Phanerozoic Eon
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🦎✨ New research delivers the 1st full 3D anatomical atlases of the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)! Open-access atlases + lesson plans offer powerful new tools for studying reptile evolution and teaching comparative anatomy.
Leavey et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Leavey et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🦎✨ New research delivers the 1st full 3D anatomical atlases of the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)! Open-access atlases + lesson plans offer powerful new tools for studying reptile evolution and teaching comparative anatomy.
Leavey et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Leavey et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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#FossilFriday
Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️
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Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/v...
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#FossilFriday
Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/v...
Victorian Christmas cards: "Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus and Co." printed by Thomas De la Rue for the Natural History Museum of London 🎄🧪⚒️
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/v...
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Matonia pectinata is a beautifully-shaped fern, and the family it belongs to can be traced back to the Late Triassic. When researching I often make reference sheets like this of the most useful figures, photos & illustrations I can find. Most pics from iNaturalist or Flickr. #paleobotany #botany
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Matonia pectinata is a beautifully-shaped fern, and the family it belongs to can be traced back to the Late Triassic. When researching I often make reference sheets like this of the most useful figures, photos & illustrations I can find. Most pics from iNaturalist or Flickr. #paleobotany #botany
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When #FossilFriday is also Black Friday, one looks for black fossils ... bonus points if they were apparently purchased from a science supplier like Wards. This on is a large specimen of Maclurites, an Ordovician taxon generally believed to be sedentary, suspension feeding gastropods.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
When #FossilFriday is also Black Friday, one looks for black fossils ... bonus points if they were apparently purchased from a science supplier like Wards. This on is a large specimen of Maclurites, an Ordovician taxon generally believed to be sedentary, suspension feeding gastropods.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for Centuriavis lioae, a 10 million year old fossil relative of turkeys. It was a lot of fun describing this stunning specimen with Catherine Early, Kate Dzikiewicz, and Amy Balanoff. The fossil is named after our amazing museum colleague Suzanne Lio.
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for Centuriavis lioae, a 10 million year old fossil relative of turkeys. It was a lot of fun describing this stunning specimen with Catherine Early, Kate Dzikiewicz, and Amy Balanoff. The fossil is named after our amazing museum colleague Suzanne Lio.
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Thankful for biodiversity and the joy of natural history
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thankful for biodiversity and the joy of natural history
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November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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A rare sea slug who dares to make food from sunlight found in waters near a beach not too far from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Really interesting adaptation. If only we could do this trick…
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A rare sea slug who dares to make food from sunlight found in waters near a beach not too far from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Really interesting adaptation. If only we could do this trick…
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Benthodytes, slime star, isopod, carnivorous sponge? That last one has a weird top, I can't make out what it is. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Benthodytes, slime star, isopod, carnivorous sponge? That last one has a weird top, I can't make out what it is. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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If you're fond of telling your fellow Thanksgiving diners that the turkey is indeed a dinosaur, then I've got an infographic for you
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you're fond of telling your fellow Thanksgiving diners that the turkey is indeed a dinosaur, then I've got an infographic for you
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
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Who needs the upside down when we have #StrangerThings right here in our world. 💚
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Who needs the upside down when we have #StrangerThings right here in our world. 💚
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‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research theconversation.com/forever-chem...
‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research
The sex and age of an animal turn out to be stronger predictors than habitat for higher PFAS levels, suggesting they accumulate over a lifetime.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research theconversation.com/forever-chem...
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ever been so hungover you puke up a pterosaur previously unknown to science
Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil
Filter-feeding flying reptile was likely devoured by a dinosaur during the early Cretaceous
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
ever been so hungover you puke up a pterosaur previously unknown to science
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Now that's a cool squid. I'm not sure of the ID for it. Psst, it waved. Parasites on it? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Now that's a cool squid. I'm not sure of the ID for it. Psst, it waved. Parasites on it? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 871 #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
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Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!
