Emily Bamforth

#FossilFriday! It's my three-year #workiversary as #Curator of the @CurrieMuseum\0/! We've done some exciting things. Here's our team #fossil hunting on the Wapiti River. #dinosaurs @CountyofGP

#FossilFriday! This #fossil can be relied upon to stump museum visitors: This is a bed of fossilized #Cretaceous freshwater #clams. The shells are gone, leaving the sand infill of the shells. We call this site 'Clam Bake'! @CurrieMuseum #invertpaleo #bivalves

Stepping into the first #FossilFriday of 2025, we have a Troodontid phalanx. These small carnivorous dinosaurs are closely related to the more famous dromaeosaurs, like Velociraptor, but are more robustly built, with long legs and powerful feet.

First #FossilFriday of 2025! This a beautiful #bird (or small theropod) #footprint from the early #Cretaceous Gates Formation, found near #GrandeCache, AB. #ichnology #fossil #paleontology @CurrieMuseum

I was excited to have one of my #photos featured in a @CanGeo #calendar this year! My photo is January in the 2025 Canadian Parks calendar. I took it in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park in #Saskatchewan. @CHdestinationA @Saskatchewan

Happy New Year from the @CurrieMuseum!

Back in September, we had the privilege of hosting the crew from Huge if True for an amazing day of filming at Pipestone Creek bonebed and in our lab! 😀 A huge thank you goes out to @cleoabram and her team, as well as our palaeo crew and @EL_Bamforth. Watch it below!

#FossilFriday! We were excited to receive a #woollymammoth #tusk, originally collected from the Klondike region, as part of a #fossil donation this week. It took some creative packing! @CurrieMuseum

#FossilFriday. Came across this beautiful specimen of a Lygodium #leaf from the #Eocene Green River Shale in a donation we received this week. #paleobotany @CurrieMuseum

#FossilFriday! Hapsidophyllus was one of the rangeomorph species I named :-) #Ediacaran @WhereLifeGotBig

#FossilFriday! This #Pachyrhinosaurus ilium comes from a young animal about the size of a large dog. The ilium is one of the hip bones, and this particular piece forms the top of the hip, creating the upper part of the socket where the femur sits.

#FossilFriday! A cute little #theropod #dinosaur #footprint from the Early #Cretaceous Gates Formation, near #GrandeCache, #Alberta. #tracefossils @CurrieMuseum

#FossilFriday! This hadrosaur dentary (lower jaw) shows the tooth rows that made hadrosaurs so successful. The teeth interlock and continuously replace each other, creating a robust chewing surface. Combined with mobile jaw muscles, this made hadrosaurs exceptional chewers.

#FossilFriday! While collecting in #GrasslandsNationalPark in SW #Sask this summer, we found this beautiful 66-million-year-old #trionychid (soft-shelled) #turtle #plastron. So cute! @CurrieMuseum @royalsaskmuseum

Fun moment from #SVP2024 in Minneapolis: #Quetzalcoatlus (to scale) stalks a paleontologist at the icebreaker in the @sciencemuseummn! #musuems #pterosaurs @curriemusuem

Started prep on our massive #pachyrhinosaurus skull today. It’s coming along so well! The boss is showing through. But have to put it on pause while I get set for #SVP next week. I will return to #bigsam soon. #FossilFriday

#FossilFriday! A hint of #serrations.... Large #theropod (cf. #Albertosaurus) tooth from the late #Cretaceous Wapiti Formation of northern Alberta. #dinosaurs @CurrieMuseum

#FossilFriday! This is a Pachyrhinosaurus rib collected from Pipestone Creek in 2023. While ribs are usually among our most common fossils, this one is special. The bulge at the end shows where it was broken and healed during the animal's life, making it a very fascinating find.

#FossilFriday. Last day in the #field for us today - snows a comin'! Our first trip in the spring (left) and last fall (right) field excursions of 2024 was to the late #Cretaceous Spring Creek #Paleofloral site. @CurrieMuseum #livefromthefield

#FossilFriday! This week, we're showcasing the hidden right side of our Styracosaurus skull (taken from inside the display case)! Known for its massive horns, this animal roamed Southern Alberta 83-70 m.y.a. This great specimen highlights the incredible diversity of ceratopsians.