The evolution of a morphological novelty: exceptional skeleton of an early Eocene trogon (Aves: Trogoniformes) elucidates the origin of a unique foot morphology, by Gerald Mayr: buff.ly/f9YbUJM
𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙞 gen. et sp. nov., based on a nearly complete skeleton
#PaleoSky #fossilbirds #Ypresian
𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙞 gen. et sp. nov., based on a nearly complete skeleton
#PaleoSky #fossilbirds #Ypresian
September 30, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The evolution of a morphological novelty: exceptional skeleton of an early Eocene trogon (Aves: Trogoniformes) elucidates the origin of a unique foot morphology, by Gerald Mayr: buff.ly/f9YbUJM
𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙞 gen. et sp. nov., based on a nearly complete skeleton
#PaleoSky #fossilbirds #Ypresian
𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙞 gen. et sp. nov., based on a nearly complete skeleton
#PaleoSky #fossilbirds #Ypresian
In my best judgmental Valley Girl voice: "Grass? Ew. How Ypresian."
July 31, 2026 at 2:05 AM
In my best judgmental Valley Girl voice: "Grass? Ew. How Ypresian."
New paper out in JSP!
Jerry Hooker revisits the genus Lessnessina, the affinities of which have been long debated, with 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢, a new sp. from the early Ypresian Blackheath Formation (UK) providing key morphological evidence.
Read here: buff.ly/zoKuNWk
#PaleoSky #FossilFriday
Jerry Hooker revisits the genus Lessnessina, the affinities of which have been long debated, with 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢, a new sp. from the early Ypresian Blackheath Formation (UK) providing key morphological evidence.
Read here: buff.ly/zoKuNWk
#PaleoSky #FossilFriday
July 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
New paper out in JSP!
Jerry Hooker revisits the genus Lessnessina, the affinities of which have been long debated, with 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢, a new sp. from the early Ypresian Blackheath Formation (UK) providing key morphological evidence.
Read here: buff.ly/zoKuNWk
#PaleoSky #FossilFriday
Jerry Hooker revisits the genus Lessnessina, the affinities of which have been long debated, with 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢, a new sp. from the early Ypresian Blackheath Formation (UK) providing key morphological evidence.
Read here: buff.ly/zoKuNWk
#PaleoSky #FossilFriday
New in #Mesozoic 3(3)
"The first fossil representative of the sawfly subfamily Nematinae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from the Eocene Green River Formation"
#palaeobiology#sp.nov#woodwasp#Ypresian#Cenozoic
Mock, L.N., Nel, A., & @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr
👉 doi.org/10.11646/mes...
"The first fossil representative of the sawfly subfamily Nematinae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from the Eocene Green River Formation"
#palaeobiology#sp.nov#woodwasp#Ypresian#Cenozoic
Mock, L.N., Nel, A., & @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr
👉 doi.org/10.11646/mes...
The first fossil representative of the sawfly subfamily Nematinae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from the Eocene Green River Formation
| Mesozoic
doi.org
September 29, 2026 at 6:32 AM
New in #Mesozoic 3(3)
"The first fossil representative of the sawfly subfamily Nematinae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from the Eocene Green River Formation"
#palaeobiology#sp.nov#woodwasp#Ypresian#Cenozoic
Mock, L.N., Nel, A., & @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr
👉 doi.org/10.11646/mes...
"The first fossil representative of the sawfly subfamily Nematinae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from the Eocene Green River Formation"
#palaeobiology#sp.nov#woodwasp#Ypresian#Cenozoic
Mock, L.N., Nel, A., & @mat-bod-evo-23.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr
👉 doi.org/10.11646/mes...
Stolleagrion foghnielseni (Odonata, Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae) gen. et sp. nov.: a new odonatan from the PETM recovery phase of the earliest Ypresian Fur Formation, #Denmark
Thomas J. Simonsen, @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social et al
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Thomas J. Simonsen, @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social et al
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Stolleagrion foghnielseni (Odonata, Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae) gen. et sp. nov.: a new odonatan from the PETM recovery phase of the earliest Ypresian Fur Formation, Denmark
| Zoo...
www.mapress.com
February 22, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Stolleagrion foghnielseni (Odonata, Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae) gen. et sp. nov.: a new odonatan from the PETM recovery phase of the earliest Ypresian Fur Formation, #Denmark
Thomas J. Simonsen, @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social et al
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Thomas J. Simonsen, @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social et al
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
The enigmatic mammalian genus Lessnessina: evidence for a relationship with the superorder Paenungulata in the Eurasian early Eocene: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology: Vol 24 , No 1 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The enigmatic mammalian genus Lessnessina: evidence for a relationship with the superorder Paenungulata in the Eurasian early Eocene
The affinities of the mammalian genus Lessnessina have long been disputed. A new species: Lessnessina martinorum sp. nov. from the early Ypresian Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, UK, is d...
