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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”

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”

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”

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”