Scientists Discover The Oldest 3D #Microfossils Ever Found
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-the-oldest-3d-microfossils-ever-found
Silurian acanthodian scale. Possibly Nostolepis gracilis taxa. From Silurian, Pridoli, Lithuania (EU). Preparing for my Master's 2nd semester work presentation. Sadly I have found almost no acanthodian fossils (yet), so I could not go and take better pictures (with SEM).Hope to gather at least 20 scales before going there.
#Silurian #Pridoli #fossil #fossils #micofossil #microfossils #paleo #paleontology #sketch #identification #acanthod
#silurian #pridoli #fossil #fossils #micofossil #microfossils #paleo #paleontology #sketch #identification #acanthod
I am trying to identify fossils in these thin sections of Silurian sedimentary rocks from Lithuania. Any ideas? I am still learning and lacking so much in experience… 🥺
I think I got the Crinoids right and some Bryozoas, but that’s it.
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Also, next to these there are some nice cathodoluminescence photos of the same thin sections 🤩 You can see growth zones in them!
#paleo #paleontology #geo #geology #thinsections #sedimentary #microscopy #micro #microfossils #fossils #crinoids #bryozoa
#paleo #paleontology #geo #geology #thinsections #sedimentary #microscopy #micro #microfossils #fossils #crinoids #bryozoa
Big worm tooth 😳
Silurian, Pridoli
Europe, Lithuania, Milaičiai
From around 1 kilometer deep
Scolecodont
#paleo #paleontogy #geo #geology #micro #microscopy #fossil #fossils #microfossil #microfossils #worm #tooth #teeth #scolecodonts #silurian #Pridoli
#paleo #paleontogy #geo #geology #micro #microscopy #fossil #fossils #microfossil #microfossils #worm #tooth #teeth #scolecodonts #silurian #pridoli
Pretty view from the eye of the microscope ❤️
Silurian - Pridoli
Lithuania (EU), Milaičiai borehole ~1km deep
Pyrite, broken shells and etc...
#geo #geology #fossil #fossils #micro #microfossil #microfossils #paleo #paleontology #silurian #Pridoli #shell #shells #broken #microscopy #microscope
#geo #geology #fossil #fossils #micro #microfossil #microfossils #paleo #paleontology #silurian #pridoli #shell #shells #broken #microscopy #microscope
Fossils from Lithuania. Silurian period, Pridoli.
Still searching for acanthods in the samples for my Master's thesis.
#lithuania #geo #geology #fossil #fossils #paleo #paleontology #silurian #Pridoli #microfossils #microfossil
#lithuania #geo #geology #fossil #fossils #paleo #paleontology #silurian #pridoli #microfossils #microfossil
Nicholas Shackleton, English geologist & paleoclimatologist, died #OTD 2006. He was a pioneer in the use of mass spectrometry to determine changes in climate as recorded in the oxygen isotope composition of calcareous #microfossils #histsci
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/microfossils-and-the-ocean-history/
An Oligocene Foraminifera: Karreriella siphonella (Reuss, 1851) . Find more at https://foraminifera.eu/loc.php?locality=Bad+Freienwalde
#foraminifera #forams #microfossils #paleontology #fossils #Oligocene #micropaleontology
#Foraminifera #forams #microfossils #paleontology #fossils #Oligocene #micropaleontology
#ForamFriday of agglutinated fun in the NE Atlantic🐚🔬 Also found a curious #benthicforam who agglutinated #plankticforams on its test!! 😱😱😱 better photographs will definetly be taken 🧐😍🚀 #forams #microfossils #latinasinstem #ScienceTwitter #micropaleontology
#foramfriday #benthicforam #plankticforams #forams #microfossils #latinasinstem #sciencetwitter #micropaleontology
Happy birthday Esther Applin (middle)🎉 🥳🎊
—in 1921 Esther suggested that #microfossils could be used in stratigraphy, but was ridiculed: “Gentlemen, here is this chit of a girl... telling us that we can use #Foraminifera to determine the age of formation. You know that it can’t be done”
Oh yes it can! On top of being used to date crucial events in our planet's history, #Forams have revolutionized our understanding of past climates, & has created thousands of jobs globally! #WomenInSTEM
#womeninstem #forams #Foraminifera #microfossils
Introduction! I'm a #palaeontologist and #geochemist interested in organism & ecosystem response to environmental change. I use #fossil #molluscs and #microfossils, #isotopes #CTscanning & #Morphometrics & do a lot of #fieldwork. I've worked a lot on the end-#Cretaceous mass #extinction (especially in #Antarctica!) but dabble throughout Earth History. Looking forward to exploring the new place! :mastogrin:
