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New paper in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology using @gbif mediated data:

Fossil fruits from the early #Paleocene of #Patagonia, #Argentina reveal west Gondwanan history of #Icacinaceae 🇦🇷

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.104940

Second rock unit containing rare earth #REE #minerals found in western ND, USA | title of report: "Critical Mineral Enrichment in Lignites Beneath The Rhame Bed (#Paleocene) of the Slope Formation in the #Williston Basin of #NorthDakota", by Moxness, L.D., Murphy, E.C., and Kruger, N.W., 2023, can be found at NDGS website

https://kfgo.com/2023/07/12/second-interval-of-rocks-containing-rare-earth-minerals-found-in-western-nd/

Ooooh I think we might be on the trail of our big crocodile Borealosuchus! Big belt-buckle sized osteoderm (skin armor) at the Medora, ND site.

#fossil #paleontology #Paleocene #crocodile #osteoderm

These two came prepared - they’ve been on a few digs with us, and weren’t going to let rain scare them away.
#fossil #fossildig #paleontology #paleocene

A lot of people like to call my usual artstyle #pointilism, but I would say that is incorrect. Pointilism makes explicit use of color, whereas I only draw in b&w, so it is more accurate to call it #stippling.

So, here‘s my actual first attempt at pointilism. I tried to draw Baculites, a Late #Cretaceous genus of #ammonite which is notable for briefly surviving past the K-Pg impact.

#paleoart #paleontology #fossil #fossilart #mesozoic #cephalopod #paleocene

Inking has begun on PALEOCENE #4! Keep an eye on the progress on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tmkeesey #comic #comicart #cómic #paleoart #paleofiction #paleocene

Happy Earth Day! #earthday #paleoart #paleocene #extinction #postapocalyptic

#African #FossilFriday

Often, the smallest #fossil tells the best story. The #Tanzanian 🇹🇿 Drilling Project studies #fossils of #plankton and other tiny #marine organisms to better understand #climate and its impacts during periods of time much warmer than today. For example, this core was bored into #Paleocene rocks, revealing details of an #offshore #environment that existed just after one of our planet's largest mass #extinctions.

Image from Berrocoso et al. 2012.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.05.006

Pages 7–9 of PALEOCENE #4 have been pencilled! Here's a little preview. Patrons can see all of the pencils at this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/paleocene-4-7-9-77879777?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link #comicart #paleoart #paleocene #primate #comic #paleofiction #paleontology

Impressed by the article!! https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/scientists-image-remains-of-volcanic-burst-that-triggered-massive-warming/
Very cool writeup by Howard Lee with links to other interesting recent papers on the mysterious #Paleocene #Eocene Thermal Maximum #PETM 56 million years ago. Fascinating!
So – near Greenland, there are ancient volcanic areas and they were responsible for #CO2 and #CH4 increase, and also for the sudden stop to the warming.

The areas are named #Eriador and #Gondor – who'd have thunk? Did #Tolkien get the names from #geology or was the naming done by geologists to honour the writer? Howard Lee could have added this little info. But maybe he hasn't read Lord of the Rings #LotR.

@carlschroedl
Impressed by the article!! https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/scientists-image-remains-of-volcanic-burst-that-triggered-massive-warming/
Very cool writeup by Howard Lee with links to other interesting recent papers on the mysterious #Paleocene #Eocene Thermal Maximum #PETM 56 million years ago. Fascinating!
So – near Greenland, there are ancient volcanic areas and they were responsible for #CO2 and #CH4 increase, and also for the sudden stop to the warming.

The areas are named #Eriador and #Gondor – who'd have thunk? Did #Tolkien get the names from #geology or was the naming done by geologists to honour the writer? Howard Lee could have added this little info. But maybe he hasn't read Lord of the Rings #LotR.

#reintro I'm Mike Keesey, a software engineer based in #LosAngeles. For the day job I lead a team working with #NextJS, #React, #TypeScript, etc. I also have some major side projects to do with #EvolutionaryBiology, #SciArt, and #PaleoArt. There's @phylopic, a free resource for organism silhouettes, and #Paleocene (@keeseycomics), a #comic book series about our early #primate ancestors living in the wake of the Cretaceous–Paleogene #extinction. Also interested in #film, #linguistics, #DnD, etc.

Bring back the #WesternInteriorSeaway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Interior_Seaway

#climateChange #Cretaceous #Paleocene #USPolitics

Turbidites above the Resurrection Peninsula Ophiolite, Alaska.

We now know that the turbidites on Fox Island, near Seward AK are part of the Paleocene Orca Group.

Spectacular in scale, and thickness.

#Alaska #Ophiolite #Turbidite #Paleocene #Chugach

Pillow basalts of the 57 Ma Resurrection Peninsula Ophiolite, Alaska.

These are some of the most spectacular pillows I've seen.
These represent eruption of basaltic magma to the ocean floor, and they are directly related to the sheeted dike complex recently posted.

The Stellar sea lions have hauled out on a detached block with exposed flow tops.

#Alaska #Ophiolite #PillowBasalt #Paleocene #Chugach

Layouts for PALEOCENE #4 are complete! Patrons can read the whole thing: https://www.patreon.com/posts/paleocene-4-70056818

#comics #paleoart #paleofiction #paleontology #paleocene #primates #evolution #evolutionarybiology #comicbook

Sheeted dike complex of the 57 Ma Resurrection Peninsula Ophiolite, Alaska.

We recently determined the age of this complex by dating zircons in sediment interbedded in the overlying pillows. One of the most spectacular sheeted dike complexes I've seen (...and difficult to access).
These are feeders for basaltic magma to reach and erupt to the ocean floor.

#Alaska #Ophiolite #SheetedDikes #Paleocene #Chugach

For #FossilFriday this week: a skull of the periptychid 'condylarth' Ectoconus ditrigonus eroding from lower #Paleocene sediments of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. The largest animal of its day, Ectoconus lived less than half a million years after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction and was about the size of a sheep. #newmexico #paleontology

Oops, I meant to mention @keesey 's #Paleocene back when I was talking about time periods... but hey, #HellCreek, #EndCretaceous... it still fits here! Anyway, I am a total fan of this haunting narrative of the life of a band of #prosimians in the lean years after the #Chicxilub impact event. The art & writing are just superb, and I can't wait to see what the next issues of @keeseycomics have in store for our protagonists!
https://dinodadreviews.com/2022/01/05/paleocene-issues-1-3/