Sofie Lindström (PhD, Prof.) @Fiafossil@qoto.org

Mastodon at its best. A thread about #Clams.

Ht @Fiafossil from @dantheclamman

https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/111150467199550907

Also, can anyone @utrechtuniversity (or anyone else really?) explain why there is a copy of the Jelling stone (Denmark's baptism certificate, more or less) standing outside the cathedral? #JellingSten

#Utrecht

For #FossilFriday check out this gorgeous fossil insect! This 49 million year old beauty is Pulchritudo attenboroughi, a beetle found in the rocks of the Green River Formation, Colorado. What's particularly striking about this fossil is the pattern on its wing cases.

#Palaeontology #science #nature #entomology

An oak is an oak, or not? Understanding and dealing with confusion and disagreement in biological classification (OA)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-023-09925-x

Classification, especially of species like oaks, is not a straightforward process due to varying interpretations and disagreements. The paper demonstrates how a philosophical approach, the Grounded Functionality Account, can provide clarity on such issues in scientific taxonomy. 🌳

#Botany #BotanyAI

Small trilobite in gray shale, unknown geologic formation. #fossils #FossilFriday

When someone somewhere asks a question about clams

My paper, which reassigned a tiny palynomorphs from a prasinophyte to a dinoflagellate, is now online (accepted manuscript). A truly tiny contribution to understanding ecosystem changes during the end-Triassic mass extinction. 🌿

https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2252482

Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, philosopher & artist, died #OTD,1919. He became the most famous champion of Darwinism in Germany. His monumental ”Kunstformen der Natur” influenced science, art & architecture of the early 20th century.
#histsci
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/the-legacy-of-ernst-haeckel/

Our work on the evolutionary history of #cycads is out in @newphyt !
We built a #phylogeny with 321 extant and 60 #fossil cycads, and dispelled the myth of the 'living fossil' being left over from the age of the #dinosaurs
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.19010

If you are preparing your Poster, Oral or PICO presentation for #EGU23 (remember to upload it 24 hours before your session), make sure you have added one of our images indicating is sharing is encouraged or not allowed!

Choose a permissions logo: https://egu.eu/8G7EEC/

God morgen:)

On natural cycles and #ClimateChange

http://sternaparadisaea.net/2023/03/16/natural-cycles-oceans-and-glaciers-and-volcanoes-oh-my/

My latest 👇I report on a recent breakthrough in quantifying the sensitivity of Earth's long-term climate thermostat - silicate weathering - by @BrantleyPSU et al
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/study-reveals-how-earths-climate-thermostat-is-set-to-warm-or-cool/

Happy #DarwinDay! Charles Darwin was born #OTD 1809. During the first two years of his voyage aboard HMS Beagle, he collected a considerable number of fossil mammals from South America. Those discoveries sparked the theory of #evolution https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/darwins-fossil-mammals/

A day to celebrate #women and #girls in #science!