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Thank you to all who came to my talk at #EAVP2026 to find out more about our latest research on #Pleistocene #hyena denning & #cannibalism in #Asia: Yai Ruak #cave, Peninsular #Thailand 🦴

Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology, recently published in Paleobiology, by @jgn-paleo.bsky.social - this is a *must read*, esp. for those in the archosaur realm www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This year's recipients of #EAVP #grants, our congratulations to: ERG: Alina Buschhaus AMG: Lisa Freisen, Giovanni Serafini, Giacomo Gobbo, Kim Stroben, Mohamed Abdou Abdou Fossil Studies Travel: Mirella López Miguel, Samuele Desogus We wish you every success with your research!

#EAVP2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania, has been a super enjoyable meeting in a beautiful city. My first EAVP in a decade but I hope to be in Vienna next year. Huge thanks to @darjadankina.bsky.social & all the @eavpalaeo.bsky.social organisers who did an amazing job.

Check out the work of the graduate students and postdocs from our Paleobiology Research Group at @eavpalaeo.bsky.social 2026 in Vilnius 🇱🇹👇

🦘 How big is too big to hop? Megan Jones explores the biomechanical limits of hopping in the hindlimbs of giant extinct kangaroos #eavp2026 #Palaeontology #Biomechanics

Rémi Lefebvre explores biomechanical trends in the thoracolumbar vertebrae of the Nile #crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus🐊), revealing how the spine adapts through early development. #EAVP2026 #Palaeontology #Biomechanics

#EAVP2026 afternoon continues with methods and innovation: dental microwear, cartilage volume, crocodilian biomechanics, extinct kangaroo hopping, thalattosuchian neurosensory evolution and synchrotron data. First up: Amín Bhija talking about prelim results of his project-->

🦷 What did South America's ancient marsupials eat? Dorien de Vries et al. combines dental topography and machine learning to reconstruct the diets of fossil metatherians, revealing how their ecological diversity changed through deep time. #EAVP2026 #Palaeontology

Michael Buchwitz explores one of #ichnology's biggest challenges: linking fossil footprints to their makers, and how phylogenetic approaches can help us better interpret ancient trackways. #EAVP2026

Session 6 begins: Collections, Methods and Innovation. Expect databases, trackways, fossil preservation, morphometrics, AI and machine learning in vertebrate palaeontology. Tom Foret opens with Tri-Jur archeosauropmorphs #eavp2026

How do we confront the colonial histories behind vertebrate #palaeontology #collections? @daniajinn.bsky.social explores the challenges & opportunities of working with colonial-era collections, asking how museums and researchers can build more ethical, transparent futures

Online talk in FossilLegal: talk by Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Viktor Baranov et al. examines how war transformed Ukrainian vertebrate palaeontology, from colonial legacy to global integration. #eavp2026

Starting soon: FossiLegal 2026 session, first up: "FossilLegal: Ten Years On" with our President Jeff Liston

Last talk of the session: Holly Anderson (@palaeophd) investigates fossils from Yai Ruak Cave, Thailand, revealing evidence for the southernmost #Pleistocene hyena den in Asia and signs of cannibalism!🦴 #EAVP2026 #Taphonomy #Pleistocene

PhD student Jeremias Glöggler discusses deep-time #palaeoenvironments of Eastern Africa, using large herbivorous mammals from the Turkana Basin to reconstruct ancient landscapes #eavp2026 *watch this space for Glöggler et al. (in prep), coming soon*

Timescales of Large Mammal Macroevolution discussed by Andrej Spiridonov #eavp2026

Simona Bekeraite's talking about evidence that avian predation may have helped drive nocturnality in small mammals. #eavp2026

Up now: how digital reconstruction is revealing the anatomy & evolution of dwarf hippopotamus Hippopotamus creutzburgi from Pleistocene Crete with Nikolaos Gerakakis. #EAVP2026 #Digital

Good morning from #EAVP2026! Today begins with Cenozoic vertebrate evolution and palaeoecology, then FossilLegal 2026, collections, methods and innovation.

Exciting news coming out of the AGM: We are delighted to announce that the 2027 European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) Annual Meeting will be held in Vienna, Austria! www.evomorg.org

🤩 annual CHARITY AUCTION Venue: Šnekutis (snekutis.com) Address: Šv. Mikalojaus st. 15, Vilnius 1 July, 19:00 (7:00 PM) Pay your own bill Come along &help us raise money for a great cause. Good people, good drinks + very good reason to be there!

