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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Cretaceous <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> from <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> reveals earliest modern bird<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-cretaceous-fossil-antarctica-reveals-earliest.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-cretaceo</span><span class="invisible">us-fossil-antarctica-reveals-earliest.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a> Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08390-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-08390-0</span></a></p><p>"Few <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> are as likely to start as many arguments among <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontologists</span></a> as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Vegavis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vegavis</span></a>. This new fossil is going to help resolve a lot of those arguments. Chief among them: where is Vegavis perched in the bird tree of life?"</p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> Discover Extremely Rare 45-Million-Year-Old <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bird</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a> Hiding in Plain Sight</p><p><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/paleontologists-discover-extremely-rare-45-million-year-old-bird-fossil-hiding-in-plain-sight/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/paleontologis</span><span class="invisible">ts-discover-extremely-rare-45-million-year-old-bird-fossil-hiding-in-plain-sight/</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>How to Make a Mammal in Nine Evolutionary Steps <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-to-make-a-mammal-in-nine-evolutionary-steps-180985289/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/science-nat</span><span class="invisible">ure/how-to-make-a-mammal-in-nine-evolutionary-steps-180985289/</span></a> by Riley Black </p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> have known for decades that <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> emerged from a broader, diverse group of creatures called <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/synapsids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>synapsids</span></a>... Nevertheless, a big evolutionary gap exists between a very early, lizard-like synapsid and modern mammals like ourselves."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Therapsids Originated in Tropical Rather than Temperate Regions <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/mallorca-gorgonopsian-13515.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sci.news/paleontology/mallorca</span><span class="invisible">-gorgonopsian-13515.html</span></a></p><p>Early–middle Permian Mediterranean gorgonopsian suggests an equatorial origin of therapsids <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54425-5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-54425-5</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Therapsids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Therapsids</span></a> were a dominant component of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Permian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Permian</span></a> terrestrial ecosystems, eventually giving rise to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a> during the early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a>... <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> have discovered a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> of early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/gorgonopsian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gorgonopsian</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/therapsid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>therapsid</span></a> that was part of an ancient summer wet biome of equatorial <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Pangea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pangea</span></a>"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>The Top Ten <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a> Discoveries of 2024 <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-top-ten-dinosaur-discoveries-of-2024-180985656/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">the-top-ten-dinosaur-discoveries-of-2024-180985656/</span></a></p><p>Riley Black: "From the realization that <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontologists</span></a> still haven’t found the biggest <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> to the unearthing of a small burrowing dino, the year has been marked by awe-inspiring finds"</p>
Bagolina<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/what-fossilized-dino-feces-can-tell-us-about-their-rise-to-dominance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/1</span><span class="invisible">1/what-fossilized-dino-feces-can-tell-us-about-their-rise-to-dominance</span></a><br><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> have long puzzled over how the dinosaurs—originally relatively small and of minor importance to the broader ecosystem—evolved to become the dominant species some 30 million years later. Fossilized <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/feces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feces</span></a> and <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/vomit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vomit</span></a> from <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> might hold important clues to how and why this evolutionary milestone came about, according to a new paper published in the journal Nature.</p><p>De l'intérêt du <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/caca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caca</span></a> de <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/dinosaure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaure</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Dinosaurs Evolved Feathers for Far More Than Flight <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dinosaurs-evolved-feathers-for-far-more-than-flight-180985012/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/science-nat</span><span class="invisible">ure/dinosaurs-evolved-feathers-for-far-more-than-flight-180985012/</span></a></p><p>Riley Black: "Fluff and fuzz helped the creatures keep warm, blend in and communicate... The more <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontologists</span></a> dig, the more feathered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> they find. Bird-like raptors, tyrannosaurs, and even horned dinosaurs have been found with feathers and feather-like body coverings, revealing that fluff and fuzz were widespread among dinosaurs."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> discover <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> with teeth had <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seeds</span></a> in their stomachs, indicating that they ate fruit<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-paleontologists-fossil-birds-teeth-seeds.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-paleonto</span><span class="invisible">logists-fossil-birds-teeth-seeds.html</span></a></p><p>Direct evidence of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/frugivory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frugivory</span></a> in the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet: Jingmai O’Connor et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01124-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/abstr</span><span class="invisible">act/S0960-9822(24)01124-2</span></a> </p><p>"Since <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Longipteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longipteryx</span></a> lived in a temperate <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>, it probably wasn't eating <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fruits</span></a> year-round... it had a mixed diet which included things like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> when fruits weren't available."