to be fair, the Pliocene vibes were off the charts
November 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
to be fair, the Pliocene vibes were off the charts
Hi @coastalpaleo.bsky.social , so I was contacted by a local museum here in southern Spain to access this block of rock with whale bones. At a closer look it's a good ho skull and some vertebra of a small mysticeti (cetotheria?), based on all the associated gigantipectwn it's likely mid Pliocene 1/2
November 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Hi @coastalpaleo.bsky.social , so I was contacted by a local museum here in southern Spain to access this block of rock with whale bones. At a closer look it's a good ho skull and some vertebra of a small mysticeti (cetotheria?), based on all the associated gigantipectwn it's likely mid Pliocene 1/2
Balthazar is thinking about the Pliocene Era. It looks blank.
November 4, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Balthazar is thinking about the Pliocene Era. It looks blank.
The larger fossils suggesting a larger size are much older - Pliocene in age, from CA, Hydrodamalis cuestae (2-4 myo)
October 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The larger fossils suggesting a larger size are much older - Pliocene in age, from CA, Hydrodamalis cuestae (2-4 myo)
Like Julian May’s Saga of Pliocene Exile, how about sf with fantasy tropes?
October 31, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Like Julian May’s Saga of Pliocene Exile, how about sf with fantasy tropes?
These ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) are ghosts in another way:
They're phylogenetic relicts whose lineage traces back to radiations in the Miocene & Pliocene. Their closest living relatives are in India & we know they once ranged across Australia.
Now you know about some ghost bats! 🎃
They're phylogenetic relicts whose lineage traces back to radiations in the Miocene & Pliocene. Their closest living relatives are in India & we know they once ranged across Australia.
Now you know about some ghost bats! 🎃
October 31, 2026 at 1:50 PM
These ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) are ghosts in another way:
They're phylogenetic relicts whose lineage traces back to radiations in the Miocene & Pliocene. Their closest living relatives are in India & we know they once ranged across Australia.
Now you know about some ghost bats! 🎃
They're phylogenetic relicts whose lineage traces back to radiations in the Miocene & Pliocene. Their closest living relatives are in India & we know they once ranged across Australia.
Now you know about some ghost bats! 🎃
No, the size decrease likely happened earlier in the Pleistocene. The 10 meter long ones lived in the Pliocene. Modeling suggests that Hydrodamalis could have gone extinct completely through overhunting of otters without early humans seeing or killing a single sea cow
October 31, 2026 at 2:07 AM
No, the size decrease likely happened earlier in the Pleistocene. The 10 meter long ones lived in the Pliocene. Modeling suggests that Hydrodamalis could have gone extinct completely through overhunting of otters without early humans seeing or killing a single sea cow
Which means my verts skew Paleocene and i don’t actually find much Mio-Pliocene material
November 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Which means my verts skew Paleocene and i don’t actually find much Mio-Pliocene material
The diversification of endemic Eastern tarsiers (genus Tarsius) in relation to the Pliocene-Pleistocene formation of Sulawesi https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42966517/
November 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The diversification of endemic Eastern tarsiers (genus Tarsius) in relation to the Pliocene-Pleistocene formation of Sulawesi https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42966517/
Diagenetic pathways and preservation of bulk and amino acid δ15N in bivalve shell organic matter across the Holocene to the Pliocene
Huang, Penkman, Nelson et al.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016703726006289
#stableisotopes
Huang, Penkman, Nelson et al.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016703726006289
#stableisotopes
Diagenetic pathways and preservation of bulk and amino acid δ15N in bivalve shell organic matter across the Holocene to the Pliocene
Nitrogen isotope (δ 15 N) records preserved in mollusc shells have strong potential to reconstruct changes in nitrogen sources, transformations and transport in the ocean beyond instrumental observations. This is because mollusc shells can be precisely dated and often preserve highly temporally reso
linkinghub.elsevier.com
November 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Diagenetic pathways and preservation of bulk and amino acid δ15N in bivalve shell organic matter across the Holocene to the Pliocene
Huang, Penkman, Nelson et al.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016703726006289
#stableisotopes
Huang, Penkman, Nelson et al.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016703726006289
#stableisotopes
Cosmo Sheldrake - Pliocene
YouTube video by Cosmo Sheldrake
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October 27, 2026 at 12:02 PM
@marypcbuk.bsky.social Thank you for bringing Julian May up a few months ago. I have reread the Saga of the Pliocene Exile and wrote about it. I don’t expect ypu to read muy thread since it is in Danish, but wanted to tell you that your posts inspired me :-)
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Jeg læste Sagaen om det pliocæne eksil som ganske ung – måske var jeg endda stadig et barn. Det er en af de serier, som jeg har båret med mig lige siden. For noget tid siden stødte jeg ved et tilfælde på en omtale af serien her på Bluesky, og jeg fik lyst til at genlæse serien.
