Happy #FossilFriday! In the Late Jurassic Period, about 150 million years ago, the landscape of Western North America was dominated by giant long-necked sauropod dinosaurs. Today you can encounter the Livingston Sauropod (MOR 592) peering over the Hall of Giants at Museum of the Rockies.

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Here's the (skeletal) head & shoulders of the extinct nimravid (= "false" sabretooth cat) Dinictis, on display during today's annual Fossil Fest event at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology in Claremont, CA. (Yes, it's a "false" kitty so I'm cheating.) 🧪 #Caturday #FalseCaturday #CatsOfBluesky

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These spaces are more than just buildings; they are monuments to learning, conservation, passion, and history. Here's to the places that remind us of where we've been and inspire us to keep exploring the unknown!

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It's #MuseumSelfieDay! Thanks to this field, I've been fortunate to visit so many remarkable institutions and marvel at some of the world’s most extraordinary fossils. From childhood and into my journey as a paleontologist, museums have been my haven—a place of wonder, inspiration, and hope.

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