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Sharing a *real* mastodon on Mastodon (or selected replica parts thereof). These are shots from the Albert County Museum's new Hillsborough Mastodon display near where this 8-10 foot tall, 80,000 year old juvenile came to light back in 1936 #fossils #fossil #Mastodons #Pleistocene #paleontology #Palaeontology #museum #newbrunswick #Canada

It is exciting to see snippets of Surviving Earth coming out from Impossible Pictures (see: https://www.instagram.com/picturesimpossible/) One of the clips released features Arctodus, the "short faced bear", here is my official design sheet, which was used by the production team. #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Palaeontology #Paleontology #SurvivingEarth #ImpossiblePictures #Arctodus #ShortFacedBear #TheDinosaurs #Dinosaurs

More exciting palaeo events! Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: Fossil Treasures from the Burgess Shale @ TELUS Spark Science Centre, Calgary, AB (TELUS Spark & Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation) Sunday, August 2, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: Devil's Coulee - Sunset Tour of the Fossil Site @ Warner, AB (meet at museum; drive to fossil site) (Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum) For more information: see https://albertapaleo.org/events/calendar #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #dinosaurs #events

New review: From Archaeopteryx then, to ten thousand species now: The Story of Birds sees Brusatte skillfully and captivatingly recount another chapter of life's evolutionary history. https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/06/29/book-review-the-story-of-birds-an-evolutionary-history-of-the-dinosaurs-that-live-among-us/ #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Evolution #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Fossils #Birds #Ornithology #Scicomm @bookstodon@fedigroups.social

This week’s Fossil Friday is a Late Cretaceous sea star from Alberta (APS 1987.038). It was found in the Cardium Formation, which formed along the shallow margin of the Western Interior Seaway. This seaway bisected North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. This sea star would have lived in the warm, shallow waters along that margin. It was found by Harvey Negrich and Don Sabo. Photo credit Howard Allen. #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #seastar #fossilfriday

Embryo #fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs https://theconversation.com/embryo-fossil-found-in-south-africa-is-worlds-oldest-proof-that-mammal-ancestors-laid-eggs-277673 #palaeontology #science #STEM