ALT Reconstruction of the wetland environment of the Miocene western Amazonian region. The incredible crocodylian diversity is represented, including Mourasuchus and Purussaurus in the front (submerged), as well as Acresuchus and Gryposuchus in the background (basking). The scene also includes a Stupendemys getting out of the water and some Neopiblema on the ground. This AMAZING paleoart was done by André Martins!

ALT The early Eocene and Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) provide insights into how the Earth system operates under elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations. They also help to benchmark climate model simulations used to predict future climate and have contributed increasingly to successive IPCC reports. These time intervals have been the focus of the Deep-time Model Intercomparison Project (DeepMIP-Eocene; https://www.deepmip.org/), a large, international effort aimed at improving our understanding of these climate intervals. In this session we will bring together the paleoclimate data and modelling communities to evaluate lessons learned from phase one of DeepMIP-Eocene (2016-2022) and explore future directions for phase two (2023-onwards). We encourage submissions that focus on reconstructing, simulating, and understanding climate, biogeochemistry, and the environment of the early Eocene, late Paleocene, and PETM. We also welcome submissions from other Eocene hyperthermal