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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 1h

I'm at GSA Connects 2026 all this week!

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Amanda Peng @amandawpeng.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New paper out from the John Day Fossil Beds Special Volume of Journal of Paleontology. I started this work as a second-year Ph.D. student in 2020 as a Scientist-in-the-Park at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument with Nick Famoso. How things have changed! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Diversity and disparity in mammalian fossil assemblages of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core

Diversity and disparity in mammalian fossil assemblages of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA

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Dr. Meaghan Wetherell @geopetalfabric.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PSA to the dino folks out there who use the rugose cheekbones of Hylochoerus (the giant forest hog) in any sort of head butting analogy: those are sexually dimorphic 😬 This and more disappointing truths from @drfamoso.bsky.social and I out now: doi.org/10.1017/jpa....

Zoomed in view of the Giant African hog cheekbone. This one is rugose because it's a big boy.

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Anne Kort | The Virtual Paleontologist @virtpaleo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another paper out! This is partially about how hyaenodonts are really weird but also some thoughts on how we think about many-to-one mapping. Thanks to my UROP Carmen Ricker for working on a lot of the data collection! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Many-to-one mapping of locomotor mode: a case study in the pelvic morphology of two basal hyaenodonts | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core

Many-to-one mapping of locomotor mode: a case study in the pelvic morphology of two basal hyaenodonts

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm in need of some papers! Does anyone have access to: Baudelot 1972 Etude des Chiroptères, Insectivores et Rongeurs du Miocène de Sansan (Gers), University of Toulouse (dissertation)

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The third paper for those special issue on John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is out! @jdorcutt.bsky.social, two of his students, and I describe bear-dog material as well as add two new dog ancestors in the John Day Formation. doi.org/10.1017/jpa....

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Updates to the caniform fauna (Carnivora, Caniformia) of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core

Updates to the caniform fauna (Carnivora, Caniformia) of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The second paper from the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument special issue is out! Brian Tanis, Larisa DeSantis, and Rebecca Terry Novak investigate the relationship between niche breadth and species duration in dog relatives in the John Day Formation. doi.org/10.1017/jpa....

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Anne Kort | The Virtual Paleontologist @virtpaleo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

My paper on Mesocyon is finally out! This will be part of a special issue on John Day Fossils Beds National Monument. Art by Kaori Chambers www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Art of two short-legged dogs joyfully running next to each other

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The first paper of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument 50th anniversary special issue of the Journal of Paleontology is out online early! @virtpaleo.bsky.social, Jennifer Cavin, and Xiaoming Wang describe a nearly complete skeleton of the dog ancestor Mesocyon coryphaus.

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Postcrania and locomotor function of Mesocyon coryphaeus (Canidae, Carnivora) from the Arikareean of North America | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core

Postcrania and locomotor function of Mesocyon coryphaeus (Canidae, Carnivora) from the Arikareean of North America

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Got my yard signs out for Save Our Library Grant County! Vote Yes on Measure 12-87!

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy International Women's Day 💐 Did you know, for every 7 men in palaeontology, there are ~3 women. Women make up 25-35% of global vertebrate palaeontological publishing output. And are most likely to study mammals, while men, reptiles.

Global distribution of female scholars in vertebrate palaeontology research in 2023, displayed as the proportion of female authors by country. The pie charts illustrate regional variations, while the line graphs show the temporal trends in female scholar proportions among the top five countries by publication volume (2014−2023).

Research articles| 14 May 2025
A decade of vertebrate palaeontology research: global taxa distribution, gender dynamics and evolving methodologies by

Haohan Wang

; Juliana Sterli

; Vincent Dupret

; Henning Blom

; Annalisa Berta

; Susan Turner

; Daoming Han

; Luyan Xu

; Zhaohui Pan

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Paleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The Paleontological Society statement on recent events.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Wow... apparently we talked for almost 2 hrs on this podcast.. open.spotify.com/episode/0EsA...

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Spotify – Web Player

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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

This year’s National Fossil Day focus is on the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, specifically, the 29-million-year-old Oligocene assemblage of the Turtle Cove Member of the John Day Formation.

Artwork depicts the small, three-toed horse Miohippus annectens, the two-horned, early rhino Diceratherium annectens, the small, lemur-like primate Ekgmowechashala zancanellai, specialized for eating soft fruits and insects, the false sabertoothed cat, Nimravus brahcyops, and the small “bone crushing” raccoon-like canid Cynarctoides.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Happy establishment day for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument! On this day in 1975, JODA was taken over by the National Park Service. Its mission, to preserve the region's geological and paleontological resources and to provide for the scientific and public understanding of these resources.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The Clarno Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and Hancock Field Station are under level 3 evacuation orders :( #BlackRockFire

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

#BlackRockFire near the Clarno Unit, Hancock Field Station, and Pine Creek Conservstion Area.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

So... today I added a new job duty... bat guano sample collector... I've always wanted to work with bats, but I didn't think I would be collecting their poo...

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A #FathersDay weekend #FossilFriday: Patriofelis ferox, the "ferocious father of cats". (Despite the name, not a cat but an oxyaenid: no more closely related to cats than to walruses or dogs or bears). Mount from the @amnh.org

Mounted skeleton of the early predatory mammal Patriofelis, a 100 kg heavily built carnivore

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

After over a decade of work, the new age model for the John Day Formation is published! Great work by Mike Mohr and the rest of our team! doi.org/10.1130/GES0...

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U-Pb zircon geochronology and chronostratigraphy of the Eocene–Miocene John Day Formation of central and eastern Oregon | Geosphere | GeoScienceWorld

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I found out last week that I won a regional director's award for natural resource management in a small park! With everything going on, it was welcome news. I'll be competing for a Director's award next. Thanks to my former superintendent for nominating me before he retired.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Barn Owl in the Barn at work today!

Interior if a wooden barn with a white and brown barn Owl on a post.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

My pup and I had a great hike today!

Tan and black medium sized dog walks down a trail, on leash. Terrain has some grass and green and brown hills.

Tan and black dog looks at a trail wayside

Tan and black medium sized dog stands at the end of a trail, on leash. Terrain has some grass and green and brown hills.

Tan and black dog stands on a rocky step below a cast of a tortoise on a trail.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

It was great to have @virtpaleo.bsky.social visiting the park all this week working on a nearly compleate candidate skeleton! Anne was an intern at the park in 2018 and 2019, and it's great to have her back now that's she's a PostDoc at the University of Michigan! #FossilFriday

Woman standing next to park entrance sign. Sign says, John Day Fossil Beds Narional Monument, Sheep Rock Unit.

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palaeo-electronica.bsky.social @palaeo-electronica.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (JODA) preserves a fantastic record of Oregon's #Eocene and #Oligocene environments. A new study examines several JODA trackways to further understand fauna and their behaviors in these changing ecosystems.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I love it when a fossil track plan comes together! New paper on the fossil tracks from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument out today. Paper was led by Conner Bennett. Thanks to our coauthor Dan Hembree for his help. doi.org/10.26879/1413 #FossilFriday

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John Day Fossil Tracks

Following their footsteps: Report of vertebrate fossil tracks from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It's been a lot lately for sure...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

To probationary federal employees who have been terminated: Democracy Forward has filed a first-of-its-kind class-wide complaint with the Office of Special Counsel. If civil servants want to join in the complaint, you can email info@civilservicestrong.org

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