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Taylor McCoy

@tm9380.bsky.social
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Paleontology volunteer at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Focus on fossil care and outreach

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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Monsters of antiquity. #FossilFriday
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Pepper the woma python just exploring some dinosaurs…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Tyrannosaurus and Nanotyrannus, just a slight size difference. #FossilFriday
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
First tattoo, for Sam Neill 💔
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Big fan of using a union transit space as a museum. That’s cool
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Actually it’s the old Brachiosaurus mount they used to have in there
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Sure, never said they weren’t though
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Welcome to the world Jian changmaensis, the newest microraptorine! Our lead paleontologist at the Carnegie Matt Lamanna was part of the team that named and described this awesome new animal! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
eurekalert.org
New species of dinosaur, a cousin of Velociraptor, probably glided on four “wings” and hunted early birds
Scientists finally found the predator that had been killing and eating ancient birds and regurgitating their broken bones as pellets 120 million years ago-- it's a new species of dinosaur, related...
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A selection of some of North America’s most famous and notable apex predators across millennia…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
T.rex times 2! #FossilFriday
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Happy #FossilFriday from the dentary that spurred the AMNH to name T.rex before the Carnegie could…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Sauropod and whale paleontologists battling to see which giants would win. I’m rooting for @tessasaurus.bsky.social but I’m dinosaur biased, sorry Piero
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I don’t 😭 our laptop barely runs and even at its best could never handle PK
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Prehistoric Kingdom kills it every time!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Always makes for a good day…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Went to a mineral and gem show today. Picked up a random cow jaw and fossil horse tooth for less than $20 total. Not bad!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Blep
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
New addition at work, added Dippy the Diplodocus to the lineup…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I forgot to say. I really liked The Dinosaurs
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A selection of fossil casts at the Carnegie used for outreach. Triceratops, Fedexia, Dunkelosteus, and more. #FossilFriday
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Oh dang! Even cooler!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Really?!?! I didn’t think I’d be that lucky, lol. Cool!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New mammal tooth fossil for the collection. Not mammal savvy enough to ID beyond it’s definitely a tooth! Lol
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Well yesterday was Barnum Brown’s birthday so for #FossilFriday it seems fitting to share fossils from the skull of the T.rex holotype CM9380
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Streaming network budgets vs cable I suppose When Dinosaurs Roamed America is still my fav to this day ngl
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
For me it’s the constant forced competition fans/enthusiasts seem hellbent on
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Boop
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Some Didelphodon canines Fran found when we were in Montana for a dig with Dr. Carr in 2021. We return to the field for the first time since to hunt for dinosaurs again this summer through the Carnegie. #FossilFriday
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Finalized our route for this summers roadtrip! Featuring a dino dig, museums, national parks, and more!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
My Acrocanthosaurus arrived today! Here it is with my friends Argentinosaurus, both 1:35 scale by the way
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Plateosaurus, one of the earlier large dinosaurs and a sign of what was to come. #FossilFriday
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I really gotta do better about building my platform here. I’m stubborn with Twitter and BlueSky isn’t perfect but… yeah. Gotta do what we can right? Anyways, phytosaur snoot in collections because phytosaurs are cool!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Ordered my Haolonggood Acrocanthosaurus the other day 🤘🏻
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I’d personally guess troodont because it’s not super curved or big like most dromaeosaurs but yes, one of the two
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A little claw I found while working in collections a few weeks ago. #FossilFriday
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
www.etsy.com/listing/1612...
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Dippy the Diplodocus. Many casts of this 25 meter giant exist but there’s only one place to see the original…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
That can’t be comfortable Mochi
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
POV: mammals circa 66mya
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Meet Freya, our second leopard gecko and fourth reptile overall…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Honestly for the price it’s actually quite detailed and well done!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Totally not Dinosaur Revolution T.rex has arrived!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Spent the day in collections at the Carnegie and this is my new favorite thing…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I never buy anything for myself but I finally broke down and ordered this totally not Dinosaur Revolution T.rex, lol
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Happy #FossilFriday from our cast of Jane the Nanotyrannus!
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Fossil Hyneria tooth from the Red Hill site, alongside a sizable fish scale and other fossils…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I wonder…
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I’m really bad at keeping up with this account. So here’s a big one(literally). Cast of Scotty, one of the largest known T.rex specimens so far. Can recognize this bruiser anywhere
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Uppies #FossilFriday
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Taylor McCoy @tm9380.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Next summer, finally returning out west for field work! This time in the Almond Formation. Cool spot, lots of stuff that’s often referred to one thing but is likely new/different. Anchiceratops is a good example. #FossilFriday
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