Featured Image: Tylosaurus bernardi IRScNB 3672. From Jiménez-Huidobro and Caldwell (2019).
Papers (All Open Access):
- Darwin review: angiosperm phylogeny and evolutionary radiations (ProcB)
- A new species of Zorotypus (Insecta, Zoraptera, Zorotypidae) and the earliest known suspicious mating behavior of Zorapterans from the mid‐cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Link)
- Predators And Preys: A Case History For Saurichthys (Costasaurichthys) costasquamosus Rieppel, 1985 From The Ladinian Of Lombardy (Italy) (RIPS)
- Loancorhynchus catrillancai gen. et sp. nov., a new swordfish (Xiphioidei, Blochiidae) from the Middle Eocene of central Chile (PeerJ)
- Cytogenetics, genomics and biodiversity of the South American and African Arapaimidae fish family (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes) (PLOS ONE)
- Evidence of cryptic lineages within a small South American crocodilian: the Schneider’s dwarf caiman Paleosuchus trigonatus (Alligatoridae: Caimaninae) (PeerJ)
- A New Hypothesis of the Phylogenetic Relationships of the Tylosaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauroidea) (Frontiers in Earth Science)
- Large neotheropods from the Upper Triassic of North America and the early evolution of large theropod body sizes (Journal of Paleontology)
- A new transitional therizinosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China (SciRep)
- Quaternary climatic fluctuations and resulting climatically suitable areas for Eurasian owlets (Ecology and Evolution)
- Parental care or opportunism in South African Triassic cynodonts? (SAJS)
- Alpha and sigma taxonomy of Lystrosaurus murrayi and L. declivis, Triassic dicynodonts (Therapsida) from the Karoo Basin, South Africa (SAJS)
- A neotype for Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758. (American Museum novitates)
- Diversity and Disparity of Therocephalia: Macroevolutionary Patterns through Two Mass Extinctions (SciRep)
- Mechanical significance of morphological variation in diprotodont incisors (RSOS)
- Late Miocene Fossil Calibration from Yunnan Province for the Striped Rabbit Nesolagus (Vertebrata PalAsiatica)
- Shifts in cranial integration associated with ecological specialization in pinnipeds (Mammalia, Carnivora) (RSOS)
- Functional tests of the competitive exclusion hypothesis for multituberculate extinction (RSOS)
- A new early Pliocene locality Tepe Alagöz (Turkey) reveals a distinctive tooth phenotype of Trischizolagus (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) in Asia Minor (PalaeoE)
- A preliminary study of serial stable isotope analysis tracks foraging ecology of fossil Asian elephants in South China (Vertebrata PalAsiatica)
- Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America (PeerJ)
- Old wild wolves: ancient DNA survey unveils population dynamics in Late Pleistocene and Holocene Italian remains (PeerJ)
- The evolutionary contingency thesis and evolutionary idiosyncrasies (Biology and Philosphy)
Preprints/PostPrints:
- Extinction and the U.S. Endangered Species Act (PeerJ)
Community Events, Society Updates, and Resources:
Meetings:
- 11th Conference on Fossil Resources, Casper, Wyoming, May 30-June 2, 2019 (Link)
- North American Paleontological Convention June 23–27 2019 (Link)
National Fossil Day Updates:
- National Fossil Day 2019: Call for Partners, Art Contest (PLOS Paleo)
News and Views:
Animals and Anatomy:
- An introduction to pterosaurs (PJCDM Blogsaur)
- Hadrosaurus: Beast of the week (PBW)
- What is Lingyuanosaurus? (Theropod Database Blog)
- World’s biggest T. rex discovered (NatGeo)
- Our knowledge of dinosaurs is evolving. So is the way we depict them (Link)
- Mastodon Surprise! An Interview with Alton Dooley (PLOS Paleo)
Featured Folks, Fieldwork, and Museums:
- Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, dean of the School of Earth & Environment, receives The Explorers Club Medal (Link)
- NHM Museum palaeontologists to join dino dig in Wyoming, USA (c)
Arts, Books, Culture, Fun:
- Hello, ladies! (SVPOW)
- Joseph Barratt’s Grave (Atlas Obscura)
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