The Guardian: Hiker discovers first trace of entire prehistoric ecosystem in Italian Alps

Melting snow and ice has revealed footprints of reptiles and amphibians, dating back 280 million years

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/hiker-discovers-first-trace-of-entire-prehistoric-ecosystem-in-italian-alps

#hiking #paleontology

Loot from the Natural Science Museum 😊 A poster of dinosaur and other Cretaceous species discovered in Iharkút, Hungary, and the book on the story of the excavations.

#paleontology #PaleoArt #dinosaurs #Hungary #image #science #cretaceous

Does anyone have any recommendations for PeerTube channels focused on #Dinosaurs / #Paleontology, #Insects / #Animals / #TheNaturalWorld, #Space / #Astronomy, other interesting topics #History / #Disaster / #Inventions?

If you are thinking of or have made such a channel I'm happy to share it here.

I watch a few on #YouTube but would like to use #PeerTube more. Channels like: #YDAW, #FascinatingHorror, #KurgesagtInANutshell.

It may surprise you to learn that we can find swimming trace fossils! Bottom feeding fish, like this Notogoneus from Fossil Butte National Monument, created sinusoidal waves on the mud from the natural flexing of their tails.
#TracksWeek #Paleontology

OOOh yes! We do have a Fossil of the Year vote in Hungary too, but only 3 options not a whole bracket

#fossils #paleontology

So the Mineral of the Year 2024 and Fossil of the Year 2024 vote in Hungary has started. It is one of my favorite things 😄 The campaign tends to get heated between geologists and crystal enthusiasts...

Contenders for MotY:

Zircon
Feldspar
Corundum

Contenders for FotY:

Aptychus
Quercus kubinyii
Woolly mammoth

I know which ones I'm voting for. Curious what you all think 😊

#fossils #minerals #geology #paleontology #vote #rocks