www.tandfonline.com
August 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The enigmatic mammalian genus Lessnessina: evidence for a relationship with the superorder Paenungulata in the Eurasian early Eocene: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology: Vol 24 , No 1 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
2018 paper: A synoptic review of the #Eocene (Ypresian) cartilaginous fishes (#Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) of the Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, #Italy
Giuseppe Marramà et al (seen thanks to @fossilbonanza.bsky.social on Twitter)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Giuseppe Marramà et al (seen thanks to @fossilbonanza.bsky.social on Twitter)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 7, 2024 at 9:57 PM
2018 paper: A synoptic review of the #Eocene (Ypresian) cartilaginous fishes (#Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) of the Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, #Italy
Giuseppe Marramà et al (seen thanks to @fossilbonanza.bsky.social on Twitter)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Giuseppe Marramà et al (seen thanks to @fossilbonanza.bsky.social on Twitter)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We argue that Lophiiformes is older than we previously thought, on the basis of several crown lineages represented by fossils at Monte Bolca (like this one named after Neil Peart of Rush)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
†Neilpeartia ceratoi, gen. et sp. nov., a new frogfish from the Eocene of Bolca, Italy
†Neilpeartia ceratoi, gen. et sp. nov., a new antennariid frogfish, is described based on a single, well-preserved, articulated specimen from the Ypresian of Bolca, Italy. The morpho-anatomical ana...
www.tandfonline.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:20 PM
We argue that Lophiiformes is older than we previously thought, on the basis of several crown lineages represented by fossils at Monte Bolca (like this one named after Neil Peart of Rush)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Big BIG work on Coryphodon from mainly from a team of
@cr2p.bsky.social in a pit of Le Quesnoy, where I dug at the very end of the last century. The bonebed was insane there. Congrats @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social
for the lead of this work that isn't déjà vu.
@cr2p.bsky.social in a pit of Le Quesnoy, where I dug at the very end of the last century. The bonebed was insane there. Congrats @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social
for the lead of this work that isn't déjà vu.
July 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Big BIG work on Coryphodon from mainly from a team of
@cr2p.bsky.social in a pit of Le Quesnoy, where I dug at the very end of the last century. The bonebed was insane there. Congrats @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social
for the lead of this work that isn't déjà vu.
@cr2p.bsky.social in a pit of Le Quesnoy, where I dug at the very end of the last century. The bonebed was insane there. Congrats @benjaminraynaud.bsky.social
for the lead of this work that isn't déjà vu.
I'm growing 3 ginkgo trees (about 10 years old) in Zone 4. They sometimes freeze to the ground and have to re-deploy stems. Here's A Ginkgo biloba leaf fossil from Ferry County, Washington, USA, Eocene, Ypresian, 49 million years old. They made it through the Chicxulub asteroid at least.
January 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm growing 3 ginkgo trees (about 10 years old) in Zone 4. They sometimes freeze to the ground and have to re-deploy stems. Here's A Ginkgo biloba leaf fossil from Ferry County, Washington, USA, Eocene, Ypresian, 49 million years old. They made it through the Chicxulub asteroid at least.
Ik dacht eerst richting een van deze maar geen striatie.. die hele kleintjes zijn lastig
somniosus.be/Eocene_2.htm
somniosus.be/Eocene_2.htm
Eocene 2, Lutetian & Ypresian of Belgium
somniosus.be Fossil Sharks and Rays in NW Europe
somniosus.be
May 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Ik dacht eerst richting een van deze maar geen striatie.. die hele kleintjes zijn lastig
somniosus.be/Eocene_2.htm
somniosus.be/Eocene_2.htm
why are the stages of the earth named such weird things. oh here’s a rock from ypresian. this one is from maastrichtian. asselian. eifelian. shut the fuck up
February 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
why are the stages of the earth named such weird things. oh here’s a rock from ypresian. this one is from maastrichtian. asselian. eifelian. shut the fuck up
I #Tsoabichi (from Shoshone "tso'abichi'", meaning "monster") is an extinct genus of caimanine crocodylian. Fossils are known from the Green River Formation in Wyoming, and date back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene (Wasatchian stage of North American age). The genus
June 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I #Tsoabichi (from Shoshone "tso'abichi'", meaning "monster") is an extinct genus of caimanine crocodylian. Fossils are known from the Green River Formation in Wyoming, and date back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene (Wasatchian stage of North American age). The genus
Any scienticians able to send me a copy of this paper?
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
A new mammalian species was discovered in the woods near me and I'd like to read about it.
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
A new mammalian species was discovered in the woods near me and I'd like to read about it.
