Category Archives: Fossil Friday Roundup

Featured Image: Tethydraco regalis FSAC-OB 199 ulna. From Longrich et al (2018), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Atlantic deep water circulation during the last interglacial (Scientific Reports) Wangshangkia, a new Devonian ostracod genus from Dushan of Guizhou, South China (Journal of Micropalaeontology) Ostracods (Crustacea) as shelf to basin indicators: evidence from Late Devonian Yangdi and Nandong sectionsContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: March 16, 2018”

Featured Image: Artist’s reconstruction of the Permian reptile Captorhinus with an autotomous tail (inset showing anterior caudal vertebrae with fracture planes). Reconstruction by Danielle Dufault. From LeBlanc et al (2018). CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete and its evolutionary history—an integrative taxonomy approach (PeerJ) Development and evolution of tooth renewal in neoselachianContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: March 9, 2018”

Featured Image: Skull of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis from the Upper Triassic of southwest Poland (UOPB 01029). From Konietzko-Meier et al (2017), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Climate warming drives local extinction: Evidence from observation and experimentation (Science Advances) Warm and cold wet states in the western United States during the Pliocene–Pleistocene (Geology) Penetrative trace fossils from theContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: March 2, 2018”

Featured Image: Leaves constituting the litter are of Eretmophyllum (Ginkgoales), a common plant macroremain as cuticles in the Spanish amber-bearing strata. Body color of the collembolans is conjectural but based on the coloration seen in the close extant relatives (artist J. A. Peñas, with scientific supervision). From Sánchez-Garcia et al. (2017), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access):ContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: February 23, 2018”

Featured Image: reconstruction of Limulus polyphemus in dorsal and ventral view. From Bicknell et al. (2017), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Syn-sedimentary tectonics and facies analysis in a rift setting: Cretaceous Dalmiapuram Formation, Cauvery Basin, SE India (Journal of Palaeogeography) UV-B–induced forest sterility: Implications of ozone shield failure in Earth’s largest extinction (Science Advances) DiatomContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: February 16, 2018”

Featured Image: Reconstruction of Tanystropheus. From Renesto and Saller (2017), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Cross-Scale Molecular Analysis of Chemical Heterogeneity in Shale Rocks (Scientific Reports) Testing optically stimulated luminescence dating on sand-sized quartz of deltaic deposits from the Sperchios delta plain, central Greece (Journal of Palaeogeography) Anomalous K-Pg–aged seafloor attributed to impact-induced mid-ocean ridge magmatismContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: February 9, 2018”

Featured Image: Polarized cross-section of dinosaur bone from Australia. From Woodward et al. (2017), CC-BY. Papers (All Open Access): Eocene greenhouse climate revealed by coupled clumped isotope-Mg/Ca thermometry (PNAS) Pleistocene glaciation of Fenland, England, and its implications for evolution of the region (RSOS) Contrasting temperature trends across the ice-free part of Greenland (Scientific Reports) AContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: January 26, 2018”

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”

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”