Chris Berry

@christophermberry.bsky.social

Palaeobotanist. Cardiff, Wales uk

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 stuff………

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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.

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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. 🌍

A photograph taken side on of the wonder bay in Hintze Hall containing four fossilised tree stumps.