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Rowan Martindale

@rowanmartindale.bsky.social
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Associate Professor @ UT Austin researching extinctions (global carbon cycle perturbations), reef ecosystems, & exceptional fossilization. She/her/hers 🇨🇦

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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Geoscience teachers, interested in playing my GeoTimeline Game? You can now buy your own copy, these little timescale cards come in a cute mint tin! www.thegamecrafter.com/games/geotim...
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Check out this awesome virtual field trip of Jamaican Mangroves by my colleague Denise Henry and her team at Forestry!! 🇯🇲 🌳 💕 Take a virtual tour of the beautiful mangrove ecosystem and learn about the different types of mangrove trees and their habitats. www.forestry.gov.jm/wetlands/vir...
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Forestry Department | Virtual Field Trips
Forestry Department | Wetlands
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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
My History of Earth and Life lab is having fun playing @rowanmartindale.bsky.social “Taphonomy: Dead and Fossilized” game today. I always find it interesting how different groups of students organize their boards, erm, differently. Highly, highly recommend this game.
A large rectangular blue mousepad game board with DEEP BASIN, INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS and SHALLOW RAMP, has all of its small cardboard fossil species game pieces aligned in an orderly fashion. A large rectangular blue mousepad game board with DEEP BASIN, INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS and SHALLOW RAMP, has all of its small cardboard fossil species game pieces aligned randomly scattered.
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Congratulations to Travis Stone on the acceptance of his third PhD Manuscript! Early Jurassic Reef 🪸 Recovery patterns following the Pliensbachian-Toarcian crisis in Maroc 🇲🇦 The paper is open access, and you can find it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
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Claire G. Griffin @polargriffin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Look what arrived in the mail! A colorful cute geotimline game from @rowanmartindale.bsky.social !
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It has been online for a year, but it is now published, (w)undergrad Barbara Sulbaran's thesis is a paper! Factors that promote cooperation, learning, & engagement with geoscience concepts when playing educational board games in an entry-level college paleontology lab. doi.org/10.1080/1089...
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Hey Everyone, this is the last week to apply for GEOPAths GO Jamaica www.jsg.utexas.edu/geopathsgoja...! This is the last year, so be sure to have interested students sign up!
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Things are pretty awful in the US right now, so I am trying to channel my nervous energy into creative and educational things... So I'm designing a new geoscience education game for my freshman class. It's a quick play card game about the geological timescale... Anyone want to play this semester?
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
So this happened... ❤️ Thank you so much to all the wonderful students, colleagues, and mentors, I would be lost without you all and the science wouldn't be anywhere near as fun! 💕
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Last day of #gsaconnects2025, but there are lots of great posters and talks by our @txgeosciences.bsky.social team and Jamaican collaborators 🇯🇲
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
#gsaconnects2025 people, go check out some cool posters and talks this afternoon! Gabriel and Wilson both have cool posters incorporatibg machine learning with forams or ooids... I'll also be giving my talk about ooids and acidification this afternoon! @txgeosciences.bsky.social
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
If you're at GSA Connects today there are going to be some great talks & posters given by current & graduated @txgeosciences.bsky.social mentees, check them out!
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Job Alert: UT Austin is hiring TWO Professors of Practice and Curators in Charge, one for the Vertebrate Paleontology Lab and another for the Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab at the Jackson School of Geosciences Museum of Earth History. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/175702 Review begins Oct. 27th
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EGU SSP @egu-ssp.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
#Job Alert! UT Austin is opening applications for Assistant #Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenured) in #Sedimentary #Geosciences Apply here - apply.interfolio.com/173688 or send your inquiries to @rowanmartindale.bsky.social #sedimentology, #stratigraphy, #paleoenvironments
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We (JSG @ UT Austin) are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenured) in Sedimentary Geosciences More details here: apply.interfolio.com/173688 Or ask me!
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Mass extinction/Paleozoic friends... I have some folks in my Extinction class eager to read about Paleozoic biotic crises, so what's your favorite paper/papers about these events? Both new/exciting and classic/seminal work in the field would be appreciated. Self promotion welcome 😜.
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
🚨Heads up GSA Abstract submitters🚨 This year you cannot edit abstracts after they have been submitted/paid for. I don't think this is GSA's intention (their confirmation email says you can edit up to the deadline), but don't pay for your abstract until you are done and have no more edits!
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Check out this great press release about @brontonorris.bsky.social's first paper! @txgeosciences.bsky.social www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/07...
