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Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>In 2022 Jason Osborne and I reconstructed the Early Oligocene toothed whale Ediscetus osbornei, and here are some zooms into the artwork I created for Jason. The two Ediscetus are chasing a school of Spanish mackerel.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ediscetus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ediscetus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mackerel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mackerel</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>In 2022 Jason Osborne and I reconstructed the Early Oligocene toothed whale Ediscetus osbornei, and here is the artwork I created for Jason. The two Ediscetus are chasing a school of Spanish mackerel.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ediscetus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ediscetus</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mackerel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mackerel</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Palaeontologia Electronica<p>The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (JODA) preserves a fantastic record of Oregon's <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Eocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eocene</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> environments. A new study examines several JODA trackways to further understand fauna and their behaviors in these changing ecosystems.</p><p>Image: Figure 2 from the paper. Digital elevation model (DEM) of avian tracks from JODA 1536. Scale bar equals ~20mm.</p><p>Authors: Conner J Bennett, Nicholas A Famoso, and Daniel I Hembree</p><p>Full <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> Paper:<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.26879/1413" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.26879/1413</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p><a href="https://anticap.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/capitalocene/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anticap.wordpress.com/2017/03/</span><span class="invisible">07/capitalocene/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/holocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>holocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Miocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paleocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cretaceous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cenozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cenozoic</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Professor Helps Discover Global Gap In Geologic Record<br>--<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-professor-global-gap-geologic.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-professo</span><span class="invisible">r-global-gap-geologic.html</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104912" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.20</span><span class="invisible">24.104912</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sedimentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sedimentation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sediment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sediment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/offshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offshore</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coast</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coastal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coastal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modeling</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sealevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sealevel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/erosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erosion</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/weathering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weathering</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/continentalshelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>continentalshelf</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geologichistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geologichistory</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/submarine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submarine</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/unconformity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unconformity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pelagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pelagic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/continentalmargin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>continentalmargin</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sedimentology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sedimentology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/siliciclastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siliciclastic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/icehousetransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>icehousetransition</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/eocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eocene</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/slope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slope</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/basinfloor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>basinfloor</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/submarinecanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submarinecanyon</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/masswasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masswasting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/debrisflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debrisflow</span></a></p>
llewelly<p>Arsinoitherium, everyone's favorite embrithopod features in this great article about primates of the Oligocene, by JK Revell : <br><a href="https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/09/oligocene-pt-11-early-monkeys-and-two.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/09</span><span class="invisible">/oligocene-pt-11-early-monkeys-and-two.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/monkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monkeys</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primates</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Arsinoitherium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arsinoitherium</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Three new ancestors added to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/TasmanianTiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TasmanianTiger</span></a>'s storyline <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-ancestors-added-tasmanian-tiger-storyline.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-ancestor</span><span class="invisible">s-added-tasmanian-tiger-storyline.html</span></a></p><p>Three new <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/thylacinids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thylacinids</span></a> (Marsupialia, Thylacinidae) from late Oligocene deposits of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Riversleigh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Riversleigh</span></a> World Heritage Area, northwestern <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queensland</span></a> <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2384595" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10</span><span class="invisible">80/02724634.2024.2384595</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontologists</span></a> say the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> are now the oldest members of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Thylacine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thylacine</span></a> family to date, estimated to be 25–23 million years old, making them late <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> in age."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Penguin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Penguin</span></a> wing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> shows importance of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Zealandia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zealandia</span></a> in penguin <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-penguin-wing-fossil-importance-zealandia.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-08-penguin-</span><span class="invisible">wing-fossil-importance-zealandia.html</span></a></p><p>A new tiny fossil penguin from the Late <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> and the morphofunctional transition of the penguin wing <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2024.2362283" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10</span><span class="invisible">80/03036758.2024.2362283</span></a> </p><p>Named Pakudyptes hakataramea, the penguin was very small—about the same size as the little blue penguin, the smallest in the world—with anatomical adaptations that allowed it to dive.</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>New <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> snake species provides insight into reptile social behavior and development<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-fossil-snake-species-insight-reptile.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-07-fossil-s</span><span class="invisible">nake-species-insight-reptile.html</span></a></p><p>Morphology and systematics of a new fossil <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snake</span></a> from the early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Rupelian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rupelian</span></a> (<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a>) White River Formation, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Wyoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wyoming</span></a> <a href="https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae073/7696309" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/ad</span><span class="invisible">vance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae073/7696309</span></a> </p><p>"The specimens were preserved in a cluster within a hibernaculum, a space where <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> shelter together during colder months. Their position represents social behavior in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a>, which is something that we don't often see"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Oligocene (Pt 9): Rise of the Dogs <a href="https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/06/oligocene-pt-9-rise-of-dogs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/06</span><span class="invisible">/oligocene-pt-9-rise-of-dogs.html</span></a></p><p>"Many of the carnivorous <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> present in North America during the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> were of types also found in Eurasia. However, this far back in time, they did not necessarily belong to any family of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> we would recognise. Cats, for example, first appeared in Europe at the end of the epoch and did not reach the Americas until much later. Other groups, such as raccoons, simply didn't exist yet."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a>-Period <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dolphin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dolphin</span></a> Had Unique Feeding Method <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/aureia-rerehua-12827.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sci.news/paleontology/aureia-r</span><span class="invisible">erehua-12827.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Aureia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aureia</span></a> rerehua, a new platanistoid dolphin from the Oligocene of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> with a unique feeding method <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2024.2314505" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10</span><span class="invisible">80/03036758.2024.2314505</span></a></p><p>"Aureia rerehua had unique <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/teeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teeth</span></a> which might have formed a cage around small <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a>; these teeth, along with a weak vertex, flexible neck, and the smallest size among its relatives would make it a capable hunter in shallow waters"</p>
