💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Paleontologist Peter Ward shows how fossil beds at Lyme Regis, #England record #cephalopods flourishing after the #Triassic extinction wiped out #fish. 🦑

Today, with overfishing removing #sharks and warming #oceans slowing currents, #octopus, #squid, and #cuttlefish are booming again – a 400% increase since the 1960s. 📈

👉 https://nautil.us/the-cephalopods-are-coming-1281395

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The Cephalopods Are Coming

The Cephalopods Are Coming: Fossil records reveal Earth’s mass extinctions are followed by a rise of ocean cephalopods. They’re rising again.

El Cryptoclidus eurymerus fue un plesiosaurio del Jurásico medio (166-160 MdA) de hasta 4 metros que se habría alimentado de calamares, peces tiernos y criaturas del fondo marino. 📷Dmitry Bogdanov #jurasico #jurassic

Scientists have discovered a new genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur in China, named Xiangyunloong fengming. The partial skeleton, dated to the Early Jurassic, reveals a significant connection between early herbivorous dinosaurs and the giant sauropods of the Mesozoic.

Read more: https://omniletters.com/en/new-sauropodomorph-dinosaur-genus-discovered-in-china/

#dinosaurs #discovery #paleontology #china #jurassic

New sauropodomorph dinosaur genus discovered in China

A new sauropodomorph dinosaur genus has been discovered in China, enriching knowledge about Early Jurassic fauna.

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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦖🪶 Archaeopteryx lithographica is a famous transitional #fossil that shows the evolutionary connection between #dinosaurs and #birds.

Dr. Jingmai O'Connor explains how this specific specimen from the Field #Museum demonstrates the #Jurassic origins of flight through its unique feathers. The fossil took over 1,270 hours to uncover and shows details previously unknown in other specimens.

👉 Learn more: https://zurl.co/KNjiH

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🦖🪶 Archaeopteryx lithographica is a famous transitional #fossil that shows the evolutionary connection between #dinosaurs and #birds.

Dr. Jingmai O'Connor explains how this specific specimen from the Field #Museum demonstrates the #Jurassic origins of flight through its unique feathers. The fossil took over 1,270 hours to uncover and shows details previously unknown in other specimens.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/chicago-archaeopteryx-lithographica-field-museum-fossil-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=chicago-archaeopteryx-lithographica-field-museum-fossil-video

#animals #bones #flying #fossils #history #naturalhistory #paleontology #science #technology #tech #womeninstem #tksst #video