My actual grandma had an underbite too…
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My actual grandma had an underbite too…
Oolitic chert most likely
“He smelled like Bunnings” would be the closest we would get 😂
A thin section of rock (eclogite) viewed under the microscope, showing high relief and diverse colours including pink, green, and blue.
An eclogitic demonstration that the simplicity of PPL can be just as good as interference colours.
#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks #microscope #microscopy
absolutely horrifying drawing of brachiopods with faces that somehow conveys the late devonian extinctions (FF event) by showing different groups of brachiopods separated by a fence. Brachiopods are either smiling or sad and feeling left out. Image source: The Frasnian-Famennian brachiopod extinction events: A preliminary review Grzegorz Racki Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 43 (2), 1998: 395-411
Thinking about the Ghosts of Extinctions Past, Extinctions Present, and Extinctions Yet to Come.
The Ghosts of Extinctions Past:
Left…sedimentary all the way!
The cuts to CSIRO are terrible - worse than the Abbott era cuts. This is a stay of execution for 12 months. Time for lobbying. 🧪 #AusPol www.davidpocock.com.au/extra_csiro_...
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This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
Imaging showing current temperature on the West Coast of Tasmania: 14.7 degrees and feels like 11.1 degrees. Max 17 degrees and minimum overnight 7 degrees. 0-4mm of rain and partly cloudy. Bloody beautiful….
Come to Tassie! It’s currently 14 degrees and lovely and overcast. Sure, you do need vitamin D tablets down here but worth it if you want snow in November!
Canberra is the DM
Even better when there are conodonts!
May I suggest the book by Australian palaeontologist John Long “Hung like an Argentine Duck”It’s the palaeontological evidence for the evolution of sex. Also, “Evolutions Rainbow” by Joan Roughgarden is amazing.
www.harpercollins.com.au/978073229273...
www.ucpress.edu/books/evolut...