Taylor McCoy
@tm9380.bsky.social
Paleontology volunteer at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Focus on fossil care and outreach
Big fan of using a union transit space as a museum. That’s cool
Welcome to the world Jian changmaensis, the newest microraptorine! Our lead paleontologist at the Carnegie Matt Lamanna was part of the team that named and described this awesome new animal! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
New species of dinosaur, a cousin of Velociraptor, probably glided on four “wings” and hunted early birds
Scientists finally found the predator that had been killing and eating ancient birds and regurgitating their broken bones as pellets 120 million years ago-- it's a new species of dinosaur, related...
eurekalert.org
A selection of some of North America’s most famous and notable apex predators across millennia…
Sauropod and whale paleontologists battling to see which giants would win. I’m rooting for @tessasaurus.bsky.social but I’m dinosaur biased, sorry Piero
Went to a mineral and gem show today. Picked up a random cow jaw and fossil horse tooth for less than $20 total. Not bad!
New addition at work, added Dippy the Diplodocus to the lineup…
A selection of fossil casts at the Carnegie used for outreach. Triceratops, Fedexia, Dunkelosteus, and more. #FossilFriday
New mammal tooth fossil for the collection. Not mammal savvy enough to ID beyond it’s definitely a tooth! Lol
Well yesterday was Barnum Brown’s birthday so for #FossilFriday it seems fitting to share fossils from the skull of the T.rex holotype CM9380
Some Didelphodon canines Fran found when we were in Montana for a dig with Dr. Carr in 2021. We return to the field for the first time since to hunt for dinosaurs again this summer through the Carnegie. #FossilFriday
Finalized our route for this summers roadtrip! Featuring a dino dig, museums, national parks, and more!
My Acrocanthosaurus arrived today! Here it is with my friends Argentinosaurus, both 1:35 scale by the way
I really gotta do better about building my platform here. I’m stubborn with Twitter and BlueSky isn’t perfect but… yeah. Gotta do what we can right? Anyways, phytosaur snoot in collections because phytosaurs are cool!
Dippy the Diplodocus. Many casts of this 25 meter giant exist but there’s only one place to see the original…
Meet Freya, our second leopard gecko and fourth reptile overall…
