https://techhub.social/@GregCocks/112797558237585695 GregCocks@techhub.social - New Zealand Has A Unique [Open Data] Fossil Record [Online Database] Named FRED

https://eos.org/articles/new-zealand-has-a-unique-fossil-record-named-fred  <-- shared technical article

https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2020.1799827  <-- shared paper

https://fred.org.nz/  <-- FRED’s open data online portal

[my ‘minor’ in my MSc Geology at the University of Auckland, NZ was in palæontology, and I have had an interest ever since; total aside – is what I call my temp/junk/working files, anyone else?]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #NewZealand #fossil #fossils #database #opendata #FRED #palæontology #paleontology #palaeontology #onlineportal #standards #records #publicrecords #geology #stratigraphy #sedimentology #scientifichistory #fossilrecord #samples #sampling
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Almost intact 30-foot dinosaur skeleton kept secret until it was fully excavated.

#dinosaurs #paleontology

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/man-walking-dog-finds-dinosaur-fossil-2449018

A Man Walking His Dog Stumbles on a Massive Dinosaur Fossil

A man on a routine walk with his dog in the south of France came across a fossil that turned out to belong to a 70 million-year-old dinosaur.

Galerie de Paléontologie
Paris

Photo of the Day
from my daily photo blog

#Museum #Paleontology #Paris #History #Science #Architecture #Photography

Galerie de Paléontologie
a wonderful museum in Paris

Photo of the Day
from my daily photo blog

#Architecture #Photography #museum #Animals #Fossils #Skeleton #History #Paleontology #Science

#Paleontology

BBC News - Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67650247

Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs

Scientists marvel at the fossilised head of an underwater 'killing machine' from the Jurassic.

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A lovely combination of video and sound-track!

From a few million years before & after T-Rex and #dinosaurs.

#paleontology #fossils #carnivore #prehistoric

On July 7, 2014, the field of #paleontology was abuzz with the announcement of the discovery of a prehistoric flying bird species of exceptional size. The fossilized remains of this bird were identified as belonging to a new species named #Pelagornis sandersi, in honor of the researcher who made the discovery... #science https://wakonda666.blogspot.com/2023/07/7th-july-2014-discovery-pelagornis.html

7th July 2014 - Discovery: Pelagornis sandersi, the Largest Flying Bird Ever Known

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Ancient Earth globe

#prehistory #paleontology

How was the world eons ago?

https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth/#470

Ancient Earth

Earth looked very different long ago. Search for addresses across 750 million years of Earth's history.

#paleontology #fossils #cynodonts #TessellatiaBonapartei An article published in the journal "Scientific Reports" reports the identification of a new species of cynodont that lived about 220 million years ago, in the #Triassic period, in today's Argentina. A team of researchers named it Tessellatia bonapartei after examining a partial skull using an unusual neutron tomography technique.

https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/08/11/tessellatia-bonapartei-was-a-cynodont-that-was-possibly-a-close-relative-of-mammals/

#paleontology #fossils #evolution #Devonian #QikiqtaniaWakei #TiktaalikRoseae An article published in the journal "Nature" reports the identification of a precursor of the #tetrapods that lived on today's Ellesmere Island, in Canada, in the Devonian period, about 375 million years ago. A team of researchers named it #Qikiqtania wakei and illustrated similarities and differences with #Tiktaalik roseae.

https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/08/04/qikiqtania-wakei-was-a-precursor-of-tetrapods-with-adaptations-to-life-on-the-mainland-and-back-to-the-water/

Mysterious ancient giant eggs Down Under laid by Aussie “demon ducks of doom” | Ars Technica

o.O
Demon ducks!
#Australia #sciene #paleontology

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/mysterious-ancient-giant-eggs-down-under-laid-by-aussie-demon-ducks-of-doom/?comments=1

Mysterious ancient giant eggs Down Under laid by Aussie “demon ducks of doom”

Overharvesting of eggs may have led to the extinction of these large flightless birds

Gigantic New Beast – One of the Largest Animals Ever – Discovered High in the Alps #Paleontology #Ichthyosaur https://scitechdaily.com/gigantic-new-beast-one-of-the-largest-animals-ever-discovered-high-in-the-alps/

Gigantic New Beast – One of the Largest Animals Ever – Discovered High in the Alps

Largest ever ichthyosaur tooth is among fossil discoveries including remains of a new beast, sized longer than a bowling alley. Paleontologists have discovered sets of fossils representing three new ichthyosaurs that may have been among the...

New armored dinosaur found in Chile had bizarre weaponized tail

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/world/new-armored-dinosaur-weapon-tail-scn/index.html

#theworldbefore #Paleontology

New dinosaur found in Chile had bizarre weaponized tail

The fossilized skeleton of new species of armored dinosaur dating from the late Cretaceous period, around 71.7 million to 74.9 million years ago, was found in Chile. It had a weaponized tail not seen before in any other dinosaur.

CLOVIS-FIRST IS CANCELLED —
23,000-year-old footprints suggest people reached the Americas early
People may have walked along the shore of a lake in New Mexico 23,000 years ago.
KIONA N. SMITH - 9/23/2021, 12:00 PM #ClovisPeople #Paleontology https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/23000-year-old-footprints-suggest-people-reached-the-americas-early/

23,000-year-old footprints suggest people reached the Americas early

People may have walked along the shore of a lake in New Mexico 23,000 years ago.

23,000-year-old footprints suggest people reached the Americas early | Ars Technica

#prehistory #paleontology

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/23000-year-old-footprints-suggest-people-reached-the-americas-early/

23,000-year-old footprints suggest people reached the Americas early

People may have walked along the shore of a lake in New Mexico 23,000 years ago.

Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans Arrived In Americas During Ice Age

#whitesandsnationalmonumentnm #archaeologyandanthropology #paleontology #iceage #geology #sciencejournal #glaciers #northamerica #newmexico #research #yourfeedscience #news

Ancient Footprints Push Back Date of Human Arrival in the Americas

Human footprints found in New Mexico are about 23,000 years old, a study reported, suggesting that people may have arrived long before the Ice Age’s glaciers melted.

A New Company With a Wild Mission: Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth

#mammothsanimals #geneticsandheredity #endangeredandextinctspecies #elephants #cloning #paleontology #geneticengineering #churchgeorgem #yourfeedscience #science #news

A New Company With a Wild Mission: Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth

With $15 million in private funding, Colossal aims to bring thousands of woolly mammoths back to Siberia. Some scientists are deeply skeptical that will happen.

Fossil Of Previously Unknown Four-Legged Whale Found In Egypt #Paleontology https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/08/fossil-of-previously-unknown-four.html

Fossil of previously unknown four-legged whale found in Egypt

#paleontology #radiodonts #Cambrian #BurgessShale #Titanokorys #TitanokorysGainesi An article published in the journal “Royal Society Open Science” reports the identification of a new species of radiodont that was named Titanokorys gainesi dating back to about half a billion years ago thanks to #fossils discovered in the famous Burgess Shale.
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/09/10/titanokorys-gainesi-was-a-marine-predator-that-was-a-giant-by-the-standards-of-half-a-billion-years-ago/

‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Fossil Reveals Hungry Predator of Ancient Oceans

#paleontology #fossils #fishandothermarinelife #endangeredandextinctspecies #royalsocietyopensciencejournal #britishcolumbiacanada #burgessshalecanada #research #oceansandseas #yourfeedscience #yourfeedanimals #science #news

‘Spaceship-Shaped’ Fossil Reveals Hungry Predator of Ancient Oceans

Titanokorys gainesi, turned up in the Canadian Rockies, was among the largest known predators 500 million years ago.