Maikel WagemansCatch of the day.
Hunting for fossils and shark teeth from the Miocene/Pliocene at 15m underwater.
#Scuba #Diving #ScubaDiving #Fossil #Shell #Miocene #Pliocene #UWPhoto
The Conversation U.S.The potential extinction of Florida's ancient scrub mint isn't just a loss for one species—it's a blow to entire ecosystems. From scrub jays to bee flies, countless creatures rely on this plant. A botanical curator explains why it matters: https://theconversation.com/plants-that-evolved-in-florida-over-millennia-now-face-extinction-and-lack-protection-233627 #climatechange #botany #pliocene
DomComUne industrie lithique datée de 3,3 millions d'années au #Kenya questionne l'origine de l'homme
Xavier Boës
Actualité | Une industrie lithique datée de 3,3 millions d'années au Kenya questionne l'origine de l'homme
Géoarchéologue à l’Inrap et membre de l’UMR 7194 Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique, Xavier Boës décrit ses recherches sur les milieux désertiques du Rift est-africain et sur le site de Lomekwi (Kenya), dont la datation à 3,3 Ma (Pliocène), questionne l’émergence du genre humain.
Jorgo RistevskiNew paper alert, just in time for #fossilfriday ! A reevaluation of the #crocodylian fossils from the #Pliocene Otibanda Formation in Papua New Guinea.
You can read the paper here (contact me if you need a PDF):
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2429585
Shout out to my friends & co-authors Ralph Molnar and Adam Yates (@alcootatooter).
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐Ceratogaulus fue un animal del Mioceno tardío (11-5,3 MdA) y comienzos del Plioceno (5,3-3,6 MdA), similar a las marmotas. Es el único roedor con cuernos y uno de los dos mamíferos fosoriales, que vive en madrigueras, con esa característica. #mioceno #miocene #plioceno #pliocene
El oso gigante de cara corta (Arctodus simus) era un omnívoro norteamericano que podía alcanzar excepcionalmente los 4,3 metros de altura en bidepedestación. Su dieta era mayormente herbívora, pero ocasionalmente podía alimentarse de carne, posiblemente carroña.📷Dantheman9758 #Plioceno #Holoceno #Pliocene #Holocene
Eric Maugendre about carbon3 million years ago, greenhouse gas was lower (at 360ppm). Temperatures were warmer, and sea levels were 20 meters higher.
Professor Gavin Foster: “The reason we don’t see #Pliocene-like temperatures and sea-levels yet today is because it takes a while for Earth’s @climate to fully equilibrate (catch up) to higher CO2 levels and, because of human emissions, CO2 levels are still climbing.”
Julia Steinberger: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-07-15/cogs-in-the-climate-machine/
A diferencia del Smilodon, los grandes colmillos superiores del Homotherium no habrían estado expuestos al cerrar la boca.📸ClausThomsen #plioceno #pleistoceno #pliocene #pleistocene #paleofauna
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Centrolene kutuku: A New #Glassfrog of the Genus Centrolene from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/centrolene.html #Frogs #Frog #Animals
"The #NewSpecies is sister to Centrolene camposi from the #WesternCordillera of the #Andes of southwestern #Ecuador, and together they form a clade with C. condor from the Subandean Cóndor #Cordillera in southeastern Ecuador... the new species originated at the end of the #Pliocene."
[Herpetology • 2024] <i>Centrolene kutuku</i> • A New Glassfrog of the Genus <i>Centrolene</i><small> (Anura: Centrolenidae)</small> from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador
[A-D] Centrolene kutuku sp. nov. and [E–F.] C. camposi in life. Ron, García, Brito-Zapata, Reyes-Puig, Figueroa-Coronel & Cisner...
Keith D JohnsonA useful & startling chart: "A look back at half a billion years of earth’s #climate history. Within about 25 years we will be entering a temperature realm not seen since the #Pliocene 3 million years ago."
[Article is one year old.]
https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/the-busy-workers-handbook-to-the-apocalypse-7790666afde7
[Article is one year old.]
https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/the-busy-workers-handbook-to-the-apocalypse-7790666afde7
