I forgot which dinosaur this impressive femur and tibia belonged to. Spotted them in the fossil storage at the Utah Field House of Natural History Museum—not on public display, but behind the scenes. #Paleontology #Dinosaurs #Fossils

An amazing painted ceramic vessel with a striking human face, seen in a museum in Puno, Peru. I used AI to reduce the reflections from the display case in this photo. #Peru #Archaeology #AncientArt #PreColumbian #Museum

I came across this display in downtown Cancún. It features people from Isla Mujeres who are missing and are still being searched for by their families. Behind every photo is someone who hasn't been forgotten. #Cancun #IslaMujeres #MissingPersons #HumanRights

Colonial coral from the Madison Limestone, dating back 336–359 million years. Complex reef ecosystems existed long before the dinosaurs. #Fossils #Paleontology #AncientLife #Geology

A small but beautiful addition to my collection: a fossil plant from the Florissant Fossil Beds in Teller County, Colorado. Paid 5$. Amazing how delicate details can survive for millions of years. #Fossils #Plants #Paleontology

A beautifully preserved fossil fish at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The museum has an excellent collection that goes well beyond dinosaurs. #Paleontology #Fossils #Denver #Fish #Museum

I understand the historical reasons why firearms are legal in the U.S. Seeing guns, rifles, and suppressors openly displayed and advertised still shocks me. I think it's a bad idea. We all have bad days, and easy access can turn a moment of anger into a tragedy. #USA #Firearms #PublicSafety

An extraordinary beautifully and interesting painted Pre-Columbian vessel featuring a striking stylized face. Seen in Puno. #Archaeology #PreColumbian #Ceramics #Museum

Nautiloid cephalopods appeared around 500 million years ago—roughly 270 million years before the first dinosaurs. They were incredibly diverse, with some species growing over 10 metres long. #Fossils #Paleontology #Cephalopods #NaturalHistory #Museum

A painted Pre-Columbian cup. Simple design, beautiful craftsmanship, and great preservation. Seen in Puno. #Archaeology #Museum #Pottery #Ceramics #History #CulturalHeritage

Dinosaur eggs discovered near Cañon City, Colorado. When they were found in 1994, this was considered the oldest known dinosaur nest in North America. A great museum exhibit. AI also removed the reflections from the display glass. #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Fossils #Colorado #Museum

A beautifully painted ceramic vessel from the Nazca culture (1st–9th century AD). The vibrant colors and intricate iconography have survived for over a thousand years—a testament to the artistry of ancient Peru. Photographed in Puno. #Archaeology #Nazca #Anthropology #Museum

A 90-million-year-old ammonite: Dunveganoceras pondi, from the Late Cretaceous Frontier Formation in Carbon County, Wyoming. #Fossils #Ammonite #Paleontology

The biggest clam I ever saw. Around -or even more- than 1 metre wide. This 85-million-year-old giant clam from Kansas was so massive that small fish used it as shelter—and some were even fossilized inside. #Fossils #Paleontology #Kansas #Cretaceous

I bought these two fossil belemnite rostrum for just $2 each. If the seller is correct, they probably came from Montana and are around 70–100 million years old, dating back to the Late Cretaceous. A great addition to the collection! #Fossils #Paleontology #Belemnite

A slab full of ammonites, each preserving a moment from an ancient sea over 100 million years ago. #Fossils #Ammonites #Paleontology #NaturalHistory

Fossil mollusks on display at the museum. The variety of shell shapes preserved in the fossil record is very large... #Fossils #Paleontology

A slab packed with ammonite fossils—an incredible snapshot of an ancient seabed. It's amazing how many individuals have been preserved together in a single piece of rock. #Fossils #Ammonites #Paleontology #NaturalHistory #Geology

I also bought this beautiful Devonian trilobite (Kainops invius) from Oklahoma. It's now the 10th (or maybe 11th!) trilobite in my collection, which I only started last March. #Fossils #Trilobite #Paleontology #AncientLife #FossilCollection

1/2 This Mesoamerican stone figure has a mushroom-shaped head and, according to the museum, may represent the sacred teonanácatl mushrooms used by some shamans to induce visions during spiritual rituals. #Museum #Archaeology #Anthropology #History #Shamanism

A display of a beautiful ammonite fossil. These extinct marine cephalopods evolved about 400 million years ago and became one of the most abundant animals in the ancient oceans before going extinct 66 million years ago. #Fossils #Ammonites #Paleontology #Geology #NaturalHistory

I bought this little fossil plant from the Florissant Formation in Teller County, Colorado for just $5. It's not complete, but I really like it. Even as a fragment, it preserves a tiny piece of a forest that grew around 34 million years ago. #Fossils #Paleontology #FossilPlants #Geology

A wonderful slab preserving hundreds of ammonites of different sizes. #Paleontology #Fossils #Ammonites

1/2 I've been looking for an agnostid trilobite for a long time, I finally found one yesterday in a shop! This is Peronopsis interstricta, a tiny Cambrian trilobite that lost its eyes during evolution. #Paleontology #Trilobites #Evolution #Fossils

An exceptionally preserved fossil lobster, Palaeonephrops browni, from the Late Cretaceous (~70 million years ago) of Bearpaw Shale, Valley County, Montana. #Paleontology #Fossils #Cretaceous #Museum

1/2 A beautiful reconstruction of an ancient seafloor, bringing hundreds of millions of years of marine evolution back to life. Straight-shelled cephalopods, crinoids, trilobites, echinoderms, and other invertebrates paint a vivid picture of Paleozoic oceans. #Paleontology #Fossils #AncientLife

A giant fossil fish on display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It's amazing to imagine these enormous predators patrolling the ancient seas. #Paleontology #Fossils #AncientLife #NaturalHistory

Cross-section of Araucarioxylon arizonicum from the Late Triassic (~225 Ma). I beliebe the wood was fossilized through silicification—a combination of permineralization and gradual replacement by silica—preserving its anatomy in an amazing level of detail. #Paleontology #Tree #Fossils

1/2 Paleontology has a dinosaur with my surname: Alvarezsaurus! It also belonged to a remarkable group of dinosaurs with a single large claw on each hand, likely adapted for digging. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvarez... #Paleontology #Dinosaurs

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A new addition to my fossil collection—this time from North America. A tiny Elrathia kingii trilobite from Utah, dating to the Middle Cambrian (~500–510 million years ago). #Paleontology #Trilobite #Cambrian #Fossils