Fossil Friday Roundup: April 14, 2017

Featured Image: Reconstruction of Teleocrater rhadinus in a Middle Triassic scene. Artwork by Mark Witton. From Nesbitt et al (2017), see press release here.

Papers (All Open Access):

• The genera Architipula Handlirsch, 1906 and Grimmenia Krzemiński and Zessin, 1990 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Lower Jurassic of England (PalaeoE)
• Methods for isolation and quantification of microfossil fish teeth and elasmobranch dermal denticles (ichthyoliths) from marine sediments (PalaeoE)
• X-ray computed tomography library of shark anatomy and lower jaw surface models (Scientific Data)
• Asymmetry in dentition and shape of pharyngeal arches in the clonal fish Chrosomus eos-neogaeus: Phenotypic plasticity and developmental instability (PLOS ONE)
• Intra-specific variation and allometry of the skull of Late Cretaceous side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) and how to deal with morphometric data in fossil vertebrates (PeerJ)
• A Short-Snouted, Middle Triassic Phytosaur and its Implications for the Morphological Evolution and Biogeography of Phytosauria (Scientific Reports)
• A new occurrence of Dakotasuchus kingi from the Late Cretaceous of Utah, USA, and the diagnostic utility of postcranial characters in Crocodyliformes (APP)
• Moabosaurus utahensis, n. Gen., n. sp., A New Sauropod From The Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of North America (U of Michigan Museum of Paleo Contributions)
• The first reported ceratopsid dinosaur from eastern North America (Owl Creek Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mississippi, USA) (PeerJ Preprints)
• A new tiny dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning and niche differentiation among the Jehol dromaeosaurids (Vertebrate PalAsiatica)
• Aspects of gorgonopsian paleobiology and evolution: insights from the basicranium, occiput, osseous labyrinth, vasculature, and neuroanatomy (PeerJ)
• A new tribe of castoroidine beavers from the late Arikareean to Hemphillian (Oligocene–Miocene) of western North America (APP)
• Co-option of an endogenous retrovirus envelope for host defense in hominid ancestors (eLife)
• Open data and digital morphology (ProcB)

Community Events and Society Updates:

• PLOS Science Wednesday Reddit AMA transcript: Rebekah Rogers (Link)

New and Views:

Animals and Anatomy:

• Some Questions About Dinosaur Hips (Extinct)
• The science of anatomy is undergoing a revival (The Conversation)
• Parasites and Primates (Dr. Neurosaurus)
• Episode 6: Evolution of Flight (Common Descent)
• The Borioteiioids (Tetrapod Zoology)
• Waddling through duck-bill skulls (PLOS Paleo)
• CWRU researchers discover three new species of extinct South American marsupials (Link)
• The Oldest Known Relative Of Dinosaurs Has Been Unearthed In Tanzania (Forbes)
• Looking Camarasaurus in the Mouth (Laelaps)
• New paper: pterosaur palaeoecology, as told by the fossil record (Mark Witton)
• Introducing Zhongjianosaurus (Letters from Gondwana)

Specific Specimens:

• Matt’s best tetrapod photos of 2016 (SV-POW)
• Paleo Profile: The Moab Lizard (Laelaps)

Featured Folks and Fieldwork:

• David Dale Owen and the first geological survey of Minnesota (Equatorial Minnesota)
• Nick Fraser on Triassic Reptiles (Link)

Museums, Methods, and Musings:

• My Annual Meeting Conundrum (SVP Blog)
• We cannot rely on for-profit corporations to build open scholarly infrastructure (SV-POW)
• Palaeontology Museums – 150 things about Canadian palaeo, part 9 (Musings of a Clumsy Paleontologist)
• The Future of Field Notes (The Fisheries Blog)
• Bear Ears Bibliography Project Update (Prehistoric Pub)

Arts, Books, Culture, and Fun:

• Paleoartist Profile: The Historian Himself, Brian Engh, Part 1 (PLOS Paleo)
• Paleoartist Profile: The Historian Himself, Brian Engh, Part 2 (PLOS Paleo)
• Utahraptor competition: the contenders (Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs)
• Books That Influenced Me The Most (Tetrapod Zoology)

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