Nathan Cochran | ⛵🦎
@paleodude.bsky.social
Masters Student at the University of Calgary | Academic Correspondent for @jfd1.bsky.social | He/him
The only tyrant or king I respect is Tyrannosaurus rex.
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
June 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The only tyrant or king I respect is Tyrannosaurus rex.
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
The current administration makes me sick and the energy from the protests needs to be carried towards political action. Call your senator and representative and tell them to change before the US is extinct.
#NoKings
Happy #FossilFriday!
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
March 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy #FossilFriday!
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
For today enjoy this itty bitty baby Triceratops and the much more irritable mammal Didelphodon.
Both of these animals (the species not the skeletons) lived during the last days of the dinosaurs. Side note; more universities should have fossil displays. #paleontology 🧪
I'm super excited to announce that I'll be joining the Maddin lab at Carleton University for my PhD this Fall! Expect lot's of really cool synapsidy research on this feed soon!
March 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm super excited to announce that I'll be joining the Maddin lab at Carleton University for my PhD this Fall! Expect lot's of really cool synapsidy research on this feed soon!
This is like the highlight of the year so far I'm not even kidding.
March 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is like the highlight of the year so far I'm not even kidding.
One of the most accurate representations of grad school applications.
March 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
One of the most accurate representations of grad school applications.
Hoping all of you stayed warm this #FamilyDay with Alberta's last cold snap of the year hitting hard. Luckily I was able to escape the cold at the Royal Tyrrell Museum where I didn't have it as bad as these snowy Pachyrhinosaurus.
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
February 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hoping all of you stayed warm this #FamilyDay with Alberta's last cold snap of the year hitting hard. Luckily I was able to escape the cold at the Royal Tyrrell Museum where I didn't have it as bad as these snowy Pachyrhinosaurus.
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
#paleoart #paleontology #museum
Day 5 of rebuilding a #LEGO set into a different critter.
Today it's the largest lizard Varanus priscus (the artist formerly known as Megalania). Larger than today's Komodo dragon, V. priscus would've been the top predator of the Ice Age outback. 🧪
Today it's the largest lizard Varanus priscus (the artist formerly known as Megalania). Larger than today's Komodo dragon, V. priscus would've been the top predator of the Ice Age outback. 🧪
January 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Day 5 of rebuilding a #LEGO set into a different critter.
Today it's the largest lizard Varanus priscus (the artist formerly known as Megalania). Larger than today's Komodo dragon, V. priscus would've been the top predator of the Ice Age outback. 🧪
Today it's the largest lizard Varanus priscus (the artist formerly known as Megalania). Larger than today's Komodo dragon, V. priscus would've been the top predator of the Ice Age outback. 🧪
Day 4 of rebuilding a LEGO set into a different critter.
Finally decided to build a dinosaur out of the dinosaur set, that being the Mongolian weirdo Therizinosaurus. When it's extremely long claws we're found scientists thought they belonged to a giant turtle! 🧪
Finally decided to build a dinosaur out of the dinosaur set, that being the Mongolian weirdo Therizinosaurus. When it's extremely long claws we're found scientists thought they belonged to a giant turtle! 🧪
January 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Day 4 of rebuilding a LEGO set into a different critter.
Finally decided to build a dinosaur out of the dinosaur set, that being the Mongolian weirdo Therizinosaurus. When it's extremely long claws we're found scientists thought they belonged to a giant turtle! 🧪
Finally decided to build a dinosaur out of the dinosaur set, that being the Mongolian weirdo Therizinosaurus. When it's extremely long claws we're found scientists thought they belonged to a giant turtle! 🧪
Day 3 of rebuilding a LEGO set into a different critter.
Today it's the "first apex predator" Anomalocaris. With complex eyes and a set of grasping claws it was the terror of the Cambrian seas. 🧪
Today it's the "first apex predator" Anomalocaris. With complex eyes and a set of grasping claws it was the terror of the Cambrian seas. 🧪
January 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Day 3 of rebuilding a LEGO set into a different critter.
Today it's the "first apex predator" Anomalocaris. With complex eyes and a set of grasping claws it was the terror of the Cambrian seas. 🧪
Today it's the "first apex predator" Anomalocaris. With complex eyes and a set of grasping claws it was the terror of the Cambrian seas. 🧪
Day 2 of rebuilding the same LEGO set into different critters.
This time it's a life size Tully monster! These weirdos are found only in Illinois and for the longest time people weren't sure what kind of animal they were. Recent studies suggest they are chordates. 🧪
This time it's a life size Tully monster! These weirdos are found only in Illinois and for the longest time people weren't sure what kind of animal they were. Recent studies suggest they are chordates. 🧪
January 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Day 2 of rebuilding the same LEGO set into different critters.
