#pliocene — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pliocene, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/382545/ New Fossil Crocodile from Ethiopia Lived alongside Australopithecus afarensis #AfarRegion #Africa #Australopithecus #AustralopithecusAfarensis #Crocodile #Crocodylus #CrocodylusLucivenator #Éire #Ethiopia #fossil #HadarFormation #Hominid #Hominin #Human #IE #Ireland #Lucy #Pliocene #Reptile #Science
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/131092/ New Fossil Crocodile from Ethiopia Lived alongside Australopithecus afarensis #AfarRegion #Africa #Australopithecus #AustralopithecusAfarensis #crocodile #Crocodylus #CrocodylusLucivenator #Ethiopia #Fossil #HadarFormation #Hominid #Hominin #human #Lucy #Pliocene #Reptile
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116003437911970681
This interesting #study is based on ancient lake #sediment #analyses from the #Bogotá #Basin. It proves that the existing #climatemodels about the #Pliocene were underestimated regardung tropical regions. This allows prognoses, according to which also the global warming of today may bring more heat in some #tropicalzones than expected.
See science communication article below.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116003437911970681
This interesting #study is based on ancient lake #sediment #analyses from the #Bogotá #Basin. It proves that the existing #climatemodels about the #Pliocene were underestimated regardung tropical regions. This allows prognoses, according to which also the global warming of today may bring more heat in some #tropicalzones than expected.
See science communication article below.
© this text #StefanFWirth 2026 -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116003437911970681
This interesting #study is based on ancient lake #sediment #analyses from the #Bogotá #Basin. It proves that the existing #climatemodels about the #Pliocene were underestimated regardung tropical regions. This allows prognoses, according to which also the global warming of today may bring more heat in some #tropicalzones than expected.
See science communication article below.
© this text #StefanFWirth 2026 -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116003437911970681
This interesting #study is based on ancient lake #sediment #analyses from the #Bogotá #Basin. It proves that the existing #climatemodels about the #Pliocene were underestimated regardung tropical regions. This allows prognoses, according to which also the global warming of today may bring more heat in some #tropicalzones than expected.
See science communication article below.
© this text #StefanFWirth 2026 -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116003437911970681
This interesting #study is based on ancient lake #sediment #analyses from the #Bogotá #Basin. It proves that the existing #climatemodels about the #Pliocene were underestimated regardung tropical regions. This allows prognoses, according to which also the global warming of today may bring more heat in some #tropicalzones than expected.
See science communication article below.
© this text #StefanFWirth 2026 -
temperatures during the #Pliocene epoch were significantly higher than theoretical models predicted based on #ocean records.
#EarthScience #Paleoclimatology #Geochemistry #sflorg
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Se trata de un útil de la industria lítica Lomekwiense (3,3 MdA), elaborada potencialmente por el Kenyanthropus platyops. Producidos golpeando piedras grandes con rocas densas, y pesadas, que habían obtenido hasta a 100 metros de distancia. Precedió los útiles más antiguos del Olduvayense (2,6 MdA) del Homo habilis, siendo un ejemplo de que la elaboración de útiles no se restringía al género Homo. 📷Museos Nacionales de Kenia-Proyecto Arqueológico Turkana Occidental #plioceno #pliocene
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Stupendemys geographica es la tortuga de agua dulce más grande que ha existido, con un caparazón que supera los 2 metros de longitud y la tonelada de peso. Vivió desde el Mioceno medio al comienzo del Plioceno (9-7,2 MdA) sin competición, manteniendo una dieta omnívora que incluía animales duros, como moluscos y pequeños cocodrilos. 📷Ryan Somma #mioceno #miocene #plioceno #pliocene
