Papers (all Open Access):
- Minerals in the gut: scoping a Cambrian digestive system (RSOS)
- The giant, spike-toothed salmon, Oncorhynchus rastrosus and the “Proto-Tuolumne River” (early Pliocene) of Central California (PaleoBios)
- The plumage and colouration of an enantiornithine bird from the early cretaceous of china (Palaeontology)
- Palaeoenvironmental drivers of vertebrate community composition in the Belly River Group (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, with implications for dinosaur biogeography (BMC Ecology)
- Evolution of the patellar sesamoid bone in mammals (PeerJ Preprint)
- Testing dietary hypotheses of East African hominines Using buccal dental microwear data (PLOS ONE)
- Selective sweep on human amylase genes postdates the split with Neanderthals (Scientific Reports)
- Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A Call to Geoscience Faculty and Researchers to Respond (Journal of Geoscience Education)
News:
- Prehistoric Tracks Found in Gold Butte Predate Dinosaurs (Link)
- Drilling of dinosaur-killing impact crater explains buried circular hills (Link)
- Scientists Make Tracks on Dinosaur Claw Function (Link)
- Ancient beasts roamed this secret spot in Death Valley, but you probably can’t go (Link)
- How did animals get their skeletons? (Link)
- Dinosaur or crocodile? An Arizona mystery in bones (Link)
- Fearsome Malagasy Dinosaur Remained a Pipsqueak Most of Its Life (Link)
- What our ancestors’ third eye reveals about the evolution of mammals to warm blood (Link)
- Sunny steppes? A tiny parrot fossil suggests Siberia was once subtropical (Link)
Society Events, Meetings, Announcements, and Updates:
- 7th International Meeting of Mesozoic Fishes, August 1–7, 2017, in Mahasarakham, Thailand. Pre-registration open: (Link)
- VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, October 4–7, 2017, in Lisbon, Portugal. 1st Circular Available: (Link)
- Society of Systematic Biologists 2nd Standalone Meeting, January 8–10, 2017, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Link)
Around the Blogosphere:
- Homo naledi Updates: Arms, Legs, & More on the Skull! (Paige Fossil History)
- Vegavis and the Honks of the Cretaceous (Dr. Neurosaurus) (en Español)
- Dracorex hogwartsia: A Fantastic Beast and Where to Find It. (Letters from Gondwana)
- Prehistoric Mammals by Don Prothero: Review of excellent new book (Greg Laden)
- The Swamp Zombie’s Journey: Breathing New Life into Old Data (Extinct)
- The Ridiculous Nasal Anatomy of Giant Horned Dinosaurs (Tetrapod Zoology)
- Preserve and Protect: How Paleontologists Care for Their Long-Dead, High-Maintenance Stars (Smithsonian)
- Lessons from Feline Violence (Chasing Sabretooths)
- Bristol Museum (Raptormaniacs)
- Gigantic Spike-Toothed Salmon Swam In California Rivers 5 Million Years Ago (Shaena Montanari)
- Live in fragments no longer (Contemplative Mammoth)
- New dinosaur footprints from China + open data (Peter Falkingham)
- Some thoughts on St. Anthony Falls (Equatorial Minnesota)
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Featured image: Trackway at Gold Butte/Photo courtesy: Steve Rowland
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