Eric Scott
@captainfossil.bsky.social
Vertebrate paleontologist, specializing in Plio-Pleistocene megafauna (horses & bison, mostly), extinctions, etc. He/him. Views my own.
"It came out of the faucet that way, Eunice." #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
January 18, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"It came out of the faucet that way, Eunice." #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
Lovely warm evening (unseasonably so, even for California) - sunset approaching, dappled light in the trees ... & puffs of feathers blowing in the neighbor's yard in the light breeze. It all means one thing: our local Cooper's hawk is back w/ another dead pigeon dinner. #Wildlife #Photography
January 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Lovely warm evening (unseasonably so, even for California) - sunset approaching, dappled light in the trees ... & puffs of feathers blowing in the neighbor's yard in the light breeze. It all means one thing: our local Cooper's hawk is back w/ another dead pigeon dinner. #Wildlife #Photography
I grew up with the Warren Mastodon without realizing it. This model, which I assembled with my (very patient) dad back when I was a young boy, is based upon the famed New York skeleton. (Apologies for the poor glue job, I've since gotten a bit better.) #FossilFriday
January 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I grew up with the Warren Mastodon without realizing it. This model, which I assembled with my (very patient) dad back when I was a young boy, is based upon the famed New York skeleton. (Apologies for the poor glue job, I've since gotten a bit better.) #FossilFriday
For #FossilFriday: skeleton of an American mastodon, Mammut americanum, on display at the American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org in New York City, NY, US. This is the Warren Mastodon, discovered in 1845 in Newburgh, New York - the first complete mastodon skeleton ever found in the US. 🧪
January 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
For #FossilFriday: skeleton of an American mastodon, Mammut americanum, on display at the American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org in New York City, NY, US. This is the Warren Mastodon, discovered in 1845 in Newburgh, New York - the first complete mastodon skeleton ever found in the US. 🧪
It turned out okay, the UK has other food options (obvi). But those cheese fries remain ... rather offensive. Do better, UK.
January 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
It turned out okay, the UK has other food options (obvi). But those cheese fries remain ... rather offensive. Do better, UK.
Tigger has discovered a shopping bag. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
January 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Tigger has discovered a shopping bag. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
Buzz is clearly fascinated by dinosaurs! The avian kind, at least. Pigeon remains courtesy of the Cooper's hawk who hangs out in the trees in our yard & helps keep the local pigeon population down. Buzz says thank ya! #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
January 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Buzz is clearly fascinated by dinosaurs! The avian kind, at least. Pigeon remains courtesy of the Cooper's hawk who hangs out in the trees in our yard & helps keep the local pigeon population down. Buzz says thank ya! #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
Reply with a piece of paleoart that deeply influenced you as a child.
Triceratops by Kenyon Shannon from "The How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs". 🦖🧪
Triceratops by Kenyon Shannon from "The How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs". 🦖🧪
January 1, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Reply with a piece of paleoart that deeply influenced you as a child.
Triceratops by Kenyon Shannon from "The How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs". 🦖🧪
Triceratops by Kenyon Shannon from "The How and Why Wonder Book of Dinosaurs". 🦖🧪
May I respectfully suggest that the breakfasts at the Burnt Toast Cafe in Whitehorse are really good?
December 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
May I respectfully suggest that the breakfasts at the Burnt Toast Cafe in Whitehorse are really good?
Celebrating the holidays Riverside-style. #HappyHolidays #FestivalOfLights
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Celebrating the holidays Riverside-style. #HappyHolidays #FestivalOfLights
You will be visited by three spirits ...
December 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
You will be visited by three spirits ...
Sasha enjoying the morning sunlight in our window. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sasha enjoying the morning sunlight in our window. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
The "Missourium" toured the US until 1843, when it was purchased (for £1300!) by the British Museum at the behest of none other than Sir Richard Owen, who then directed its disassembly, elimination of extraneous bones (& wood blocks), & the correct re-assembly into the skeleton as seen today. 🧪
![Old advert for a "chimera" fossil, the "Missourium", which is actually a single individual of an American mastodon with additional bones of other individuals thrown in to make it bigger. Text: "Missourium Theristrocaulodon, or Leviathan Missouriensis", open for exhibition, in the Saloon at the rere [sic] of Tomney's Hotel, entrance in Great Britain Street, opposite the Lying-In Hospital"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwthdfm4alszd2o7t7ppczxp/bafkreialhwrjgnettmjvtziknknpdlbxefo2d7wbwpi4h2enfn2xknha2m@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The "Missourium" toured the US until 1843, when it was purchased (for £1300!) by the British Museum at the behest of none other than Sir Richard Owen, who then directed its disassembly, elimination of extraneous bones (& wood blocks), & the correct re-assembly into the skeleton as seen today. 🧪
For #FossilFriday: a skeleton of an American mastodon on display, Natural History Museum, London, UK. This particular skeleton, originally discovered in Missouri, US in 1840, was later "augmented" with additional vertebrae and ribs & named "Missourium" to distinguish it from standard mastodons. 🧪
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For #FossilFriday: a skeleton of an American mastodon on display, Natural History Museum, London, UK. This particular skeleton, originally discovered in Missouri, US in 1840, was later "augmented" with additional vertebrae and ribs & named "Missourium" to distinguish it from standard mastodons. 🧪
My wife and I saw Claude at the Academy back in 2021 as part of our 25th anniversary celebration trip. He was very special. I'm so sorry to learn of his passing; he will be missed.
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
My wife and I saw Claude at the Academy back in 2021 as part of our 25th anniversary celebration trip. He was very special. I'm so sorry to learn of his passing; he will be missed.
Boris and Sasha keeping warm - and keeping *me* warm - through the cold winter evening. (That's southern California "cold", it's actually only in the mid 60s. But I'll take the cuddles.) #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Boris and Sasha keeping warm - and keeping *me* warm - through the cold winter evening. (That's southern California "cold", it's actually only in the mid 60s. But I'll take the cuddles.) #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
#OTD in 1859, Charles Darwin published his landmark work, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". Our understanding of life and living things has never been the same since. #Darwin #Evolution #OriginOfSpecies 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
#OTD in 1859, Charles Darwin published his landmark work, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". Our understanding of life and living things has never been the same since. #Darwin #Evolution #OriginOfSpecies 🧪
I'm home from a few weeks of travel overseas & the kitties like Boris here all seem very happy to see me ... but my sinuses are forcibly reminding me that I actually do have a minor allergy to cats. Gonna take a bit to re-acclimate. Still, let the snuggles commence! #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'm home from a few weeks of travel overseas & the kitties like Boris here all seem very happy to see me ... but my sinuses are forcibly reminding me that I actually do have a minor allergy to cats. Gonna take a bit to re-acclimate. Still, let the snuggles commence! #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪
Pomegranates in our yard. #LazySunday
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pomegranates in our yard. #LazySunday
This is Sasha. She is my heart. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is Sasha. She is my heart. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky