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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Dark coats may have helped the earliest mammals hide from hungry dinosaurs. The spots and stripes familiar to us today didn't arise until later in mammalian evolution <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dark-coats-earliest-mammals-dinosaurs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/dark-c</span><span class="invisible">oats-earliest-mammals-dinosaurs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads9734" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.ads9734</span></a></p><p>"Zebra stripes? Leopard print? Neither were in vogue among the earliest <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> during the Age of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a>. Early mammals and their close relatives probably sported dark, drab coats from snout to tail."</p>
llewelly<p>come on, 4 inches is quite large for a scorpion. You didn't expect something the size of Xingjangtitan, did you? </p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/125-million-year-old-fossil-of-giant-venomous-scorpion-that-lived-alongside-dinosaurs-discovered-in-china" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/animals/extinc</span><span class="invisible">t-species/125-million-year-old-fossil-of-giant-venomous-scorpion-that-lived-alongside-dinosaurs-discovered-in-china</span></a></p><p><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/scorpions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scorpions</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/arthropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arthropod</span></a><br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mesozoic</span></a></p>
Blogorgonopsid<p>Zcela poprvé byly fosilizované měkké tkáně plesiosaura prostudovány do hloubky. Jakou měl plesiosaur z Holzmadenu kůži?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plesiosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plesiosaur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/02/plesiosauri-byli-supinati-prvni-studie.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/plesiosauri-byli-supinati-prvni-studie.html</span></a></p>
Blogorgonopsid<p>For the first time, fossilized soft tissues of a plesiosaur have been subjected to an in-depth study. What was the Holzmaden plesiosaur's skin like?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plesiosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plesiosaur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/02/plesiosauri-byli-supinati-prvni-studie.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/plesiosauri-byli-supinati-prvni-studie.html</span></a></p>
Blogorgonopsid<p>Do you want to make your Xmas this year more wildlifey and sciencey? Here's a list of what you can watch!</p><p>Chcete si Vánoce letos udělat divočejší a vědečtější? Seznam toho, na co se můžete dívat!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>holidays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animalpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalpark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aerial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aerial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hippo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hippo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/botswana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>botswana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a></p><p><a href="https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2024/12/vanocni-dokumentarni-novinky-z-prosince.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/20</span><span class="invisible">24/12/vanocni-dokumentarni-novinky-z-prosince.html</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Therapsids Originated in Tropical Rather than Temperate Regions <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/mallorca-gorgonopsian-13515.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sci.news/paleontology/mallorca</span><span class="invisible">-gorgonopsian-13515.html</span></a></p><p>Early–middle Permian Mediterranean gorgonopsian suggests an equatorial origin of therapsids <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54425-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-54425-5</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Therapsids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Therapsids</span></a> were a dominant component of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Permian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Permian</span></a> terrestrial ecosystems, eventually giving rise to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> during the early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a>... <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> have discovered a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> of early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/gorgonopsian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gorgonopsian</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/therapsid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>therapsid</span></a> that was part of an ancient summer wet biome of equatorial <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Pangea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pangea</span></a>"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Ancient <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cicada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cicada</span></a> wings evolved to deal with evolutionary changes in birds <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-ancient-cicada-wings-evolved-evolutionary.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-ancient-</span><span class="invisible">cicada-wings-evolved-evolutionary.html</span></a></p><p>Enhanced flight performance and adaptive <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> giant cicadas <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr2201" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adr2201</span></a></p><p>"in their earlier years, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cicadas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cicadas</span></a> typically had wingspans similar to modern butterflies... But over the course of approximately 160 million years, the wings across all species began to grow a little wider even as they became slimmer... to fly up to 39% faster"</p>
Jun-Hyeok Jang<p>3 illustrations which I did for the Korean book, published last August, &lt;Mesozoic Earth Travel&gt;. <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/Paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleoart</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>New <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/venomous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venomous</span></a> reptile species from the Late <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Triassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Triassic</span></a> unearthed in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-venomous-reptile-species-late-triassic.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-venomous</span><span class="invisible">-reptile-species-late-triassic.html</span></a></p><p>A small venomous reptile from the Late Triassic (Norian) of the southwestern United States <a href="https://peerj.com/articles/18279/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">peerj.com/articles/18279/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> by Helen Burch​ et al. </p><p>"We know very little about the origins of reptile <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/venom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venom</span></a> systems outside of living <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/snakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snakes</span></a> and# lizards, so Microzemiotes sonselaensis is a very exciting addition to a small handful of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> envenomaters"</p>
Steve Paradis<p>Were Pterosaurs Outcompeted by Birds? <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/Pterosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pterosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://thecanadian.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxMPVmDU1E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fNxMPVmDU1</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> discover <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> with teeth had <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seeds</span></a> in their stomachs, indicating that they ate fruit<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-paleontologists-fossil-birds-teeth-seeds.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-paleonto</span><span class="invisible">logists-fossil-birds-teeth-seeds.html</span></a></p><p>Direct evidence of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/frugivory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frugivory</span></a> in the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet: Jingmai O’Connor et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01124-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/abstr</span><span class="invisible">act/S0960-9822(24)01124-2</span></a> </p><p>"Since <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Longipteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longipteryx</span></a> lived in a temperate <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>, it probably wasn't eating <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fruits</span></a> year-round... it had a mixed diet which included things like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> when fruits weren't available."</p>
