Tyler Greenfield Profile picture
Paleontology student. Science writer. Interested in dinosaurs, chondrichthyans, cephalopods, paleoart, taxonomy, and cryptozoology
Aug 17, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
Wow this paper really used dinosaur toys to estimate volume/mass and called them "scientifically accurate palaeoreconstructions". ImageImageImageImage Link:
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Jul 19, 2021 11 tweets 5 min read
It's time to tell the story of famous paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh and his stone sasquatch head. Join me for one of the weirdest cryptozoological tales ever told. ImageImage From August to December of 1871, Marsh (3rd from left in this photo) led an expedition of Yale students to Oregon. They traveled to the area of what is now John Day Fossil Beds National Monument to look for Miocene mammal fossils. Image