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just when you thought it was safe to go back into the Miocene again… #proboscideans #CajonValley
https://mstdn.social/@AltonDooley/115469652468454914

AltonDooley (@[email protected])

New blog post! Western Science Center staff went fossil hunting in Miocene deposits this week, and found something unusual. If you like what you read, please subscribe or leave a tip. All proceeds support the museum’s operations and outreach. #FossilFriday #museum #paleontology #palaeontology #fossil #scicomm https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/new-miocene-tooth/

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legraLeGra Nov 20, 2023

Getting into the holiday spirit…
It’s a #MerryMastodon at the American Museum of Natural History #AMNH in #NYC

Check out their #Origami #xmastree dedicated to #Proboscideans #Mastodon #Mammoth #Elephant

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Aug 14, 2023

#Elephant ancestors' teeth evolved in response to long term changes in diet and #climate in Africa https://phys.org/news/2023-08-elephant-ancestors-teeth-evolved-response.html

Fluctuating climate and dietary innovation drove ratcheted evolution of proboscidean dental traits https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02151-4

"Some #proboscideans started to adapt to locally grass-rich environments in East #Africa first by changing their behavior and starting to feed more on #grasses. This happened much earlier than has been thought until now, about 23-11 million years ago"

Elephant ancestors' teeth evolved in response to long term changes in diet and climate in Africa

The latest study about of proboscideans (elephants and their ancient relatives) from the University of Helsinki provides proof that some proboscideans started to adapt to locally grass-rich environments in East Africa first by changing their behavior and starting to feed more on grasses. This happened in some lineages of proboscideans, such as choerolophodonts, much earlier than has been thought until now, about 23 to 11 million years ago in parts of East Africa.

Phys.org

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Jens Notroff Jan 3, 2023

Original study:

R. F. Williamson et al., New insights into early paleoindian (#Gainey) associations with #proboscideans and #canids in the niagara peninsula, southern ontario, #canada, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 47, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103785. 🔓

Rasta™ OLD Dec 21, 2022

𝐏-𝐑-𝐎 𝐁-𝐎-𝐒 𝐂-𝐈-𝐃 𝐄-𝐀-𝐍

#Proboscideans #mastodon #Proboscidean

Rasta™ OLD Dec 21, 2022

This is the dawning of the ♪
Age of Proboscideans,
Age of Proboscideans ♪
Proboscideans ♪
Probo-sci-deans ♪ #Mastodon

𝙒𝙀 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝘽𝙊𝙎𝘾𝙄𝘿𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙎!
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/mesaxonia/proboscidea.php #Proboscideans

The Proboscidea

John Orcutt Dec 1, 2022

#FossilAdventCalendar Day 1

We begin our journey north in #Ontario, #Canada 🇨🇦 with the #Welland #mastodon (Mammut americanum) unearthed close to #NiagaraFalls and exhibited in the #RoyalOntarioMuseum. Like all #proboscideans - the group of #mammals that also includes #elephants - #mastodons had #tusks, but one is missing from this individual. The fact that the socket for its left tusk is closed suggests that this was a birth defect rather than the result of injury or disease.

Chris Widga Nov 29, 2022

Introduction. I'm the head curator at the #GrayFossilSite, #ETSU. I do #paleontology of #quaternary #mammals like extinct #proboscideans (mastodons...err... #Mammut). #Bison and #mammoth too, but only on Thursdays.

I'm fascinated with the #paleoecology of places around me--whether #GreatPlains and #prairies or high elevation #Appalachian #GrassyBalds.

My past life in #archaeology pops up quite often, especially the origins of North American #dogs and #megafaunal #extinctions.

John Murphy 🦣💙🇺🇦Nov 20, 2022

Good morning, fellow #Proboscideans, and especially fellow Masto newbies who have migrated from Twi-sla! Toot toot

Morning coffee at Hawley Lock, Camden

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rood Nov 8, 2022

@MissGeewiz it's surprising how dainty and nimble #proboscideans can be. They don't just drive around trees like a truck. They step around it in a way nothing that size normally could.