Tråd 🧵
Tråd 🧵
October 31, 2026 at 9:33 AM
@marypcbuk.bsky.social Thank you for bringing Julian May up a few months ago. I have reread the Saga of the Pliocene Exile and wrote about it. I don’t expect ypu to read muy thread since it is in Danish, but wanted to tell you that your posts inspired me :-)
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@futurebird
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Capybara lived in Florida through the Pliocene and most of the Pleistocene, so they would have been present in Florida 3 million years ago. But capybara went (locally) extinct in Florida during the last major glaciation of the Pleistocene, and there's no evidence of their […]
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Capybara lived in Florida through the Pliocene and most of the Pleistocene, so they would have been present in Florida 3 million years ago. But capybara went (locally) extinct in Florida during the last major glaciation of the Pleistocene, and there's no evidence of their […]
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November 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
@futurebird
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Capybara lived in Florida through the Pliocene and most of the Pleistocene, so they would have been present in Florida 3 million years ago. But capybara went (locally) extinct in Florida during the last major glaciation of the Pleistocene, and there's no evidence of their […]
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Capybara lived in Florida through the Pliocene and most of the Pleistocene, so they would have been present in Florida 3 million years ago. But capybara went (locally) extinct in Florida during the last major glaciation of the Pleistocene, and there's no evidence of their […]
In dit Euroscaphella fragment zit nog een beetje van het originele pliocene sediment. Dit materiaal is ook te vinden op de Mr vd Heidegroeve in Nieuwe Namen
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Meester van der Heijden Groeve
De enige plaats in Europa waar de overgang tussen Plioceen en Pleistoceen goed zichtbaar is. Hier worden fossielen gevonden die dateren uit het Plioceen, zo'n 3 miljoen jaar oud!
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October 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
In dit Euroscaphella fragment zit nog een beetje van het originele pliocene sediment. Dit materiaal is ook te vinden op de Mr vd Heidegroeve in Nieuwe Namen
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『プリオシンの浜辺』Beach of the Pliocene - 2026: New Version -
ソロアルバム『Epilogue』収録の『プリオシンの浜辺』の新録音版ショートMVです。
oathcreations.bandcamp.com/album/epilogue
oathcreations.lnk.to/EPILOGUE
プレスを担っておりますVinyl De Paris の大幅な出荷遅延によるVinylの販売開始がおおきく遅れますこと、深くお詫びいたします。
ソロアルバム『Epilogue』収録の『プリオシンの浜辺』の新録音版ショートMVです。
oathcreations.bandcamp.com/album/epilogue
oathcreations.lnk.to/EPILOGUE
プレスを担っておりますVinyl De Paris の大幅な出荷遅延によるVinylの販売開始がおおきく遅れますこと、深くお詫びいたします。
October 30, 2026 at 6:59 AM
『プリオシンの浜辺』Beach of the Pliocene - 2026: New Version -
ソロアルバム『Epilogue』収録の『プリオシンの浜辺』の新録音版ショートMVです。
oathcreations.bandcamp.com/album/epilogue
oathcreations.lnk.to/EPILOGUE
プレスを担っておりますVinyl De Paris の大幅な出荷遅延によるVinylの販売開始がおおきく遅れますこと、深くお詫びいたします。
ソロアルバム『Epilogue』収録の『プリオシンの浜辺』の新録音版ショートMVです。
oathcreations.bandcamp.com/album/epilogue
oathcreations.lnk.to/EPILOGUE
プレスを担っておりますVinyl De Paris の大幅な出荷遅延によるVinylの販売開始がおおきく遅れますこと、深くお詫びいたします。
In the Pliocene (3M years ago-with 400ppm CO2) temperatures were 3°C hotter.
3°C is best case. Pliocene is locked in.
fact-180 @profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Miocene (16Mya 600ppm) temperatures were 6°C up is the BAU case.
Eocene (600ppm CO2) temperatures were 12°C up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ydT...
3°C is best case. Pliocene is locked in.
fact-180 @profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Miocene (16Mya 600ppm) temperatures were 6°C up is the BAU case.
Eocene (600ppm CO2) temperatures were 12°C up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ydT...
October 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
In the Pliocene (3M years ago-with 400ppm CO2) temperatures were 3°C hotter.
