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An interesting, rare occurrence of stalked crinoids in a nearshore environment during the Paleogene
OMG absolutely incredible for the Knicks
Speaking as a research faculty/curator at a natural history museum who has been involved in hiring exactly the sorts of museum specialist & collections manager positions Silvia describes here, this is an excellent summary for how to frame skillsets. And if possible get experience in collections asap
What sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species?
A new HD-2D Final Fantasy and a remake of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? We're so back
The Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is celebrating our department's collections manager, Lyndsey Farrar! Many thanks for all the awesome work you do behind the scenes in the invertebrate paleontology collections and to the public! #FossilFriday
Interesting reconstruction of the enigmatic Cambrian echinoderm Helicocystis, which is one of the oldest stalked echinoderms with radial symmetry. Fossils like Helicocystis are important because they help us understand how echinoderms evolved from bilateral to pentaradial body plans
Let's all look at the work of @kiabugboy.bsky.social instead (who also features fossil echinoderms, though not in this thumbnail)
