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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 1d

Big find at the Mother’s Day Quarry! 🦕

Participant Beth Wolf discovered a sauropod tooth during Week One of our 2025 field season. These Jurassic giants had spoon- or peg-shaped teeth perfect for stripping leaves...and they likely replaced them every 30–60 days!

#FossilFriday

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 3d

What's it like to go from participant to intern? Find out on our newest blog post! 👇

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From Participant to Intern: A Journey in the Field — Elevation Science Institute

Written by Adam Johnson

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 4d

Dig dinosaurs in Montana with Elevation Science! Join our 2026 expedition and help uncover fossils, learn excavation techniques, and explore the Bighorn Basin. No experience needed, just curiousity and a sense of adventure!

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 5d

Join us in wishing Scicomm Manager and Field Tech @thedinomancer.bsky.social a very happy birthday!

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 7d

Digging for dinosaurs isn’t just about finding fossils; it’s about protecting them too. This summer, our Field Paleontology students dug drainage ditches to keep rain from damaging exposed bones. Paleontology is about discovery, but it’s also stewardship!

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 14d

It’s National Public Lands Day!

From hiking Montana’s gorges to uncovering dinosaur bones, our work is only possible thanks to public lands. These places are living classrooms where fossils are studied and science connects people across generations.

Go out and enjoy your local public lands today!

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Montana Natural History Center @mtnaturalist.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you, public lands! We hope you're out and about celebrating today somewhere on the trail, in the trees, at the shore, watching wildlife, on a scenic fall drive…there are so many ways to enjoy and explore our beautiful public lands!

#nationalpubliclandsday

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 18d

A new megaraptoran genus named Joaquinraptor, with a crocodyliform humerus found between its teeth/jaws.
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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 18d

For the @nytimes.com, I wrote about Joaquinraptor, a new species from a very cool family of dinosaurs: long-armed, hook clawed (possible) tyrannosaur relatives from South America

The Megaraptor Had Giant Claws and an Appetite for Crocodilians

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Skye Walker @thedinomancer.bsky.social · 19d

Had a CROC-kin' good time at the Alabama Fossil Fest! 🐊

It was so fun connecting with hundreds of people from all over the southeast to talk about fossils, dinosaurs, and the incredible work being done by @elevationscience.bsky.social. Big thanks to everyone who chatted with me!

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 19d

Today is the fall equinox: when day and night are nearly equal as the Sun crosses the celestial equator. From here, nights grow longer, days shorter, and autumn officially begins. Happy Fall Equinox! ✨🍂

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 23d

Have you ever seen an Allosaurus foot up close? 🦖 Check out this one that we dug up in the 2025 field season!

Stay tuned next week as we dive a little deeper into the discovery of this incredible animal!

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · 24d

#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 24d

Another field season is in the books, and this one was full of surprises, science, and some serious teamwork. Come see why the 2025 season rocked (and why we’re already dreaming of next year)!

Read the latest on The Field Journal:

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Why the 2025 Field Season Rocked — Elevation Science Institute

Every field season is unique. Some bring breakthroughs, big or small. Some bring more questions than answers. Some make you sweat more than you'd like (Actually, all of them do that, but I digress). B...

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 26d

What a cool moment!

Field intern Adam Johnson got to visit the Allosaurus femur he worked on for four weeks, after it came from the field and into the lab!

Visit the Cincinnati Museum Center to see what other projects are going on at the Paleo Prep Lab!

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🦕Journal of Systematic Palaeontology🦴 @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 26d

A new paper by Bertozzo et al. describes 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙞, a basal hadrosauroid from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal 🦖 The most complete iguanodontian skull specimen found in Portugal, offers insights into cranial development and anatomy during hadrosauroid evolution: buff.ly/FMnyy1m #PaleoSky

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · 29d

For #FossilFriday, we're covering the process of winter jacketing in the field!

Ever wonder what happens to the fossils we leave behind? They get winter jackets! Not to keep them warm, but to protect them from the elements and local wildlife during the harsh Montana weather.

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · Sep 9

The 2025 fossils have arrived at the Cincinnati Museum Center! We're so excited to open these babies up, get them prepped, and let the science continue!

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Happy Grandparents Day! 🦴⛏️

Whether they've joined us in the field, made it possible for their grandchildren to come out with us, or simply passed down a love of nature and discovery, we’re grateful for their wisdom and support!

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · Sep 5

Watch the full version on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/wxjJOHK6qrM?...

Spicomellus afer: The Most Punk Rock Dinosaur Yet!

YouTube video by Elevation Science

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · Sep 5

Credits:

Ankylosaur artwork: Henry Sharpe

Spicomellus art/models: Matthew Dempsey

Video overlays: Natural History Museum, London

Dig site image: trustees of the Natural History Museum

Video production: @thedinomancer.bsky.social

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sources:

Maidment, S.C.R., Ouarhache, D., Ech-charay, K. et al. (2025). Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur. Nature.

Smithsonian Magazine

The Guardian

Reuters

Live Science

ScienceBlog

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · Sep 5

This #FossilFriday, we got into the recent Spicomellus news! This new dinosaur just might have been the most punk rock yet! 🤘

165 million years ago in Morocco, this dinosaur was literally bristling, with neck spikes, fused armor, a sacral shield, and even a tail weapon. How cool!

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · Aug 29

Support Elevation Science at the 2025 Red Lodge Fun Run!

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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration @elevationscience.bsky.social · Aug 29

We’re thrilled to be part of the 2025 Red Lodge Fun Run! Your support helps Elevation Science offer guided naturalist programs—designed to spark curiosity, foster connection, and make the outdoors more accessible for everyone.

Want to help make it happen? Learn more and support at the link below:

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