Ancient fossil sperm #whale may have been active predator https://phys.org/news/2025-05-ancient-patagonian-fossil-sperm-whale.html

Awakening #Patagonia's sleeping #SpermWhale: a new description of the Early #Miocene Idiorophus patagonicus. By Florencia Paolucci et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70007

"Its snout features point to a lifestyle quite different from modern sperm #whales. It was likely an active predator of large #fish and possibly #seabirds, while extant #SpermWhales feed mostly on #cephalopods or small fish through suction feeding"

WIP "Injanatherium hazimi" #sciart #siwaliks #injanatherium #giraffidae #miocene

WIP "Injanatherium arabicum" #sciart #siwaliks #injanatherium #giraffidae #miocene

WIP "Nautilus taiwanus" #sciart #nautilus #nautilidae #miocene #taiwan

WIP "Injanatherium hazimi" #sciart #siwaliks #injanatherium #giraffidae #miocene

El Simbakubwa kutokaafrika era un depredador del Mioceno temprano (23000-22000 años) de tamaño incierto, pues podría ser más grande que un león o incluso un oso polar. Se especializaría en cazar a grandes herbívoros. 📷Mauricio Anton #mioceno #miocene

WIP "Afrikanokeryx leakeyi" #sciart #miocene #kenya #okapi #afrikanokeryx #Okapiinae

Sức mạnh của thực vật thực sự không thể xem nhẹ. Nghiên cứu mới cho thấy sự thay đổi thảm thực vật trong giai đoạn cuối Miocene đã đóng vai trò quan trọng trong biến đổi khí hậu. Một bài học quý giá về sự liên kết giữa thiên nhiên và môi trường. #BiếnĐổiKhíHậu #ThựcVật #KhoaHọc #Miocene https://ift.tt/3sZdUzK

Catch of the day.

Hunting for fossils and shark teeth from the Miocene/Pliocene at 15m underwater.

#Scuba #Diving #ScubaDiving #Fossil #Shell #Miocene #Pliocene #UWPhoto

WIP "Bramiscus micros" #sciart #giraffidae #bramiscus #siwaliks #miocene

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4uaiseyhuzwop43miwhnii2y/post/3lfpshuiofk2z

WIP "Lyrakeryx sherkhana" #sciart #giraffidae #lyrakeryx #lyra #miocene #siwaliks

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4uaiseyhuzwop43miwhnii2y/post/3lgbmu4ox4c2v

Giant croc-like carnivore fossils found in the Caribbean https://phys.org/news/2025-04-giant-croc-carnivore-fossils-caribbean.html

A South American sebecid from the #Miocene of Hispaniola documents the presence of apex predators in early West Indies ecosystems https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.2891

"Imagine a #crocodile built like a greyhound—that's a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, they dominated South American landscapes after the extinction of #dinosaurs"

We have a new paper, led by our former student Jing Lyu. For a long time, there has been a debate, just how far south deoxygenation extended in the Indian #Ocean during the #Miocene. Using paleontological indexes, we can now show that, despite prior claims, it did not extend to Broken Ridge near Australia.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2025.1528487/full

WIP "Progiraffa exigua" #sciart #giraffidae #miocene #progiraffa

WIP "Giraffokeryx punjabiensis" #sciart #giraffokeryx #giraffidae #miocene #pakisan #siwalik

El Poebrotherium era el antepasado de los camélidos, el primero con un aspecto que recuerda a las especies modernas, pero con el tamaño de una oveja. Entonces no estaba especializado ni en su hábitat, viviendo en llanuras, valles y bosques, ni en su alimentación, con una vida más similar a las gacelas. 📷Jonathan Chen #eoceno #eocene #mioceno #miocene

Restoration of the Late Miocene polypore, Ganodermites libycus. Spot the pleasing fungus beetle, PPS #sciart #ganoderma #ganodermataceae #miocene #libya #polypore

Ancient massive, stubby rhinos lived like hippos in North America

https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/palaeontology/rhinos-herds-like-hippos-in-north-america/

#science #paleontology #fossils #nebraska #miocene #rhino #hippo

#WeekendReading: Wubben et al., on warming in the tropics and intensification of monsoons during the high #temperatures of the #Miocene Climatic Optimum with a nice multi-proxy approach. Another piece to the puzzle interaction of global #warming and low latitude #climate.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023PA004767

Un antepasado de la seriema es el Phorusrhacos longissimus, un gran depredador del Mioceno de 2,4 metros de alto. 📷Zdeněk Burian #mioceno #miocene