Visit to Vertebrate Paleontology Collections, J. J. Pickle Research Campus, UT Austin

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Pictures I took during a recent visit to University of Texas, Vertebrate Paleontology Collections, J. J. Pickle Research Campus, Austin.  

First is My youngest next to a surapod dino bone I believe...  More to follow after I resize them. 

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Storage

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in the basement...

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More stuff in the basement...

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...and more

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The black bear and grizzly bear at the bottom are modern.

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The entire collection of curated Capybara material from Texas.

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Was all of the collection found in Texas?

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29 minutes ago, caldigger said:

Was all of the collection found in Texas?

The pieces I examined closely were from Texas but I have no idea if the entire collection is.  That's a good question though and I'm curious myself now.  I'll let you know what I find out.

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10 hours ago, darrow said:

Was it too big to fit on the shelf? How big is it?

 

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For reference the label is a 3x5 note card. 

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On ‎8‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 2:18 PM, darrow said:

More stuff in the basement...

 

 

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I wondered if you were on The Forum when you came in with your daughters. 

 

We spoke briefly; I was working on the photography for research on a new mosasaur that will be published later this year.  The bones on the table are part of the ones I donated for the project.  

 

Congratulations on your Texas capybara finds and contributions.  

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Thank you @darrow for a fascinating peek inside this collection! I wish I could have been there.

You also scored a close encounter with the elusive JohnJ; again, would that I were there...

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4 hours ago, JohnJ said:

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I wondered if you were on The Forum when you came in with your daughters. 

 

We spoke briefly; I was working on the photography for research on a new mosasaur that will be published later this year.  The bones on the table are part of the ones I donated for the project.  

 

Congratulations on your Texas capybara finds and contributions.  

JohnJ that was you?!  Yes I recall our speaking and the beautiful mosasaur pieces you were photographing.  My daughters really got a kick out of seeing that stuff up close.  It was a fascinating visit and shear volume of the collection was a bit overwhelming.  I plan to make another trip over there in the fall.  Congrats on the mososaur looking forward to reading when it’s published.  Oh belated “nice to finally meet you in person” though I didn’t know it was you.  

 

The Capybara should be published later this year.  

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4 hours ago, Auspex said:

 

4 hours ago, Auspex said:

Thank you @darrow for a fascinating peek inside this collection! I wish I could have been there.

You also scored a close encounter with the elusive JohnJ; again, would that I were there...

It’s an amazing collection and visit so I had share.  And a bonus JohnJ encounter!

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Nice tour, thanks for sharing.