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Clint Boyd

@boydpaleo.bsky.social

Vertebrate Paleontologist. Curator of the North Dakota State Fossil Collection. Leading the #DinoMummy Research Group. All opinions are my own. He/Him/His.

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Clint Boyd@boydpaleo.bsky.social · 4w ago

The World Cup went from exciting, must watch TV in the early rounds to, oh look, big name country gets yet another lucky (often controversial) break and survives to the next round! Shocking! I think I am done with it for another 4 years.

Clint Boyd@boydpaleo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Big career update is now official: on July 1st I will move into the State Geologist role and take over leadership of the North Dakota Geological Survey. I will continue to work with the NDGS Paleo team, though in a reduced capacity. This means we will be hiring a new Paleontology Section Manager!

The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources is pleased to announce Dr. Clint Boyd as the new State Geologist and Fred Anderson as Assistant State Geologist. Born in southeastern Wisconsin, Dr. Boyd first searched for fossils in the American West during high school on trips to southeastern Montana with his grandfather. Those trips prompted him to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study both biology and geology in preparation for a future career in paleontology. He also volunteered in the fossil preparation lab at the university’s Geology Museum and joined field expeditions to Montana, Wyoming, and British Columbia. His graduate work at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin focused on the anatomy and evolutionary relationships of ornithischian dinosaurs, but in the summers, he worked at Badlands National Park in South Dakota collecting and preparing Eocene and Oligocene mammals. After earning his PhD in 2012, he served as the Haslem Postdoctoral Fellow at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, where he focused on studying the diversity of hashtag#Eocene and hashtag#Oligocene mammals in the Great Plains Region of North America. In 2015, he was hired by the North Dakota Geological Survey as the hashtag#Paleontology Section Manager and has spent the last decade studying the wealth of fossils preserved within the state and investigating the stratigraphic relationships of North Dakota’s hashtag#Paleogene rocks. “Clint’s expertise, vision, leadership, and commitment to our mission make him exceptionally well‑suited for this role. Clint has been a great leader thus far, and I have no doubt that he will thrive in this new capacity,” said DMR Director Nathan Anderson.
Natalia (娜塔莉)@nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Can dudes who scream about minutiae irregularities in dinosaur models, because apparently it's good for scicomm, have the same energy and platform to scream about actual threats to palaeontology?

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On NSF’s postdoc page, the biology and earth science fields have been completely eliminated; the only remaining fellowships are in math, astronomy, engineering, and “entrepreneurship.” Weird choice not to support research on the life support system for 8 billion people. www.nsf.gov/funding/post...

Omar Rafael Regalado Fernández@mathchaos.bsky.social · 6mo ago

On January 5th, I resigned as a co-chair of the Student and Postdoc Liasion Committee. My resignation followed the US invasion of Venezuela because that was like an imaginary line I set up for myself as the last straw. However, as I was organising the Round Table, I heard the concerns of members

Meig Dickson (ey/em)@kulindadromeus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

the svp Diversity Committee was not consulted on that press release the svp Ethics Committee was not consulted on that press release one has to wonder who wrote the damn thing and thought it was a good idea

Clint Boyd@boydpaleo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Come be my boss! The North Dakota Geological Survey is hiring the State Geologist position. They are casting a wide net in terms of professional experience, including paleontology given the strong program we have here. To apply go to www.nd.gov/jobs and search for State Geologist.

A job description for the State Geologist Position at the North Dakota Geological Survey. The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) is seeking a State Geologist to join our team in Bismarck, ND. As a member of the DMR, which includes both the Oil and Gas Division and Geological Survey, you'll help support responsible energy and mineral development across the state. The DMR regulates and promotes the state’s mineral resources while protecting the rights of all stakeholders, ensuring long term benefits for mineral owners, industry, and the public. The State Geologist, also serving as the Director of the Geological Survey (NDGS), is a critical member of the executive leadership team. The State Geologist reports directly to the DMR Director and, at a minimum, provides quarterly reports to the ND Industrial Commission (Governor, Attorney General, and Agriculture Commissioner). The State Geologist is responsible for hiring, developing, and managing NDGS staff; ensuring operational excellence across the division; developing and managing the NDGS budget; overseeing and executing regulatory programs; and supporting other state agencies. The State Geologist engages in the legislative process, provides oral and written testimony on the NDGS budget as well as geologic and regulatory topics, collaborates with external stakeholders, and sets a strategic vision for the NDGS. The NDGS maintains the Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks and operates a strong paleontology program that manages public fossil digs and curates the state rock, mineral, and fossil collections at the ND Heritage Center and State Museum in Bismarck. The State Geologist represents the NDGS nationally in organizations such as the Association of American State Geologists (AASG), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and the Geological Society of America (GSA). Occasional travel is required.
Clint Boyd@boydpaleo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're almost at new paper day! Lets take a look at some of the specimens used in the study. 🕵️ Oops, I seem to have messed up some of the names. 😱 Well, we'll know what they are soon enough... ⌛

A list of specimen numbers included in a soon to be published study. Most species names are replaced with question marks to mask what the study is about.
Clint Boyd@boydpaleo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The paper coming out later this week will provide an interesting update on the Hell Creek ecosystem. 🌎 As a teaser, here is a cropped bit of artwork. Any guesses about the topic? Best guess wins some NDGS Paleo stickers!🎉 [Keep quiet any paleontologists that already know about the paper] 😁

A small cropped frame from some paleo artwork being used as a contest to see who can guess what the topic of the forthcoming paper is!
Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 9mo ago

This is incredibly important: we must frame tonight as a resounding victory — an electoral landslide, a mandate from the universe itself and as a repudiation of MAGA, of Trump, and of vichy democrats we must be relentless, we must not shut up

Clint Boyd@boydpaleo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

FINAL DAYS! This is the LAST WEEKEND to get your exclusive 2025 NDGS Public Fossil Dig shirt featuring our Medora dig site! This is a limited time fundraiser that closes on Sept 7th and shirts will not be available after this time so don't miss your chance to pick up this one-of-a-kind souvenir.

2025 NDGS Paleontology Public Fossil Digs Shirts, Supporting Friends of Ndgs Paleo

Don't miss your chance to pick up an official 2025 NDGS Public Fossil Dig shirt! This year's shirt was designed as always by our wonderful and multi-talented Paleontologist Becky, and is styled like a...

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Anthony Vs. Utahceratops@mosasaurologist.bsky.social · last yr.

One of my "secret projects" I've recently finished is making a copy of the arm of Dakota the dinomummy. Here's the blog update on it with shoutouts to @boydpaleo.bsky.social and @himmapaan.bsky.social and @uglyfossils.bsky.social for their work on the paper/exhibit rmdrc.blogspot.com/2025/04/dako...

Dakota Goes Digital: Replicating a Mummy Arm

Reonstruction by Natee Puttapipat from Drumheller et al., PLoS One, 2022 Confession time: I love giving nicknames to the specimens that I fi...

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