A fossilized mud bubble!! Formed in the mud layers of the massive delta that covered this area over 300 million years ago.
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A stunner of an Archaeopteryx fossil preserves SO MUCH soft tissue, including scales on its toe pads and a group of flight feathers never seen before in Archaeopteryx. Called tertials, they lie between the elbow and the body, and play a key flight role in modern birds.
In my latest for CNN, lead study author and paleontologist Jingmai O'Connor explains how these feathers confirm a longheld hypothesis that Archaeopteryx was capable of powered flight.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/science/archaeopteryx-fossil-includes-feathers
CNN · ‘Important moment in evolution’: Fossil preserves never-before-seen flight feathers in ‘first bird’Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly how the earliest known bird could fly.
Global Carbon Budget
The 2024 Global #Carbon Budget projects fossil #CarbonDioxide (#CO2) emissions of 37.4 billion tonnes, up 0.8% from 2023.
Despite the urgent need to cut #emissions to slow #ClimateChange, the researchers say there is still “no sign” that the world has reached a peak in #fossil CO2 emissions.
With projected emissions from land-use change (such as #deforestation) of 4.2 billion tonnes, total CO2 emissions are projected to be 41.6 billion tonnes in 2024, up from 40.6 billion tonnes last year.
https://globalcarbonbudget.org/fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-increase-again-in-2024/
Global Carbon BudgetFossil fuel CO<sub>2</sub> emissions increase again in 2024The critical annual update revealing the latest trends in global carbon emissions
This is really something special, worth a read.
Archaeopteryx fossil discovered with preserved soft tissue proves Darwin was right all along
https://www.earth.com/news/archaeopteryx-fossil-soft-tissue-flight-evolution-proves-darwin-right/
Earth.comArchaeopteryx fossil discovered with preserved soft tissue proves Darwin was right all alongA new Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution.
https://www.europesays.com/2091908/ New Ichthyosaur Species Uncovered in Portugal #AguaDeMadeirosFormation #Baracromia #Europe #fossil #Gadusaurus #GadusaurusAqualigneus #iberia #IberianPeninsula #Ichthyosaur #Jurassic #LusitanianBasin #Neoichthyosauria #noticias #Parvipelvia #portugal #reptile #Skull #ToarcianOceanicAnoxicEvent
Bislang völlig unterbelichtet: der ökologisch brisante Widerspruch zwischen monetärer und stofflicher Logik. Éric Pineault verknüpft zuvor getrennte Forschungsstränge über gesellschaftliche Stoffwechselprozesse zu einem neuen sozialökologischen Paradigma. Rezension zu »Die soziale Ökologie des Kapitals« auf @ndaktuell lesen: https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1191073.oekomarxismus-materialismus-mit-materie.html
A worried looking cluster of Goniatite fossils. 
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Greg Cocks National Park Service Streamlines Fossil Data Collection with GIS
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https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/national-park-service-fossil-mapping <-- shared blog post
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[with palæontology as one of the papers in my MSc studies, seeing another use case in GIS is brilliant…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #fossil #paleontology #US #NationalParks #NPS #cataloguing #inventory #NationalParkService #palaeontology #fedscience #documenting #spatialanalysis #geology #stratigraphy #fossilrecord #paleo #monitoring #managing #exploration
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https://www.europesays.com/2078002/ Earliest-known ‘reptile’ footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria #amniote #amphibian #australia #CitizenScientists #fossil #FossilDiscovery #mansfield #NaturePaper #palaeontology #reptile #trackways #What'sTheEarliestAnimalToWalkOnLand?
Analyses of the fossil show never-before-seen feathers and bones from the first known bird
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/archaeopteryx-fossil-bird-flight
Science News · This exquisite Archaeopteryx fossil reveals how flight took off in birdsAnalyses unveiled never-before-seen feathers and bones from the first known bird, strengthening the case that Archaeopteryx could fly.
Great Horsetail #photography #fujifilm
This one feels like a living #fossil, still thriving in places like Bochum. Its extinct relatives, such as Calamites, contributed to the formation of hard coal at the exact same location (Ruhrgebiet) during the Carboniferous, around 310 million years ago. 
Happy #FossilFriday everyone. Sometimes you see fossils in weird places. Here is a photo of some belemites I spotted in the marble floors of Hampton Court Palace
Out comes my reconstruction of a 'living' #belemnite replica to tackle a frequently asked #FossilFriday question. " What exactly are these pointy shaped fossils ". So, with my replica and a pointy shaped #fossil to hand from my collection. Reading out and rehearsing from the brilliant Discovering #Geology section of the British Geological Survey website. I open up those curious minds 
A Goniatite fossil - although related to modern Squid and Octopus, this one looks like a mini Rams horn preserved in stone.
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I'd love to see more funds to take action and hold #fossil fuel industry #accountable!
Deep space in a shore stone.
Complete with swirling nebula, scattered stars and spiraling galaxies.
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
...and the last post from 2022. Here's a study of Orthacanthus, for a project I cannot talk about yet. Orthacanthus, is a freshwater elasmobranch (shark) from the Carboniferous and Permian Periods.
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's a study of Kingnites, commissioned in 2022 for a project I cannot talk about yet. Kingnites, is an exceptionally large (1m long) Silurian polychaete annelid.
