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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a> Discovery Rewrites Global <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a> History <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/fossil-discovery-rewrites-global-dinosaur-history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/fossil-discov</span><span class="invisible">ery-rewrites-global-dinosaur-history</span></a> paper: <a href="https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/203/1/zlae153/7942678" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/203/1/zlae153/7942678</span></a></p><p>"Ahvaytum bahndooiveche is now the oldest-known dinosaur from <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Laurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laurasia</span></a>, the Northern Hemisphere land mass of the late Paleozoic supercontinent <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Pangea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pangea</span></a>... That age places it in a similar time period to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> of Pangea's Southern Hemisphere land mass, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Gondwana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gondwana</span></a>, which were thought to be the world's first by a long shot."</p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>These Revolutionary Maps Are Revealing Earth’s Geological Secrets<br />--<br /><a href="https://www.zmescience.com/science/tectonic-model-beatiful-new/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zmescience.com/science/tectoni</span><span class="invisible">c-model-beatiful-new/</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br />--<br /><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104069" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.20</span><span class="invisible">22.104069</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br />--<br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tomography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tomography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/structuralgeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>structuralgeology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/plates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plates</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/platetectonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>platetectonics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>earth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>global</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/modeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>modeling</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatialdata</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/vector" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vector</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/platemodel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>platemodel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mechanics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>earthquakes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/volcanoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>volcanoes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/topography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>topography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/orogeny" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>orogeny</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tectonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tectonics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Pangea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Pangea</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Gondwana" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gondwana</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Gondwanaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gondwanaland</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ReuniteGondwanaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ReuniteGondwanaland</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Laurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Laurasia</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lithosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lithosphere</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/crust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crust</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mantle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mantle</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/core" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>core</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geophysics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geochemistry</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geochronology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geochronology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dating</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mesoproterozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mesoproterozoic</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Study shows <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/orchids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orchids</span></a> emerged in northern hemisphere and thrived alongside <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> for 20 million years <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-02-orchid-family-emerged-northern-hemisphere.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-02-orchid-f</span><span class="invisible">amily-emerged-northern-hemisphere.html</span></a> </p><p>The origin and speciation of orchids <a href="https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.19580" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do</span><span class="invisible">i/10.1111/nph.19580</span></a></p><p>"they were previously thought to have emerged on the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/supercontinent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supercontinent</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Gondwana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gondwana</span></a>, in what is present-day <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>. However, the new study indicates their common ancestor may have originated in the northern hemisphere, on the supercontinent <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Laurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laurasia</span></a>, before spreading out further into the world."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Fossil of Giant <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Triassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Triassic</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Amphibian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amphibian</span></a> Unearthed in Brazil<br><a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/kwatisuchus-rosai-12636.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sci.news/paleontology/kwatisuc</span><span class="invisible">hus-rosai-12636.html</span></a></p><p>Interrelationships among Early Triassic faunas of Western <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Gondwana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gondwana</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Laurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laurasia</span></a> as illuminated by a new South American benthosuchid temnospondyl <a href="https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wile</span><span class="invisible">y.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25384</span></a></p><p>"Named <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Kwatisuchus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kwatisuchus</span></a> rosai, the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> was approximately 1.5 m in length. It belonged to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Benthosuchidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Benthosuchidae</span></a>, a small group of giant <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crocodile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocodile</span></a>-like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amphibians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amphibians</span></a> that lived during the Triassic. They were primarily aquatic, living in rivers and lakes."</p>
Chris White<p>Now the more <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/riebeckite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riebeckite</span></a> facies of the <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Paleozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleozoic</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Quincy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quincy</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Granite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Granite</span></a></p><p>The Quincy granite was a prized architectural stone, most famously used in the <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/BunkerHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BunkerHill</span></a> Monument in <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a>. Current dating suggests it was intruded into <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Avalonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Avalonia</span></a> before it glommed onto <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Laurentia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laurentia</span></a> as <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Laurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laurasia</span></a> and <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Pangea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pangea</span></a> were assembled. Today’s <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> set comes from a walk around the eponymous Bunker Hill Quarry. I’ll post more about the history later. Captions!<br><a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/Fujifilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fujifilm</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/XH1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XH1</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/igneous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>igneous</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/intrusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intrusive</span></a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</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 New Species of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a>-Era Bird <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/yatenavis-ieujensis-11504.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sci.news/paleontology/yatenavi</span><span class="invisible">s-ieujensis-11504.html</span></a></p><p>New enantiornithine <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> from the the uppermost <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a> of southern <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Patagonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patagonia</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667122003160" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0195667122003160</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Yatenavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yatenavis</span></a> shares morphological features with Late Cretaceous <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/enantiornithines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enantiornithines</span></a> found at diverse localities, including <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Madagascar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Madagascar</span></a>, North America, Patagonia, and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CentralAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAsia</span></a>. This may indicate the presence of an enantiornithine subclade widely distributed across <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Gondwana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gondwana</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Laurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laurasia</span></a>.</p>