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Three new ancestors added to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/TasmanianTiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TasmanianTiger</span></a>'s storyline <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-ancestors-added-tasmanian-tiger-storyline.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-ancestor</span><span class="invisible">s-added-tasmanian-tiger-storyline.html</span></a></p><p>Three new <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/thylacinids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thylacinids</span></a> (Marsupialia, Thylacinidae) from late Oligocene deposits of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Riversleigh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Riversleigh</span></a> World Heritage Area, northwestern <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queensland</span></a> <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2384595" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10</span><span class="invisible">80/02724634.2024.2384595</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontologists</span></a> say the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> are now the oldest members of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Thylacine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thylacine</span></a> family to date, estimated to be 25–23 million years old, making them late <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> in age."</p>
Daniel Dvorkin<p>There’s been no doubt for some time that we’re in the middle of a sixth <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mass</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a>. Here are some numbers.</p><p>If we’re very lucky, we’ll stop at the level of the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Devonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Devonian</span></a> extinction, the least severe of the Big Five. More likely we’re headed for something on the scale of the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Ordovician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ordovician</span></a> or <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Triassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Triassic</span></a>. The <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a> is in sight, and the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Permian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Permian</span></a> is not out of reach. From an evolutionary time perspective it will <em>look</em> like the Cretaceous, practically as instantaneous as the Big Rock.</p><p>I confess, I really like the idea of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/corvid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corvid</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontologists</span></a> digging up the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Anthropocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropocene</span></a>. Feathers gleaming under badlands dust, exciting cawing as dextrous claws scrape rock away from a flat-faced skull … But I’m very much not okay with what we’re doing right now to make that happen.</p><p>Pop-sci coverage: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/07/19/modern-sixth-mass-extinction-event-will-be-worse-than-first-predicted/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist</span><span class="invisible">/2023/07/19/modern-sixth-mass-extinction-event-will-be-worse-than-first-predicted/</span></a></p><p>Journal article, open access: <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12974" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/brv.12974</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Taco-shaped arthropod <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> give new insights into the history of the first mandibulates <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-taco-arthropod-fossils-insights-history.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-07-taco-art</span><span class="invisible">hropod-fossils-insights-history.html</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cambrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambrian</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Odaraia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odaraia</span></a> alata and the colonization of nektonic suspension-feeding niches by early mandibulates <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0622" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/10.1098/rspb.2024.0622</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> are finally able to place it to the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mandibulates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mandibulates</span></a>, ending its long enigmatic classification since it was first discovered in the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BurgessShale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BurgessShale</span></a> over 100 years ago and revealing more about early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> and diversification."</p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>During her lifetime she was barred from even attending meetings of the Geological Society of London (let alone applying for membership) because of her sex &amp; many wealthy "paleontologists" published claims of discovery based on having purchased fossils from Anning &amp; other fossil hunters (neglecting to mention Anning's name or contribution). Nonetheless, many contemporary <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geologists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://spore.social/tags/paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontologists</span></a> became so impressed with her knowledge that they would visit her to consult on the anatomy &amp; 🧵2/</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> Unravel Secrets of Enigmatic 33-Foot Prehistoric <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Shark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shark</span></a> After <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a> Discovery<br><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paleontologists-unravel-secrets-of-enigmatic-33-foot-prehistoric-shark-after-fossil-discovery-180984218/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">paleontologists-unravel-secrets-of-enigmatic-33-foot-prehistoric-shark-after-fossil-discovery-180984218/</span></a> </p><p>Exceptionally preserved shark <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> from <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> elucidate the long-standing enigma of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cretaceous</span></a> elasmobranch Ptychodus <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0262" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/10.1098/rspb.2024.0262</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Ptychodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ptychodus</span></a> has long been a classic example of teeth in search of a body... Now, they report it was likely a close relative of today’s great white sharks and crunched on hard-shelled creatures with unique grinding teeth"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> unearth what may be the largest known marine reptile <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-04-paleontologists-unearth-largest-marine-reptile.