charring auhDec 3
#Precambrian was a vast span of Earth's history, from its formation around 4.57 billion years ago to the start of the #CambrianPeriod 541 million years ago, representing nearly 90% of its existence. During this time, the planet cooled, the atmosphere
Ben FlightOct 29
The Thraxinoid, An Alien I created as part of my thesis project for my senior year of art school, "The Aliens of New Theia". An intelligent, docile tribalist species. The entire concept was built around the idea of a divergent evolution breaking off from earth during the pre-cambrian era.
#alien #3D #3dmodeling #creature #art #texturing #zbrush #photoshop #conceptart #concept #design #theia #cambrian #precambrian
Ben FlightOct 29
The Thraxinoid, An Alien I created as part of my thesis project for my senior year of art school, "The Aliens of New Theia". An intelligent, docile tribalist species. The entire concept was built around the idea of a divergent evolution breaking off from earth during the pre-cambrian era.
#alien #3D #3dmodeling #creature #art #texturing #zbrush #photoshop #conceptart #concept #design #theia #cambrian #precambrian
The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨Sep 30

🦴🎸 Scientists at Memorial University of #Newfoundland renamed ancient seafloor #fossils "Lydonia jiggamintia" after punk rocker Johnny Rotten, identifying them as 560-million-year-old filter-feeding #animals rather than decomposed organic matter. The spiky, tube-covered creatures may be ancestors of modern sponges and represent some of #Earth's earliest animals from the #Precambrian period.

👉 https://www.newsbeep.com/au/178471/

#paleontology #evolution #sponges #science

What may be one of Earth’s earliest animals has a punk rock vibe - Australia News Beep

Being a punk rocker means being perpetually misunderstood. So perhaps it’s vindication that that some seafloor fossils, once considered just piles of

Australia News Beep
Juniper 🏳️‍⚧️🌲Aug 9, 2025

My nine-year-old is complaining because their natural history books don't have enough to say about the Ediacaran Period. Naturally, I turn to fedi for suggestions of resources I can point them at. Any thoughts? We already listen to the Common Descent podcast.

#geology #paleontology #ediacaran #precambrian

llewellyAug 4, 2025

@KateShaw has made a new episode, featuring goblet-shaped Diskagma of the Paleoproterozoic, and Horodyskia of the Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic.

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/08/04/episode-444-diskagma-and-horodyskia/

#fossils
#preCambrian
#proterozoic
#Paleoproterozoic
#Mesoproterozoic
#Neoproterozoic
#Ediacaran

Episode 444: Diskagma and Horodyskia | Strange Animals Podcast

💧🌏 Greg CocksApr 25, 2025
Unaweep Canyon - Two Creeks Flow Out Of Either End Of This [Colorado] Canyon In Opposite Directions
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/unaweep-canyon <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01112.1 <-- shared paper
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[seems like a motorcycle road trip is in order - and happy to visit this beautiful part of the world again]
#geology #colorado #paleovalley #UnaweepCanyon #unaweep #precambrian #unique #divide #water #hydrology #underfit #drainage #EastCreek #WestCreek #Dolores #Uncompahgre #UncompahgrePlateau #erosion #Gunninson #canyon #Tabeguache #mapping #geologicmapping #fieldwork #Cenozoic #gravel #sediment #rockcore #coring #lacustrine #geomorphology #geomorphometry #dating #landform #volcanics #tectonics
Unaweep Canyon

Two creeks flow out of either end of Unaweep Canyon in opposite directions.

Atlas Obscura
Mathilde (Tilly)Jan 29, 2025
A stroll, really.
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#frenchmanscapsummit #frenchmanscaptrack #frenchmanscap #franklingordonwildriversnationalpark #tahunehut #mountains #mountainsview #montagnes #quartzite #precambrian #pandanus #bushwalk #saddle #trekking #hiking #hikingtheglobe #hikingadventures #hikingaustralia #travel #traveltheworld #travelphotography #travelaustralia #tasmania #tasmanie #tasmaniagram #australia #australie
Matilda's LabDec 26, 2024
Most animal body forms first appear in the fossil record in the Cambrian era, already in a recognisable form. This makes new fossils from Pre-Cambriam very exciting, like this tiny ancestor of the arthropods.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1068455
#fossil #sciencenews #precambrian #paleontology #biology #evolution
Tiny ancient worm sheds big light on evolution mystery

In a new study published in Current Biology, researchers describe Uncus dzaugisi, a 555-million-year-old worm-like organism preserved in the Precambrian rocks of Nilpena Ediacara National Park (NENP). This tiny fossil, barely over a few centimeters long, represents the oldest confirmed member of the Ecdysozoa and the only one known from the Precambrian period.

EurekAlert!
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Sep 28, 2024

First evidence of life colonizing deep into the bedrock of Greenland https://phys.org/news/2024-09-evidence-life-colonizing-deep-bedrock.html

Late #Cretaceous and Early #Paleogene Fluid Circulation and Microbial Activity in Deep Fracture Networks of the #Precambrian Basement of Western Greenland https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GC011646

"These ages overlap with tectonic events related to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean... deep fracture networks in western #Greenland opened and were colonized by #microbes, such as sulfate reducers, during these events."

First evidence of life colonizing deep into the bedrock of Greenland

A new study shows that microorganisms lived deep within the fractured bedrock of Greenland 75 million years ago. The work is published in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Phys.org