Another recording from the Paleo 2026 symposium has been posted! Learn about recent research on placoderms (early armoured fishes like Dunkleosteus) with Dr. Melina Jobbins of the University of Manitoba!

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#palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #fish #placoderms #alberta

✨ Very glad to participate in the 🇱🇹 TV project and to share with my Palaeontological career story. Full episode [in Lithuanian] ⬇️
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New #RSOS paper: Anew hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur from a cynodont-dominated site (Upper Triassic) of southern Brazil. Read more: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #palaeontology (Image credit: Rodrigo Temp Müller)

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New research from #ProcB: A short-snouted ‘sphenosuchian’ with unusual feeding anatomy demonstrates that ecological specialization occurred early in crocodylomorph evolution doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #Evolution #Palaeontology

An extinct echidna the size of a small child once roamed Victoria, new fossil shows More than a hundred years after it was found in Foul Air Cave in Victoria, the fossil is granting us new insights into deep time.

An extinct echidna the size of a small child once roamed Victoria, new fossil shows theconversation.com/an-extinct-echidna-the-s... #palaeontology #science #STEM

Flinders Uni 3rd year #palaeontology students have had a great time working at the original #Canowindra Age of Fishes #fossil site this week! Huge thanks to David and Aleysha for having us out there! 🦴 🐟
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It was a good turn out yesterday for my talk at the Age of Fishes museum in #Canowindra. Met some very passionate young people, and many others young at heart! Big thanks to the staff and volunteers there who are always so welcoming! #palaeontology #Devonian #fossils

Scientists Identify a 500-Kilogram Giant Rodent That Once Roamed South America Millions of Years Ago A rodent the size of a large mammal is not something you expect to find in the fossil record. Yet the remains of this astonishing creature have been sitting in plain sight for years, waiting to be ful...

A rodent the size of a large mammal (approximately 500 kilograms) is not something you expect to find in the fossil record. dailygalaxy.com/2026/04/scie... #palaeontology #biology #zoology #science #SciChat

Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs —‬ and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction Using synchrotron X-ray CT scans of a fossilized, intact embryo, researchers found evidence that the plant-eating mammal Lystrosaurus laid eggs, which answers a key question about mammalian evolution.

Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs & it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction. The findings could help scientists understand more about how animals can survive changing climates. www.livescience.com/animals/exti... #palaeontology #science #ecology #SciChat

Prehistoric “Vomit Fossil” Reveals Never-Before-Seen Flying Reptile A chance discovery inside a long-overlooked fossil has revealed an unexpected chapter in pterosaur evolution.

Prehistoric “Vomit Fossil” Reveals Never-Before-Seen Flying Reptile: A chance discovery inside a long-overlooked fossil has revealed an unexpected chapter in pterosaur evolution. scitechdaily.com/prehistoric-... #palaeontology #zoology #science #SciChat

#PhD opportunity at The Center for Integrative Paleobiology TIP UPJŠ in Košice.

Origin and adaptive patterns of secondary flightlessness: an alternative evolution of birds.

More info: tinyurl.com/2uhhbnt2

The application must be sent by 31.5.2026: lnkd.in/eaBCajVZ

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Why birds were the only dinosaurs to survive mass extinction Scientists finally understand why birds were the only dinosaurs to pull through the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

"The only birds to make it out of the Cretaceous were modern-style species. Their survival came down to circumstance: where they happened to live and the features they happened to possess served them in good stead when the world went to hell."

#Dinosaurs #Birds #Palaeontology #Fossils

Scientists Discover Bizarre Crocodile Relative That Walked on Two Legs A strange crocodile relative that may have shifted from four legs to two is shedding light on convergent evolution and the hidden diversity of Triassic ecosystems. A “peculiar” reptile from the age of...

A strange crocodile relative that may have shifted from four legs to two is shedding light on convergent evolution and the hidden diversity of Triassic ecosystems. scitechdaily.com/scientists-d... #palaeontology #evolution #science #SciChat

News - Geobios | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier Read the latest articles of Geobios at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

The editorial board of Geobios aims to support 2 early career researchers (PhD or postdoc) in #palaeontology, #palaeobiology, #palaeoecology, #palaeobiogeography, (bio) #stratigraphy or #biogeochemistry.
Each award is 500€. Deadline May 31. All the information: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/geob...

