That might be pretty accurate, just maybe slower to occur in reality, they did an episode that went pretty in depth about scale trees, and from what I remember they were pretty quick to grow then die, because of the way they were structured, thriving in the carbon rich atmosphere, but almost weak in construction.
A clarification for those who do not know: Amniote does not mean reptile. Just because something is scaly and it lays eggs on land does not make it a reptile. "Amniote" refers to a small group of lizard-like animals from the Carboniferous and Permian that were not amphibians and not yet proper reptiles, and all their descendants (e.g., mammals, reptiles and birds). This is a important distinction, because if you do not know that the diapsid-synapsid split occurred before reptiles evolved, you may be inclined to falsely believe that mammals evolved from proper reptiles, which is not the case.
by looking at related species and comparing each other, and basing the looks on something more complete for some of them (it's never exact tho, they just want something to work off of) very interesting topic for a video tho, +1
It'd be so cool if you guys did a behind the scenes series on what you put into making these videos because they're always so informative and interesting. I'd love to see what's put into the research for these!
Maybe in a few million years...somebody will dig up some fossilized researchers...and somebody else will make a documentary about their lives and times...
Yeeey! I love episodes that give a little more protagonism to plants. I mean, if you are a plant person, you'd be inclined to call the Mesozoic era the age of gymnosperms rather than the age of dinosaurs. That said, an episode on cycads, please!!!
I remember this channel had tens of thousands of subscribers and now there are almost 1.2 million of them... Even though it is not as nice as 1.5 or 2 million, still congrats. I am happy to see you rise.
The most disturbing thing I learned today is that the host moved from New Mexico to Montana. IN THE WINTER. I am now seriously doubting the integrity of the folks at PBS.
Learn to use an egg. Use a stronger egg. Put water in it. Have a baby on land in an egg. Water's in the egg. Baby in the egg in the water in the egg. Works for me! Bye bye ocean!
4:13 If I remember correctly those "tree ferns" bare a sticking superficial resemblance to modern tree ferns but are completely unrelated. And we know that because those tree ferns bore seeds, hence they were called seed ferns. It's weird to think they were not related with how similar they appear, but they were in completely different phyla
I applauded when he said he lived in New Mexico and chuckled when he said he moved to Montana, where there is real winter... but lots of nice mountains, too.
Yep it is one of the most famous specimens from the area I remember hearing about it when we visited the Bay of Fundy area several years ago. The areas extreme tides drive the fossil revealing erosion which enabled so many of the fossils to be uncovered. (Sadly we didn't really find anything as those tides also destroy exposed fossils and all...).
It's probably just here in the United States, but I've always learned the period he's speaking of -- between the Silurian and Permian -- was the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods.
There are no major extinction event between Jurassic-Cretaceous. The middle Permian extinction deserve more attention though, being possibly more deadly than the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction.
The Carboniferous was a weird period in Prehistoric times. It was all forests, swamps and marshes. I never guessed that amphibians and reptiles shared the same forests before it collapsed.
5:09 | 5:53 - how many flashed back to playing a similar map in Command & Conquer or maybe Dune real-time strategy games when this graphic splashed the screen?? 😳😆😁
in light of climate change denial, it may perhaps be prudent to emphasise the _tens of millions of years_ it took for the carboniferous forests to "collapse" - especially if you casually compare that climate change with the modern one we're experiencing. the rate of change differs by roughly 5 orders of magnitude: we're changing the climate nearly 10,000x faster today.
Only coz they adjust the temperatures to make the past seem cooler and modern day seem hotter to give that drastic increase you are talking about. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tlnwhcO5NC0.html
I'm glad that eons went more into detail about the Carboniferous era and the Rainforest collapse, since it's been mentioned so many times in previous video. Please thumbs up if you like to see a video in the Australian Mega Fauna.
The tree ferns that were around during the carboniferous are not the same tree ferns that exist today. They actually belong to two different groups of ferns, Marratiopsida and Polypodiopsida. (Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn(2013), Raven Biology of Plants, New York, NY: W. H Freeman and Company)
OsirisLord Literally no one thinks fossil fuels are made of dinosaurs.... Everyone knows it’s plant matter that that’s broken down and changed into a new form.
