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In 1811, German zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger introduced the taxonomic order Proboscidea for elephants, the American mastodon and the woolly mammoth. The proboscis, an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, is the most [...]
Un tema "extra-scientifico" legato ai dinosauri che mi appassiona molto è la persistenza di tutta una serie di dettagli nell'iconografia di questi animali, dettagli a prima vista secondari, ma che invece manifestano il sistema culturale in cui sono [...]
Remote imaging has the potential to streamline how farmers measure the amount carbon in their soil — historically a major hurdle for farmers hoping to earn money by offsetting CO2
By Mark Quigley, Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, School of Earth Sciences at The University of Melbourne Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its associated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 [...]
Stonechat July 2021
I have been sent a link to "Stonechat" the magazine of the Horsham Geological Field Club. It is well worth reading, especially the article on Rock Bands! You can get it HERE, or read it below.
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow America has numerous federally-recognized geographic places with historical names. While many of these places are associated with admired and honorable figures in America’s history, there are others [...]
Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the order Xiphosura — a slowly evolving, conservative taxa.Much like (slow) Water Striders (Aquarius remigis), (relatively sluggish) Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) and (the current [...]
A recent study investigated seismogenic mass failure deposits that were preserved in a 457-m deep ICDP drilling (220-0 ka) from the Dead Sea depocenter. The study conducted a critical assessment and testing of the links between the occurrence of [...]
This fellow is Mammutus primigenius a Woolly Mammoth from the Pleistocene of Siberia, Russia. Mammoths have a wonderful display of mammoth teeth, the diagnostic flat enamel plates and the equally distinct pointy cusped molars of the mastodons. He [...]
This remarkable fellow is Dimorphodon — a genus of medium-sized pterosaur from the Early Jurassic. He is another favourite of mine for his charming awkwardness.You can see this fellow's interesting teeth within his big, bulky skull. Dimorphodon [...]