Penny Higgins - Storyteller • Artist • Scientist
Combining Science and Joyful Creativity
Continuing on with #RealTimeChem week (@RealTimeChem on Twitter), here’s something that not too many ‘traditional’ chemists have to do, but geochemists have to do all the time. It’s not very often when you can just stick a rock into an instrument and take a geochemical measurement. Usually, the rock (or fossil, in this case) has to be powdered first.Continue reading “#RealTimeChem and Powdering Fossils”
“T” is for Tetraclaenodon
Tetraclaenodon is another of those pesky condylarths. Continue reading ““T” is for Tetraclaenodon”
“S” is for Stygimys
“R” is for Ragnarok
Ragnarok is proof that paleontologists have a sense of humor. Continue reading ““R” is for Ragnarok”
“Q” is for Qatranitherium
I admit it freely. Prior to the A to Z challenge, I had never, ever heard of Qatranitherium. But I needed a “Q” genus, and here we are.Continue reading ““Q” is for Qatranitherium”
“P” is for Ptilodus.
“O” is for Oxyclaenus
“N” is for Nannodectes
“M” is for Mixodectes
Penny Higgins - Storyteller • Artist • Scientist