This time it's a life size Tully monster! These weirdos are found only in Illinois and for the longest time people weren't sure what kind of animal they were. Recent studies suggest they are chordates. 🧪
This time it's a life size Tully monster! These weirdos are found only in Illinois and for the longest time people weren't sure what kind of animal they were. Recent studies suggest they are chordates. 🧪
Having found a site which gives you alternative instructions for LEGO sets I've decided to do one for the Creator Dinosaur set daily.
Day 1 this awesome Diplocaulus by Ambrosino.
Day 1 this awesome Diplocaulus by Ambrosino.
January 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Having found a site which gives you alternative instructions for LEGO sets I've decided to do one for the Creator Dinosaur set daily.
Day 1 this awesome Diplocaulus by Ambrosino.
Day 1 this awesome Diplocaulus by Ambrosino.
I may have just turned 24 today but this funny little robot toy is still cool as hell. Here's hoping 2025 has even more cool robot toys.
December 15, 2024 at 5:12 AM
I may have just turned 24 today but this funny little robot toy is still cool as hell. Here's hoping 2025 has even more cool robot toys.
Happy #FossilFriday! This terror bird at the Science Museum of Minnesota is harassing a glyptodont, an enormous armadillo relative.
While the group is extinct their closest relatives, the seriema, still terrorizes small prey across South America.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
While the group is extinct their closest relatives, the seriema, still terrorizes small prey across South America.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
December 14, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Happy #FossilFriday! This terror bird at the Science Museum of Minnesota is harassing a glyptodont, an enormous armadillo relative.
While the group is extinct their closest relatives, the seriema, still terrorizes small prey across South America.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
While the group is extinct their closest relatives, the seriema, still terrorizes small prey across South America.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
Are you a fan of Warhammer 40k, Dinosaurs, or tabletop games in general? Then check out Clone-A-Saurus!
It was a pleasure working with the team to ensure that you learn a thing or two about dinosaurs while mobilizing your units.
#paleoart #dinosaurs
It was a pleasure working with the team to ensure that you learn a thing or two about dinosaurs while mobilizing your units.
#paleoart #dinosaurs
December 9, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Are you a fan of Warhammer 40k, Dinosaurs, or tabletop games in general? Then check out Clone-A-Saurus!
It was a pleasure working with the team to ensure that you learn a thing or two about dinosaurs while mobilizing your units.
#paleoart #dinosaurs
It was a pleasure working with the team to ensure that you learn a thing or two about dinosaurs while mobilizing your units.
#paleoart #dinosaurs
ALL CAPS when you spell the man name.
December 4, 2024 at 8:58 PM
ALL CAPS when you spell the man name.
Happy Post-Thanksgiving #FossilFriday! Not quite a turkey, this New Zealand Giant Moa at the Museum of Comparative Zoology would've been one hell of a dinner with direct evidence of human hunting.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
November 29, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Happy Post-Thanksgiving #FossilFriday! Not quite a turkey, this New Zealand Giant Moa at the Museum of Comparative Zoology would've been one hell of a dinner with direct evidence of human hunting.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
Allosaurus fragilis at the @natural-history.bsky.social looming and conniving over a similarly dead sauropod.
Note the large and boxy head, an outdated holdover of scarce Allosaurus skull material in the early 1900s.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
Note the large and boxy head, an outdated holdover of scarce Allosaurus skull material in the early 1900s.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
November 25, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Allosaurus fragilis at the @natural-history.bsky.social looming and conniving over a similarly dead sauropod.
Note the large and boxy head, an outdated holdover of scarce Allosaurus skull material in the early 1900s.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
Note the large and boxy head, an outdated holdover of scarce Allosaurus skull material in the early 1900s.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
Oh look at the time, it's #FossilFriday. This week it's Dimetrodon milleri at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.
With a stout skull and relatively large orbits, D. milleri is considered the most basal Dimetrodon species and adorable.
#paleontology #paleoart #fossil 🧪
With a stout skull and relatively large orbits, D. milleri is considered the most basal Dimetrodon species and adorable.
#paleontology #paleoart #fossil 🧪
November 22, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Oh look at the time, it's #FossilFriday. This week it's Dimetrodon milleri at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.
With a stout skull and relatively large orbits, D. milleri is considered the most basal Dimetrodon species and adorable.
#paleontology #paleoart #fossil 🧪
With a stout skull and relatively large orbits, D. milleri is considered the most basal Dimetrodon species and adorable.
#paleontology #paleoart #fossil 🧪
Another throw-back from my AMNH trip, the Ice Age stem-turtle Meiolania!
When Meiolania's skull was first found by Richard Owen he believed the skull belonged to the giant lizard Varanus priscus (Megalania) and the species was a giant thorny devil!
