@christophermberry.bsky.social
Palaeobotanist. Cardiff, Wales uk
Well done!!!!!!!
27.01.2026 22:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs a 400 million year old plant that used to be called Rhynia major but is now called Aglaophyton majus. Worth looking up. Usually it is seen in section in the rock as are all fossils in the Rhynie Chert. However David Edwards extracted this one some howβ¦β¦β¦ but has not been seen since mid 1980sβ¦
21.01.2026 16:55 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yes- should really be calling Aglaophytonβ¦β¦β¦.
21.01.2026 11:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Whoβs ever seen a Rhynie Chert fossil like this? A Rhynia prepared by the late David Edwards, recently returned to us by his family.
21.01.2026 09:20 β π 81 π 6 π¬ 12 π 2Thatβs amazing Alexis!
02.12.2025 15:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Poor use of the word fossil.
14.10.2025 07:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
On the left- Archaeopteris in the Smithsonian today. On the right - Prototaxites in the New York State Museum last week.
Neither supported by modern anatomicsl studies.
Long way to go with this stuffβ¦β¦β¦
A couple of days in the Catskills and New York State museum. Here Bill Stein mulls over our latest theory, Prototaxites is a big halloween hand which grew out of New Yorkers front laws during Halloween, 380 million years ago.
17.09.2025 20:01 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Great news Flint!
16.07.2025 15:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Update from our expedition to Mars: No new early Tetrapods.
01.04.2025 09:18 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Does this work for you?
doi.org/10.1016/S001...
I used to use the full fat version with year 3. Thereβs also a nice simple Chalinor and Collinson one I can send if you donβt have itβ¦.
22.03.2025 15:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Maybe a fungus?
19.03.2025 19:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Which one?
19.03.2025 19:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Some of those reconstructions go back to Knight and Goldrung and not a cladoxylopsid in sightβ¦β¦.. I think I had better work on getting some up to date reconstructions out there!
14.03.2025 21:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0So sorry. He was always a joy to spend time with, to watch and to read. A huge legacy.
08.03.2025 08:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Three primative plants on a size chart. On the left is a green thick stemmed plant with horizontal stems which curve upwards, with branded tuberous roots growing down. Behind it is the pale silhouette of a hand. Middle is a plant composed of dense intertwining clusters of narrow dichotomising stems. A callout bubble showing the roots is on the left of it. On the right is a green stemmed plant with outh curved arching horizontal stems and upright dichotomising stems which end in orange brown oval shaped sporangia.
I'm taking a look at the Rhynie Chert again, so I made a quick size chart of the plants I've already illustrated from it.
These plants are some of the earliest land #plants, being from the Early #Devonian. From left to right: Asteroxylon, Horneophyton and Aglaophyton. #paleoart #paleobotany #sciart
Very interesting - straight into next weekβs year 1 lecture!
12.02.2025 13:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great stuff Flintβ¦.
05.02.2025 21:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Did the same yesterdayβ¦..
29.01.2025 23:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Me!
29.01.2025 11:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A photograph taken side on of the wonder bay in Hintze Hall containing four fossilised tree stumps.
These four trees grew in very different climates and atmospheres. Their preserved structures can provide clues about the ancient environments they once lived in.
Scientists use these specimens to chart historic climate change and make predictions about the future of our planet. π