The enigmatic mammalian genus Lessnessina: evidence for a relationship with the superorder Paenungulata in the Eurasian early Eocene
The affinities of the mammalian genus Lessnessina have long been disputed. A new species: Lessnessina martinorum sp. nov. from the early Ypresian Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, UK, is d...
doi.org
September 23, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Any scienticians able to send me a copy of this paper?
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
A new mammalian species was discovered in the woods near me and I'd like to read about it.
doi.org/10.1080/1477...
A new mammalian species was discovered in the woods near me and I'd like to read about it.
Ypresian Age 55.8 - 47.8 million years ago. Eohippus stood about 30 to 60 centimeters (12 - 24 inches) tall at the shoulder and measured roughly 60 centimeters (2 feet) long. Weighing an estimated 23 kilograms (50 lbs) or less, this early horse ancestor was comparable in size to a small dog, a fox,
August 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Ypresian Age 55.8 - 47.8 million years ago. Eohippus stood about 30 to 60 centimeters (12 - 24 inches) tall at the shoulder and measured roughly 60 centimeters (2 feet) long. Weighing an estimated 23 kilograms (50 lbs) or less, this early horse ancestor was comparable in size to a small dog, a fox,
A synoptic review of the Eocene (Ypresian) cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) of the Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, Italy
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-017-0387-z
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-017-0387-z
February 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A synoptic review of the Eocene (Ypresian) cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) of the Bolca Konservat-Lagerstätte, Italy
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-017-0387-z
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-017-0387-z
A new study by Calzoni and colleagues describes the early Eocene fish assemblage of the Monte Solane Lagerstätte in Italy, identifying several new taxa and revealing a mesopelagic ecosystem in the western Tethys during the decline of the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum.
The Ypresian ichthyofauna of the Monte Solane Lagerstätte (Verona, northern Italy): A deep dive into the western Tethys early Eocene mesopelagic setting
The Ypresian (lower Eocene) fish-bearing site of Monte Solane (Verona province, northern Italy) was discovered in the early 2000s, and its stratigraphy was thoroughly investigated more than a decade…
plos.io
March 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
A new study by Calzoni and colleagues describes the early Eocene fish assemblage of the Monte Solane Lagerstätte in Italy, identifying several new taxa and revealing a mesopelagic ecosystem in the western Tethys during the decline of the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum.
ICYMI: Upper Campanian to Ypresian ostracods of Elles Section (north central Tunisia) - biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography - Les ostracodes du Campanien superieur a l'Ypresien de la c
Upper Campanian to Ypresian ostracods of Elles Section (north central Tunisia) - biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography - Les ostracodes du Campanien superieur a l'Ypresien de la c
The biostratigraphical study of the Upper Campanian (Globotruncana aegyptiaca and Gansserina gansseri biozones) to Ypresian of the Ells section (Siliana - Sers area, North Central Tunisia) allowed to give prominence to a very diversified Os...
eurekamag.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
ICYMI: Upper Campanian to Ypresian ostracods of Elles Section (north central Tunisia) - biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography - Les ostracodes du Campanien superieur a l'Ypresien de la c
Upper Campanian to Ypresian ostracods of Elles Section (north central Tunisia) - biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography - Les ostracodes du Campanien superieur a l'Ypresien de la c
Upper Campanian to Ypresian ostracods of Elles Section (north central Tunisia) - biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography - Les ostracodes du Campanien superieur a l'Ypresien de la c
The biostratigraphical study of the Upper Campanian (Globotruncana aegyptiaca and Gansserina gansseri biozones) to Ypresian of the Ells section (Siliana - Sers area, North Central Tunisia) allowed to give prominence to a very diversified Os...
eurekamag.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Upper Campanian to Ypresian ostracods of Elles Section (north central Tunisia) - biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography - Les ostracodes du Campanien superieur a l'Ypresien de la c
Also, I discovered Wirral once had gravel beds and large flint pieces similar to the Ypresian of London and Swanscombe. From c.400,000 BC large flint tools have been found, early Neanderthal? Most of the gravel beds were destroyed by later glacial action. But in places some traces remain.
August 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Also, I discovered Wirral once had gravel beds and large flint pieces similar to the Ypresian of London and Swanscombe. From c.400,000 BC large flint tools have been found, early Neanderthal? Most of the gravel beds were destroyed by later glacial action. But in places some traces remain.
mythical river god in ancient Greek mythology. Classified as Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Placentalia, Artiodactyla, Cetacea, and Pakicetidae. Pakicetus lived during the Paleogene Period, early Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Age 48.7 - 45.4 million years ago. The size and weight of species vary and are
May 29, 2026 at 8:46 PM
mythical river god in ancient Greek mythology. Classified as Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Placentalia, Artiodactyla, Cetacea, and Pakicetidae. Pakicetus lived during the Paleogene Period, early Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Age 48.7 - 45.4 million years ago. The size and weight of species vary and are