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Dr. Amelia R. Zietlow 🦎
@tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social
Metal & Mosasaurs 🤘🦎 : RGGS at AMNH : Skeleton Crew Paleo Co-Founder : NSF GRFP Fellow : Carthage College Alumna : she/her 🖤🤍💜 : views my own. https://linktr.ee/tyrantlizardqueen
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NANOTYRANNUS IS BACK, and WE ARE STREAMING ABOUT IT!

Join us Tuesday, November 4th, at 8:30 pm Eastern time for all of your questions about NANOTYRANNUS, and why we're all #backinhell after Lindsay Zanno and our very own @jgn-paleo.bsky.social published the paper of the year!
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Today's bombshell in @nature.com by Lindsay Zanno & James Napoli @jgn-paleo.bsky.social (bit.ly/4qBE6ng) shows that putative juvvy T. rex fossils actually are Nanotyrannus. I reviewed the manuscript, so Nature invited me to write the News & Views commentary. Free link: rdcu.be/eNv94 🦖
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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True story, folks. Enjoy reading, but please refrain from posting about content until it is presented!
#SVP2025 #2025SVP

And even then, follow the presenters’ wishes on their slides/posters.
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
Super excited to see the #SVP2025 #2025SVP abstract book out! Remember that all abstracts are under embargo ahead of the meeting.
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Hi everybody! We are excited to share that we will be streaming the brand new Jurassic World Evolution 3 TOMORROW Oct 21, 830pm ET! Be sure to stop by & check it out with us!
October 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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NOW LIVE! Watch at the link in the comments below:
The Skeleton Crew is taking a break from their hiatus to STREAM TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 7th (9 pm to 12 am EDT) to raise awareness of two very important fundraisers in the world of paleontology!
Want more details? Check the latest post on our channel page on YouTube!
October 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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The Skeleton Crew is taking a break from their hiatus to STREAM TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 7th (9 pm to 12 am EDT) to raise awareness of two very important fundraisers in the world of paleontology!
Want more details? Check the latest post on our channel page on YouTube!
October 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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"I Contain Multitudes"

This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.

The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I was collecting #quail #embryos this morning and found an individual with albinism! Look at the lack of pigment in the retinal epithelium! Reminds me of finding a leopard #gecko embryo with the same condition during my PhD.
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Jormungandr walhallaensis
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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no offense, but when I am complaining about some aspect of the professional world sucking, please take a moment to think before commenting "well, I am in this field, and I did not share this experience". congratulations dear, happy for you, but I really don't know how to respond to that.
September 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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stylised Protosphyraena concepts, honestly quite happy with these and will probably make more with different taxa

#paleoart #sketch #stylised #conceptart #fishart
September 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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3 days left to back my art book! www.kickstarter.com/projects/oni... Special last minute addition here, working on a piece to add to the tier 4 print set! Will be added to the book as well. Classic T.rex vs Triceratops battle. RTs hugely appreciated. Thank you for the support guys!
September 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Task completed (easy): freeing Stan from his old Podium

Next Objective (difficult): getting him Off the Surprise Table that we found under the Podium
#MuseumMonday
August 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! While you may have seen this cast of Tylosaurus elsewhere, this specific one is special: it is the *first* cast of the fossil that was made. Currently on display in the lobby of the History Museum at the Castle.

Exciting things coming to the Castle soon - stay tuned!
August 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I missed #MosasaurMonday but holy moly, Winnie is prepped!

Here's the main part of the skull, without the palate laid out. She came out great and im so happy she's covered in pathologies. Just like me, we both have interesting skeletal injuries. Lower Niobrara, 86.5 million years old 🧪
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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How we feel looking at all the incredible details on our 55-ft mosasaur! ✨

#edelmanfossilparkmuseum #rowanuniversity #dinosaurs #paleontology #mosasaur #jurassicpark #jurassicworld
July 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Huge congratulations to current/former instructors @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social, @eury-speir.bsky.social, Dr. Emily Simpson, and soon-to-be-Dr. Jessica McCraw for landing permanent paleo career jobs this summer! Proud of all three of you and excited to see you thrive in your new academic homes!
July 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thrilled to share that starting in late August, I'll be Natural History Museum Specialist for the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton, WI! I'll be overseeing the exhibition and programming of the nat. his. collection, which is being moved from the old Weis Earth Science Museum.
July 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy #FossilFriday, have a funy lizard

Tylosaurus FHSM VP-3
July 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Exciting new research out today in Nature on the evolution of theropod wrist bones by Skeleton Crewmembers James & Alex!!

Tune in to our livestream at 8pm et TONIGHT to learn more as we play a topically relevant board game (Wingspan) together!

Art by Henry Sharpe; link to paper in the next post.
July 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Happy #FossilFriday from an undisclosed Kwik Trip as I embark on my trek to Kansas for my first @sternbergcamps.bsky.social !
June 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Excited to share a new #OA paper in @journalofanatomy.bsky.social detailing evolution and development of hemibacula: bizarre mineralized elements in hemipenes of croaking geckos.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#GeckoEvoDevo #Aristelliger
June 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Kicking off #JurassicJune with a new episode of #DINODNA on @jurassicparkpod.bsky.social 🌊

Join me and the amazing Amelia Zietlow @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social to hear about all things Mosasaurus, including what we've seen of the Rebirth version...

www.jurassicparkpodcast.com/home/mosasau...
June 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM