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#FossilFriday March 23, 1769 marks the birthday of pioneering stratigrapher William Smith, who is credited creating the 1st true geological map & introducing the concept of index fossils to distinguish sedimentary layers https://t.co/2WGVnh9FJM
Died #OTD in 1857, William Daniel Conybeare, described the marine reptile plesiosaurus found by Mary Anning https://t.co/Ci2cV4MFDP
Botanising buddies: In 1807 von Goethe send to von Humboldt a sketch of typical mountain vegetation types
#FolkloreThursday catfish Namazu, after causig a quake, is punished by the council of the gods
Ulisse Aldrovandi was among first naturalists to publish exact depictions of animals, here an alpine Ibex (1605)
February 6, 1796: Birthday of John S. Henslow, botanist which mentored & introduced Darwin into noble art of geology