On the face of it, one might not guess that it has been 50 million years since pinnipeds (seals et al.) evolutionarily split from other caniforms (dogs, etc.) during the Eocene.

Tears in my eyes learning about the eohippus, our first horses, that were a foot tall and ate leaves and lived throughout the Eocene epoch

A costal colony of Inkayaku paracasensis, gigantic (human-sized) early penguins 🐧from the eocene of Peru 🇵🇪 with distinct colouration.

Reconstruction based off a beautiful skeletal by the talented Daniella Barrera Guevara (@barrerasaurus) that I commisoned

#lowpoly

🤝 #AIMPLAS , entidad colaboradora del #ProyectoEocene .

AIMPLAS trabaja con #OmarCoatings en el desarrollo de #resinas de poliéster insaturado con origen #renovable .

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Science girl This is a drawing of an Indohyus, an extinct genus of digitigrade artiodactyls, is known from Eocene fossils found in Asia.

This raccoon-sized creature, reminiscent of a chevrotain, dwelled in the Himalayas and is among the earliest known non-cetacean ancestors of whales. Its

C0mm1ssioned Artwork of #inkayacu , a 4.9 foot prehistoric #penguin from Eocene Peru!
#paleoart #animalart #cenozoic #Procreate #ArtistOnTwitter

Two giant Vasuki inflate their forebodies in a tense territorial confrontation... this colossal madtsoiid from Eocene India has been estimated at 11-15 m! That's right, possibly longer than Titanoboa and thus, a ssssserious contender for the title of largest snake ever found!!

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion from the Eocene Cambay amber of Western India.

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#fossils #paleontology

Tapirs are a living fossil 🦴 They’ve been around since the Eocene (about 55 million years ago), having survived waves of extinction of other animals 😮 Unfortunately now, 3 out of 4 species of tapirs are endangered, and the 4th is vulnerable. All four continue to have decreasing

Can't reach the #whales now🐋
Can't turn the tide🌊
The world looked different
In #Eocene oceans wide
Dorudon🐳
The year that you were born
Basilosaurus🐋
And the next one wasn't yours
Sifting through epochs past
For moments of your own💫

#FossilFriday #napc2024 #VampireWeekend

Knightia is an extinct genus of freshwater herring found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, USA. Knightia existed 50-40 million years ago during the Eocene epoch.

Spherical concretions in Eocene rocks, Fayum #Egypt

Check out India's ancient Whale fossils:

- *Himalayacetus*: The oldest known archaeocete found in the Himalayas, specifically in Himachal Pradesh. Pushing back the whale fossil record by 3.5 million years to the Early Eocene period.

- *Protocetid cetaceans*: Unearthed in

A tiny (2mm wide) Horn Shark anterior tooth (Heterodontus) found at Center Hill, Fl. during a TBFC field trip, collected off spoil pile. Upper Eocene – Ocala Limestone Formation. Donated this tooth to the #UF Florida Museum of Natural History. #FossilFriday #FloridaFossils #Sharks

Sculpture of the skull of Basilosaurus. A large archaeocete whale from the Eocene. Now on Sketchfab
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The late eocene was really full of peculiar things just few dozen million years after the KPg from giant nosed freaky land mammals to chubby or longo deers

To close out the night, a dapper Gastornis gigantea gent preens himself.

This species is known from Eocene North America. It is one of several other Gastornis species!

#paleoart

Del Eocene medio la Vasuki indicus tiene una longitud corporal estimada de entre 11 y 15 metros esto lo haría la serpiente más grande el mundo!, de lo qué sabemos de la serpiente extinta son 27 vértebras

Here is a drawing of Vasuki Indicus, a newly discovered Madtsoiid Snake that lived during the Middle Eocene, it lived in what is now India

Flyschs de l’éocène supérieur//Bonhomme de Bourail//Roche Percée// NewCal