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-04-paleonto</span><span class="invisible">logists-unearth-largest-marine-reptile.html</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/paleoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoart</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@serpenillus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>serpenillus</span></a></span> </p><p>The last giants: New evidence for giant Late <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Triassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Triassic</span></a> (Rhaetian) <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ichthyosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ichthyosaurs</span></a> from the UK <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300289" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.plos.org/plosone/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300289</span></a></p><p>"This new specimen is more complete, better preserved, and shows that we now have two of these giant bones—called a surangular—that have a unique shape and structure."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/JawlessFish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JawlessFish</span></a> was Filter-Feeder, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> Find <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/rhinopteraspis-dunensis-12846.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sci.news/paleontology/rhinopte</span><span class="invisible">raspis-dunensis-12846.html</span></a></p><p>The three-dimensionally articulated oral apparatus of a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Devonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Devonian</span></a> heterostracan sheds light on feeding in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Palaeozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeozoic</span></a> jawless fishes <a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2258" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/10.1098/rspb.2023.2258</span></a></p><p>"The images revealed the structure and arrangement of finger-like bones that project from the lower lip of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a>’s mouth, which the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> believe acted to control the mouth’s size and shape as it captured food particles from surrounding water"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> Redescribe Enigmatic Dwarf Pareiasaur <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/nanoparia-luckhoffi-12828.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sci.news/paleontology/nanopari</span><span class="invisible">a-luckhoffi-12828.html</span></a> </p><p>Cranial <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/osteology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osteology</span></a> and a new diagnosis of the late Permian pareiasaur Nanoparia luckhoffi from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/KarooBasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KarooBasin</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a>, and a consolidated pareiasaurian phylogeny <a href="https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/420" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sbpbrasil.org/publications/ind</span><span class="invisible">ex.php/rbp/article/view/420</span></a></p><p>"Pareiasaurs were an enigmatic and diverse group of plant-eating <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> from the Middle and Late <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Permian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Permian</span></a>. Despite their wide range and variety, much about dwarf <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pareiasaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pareiasaurs</span></a> remained a mystery"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>New dinosaur species discovered in Portugal<br><a href="https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2024-03-19/new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-portugal/87070" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theportugalnews.com/news/2024-</span><span class="invisible">03-19/new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-portugal/87070</span></a></p><p>An unexpected early-diverging iguanodontian <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaur</span></a> (Ornithischia, Ornithopoda) from the Upper <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Jurassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jurassic</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a> <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2310066" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10</span><span class="invisible">80/02724634.2024.2310066</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> have identified a new species of dinosaur in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Lourinh%C3%A3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lourinhã</span></a>, which roamed the area 150 million years ago, was herbivorous, bipedal and relatively small."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Why Did <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> Never Commit to a Life Fully at Sea? <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-did-seals-and-sea-lions-never-commit-to-a-life-fully-at-sea-180983926/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/science-nat</span><span class="invisible">ure/why-did-seals-and-sea-lions-never-commit-to-a-life-fully-at-sea-180983926/</span></a> by Riley Black</p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> are still piecing together how otter-like creatures related to bears evolved into these amphibious marine <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a>... The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> tale of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pinnipeds</span></a> is not nearly as old as that of whales. The oldest seal relative paleontologists have uncovered dates to about 24 million years ago. Throughout their entire history, pinnipeds have been tied to the land, at least in some way"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> Are Still Unraveling the Mystery of the First Dinosaur <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/paleontologists-are-still-unraveling-the-mystery-of-the-first-dinosaur-180983672/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/science-nat</span><span class="invisible">ure/paleontologists-are-still-unraveling-the-mystery-of-the-first-dinosaur-180983672/</span></a> by Riley Black via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Smithsonianmag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Smithsonianmag</span></a></span> </p><p>"Two hundred years after it was first named, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> are just beginning to reveal the secrets of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Megalosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Megalosaurus</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossils</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mesozoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mesozoic</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaur</span></a></p>
John Orcutt<p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Paleontologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontologists</span></a> of the West! I hope you can join us in <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Spokane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spokane</span></a> this May for our <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/GSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSA</span></a> section meeting session on regional <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a>. Until Tuesday's abstract deadline, I'll be sharing some favorite western <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> as reminders, starting with this <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/entelodont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entelodont</span></a> at <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/JohnDayFossilBeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnDayFossilBeds</span></a> National Monument!</p>
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