Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontologyさんのイラストまとめ

Happy Darwin Day! Today we celebrate the accomplished British naturalist, Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution. His groundbreaking discoveries in the field of biology helped shape many of the concepts that drive our understanding of palaeontology.

This #MonikerMonday post features two ornithomimid specimens found in Alberta. The bird-like appearance of both led to nicknames inspired by Looney Tunes © Warner Bros. characters. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi © Royal Tyrrell Museum. #RTMPCollections

Merycoidodon gracilis was a small member of the oreodont family. This adult skeleton is only about the size of a house cat, while most oreodonts were sheep-sized. These herbivores ate plant shoots and leaves, and once roamed North America in large numbers. #RTMPFossilChallenge

This #RTMPCollections tweet is brought to you by the letter N, for nodosaurs. Unlike ankylosaurs, they have large shoulder armour and long, slender skulls, like this Edmontonia. Our most famous nodosaur is Borealopelta. Art by Julius Csotonyi © @RoyalTyrrell.

The countdown is on to the opening of our new Cenozoic Gallery! Each week over the next two months, we’ll highlight the epochs of the Cenozoic Era up to the present day.

The countdown is on to Halloween! We’ll post a #SpookySaturday photo to get you into the spirit of the season each Saturday this month. Here’s an eerie shot of our ‘Black Beauty’ T. rex mount from the 1990s. Which dinosaur do you think is the scariest?

The small to medium-sized feathered carnivores referred to as ‘raptors’ in Jurassic Park are actually dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. They had deadly sickle claws on their hind feet. Please tweet your dromaeosaur drawings at us! #RTMPArtChallenge #MuseumFromHome

Did you know that early horses had several toes on each foot? Over time they developed the single hoof we see today.

Learn more when our new Cenozoic Gallery opens this spring! #RTMPCenozoic #ComingSoon

Free special guest lecture number 4! Who: Dr. Femke Holwerda (@femke_holwerda), @UtrechtUni Topic: How Mosasaur Teeth help us Reconstruct Late Cretaceous Marine Foodwebs. Thursday, Nov. 14, 10:30 a.m. in our auditorium.

Our scientists’ 2018 research highlights included: identifying two new fish species, a new species of multituberculate, and a new family of eutherian mammals; using digital models to test whether Spinosaurus could swim, and more! https://t.co/ZT532Y24VV #YearinReview