Carrie Herbel

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This High Arctic rhino may change what we know about ancient animal migrations A 23-million-year-old rhinoceros fossil is reshaping scientists' understanding of mammal evolution.

A 23-million-year-old rhinoceros fossil is reshaping scientists' understanding of mammal evolution. n.pr/4plIDcz

New stress map reveals where Earth is on the verge of breaking apart New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing earthquake management

New stress map reveals where Earth is on the verge of breaking apart: www.earth.com/news/new-str...

Mini-tyrannosaur lived alongside T. rex, extraordinary fossil confirms Study finds fresh evidence for Nanotyrannus, a dinosaur whose existence has long been debated

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One Bone at a Time.

Meet our Chief Preparator, Carrie Herbel - who is celebrating 10 years at the Museum.

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A very toothy Plesioplatecarpus skull laid out bone by bone on a red tablecloth. Curatorial hand for scale

I missed #MosasaurMonday but holy moly, Winnie is prepped!

Here's the main part of the skull, without the palate laid out. She came out great and im so happy she's covered in pathologies. Just like me, we both have interesting skeletal injuries. Lower Niobrara, 86.5 million years old 🧪

On the right of the image, Carrie Barbour stands on a short ladder and uses a chisel to work on the dinosaur femur. The femur is fastened to wooden boards, which hold it vertically. In the background are tables and shelves with other artifacts and equipment. Digitized from glass-plate negative.

Carrie Adeline Barbour (1861 – 1942) was a paleontologist and educator.
As an assistant curator of paleontology at the University of Nebraska State Museum and an Assistant Professor of Paleontology, she was among the earliest women paleontologists in the United States.
#WomenInSTEM

The lower jaw of the bone-crushing canid Borophagus, about 3.5mya, in a display at Hagerman Fossil Beds

Bone-crushing dogs!
Bone-crushing dogs!

Modern canids crush bones, too, but Borophagus and kin were extra adept at busting up skeletons. Fossil feces packed with bone back up what the jaws imply. 🧪

Oh so true...

Me too!!!

Episode 211 – Edward Drinker Cope Listen to Episode 211 on PodBean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts! He’s one of the most famous names in early American paleontology, and often not for good …

This episode, @oddpride.com joins us to investigate just what was the deal with one of the most infamous figures in early American paleontology.

Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution

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Close-up of a reconstruction of the lemur-like fossil primate Smilodectes in a museum

Lemur-like primates would cling and leap through the forests of North America about 50 mya. This particular cousin of ours is Smilodectes, not an ancestor but a member of an early primate group called adapiforms. The forward-facing eyes and grasping hands are key adaptations to life in the trees 🧪

My little Dyson passed away tonight after suffering from a severe stroke. 09/2001-01/2025 (picture from 11 years ago).

One of my favorite sci-fi book series AND one of the best tv shows ever ❤️

BABY #Mammoth alert!!! Not 100% complete, but another awesome specimen!

Review of Gastornithiformes Resurrecting the taxon Diatryma: A review of the giant flightless Eocene Gastornithiformes (Aves), with a report of the first skull of Diatryma geiselensis

Mayr, G. et al. 2024. Resurrecting the taxon Diatryma: A review of the giant flightless Eocene Gastornithiformes (Aves), with a report of the first skull of Diatryma geiselensis. Palaeontologia Electronica, 28(3):a57.
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Blue Jays having an intense discussion

Apex Stegosaurus fossil mount on display in the Museum's Gilder Center beside a neon yellow sign with information about the specimen.

Hi, BlueSky! We're here for the party, and we brought a NEW dinosaur with us. Meet Apex. Discovered in 2022 near Dinosaur, Colorado, this Stegosaurus is the largest ever found, measuring 11 ft (3.4 m) tall & 27 feet (8.2 m) long. You can see it at the Museum starting on Sunday, December 8! 🦴

A rendition of Megaloceros in a realistic but also rough, painterly style against a textured beige background. Next to it is a replica of a minimalistic cave painting showing the same animal, along with a hand print motif and text saying: "Megaloceros giganteus, Grotte de Cougnac, France, around 24 thousand years before present"

Same thing as previous, but the cave painting in question may actually represent another species of deer. The text instead refers to "Grotte de Lascaux, France, around 13 thousand years before present"

Photo of a red deer in side view

I decided to redo the 1st ever piece in my cave painting series, Megaloceros. Although the cave artwork I used in the original is glorious and often labeled as depicting Megaloceros, the antler configuration does indeed look more like the non-palmated ones from red deer.

#paleoart #artbyjulio

The end of Fall

Seems more like a tour bus full of clowns

Googly eyes make everything better

A very large Bison latifrons skull sits atop white museum cases, cushioned by cardboard and foam blocks. The horns span the entire photo.

Greetings and Happy #FossilFriday
A quiet end of the week here at UNSM, but I'm kept company by some of the largest beasts to ever walk the Earth.
Here's one of our better Bison latifrons specimens, with horns spanning over 2 meters - if I lay down next to it they'd be longer than me! ⚒️🧪🦕

Check out this baby sabertooth cat!

Cutest fossil ever!

Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia

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Scientists discover world’s largest coral—so big it can be seen from space Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas expedition team.

Move over, blue whale. This 300+ year old 34m coral is now the largest animal* known. Hopefully its depth, as described, can keep it going 🦑🧪

*colony of animals