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
When Meiolania's skull was first found by Richard Owen he believed the skull belonged to the giant lizard Varanus priscus (Megalania) and the species was a giant thorny devil!
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
November 18, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Another throw-back from my AMNH trip, the Ice Age stem-turtle Meiolania!
When Meiolania's skull was first found by Richard Owen he believed the skull belonged to the giant lizard Varanus priscus (Megalania) and the species was a giant thorny devil!
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
When Meiolania's skull was first found by Richard Owen he believed the skull belonged to the giant lizard Varanus priscus (Megalania) and the species was a giant thorny devil!
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
Wow that's a lot of new followers out of the blue. Well hello everyone, have a fossil in exchange.
This is Trilophosaurus, an archosauromorph in his own case by himself at the AMNH and I felt kind of bad for him. Don't worry buddy, I still like you.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
This is Trilophosaurus, an archosauromorph in his own case by himself at the AMNH and I felt kind of bad for him. Don't worry buddy, I still like you.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
November 17, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Wow that's a lot of new followers out of the blue. Well hello everyone, have a fossil in exchange.
This is Trilophosaurus, an archosauromorph in his own case by himself at the AMNH and I felt kind of bad for him. Don't worry buddy, I still like you.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
This is Trilophosaurus, an archosauromorph in his own case by himself at the AMNH and I felt kind of bad for him. Don't worry buddy, I still like you.
#paleontology #paleoart 🧪
Another week, another #FossilFriday. This time it's Cliff the Triceratops at the Boston Museum of Science from when I visited in May.
Quite possibly the least aesthetic Triceratops specimen out there. Just not a looker.
#paleontology #paleoart #science #dinosaurs 🧪
Quite possibly the least aesthetic Triceratops specimen out there. Just not a looker.
#paleontology #paleoart #science #dinosaurs 🧪
November 16, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Another week, another #FossilFriday. This time it's Cliff the Triceratops at the Boston Museum of Science from when I visited in May.
Quite possibly the least aesthetic Triceratops specimen out there. Just not a looker.
#paleontology #paleoart #science #dinosaurs 🧪
Quite possibly the least aesthetic Triceratops specimen out there. Just not a looker.
#paleontology #paleoart #science #dinosaurs 🧪
Old project of mine to turn a suggestion box into a little library for up cycled keychains.
Got swept up and realized I didn't have anywhere to put it since I'm renting so now it just sits in my office supplying keychains to any visitors.
Got swept up and realized I didn't have anywhere to put it since I'm renting so now it just sits in my office supplying keychains to any visitors.
November 15, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Old project of mine to turn a suggestion box into a little library for up cycled keychains.
Got swept up and realized I didn't have anywhere to put it since I'm renting so now it just sits in my office supplying keychains to any visitors.
Got swept up and realized I didn't have anywhere to put it since I'm renting so now it just sits in my office supplying keychains to any visitors.
I really truly wish that Princeton would stop endorsing GSP's unfounded taxonomic vandalism. I have no stake in dinosaurs but it is really jarring just how bad Paul's work is compared to the other field guides at this point.
#paleontology #dinosaurs #paleoart
#paleontology #dinosaurs #paleoart
November 14, 2024 at 1:13 AM
I really truly wish that Princeton would stop endorsing GSP's unfounded taxonomic vandalism. I have no stake in dinosaurs but it is really jarring just how bad Paul's work is compared to the other field guides at this point.
#paleontology #dinosaurs #paleoart
#paleontology #dinosaurs #paleoart
Hot take: the 40 foot trash compactor with railroad spikes for teeth can simultaneously be an animal and a monster. #paleontology
November 13, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Hot take: the 40 foot trash compactor with railroad spikes for teeth can simultaneously be an animal and a monster. #paleontology
Happy #FossilFriday everyone!
Just sharing some cool mounts from the Science Museum of Minnesota at #2024SVP.
In the foreground is an as of now unnamed toothed whale from Miocene Peru. In the background, the far too large and toothy Pelagornis.
#paleontology #museum #paleoart
Just sharing some cool mounts from the Science Museum of Minnesota at #2024SVP.
In the foreground is an as of now unnamed toothed whale from Miocene Peru. In the background, the far too large and toothy Pelagornis.
#paleontology #museum #paleoart
November 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Happy #FossilFriday everyone!
Just sharing some cool mounts from the Science Museum of Minnesota at #2024SVP.
In the foreground is an as of now unnamed toothed whale from Miocene Peru. In the background, the far too large and toothy Pelagornis.
#paleontology #museum #paleoart
Just sharing some cool mounts from the Science Museum of Minnesota at #2024SVP.
In the foreground is an as of now unnamed toothed whale from Miocene Peru. In the background, the far too large and toothy Pelagornis.
#paleontology #museum #paleoart