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Stupendemys geographica es la tortuga de agua dulce más grande que ha existido, con un caparazón que supera los 2 metros de longitud y la tonelada de peso. Vivió desde el Mioceno medio al comienzo del Plioceno (9-7,2 MdA) sin competición, manteniendo una dieta omnívora que incluía animales duros, como moluscos y pequeños cocodrilos. 📷Ryan Somma #mioceno #miocene #plioceno #pliocene
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Stupendemys geographica es la tortuga de agua dulce más grande que ha existido, con un caparazón que supera los 2 metros de longitud y la tonelada de peso. Vivió desde el Mioceno medio al comienzo del Plioceno (9-7,2 MdA) sin competición, manteniendo una dieta omnívora que incluía animales duros, como moluscos y pequeños cocodrilos. 📷Ryan Somma #mioceno #miocene #plioceno #pliocene
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Stupendemys geographica es la tortuga de agua dulce más grande que ha existido, con un caparazón que supera los 2 metros de longitud y la tonelada de peso. Vivió desde el Mioceno medio al comienzo del Plioceno (9-7,2 MdA) sin competición, manteniendo una dieta omnívora que incluía animales duros, como moluscos y pequeños cocodrilos. 📷Ryan Somma #mioceno #miocene #plioceno #pliocene
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Stupendemys geographica es la tortuga de agua dulce más grande que ha existido, con un caparazón que supera los 2 metros de longitud y la tonelada de peso. Vivió desde el Mioceno medio al comienzo del Plioceno (9-7,2 MdA) sin competición, manteniendo una dieta omnívora que incluía animales duros, como moluscos y pequeños cocodrilos. 📷Ryan Somma #mioceno #miocene #plioceno #pliocene
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/236131/ Remarkable Fossil from South Africa May Be New Species of Australopithecus: Study #Africa #Australopithecus #AustralopithecusAfricanus #AustralopithecusPrometheus #Éire #fossil #Hominin #Human #IE #Ireland #LittleFoot #Pliocene #Science #SouthAfrica #Sterkfontein #SterkfonteinCaves #StW573
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/205520/ Two Australopithecus Species Co-Existed in Ethiopia 3.4 Million Years Ago #AfarRegion #Africa #Australopithecus #AustralopithecusAfarens #AustralopithecusDeyiremeda #BurteleFoot #diet #Éire #Ethiopia #foot #fossil #Hominin #IE #Ireland #Locomotion #Lucy #Pliocene #Science #Teeth #WoransoMille
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The potential extinction of Florida's ancient scrub mint isn't just a loss for one species—it's a blow to entire ecosystems. From scrub jays to bee flies, countless creatures rely on this plant. A botanical curator explains why it matters: https://theconversation.com/plants-that-evolved-in-florida-over-millennia-now-face-extinction-and-lack-protection-233627 #climatechange #botany #pliocene
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New paper alert, just in time for #fossilfriday ! A reevaluation of the #crocodylian fossils from the #Pliocene Otibanda Formation in Papua New Guinea.
You can read the paper here (contact me if you need a PDF):
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2429585Shout out to my friends & co-authors Ralph Molnar and Adam Yates (@alcootatooter).
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El oso gigante de cara corta (Arctodus simus) era un omnívoro norteamericano que podía alcanzar excepcionalmente los 4,3 metros de altura en bidepedestación. Su dieta era mayormente herbívora, pero ocasionalmente podía alimentarse de carne, posiblemente carroña.📷Dantheman9758 #Plioceno #Holoceno #Pliocene #Holocene
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3 million years ago, greenhouse gas was lower (at 360ppm). Temperatures were warmer, and sea levels were 20 meters higher.
Professor Gavin Foster: “The reason we don’t see #Pliocene-like temperatures and sea-levels yet today is because it takes a while for Earth’s @climate to fully equilibrate (catch up) to higher CO2 levels and, because of human emissions, CO2 levels are still climbing.”
Julia Steinberger: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-07-15/cogs-in-the-climate-machine/
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A diferencia del Smilodon, los grandes colmillos superiores del Homotherium no habrían estado expuestos al cerrar la boca.📸ClausThomsen #plioceno #pleistoceno #pliocene #pleistocene #paleofauna
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A diferencia del Smilodon, los grandes colmillos superiores del Homotherium no habrían estado expuestos al cerrar la boca.📸ClausThomsen #plioceno #pleistoceno #pliocene #pleistocene #paleofauna
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A diferencia del Smilodon, los grandes colmillos superiores del Homotherium no habrían estado expuestos al cerrar la boca.📸ClausThomsen #plioceno #pleistoceno #pliocene #pleistocene #paleofauna
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A diferencia del Smilodon, los grandes colmillos superiores del Homotherium no habrían estado expuestos al cerrar la boca.📸ClausThomsen #plioceno #pleistoceno #pliocene #pleistocene #paleofauna
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A diferencia del Smilodon, los grandes colmillos superiores del Homotherium no habrían estado expuestos al cerrar la boca.📸ClausThomsen #plioceno #pleistoceno #pliocene #pleistocene #paleofauna
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Centrolene kutuku: A New #Glassfrog of the Genus Centrolene from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/centrolene.html #Frogs #Frog #Animals
"The #NewSpecies is sister to Centrolene camposi from the #WesternCordillera of the #Andes of southwestern #Ecuador, and together they form a clade with C. condor from the Subandean Cóndor #Cordillera in southeastern Ecuador... the new species originated at the end of the #Pliocene."
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Centrolene kutuku: A New #Glassfrog of the Genus Centrolene from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/centrolene.html #Frogs #Frog #Animals
"The #NewSpecies is sister to Centrolene camposi from the #WesternCordillera of the #Andes of southwestern #Ecuador, and together they form a clade with C. condor from the Subandean Cóndor #Cordillera in southeastern Ecuador... the new species originated at the end of the #Pliocene."
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Centrolene kutuku: A New #Glassfrog of the Genus Centrolene from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/centrolene.html #Frogs #Frog #Animals
"The #NewSpecies is sister to Centrolene camposi from the #WesternCordillera of the #Andes of southwestern #Ecuador, and together they form a clade with C. condor from the Subandean Cóndor #Cordillera in southeastern Ecuador... the new species originated at the end of the #Pliocene."
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Centrolene kutuku: A New #Glassfrog of the Genus Centrolene from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/centrolene.html #Frogs #Frog #Animals
"The #NewSpecies is sister to Centrolene camposi from the #WesternCordillera of the #Andes of southwestern #Ecuador, and together they form a clade with C. condor from the Subandean Cóndor #Cordillera in southeastern Ecuador... the new species originated at the end of the #Pliocene."
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Centrolene kutuku: A New #Glassfrog of the Genus Centrolene from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/centrolene.html #Frogs #Frog #Animals
"The #NewSpecies is sister to Centrolene camposi from the #WesternCordillera of the #Andes of southwestern #Ecuador, and together they form a clade with C. condor from the Subandean Cóndor #Cordillera in southeastern Ecuador... the new species originated at the end of the #Pliocene."
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A useful & startling chart: "A look back at half a billion years of earth’s #climate history. Within about 25 years we will be entering a temperature realm not seen since the #Pliocene 3 million years ago."
[Article is one year old.]
https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/the-busy-workers-handbook-to-the-apocalypse-7790666afde7 -
Desde el Mioceno tardío (~11 MdA) hasta el Plioceno temprano (~5 MdA), existió un salmón dientes de sable (Oncorhynchus rastrosus) de hasta 200 kg y 2,4 m de largo. Sus característicos colmillos, que sobresalían lateralmente, los tenía únicamente cuando pasaba a vivir en agua dulce para reproducirse.📷 Lucas Lima #fish #peces #mioceno #miocene #plioceno #pliocene
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El Thylacosmilus atrox, que existió en Sudamérica desde el Mioceno tardío (9 MdA) al Plioceno (2,58 MdA), tenía dientes de sable, pero no era un felino, sino un esparasodontos, relacionado con los marsupiales. 📷 Ninjatacoshell #paleofauna #mioceno #plioceno #miocene #pliocene
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El Thylacosmilus atrox, que existió en Sudamérica desde el Mioceno tardío (9 MdA) al Plioceno (2,58 MdA), tenía dientes de sable, pero no era un felino, sino un esparasodontos, relacionado con los marsupiales. 📷 Ninjatacoshell #paleofauna #mioceno #plioceno #miocene #pliocene
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El Thylacosmilus atrox, que existió en Sudamérica desde el Mioceno tardío (9 MdA) al Plioceno (2,58 MdA), tenía dientes de sable, pero no era un felino, sino un esparasodontos, relacionado con los marsupiales. 📷 Ninjatacoshell #paleofauna #mioceno #plioceno #miocene #pliocene
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El Thylacosmilus atrox, que existió en Sudamérica desde el Mioceno tardío (9 MdA) al Plioceno (2,58 MdA), tenía dientes de sable, pero no era un felino, sino un esparasodontos, relacionado con los marsupiales. 📷 Ninjatacoshell #paleofauna #mioceno #plioceno #miocene #pliocene
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Megalochelys, Truly a Giant Tortoise
https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/1/31/megalochelys-truly-a-giant-tortoise @TetZoo"while the living species are very nice and all, they do sort of pale in comparison to their extinct giant relative: #Megalochelys, a geologically long-lived Eurasian taxon that was alive during the #Miocene, #Pliocene and #Pleistocene and lived from central Asia in the west to Indonesia in the east"
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The right 3rd metatarsal (middle foot bone) from a mastodon, from the #Pliocene or #Pleistocene near Beaumont, CA. It most likely comes from either Mammut pacificus or M. cosoensis. @westernsciencecenter collection. #FossilFriday #paleontology #fossil #museum #mastodon
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My art in 2023 (12/12)
December: The Zanclean Flood. 6 million years ago, the movement of the continents cut the Mediterranean off from the oceans. Since more water evaporates from the Mediterranean than it receives from rivers, this resulted in the sea drying up and becoming an incredibly deep, dry, salty lowland. Until 5.3 million years ago, when the Strait of Gibraltar formed and the entire sea was refilled in a massive flood.
#MyArt #Neogene #Pliocene #ZancleanFlood #paleoart #MyArtIn2023
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A day after an earthquake caused a landslide that allowed the ocean to start flooding into the great dry abyss to the east,the water's power violently widens the gap and now a thousand Amazons flood into what will soon be the Mediterranean Sea again. The local animals have come to a large rock that will one day be named Gibraltar for safety and a view. Except the #Pelagornis, they're more interested in the fish falling down.
#ZancleanFlood #Pliocene #Miocene #Neogene #waterfall #paleoart #MyArt
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I looked up what life was like the last time the Earth had this much CO2 in the atmosphere. Oh boy, are you going to love what I found out.
Pic related
#Pliocene #Epoch #Climatechange
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After Blanchetown I finally made it to Morgan. I investigated an old abandoned quarry I was told had fossils in it. I found this bank of pure oyster shells. This is the classic North West Bend Formation, these oysters grew in the same Pliocene estuary as those Fellasters I didn't find.
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And here it is. Sands that were laid down in the Pliocene as the sea retreated from the Murray Valley. Sadly I could not find any fossils here. #pliocene #fossils #fieldgeology Oh well, many miles to go I must press on.
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The epiphytic #foraminifera Rosalina having settled on seagras in the Late #Pliocene Early #Pleistocene at Kritika on #Rhodes, Greece. Today in my samples. #microfossil #fossil #paleontology #micropalentology
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"Researchers have created a #map of oceanic " #deadzones " that existed during the #Pliocene epoch, when the Earth's #climate was two to three degrees warmer than it is now. The work could provide a glimpse into the locations and potential impacts of future low oxygen zones in a warmer Earth's oceans."
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-ancient-ocean-dead-zones-future.html#!
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#Pliocene-Like #Monsoons Are Returning to the American Southwest
As carbon concentrations rise, conditions are becoming more like they were 3 million years ago, when the area was wetter and the rain was heavier. https://bit.ly/3VkuoFW #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #CO2 -
@triptychphrases
Hi Tripti!I really liked your #paleoclimate #hothouse #climatechange analog paper. #drought #extremes #pliocene
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022AV000757
Now… I need some help working over some of my dust-gathering for-just-me-I-guess Miocene simulations. Hope you come down and visit NYC soon.