Monthly Archives: August 2012

Wyoming Wildlife 8: the fast and hooved

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

Pronghorns (Antilocapra americana) are cool! One evening at the Dana Quarry dig, driving to the shower, we happened onto a herd of does and not-so-young fawns. They looked at us with interest, and when the car stopped they took off…… … Continue reading →

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Wyoming Wildlife 7: oh deer!

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Our daily routine at the dig in Dana Quarry in Wyoming involved a car ride to the shower and to fetch potable water. I’ll have more to say about camp life later, including this shower. For now, it only matters … Continue reading →

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Mystery ichnofossils – please help!

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Today, I am asking for your help! If you have a few minutes and some knowledge of archosaur track fossils please help me with a track fossil project. Here’s a figure with outline tracings of tracks. I have intentionally not … Continue reading →

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Wyoming Wildlife 6: more theropods (includes flying caprimulgids!)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

Let’s get this over with: some grouse, I guess. I won’t bore you with myriad photos of small birds, as these mostly consist of a lot of sky or landscape with a tiny feathery dot near the middle. Pretty impressive, … Continue reading →

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Wyoming Wildlife 5: dragonflies!

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

Yeah, I know, I am tossing those extant critters at you like there’s no tomorrow. Patience, young palaeo-padawan, dinosaurs to come. I mean to get the extant stuff done ASAP. What, you don’t like creepy crawly critters? OK, I’ll have … Continue reading →

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Mammal Monday 31: Wyoming Wildlife 4: awwwww, cute!

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

daily guest at our campsite.

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Wyoming Wildlife 3: arthropod alarm!

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

Luckily, we had few of these around. I am a vertebrate palaeontologist.

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Wyoming Wildlife 2: Rattlers!

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

At the dig I went to this summer there was the common-to-the-US-West risk of rattlesnakes. In contrast to the many other time when I was warned there might be some around, this time some were! Finally! more pics below the fold

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DigitalFossil 2012 2nd Circular

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

It’s finally done: I sent out the 2nd circular for the DigitalFossil 2012 conference! Here it is, too. The website now holds information on the workshops, go check them out! Some cool stuff

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A strange coincidence

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

As you all know by now, I recently visited the Dinosaur National Monument. More precisely, Dan Chure kindly showed me and Brooks Britt around the renovated and rebuilt Quarry Visitor Center – “…a building that will not fall on the … Continue reading →

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