A rough black-and-white sketch of the ancient elephant-cousin Eubelodon morrilli in lateral view, with the outline of the skull, neck, and forearms + shoulder faintly visible.
Quick sketch of the ancient elephant-cousin Eubelodon morrilli, from the middle Miocene of North America. Despite possessing a long lower jaw like many other contemporary proboscideans, they held no lower tusks. #miocene #paleoart #sciart #elephants
The roof of the world’s secret: How the Tibetan plateau reshaped rain
For a deep dive, check out: researchmatters.in/news/ancient...
#miocene #monsoon #climatechange #Himalayas #scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #IndianScience #ScienceinIndia
A black-and-white pencil drawing of a family group of Graecopithecus apes walking both bipedally and quadrupedally around a large fallen tree in a savanna environment. A Cremohipparion three-toed horse watches them cautiously from the background, while a young male of the group attempts to poke its rear end.
Somewhere in the Balkans during the late Miocene, a family of Graecopithecus take a dry-season stroll while a Cremohipparion watches them cautiously. This was inspired by the description of the Azmaka femur from Bulgaria, indicating partial bipedalism for these apes. #paleoart #apes #miocene #sciart
A 17-million-year-old jaw from Egypt just challenged where all living apes originated. One mandible from the desert, and the field’s East Africa-centered model is under serious pressure. #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution #Miocene www.primatology.net/p/a-jaw-from...
This extinct schizomid from Dominican amber is one of the few extinct species described in this order as of yet. The only described specimen is extremely well preserved, to the point it was easily determined it was a female. Size : around 5mm of body length Time period : Early-Middle Miocene Paleoart speculativometer : Almost a carbon copy The animal drawn is a schizomid, an eyeless arachnid walking on 6 legs and using its first legs as antennae
What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime & #Fossilfriday !
It's our first schizomid! It's also to my knowledge the 1° paleoart of this miocene species!
All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more below!⬇️
#schizomid #arachnid #Miocene #sciart #bugsky #invert #paleoart
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Palaeocarassius priscus, syn. Cyprinus priscus
#sciart #carp #cyprinus #carassius #palaeocarassius #germany #miocene
Palaeocarassius basalticus
#sciart #palaeocarassius #chubby_fish #carassius #carp #cyprinidae #miocene #france
A 7.2M-year-old femur from Bulgaria shows early bipedalism predating known African bipeds. The bone, tentatively attributed to Graecopithecus, suggests walking upright may have begun in Eurasia, not Africa. #HumanEvolution #Paleoanthropology #Miocene www.anthropology.net/p/a-72-milli...
"...in #VA I ran approximately 50 excavations at Carmel Church, recovering many thousands of #fossils. By far the most remarkable unit there was the middle #Miocene (14-million-yr-old) Calvert Formation..." - Dr. Alton Dooley 🐠🐋🦈
life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/the-tunas-ta...
This new paper describes a Hominine femur from Bulgaria, tentatively assigned to Graecopithecus, and finds it indicative of both terrestrial quadrupedalism and some form of bipedalism. A lot of interesting implications! doi.org/10.1007/s125... #homininae #paleoanthropology #paleontology #miocene
The Hassyampa River cuts through #mountain range 5 miles north of Wickenburg, AZ. This is a case of an #antecedent (existing) stream that cut through rocks uplifted to form the current mountain range. Uplift occurred after 17 Ma during Basin and Range extension. #BasinRange #Miocene
Comic depicting Big-billed Banded Penguins upset at a sudden slothy smell in their colony.
Stank Neighbors.
What's that smell on the beach?!
#paleoart #penguin #miocene
#Cattail fossils are relatively common in the sedimentary record, typically appearing as compressed, flattened leaf impressions. Unique, highly detailed silicified (petrified) cattail fossils (approx. ) showing internal pith and white chalcedonyexist, notably from #Miocene
#Cattail fossils are relatively common in the sedimentary record, typically appearing as compressed, flattened leaf impressions. Unique, highly detailed silicified (petrified) cattail fossils (approx.
