Happy #FossilFriday ! This image is to celebrate the (almost) 25th anniversary of when the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting was in Bozeman, MT in 2001. My (then) young son Darwin's first SVP, here posed under the foot of MOR 555, the T. rex "Big Mike".

An important new publication in The Conversation on the the importance of fossil specimens and "who owns science". (It should be all of us.).

RT @JVP_vertpaleo: 🚨New Pub!🚨Mammutid proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Mammutidae) from the Upper Miocene of Hayranli-Haliminhani, Siv….

Happy Fossil Friday. Cast of the skull of Dimetrodon, possibly the most iconic of all synapsids! #svp #svppresident

A thoughtful new post from Canadian Family Offices: Note their lead line: Researchers and museums are left behind as deep-pocketed collectors scoop up dinosaur skeletons and meteorites and add them to private collections.

Happy fossil Friday! Here - Seymouria sanjuanenesis from the Early Permian Bromacker locality of Germany. Easily the best specimen(s) of this genus ever found. #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology #SVP

Seen as I drive through SE Utah: he iconic Mexican Hat Rock - a Late Paleozoic rock formation where we've found bits of pelycosaurs - early members of the lineage leading to mammals. #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology #SVP

Happy fossil Friday everyone! Yesterday I got to visit with the staff at Petrified Forest National Park. PFNP is one of the great underrated gems of the US National Park system and the crew there is doing a remarkable job! #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology #SVP #FossilFriday

Hi Everyone! Letting you know I'mm now on Instagram - @StuartSumida -talking about paleontology, animation, anatomy, and (as the current president of) the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology! #StuartSumida #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology #SVP #Paleontology #VertebratePaleontology.

Hi All! Letting you know I'm now also on Bluesky - @StuartSumida spreading excitement for paleontology, animation, anatomy, (as current president of) the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology! #StuartSumida #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology #SVP #Paleontology #VertebratePaleontology.

#FossilFriday Not a fossil, but I was pleased hang for a bit with Mr. T. rex himself, Dr Tom Holtz! We were filming for BBC and we're both hoping to see our colleagues in Birmingham, UK in November for SVP's annual conference! #SVP #SocietofVertebratePaleontology

I was honored to meet with the Mark Takano, rep.from my district (CA-39) while visiting in Washington DC. We discussed the importance of science, education, and the roll the Soc of Vertebrate Paleo might play to support science in the U.S. #SVP #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology

Another new reptile from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah - showcasing its remarkable paleontological and why it is so important to maintain its protections!.hashtag#escalantegrandstaircase.

Please consider making the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology one of your beneficiaries on Giving Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024. Your generous donation will allow us to support the financial health of our society, as we work to protect fossil resources.

Open invitation to SVP members, as well as nonmembers to join us for the annual SVP business meeting at 5:30 PM Eastern time on November 13, 2024. You don't have to have attend the Minneapolis meeting to join us.

That's a wrap! SVP-Minneapolis has concluded after hundreds of presentations, field trips, workshops, & auction with a terrific banquet the last night. Thanks to all, especially Lee Lowery and our fantastic MCI business office! hashtag#SVP2024. Next stop - Birmingham, UK in 2025!

As of the fall meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, I am very proud to take on the role of president of the Society. It is a career honor, and I am privileged to help chart the course of SVP for the next two years. #2025SVP

Happy (U.S.) National Fossil Day Everyone! I celebrate the NFS with an image of one of my favorite specimens, Seymouria sanjuanensis from the Lower Permian of central Germany - found with Dave Berman, Amy Henrici, and Thomas Martens.

RT @SVP_vertpaleo: SVP is partnering with masiakasarus on Tiktok and @skeletoncrewpaleo on YouTube to raise support for the Welcome Recepti….

I'm very excited to be joining Dan Sturmer (Univ Cincinnati), Garrett Vice (ExxonMobile), and Michelle Mary (CSU-Fullerton), leading two GSA field trips on the "Geology and Paleontology of Disneyland" (9/21 & 9/26). The trip is endorsed by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology!