The Field's first paleontologist, #ElmerRiggs, led an expedition to #GrandJunction, Colorado in 1900. There, the team discovered the holotype of #Brachiosaurus—*the* specimen by which the species is known. At the time, this

preparing, studying, collecting, #paleontologists have fossils since 1898. Tools like brushes and rock hammers have not changed much, but modern technologies, like digital x-rays, help us learn from #fossilday in new ways. #ElmerRiggs (right), the Field Museum's first firstpaleon