University of California Museum of Paleontology
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To investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth’s biota through research and education. ucmp.berkeley.edu
Grad student Jaemin Lee has published on grasshopper ootheca (egg clutch) found in the Sheep Rock unit of the park. CT scanning was also utilized in analyzing this fossil. Read about the 29-million-year-old fossil grasshopper ootheca here: doi.org/10.5070/P540...
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Grad student Jaemin Lee has published on grasshopper ootheca (egg clutch) found in the Sheep Rock unit of the park. CT scanning was also utilized in analyzing this fossil. Read about the 29-million-year-old fossil grasshopper ootheca here: doi.org/10.5070/P540...
Grad student Sergio Garcia-Lara has scanned several oreodont dentaries collected from John Day formation in order to analyze the bending strength along different inter-dental mandibular spaces between hypsodont and non-hypsodont oreodonts.
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Grad student Sergio Garcia-Lara has scanned several oreodont dentaries collected from John Day formation in order to analyze the bending strength along different inter-dental mandibular spaces between hypsodont and non-hypsodont oreodonts.
Post-doc @narimanechatar.bsky.social is working with extinct sabertoothed cat-like carnivores from John Day, scanning a cast of Pogonodon platycopsis, housed in the UCMP. 3D scanning allows her to compare the shape and mechanical performances of its cranium and jaw. tinyurl.com/pogcranium
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Post-doc @narimanechatar.bsky.social is working with extinct sabertoothed cat-like carnivores from John Day, scanning a cast of Pogonodon platycopsis, housed in the UCMP. 3D scanning allows her to compare the shape and mechanical performances of its cranium and jaw. tinyurl.com/pogcranium
@tsengzj.bsky.social is working with Nick Famoso at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument using a 3D scan of a fossil hedgehog in a larger study of hedgehog evolution. This allowed them to digitally extract the fossil from the concretion without preparing the skull itself tinyurl.com/fossilhedgehog
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
@tsengzj.bsky.social is working with Nick Famoso at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument using a 3D scan of a fossil hedgehog in a larger study of hedgehog evolution. This allowed them to digitally extract the fossil from the concretion without preparing the skull itself tinyurl.com/fossilhedgehog
Skull of a squirrel relative, skull of beaver, and a dramatic black and white photo of an oreodont. Check out more UCMP fossils on Calphotos tinyurl.com/UCMPJODA
October 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Skull of a squirrel relative, skull of beaver, and a dramatic black and white photo of an oreodont. Check out more UCMP fossils on Calphotos tinyurl.com/UCMPJODA
Also featured is a glass negative of John Day Basin and of a student at Turtle Cove in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument from our 2022 Field Methods in Paleobiology course field trip.
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Also featured is a glass negative of John Day Basin and of a student at Turtle Cove in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument from our 2022 Field Methods in Paleobiology course field trip.
Check out more UCMP fossils on Calphotos tinyurl.com/UCMPJODA and read more about UCMP history in the John Day Basin at ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/park... and National Fossil Day at www.nps.gov/articles/000... #nationalfossilday (3/3)
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Check out more UCMP fossils on Calphotos tinyurl.com/UCMPJODA and read more about UCMP history in the John Day Basin at ucmp.berkeley.edu/science/park... and National Fossil Day at www.nps.gov/articles/000... #nationalfossilday (3/3)
Fossil no. 20 in our paleobotany collection is leaf of a fern Pteris silvicola (2/3)
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fossil no. 20 in our paleobotany collection is leaf of a fern Pteris silvicola (2/3)