EAVP members: the Annual General Meeting begins at 17:00 GMT+3. Come along, take part! #eavp2026

Ever felt your model fits but misses the story? Residuals might reveal hidden structures like non-linearity or clustering. What patterns are you discovering? #DataInsights

From Miocene Ukraine, insight into the ancient Paratethys. Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux explores the squamate assemblage from Grytsiv 🇺🇦 #EAVP2026 #Palaeontology

#EAVP2026: Using #microCT, Roy Minden Farman et al. uncover a hidden diversity in Pliocene salamandrids from Spain's Camp dels Ninots Konservat-Lagerstätte.... and I couldn't resist sharing his concluding slide with this cute axolotl.

#EAVP2026: This afternoon moves into Cenozoic vertebrate evolution and palaeoecology: karst caves, museum collections, fossil fishes, crocodylians, salamanders, snakes and mammals.

The current EAVP President, Jeff Liston, presents Anthony Maltese's research on suspension-feeding in the Niobrara Seaway, exploring the story of a not-always-ossified fish. #EAVP2026 #VertebratePalaeontology

Elena Cuesta Fidalgo explores the skull of Eoabelisaurus mefi #eavp2026

Today's session 3 begins: Mesozoic Vertebrate Evolution and Functional Morphology. From Tanystropheus neck mobility to early ceratosaurs and suspension-feeding fishes.

Neck Mobility of Tanystropheus through biomechanical analyses with Adam Rytel #eavp2026

Today's session 3 begins: Mesozoic Vertebrate Evolution and Functional Morphology. From Tanystropheus neck mobility to early ceratosaurs and suspension-feeding fishes.

Posters, people, palaeontology! The first day's poster sessions at the 23rd EAVP Annual Conference was packed with fresh research ideas and great conversations. Stay tuned for today's session. 👉 Please tag someone you spotted at the poster boards! #EAVP2026 #FossilFriends

Insights into Jurassic sea turtle diversity!🐢 A fresh look at historical Lagerstätten specimens is revealing just how varied eurysternid turtles (Thalassochelydia) really were. By JURASSICA Museum's @spichergael.bsky.social #EAVP2026

Nelson Llempen takes us to Torotoro, Bolivia, exploring the formation and palaeoecology of a high-density, avian-dominated track assemblage at Carreras Pampa. Ancient birds in motion. 🐦👣 #EAVP2026 #Ichnology #Palaeontology

Online now: FAN Yui Chi discusses wing muscle attachment in early paravians and what it may tell us about early flight strokes. #EAVP2026

PhD student Abhishek Natarajan presents their work on a newly discovered diminutive #Neosauropod from the Jurassic of India #EAVP2026

Another #ichnology talk at #EAVP2026 this morning! Honorary President Christian Meyer looks at an unusual structure made by sauropods from the Late Cretaceous Potosi Basin in Bolivia. Big dinosaurs & unusual behavioural questions.

First talk of the day, PhD student Vincenzo Gesualdi talking about a new Overprinting Index (OI) to help understand Sauropod Manus Morphology #EAVP2026

Four ways to sharpen your science this July. 🌿 Live online courses in stats, GIS & morphometrics — taught from anywhere. 🔗 https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses #IamTransmittingScience #TScourses #KeepLearning #RStats #QGIS #Morphometrics

Take the time to explore the posters and speak with presenters #EAVP2026

Former and present paleo students and staff from our institute at #EAVP2026 #Vilnius @eavpalaeo.bsky.social

#EAVP2026 Online ⚡️flash talks⚡️ begin soon: fast, focused updates on multituberculates, dwarf elephants, eggshell geochemistry and Pleistocene Hystrix. Four talks, twenty minutes.

🦕 One last talk before the coffee break! Following Raúl Esperante's exploration of Bolivian sauropod trackways, Matteo Belvedere presents today's second ichnology talk, uncovering new insights from sauropod tracks in France. #EAVP2026 #Ichnology #Sauropods

Michael Pittman presents a near-complete Patagonian parankylosaur, exploring tail weapon distinctiveness and miniaturisation #EAVP2026

Online talk alert: Natalia Jagielska presents Pterosaur Wings, a Complicated Story! Talk about iconic evolutionary experiments in vertebrate flight #EAVP2026 #Palaeontology

Interesting talk "Tracking Archosaurian Brain Evolution Through Early Embryonic Development" by Lisa Sophia Freisem looking at how studying embryos of birds, etc., & their relatives can reveal how the archosaur brain evolved #EAVP2026

Eduardo Puértolas Pascual showcasing small-Bodied Crocodylomorph from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. #EAVP2026

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