Cary Woodruff

I do know Jack reviewed the work, 'cause I specifically remember discussing the histo with him. And for ALL of those reasons I mentioned before, it was institutionally/academically appropriate to have Jack as a co-author. He didn't demand it, we didn't do that to boost interest, etc.

I'll chime in anonymous reply guy: I was working for Jack, during his field season, in his lab, as his grad student, on specimens he curatorially oversaw. Since this site was part of my thesis work, I asked him if we could bring Susie in to lead 'cause she's literally THE WORLD EXPERT on stegos. 1/

For the first time in decades, the U.S. and Russia have no limits on nuclear weapons Experts warn that the expiration of a long-standing nuclear arms control treaty between the two superpowers could mark the start of a new nuclear rivalry.

We should not live in fear, but we should all be terrified by the lapse of New START, which was a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the US & Russia. Now there are no longer any limits to nuclear arsenals, and this may very likely precipitate a 2nd Cold War.
www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

🤣 It would have been too greedy of me to snag you and Mindy first! 🤣

I'll add 3 paleo couples (but there're many more!) who are just the nicest people, & it's lovely to see couples working and doing what they love, together:

-ReBecca Hunt-Foster & John Foster

-Kristi Curry-Rogers & Ray Rogers

-Eva Koppelhus & Phil Currie

Hunter *loves* his little panda 😍

No idea. But that'd be a perfect question for John Foster.

(PDF) THE LARGEST REPORTED STEGOSAURID FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION (UPPER JURASSIC) PDF | On Jan 24, 2026, ReBecca Hunt-Foster and others published THE LARGEST REPORTED STEGOSAURID FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION (UPPER JURASSIC) | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Researc...

And the paper:
The largest reported stegosaurid from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic)
ReBecca K. Hunt-Foster, D. Cary Woodruff, Steven D. Sroka, and John R. Foster
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#3) One big f-ing stego

Sadly, it's only know from partial forelimbs, but we document a stego that based on limb dimension is ~38% longer than the average stego. Assuming we could generally scale isometrically (don't come at me!), that all equals the largest specimen thus far.

(PDF) THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF TURIASAURIA (SAUROPODA) IN THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION PDF | On Jan 22, 2026, John Foster and others published THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF TURIASAURIA (SAUROPODA) IN THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resear...

And the paper:
The first evidence of Turiasauria (Sauropoda) in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation
John R. Foster, D. Cary Woodruff, and Rafael Royo-Torres
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

So, we suggest that Haplo may be the owner of these teeth, and therefore, Haplo could be the 1st Morrison Fm turiasaur (and if you noticed some turiasaur-looking teeth in the new "Happy" mount at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.....)

Surprisingly, the majority of Morrison 'pods have known teeth - but only 1 has no teeth and had been previously proposed to be a turiasaur. Haplocanthosaurus. It's largely considered a diplodocoid, but it has previously been proposed as a turiasaur.

#2) Turiasaurs in the Morrison?!

Maybe...🤷‍♂️ We documented several "heart-shaped" teeth from Colorado that are *identical* to turiasaurs. No turiasaurs are definitely known from the formation, so who might be the owner of these teeth?

(PDF) THE FIRST SPECIMEN OF BAROSAURUS (SAUROPODA: DIPLODOCIDAE) FROM MONTANA: THE NORTHERNMOST OCCURRENCE OF THE GENUS PDF | On Jan 24, 2026, Cary Woodruff and others published THE FIRST SPECIMEN OF BAROSAURUS (SAUROPODA: DIPLODOCIDAE) FROM MONTANA: THE NORTHERNMOST OCCURRENCE OF THE GENUS | Find, read and cite all th...

And the paper:
The first specimen of Barosaurus (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae) from Montana: The northernmost occurrence of the genus.
D. Cary Woodruff, Skye Walker, Katie Hunt, and Jason P. Schein
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#1) The 1st Barosaurus from Montana

A *GREAT* collaboration with the @elevationscience.bsky.social
and @cincymuseum.bsky.social crew, we document the 1st Barosaurus known from the "The Treasure State", which isn't too shocking, but a wonderful surprise.
(& thanks @BLM_MTDKs!)

There are 28 papers making up this volume, and they range from geology of the formation, plants, theropods, sauropods, ornithopods, stegosaurs, taphonomy, paleoecology, and so much more!

And I have 3 papers contributing to this volume:

I missed #FossilFriday, but the Morrison Formation has spoken!

A special volume of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Bulletin just dropped, and it is 100% chock-full the latest in Morrison goodies.
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YARA!!!!!!

*So* niche....but it'd be *SO* good.....

Like all of us, I've seen the video of the ICE agent that murdered Renee Good walking away from the scene like a hundred times....but I JUST noticed what's in the background.

Yup, the New Mexico Bulletin one. Rumors are it'll be this month....

I'm taking the same view when the Morrison volume comes out 😅

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I didn't see this earlier, but according to USA Today, I was part of 50% of the top new dinosaur discoveries of 2025 😅 It's a major award! 😂
www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Hadrosaur. Probably Brachylophosaurus. But the problem is that on the other side of the skin (which I saw in the field), I saw the mating pathologic neural spines.....

The last day in the fossil prep lab at Frost Science of 2025 was pretty good....

Everyone's saying black velvet...but I've always found it too shiney, easily gets dirty, too dark etc. You can shake it off/etc...or...alternatively, canvas. I have a piece of black and white canvas I take on research trips. No shine, easy to clean, can pick the best color for the fossil, etc. IMO.

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Cervical ligaments still important. Neural spines still important. All important for sauropod neck function and reconstructions. Looks like a great sauropod win to me.
-fin

So, an EPB style still aligns, but a system present in both, not one vs the other. You still get a complex ligamentous system, & maybe a split supraspinal lig. - so no need to be reinventing a mammal-convergent nuchal.

Sauropods necks weren't just muscles & diverticula, & a lig. system was a very important contribution. They found I was wrong about some stuff. Cool. & some things I was right about. Cool. That's science. And ALL of this leads to a much better understanding of these ligaments.