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Additional photos of my paleontological work can be seen in my DA "Paleo & Sci Illo" gallery:

lexlothor.deviantart.com/galle…

This is what I do for a living. However, posting my own picture on the Internet is something I almost never do. This is only photo that I posed for during the summer field season of 2013 in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. I was hired as Field Paleontologist by the Standing Rock Paleontology Department to hunt and collect dinosaurs from off of Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Tribal Trust lands.

I discovered two Triceratops skeletons in rapid succession. These I called "Thin Man" and "Bruno". We collected about 20% of the second specimen before we came to a point at which further excavation would raise the effort of recovering more bones geometrically. As this excavation wound down I decided to go look for the next project. Within 90 minutes I discovered the skull of yet another Triceratops. This juvenile individual I called "Odie". I am holding Odie's disarticulated left horn core and eye socket. Although the skull had fallen apart into its constituent elements, all but the right horn core were preserved in good condition.

I am seen wearing a "Walking With Dinosaurs" ball cap. My daughter bought me this on line the previous Christmas. It has a Velociraptor camo pattern and a little silvery "raptor" pin. I wondered why Krystal got me this as I study Eocene primates. Little did I know at the time that I would be spending the following summer digging up dinosaurs. I wore it every day in the field until it got worn out. I have retired it.

The mud around my knees was a result of sweating in my knee pads. As the inventor of "Gonzo Paleontology" I can attest that I accomplish "dirty deeds done dirt cheap".

photo taken by Allen Shaw (c) John P. Alexander

Description
Additional photos of my paleontological work can be seen in my DA "Paleo & Sci Illo" gallery:

lexlothor.deviantart.com/galle…

This is what I do for a living. However, posting my own picture on the Internet is something I almost never do. This is only photo that I posed for during the summer field season of 2013 in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. I was hired as Field Paleontologist by the Standing Rock Paleontology Department to hunt and collect dinosaurs from off of Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Tribal Trust lands.

I discovered two Triceratops skeletons in rapid succession. These I called "Thin Man" and "Bruno". We collected about 20% of the second specimen before we came to a point at which further excavation would raise the effort of recovering more bones geometrically. As this excavation wound down I decided to go look for the next project. Within 90 minutes I discovered the skull of yet another Triceratops. This juvenile individual I called "Odie". I am holding Odie's disarticulated left horn core and eye socket. Although the skull had fallen apart into its constituent elements, all but the right horn core were preserved in good condition.

I am seen wearing a "Walking With Dinosaurs" ball cap. My daughter bought me this on line the previous Christmas. It has a Velociraptor camo pattern and a little silvery "raptor" pin. I wondered why Krystal got me this as I study Eocene primates. Little did I know at the time that I would be spending the following summer digging up dinosaurs. I wore it every day in the field until it got worn out. I have retired it.

The mud around my knees was a result of sweating in my knee pads. As the inventor of "Gonzo Paleontology" I can attest that I accomplish "dirty deeds done dirt cheap".

photo taken by Allen Shaw (c) John P. Alexander