Matthew Aaron Brown
@matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social
Examining the intersection of the history, philosophy, and practice of paleontology | Museum Director, Eagle Scout, National Parks, Fossils Live From Austin, Texas
Taking another stab at the ol’ Bluesky on #nationalfossilday and reposting this in-progress reconstruction of Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni (which hadn’t been named yet last time I posted it.) Half the size of the famous Q. northopi, this is the only place you’ll see these National Park Service fossils.
My shiny new pallet jack arrived today, on a pallet. Which the delivery guys picked up off the lift gate and set inside the door. Wish we’d had an easier way to move it. Maybe I should order another pallet jack.
It’s endlessly funny to me that invariably the IT department sends out phishing warnings and then right after HR sends an email soliciting personal account info that breaks all the rules from our IT training.
“On a Sunday morning sidewalk, I’m wishing Lord that I was stone” A couple old fossils, 25 years apart. @suethetrex.bsky.social
Here’s a post from my PBL (Pretty Big Library) for #MarbledMonday, an 1897 copy of T.H. Huxley’s “Methods and Results” which was previously housed at the State Lunatic Asylum, so in a way it never really changed hands. #libraries
Two years ago I returned the loan of this amazing Vancleavea skull to Ghost Ranch. It had been in Austin for CT scanning, and needed a courier to bring it home. #paleontology
Weird, prior to this week my last tweet here was exactly one year ago today. So here’s another look at this gigantic Alamosaurus pelvis that weighs roughly 2200 pounds.
Matthew Aaron Brown@matthewaaronbrown.bsky.social · 3y agoIt’s Sauropod Sunday so here is the ilium of Alamosaurus, a titanosaur discovered in Big Bend National Park.
Since Homotherium kittens are in the news, here’s a side by side size comparison of an adult jaw next to a juvenile jaw from Friesenhahn Cave #texasfossils #fossilfriday #kitten
When Man-Eating Miocene Beavers Ruled the Earth #texasfossils #fossilfriday #paleontology #Anchitheriomysbuceei
Thinking back to simpler times just a few weeks ago, when I was bringing a giant fossil beaver replica named after a gas station on an airplane to the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting in Minneapolis. #texasfossils
It’s Sauropod Sunday so here is the ilium of Alamosaurus, a titanosaur discovered in Big Bend National Park.
My very first 3D print for #FossilFriday, a 1/3 scale Tiktaalik skull File courtesy of the Nunavut Fossil Vertebrate Collection
Well that's new - American Chemical Society sent along a code for free membership to folks who reviewed for their PRF grants. Wish other orgs would offer free membership for reviewers...
The Library of Congress provides World Digital Library materials free online. Thousands of digitized historical sources from all over the world from the middle ages, to the 20th century. 🗃️ www.loc.gov/search/?...
Me last week on my way to #2023SVP to attend a paleontology conference and catch COVID. #fossilfriday
Hello world! This is my first tweet on Bluesky. Whats the character limit on here anyw
