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Alex Hastings

@dr_crocogator

I'm a paleontologist at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and I love dinosaurs and all other things that died a really long time ago.

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Check out this new piece by our friends at local FOX 9 and get excited for Dino Fest at the Science Museum of Minnesota There will be sooo many dinosaurs and other fun ancient things all over. Join us this Saturday, Aug. 2nd from 11am to 3pm! fox9.com/video/1680644

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Happy #FossilFriday! Dino Fest is almost here at the Science Museum of Minnesota and we are so excited! Check out this latest piece I did over at local WCCO | CBS News Minnesota . The big day is Saturday (Aug 2) from 11am to 3pm. It's jam-packed with dinosaurs and other ancient life 🦖 cbsnews.com/minnesota/vide…

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Happy #FossilFriday! We had our big annual Dino Fest at the Science Museum of Minnesota this week and boy was it packed with awesome things! From science talks to tables from our vault to guest tables from other scientists + a special T. rex show and live animals. So much to see! 🦖🤩🦕

Happy #FossilFriday! We had our big annual Dino Fest at the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> this week and boy was it packed with awesome things! From science talks to tables from our vault to guest tables from other scientists + a special T. rex show and live animals. So much to see! 🦖🤩🦕
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Bonus #FossilFriday! I recorded a bit with a news station in Rochester, #Minnesota about our State Fossil work at the Science Museum of Minnesota . It got posted just yesterday, check it out! kaaltv.com/news/minnesota…

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Happy #FossilFriday! Curious about these #fossils and what’s in the boxes? Come find out this Wednesday when the paleo team from the Science Museum of Minnesota will be at Dino Days at Union Depot (Aug 20, 10am-12pm). It’ll be a roaring good time! #paleontology #fossil #dinosaur

Happy #FossilFriday! Curious about these #fossils and what’s in the boxes? Come find out this Wednesday when the paleo team from the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> will be at Dino Days at <a href="/UnionDepot/">Union Depot</a> (Aug 20, 10am-12pm). It’ll be a roaring good time! 
#paleontology #fossil #dinosaur
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Happy #FossilFriday! This week the paleo team from the Science Museum of Minnesota was at Dino Days at Union Depot Such a great turnout, we were slammed the whole time. Happy to talk #dinosaurs with the next generation! 🦖🦕

Happy #FossilFriday! This week the paleo team from the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> was at Dino Days at <a href="/UnionDepot/">Union Depot</a> Such a great turnout, we were slammed the whole time. Happy to talk #dinosaurs with the next generation! 🦖🦕
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Bonus #FossilFriday! Today we went looking for #fossils from the time of the dinosaurs, here in #Minnesota. We found #shark vertebrae 🦈 and a #crocodile tooth 🐊! All part of the science we do at the Science Museum of Minnesota

Bonus #FossilFriday! Today we went looking for #fossils from the time of the dinosaurs, here in #Minnesota. We found #shark vertebrae 🦈 and a #crocodile tooth 🐊! All part of the science we do at the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a>
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Happy #FossilFriday! Yesterday we were at the #Minnesota State Fair from the Science Museum of Minnesota with a bunch of fun stuff including an actual Triceratops humerus. Thanks to Twin Cities PBS for hosting us for the day!

Happy #FossilFriday! Yesterday we were at the #Minnesota State Fair from the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> with a bunch of fun stuff including an actual Triceratops humerus. Thanks to <a href="/TwinCitiesPBS/">Twin Cities PBS</a> for hosting us for the day!
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Happy #FossilFriday! We’re 15 days from #CroctoberFest at Bad Weather Brewing so check out German croc, Diplocynodon darwini (48-ish million-yrs-ago), coming out from the vault Science Museum of Minnesota. It was a common predator in the swamps of Europe! Come see it yourself! 🐊🍺🐊

Happy #FossilFriday! We’re 15 days from #CroctoberFest at <a href="/BadWeatherBrew/">Bad Weather Brewing</a> so check out German croc, Diplocynodon darwini (48-ish million-yrs-ago), coming out from the vault <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a>. It was a common predator in the swamps of Europe! Come see it yourself! 🐊🍺🐊
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Happy #FossilFriday! CroctoberFest is just 8 days away at Bad Weather Brewing Come see this awesome jaw of Gryposuchus, an extinct croc from South America about 15 million years ago, and SO much from the Science Museum of Minnesota on Saturday, Sept 20 (12-5pm)! 🐊🍻🐊

Happy #FossilFriday! CroctoberFest is just 8 days away at <a href="/BadWeatherBrew/">Bad Weather Brewing</a> Come see this awesome jaw of Gryposuchus, an extinct croc from South America about 15 million years ago, and SO much from the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> on Saturday, Sept 20 (12-5pm)! 🐊🍻🐊
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Happy #FossilFriday! Meet Paludirex, a BIG #crocodile from #Australia, one of many crocs coming from the Science Museum of Minnesota to Bad Weather Brewing for #CroctoberFest tomorrow (Sat, Sept 20)! We’ll be there 12-5pm with sooo much + I’m giving two talks, come raise a glass with us! 🐊🍺