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Clues for Dinosaurs’ Diets Found in the Chemistry of Their Fossil Teeth
Some of the dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures that roamed the western U.S. during the Late Jurassic about 150 million…
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Chris Lowery @chrislowery.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Hey check out this new paper by former UT postdoc Katya Larina (plus former UT postdoc @foradamifera.bsky.social, @anshumans.bsky.social, @rowanmartindale.bsky.social, and Cori Meyers who I don’t think is here?) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Regional restructuring in planktic foraminifera communities through Pliocene-early Pleistocene climate variability
Nature Communications - The Pliocene–early Pleistocene interval was characterized by climatic fluctuations. Here, the authors apply a bipartite network analysis to a database of planktic...
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Need advice: Colleagues and I recently published a paper, but the journal modified our figures after the proofs, they are now problematic. The only option seems to be to retract the publication, but that seems ridiculous when the journal could have worked with us to modify the figures. Suggestions?
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Congratulations to Katya on this awesome paper!
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump: Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“The entire landscape of American science, research, and engineering are under heavy attack,” the employee says. “It’s really critical that we all speak against it and be unified in our opposition.”
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NSF employees brace for major restructuring
Although paused by a court order, reorganization plan creates concern about the agency’s future
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
A lifeline for researchers with cancelled grants: www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Check out the @txgeosciences.bsky.social press release www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/04... @chrislowery.bsky.social @fraass.bsky.social @glyptocrinus.bsky.social
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New Study Shows How ‘Marine Revolution’ Shaped Ocean Life
A scanning electron micrograph of Globorotalia tumida, a calcareous planktic foraminifera. This specimen was collected from IODP Site U1559 in…
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Anna's paper on ecological turnover at the PETM has been published! Shallow-Marine, Benthic Ecosystems Show Compositional Shifts in Response to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) on the Adriatic Carbonate Platform @txgeosciences.bsky.social agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Shallow‐Marine, Benthic Ecosystems Show Compositional Shifts in Response to the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) on the Adriatic Carbonate Platform
Significant changes in benthic marine assemblages in response to the PETM PETM caused the extirpation of red algae, a turnover in larger benthic foraminifera, and a protracted recovery Disappear...
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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#WeekendReading: Faulkner et al. (w/ @rowanmartindale.bsky.social; @chrislowery.bsky.social) on how the test walls of foraminifera change through the Phanerozoic and what might that have to do with ocean chemistry. 🧪⚒️🌊 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Bootstrap analysis for the origination rates and extinction rates of calcareous (dotted lines) and agglutinated (dashed lines) foraminifera. (A) Expected (light orange shading) versus actual (dark orange dotted line) calcareous extinction rates, (B) expected (light blue shading) versus actual (dark blue dotted line) calcareous origination rates, (C) expected (light orange shading) versus actual (dark orange dashed line) agglutinated extinction rates and (D) expected (light blue shading) versus actual (dark blue dashed line) agglutinated origination rates. Vertical dashed lines indicate the Big Five mass extinction events; the Phanerozoic time scale is at the bottom of the figure; transitions between calcite and aragonite seas are indicated at the top of the figure and the black gradient bar (middle) represents the approximate duration of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution (MMR). p̂ = origination rate; q̂ = extinction rate.
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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
NOTE: This will not change policy and is not a substitute for calling your representatives! Please send postcards AND call to demand full funding and staffing for NOAA. Very helpful for calling: 5calls.org/issue/noaa-n... @5calls.org
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Condemn the Illegal Firing of NOAA and NWS Employees ⭑ 5 Calls
On February 27th, the Trump administration terminated hundreds of employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National …
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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
NOAA is going to lose 1000+ employees today. Will you join me in sending love notes to the remaining employees at NOAA labs & offices around the country? Instructions & ~200 addresses here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... I'm starting to send mine today. 💙 @noaa.gov 🌊 @savenoaa.bsky.social
An assortment of postcards lying on a hardwood floor, in support of NOAA employees. They are a mix of National Marine Sanctuary poster illustrations of Monitor NMS (a Civil War shipwreck), Channel Islands NMS (sea lion & kelp), and Cordell Bank NMS (octopus on a reef). One looks like a hand-drawn and colored oceany cartoon. The backsides of two of the postcards say "Thank you for all you do for NOAA and the nation" and "Your work is important. You are important" and "HOLD THE LINE."
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
TX Science & Natural History Museum is updating their paleontology exhibits. The new Discovery Center will be a hands-on learning space. They are seeking a full-time Education Associate to oversee the day-to-day operations. utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
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Education Associate, Texas Science & Natural History Museum
Job Posting Title: Education Associate, Texas Science & Natural History Museum  ---- Hiring Department: Texas Memorial Museum ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ...
