Featured Image: Left view of the Montmaurin-LN mandible. From Vialet et al. (2017), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Substrate growth dynamics and biomineralization of an Ediacaran encrusting poriferan (ProcB) Gypsophila bermejoi G. López: A possible case of speciation repressed by bioclimatic factors (PLOS ONE) MORPHYLL: A database of fossil leaves and their morphological traits (PalaeoE)ContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: January 19, 2018”
Author Archives: Sarah Z. Gibson
Reaching the Masses: #MuseumSelfieDay, National Fossil Day 2018, and Social Media
Today is #MuseumSelfieDay, a hashtag event on Twitter that encourages people to visit their local museums, be it art, history, or natural history, and take selfies with their favorite exhibits, displays, and finds to share with the world. It’s a fantastic use of social media to bring awareness to museums and to encourage visitors toContinueContinue reading “Reaching the Masses: #MuseumSelfieDay, National Fossil Day 2018, and Social Media”
Fossil Friday Roundup: January 12, 2018
Featured Image: Diluvicursor pickeringi gen. et sp. nov. holotype (NMV P221080), middle caudal vertebrae. From Herne et al. (2017), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): New Research at Paisley Caves: Applying New Integrated Analytical Approaches to Understanding Stratigraphy, Taphonomy and Site Formation Processes (PaleoAmerica) Comparison of genetic variation between northern and southern populations of Lilium cernuum(Liliaceae): ImplicationsContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: January 12, 2018”
Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Eekaulostomus cuevasae | PLOS Paleo Community
This is an article I wrote for the PLOS Paleontology Community blog, and am archiving it here. The original post was published on December 28, 2017, and can be accessed here. With the end of the year comes the end to our countdown of the winners of the Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa ofContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Eekaulostomus cuevasae | PLOS Paleo Community”
Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Websteroprion armstrongi | PLOS Paleo Community
This is an article I wrote for the PLOS Paleontology Community blog, and am archiving it here. I was originally published on December 5, 2017. You can see the original post here. We listened to your feedback from last year’s Top 10 OA Fossil Vertebrates contest, and we agreed. Non-vertebrates needed representation, too! So of the 45 nominees we includedContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Websteroprion armstrongi | PLOS Paleo Community”
Fossil Friday Roundup: January 5, 2018
Featured Image: Cranium of Nothosaurus marchicus from Anisian of The Netherlands. From Voeten et al (2017), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Probabilistic inversion of expert assessments to inform projections about Antarctic ice sheet responses (PLOS ONE) Cave Ecosystems: Microbiological View (European Journal of Biology) How water availability influences morphological and biomechanical properties in the one-leafContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: January 5, 2018”
Fossil Friday Roundup: December 29, 2017
Featured Image: A new Oligocene dolphin from Ecuador. From Tanaka et al (2017). Papers (All Open Access): Origin and geochemical characterization of the glauconites in the Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation, Narmada Basin, central India (Journal of Palaeogeography) Additional contributions to the knowledge of the Taquaral Member, Irati Formation (Lower Permian, Paraná Basin): Taphonomy and paleoenvironmentalContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 29, 2017”
Fossil Friday Roundup: December 22, 2017
Featured Image: Happy Holidays from the PLOS Paleontology Community editors Andy, Jon, and Sarah! Papers (All Open Access): Rooting phylogenetic trees under the coalescent model using site pattern probabilities (BMC Evolutionary Biology) Deepest and hottest hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough: the Yokosuka site at Yaeyama Knoll (RSOS) Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in endangered Pinus amamianaContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 22, 2017”
Fossil Friday Roundup: December 15, 2017
Featured Image: Reconstruction of the tick Deinocroton draculi on an immature feathered dinosaur. The reconstruction shows two unengorged males (left) and a female feeding to engorgement (right). Image by Oscar Sanisidro. From Peñalver et al (2017). Papers (All Open Access): Differences between hard and soft phylogenetic data (ProcB) A Biased, Misleading Review on Early Angiosperms (Natural Science) TheContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 15, 2017”
Fossil Friday Roundup: December 8, 2017
Featured Image: SEM Examples of pollen grains in Myrtales. From Kriebal et al (2017). Read our Latest Newsletter! Papers (All Open Access): The reproducibility of research and the misinterpretation of p-values (RSOS) Soft-Bodied Fossils Are Not Simply Rotten Carcasses – Toward a Holistic Understanding of Exceptional Fossil Preservation (BioEssays) A continuous morphological approach to studyContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 8, 2017”
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