DigAtlasAncientLife

Looking for online fossils for your students to explore and study this semester? Check out our large, free Virtual Collection of over 500 3D models of specimens from collections and exhibits of @PRInstitution. digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/ #FossilFriday #OpenScience #geology

Happy #FossilFriday!! Fossils of NY Card No. 7 is the Devonian glass sponge Hydnoceras bathense. Come see this specimen for yourself on display at the Museum of the Earth! Learn more about glass sponges, both living & extinct, on our @PaleoDigAtlas ow.ly/qP6r50N1YEa

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: Now accepting applications for our two student research grants, J. Thomas Dutro Jr. Award and John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program. Learn more and apply at priweb.org/research-and-c…

Happy #FossilFriday!! Fossils of NY Card No. 3 is the Devonian tabulate coral Pleurodictyum americanum. This specimen from our collection is from the Moscow Formation of Ontario County, NY. Learn more about tabulate corals on our @PaleoDigAtlas: ow.ly/QT4C50MC5xG

#FossilFriday We've just integrated ~30 new #3Dmodels of @PRInstitution NY Devonian fossils to our Digital Atlas Virtual Collection. All have @creativecommons CC0 licensing. Use them however you wish. 👇🦕🦖🦣🐚 digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/ #StemEducation #paleontology #OpenScience

New page on using Nearest Living Relatives (in plants) in paleoclimate estimation has been added to the Digital Encyclopedia (📷 @ejhermsen). digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/paleoeco…

@niles_eldredge @PRInstitution Unfortunately, not in the video! However, we do have some Eldredgeops models on our trilobites page: digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/arthropoda/…

@PRInstitution @PaleoDigAtlas Where’s Eldredgeops???????

How about some Devonian fossils from NY for #FossilFriday? These are just some of the new 3D models that PRI summer intern Neil Pezzoni has created over the past month. They will eventually be incorporated into our upcoming @PaleoDigAtlas Devonian Atlas...stay tuned!

@duckinwales @PRInstitution Yes, we have a guide to our technique here: digitalatlasofancientlife.org/methods-techni…

@PRInstitution @PaleoDigAtlas Do you know howw these were scanned?

The specimen (PRI 83105) of the rugose coral Heliophyllum sp. that was part of John Wells's 1960s studies of the Earth's changing rate of rotation (figured in both Wells 1963 and 1966). More here: digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/cnidaria… #FossilFriday

#FossilFriday In the 1960s, @CornellEAS professor John Wells used growth lines on rugose corals to provide evidence that Earth's rate of rotation has slowed over time. Here is a new 3D model of one of Wells's specimens from @PRInstitution; on @Sketchfab: skfb.ly/owCXT

After a long hiatus, we are back to making 3D models of our fossils @PRInstitution. Here is the Devonian rugose coral Heliophyllum confluens (PRI 49869) from NY; specimen on exhibit in the Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY. Model on @Sketchfab: skfb.ly/ovLVK

A new page on Leaf Margin Analysis (LMA) has been added to the Paleoecology chapter. LMA is a technique used to estimate mean annual temperature using fossil leaves of flowering trees and shrubs. 📷 J.R. Hendricks digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/paleoeco…

@RussellGarwood @ajlkn @Sketchfab We are happy to hear that you are finding the models useful and are incorporating them into open-access educational resources. Thanks for your support!

They make use of HTML5up website templates by @ajlkn, 3D models hosted on @Sketchfab by @PaleoDigAtlas (to whom I made a donation as thanks, and will continue to do so). Thanks to all for helping make this stuff accessible.

🚨 Free learning resources in palaeobiology and evolution 🚨 Are you interested in - or do you teach - fossils, palaeobiology or evolution? If so you may be interested in the resources at this URL: russellgarwood.co.uk/teaching/index… A quick overview 🧵

Want to know more about the idea of punctuated equilibrium and its connections to macroevolution? Check out this series of short videos developed by @KUbiology students in @Trilolight's class: digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/evolutio…

Today is International Museum Day! In celebration of this year's theme, #ThePowerofMuseums, check out 3 of our digital superpowers! 💻 Virtual exhibits: museumoftheearth.org/exhibits 🐚 3D Virtual Collections: digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/ 🌎🏠 Earth@Home: earthathome.org #IMD2022

Excited to share we’ve added pages about fossils of the western US to Earth @ Home! You can now access coverage of fossils from the Southeast, South Central, Southwest, & western US. Stay tuned for fossil coverage from other regions. Happy #FossilFriday! earthathome.org/hoe/us-fossils/

📍 🗺️ 🐌 Introducing the Earth @ Home Science Road Trip! We're sliming out with Gilbert D. Snail on an Earth science adventure across the US! Get ready to hit the road for the 🌎@🏠 #ScienceRoadTrip! Follow Gilbert's journey on social media & bookmark: earthathome.org/roadtrip!

⌛ Less than 2 weeks left to apply for the 2022 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program! Apply here: priweb.org/collections/gr…

February 21, 1885 the Washington monument was dedicated. The monument was made from white marble. Check out White Marble by @PaleoDigAtlas in #3D, #VR or #AR skfb.ly/6TwUS via @sketchfab

Happy #WorldBivalveDay!! Learn all about bivalves and their fossil record on our Digital Encyclopedia: digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/mollusca…