Dr Elsa Panciroliさんのイラストまとめ

#FossilFriday: the latest of our fossil species from #IsleofSkye, the early salamander, #Marmorerpeton! The 1st part was found in 1971 by Michael Waldman, Robert Savage & team, & we found the rest in 2016, + more (incl. skull) since. Renders: @MarcEHJones, art:@BStokkermans

We face unprecedented rates of #climatechange and #extinction. The humble foram is one of the most abundant micro #fossils in the world, and survivor of multiple mass extinctions. They whisper stories of climate change and environments through #deeptime. #EarthDay #FossilFriday

#HappyEaster We wouldn't have eggs without birds - fossils of 60 myo penguin Waimanu from New Zealand help us understand how birds survived the K-Pg extinction. Read more about Waimanu, fossil & modern penguins, birds, dinos & Earth's evolution: https://t.co/JshtLjYzt2 [1/4]

One of the organisms in my book are conifers. Their ancestors appeared ~300 mya, they're now among the most important trees on the planet. Dinosaur food, symbols of immortality, commercial lumber crops - conifers are integral to the story of life on Earth! https://t.co/re2EzfxTay

"never-before-seen ammonite muscles": https://t.co/cBK13vT6PD

Working from home again:

Having one of those days where I can't get any of the words or names I want from my brain. It's like my brain-shop locked up last night at closing time, and the staff just didn't turn up this morning to open it again.

@Ichnologist I do love a good 'whilst'! When spoken, us Scots also pronounce the 'wh', so you can always tell 'whales' from 'Wales' 😁 See also: cool whip 😂

It's #FossilFriday, so I thought you might enjoy these Platybelodons 😃A proboscidean (group that incl. elephants🐘) that lived ~15-5 mya in Eurasia, Africa & N. America. These are in the Beijing Museum of Natural History. #Palaeoart by Nikolai Litvinenko. #mammals #fossils

@matthewcobb @morethanadodo There are quite a few other animals with trunks (trunks = extended upper lip + snoot). And not all elephants (proboscideans) had trunks, the earliest didn't. But certainly elephants really went to town with their sniffers! 🐘 (pics: Wikipedia/dinopedia)