Seth Finnegan

sethf.bsky.social

25 November 2024 17:53

With the return of the rains come the salamanders. This is Ensatina eschscoltzii xanthopicta, from Codornices Park in Berkeley. To evolutionary biologists, E. eschscoltzii is probably our most famous local species due to its former status as a candidate "ring species" (see alt text for more info).

Steve Wang

stevewang251.bsky.social

22 November 2024 20:26

Here's a video of the talk I gave earlier this week on "Comparing the age selectivity of modern extinctions with Phanerozoic background and mass extinctions". This was for Ma(th)ssX, the Mathematics of Mass Extinctions Research Network. sites.google.com/view/mathssx...

Steve Wang

stevewang251.bsky.social

22 November 2024 20:26

I'm giving an online talk on "Comparing the age selectivity of modern extinctions with Phanerozoic background and mass extinctions" today for the Mathematics of Mass Extinctions Research Network (Ma(th)ssX). Today 11am EST, 4pm GMT. More info & link here: sites.google.com/view/mathssx... 🧪⚒️ #paleo

Anthony (Tony) J. Martin

ichnologist.bsky.social

22 November 2024 19:23

For #FossilFriday, the "resting trace" of a sea star ("starfish") preserved as a natural cast in the Late Ordovician (~445 mya) Sequatchie Formation of northwestern Georgia, USA; photo scale in cm. 🧪🪨⚒️⭐ #ichnology

Ian V. Hughes

chemosymbiosis.bsky.social

22 November 2024 15:13

I’m pumped to share my latest paper out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @marydroser.bsky.social and Prof. Scott Evans describing the first Ediacaran ecdysozoan body fossil! authors.elsevier.com/a/1k7J73QW8S... (free vía this link!)