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PaleoZoen
@paleozoen.bsky.social
Faunal Analyst, with training in paleontology, zooarchaeology, and biological anthropology. Invertebrates and vertebrates alike

Podcast in development: https://youtube.com/@paleozoen

Blog: https://buymeacoffee.com/paleozoen
Worst sediment I've ever had the displeasure to work with. Is it sand? Is it clay? Is it crunchy iron? Is it rock? The answer is YES. It feels like rock, but isn't yet. Water plus dental picks and elbow grease required. Inside this are the fossils I'm aiming for.
September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This might not look like much, but this is a big fossiliferous block of compacted sand and clay. They're some kind of invertebrates that thousands of pages of reading and dozens of inquiries have yielded no confident ID. I'm not complaining: I'm thrilled to have my feet back in paleontology.
September 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Stealth attack by Ursa. Didn't see it coming (🙄🤣).

{History with Kayleigh can be heard in the background.}
January 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Moose's delicate feet in rare snow. Strategy: jump as often as possible to avoid the unpleasant frozen toebeans, shake off disgusting falling snowflakes. 💯
January 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
One of the more interesting parts of being an archaeologist (which consists mostly of paperwork) is helping to preserve historic cemeteries on a military installation. Today, I'm prepping one for a controlled burn later on this month.
January 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ursa, bringing her best game to the telework Teams Meeting.
January 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ursa doesn't seem to understand when Moose is covered up. (She sleeps under the covers every night, but he's not allowed.) She's been investigating for 5 minutes.
January 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ursa: Yay! I smell so good and dad will snuggle me more!

Moose: Please someone help. Call Sarah MacLachlan. I shall not suffer this indignity in public!
January 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I attended a controlled burn at work to help protect a historic cemetery. Cool experience.
January 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ursa's new training aid for redirecting her energy. The trick is getting it back after a walk. 😅 #staffordshireterrier #dogs #dogtraining
November 26, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Moose lives a charmed life. Faux fur blankie, faux bone;his ancestors would be very confused.
November 19, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Canada geese love to hold up traffic by not using their wonderfully adapted wings to fly from point A to B, but by being little terrestrial therapods and crossing roads on foot in a line, very slowly. 🪿 🦖
November 14, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Ursa working on her leash training (finally).
November 12, 2024 at 6:53 PM