#Neogene

The world turned colder and dryer in the Neogene, leading to the spread of large grasslands, like these South American ones. Phorusracos, a large terror bird, has caught a Thoatherium on the edge of the forest they both live in. South America was an isolated continent for the duration of the Neogene, leading to a quite unique fauna.

#paleoart

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@deuxcvsix

🤔-PS Ich bin übrigens nicht #Precambrian sondern bi: #Paleogene und #Neogene

Jedem Tierchen sein Plasierchen 🙃

On the edge of a #Miocene grassland in South America,a group of #Thoatherium is ambushed by #Phorusrhacos.They scatter,but the #terrorbird catches one,lifting it high up into the air,and SLAMS it down on the ground to kill it.Other nearby animals have mixed feelings about this situation. Tupinambis flees for its life,while Dryornis flies closer just in case.Hapalops and Astrapotherium are unbothered and have business of their own to take care of.

#Neogene #paleoart #MyArt #autumn

#WeekendReading: Wei et al. on the Li isotope signal of shallow water carbonates across the #Neogene. Reading it made me think that #dolomite might be the key to utilizing this #proxy in the far past?
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.01.013

There is a new paper by Ziye Li et al. in #Nature that just came out, exploring the #Neogene burial of #OrganicCarbon across different #ocean basins.
I feel this is one we're going to cite a lot in the coming years
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05413-6