Lead Paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park, Crohn’s survivor, PhD, recovering Hoosier, Arby's enthusiast. Personal account, opinions are my own.
Holbrook, AZ
Joined April 2009
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Finishing my slides for #2026SVP, had to sneak in a cool coelacanth. Let me know at the conference if you saw it, Saturday at 11:45, Grand Ballroom B.
pub date is in the future but PDF is available! Congrats to @VTechmeetsPaleo
undergrad Denycè on a great pub!!🦈
bioone.org/journals/palaeodi…
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The museum seasonal and I have managed to keep things cordial this summer. #bonewars #triassicpark #fossilfriday
Finding an hour a day this week to prep this Trilophosaurus vertebra has kept my sanity intact. #triassicpark #fossilfriday
Sometimes you have to improvise structural support in a field jacket. Here I used a gauge from a broken weather station and a cow radioulna. #fossilfriday #triassicpark
sometimes life just puts a phytosaur foot in your trench, you dig? #fossilfriday
wandered off from the quarry yesterday just to find a pelvis and hindlimb of a phytosaur waiting for its turn. Here is the tibia. #fossilfriday #triassicpark
prep is going well on this femur, it’s more smashed than at first thought but hey, in the Chinle a dinosaur is a dinosaur. #fossilfriday
Back in the funhouse with a #CrohnsDisease flare, handling with gust rest, IV fluids, and steroids. Reminder to drink water, manage stress, avoid trigger foods, and be mindful of folks who may be battling “invisible” illnesses. – at Flagstaff, AZ
