Went to see my #Dryptosaurus backdrop in person today at the New Jersey State Museum and it looks great! Thank you Dana Ehret, Ph.D. for coming out on his day off to say hello! 🦖 #paleoart #NewJersey #watercolor #dinosaur

New Creataceous background created by NJ native Christopher DiPiazza. Included are a 'fleshed out' version of Dryptosaurus, Cretaceous sea turtle Peritresius ornatus, Horseshoe crabs & Grebe-like birds modeled after fragmentary bird fossils of the same age from the Inversand quarry.

Dana Ehret, Ph.D. New Jersey State Museum Lastly of course I had to include #horseshoecrabs . They are here now. They were here hundreds of millions of years before the #Cretaceous . So they were likely present then too. They’re also familiar creature to anyone visiting the #museum who’s been to the #Jerseyshore .

Dana Ehret, Ph.D. New Jersey State Museum I also included #birds which I learned ARE on the fossil record from #NewJersey ! They are all known from very fragmentary remains so Dana Ehret, Ph.D. and I decided a generic #grebe type form would work best based on the little info we know.

In addition to #Dryptosaurus , this scene features a few other animals, like the #turtle , #Peritresius , described by Dana Ehret, Ph.D. and also on display at the New Jersey State Museum! 🐢

Thrilled to finally share the Cretaceous #NewJersey environment I painted in #watercolor for the New Jersey State Museum’s iconic #Dryptosaurus mounts! 🦖 #paleoart #NewJersey #museum #dinosaur Dana Ehret, Ph.D.

A day late but Happy Belated Bday to Trenton’s own Ernie Kovacs! Real Ernie Kovacs

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Another micro- #FossilFriday post! This teeny-tiny tooth belongs to extinct Mackerel shark Archaeolamna kopingensis. While this species is found in the Cretaceous (~75-65 million years ago) sediments of New Jersey, this specimen is actually from the Mesa Verde Group of Wyoming.

This week's micro- #FossilFriday features the left maxilla of the fossil lizard Prototeius stageri that was found and described from the Ellisdale locality, Campanian age (77-78 million years ago). This animal was a Teiid which includes examples such as whiptails and racerunners.

The Carcharodon hubbelli tooth was collected by avocational collector Morne Wium and donated to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. You can watch Morne find and prepare the specimen here: youtube.com/watch?v=R1nQPE…
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We've got two post for this #FossilFriday ! Natural History Curator, Dr. Ehret, published a new paper on the first records of the extinct white sharks Carcharodon hubbelli and Carcharodon planus from the Miocene of New Zealand! Read the paper here:
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'Cram as much pleasure as you can into life, and rail against the pain that you have to suffer as a result.' --Shane McGowan

Headed to #2023svp for the first time since the pandemic. Looking forward to seeing old friends and hopefully meeting some new ones! Most of all I’m looking forward to seeing paleo research!

It's #NationalFossilDay ! Dr. Dana Ehret offers a glimpse of one of the projects happening in our Paleo Lab.
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There's a new display in the 'Written in the Rocks' exhibition. A case with examples of #fossil #shark teeth from different species examples of the many different types of fossil shark teeth discovered in New Jersey.

#FossilFriday ! Some images from our fossil-collecting trip on Aug. 19 to Big Brook in Monmouth Co., NJ. That was the last trip of the season, but we'll be planning next year's trips in the coming months. Sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay up-to-date on Museum happenings!

Watching Are You Being Served and thought Gordon Peters was John Oliver ‘s dad!