Featured Image: Homo antecessor molars, from Martín-Francés et al. (2018). CC-BY
Papers (All Open Access):
- Synchrotron and Neutron Tomography of Paleontological Objects on the Facilities of the Kurchatov Institute (Journal of Imaging)
- Stepwise oxygenation of the Paleozoic atmosphere (Nature Communications)
- The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland—A geochemical window on early Cambrian low-oxygen environments and ecosystems (Geobiology)
- Palaeocene–Eocene carbon isotopic excursion from the shallow-marine-carbonate sequence of northeast India: Implications on the CIE magnitude and geometry (Journal of Earth System Science)
- Coupled microbial bloom and oxygenation decline recorded by magnetofossils during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (Nature Communications)
- The other biodiversity record: Innovations in animal-substrate interactions through geologic time (GSA Today)
- River Systems and the Anthropocene: A Late Pleistocene and Holocene Timeline for Human Influence (Quaternary)
- Can secondary contact following range expansion be distinguished from barriers to gene flow? (PeerJ)
- Ediacaran scavenging as a prelude to predation (Emerging Topics in Life Science)
- Developmental studies provide new insights into the evolution of sense organs in Sabellariidae (Annelida) (BMC Evolutionary Biology)
- Anamorphic development and extended parental care in a 520 million-year-old stem-group euarthropod from China (BMC Evolutionary Biology)
- A new species of Dignomus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Eocene Baltic amber (Zootaxa)
- Environmental distribution of post-Palaeozoic crinoids from the Iberian and south-Pyrenean basins, NE Spain (APP)
- A fish and tetrapod fauna from Romer’s Gap preserved in Scottish Tournaisian floodplain deposits (Palaeontology)
- Neogene Paratethyan croakers (Teleostei, Scienidae) (RIPS)
- Osteology of a forelimb of an aetosaur Stagonolepis olenkae (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Krasiejów locality in Poland and its probable adaptations for a scratch-digging behavior (PeerJ)
- Archosauromorph extinction selectivity across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary (Palaeontology)
- The turtles from the upper Eocene, Osona County (Ebro Basin, Catalonia, Spain): new material and its faunistic and environmental context (Fossil Record)
- large-sized basal ankylopollexian from East Asia, shedding light on early biogeographic history of Iguanodontia (Science Bulletin)
- X-ray computed tomography (XCT) and chemical analysis (EDX and XRF) used in conjunction for cultural conservation: the case of the earliest scientifically described dinosaur Megalosaurus bucklandii (Heritage Science)
- Biological inclusions in amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska (American Museum novitates)
- Morphological adaptations for relatively larger brains in hummingbird skulls (Ecology and Evolution)
- Trace fossils and fluvial-lacustrine ichnofacies of the Eocene Uinta and Duchesne River Formations, northern Uinta Basin, Utah (Geology of the Intermountain West)
- A Review of locomotor diversity in mammals with analyses exploring the influence of substrate use, body mass and intermembral index in primates (Journal of Zoology)
- Evolutionary history of the endemic water shrew Neomys anomalus: Recurrent phylogeographic patterns in semi‐aquatic mammals of the Iberian Peninsula (Ecology and Evolution)
- Oldest ctenodactyloid tarsals from the Eocene of China and evolution of locomotor adaptations in early rodents (BMC Evolutionary Biology)
- Looking for the key to preservation of fossil marine vertebrates in the Pisco Formation of Peru: new insights from a small dolphin skeleton (Andean Geology)
- Distinct Predatory Behaviors in Scimitar- and Dirk-Toothed Sabertooth Cats (Current Biology)
- Two medium-sized deinotheres (Proboscidea: Mammalia) from the Miocene rocks of Eastern Carpathians Foreland (Romania) (Geological Quarterly)
- Tooth crown tissue proportions and enamel thickness in Early Pleistocene Homo antecessor molars (Atapuerca, Spain) (PLOS ONE)
- The Middle Pleistocene (MIS 12) human dental remains from Fontana Ranuccio (Latium) and Visogliano (Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Italy. A comparative high resolution endostructural assessment (PLOS ONE)
- Maternal genetic features of the Iron Age Tagar population from Southern Siberia (1st millennium BC) (PLOS ONE)
- Molecular archaeoparasitology identifies cultural changes in the Medieval Hanseatic trading centre of Lübeck (ProcB)
- Predicting academic career outcomes by predoctoral publication record (PeerJ)
PrePrints and PostPrints:
Community Events, Society Updates, and Resources:
Meetings:
- 78th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), October 17–20, 2018, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Link)
- 2018 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 4–7, 2018, Indianapolis, Indiana (Link)
- 1st Palaeontological Virtual Congress, December 1–15, 2018 (Link)
- The 1st Palaeontological Virtual Congress: new abstract deadline, and registration payment methods (SVPOW)
- North American Paleontological Convention June 23–27 2019 (Link)
Events:
- National Fossil Day 2018: Events UPDATED 10/1/18 (PLOS Paleontology Community)
Announcements:
- Help take Open Science to the next level – become a PeerJ Ambassador (PeerJ)
News and Views:
Animals and Anatomy:
- Where did broadleaved evergreen trees survive during the last glacial period in Japan? (Link)
- Favorite Maniraptor of 2017 Results (Raptormaniacs)
- Ledumahadi mafube (Equatorial Minnesota)
- Fossil Friday – hadrosaur jacket update (Valley of the Mastodon)
- New Titleholder for the Largest Bird of All Time (Laelaps)
- Following in the Steps of a Peculiar Protomammal (Laelaps)
- Lions in the Carpathians (Synapsida)
Methods and Musings:
- Teaching Controversial Subjects in a Conservative Area (Time Scavengers)
- A Metasequoia Moment (Extinct)
Featured Folks, Fieldwork, and Museums:
- SciFest in St. Louis (Common Descent)
- Bad Science Part 3: Podcast interview with Corina Logan (PeerJ Blog)
Arts, Books, Culture, Fun:
- You have been summoned! Announcing the SummonENGH 2018 Paleoart Contest (SVPOW)
- Vintage Dinosaur Art: My Favorite Dinosaurs – Part 2 (LITC)
- Predentaries: A Poem (An Anatomist’s Guide)
- When Dinosaurs Attac (LITC)
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