Featured Image: Juvenile specimen of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis (PMOL-AR00007). From Shao et al (2017).
Papers (All Open Access):
- Polyphyly of the extinct family Oviparosiphidae and its implications for inferring aphid evolution (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) (PLOS ONE)
- The phylogeny of fossil whip spiders (BMC Evolutionary Biology)
- Miocene sepiids (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) from Australia (Fossil Record)
- Redescription of ‘Perleidus‘ (Osteichthys, Actinopterygii) from the Early Triassic of Northwestern Madagascar (RIPS)
- Virtual reconstruction of the endocranial anatomy of the early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph Pelagosaurus typus (Thalattosuchia) (PeerJ)
- Evolution of developmental sequences in lepidosaurs (PeerJ)
- New species of Deinogalerix (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from the late Miocene of Scontrone (Abruzzo, central Italy) (PalaeoE)
- Assessment of dental ontogeny in late Miocene hipparionines from the Lamagou fauna of Fugu, Shaanxi Province, China (PLOS ONE)
- Re-evaluation of the very large Eomellivora fricki (Pia, 1939) (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Mellivorinae) from the Late Miocene of Austria (PalaeoE)
- Forelimb bone curvature in terrestrial and arboreal mammals (PeerJ)
- First report of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Gray Fossil Site (late Miocene or early Pliocene), Tennessee, USA (PeerJ)
- Biases in the study of relationships between biodiversity dynamics and fluctuation of environmental conditions (PalaeoE)
- Role of Sediment Size and Biostratinomy on the Development of Biofilms in Recent Avian Vertebrate Remains (Frontiers in Earth Science)
- RelTime rates collapses to a strict clock when estimating the timeline of animal diversification (GBE)
Community Events, Society Updates, and Resources:
- Diversity in Paleontology Workshop GoFundMe (Link)
- PLOS Early Career Travel Award Program, Due May 31 (Link)
New and Views:
Animals and Anatomy:
- Ouch! U of T paleontologists identify 508-million-year-old sea creature with can opener-like pincers (Link)
- Walking with ichthyosaurs: the amphibious ichthyosaur hypothesis (Mark Witton Blog)
- The Mark of the Mosasaur (Laelaps)
- Prenocephale: Beast of the Week (Prehistoric Beast of the Week)
- The Case of the Headless Corythosaurus (Laelaps)
- Japan’s largest fossilized dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Hokkaido (Link)
- Fossil Friday – possible bobcat tooth (Valley of the Mastodon)
- Pinnipeds: Ribbon and Ringed Seals (Synapsida)
- Paleo Profile: Little Anubis (Laelaps)
- Episode 7: Primates (Common Descent Podcast)
- Controversial study claims humans reached Americas 100,000 years earlier than thought (Link)
- DNA from extinct humans discovered in cave sediments (Link)
- Replica Brain Reveals Advanced Communication In Fossil Human Ancestor (Link)
- Smile: fun things to look for in your dental x-rays (SV-POW)
Featured Folks and Fieldwork:
- Digitally mapping Australia’s coastal dinosaur tracks – Author interview with Anthony Romilio (PeerJ Blog)
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs – 150 things about Canadian palaeo, part 10 (Musings of a Clumsy Paleontologist)
- Episode 32: Bureau of Land (Before Time) Management: Interview with ReBecca Hunt-Foster (Beyond the Microscope Podcast)
Museums, Methods, and Musings:
- How to make your research 100% Open Access for free (and legally) (Green Tea and Velociraptors)
- Declining a review request for a non-open journal (SV-POW)
- I Found a Tenure-Track Job. Here’s What it Took. (Chronicle Vitae)
- Hobbits, Ghosts, and Total Evidence (Extinct)
- Specimen of the Week 289: Proavis Wax Model (UCL Museum & Collections Blog)
- This Mesozoic Month: April 2017 (Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs)
- Dinosaur click-bait: is getting your attention more important than getting it right? (Link)
- An introduction to writing a peer review (Small Pond Science)
Arts, Books, Culture, and Fun:
- There has been an Aquilopsing – have you felt it? (SV-POW)
- A Review of Neandertal: The Strange Saga of the Minnesota Iceman, Part 1 (Tetrapod Zoology)
- Vintage Dinosaur Art: Private Lives of Animals: Prehistoric Animals – Part 3 (Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs)
- Prehistoric Beast of the Week Visits Jurassic World: The Exhibition (Prehistoric Beast of the Week)
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