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Kenneth Carpenter

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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Statement from Jack Horner regarding Epstein
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
NSF is asking for comments from the community on the future of National Center for Atmospheric Research. The Administration currently intends to dismantle the organization, so this is a crucial moment to speak up. Link to comment: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
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Share your comments on NCAR with NSF
Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The three members of the Morrison Formation of Wyoming are now officially named.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark - Scientific Reports
We provide a reassessment of the hypothesis of ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (Maastrichtian–Danian) boundary, based on new data from the lower Danian Cerithium Limestone Member at ...
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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
This would be about as useful as simply reading the summary on the back of the book. AI CANNOT "summarize" a book or article because it cannot READ it. It does not not KNOW what it says. It only repeats what the author's abstracts and quotes already say.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
So I guess Polar bears now qualify as “raptor” dinosaurs
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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New predatory beetle larvae from about 100 million years ago and possible niche differentiation effects in the Kachin amber forest - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Beetle larvae are common occurrences in modern terrestrial and freshwater fauna. We can assume that this was the case in the past as well, yet fossil beetle larvae are still reported relatively rarely...
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
This is cool! Congratulations to the authors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Phylogenetically informative proteins from an Early Miocene rhinocerotid - Nature
Protein sequences from fossil tooth enamel of a rhinocerotid from Canada’s High Arctic are used to develop phylogenetic frameworks from a specimen too old to preserve ancient DNA.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Jack Horner stopped by, so we went to see the giant Coastal Redwoods
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist for top job Neil Shubin, a University of Chicago researcher known for co-discovering a ′missing link’ fossil fish, will lead the National Academy of Sciences if the decision is ratified by members. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist for top job
Neil Shubin, a University of Chicago researcher known for co-discovering a ′missing link’ fossil fish, will lead the National Academy of Sciences if the decision is ratified by members.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
bsky.app/profile/chri... reminds me of discovering that the holotype Polycotylus latipinus was split between the AMNH and USNM collections
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
www.youtube.com/@wclivestream
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The Weather & Climate Livestream
From May 28th to June 1st, join meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US for a 💯-hour livestream! We will share our science and show why America's forecasts are worth saving. [Photo: N...
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Had lunch with the great ornithopod/stegosaur/ankylosaur/ theropod/prosauropod worker Peter Galton (85!)
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
bsky.app/profile/altn...
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Discrepancies in the number of lines of arrested growth (LAG) in the tissues of the humerus and phalanx of sea turtles - The Science of Nature
Information on the age of vertebrate species such as sea turtles is crucial for planning management and conservation actions. The age of sea turtles has been estimated by skeletochronological analysis...
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How I find and explain plant fossils in Romania
From mines to metro stations, Mihai Emilian Popa analyses traces of the distant past.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Part of John Bell Hatcher's letter to his boss, O.C. Marsh threatening to quit and complaining about Marsh ignoring what he writes. Aug. 1, 1890. He would continue to work for another three years.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We need to stand with our federal paleontology colleagues apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months' pay in effort to shrink government
The email sent to employees says those who leave their posts voluntarily will receive about eight months of salary, but they have to chose to do so by Feb 6.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
apnews.com/article/how-...
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The Sundance Film Festival goes online this week. Here’s how to watch the films
Access to the Sundance Film Festival doesn’t require a trip to Park City, Utah anymore; Just an internet connection.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Earthquake now upgrade to mag. 7. Plate tectonics lives!
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Well, that was interesting. Just had a 6 earthquake and now tsunami alert. Fortunately, we deliberately avoided low ground when we moved here.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Scientists rushing to Bluesky www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Nature presents preliminary results of how AI is being used in research. 81% of 1,043 researchers use some form. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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ChatGPT turns two: how the AI chatbot has changed scientists’ lives
How many researchers are using the AI tool? Nature gathers data and talks to members of the academic community.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Its a given that AI is becoming an important tool in research. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Banish the PDF-hunting blues with these AI and digital tools
Ten years in the making, Candice P. Chu’s workflow takes some of the pain out of reference management.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I guess this is how I will be remembered.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I've been in touch with Peter Galton. His health is failing and he says his days of research are over. He wants to turn some stuff over to me. I will visit him in mid-April.
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Finally published: "Geology and Paleontology of Jurassic National Monument" in "Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments," Utah Geol Assoc. Pub. 28 (4th ed.)
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Kenneth Carpenter @ken1909.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Greetings all. I'm Ken, a retired vertebrate paleontologist and geologist. I graduated from the U. of Colorado in 1980 (BS) and 1996 (PhD). Better known for armored dinosaurs, my dissertation was on taphonomy and paleoecology of the marine Sharon Springs Member, Pierre Shale and plesiosaurs.
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