Critterzoology<p>My finished watercolour painting of Paraceratherium transouralicum.</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paraceratherium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paraceratherium</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/watercolour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolour</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/watercolourart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolourart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/rhinoceros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhinoceros</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/rhino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhino</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/cenozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cenozoic</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/scientificillustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientificillustration</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/indricotherium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indricotherium</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/baluchitherium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baluchitherium</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/vertebrate_paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vertebrate_paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/animalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalart</span></a></p>
Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a><br>New darwin wasp from early oligocene of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> just surfaced:</p><p>Lithoserix oublierus</p><p>Treatment: <a href="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E1851F7-0BBF-49DF-8F4A-63CA367ECC28" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/2E1851F</span><span class="invisible">7-0BBF-49DF-8F4A-63CA367ECC28</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="http://doi.org/10.3897/fr.27.116373" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.3897/fr.27.116373</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FossilRecord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilRecord</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/darwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darwin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/darwinwasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darwinwasp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocene</span></a></p>
Critterzoology<p>A modern sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) and its 5 m long relative Carcharias cuspidatus from the Oligocene. The size is known from a partial skeleton that was found near Rauenberg in Baden-Württemberg.</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/sandtigershark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sandtigershark</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shark</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/prehistoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistoric</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/vertebrate_paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vertebrate_paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/scientificillustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientificillustration</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/animalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/wildlifeart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifeart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/watercolour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolour</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/watercolourart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolourart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/marinebiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinebiology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinelife</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/cenozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cenozoic</span></a></p>
Critterzoology<p>An Oligocolius psittacocephalon with a drupe in its mouth. This mouse bird lived during the Oligocene in Enspel, Rhineland-Palatinate, and had parrot-like beak adaptations to consume large fruits. Its fossil was found with large fossilized stone fruit seeds in its crop.</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/oligocolius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocolius</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/rheinland_pfalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rheinland_pfalz</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mousebird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mousebird</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/enspel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enspel</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/st%C3%B6ffel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stöffel</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/scientificillustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientificillustration</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/vertebrate_paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vertebrate_paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/cenozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cenozoic</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/watercolour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolour</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ornithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ornithology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/extinct_animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinct_animals</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/urzeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urzeit</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/vogel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vogel</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Oligocene (Pt 7): Not Quite Camels, Not Quite Pigs <a href="https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/02/oligocene-pt-7-not-quite-camels-not.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/02</span><span class="invisible">/oligocene-pt-7-not-quite-camels-not.html</span></a> </p><p>"While the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ruminants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruminants</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> North America would have looked similar to the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/MuskDeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuskDeer</span></a> of today, some of the other cloven-hoofed <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> inhabiting the continent at the time were more distinctive..."</p>
Critterzoology<p>Eomys quercyi, also known as the Stöffel mouse, is a gopher relative that was able to glide from tree to tree and lived during the Oligocene in Germany.</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/eomys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eomys</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/rodent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rodent</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/st%C3%B6ffel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stöffel</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/enspel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enspel</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mammal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammal</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/vertebrate_paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vertebrate_paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/rheinlandpfalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rheinlandpfalz</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/animalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/watercolour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolour</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/watercolourart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercolourart</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gopher</span></a></p>
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐<p>Esa piedra con forma de espiral es lo que se llama un "sacacorchos del diablo". Se trata de madrigueras de Palaeocastor del Mioceno encontradas en Wyoming y Nebraska. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleofauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleofauna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligoceno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligoceno</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mioceno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mioceno</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/miocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wyoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wyoming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nebraska</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Pacific <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/KelpForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KelpForests</span></a> are way older than we thought<br><a href="https://www.futurity.org/pacific-kelp-forests-age-3167012/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">futurity.org/pacific-kelp-fore</span><span class="invisible">sts-age-3167012/</span></a> </p><p>Early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> kelp holdfasts and stepwise <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of the kelp ecosystem in the North Pacific <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317054121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317</span><span class="invisible">054121</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kelp</span></a> flourished off the US Northwest Coast more than 32 million years ago, long before the appearance of modern groups of marine <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a>, and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bivalves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bivalves</span></a> that today call the forests home."</p>
Global Museum<p>Florida Oligocene painting by Carl Buell.</p><p>Oligocene Epoch<br>34 million to 23 million years ago</p><p>During the previous epoch, Florida was under water, but the global climate cooled in the Oligocene. This caused sea levels to drop and a portion of northern Florida went from marine to terrestrial habitats! </p><p><a href="https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blog/florida-oligocene-painting-by-carl-buell/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits</span><span class="invisible">/blog/florida-oligocene-painting-by-carl-buell/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a></p>
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