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As you may or may not know, season 2 of Prehistoric Planet dropped last week. Everyone and their grandmother is talking about it. But I’m not. I actually couldn’t care less. Why? Well, the reason I don’t care about Prehistoric Planet season 2 is because:
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It’s a… it’s been a while. *checks archive* Yep, 7 years. I wish I could say a lot has happened in that time. But not that much. The most noteworthy change in my life is in 2021 I moved to Texas to finally live the dream of being a paleontologist. But only for 15 months before I royally fucked it up. So now im more miserable than ever but that’s neither here nor now.
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Dinosaurs may seem cool on their face. But once you get into them they start heaping up their own kinds of problems. I usually tell people one of the reasons I stick with mammals is that dinosaur taxonomy is a complete freaking mess. It is always changing with families sunk and started all over the place. One relation may exist today, but it could be revised tomorrow. This is how science works, but hell if it aint hard to keep track of. But, some disputes over taxonomy can last longer than others. Especially when the evidence is scant. Here we are going to look at one of the most heated taxonomic debates since “Toroceratops” (in fact, it’s been around for 3 times as long).
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Welcome to day 2 of the Valley of the Mastodons at the Western Science Center. Lets check out the talks! (bear with me on the pictures. It was very dark and people moved a lot)
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I seem to have gotten into hot water with certain folks (they’ll probably call this post stupid as well). But I’ll deal with them later. Before i did i really wanted to talk about something that i have wanted to for a long time. It is about a problem that is quite pervasive in museums and one that needs to be rectified. Because it has repercussions for us all.
A Central Coast Paleontologist 