Just signed up to you guys on patreon. I was simultaneously shocked by how much money Scishow rakes in and how little you guys are. Explains why Scishow has near daily uploads and two side channels. Support Eons peoples! I want daily archeology/anthropology vidyas!
I love PBS Eons so much, it's so intriguing, keep doing what you're doing, guys. One of the few big corporations that aren't corrupt, and are entertaining! ^^
The delight of a paleontologist finding an interesting new fossil is like me when I discover a PBS Eons video I haven't seen! Keep up the great work people. Thank you!
Thank you for covering the CRC. A few interesting things not mentioned in the video. There was mountain formation at the equator around this time. Which turend lowlands into highlands. This definitely had a negitive impact on the coal swamps in Europe and North America, but not in China were giant Lycopods persisted till the mid Permian. Another interesting thing around this time is the rise of seed bearing plants like seed ferns and early conifers like walchia piniformis. The reason for this their success is that, like reptiles, seed plants are less dependent on water for reproduction.
Tree-ferns' name makes sense because it describes ferns that are tree-like. It makes perfect sense that they aren't trees. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
Make an episode about how crabs evolved four different times. Like "crabs appeared," and then"more carbs appeared," "Iwasn'tdoneyetmorecrabsnow!" and then finally SLAM "You got more crabs" Like, earth went through some serious college phase.
Could you guys make a video about the new dinosaur recently found in Canada called "reaper of death" (Thanatotheristes degrootorum)? Ps: Loved the video
Speaking of the Carboniferous, go check out CuriousMarc. He just started a series about accessing the only/largest dataset on coal balls that was stored on old 8in floppies with an ancient IBM mainframe. It looks like the series will be interesting, both from the digital and academic sides of the subject.
If you want, there used to be a show on bbc called prehistoric park. The host, Nigel, had a device to go back in time and he used it to rescue extinct animals and bring them back to the present. I believe there was an episode on the carboniferous
At the end when you say that everyone watching is an amniote, I couldn't help but picture someone watching with their pet frog and being like "not you".
Here's a few questions that probably were not asked a whole lot: did hygiene play a part among the lives of prehistoric animals? Were prehistoric animals hygienic? Was hygiene a high priority amongst prehistoric life? Did prehistoric animals take baths? How did prehistoric animals keep themselves clean?
New Mexico, eh? Well hi from a sorta kinda near neighbor in the past :P I grew up in the west part of Texas, in the Permian Basin area. Our science teacher taught us about amniotes (and reptiles) in part by bringing in her "pet" horned toad. She claimed she had a pet rattlesnake too, though nowadays I'd be REAL skeptical on that haha I can't even imagine the adjustment, NM to Montana. Even in winter, I mean it DOES get cold out there in the desert but it's not...not quite the same! Nifty video as always :D
One thing you can be sure will never collapse is the support that STEVE consistently shows, but still I feel we know less of him then the tree furns of old
You should 100% do a crossover with Jessie. Perhaps parrot evolution, watching her videos got me to do some research of my own and it's surprisingly interesting.
An unprepared human can't survive most places on modern Earth. But once you invoke preparation, the question gets really debatable with lots of unanswerable questions and definitions.
@@diegopugaquintanilla4344 The less related you are to an infected organism the less likely the pathogen is to infect you. It's not like you have any chance of catching Dutch Elm disease, for example. So things would get easier, at least in that one way, the further back you go.
Could you do a video on when placental mammals arrived in Australia? People forget that amoungst all the marsupials we have a massive variety of bats, rodents and the dingo here
Dude, where is that picture at around 3:14 from! It looks like it's woven--or maybe needlepoint? Either way it's gorgeous and looks like it would've taken LOTS of work to do.
Tree ferns _are_ trees. "Tree" merely describes a growth form, not a natural group of organisms. Groups as diverse as rosids, cacti, cypresses, conifers, lycopsids, and, yes, ferns can form trees. PS. Why would anyone go to Montana from New Mexico in the winter??
