Tag Archives: Fossil Friday Roundup

Featured Image: Bajaichthys elegans, photograph of the holotype MCSNV T.922 From Davesne et al (2017), first paper listed below. Papers (All Open Access): Bajaichthys elegans from the Eocene of Bolca (Italy) and the overlooked morphological diversity of Zeiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha) (Palaeontology) The internal cranial anatomy of Romundina stellina Ørvig, 1975 (Vertebrata, Placodermi, Acanthothoraci) and the originContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: February 10, 2017”

Featured Image: The palaeoniscimorph Lambeia pectinatus. From Mickle (2017), first paper listed. Papers (All Open Access): The lower actinopterygian fauna from the Lower Carboniferous Albert shale formation of New Brunswick, Canada – a review of previously described taxa and a description of a new genus and species (Fossil Record) Atmospheric oxygen regulation at low Proterozoic levelsContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: February 3, 2017”

Featured Image: Artist’s reconstruction of two individuals of Siamogale melilutra sp. nov. Art by Mauricio Antón. For more information, see first paper. Papers (All Open Access): A new otter of giant size, Siamogale melilutra sp. nov. (Lutrinae: Mustelidae: Carnivora), from the latest Miocene Shuitangba site in north-eastern Yunnan, south-western China, and a total-evidence phylogeny of lutrines (Journal of SystematicContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: January 27, 2017”

Featured Image: Reconstructions of the white matter tracts of the Tasmanian Devil  (left) and Thylacine  (right). Fibers are colored according to their approximate orientation (left-right = red, rostral-caudal = green, dorsal-ventral = blue). From Burns and Ashwell (2017). Papers (All Open Access): Effects of Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations on mangrove population dynamics: a lesson from Sonneratia alba (BMC EvolutionaryContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: January 20, 2017”

Featured Image: The hyolith “Haplophrentis” could extend the tentacles of its feeding organ, lophophore, from between its shells. The paired spines, or helens, rotated downwards to prop the animal up off the ocean floor (Illustration by Danielle Dufault/ROM). For more information, see first item under News. Papers (All Open Access): The Lower Cretaceous in East-Central Utah—The CedarContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: January 13, 2017”

Featured Image: 3D printout of the Dwykaselachus brain case. Image courtesy University of Chicago. For more info, see first article under News Happy New Year everyone! Papers (All Open Access): The Importance of International Collaborations to Advance Research Endeavors (PLOS ONE) Body size–trophic position relationships among fishes of the lower Mekong basin (RSOS) Dinosaur incubation periods directly determined fromContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: January 6, 2017”

Featured Image: An artist’s depiction of Limusaurus inextricabilis, which was found to have lost its teeth in adolescence. Art by Yu Chen. First paper. Papers (All Open Access): Extreme Ontogenetic Changes in a Ceratosaurian Theropod (Current Biology) A cryptic record of Burgess Shale-type diversity from the early Cambrian of Baltica (Palaeontology) News: Obama declares Bears EarsContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 30, 2016”

Featured Image: Triceratops ornament adorns a Christmas Tree. Ornament was purchased at The Field Museum, Image by Sarah Gibson. Happy Holidays from the PLOS Paleo Community Editors! Papers (All Open Access): Cretaceous origin of dogwoods: an anatomically preserved Cornus (Cornaceae) fruit from the Campanian of Vancouver Island (PeerJ) Floral development and vascularization help to explain merism evolution inContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 23, 2016”

Featured Image: A new species of armored trumpetfish from Mexico, from Cantalice and Alvarado-Ortega (2016), first paper. Papers (All Open Access): Eekaulostomus cuevasae gen. and sp. nov., an ancient armored trumpetfish (Aulostomoidea) from Danian (Paleocene) marine deposits of Belisario Domínguez, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico (Palaeontologia Electronica) Retreat and extinction of the Late Pleistocene cave bear (Ursus spelaeusContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 16, 2016”

Feature Image: A rendering of the early marsupial relative, Didelphodon vorax. (First Paper) Credit: Misaki Ouchida Papers (All Open Access): A large carnivorous mammal from the Late Cretaceous and the North American origin of marsupials (Nature Communications) Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Bovay and Bolden clay pits (early Eocene Tallahatta Formation, Claiborne Group), northern Mississippi, USA (PalaeontologiaContinueContinue reading “Fossil Friday Roundup: December 9, 2016”