# palaeobotany paleobotany ilustration plate tafel botany fossil paleoart sciart scicomm extinction birds

I love these 19th century palaeobotanical illustrations.
I started my path studying plant fossils looking at this one:
https://t.co/Hpb4MSbzBu

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2022-11-17

(Hilo) Fauna Extinta de la - Parte I
Los archipiélagos que componen la región de la Macaronesia (Azores, Materia, Salvajes, Canarias y Cabo Verde), cuentan hoy en día con una gran biodiversidad; su registro fósil nos permite ver además la del pasado

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2021-02-21

WIP and giving another try at digital 🙄

Macaronesia islands once had a diversity of quail species, such as the flightless Coturnix lignorum, from Madeira. All these insular forms disappeared once these islands were colonized.

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2020-12-18

Gennaria diphylla ‘Jean’ awarded Cultural Certificate by to grower Michael Powell at the Bournemouth Orchid Show. I don’t get to paint terrestrial orchids from ‘Macaronesia’ very often. Yes, I had to google it!
https://t.co/MjDhvt41ZK

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2019-04-27