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!

Menopause is a new season where women lack control of our bodies. Not because of religion or legislation but because of lack of knowledge and lack of education on menopause, especially for our doctors. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/magazine/menopause-hot-flashes-hormone-therapy.html

@Penguinflight