#FossilFriday! This week, we're showcasing the hidden right side of our Styracosaurus skull (taken from inside the display case)! Known for its massive horns, this animal roamed Southern Alberta 83-70 m.y.a. This great specimen highlights the incredible diversity of ceratopsians.

#FossilFriday. Last day in the #field for us today - snows a comin'! Our first trip in the spring (left) and last fall (right) field excursions of 2024 was to the late #Cretaceous Spring Creek #Paleofloral site. Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum #livefromthefield

#FossilFriday! This is a Pachyrhinosaurus rib collected from Pipestone Creek in 2023. While ribs are usually among our most common fossils, this one is special. The bulge at the end shows where it was broken and healed during the animal's life, making it a very fascinating find.

#FossilFriday! A hint of #serrations.... Large #theropod (cf. #Albertosaurus) tooth from the late #Cretaceous Wapiti Formation of northern Alberta. #dinosaurs Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

Started prep on our massive #pachyrhinosaurus skull today. It’s coming along so well! The boss is showing through. But have to put it on pause while I get set for #SVP next week. I will return to #bigsam soon. #FossilFriday

Fun moment from #SVP2024 in Minneapolis: #Quetzalcoatlus (to scale) stalks a paleontologist at the icebreaker in the Science Museum of Minnesota! #musuems #pterosaurs @curriemusuem

#FossilFriday! While collecting in #GrasslandsNationalPark in SW #Sask this summer, we found this beautiful 66-million-year-old #trionychid (soft-shelled) #turtle #plastron. So cute! Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum Royal Saskatchewan Museum

#FossilFriday! This hadrosaur dentary (lower jaw) shows the tooth rows that made hadrosaurs so successful. The teeth interlock and continuously replace each other, creating a robust chewing surface. Combined with mobile jaw muscles, this made hadrosaurs exceptional chewers.

#FossilFriday! This #Pachyrhinosaurus ilium comes from a young animal about the size of a large dog. The ilium is one of the hip bones, and this particular piece forms the top of the hip, creating the upper part of the socket where the femur sits.

#FossilFriday! A cute little #theropod #dinosaur #footprint from the Early #Cretaceous Gates Formation, near #GrandeCache, #Alberta. #tracefossils Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

#FossilFriday! Hapsidophyllus was one of the rangeomorph species I named :-) #Ediacaran Mistaken Point

#FossilFriday. Came across this beautiful specimen of a Lygodium #leaf from the #Eocene Green River Shale in a donation we received this week. #paleobotany Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

#FossilFriday! We were excited to receive a #woollymammoth #tusk, originally collected from the Klondike region, as part of a #fossil donation this week. It took some creative packing! Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

Back in September, we had the privilege of hosting the crew from Huge if True for an amazing day of filming at Pipestone Creek bonebed and in our lab! 😀 A huge thank you goes out to Cleo Abram and her team, as well as our palaeo crew and Emily Bamforth. Watch it below!

Happy New Year from the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum!

I was excited to have one of my #photos featured in a Canadian Geographic #calendar this year! My photo is January in the 2025 Canadian Parks calendar. I took it in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park in #Saskatchewan. Cypress Hills-Grasslands Destination Area Tourism Saskatchewan

First #FossilFriday of 2025! This a beautiful #bird (or small theropod) #footprint from the early #Cretaceous Gates Formation, found near #GrandeCache, AB. #ichnology #fossil #paleontology Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

Stepping into the first #FossilFriday of 2025, we have a Troodontid phalanx. These small carnivorous dinosaurs are closely related to the more famous dromaeosaurs, like Velociraptor, but are more robustly built, with long legs and powerful feet.

#FossilFriday! This #fossil can be relied upon to stump museum visitors: This is a bed of fossilized #Cretaceous freshwater #clams. The shells are gone, leaving the sand infill of the shells. We call this site 'Clam Bake'! Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum #invertpaleo #bivalves

#FossilFriday! It's my three-year #workiversary as #Curator of the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum\0/! We've done some exciting things. Here's our team #fossil hunting on the Wapiti River. #dinosaurs County of Grande Prairie