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Happy to be a part of this big project led by Mario Bronzati & Matteo Fabbri—out today #OA in @currentbiology.bsky.social
bit.ly/3M5weun —on the brain endocast of a close pterosaur cousin & what it means for pterosaur brain evolution...maybe different from bird brain evolution. 1/2
bit.ly/3M5weun —on the brain endocast of a close pterosaur cousin & what it means for pterosaur brain evolution...maybe different from bird brain evolution. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy to be a part of this big project led by Mario Bronzati & Matteo Fabbri—out today #OA in @currentbiology.bsky.social
bit.ly/3M5weun —on the brain endocast of a close pterosaur cousin & what it means for pterosaur brain evolution...maybe different from bird brain evolution. 1/2
bit.ly/3M5weun —on the brain endocast of a close pterosaur cousin & what it means for pterosaur brain evolution...maybe different from bird brain evolution. 1/2
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[Australia] ‘Unprecedented’ heatwave kills nearly two-thirds of corals at UNESCO-listed Ningaloo Reef www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #MarineHeatwave #Ningaloo #Coral #Reefs #Australia
‘Unprecedented’ heatwave kills nearly two-thirds of corals at UNESCO-listed Ningaloo Reef
A severe marine heatwave has devastated nearly 70% of Ningaloo Reef's corals, with mortality rates exceeding 60% in some areas. Scientists warn of unprecedented ecological stress as global ocean tempe...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
[Australia] ‘Unprecedented’ heatwave kills nearly two-thirds of corals at UNESCO-listed Ningaloo Reef www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #MarineHeatwave #Ningaloo #Coral #Reefs #Australia
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500-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Fossils With Soft Tissues So Intact, They're Blowing Paleontologists' Minds
dailygalaxy.com/2025/11/500-...
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500-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Fossils With Soft Tissues So Intact, They're Blowing Paleontologists' Minds
A prehistoric discovery in Morocco is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about Earth’s most iconic sea creature. Hidden beneath volcanic ash for over 500 million years, these fossils reveal ...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
500-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Fossils With Soft Tissues So Intact, They're Blowing Paleontologists' Minds
dailygalaxy.com/2025/11/500-...
FYI - @johnmoffitt.bsky.social
dailygalaxy.com/2025/11/500-...
FYI - @johnmoffitt.bsky.social
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Happy #FossilFriday! This tooth plate is from a giant fossil lungfish called Ceratodus. This specimen is thought to be from the Mesozoic Era and is estimated to be up to 13 feet long! Lungfish have been around for nearly 400 million years, and are one of the closest living relatives to tetrapods!🦎
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! This tooth plate is from a giant fossil lungfish called Ceratodus. This specimen is thought to be from the Mesozoic Era and is estimated to be up to 13 feet long! Lungfish have been around for nearly 400 million years, and are one of the closest living relatives to tetrapods!🦎
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biiiiig stretch!
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
biiiiig stretch!
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This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
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Ancient Chemical Clues Reveal Earth’s Earliest Life 3.3 Billion Years Ago
astrobiology.com/2025/11/anci... #astrobiology
astrobiology.com/2025/11/anci... #astrobiology
Ancient Chemical Clues Reveal Earth’s Earliest Life 3.3 Billion Years Ago - Astrobiology
A new study uncovered fresh chemical evidence of life in rocks more than 3.3 billion years old
astrobiology.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ancient Chemical Clues Reveal Earth’s Earliest Life 3.3 Billion Years Ago
astrobiology.com/2025/11/anci... #astrobiology
astrobiology.com/2025/11/anci... #astrobiology
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#TrilobiteTuesday
Here is part of the body of quite a large trilobite known as Paradoxides spinosus. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Jince Formation from the Czech Republic. Paradoxides is one of the largest trilobites known from the Cambrian period.
Here is part of the body of quite a large trilobite known as Paradoxides spinosus. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Jince Formation from the Czech Republic. Paradoxides is one of the largest trilobites known from the Cambrian period.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#TrilobiteTuesday
Here is part of the body of quite a large trilobite known as Paradoxides spinosus. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Jince Formation from the Czech Republic. Paradoxides is one of the largest trilobites known from the Cambrian period.
Here is part of the body of quite a large trilobite known as Paradoxides spinosus. This specimen comes from the Middle Cambrian (Drumian) Jince Formation from the Czech Republic. Paradoxides is one of the largest trilobites known from the Cambrian period.