3°C is best case. Pliocene is locked in.
fact-180 @profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Miocene (16Mya 600ppm) temperatures were 6°C up is the BAU case.
Eocene (600ppm CO2) temperatures were 12°C up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ydT...
3°C is best case. Pliocene is locked in.
fact-180 @profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Miocene (16Mya 600ppm) temperatures were 6°C up is the BAU case.
Eocene (600ppm CO2) temperatures were 12°C up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ydT...
Another million years have passed. It is the Mid Pliocene Era. You count the years, days and seconds as they pass. The interstellar fog has passed as Earth moves into the Local Bubble. The stars fill the sky, too numerous to count, but you have nothing but time on your hands.
October 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Another million years have passed. It is the Mid Pliocene Era. You count the years, days and seconds as they pass. The interstellar fog has passed as Earth moves into the Local Bubble. The stars fill the sky, too numerous to count, but you have nothing but time on your hands.
The feeding is wild and good. You stay clear of the oceans. The megaladons still rule the oceans. You stay at the edge counting grains of sand.
A million years have passed. It is the Early Pliocene Epoch. The Mediterranean Sea has all but evaporated. The first hominins are forming.
A million years have passed. It is the Early Pliocene Epoch. The Mediterranean Sea has all but evaporated. The first hominins are forming.
October 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The feeding is wild and good. You stay clear of the oceans. The megaladons still rule the oceans. You stay at the edge counting grains of sand.
A million years have passed. It is the Early Pliocene Epoch. The Mediterranean Sea has all but evaporated. The first hominins are forming.
A million years have passed. It is the Early Pliocene Epoch. The Mediterranean Sea has all but evaporated. The first hominins are forming.
The changes in climate to be expected ahead are huge. During ice ages, CO2 levels were typically around 180 to 300 ppm. At Earth equilibrium, that 120 ppm loss in insulation covered continents in ice.
Today's greenhouse gas insulation is another 120 ppm higher - Pliocene level high.
Today's greenhouse gas insulation is another 120 ppm higher - Pliocene level high.
October 26, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The changes in climate to be expected ahead are huge. During ice ages, CO2 levels were typically around 180 to 300 ppm. At Earth equilibrium, that 120 ppm loss in insulation covered continents in ice.
Today's greenhouse gas insulation is another 120 ppm higher - Pliocene level high.
Today's greenhouse gas insulation is another 120 ppm higher - Pliocene level high.
Word of the Hour: Pliocene - The Pliocene period or deposits. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
October 25, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Word of the Hour: Pliocene - The Pliocene period or deposits. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
Two weeks until the 2026 Virginia Geological Field Conference, held for the first time this year under the aegis of the Geological Society of Virginia. We've printed up two possible logos to be distributed as stickers. Which do you prefer? ⚒️
October 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Two weeks until the 2026 Virginia Geological Field Conference, held for the first time this year under the aegis of the Geological Society of Virginia. We've printed up two possible logos to be distributed as stickers. Which do you prefer? ⚒️
THE ADVERSARY (1984)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28” x 18”
Cover illustration for The Adversary (The Saga of the Pliocene Exile #4) by Julian May
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Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28” x 18”
Cover illustration for The Adversary (The Saga of the Pliocene Exile #4) by Julian May
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October 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
THE ADVERSARY (1984)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28” x 18”
Cover illustration for The Adversary (The Saga of the Pliocene Exile #4) by Julian May
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Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28” x 18”
Cover illustration for The Adversary (The Saga of the Pliocene Exile #4) by Julian May
www.michaelwhelan.com/shop/adversa...
#FossilFriday A triple symbiosis from the Pliocene Coralline Crag of Suffolk. The branching bryozoan Celleporaria hosts embedded individuals of the coral Culicia, two corallines of which are fouled by pyrgomatid barnacles.
October 23, 2026 at 6:58 AM
#FossilFriday A triple symbiosis from the Pliocene Coralline Crag of Suffolk. The branching bryozoan Celleporaria hosts embedded individuals of the coral Culicia, two corallines of which are fouled by pyrgomatid barnacles.
The ongoing argument that the Gulf of California extending halfway up to, essentially, Nevada 5 or 6 million years ago doesn't get the attention it deserves outside of people working in geology.
See for example:
See for example:
(PDF) Punctuated Sediment Discharge During Early Pliocene Birth of the Colorado River: Evidence from Regional Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleontology
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October 24, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The ongoing argument that the Gulf of California extending halfway up to, essentially, Nevada 5 or 6 million years ago doesn't get the attention it deserves outside of people working in geology.
See for example:
See for example: