#rudist — Public Fediverse posts

Check out our latest #preprint in which we use a combination of #clumped and #oxygen #isotope measurements to reconstruct extreme summer temperatures experienced by #fossil #rudist bivalves from the Late #Cretaceous in Oman. All feedback is welcome!
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-2308/

the rudist is
the spiciest clam
that's why
he's shaped
like a trash can

the soul of
Oscar the Grouch
underneath
the Western
Interior Sea

Tylosaurus
shook his head
and swam away
and he'd say
"I can't believe
how rude
that clam
was to me
"
beneath
the Western
Interior Sea

#clam
#rudist
#WesternInteriorSea
#mosasaur
#fossils
#poetry
#fossilFriday
#fossilFridayOneDayEarly

The most recent Common Descent podcast is a good introduction to the #Mesozoic #Marine #Revolution:
https://commondescentpodcast.com/2023/09/16/episode-174-the-mesozoic-marine-revolution/

naturally, #clams are involved, both in their numbers, and in all the boring things that eat clams. : )

footnote: it baffles me that #rudist clams are so rarely compared to trash cans, but actually, a lot of them do resemble indoor trash cans. #Oscar the Grouch would fit in one nicely. And he was the rudist.

#snails