@plazi-species.bsky.social#NewSpecies!
New #fossil #buffalo from the late #pliocene from #ethiopia just surfaced:
Syncerus ekosowan
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03F887BC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.5852/cr-p...
#ComptesRendusPalevol #SyncerusEkosowan
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #nature #mammals #bovidae #paleo #paleontology
@factutainment.bsky.socialHappy Ice Age Week! Here's some facts about the horned turtle meiolania.
To enjoy nature is the right of all sentient beings.
#animalfacts #animals #prehistoric #iceage #meiolania #iceageweek #hornedturtle #turtle #holocene #pleistocene #pliocene #stoneage #fossil #extinct
@resisdance.bsky.social"During the #Pliocene epoch 3 million years ago, global air temperatures were 2–3°C warmer than in the modern preindustrial period. Melting ice sheets retreated hundreds of kilometers inland, while global sea levels were 6–23 meters (20–75 feet) higher. ...
@geolsocnorfolk.bsky.socialPitted #fossil bone frags are common on #Suffolk UK beaches with #Pliocene Red Crag debris. Phosphorite nodules from the basal Crag are similarly pitted. Hypothesis: bioerosion by #siboglinid worms munching phosphate-rich substrates.
Any thoughts? @thepalass.bsky.social @coastalpaleo.bsky.social
@samillingworth.com🌋 Asia cooled, then rebounded early
Rock records from China show land cooling from 4.5 to 2.7 million years ago, in step with the world. Then it warmed again while the globe kept cooling, so local climate can defy the global trend.
@samillingworth.com🌋 Asia cooled, then rebounded early
Rock records from China show land cooling from 4.5 to 2.7 million years ago, in step with the world. Then it warmed again while the globe kept cooling, so local climate can defy the global trend.
@stanton.bsky.socialRestoration of the Awash Tilapia, Oreochromis harrisae
#ethiopia #sciart #oreochromis #pliocene
