Featured Image: From Mangano et al. (2018).
Papers (All Open Access):
- Late Cenozoic cooling favored glacial over tectonic controls on sediment supply to the western Gulf of Mexico (Geology)
- Testate Amoebae in the 407-Million-Year-Old Rhynie Chert (Current Biology)
- The Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE China (J Palaeogeography)
- Trophic niche breadth of pond zooplankton species using stable isotope analysis and the relationship with the abiotic and biotic factors (RSOS)
- Trace fossils associated with Burgess Shale non-biomineralized carapaces: bringing taphonomic and ecological controls into focus (RSOS)
- Late Pleistocene insects from the Dubrovino site at Ob River (West Siberia, Russia) and their paleoenvironmental significance (PalaeoE)
- A new species of Tipula LINNAEUS, 1758 (Diptera: Tipulidae) from Green River Formation, USA (Acta zoologica cracoviensia)
- Private parts for private property: evolution of penis size with more valuable, easily stolen shells (RSOS)
- Neogene Caribbean elasmobranchs: diversity, paleoecology and paleoenvironmental significance of the Cocinetas Basin assemblage (Guajira Peninsula, Colombia) (Biogeosciences)
- Ocean acidification alters morphology of all otolith types in Clark’s anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) (PeerJ)
- The sinemydid turtle Ordosemys from the Lower Cretaceous Mengyin Formation of Shandong, China and its implication for the age of the Luohandong Formation of the Ordos Basin (PeerJ)
- Variation in Morphology and Kinematics Underlies Variation in Swimming Stability and Turning Performance in Freshwater Turtles (IOB)
- Microstructure of scales in selected lizard species (Saudi J Biol Sci)
- Cranial osteology of Beipiaosaurus inexpectus (Theropoda: Therizinosauria) (Vertebrata PalAsiatica)
- Access to Geosciences – Ways and Means to share and publish collection data (RIO)
Preprints/PostPrints:
- Comparative biomechanical analysis demonstrates functional convergence between slender-snouted crocodilians and phytosaurs (PeerJ)
- Trait-based modelling in ecology: lessons from two decades of research (PeerJ)
- Inferring lifestyle for Aves and Theropoda: a model based on curvatures of extant avian ungual bones (bioRXiv)
Community Events, Society Updates, and Resources:
Meetings:
- DinoFest 2019, January 26–27, 2019, Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (Link)
- PaleoFest, March 2–3, 2019, Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, Illinois (Link)
- Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists, March 15–17, 2019, University of Oregon (Link)
- 11th Conference on Fossil Resources, Casper, Wyoming, May 30-June 2, 2019 (Link)
- North American Paleontological Convention June 23–27 2019 (Link)
Journal Updates:
- PeerJ to award excellent science in genomics, biochemistry, bioinformatics, paleontology, microbiology and ecology (PeerJ)
- Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Editorial (Link)
News and Views:
Animals and Anatomy:
- How Blood Evolved (Many Time) (PBS Eons)
- FAU palaeontologists demonstrate that coralline red algae have existed for 300 million years longer than previously presumed (Link)
- Bumps and lumps: a primer on temnospondyl ornamentation (TemnoTalk)
- Macrocollum: Prehistoric Beast of the Week (PBW)
- Pregnant Plesiosaurs and Baby Bones: Bone histology reveals ontogeny in polycotylid plesiosaurs (PLOS Paleo)
- Episode 52 – Sounds of the Past (Fossil Bioacoustics) (Common Descent)
- Fossil Friday – Zygolophodon tooth (Valley of the Mastodon)
- When Humans Were Prey (PBS Eons)
Methods and Musings:
- Dinosaurs: A Catalyst For Critical Thought (Link)
- Paleontologist Encourages Critical Thinking on Dinosaurs to Make Better Citizens (Link)
- AuthorAID – What is open science and why is it important? (GTV)
- A new venue (Archosaur Musings)
- Crystal Ball for 2019 (Equatorial Minnesota)
Featured Folks, Fieldwork, and Museums:
- Prehistoric Beast at the Academy of Natural Sciences (PBW)
- Making The Third Planet (Extinct Monsters)
Arts, Books, Culture, Fun:
- Vintage Dinosaur Art: Digging for Dinosaurs (LITC)
Do you have some news, a blog, or something just plain cool you want to share with the PLOS Paleo Community? Email it to us at paleocommunity@plos.org, tweet it to us at @PLOSPaleo, or message us on Facebook.
Sarah Z. Gibson 