#dung beetle trace fossils

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LATE EOCENE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY, DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND PALEOSOL-TRACE FOSSIL ASSOCIATIONS, PIPESTONE SPRINGS, SOUTHWEST MONTANA

LATE EOCENE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY, DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND PALEOSOL-TRACE FOSSIL ASSOCIATIONS, PIPESTONE SPRINGS, SOUTHWEST MONTANA #GSA2020 #earthsciences #geology

I just received notice from the Geological Society of America (GSA) that our abstract is now accepted for the GSA 2020 annual meeting. I was very much looking forward to going to Montreal for the meeting, but like much else, it will now be virtual. Our presentation is scheduled for the session titled “D23. Recent Advances in Understanding Environmental Changes and Their Effects on Sedimentation“,…

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actinopterygii, mammalia, sarcopterygii!

actinopterygii: how structured do you like your day to be?

im like, obnoxiously flexible, but i enjoy a bit of structure but not too much? i am fine with structure and i have my night routine but aside from that, as long as i have a slight idea of what im supposed to be doing im cool without much.

mammalia: are your hands usually cold or warm?

absolutely frigid, its the shitty circulation babeee. i don't feel cold tho! simply aware that my hands are ice lol

sarcopterygii: what’s your favorite prehistoric creature?

i am going to apologize in advance for not being able to be normal abt this question: i have So Many and its more of a "fav taxa from this group/particular time period" than absolute favs. that said, i will always have the biggest of soft spots for true saber tooth cats and nimravids, xenosmilus is probably my favorite. i love phenacodus and diacodexus so much too, they are easily my fav willwood fauna (diacodexus teeth are SO pretty and satisfying to find ;-; and i simply love a bizarre maybe-ungulate that refuses to fit in our unecessary taxonomic boxes). love an entelodont as well. and mesonychids!! nothing more terrifying than a carnivorous ungulate.

ALSO i do have a fav trace fossil, scaphichnium (dung beetle brood cells), little multicolored jelly beans my beloved