#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

Ancient Insect Diversity Revealed in New Zealand’s Miocene Sediments, Including New Whitefly Genus https://www.byteseu.com/676438/ #Miocene #NewZealand #Whitefly

I'm highly impressed by this awesome short-term #climate #reconstruction study by Iris Arndt and colleagues, who use a #giantclam from the #Miocene to study daily (!) climate variability in this warmer period, including potential #ENSO and #extreme #weather!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018224007004

This specimen of giant clam (Tridacna) lived about 10 million years ago in what is now Borneo, and there is now a record of every day of its 53 years-long life. Tracking changes in #climate and #ocenography in resolution we rarely have to the #Miocene
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112711

Durante unos 30 millones de años, entre el Eoceno y el Mioceno, en Sudamérica, vivía el Barinasuchus arveloi, el mayor sebécido, familia perteneciente a los crocodiliformes, con unos 6 metros de longitud. Era un carnívoro temible, pesando más de tonelada y media, por lo que podía consumir cualquier tipo de presa a su alcance.Julio Lacerda #eoceno #eocene #mioceno #miocene

I found several shallow water foraminifera as this Ammonia in a sand from the German Pre-Alps. They prove its marine origin from the Paratethys ocean. The Paratethys covered about 18mya ago vast areas north of the Alps. #foraminifera #MarineLife #fossils #microfossils #Miocene

#WeekendReading: Ortega-Ariza et al. discuss tropical transitional carbonate systems in the #Miocene of the #Caribbean. I have issues with their interpretation, but it's an interesting take and may inform on turbid #reef dynamics.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468517823000072

En el Mioceno temprano, el odontoceto Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki nadó por las aguas centrales de Paratetis. Era un delfín que, a diferencia de especies contemporáneas, ya tenía un solo tipo de dientes. Además, se cree que podría oír sonidos de alta frecuencia. Manuela Schellenberger #mioceno #miocene

https://au.news.yahoo.com/decades-old-aussie-museum-display-discovered-to-be-entirely-new-species-041536339.html

Ceratogaulus fue un animal del Mioceno tardío (11-5,3 MdA) y comienzos del Plioceno (5,3-3,6 MdA), similar a las marmotas. Es el único roedor con cuernos y uno de los dos mamíferos fosoriales, que vive en madrigueras, con esa característica. #mioceno #miocene #plioceno #pliocene

#WeekendReading: Petrick et al. ( #preprint ) on how the late #Miocene #cooling related to the loss of Indo-Pacific #reefs. Seems multiple stressors combined to do the did.
https://cp.copernicus.org/preprints/cp-2024-28/

I had failed to realise that a paper I had co-written with turtle aficionados Mehdi Joseph-Ouni and Bill McCord has been published. We establish two new species in the genus Elseya, a group of Australo-Papuan side necked turtles. The fossils come from a middle Miocene site in the Northern Territory. Both species had shell lengths of about 40 cm which is pretty big for Australian side-necks.
https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/ajt/papers/rmxk73t2tl

Always fun to talk #monsoons, productivity patterns, and the #Miocene Indian #Ocean. Great audience at @fu_berlin today.

So, how do you think one of the northernmost #coral #reef of its time (late #Miocene) dealt with strong #environmental oscillations? I can tell you — poorly.
We have a new paper documenting its cycles of collapse and reestablishment before its inevitable demise.
https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences14110285

Yes, it's in an MDPI journal; no, I'm not happy about it. There were reasons I won't go into here.

Sawfly Fossil from Miocene Period Discovered in Australia https://www.byteseu.com/507740/ #Australia #Baladi #BaladiWarru #Fossil #Insect #McGrathsFlat #Miocene #NewSouthWales #Pergidae #Sawfly

Today is #NationalFossilDay! Over my career, I’ve been an author or coauthor in naming five new fossil species: the #Miocene baleen #whale Eobalaenoptera harrisoni (2004), the Miocene toothed whale Squalodon whitmorei (2005), the Triassic gliding reptile Mecistotrachelos apeoros (2007), the #Cretaceous #tyrannosaur Dynamoterror dynastes (2018), and the #Pleistocene Pacific #mastodon Mammut pacificus (2019).

#paleontology #fossil #taxonomy #scicomm @westernsciencecenter

#WeekendReading: Liu et al. on high latitude amplification in the Pacific #Ocean since the late #Miocene.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35011-z