This unique fish represents the first of its kind in the fossil record, and is named after an infamous sci-fi polyglot!
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Fossil Friday Roundup: December 1, 2017
Featured Image: The perinatal hadrosaurid right dentary (UALVP 54419), occlusal transverse histological thin section. From Bramble et al. (2017). Papers (All Open Access): Trophic and tectonic limits to the global increase of marine invertebrate diversity (Scientific Reports) Testing the applicability of a benthic foraminiferal-based transfer function for the reconstruction of paleowater depth changes in Rhodes (Greece)ContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 1, 2017”
Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017
The big moment is finally here! With 669 votes cast from around the world, we have our Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017. Our honorees were chosen from a field of 45 discoveries announced between December 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017, including everything from extinct mushrooms to ferocious dinosaurs. We were thrilled to see our TopContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017”
Fossil Friday Roundup: November 24, 2017
Featured Image: Gastropod, from Adiya et al (2017) Papers (All Open Access): Redox-independent chromium isotope fractionation induced by ligand-promoted dissolution (Nature Communications) North Atlantic variability and its links to European climate over the last 3000 years (Nature Communications) Revised geochronology, correlation, and dinosaur stratigraphic ranges of the Santonian-Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) formations of the Western InteriorContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: November 24, 2017”
Fossil Friday Roundup: November 17, 2017
Featured Image: Brachiopods (Eohadrotreta zhenbaensis) from the Cambrian of China. From Zhang et al. (2017). Papers (All Open Access): Stromatolites on the rise in peat-bound karstic wetlands (Scientific Reports) Does fuel type influence the amount of charcoal produced in wildfires? Implications for the fossil record (Palaeontology) Unlocking the biomineralization style and affinity of Paleozoic fusulinidContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: November 17, 2017”
Fossil Friday Roundup: November 10, 2017
Featured Image: Partial maxilla of spinosaur Irritator challengeri, from Sales and Schulz (2017), CC-BY. Less than 1 week to vote for the Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017! Vote here before it’s too late! Papers (All Open Access): Ediacaran developmental biology (Biological Reviews) Toy trains, loaded dice and the origin of life: dimerization on mineral surfacesContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: November 10, 2017”
Know thy namesake: the story of Gordon W. Weir and fossil fishes
The fossil fish Hemicalypterus weiri was named after Gordon Weir. But who is Gordon Weir?
Fossil Friday Roundup: November 3, 2017
Featured Image: Reconstruction of adult female giraffid, Decennatherium rex. Illustration by Oscar Sanisidro, from Ríos et al. (2017), CC-BY. Less than 2 weeks to vote for the Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017! Vote here before it’s too late! Papers (All Open Access): Leaf anatomy of a late Palaeozoic cycad (Biology Letters) Asteriacites and otherContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: November 3, 2017”
The “Slasher” Ray: An extinct fish with a saw-like nose — PLOS Paleontology Community
Are the “teeth” on a sawfish snout really teeth? A fossil might shed light on the question.
Fossil Friday Roundup: October 27, 2017
Featured Image: Reconstruction of Sinosauropteryx. From Smithwick et al. (2017). CC-BY. You can choose who deserves the honor of being among the Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017! Vote here! Papers (All Open Access): Foraminifera biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of Well 5, OML 34, Niger Delta, Nigeria (PalaeoE) Pteropoda (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Thecosomata) from the Eocene/Oligocene boundary intervalContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: October 27, 2017”
Sarah Z. Gibson 