Gotta remember to keep this handy. I'm always getting my eras and epochs and things mixed up.
#DeepTime #fossils #prehistory
@rchristinalea TIL North Americans call the carboniferous period "Mississippian” and “Pennsylvanian"

@rchristinalea Someone gave me this coffee mug, and I heartily recommend it! One of my faves. There's also a lil trilobite imprint on the inside.

https://myscienceshop.com/product/82165

Geologic Time Mug

Refine your paleontology skills while you sip your morning cup of coffee with this colorful (and educational) mug!

My Science Shop

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Love it!

(Is that a microfossil under the trilobite?)

@rchristinalea looks like we are due for another extinction.
Pregnant Camels Often Sit Down Carefully

As an undergraduate at Imperial College in 1910 Arthur Holmes produced the first accurate radiometric dating of a rock. Three years later he published his book The Age of the Earth. Modern geochronology has enabled palaeontologists to map out an accurate history of the evolution of life on Earth.

@rchristinalea Do you know who made this? It's beautiful!
@hedwyg I don't even remember where I got it. Sorry. Whoever shared it before must not have credited it, or I would have passed that along.