I'm Max, the Pacific Mastodon! I enjoy long walks in the Pleistocene, the exhibit hall @WesternCenter, and being cooler than mammoths.
Western Science Center, CA
Joined September 2015
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HI IM A HOLOTYPE SAY HELLO TO THE PACIFIC MASTODON 🎉🎉🎉 @WesternCenter
Anyone can be a klutz sometimes! “Clumsy Critters”, a new exhibit @WesternCenter, features 4 fossil animals that managed to hurt themselves during their lives.
#FossilFriday #paleontology #fossil #scicomm #paleopathology
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A #3dprint of the palaeomerycid Procranioceras. Palaeomerycids are an extinct artiodactyl family known for their elaborate horns. Print based on a scan provided by @MorrillHallUNL & will be featured in an exhibit opening @WesternCenter this August. #FossilFriday #Miocene
Today the @WesternCenter Mobile Museum #M3 is in San Jacinto CA for the grand opening of a new @jerseymikes. This location is donating a portion of this week’s sales to the museum! #museum #paleontology #fossil
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This August, @WesternCenter is opening an exhibit that will have a mix of original fossils, casts, and 3D prints. Our printers have been working overtime to make dozens of prints, including these awaiting painting. #3dprinting #museums #scicomm #fossil #FossilFriday #paleontology
ALT Lab table with about 2 dozen 3D prints of fossils in various stages of painting.
For the next 2 days I’ll be with the @WesternCenter Mobile Museum #M3 at ComiCon Revolution in Ontario California! #scicomm #outreach #paleontology
Today I’m with the @WesternCenter Mobile Museum #M3 at Buchanan Elementary School in Temecula! #scicomm #outreach #paleontology
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Join us TOMRROW for the last SciSat before summer! Look for clues & solve mysteries as you learn all about the Science of Sleuthing!
SciSats are held in partnership w/ @HUSDParents. HUSD friends and family can make it a day w/free admission into the museum on SciSat days!
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The Inland Empire Science Festival is NOW OPEN! Stop by to see science exhibitors from across Southern California, all for the price of your regular museum admission - and thanks to @HUSDParents, HUSD families get in FREE!
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JOIN US! Inland Empire Science Festival, Saturday, April 29, 2023, 10AM-4PM, Western Science Center. HUSD families enjoy free admission!
I will be in attendance! I declare this is a mandatory event for anyone in SoCal with even a passing interest in science!
Today I’m with Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 at Valle Vista Elementary School near Hemet, California. #paleontology #fossil #museum #outreach #scicomm @WesternCenter @HemetUnified
Very large American #mastodon tusk from West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. @LSU_MNS collection. #fossil #paleontology #DailyMastodon #TuskTuesday
A Pacific #mastodon right astragalus (ankle bone) from Hemet, California. @WesternCenter collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
Pacific #mastodon lower jaw from Santa Barbara Co., California. @sbnature collection. #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
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Enjoying the #superbloom at Diamond Valley Lake? @MaxMastodon is too! Remember to visit the museum after seeing the flowers, and check dvlmarina.com/about for trail fees and schedule. 🌸
American #mastodon right maxilla fragment with the upper 2nd & 3rd molars. Columbia Co. FL, @FloridaMuseum collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
Ouch! Closeup of a healed injury to my lower jaw. They tell me another #mastodon might have tried to stab me in the face with his tusk. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil @WesternCenter
An American #mastodon upper right 3rd molar from Cass Co., Nebraska. @MorrillHallUNL collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
