Vertebrate paleontologist, specializing in Plio-Pleistocene megafauna (horses & bison, mostly), extinctions, etc. He/him. Views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mirwpqipzc2mMarried to the Kangaroo 🦘 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirwpqipzc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mirqshd55c26A day at the #SanDiegoZoo.05 Apr 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirqshd55c26https://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3miosm252e22kBoris and Tigger waiting patiently (🙄) for elevenses. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky04 Apr 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3miosm252e22khttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mikfpej47s24Happy National Burrito Day, everyone! (And thanks to El Burrito in Redlands, CA for the delicious meal!) 🌯 #NationalBurritoDay02 Apr 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikfpej47s24https://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mifqatf2ws2sMy blood pressure spiked reading this ... until I realized what time (and day) it was where The Daily Mail is published. Damn you, Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15696415/Taking-shape-new-face-Mount-Rushmore.html01 Apr 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifqatf2ws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mieiiqiik22wToday is Trans Day of Visibility. Here's a thread with suggestions & options for providing needed support! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieiiqiik22whttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mi5to3m5qk2xIn Anaheim, CA. #NoKings28 Mar 2026 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5to3m5qk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mhxoomusn22pThis Saturday at WonderCon 2026! (Yep, it's me!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxoomusn22phttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mhwhxz5jbs24This Saturday at WonderCon 2026! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwhxz5jbs24https://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mhvvtw3f7c2rIt was truly a privilege to be a part of the "discovery" of a second species of Ice Age mastodon in North America. Here, my friend and colleague Alton Dooley lays out the backstory of how we found this new species right under our noses. (Pertinent publications linked in the post!) #mastodons 🧪 https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/pacific-incognitum-the-pacific-mastodon-story/25 Mar 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvvtw3f7c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mhttni43pc2pThis Saturday at WonderCon 2026! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhttni43pc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mhsfnce3w22nGreat thread for all those "both parties are equally bad" and "we need a brand new direction" folks out there. If you're serious about that & not just a troll, then *now* is the best time to be organizing, promoting new candidates at all levels, generating support, etc. Yet ... nada. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsfnce3w22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mhqtxcvigs2kHappy to be participating on this panel! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqtxcvigs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mhdsjo2pqk2iThere are so many genuinely good people in vertebrate paleontology. But there are also still far too many misogynists, and bullies, and outright predators. It's so critical to shine light on this abuse and these abusers, and expunge them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdsjo2pqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mh2td4aaws23Tigger among my wife's flowers. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky15 Mar 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2td4aaws23https://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mfr4cqkync2t"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr4cqkync2thttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3meunppzf7k2wWinding down #Caturday15 Feb 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3meunppzf7k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3meoznaysic23Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin! Born on this day in 1809. (The photo is from the Natural History Museum @nhm-london.bsky.social in London, England; the festive b-day frame was found online, where it was selected ... naturally.) 🦖🧪 #DarwinDay #InternationalDarwinDay12 Feb 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3meoznaysic23https://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mehrh4fif22pPost a banger that's not in English. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehrh4fif22phttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mdegrbqufc25Excellent news if true. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdegrbqufc25https://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mdc52xhb6k2aChange a letter, ruin a film. The Big Sheep [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdc52xhb6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mczrnisxhk2nNice to see this wonderful, world famous fossil site getting the support it needs to move forward with plans to renovate the campus! #RanchoLaBrea #TarPits #Pleistocene #Fossils #IceAge https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-01-22/la-brea-tar-pits-research-center-makeover22 Jan 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczrnisxhk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mcxu55bggs23More exciting hominin remains from 2.9-2.5 million year old deposits in northern Ethiopia! 🧪 #Paleoanthropology #Paleontology [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxu55bggs23https://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mcpqpe76ls2mShare a television show that raised you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jan 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcpqpe76ls2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mcnykcn6ck2e"It came out of the faucet that way, Eunice." #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky18 Jan 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcnykcn6ck2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mclgwgqjsk2tLovely warm evening (unseasonably so, even for California) - sunset approaching, dappled light in the trees ... & puffs of feathers blowing in the neighbor's yard in the light breeze. It all means one thing: our local Cooper's hawk is back w/ another dead pigeon dinner. #Wildlife #Photography17 Jan 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mclgwgqjsk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mckhhekbrs2cFor #FossilFriday: skeleton of an American mastodon, Mammut americanum, on display at the American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org in New York City, NY, US. This is the Warren Mastodon, discovered in 1845 in Newburgh, New York - the first complete mastodon skeleton ever found in the US. 🧪16 Jan 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckhhekbrs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mciedga6dc2mFor all your Tyrannosaurus & Nanotyrannus needs! 🦖🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mciedga6dc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mcfqegmqhk2oNew paper discussing ontogenetic growth in Tyrannosaurus rex: "Our results suggest that the Tyrannosaurus rex species complex grew more gradually and over a longer lifespan than indicated by prior models, with a protracted period of subadult development." #Paleontology #Dinosaurs 🦖🧪 https://peerj.com/articles/20469/14 Jan 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfqegmqhk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/captainfossil.bsky.social/post/3mce7objtms2rStop scrolling and post two characters that bring you happiness. 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