I have not done #FossilFriday in a while, so here is a never-before-seen close-up of the metapodial hummocky scales from our Nemegt titanosaur manus ES-4, as described in our paper last month.

UALVP 45014, a putative Ischnacanthus gracilis specimen from the MOTH locality in NWT, Canada. Several exquisitely-preserved MOTH specimens unexpectedly turned up during our big move last year and were promptly returned to the fossil fish collection (after I snapped a few shots).
#FossilFriday

Thrilled to see Albertan dinosaurs at the forefront of Walking with Dinosaurs's first images. We look forward to seeing sneak peeks from other folks' segments. 👀

I started in 2021, but 40% of my observations came from this year alone. Most of these are arthropods since I need help identifying them and I just got a macro-compatible flash setup this year. The birdies are still maintained separately over eBird.

"Canada should be on high alert today"
...for like 10 Canadians who have clear sky 🥲

Ischyromys from the White River Group is one of the oldest true rodents. The specimen from our teaching collection still has some nicely-preserved bilophodont molars. #FossilFriday

There is still 30 minutes before the end of the day in my time zone, so have a replacement tooth from the holotype of Stegoceras validum for #FossilFriday.

And I just now realized that it was carrying something in its talons???

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That piece is lowkey me and this black kite at our Nemegt camp last year (I'm the moa).

Finally set up a Blue Sky account in time for #FossilFriday! Hey all, I'm wrapping up my MSc on centrosaurines while searching for a PhD or museum position (visa life). In the meantime, enjoy this pretty Centrosaurus skull from our collections, the articulated neck is stuck right under the frill.