Creating digital resources @prinstitution to help everyone learn about fossils and the history of life. Managed by @ejhermsen and @deadsnails.
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20 Aug 2021
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.or…
#FossilFriday #OpenScience #geology
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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
ALT Image of Sponge Specimen Hydnoceras bathense
ALT Facts about Hydnoceras bathense
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📣 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-coll…
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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
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12 Aug 2022
#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.or…
#StemEducation #paleontology #OpenScience
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12 Aug 2022
New page on using Nearest Living Relatives (in plants) in paleoclimate estimation has been added to the Digital Encyclopedia (📷 @ejhermsen). digitalatlasofancientlife.or…
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DigAtlasAncientLife retweeted
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!
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29 Jul 2022
#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
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29 Jul 2022
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.or… #FossilFriday
ALT Photograph of rugose coral specimen PRI 83105 sitting on top of a paper reprint of John Wells's 1966 paper showing a figure of the same specimen.
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29 Jun 2022
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
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24 Jun 2022
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.or…
ALT 2-panel image showing photos of Green River plant fossils. Panel 1: Photograph of a display of plant fossils made up of a series of rectangular blocks of rock bearing fossils mounted on a wall. Right: Photograph of a fossil Macginitea leaf, a palmately lobed leaf with five lobes, a toothed margin, and a long petiole.
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23 May 2022
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.or…
ALT Diagram that illustrates the idea of punctuated equilibrium.
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DigAtlasAncientLife retweeted
Today is International Museum Day! In celebration of this year's theme, #ThePowerofMuseums, check out 3 of our digital superpowers!
💻 Virtual exhibits: museumoftheearth.org/exhibit…
🐚 3D Virtual Collections: digitalatlasofancientlife.or…
🌎🏠 Earth@Home: earthathome.org/
#IMD2022
ALT Photo of the entrance at Museum of the Earth with text: "International Museum Day" with museum logo
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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-fossi…
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📍 🗺️ 🐌 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!
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⌛ Less than 2 weeks left to apply for the 2022 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program! Apply here: priweb.org/collections/grant…
ALT Blue graphic reads: "Now accepting applications for 2022 John W. Wells Grants-in-Aid of Research Program" with PRI Logo
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22 Feb 2022
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
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2 Feb 2022
Happy #WorldBivalveDay!! Learn all about bivalves and their fossil record on our Digital Encyclopedia: digitalatlasofancientlife.or…
ALT Photographs of a variety of fossil and extant bivalves.
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The silver lining of having to teach my first ~week of Paleobiology online is getting the chance to take a deep dive into all the incredible @PRInstitution @PaleoDigAtlas 3D fossil models! Not only fossils but tons of rocks and minerals too: sketchfab.com/DigitalAtlasOf…
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26 Jan 2022
Fossils of the southeastern US now online!
Learn about the geologic history, #climate, & Earth hazards of the SE U.S., and explore the #rocks, #fossils, #topography, #energy, & minerals of 3 subregions in our free, online resource!
For example, check out fossils from the Coastal Plain: earthathome.org/hoe/se/fossi… #education
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26 Jan 2022
Resources on the geology of the SE US added to Earth@Home!
Looking for free online resources to teach & learn about Earth science?🌎📚 We are excited to share that we’ve just posted nearly 30 new pages of content to Earth@Home, including overviews of the #Earth #science of the southeastern U.S. earthathome.org/hoe/se #OER #openaccess
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