#palaeontologist #geochemist #fossil #molluscs #microfossils #Isotopes #ctscanning #Morphometrics #fieldwork #cretaceous #extinction #Antarctica
Not #ForamFriday, but I'd like to kick off mastodon by introducing this beautiful #benthicforams called Globobulimina, a microfossil that I'm using to reconstruct bottom water temperatures changes in the last 30.000 years at intermediate depths of the eastern North Atlantic 🧐🐚🔬the #deepocean from the past has a lot to tell us :ablobattention: :ablobcatbongo: #micropaleontology #microfossils #foraminifera #womeninstem #science #latinasinstem #womeninscience #paleoceanography #climatechange
#foramfriday #benthicforams #deepocean #micropaleontology #microfossils #foraminifera #womeninstem #science #latinasinstem #womeninscience #paleoceanography #climatechange
So I did an #introduction post when I was on the mastodon online server. But now that I'm on flipping.rocks, I've lost that, so...
Hi there! I am a #palaeoecologist and #naturalist. I work with #microfossils to understand ancient and modern environments/climate and human modification to these environments (#ClimateChange #ClimateJustice). I am also interested in #wildlife, and spend a lot of time recording and #photographing #LondonWildlife - #plants, #invertebrates #mammals #fungi etc. I’d love to meet like-minded people :)
#introduction #palaeoecologist #naturalist #microfossils #climatechange #ClimateJustice #wildlife #photographing #LondonWildlife #plants #invertebrates #mammals #fungi
#introduction time
I'm Allan, #brazilian from the #Amazon region (he/him).
I'm graduated in #geology with a particular affinity for #microfossils followed by fossils in general.
Beside academic stuff, I'm usually playing #games on #steam or #leagueoflegends or reading some #youngadult books on kindle or listening the new pop album of the week.
Pretty much of #pop #geek culture are present in my day and I'm always reading and searching for more.
#geek #pop #youngadult #leagueoflegends #steam #games #microfossils #geology #amazon #brazilian #introduction
Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-09-discovery-microfossils-age-old-scientific.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2022-09-discovery-microfossils-age-old-scientific.html
Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1566823446847315969#m
Discovery of new types of #microfossils may answer age-old scientific question @tohoku_univ https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S030192682200242X https://phys.org/news/2022-09-discovery-microfossils-age-old-scientific.html
#paleontology #fossils #bacteria An article published in the journal "Science Advances" reports the results of a thorough examination of a rock dated between 3.75 and 4.25 billion years offering evidence of the presence of #microfossils.
#paleontology #fossils #bacteria #microfossils
#Microfossils may be evidence #life began ‘very quickly’ after #Earth formed | #Fossils | The Guardian
#microfossils #life #earth #fossils #science #biology #evolution #originoflife #palaeontology
Use of #Foraminifera in Climate Science
The understanding of past changes in #climate and #ocean circulation is to a large extent based on information from marine sediments.
Marine deposits contain a variety of #microfossils, which archive (paleo)-environmental information, both in their floral and faunal assemblages and in their stable isotope and trace element compositions...
#ocean #microfossils #Foraminifera #climate #climatescience
#paleontology #fossils An article published in the journal "Nature" reports a study on #microfossils with structures similar to those of modern #sponges that have an estimated age of about 890 million years, much older than any fossil attributed with certainty to animals.
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/08/04/possible-890-million-year-old-sponge-fossils-discovered/
#paleontology #fossils #microfossils #sponges
#paleobiology #astrobiology #archaea An article published in the journal "Science Advances" reports the discovery of #microfossils of the oldest known methanogenic #microorganisms, with an estimated age of 3.42 billion years.
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/07/16/fossils-of-methanogenic-microorganisms-from-3-42-billion-years-ago-have-been-discovered/
#astrobiology #archaea #microfossils #paleobiology #microorganisms