) showing internal pith and white chalcedonyexist, notably from #Miocene
#fossilfriday skull of an early Miocene camel from Cajon Pass, California. On display at the San Bernardio County Museum, Redlands.
#sanbernardinocountymuseum #prehistoriccalifornia #camel #miocene
This marvelous and somewhat puzzling roadcut crops out at Union Pass in Mohave County, AZ (35.21851 N, -114.39145 W). Geologist Shaun Willsey did a fine job describing the volcanic rocks in his ‘Random Roadcuts’ video series (www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgdv...). #VolcanicTuff #Miocene
Four black-and-white pencil sketches of prehistoric horses on a piece of paper, arranged in four quadrants. In the top left is the trunked Shanxihippus bounding away from the viewer, its strange face mostly turned away. In the top right is a struggling Archaeohippus clutched in the jaws of a much larger Amphicyon, which is staring directly at the viewer with the tiny horse in its mouth. In the bottom left is a mother Megahippus in front view, looking down at her small foal running up to her. In the bottom right is Parahippus rearing up on its hind legs, standing tall and facing the viewer with one forelimb raised in a wave.
Tonight’s flocking #Paleostream was all horses!!! First Shanxihippus, then Archaeohippus (chomped by Amphicyon), then Megahippus with its foal, and finally Parahippus waving goodbye. This was such a fun stream! #paleoart #sciart #yearofthehorse #miocene
A colored-pencil drawing of the prehistoric horse Calippus regulus in a bounding pose. Its body is angled downward, having nearly finished a jump, with one front foot contacting the ground while the other is splayed out just in front of it. One hind leg is fully bent while the other is mostly extended, and the entire hindquarters are raised in the air along with its fluffy tail. Its face is very short and stocky for a horse. It has a short mane of fur on its neck, smaller manes on its snout and lower jaw, and a larger mane on its chest. The four-mane hairdo is inspired by that of Black Wildebeest. It is overall grey and tan in coloration, with a bendy black stripe along its side.
The little horse Calippus regulus, with four manes! Members of the genus Calippus were square-snouted grazers in the tribe Protohippini that lived across North/Central America during the #Miocene. The hair is speculative, inspired by Black Wildebeest. #paleoart #sciart #YearoftheHorse #cenozoic
Extinct South American pachyrukhines were mammals with tall teeth thought to be optimized for grazing. Image credit: Shutterstock/Mariano Jedrzejewski.
#Tooth structure isn’t always a good indicator of #diet in ancient #animals. In PNAS Journal Club: https://ow.ly/X5wz50YcV65
#teeth #mammal #omnivore #fossils #ungulate #Miocene #Pliocene
This extinct amblypygid from Dominican amber was the first extinct post-Cretaveous amblypygid named. It looks almost like modern Phrynus species living today on the same Hispaniola island. Size : around 7cm of body length Time period : Early-Middle Miocene Paleoart speculativometer : Almost a carbon copy The animal drawn is a light brown ampblypygid, looking like a thin spider with long legs but no fangs, raptorial appendages at the front, segmented opisthosoma & it walk only on 6 legs, the first pair being modified to serve as antennae
What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime!
Today's entry is our first amblypygid! It's also to my knowledge the first paleoart of this miocene species!
All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more below!⬇️
#whipspider #Miocene #sciart #bugsky #invert #paleoart
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A rough black-and-white pencil sketch of the early equine Merychippus in a running pose with its head held high. Its snout is drawn to resemble that of a deer rather than a modern horse, it has no mane, and it has a duiker-like tail. An oval-shaped bulge on its snout between the eye and the nostril hints at the deep pocket (preorbital fossae) in nearly all non-Equus equid skulls, still mysterious in function but potentially housing a unique sort of scent gland.
Quick sketch of everyone’s beloved Merychippus, though not as it’s often depicted. These and other early Equines were far-removed in phylogeny, morphology, and ecology from the genus Equus, and thus, why give it a mane or rhinarium-less snout? #YearoftheHorse #miocene #paleoart #sciart