Natasha Taylor<p>Literally every time I google <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Phylogeny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phylogeny</span></a> stuff: 'shit, I forgot just how long the Cretaceous was'. It's like half the Mesozoic!</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Time</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/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>"World's oldest dinosaur found": Heavy rains reveal 233 million-year-old dinosaur fossil<br> <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/worlds-oldest-dinosaur-found-heavy-rains-reveal-233-million-year-old-dinosaur-fossil/articleshow/112398287.cms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofindia.indiatimes.com/et</span><span class="invisible">imes/trending/worlds-oldest-dinosaur-found-heavy-rains-reveal-233-million-year-old-dinosaur-fossil/articleshow/112398287.cms</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DinosaurFossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DinosaurFossil</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Herrerasaurids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Herrerasaurids</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Triassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Triassic</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MesozoicEra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MesozoicEra</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Introducing Asiatyrannus xui <a href="https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/introducing-asiatyrannus-xui/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paleonerdish.wordpress.com/202</span><span class="invisible">4/07/30/introducing-asiatyrannus-xui/</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Ferwen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Ferwen</span></a></span> </p><p>Their colosal body size and deep snouts were key features of tyrannosaurid species from the latest stages of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a>. In Asia, during the latest <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a>, existed a derived group of long-snouted <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/tyrannosaurids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyrannosaurids</span></a> called <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/alioramins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alioramins</span></a>... The new specimen reveals the coexistence of the long-snouted and deep-snouted tyrannosaurids in southeastern China.</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Ancient marine <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> had inventive past despite being represented by few species <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-ancient-marine-animal-species.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-07-ancient-</span><span class="invisible">marine-animal-species.html</span></a></p><p>Morphological innovation did not drive diversification in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a>–<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cenozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cenozoic</span></a> brachiopods <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02491-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41559-024</span><span class="invisible">-02491-9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Brachiopods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brachiopods</span></a> were evolving in new directions but this did not become an evolutionary success in terms of the numbers of species... The findings shed light on some core principles of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of modern <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a>.</p>
Critterzoology<p>My art is now featured at the Tor zur Urzeit, a small palaeontological (and cryptozoological) museum in North Germany! <br>I made the Plateosaurus illustration on the right.</p><p>Photo by Dr. Gerald Kopp, founder of the Tor zur Urzeit</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/plateosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plateosaurus</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/torzururzeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torzururzeit</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/schleswig_holstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schleswig_holstein</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/schleswigholstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schleswigholstein</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/freizeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freizeit</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/norddeutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norddeutschland</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/triassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>triassic</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaur</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/prosauropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prosauropod</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/sauropodomorpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sauropodomorpha</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/reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mesozoic</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/pal%C3%A4ontologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paläontologie</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/dinosaurier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurier</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Reconnaissance Basement Geology and Tectonics of North Zealandia<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007961" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007961</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</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/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Zealandia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zealandia</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/continent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>continent</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <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/structuralgeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>structuralgeology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Gowanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gowanda</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Gowandaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gowandaland</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dredge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dredge</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sampling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sampling</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/samples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samples</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geochemistry</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geochronology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geochronology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LostContinent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LostContinent</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geomagnetism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geomagnetism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geophysics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geologicmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geologicmap</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</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/tectonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tectonics</span></a></p>
John Conway<p>A random artwork from my gallery:</p><p>"Velociraptor mongoliensis" — 2019</p><p>A reboot of a paiting I originally did in 1997, age 16. I think at the time I considered it my first sucessful oil painting. I have added all the stuff to it that I originally intended to, but chickened-out (painting over skies in oil painting is scary,... [more]:</p><p><a href="https://johnconway.art/velociraptor_1997" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">johnconway.art/velociraptor_19</span><span class="invisible">97</span></a></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/Dinobirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinobirds</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/FeatheredDinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeatheredDinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mongolia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mongolia</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/Palaeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeo</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoPortraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoPortraits</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleo</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Theropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theropods</span></a></p>
John Conway<p>A random artwork from my gallery:</p><p>"Triceratops horridus" — 2013</p><p>The heroic Triceratops horridus, resister of tyrants. Never Forget.</p><p><a href="https://johnconway.art/triceratops-horridus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">johnconway.art/triceratops-hor</span><span class="invisible">ridus</span></a></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/Ceratopsians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ceratopsians</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/HornedDinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HornedDinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</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/Palaeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeo</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoPortraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalaeoPortraits</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleo</span></a></p>
NDGSPaleo<p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/IV55X4GqgHA?si=aQYVHeqw4nLTQpvt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/IV55X4GqgHA</span><span class="invisible">?si=aQYVHeqw4nLTQpvt</span></a> </p><p>Happy <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> everyone! We know we're not the first lab to think "We should totally market all this mud..."<br>A big Thank You to all of our Extras - you made the video so much more awesome.</p><p><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/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/facial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facial</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SpaDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaDay</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cucumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cucumber</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cretaceous</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mesozoic</span></a> </p><p>---<br>Music from Uppbeat by Oliver Massa “Orange Clouds”<br>License code: P0QVTQAHBOH276D5</p>