5. And others... I cannot present every clade of insects that thrived in the Mesozoic but are now less diversified or extinct. The world of fossil insects is overlooked by lots of enthusiasts because they are small and similar to modern relatives, but it's much more interesting than we expected.
5. The rest? I cannot present every clade of insects that thrived in the Mesozoic but are now less diversified or extinct. Although some of them looked similar to modern cousins, but placed in very different clades. The world of fossil insects is much more interesting than we think.
Tiny crocheted gorgonopsian head, and a whole body gorgonopsian, both as keychains. Cute little Permian beasts. I even wrote down the pattern of the head (but not the whole one) to be able to repeate it.
1. Mecoptera This group with unique proboscis, related to flies and fleas(Perhaps includes the latter) were very diversified until the mid-Cretaceous, and it is suggested that they took an important role in the pollination of gymnosperms, before the bees or butterflies.
I love Permian period it makes me feel a bit patriotic even
Columnar basalt at Dunbar harbour. (The @britgeosurvey.bsky.social label this unit "East Lothian Basanite And Foiditic Plugs And Vents" and give its age as mid-Carboniferous to early Permian.)
Cause of the Permian Extinction Revealed: Mega El Niños www.haaretz.com/science-and-...
***
☸ — my ass conked the fuck out to a vid abt the permian period after work. imagine my fuckin absolute confusion when i wake up from a dream about riding on a fuckin. what do you call em. those cube shaped motherfuckers