Happy #FossilFriday! Meet Paludirex, a BIG #crocodile from #Australia, one of many crocs coming from the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> to <a href="/BadWeatherBrew/">Bad Weather Brewing</a> for #CroctoberFest tomorrow (Sat, Sept 20)! We’ll be there 12-5pm with sooo much + I’m giving two talks, come raise a glass with us! 🐊🍺
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Happy #FossilFriday! We had a great event this past weekend at Bad Weather Brewing for #CroctoberFest! We brought soooo many awesome #crocodile #fossils from the Science Museum of Minnesota Super happy we had live crocodilians too! 🐊🍻🐊

Happy #FossilFriday! We had a great event this past weekend at <a href="/BadWeatherBrew/">Bad Weather Brewing</a> for #CroctoberFest! We brought soooo many awesome #crocodile #fossils from the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> Super happy we had live crocodilians too! 🐊🍻🐊
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Happy #FossilFriday! This past weekend the paleo team from the Science Museum of Minnesota brought a bunch of fun #fossils to the annual show of the #Minnesota #Mineral Club. We had fun talking #dinosaurs 🦕, #crocodiles 🐊, Giant #Beavers 🦫 (the new state fossil!) and sooo much more!

Happy #FossilFriday! This past weekend the paleo team from the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> brought a bunch of fun #fossils to the annual show of the #Minnesota #Mineral Club. We had fun talking #dinosaurs 🦕, #crocodiles 🐊, Giant #Beavers 🦫 (the new state fossil!) and sooo much more!
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Recently the paleo team from the Science Museum of Minnesota visited the Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History in Blue Earth, #Minnesota and made the local news! Check it out! faribaultcountyregister.com/news/local-new…

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Happy #FossilFriday! It’s #Croctober so check out #fossils of the ‘Terror Croc’ Deinosuchus! These’re from South Carolina, about 80 million years ago, now at the Science Museum of Minnesota, incl. osteoderms (armor plates), & parts of 2 vertebrae from this croc that got up to 35 feet long!

Happy #FossilFriday! It’s #Croctober so check out #fossils of the ‘Terror Croc’ Deinosuchus! These’re from South Carolina, about 80 million years ago, now at the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a>, incl. osteoderms (armor plates), &amp; parts of 2 vertebrae from this croc that got up to 35 feet long!
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Happy #FossilFriday! This week the paleo team from Science Museum of Minnesota was out picking up ancient Bison bones here in #Minnesota! 🦬🦬🦬 The bones are in the river itself, which has zero visibility, so they have to be found by feel. A little chilly & mucky, but some cool fieldwork!

Happy #FossilFriday! This week the paleo team from <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> was out picking up ancient Bison bones here in #Minnesota! 🦬🦬🦬 The bones are in the river itself, which has zero visibility, so they have to be found by feel. A little chilly &amp; mucky, but some cool fieldwork!
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Happy #FossilFriday! It’s #Croctober, so check out these #fossil teeth of Thoracosaurus at the Science Museum of Minnesota , an extinct #croc from the end of the age of the #dinosaurs and a bit after, that’s right, it survived the mass extinction! All from #SouthCarolina!

Happy #FossilFriday! It’s #Croctober, so check out these #fossil teeth of Thoracosaurus at the <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a> , an extinct #croc from the end of the age of the #dinosaurs and a bit after, that’s right, it survived the mass extinction! All from #SouthCarolina!
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Happy #FossilFriday! It’s the last day of #Croctober so check out this cast amazing Macrospondylus, from the #Jurassic of #Germany at Science Museum of Minnesota! It lived about 180 million years ago and would’ve spent nearly its whole life at sea. They even had super reduced front legs

Happy #FossilFriday! It’s the last day of #Croctober so check out this cast amazing Macrospondylus, from the #Jurassic of #Germany at <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a>! It lived about 180 million years ago and would’ve spent nearly its whole life at sea. They even had super reduced front legs
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Happy #FossilFriday! It’s #GarWeek so check out these 50 million year old #gar fish from #Utah at Science Museum of Minnesota! This genus, Lepisosteus, goes back to the Cretaceous and is still swimming today! Thanks to Bell Museum & GarLab for hyping these cool #fish!

Happy #FossilFriday! It’s #GarWeek so check out these 50 million year old #gar fish from #Utah at <a href="/sciencemuseummn/">Science Museum of Minnesota</a>! This genus, Lepisosteus, goes back to the Cretaceous and is still swimming today! Thanks to <a href="/BellMuseum/">Bell Museum</a> &amp; <a href="/TheGarLab/">GarLab</a> for hyping these cool #fish!
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Happy #FossilFriday! We’re in #England for a conference and went to the #Jurassic Coast, in Lyme Regis. The shore here has loads of #fossil marine creatures from about 150 million years ago, like ammonites and belemnites, hole of famed paleontologist Mary Anning.

Happy #FossilFriday! We’re in #England for a conference and went to the #Jurassic Coast, in Lyme Regis. The shore here has loads of #fossil marine creatures from about 150 million years ago, like ammonites and belemnites, hole of famed paleontologist Mary Anning.