New paper out!
Sobral 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. report new stem lepidosaurs from Vellberg, Germany: implications for palaeoecology in the early diversification of Lepidosauromorpha.
Lepidosauromorphs account for ~1/3 of land vertebrate diversity, but their origin is unclear: buff.ly/HyJ33VW
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26.02.2026 08:01 —
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明日です!
25.02.2026 08:53 —
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Pre-Conference Field Trip ⛏️
✨The Lower-Middle Palaeozoic of the Cederberg: Cape Supergroup✨
🗓️ 25–28 Nov 2026
📍 Start/End: Cape Town
👩🏫 Leader: Cameron Penn-Clarke
💰 ~R13 000 per person
👥 15 participants
Don’t miss it!
🔗 More info & registration on the IPC7 website 👉 www.ipc7.site
23.02.2026 06:42 —
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Did you know..?
Although extant rhinoceroses have nasal horns (or two), most extinct species did not!
Keratinous horns are not preserved in fossils, but some extinct species are known to have them from the presence of rugosities on the nasal bone.
Read more: buff.ly/qICv55H
#PaleoSky #FunFact
18.02.2026 07:30 —
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Pre-Conference Field Trip ⛏️
✨Exploring the Triassic–Jurassic boundary in southern Africa✨
🗓️ 24–28 Nov 2026
📍 Start/End: Bloemfontein
👩🏫 Leaders: Emese Bordy & Jonah Choiniere
💰 ~R13 000 pp
👥 7–14 pax
🔗 More info & registration 👉 www.ipc7.site
16.02.2026 10:42 —
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❤️🫀In honor of Valentine’s Day, let's set the record straight on a relationship: carotid bulb +carotid sinus. Often treated as the same, one is a dilation that shapes blood flow; the other a neural baroreceptor zone that senses pressure
Tudose et al anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
14.02.2026 12:01 —
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3D shell asymmetry of Testudines as a potential biomarker for environmental stress https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.04.702268v1
09.02.2026 10:31 —
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Our latest issue is live! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...
The cover features an exciting new Homo habilis specimen from Ileret, Kenya by Fred Grine and colleagues: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
09.02.2026 12:01 —
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🦕 New research suggests that large ornithopod dinosaurs like Iguanodon and Ouranosaurus were likely permanent four-legged walkers rather than occasional bipeds.
@sorbonne-universite.fr
10.02.2026 10:59 —
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➡️ New article out! ⬅️
Making Sense of Monitor Lizard Cognition: Ecological Drivers of Divergent Cognitive Evolution
by Matthew Sims
Free reading link: rdcu.be/e2GZq
06.02.2026 14:04 —
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The 7th International Palaeontological Congress
📅 Application deadline: 20 March 2026
👉 For application details, see www.ipc7.site
Don’t miss this opportunity—apply and join us at IPC7!
02.02.2026 08:04 —
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Dudgeon 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. reported the individual, ontogenetic and phylogenetic variation in the dentition of hadrosaurids (Iguanodontia: Ornithischia).
Image shows the dentary teeth of 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 and 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪. buff.ly/D7z6HM2 #FossilFriday #PaleoSky
30.01.2026 07:30 —
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For #FossilFriday I’m pleased to announce our new paper on investigating the cranial performance and evolution of feeding behavior in tyrannosauroids and other theropods. Here’s a thread on some of our major findings. #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #Tyrannosaurus #Theropods
30.01.2026 07:29 —
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Terror birds (Phorusrhacidae) ruled South America for ~40 Ma, but their growth was a mystery. New hindlimb osteohistology shows rapid, uninterrupted growth, heavy remodeling & cursorial stress in Oligocene Andrewsornis & Physornis.
Dreyer et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
27.01.2026 12:00 —
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