitten
#texasfossils #fossilfriday #kitten
They salvaged all the pieces though!!
November 15, 2024 at 10:53 PM
They salvaged all the pieces though!!
Sadly, when this was molded 30 or so years ago, the separator glued itself to the latex and the surface of the bone tore away. The stuff mold-makers nightmares are made of.
November 15, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Sadly, when this was molded 30 or so years ago, the separator glued itself to the latex and the surface of the bone tore away. The stuff mold-makers nightmares are made of.
We just pulled one of ours off the shelf yesterday!
November 15, 2024 at 9:29 PM
We just pulled one of ours off the shelf yesterday!
When Man-Eating Miocene Beavers Ruled the Earth
#texasfossils #fossilfriday #paleontology #Anchitheriomysbuceei
#texasfossils #fossilfriday #paleontology #Anchitheriomysbuceei
November 15, 2024 at 4:11 AM
When Man-Eating Miocene Beavers Ruled the Earth
#texasfossils #fossilfriday #paleontology #Anchitheriomysbuceei
#texasfossils #fossilfriday #paleontology #Anchitheriomysbuceei
Thinking back to simpler times just a few weeks ago, when I was bringing a giant fossil beaver replica named after a gas station on an airplane to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting in Minneapolis.
#texasfossils
#texasfossils
November 13, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Thinking back to simpler times just a few weeks ago, when I was bringing a giant fossil beaver replica named after a gas station on an airplane to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting in Minneapolis.
#texasfossils
#texasfossils
It’s Sauropod Sunday so here is the ilium of Alamosaurus, a titanosaur discovered in Big Bend National Park.
November 19, 2023 at 7:08 AM
It’s Sauropod Sunday so here is the ilium of Alamosaurus, a titanosaur discovered in Big Bend National Park.
My very first 3D print for #FossilFriday, a 1/3 scale Tiktaalik skull
File courtesy of the Nunavut Fossil Vertebrate Collection
File courtesy of the Nunavut Fossil Vertebrate Collection
November 3, 2023 at 10:59 PM
My very first 3D print for #FossilFriday, a 1/3 scale Tiktaalik skull
File courtesy of the Nunavut Fossil Vertebrate Collection
File courtesy of the Nunavut Fossil Vertebrate Collection
Me last week on my way to #2023SVP to attend a paleontology conference and catch COVID.
#fossilfriday
#fossilfriday
October 27, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Me last week on my way to #2023SVP to attend a paleontology conference and catch COVID.
#fossilfriday
#fossilfriday