Warming, stress and survival: terrestrial vegetation dynamics during the Toarcian hyperthermal event doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #ProcB #Ecosystem #EnvironmentalScience #Palaeontology

An extinct echidna the size of a small child once roamed Victoria, new fossil shows More than a hundred years after it was found in Foul Air Cave in Victoria, the fossil is granting us new insights into deep time.

Do you like #megafauna? Fossils? #Palaeontology? Caves? Echidnas?

My better half @zieglertn.bsky.social has a new paper out on all of these!

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Scientists Finally Crack the 100-Million-Year Evolutionary Mystery of Squid and Cuttlefish Genomic analysis reveals squid and cuttlefish evolved in deep oceans, survived mass extinction in refuges, and later rapidly diversified, following a “long fuse” evolutionary pattern.

Genomic analysis reveals squid & cuttlefish evolved in deep oceans, survived mass extinction in refuges & later rapidly diversified, following a “long fuse” evolutionary pattern. scitechdaily.com/scientists-f... #palaeontology #biology #genomics #science #SciChat

⏰ Abstract Submission Deadline: 16th April ⏰

Don’t miss the opportunity to present your work at the ProgPal 2026 conference! 🦖✨
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#conference #ProgPal2026 #palaeontology

Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs A detailed scan of a fossil therapsid embryo reveals the oldest egg belonging to a mammalian ancestor.

Embryo #fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs theconversation.com/embryo-fossil-found-in-s... #palaeontology #science #STEM

For #FossilFriday enjoy this incredible fossil viper fish, Eurypholis boissieri. A Cretaceous era fossil from Lebanon. #palaeontology #fossils #fish

H-Net Reviews Bruce S. Lieberman, Niles Eldredge. Macroevolutionaries: Reflections on Natural History, Paleontology, and Stephen Jay Gould. Columbia University Press, 2024. 214 pp. $27.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-20810-9.

‪Really appreciate this thoughtful review of #Macroevolution -aries, my and @nilese.bsky.social 's @columbiaup.bsky.social 📕, by Reese Fulgenzi (reesefulgenzi.com) commissioned by @farsouthhistory.bsky.social www.h-net.org/reviews/show... #paleontology #palaeontology

First mammal ancestor egg from 250 million years ago identified The 250-million-year-old fossilized egg contained a Lystrosaurus embryo, providing the first direct evidence that early mammal ancestors laid soft-shelled eggs.

Palaeontologists identify 250-million-year-old fossil egg of mammal ancestor. The embryo preserved inside offers definitive proof that mammal ancestors were egg-layers. interestingengineering.com/science/foss... #palaeontology #science #fossils #SciChat

A fossil harvestman identified using advanced imaging techniques shows that extinct arachnid lineages once lived in Europe. This expands the known diversity of amber-preserved species in the region. scitechdaily.com/35-million-y... #palaeontology #biology #Arachnology #science #SciChat

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Pair of enamelled gar scales showing diamond-shaped, glossy enamel caps.

This week’s Fossil Friday is a pair of enamelled gar scales. Gars are ray-finned fish whose bodies are covered in tough, often shiny scales; the enamelled surface helps protect them and gives many specimens a distinctive look.

#palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #fossilfriday #fish #alberta

New research from #ProcB: On the origin of metazoan reefs doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #Ecosystem #Evolution #Palaeontology

Scientists Discover 132-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks on South Africa’s Coast New fossil tracks reveal a hidden record of Cretaceous dinosaurs in southern Africa.

Scientists Discover 132-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks on South Africa’s Coast: Study suggests that more may be found if a search is conducted in appropriate places. scitechdaily.com/scientists-d... #palaeontology #ichnology #science #SciChat

Fun lil Portrait Sketch of Muttaburrasaurus based off new paper! (Featuring fun speculative feathering)
What a pointy nose!

#sciart #paleoart #palaeontology
#australianpalaeontology #eromanga #muttaburrasaurus
#art #dinosaur

In a new paper published in #ProcB, a 300-million-year-old fossil once thought to be the oldest octopus has been reclassified. Advanced imaging shows Pohlsepia mazonensis is actually related to modern Nautilus doi.org/10.1098/rspb... | #Evolution #Palaeontology