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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Just a reminder that NSF program officers aren't reaching out to you because they can't - no communications allowed.
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Congratulations to Travis Stone for our new publication about Jurassic Reefs in Maroc 🇲🇦🪸 Ecological differences in upper Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) reef communities determined by environmental conditions in carbonate settings kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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mimi @mimi-k.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I just did this using indivisible's system which makes it completely brainless. you put in your info and then you get a script on your screen and a callback on your phone that tells you what your reps name is and then automatically connects you to their number. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Call Your Senators and Tell Them to Oppose RFK Jr.'s Confirmation to Lead the Department of Health and Human Services
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Dani Jones @danijones.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This website makes it very easy to find your reps. It even gives you a script you can use when making calls: 5calls.org/issue/omb-fe... It’s a fantastic tool. They cover a wide variety of issues, too. Let your reps hear from you!
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.
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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This will of course hurt the most vulnerable within the scientific enterprise- students, postdocs, non tenured faculty. NSF funding supported 30 undergrads in my lab, my salary as a postdoc, and medical leave from a toxic workplace... #fundingmatters
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Ron Lieber @ronlieber.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
NEW: The federal spending pause does not affect federal direct student loans, Pell Grants or federal work-study funds for campus jobs (thanks to those of you who prompted me on that last one). Our story, with @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social. Keep the tips/memos coming. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
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Federal Spending Freeze Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants
Students and parents panicked after news of the order, but the Education Department said the guidance would not stop the flow of money to students and schools.
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🌙NoxuArts - Commission status: OPEN! @notyournyx.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Always 💖 Don't make me tap the sign
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Love this awesome lab group! 💖
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Last paper of 2024 submitted!
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a poster that says bye 2024 and hello 2025 on it
Alt: a poster that says bye 2024 and hello 2025 on it
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Dr. Nancy Sheridan @nsheridan.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
✨Happy holidays to all! 🎄Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) in mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides). This coral shows notable genetic diversity and connectivity across its range, but such info for the worm species is sparse. #wormWednesday #reefmas 🪱🧬🦑🌎 🪸
Photo of Christmas tree worms (Spirobranchus giganteus) in mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) taken in the Dry Tortugas National Park by Nancy Sheridan
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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We can’t control the timing of things appearing on the NSF Earth Sciences website but finally the announcement, FAQ, and full solicitations for our realignment are out! DCL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns... FAQ: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns... All EAR programs: new.nsf.gov/geo/ear
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Division of Earth Sciences (GEO/EAR)
Find out how the Division of Earth Sciences supports research, education and facilities that enable scientific advances in the earth sciences.
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
We haven't met our goal yet and we are in the last 24 hours of the GEOPAths GO Jamaica HornRaiser! The fundraiser ends tomorrow, December 6 at 9:00 AM CT. Help support interdisciplinary geosciences research on vulnerable coastal ecosystems! 🐢 🇯🇲❤️🪸🪨🦎🌴 hornraiser.utexas.edu/project/4402...
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
If you're in a giving mood for #GivingTuesday, please consider supporting our service learning experience in Jamaica!! 🇯🇲 hornraiser.utexas.edu/project/44029
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Jamaican Conservation Research Experiences
Help HornRaiser raise $5,000 for the project: Jamaican Conservation Research Experiences. Your gift will make a difference!
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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Everyone get hyped: although #Nudivember is ending, #Crustmas (25 days/advent style) starts tomorrow. It's not an art challenge with a list, just post any crustaceans you like in whatever format you like throughout the month! 🧪🦑🦀
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Mass bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef in early 2024 was the most severe and most widespread yet recorded - surpassing 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 & 2022. The overall mortality rate this year will exceed the 30% loss in 2016. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rowan Martindale @rowanmartindale.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I am totally overwhelmed by the amount of people following me (thanks starter packs!). Thanks for following me, sorry if I haven't followed back.... There has been a lot going on in my life (some good things, some heartbreaking things) over the last month!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us! Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens! Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me. Details👇 e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
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Paleobiology Database @paleodb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Paleobiology Database has landed on Bluesky! ✨ Here we'll be posting database updates, new publications and all things fossil-data-related 🌍🐚 Be sure to check out our website for more info on how to contribute to and use PBDB data as well as loads of other resources! 🦕📊 paleobiodb.org
Image of the world showing fossil occurrences recorded in the Paleobiology Database as coloured dots with a geological timescale at the bottom
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