Amazingly, our paleontology program does, in fact, have community support for which I am grateful:

The Carthage Institute of Paleontology is facing an existential threat: funding for our preparator ends THIS JULY & we need to find an alternative to save the program & its fossils.

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY.

Our goal is to reach someone with the resources to help.

A bit more info on my April 10 open mic feature; if you attend, please bring non-perishable food for the local food bank: familypowermusic.com/event/grassroo…

Of possible interest; there's no cover charge, but please come with a contribution to the donation jar! facebook.com/events/7150758…

Discussion of the Carthage Institute of Paleontology's existential crisis. Our academic program has attracted enough paleo students since 2013 for their combined tuition to cover the cost of the Preparator position, and, since 2017, the entire CIP budget. wgtd.org/playlist/morni…

'Gorgosaurus' is sus; 'Albertosaurus libratus' is slaps!

Carthage Institute of Paleontology spotlighted in Discovery Wisconsin/Uniquely WI featurette 'Kenosha County's Hidden Gem': watch.discoverwisconsin.com/home/movies?sh…

Quote of the day: 'Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed.'
--Abraham Lincoln

Hey kids, don't do your fieldwork on ebay: Be a real paleontologist & get your hands dirty the hard way.

How complete is the terrestrial fossil record, really? An interesting approach without relying on ebay 'fieldwork'!): cambridge.org/core/journals/…

As with art, when paleontologists buy dino fossils off the shelf then the entire provenance must be published: how much paid, the commmercial entity, the entire chain of ownership, with names & dates. The common euphemism of 'fossil was acquired by [institution name]' should end.

Upon learning this my enthusiasm for the new oviraptorosaurian taxon has completely deflated; it matters where the money goes, especially if it supports the commercial fossil market in dinosaurs: livescience.com/animals/dinosa…

Books read: 'An American Sunrise: Poems' by Joy Harjo.

Books read: HOWL and Other Poems (Introduction by William Carlos Williams), by Allen Ginsberg.

Vertebrate paleontology's central weakness is its failure to persuade the public that vertebrate fossils - specifically dinosaur fossils - should not be commodities. The thriving art auction market in dinosaur fossils is, arguably, our own damn fault.

Spent a cool evening with the poets who convened for the weekly open mic hosted by the Bozeman Poetry Collective at the poetically inspiring Valhalla Meadery!

Happy #FossilFriday ! Thomas Carr is back at #MOR examining #Trex and kin🦖. Here he is next to a cast of #Daspletosaurus horneri ( #MOR 590), a large #tyrannosaur from the Two Medicine Formation of #Montana & named after Jack Horner. This #Cretaceous #carnivore lived ~75 mya.

The latest in tyrannosaur fan fiction, yours truly quoted: reuters.com/science/scient…

'Nanotyrannus!!!'

OK, boomer.🙄

Nanotyrannus is SUS; juvenile T. rex are RIZZ.