Featured Image: Glyptodont osteoderms. From de Lima and Porpino (2018), CC-BY.
Papers (All Open Access):
- Can you make morphometrics work when you know the right answer? Pick and mix approaches for apple identification (PLOS ONE)
- Spatial and temporal distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments from Poyang Lake, China (PLOS ONE)
- Morphological characterization of virus-like particles in coral reef sponges (PeerJ)
- The Messinian stromatolites of the Sierra del Colmenar (Western Mediterranean): facies characterization and sedimentological interpretation (PeerJ)
- Morphological diversity of Quercus fossil pollen in the northern South China Sea during the last glacial maximum and its paleoclimatic implication (PLOS ONE)
- Evolutionary Transition in the Late Neogene Planktonic Foraminiferal Genus Truncorotalia (iScience)
- Conodonts, Corals and Stromatoporoids from Late Ordovician and Latest Silurian Allochthonous Limestones in the Cuga Burga Volcanics of Central Western New South Wales (Proceedings of the Linnean Society of NSW)
- ESR Dating Ungulate Teeth and Molluscs from the Paleolithic Site Marathousa 1, Megalopolis Basin, Greece (Quaternary)
- A Piranha-like Pycnodontiform Fish from the Late Jurassic (Current Biology)
- The Smallest-Known Neonate Individual of Tylosaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) Sheds New Light on the Tylosaurine Rostrum and Heterochrony (JVP)
- Morphogenetic mechanism of the acquisition of the dinosaur-type acetabulum (RSOS)
- The hippocampus of birds in a view of evolutionary connectomics (Cortex)
- Ectoparasitism and infections in the exoskeletons of large fossil cingulates (PLOS ONE)
- Nyctereutes (Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae) from Layna and the Eurasian raccoon-dogs: an updated revision (RIPS)
- New Paratethyan dwarf baleen whales mark the origin of cetotheres (PeerJ)
- Dogs accompanied humans during the Neolithic expansion into Europe (Biology Letters)
- What If the ‘Anthropocene’ Is Not Formalized as a New Geological Series/Epoch? (Quaternary)
- Can we detect ecosystem critical transitions and signals of changing resilience from paleo‐ecological records? (Ecosphere)
PrePrints and PostPrints:
- Modelling determinants of extinction across two Mesozoic hyperthermal events (PaleorXiv)
- Could Late Cretaceous sauropod tooth morphotypes provide supporting evidence for faunal connections between North Africa and Southern Europe? (PeerJ)
Community Events, Society Updates, and Resources:
Meetings:
- 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 10/9/18 (PLOS Paleontology Community)
Resources:
- Teaching in the Grant Museum (UCL)
News and Views:
Animals and Anatomy:
- Geologists Question ‘Evidence Of Ancient Life’ In 3.7 Billion-Year-Old Rocks (NPR)
- Episode 95: Plants and Atmosphere (Palaeocast)
- Fun with Foraminifera (Time Scavengers)
- The Secret to Dinosaur Hip Shape (Laelaps)
- Sacral pneumatization in sauropods was complex (SVPOW)
- Maybe pneumaticity is variable because it’s built on a shaky foundation (SVPOW)
- Fossil Friday – Dynamoterror dynastes (Valley of the Mastodon)
- Bats That Eat Fish (Synapsida)
Methods and Musings:
- Compact Thescelosaurus Year Three (Equatorial Minnesota)
- New publications on middle Miocene walruses of southern California and Baja California Sur (Caribbean Paleonbiology)
- Testing for sexual selection (Archosaur Musings)
- Escape from the ivory tower: why sharing your knowledge with the surrounding society is more than a mission, it’s a necessity (PLOS ECR Community)
Featured Folks, Fieldwork, and Museums:
- Mike Taylor interview by Szymon Górnicki (SVPOW)
- Guest Post: Learning about preprints with PREreview (PLOS ECR Community)
- TetZooCon 2018 Day 2 (LITC)
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