Mark Young

Day 2 of #2025SVP announcements!

We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!

#2025SVP
News about @historicalbiology.bsky.social (Historical Biology): we’re moving to online-only publication come January 2027!
Reminder that I’ll be at the T&F booth Friday 16:30-17:00. (Also there at the moment)

@historicalbiology.bsky.social is taking on new Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members! Please see the ad for further details.

Please take note - Historical Biology is moving to ‘Publicly Available’ data policy in Jan 2026. If data/code is used in a paper, they will be required to be in an online repository.

I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖

We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝

#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology

In a new Editorial, Historical Biology promotes preregistration, Registered Reports, @pci-regreports.bsky.social and PCI-Paleonotology, and a three year plan to move to open and FAIR data standards.

A forward-looking approach by @drmarkyoung.bsky.social.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Support for preregistration and registered reports at Historical Biology In this editorial, I will update the readership on the progress of the new ‘Registered Report’ article type, our support for preregistration, and how this furthers our goal of becoming an Open and ...

Interested in preregistration and registered reports? Historical Biology supports both! My new editorial on these developments:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Publication day for My Grandparents Were Dinosaurs!

The story of how birds evolved from dinosaurs, for kids, from the creative mind of @annebrusatte.bsky.social ! And some fact-checking from me.

Thrilled to unbox our copies. And you can get yours in the link below!

MorphoBank Connects kicks off Sept. 18 with featured speaker presentations on research applications, integrations & innovative uses of MorphoBank. Speakers include 🧵

READ MORE: bit.ly/MorphoConnectsBlog
REGISTER: bit.ly/morphobankconnect

#evolutionarybiology #paleontology #phylogenetics #biology

Historical Biology article collections Browse article collections from Historical Biology

@historicalbiology.bsky.social now has online Collections. One where I highlight papers that are thought-provoking or advance a field. The other is edited by our Science Communication Editor (@cooperpalaeo.bsky.social) - which brings together his SciComm series.

www.tandfonline.com/journals/ghb...

Our newest #ScienceCommunication editorial covers a remarkable dinosaur specimen; but one that also has a troubled history in smuggling & private collections.

Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1080/0891...

Read the original paper: doi.org/10.1080/0891...

I had no idea! And that looks wild…

For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor John Whitlock.

This Diplodocus specimen is Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM) 11161. It is essentially complete, largely undeformed, and has been studied so extensively; making it an exceptionally important fossil for understanding feeding 🦕

Our newest #ScienceCommunication editorial covers a fascinating new paper detailing the collection of Sir John Murray on board the HMS Challenger at @nhm-london.bsky.social

Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1080/0891...

Read the original paper by Miller & Jouet-Sarkany: doi.org/10.1080/0891...

Phylogenetic studies at Historical Biology Published in Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Historical Biology now has a Phylogenetics Editor (Dr Rodrigo Müller). Please read Rodrigo’s editorial where he goes over that this means for the Journal www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Yeah, T&F has 5 data policies, each more progressive. SURR is 2/5, we’re aiming for Open & FAIR (5/5). SURR gets authors used to mandatory data availability statements, and gives @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social & me input for journal guidance for when HB moves to Publicly Available (3/5) & beyond

Our 1st data policy change (from ‘basic’ to get to Open & FAIR). SURR mandates a data availability statement, telling us % of papers using data, and where they’re putting them. Our data editor is writing HB data policy & guidance, which will be ready for change to ‘Publicly Available’

Evidence of osteophagia in Mesozoic mammals: multituberculate tooth marks on a hadrosaurid maxilla from the Late Cretaceous of the Russian Far East The study of bioerosional traces provides new information on the behaviour and feeding repertoire of ancient vertebrates. Here, we describe extensive bioerosional traces (tooth marks) on the maxill...

Evidence of osteophagia in Mesozoic mammals: multituberculate tooth marks on a hadrosaurid maxilla from the Late Cretaceous of the Russian Far East: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Glad to see the hard-copy editorial information has been updated!

Statement of commitment: Historical Biology will automatically offer Stage 1 in-principle acceptance (IPA) to any Stage 1 RR within the journal’s disciplinary scope that receives IPA at PCI RR, and will accept without further peer review any Stage 2 RR that has been recommended by PCI RR. Disciplinary scope: Empirical research covering evolutionary and systematic biology through time. Fields included are: descriptive and comparative anatomy, taxonomy and nomenclature, philosophy of biology, descriptions of new datasets and methods, phylogenetics, statistical analyses, palaeobiology, palaeobiogeography, evolutionary processes and patterns, molecular paleontology, extinction, and taphonomy.

We're delighted to welcome Historical Biology @historicalbiology.bsky.social as our latest (and 36th) PCI RR-friendly journal!

Full journal entry: rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr...

Complete list of PCI RR-friendly journals: rr.peercommunityin.org/about/pci_rr...

4. Registered Reports - we now can handle preregistered studies! Through stages 1 & 2. We're also a PCI RR-friendly journal: rr.peercommunityin.org/.../pci_rr_f...
5. In June, peer-review in Historical Biology will become double-blind.

2. Deputy editors-in-chief. Hans Sues and Rodrigo Mueller are now DEiCs! One will take the EiC role if I'm away or have a conflict of interest.
3. Phylogenetics Editor. Rodrigo is also our first PE! He'll be authors point-of-contact for all things phylogenetics. More to come from Rodrigo!

Some exciting Historical Biology updates!
1. We've changed data policy, to 'share upon reasonable request'. This is our first step to becoming an Open & FAIR journal. Now data availability statements are mandatory: authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/.../data.../

We will soon be changing our minimum Data Sharing Policy to ‘Share Upon Reasonable Request’ where authors agree to make data available provided this does not violate ethical concerns.

Data Availability Statements will also be mandatory. Guidance:
authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/data-sharing....

Let that sink in: track depth as a driving factor in the formation of dinosaur tail traces To date, most reports of dinosaur tail traces have been limited to a small number per tracksite and have not included a detailed analysis of the associated trackways. Carreras Pampa comprises an Up...

Let that sink in: track depth as a driving factor in the formation of dinosaur tail traces: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm excited to serve as the Data Editor for Historical Biology! 🎉

Our first #ScienceCommunication editorial is published! Here, we highlight one of our recently published studies on a classic "dinosaur trackway" from the 1940s 🦕 🦖 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The study being highlighted can be read #OpenAccess 🔓 here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Data sharing at historical biology In this editorial, as the new Data Editor of Historical Biology, I will discuss how the journal is strengthening its commitment to research transparency, reproducibility and accessibility. This ini...

Please read Brooke’s (@brooke-long-fox.bsky.social) editorial! She is the Data Editor for Historical Biology (@historicalbiology.bsky.social) and is forming the guidelines for our transition to be an Open and FAIR journal. Watch out for further updates from her!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Morphology, development and ecological implications of the dentition of Bajadasaurus pronuspinax The associated preservation between dentitions and dentigerous elements is crucial for understanding diverse biological features. Notwithstanding, their fossil record in Sauropoda is relatively sel...

Morphology, development and ecological implications of the dentition of Bajadasaurus pronuspinax: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We have a new special issue in the works at Historical Biology: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Human Behavior and Paleoecological Dynamics in Early and Middle Pleistocene Europe! We will be taking submissions until March 31st.
You can read more at: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu....