Eric Strijbos · @EricStrijbos
16 followers · 98 posts · Server mastodon.nl

Due to having a life, family care, eye trouble (now solved) and whatnot, I've not contributed to Mastodon as much as I'd like to, but as a sign of life, here's a giant redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in Lunteren's Pinetum, shot yesterday with my humble cellphone. It was a great afternoon for photography (sunshine interspersed with brief downpours) which made the colours a feast to my now cataract-less eye. Have an excellent week, my tooting friend!.

#redwood #sequoia #trees #gymnosperms

Last updated 1 year ago

Ste Cook · @Polypompholyx
248 followers · 291 posts · Server mastodon.social
Mario Coiro · @Lepidodendron
204 followers · 102 posts · Server ecoevo.social

my latest publication is out!

We have written a short review of , where we suggest that the way forward in understanding this odd group of includes convergence of evidence from different fields of study, including , , molecular , . Also, the article is

Cutting the long branches: Consilience as a path to unearth the evolutionary history of Gnetales

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33

#gnetales #gymnosperms #fossils #development #Evolution #Genomics #openaccess

Last updated 2 years ago

Julian Kiely · @JulianPalaeoArt
236 followers · 27 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Monday morning illustration.... this is only the unfinished outline, but I like the way it's looking so far.
This is illecebrosa, a species with a roughly 12cm wingspan and eyespotted wings from the Formaton of China.
The kalligrammatids were a family of butterfly-like lacewings from the which are thought to have been some of the primary pollinators of some .

#kalligrammatid #oregramma #yixian #Mesozoic #gymnosperms #paleontology #paleobotany #entomology #paleoentomology

Last updated 2 years ago