Monthly Archives: September 2018

Featured Image: Pachycormus from Strawberry Bank. Right lateral view of BRLSI M1297. From Cawley et al. (2018). CC-BY Papers (All Open Access): A centuries-long delay between a paleo-ice-shelf collapse and grounding-line retreat in the Whales Deep Basin, eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica (Scientific Reports) Genus Pronephrium Presl 1851 (Thelypteridaceae) in Romania (Journal of Palaeogeography) A new fossilContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: September 28, 2018”

Featured Image: Molfetta dinosaur tracks, photogrammetry derived 3D models and interpretations; 1-2, DEM and contour line map of a theropod footprint (contour lines have an interval of 0.2 cm). From Petti et al. (2018). CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Quantifying the dark data in museum fossil collections as palaeontology undergoes a second digital revolution (Biology Letters)ContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: September 21, 2018”

Featured Image: Reconstruction in sketch of Yizhousaurus in left lateral view (drawn by Xiao-Cong Guo), regions in red rim represent absent elements. From Zhang et al. (2018), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Stratigraphic signatures of mass extinctions: ecological and sedimentary determinants (Proc B) Anatomy of the Ediacaran rangeomorph Charnia masoni (Papers in Palaeontology) The middle MioceneContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: September 14, 2018”

Featured Image: Metaceratodus ellioti teeth, Kemp, QM F14971 (Photo: Rodney Berrell). From Fletcher et al. (2018), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Episodic Sedimentary Evolution of an Alluvial Fan (Huangshui Catchment, NE Tibetan Plateau) (Quaternary) The palaeoenvironment of the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, Queensland, Australia (PeerJ) Discussion meeting issue ‘Hyperthermals: rapid and extreme globalContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: September 7, 2018”