A new Upper Franconian ichthyosaur species has been discovered from Mistelgau. Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog! 🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/26/n... @spichergael.bsky.social @feikosaur.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social Artwork: @olorotitan.bsky.social

Researchers report the first fossil record of frogs and snakes from Taiwan, based on Middle Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage recovered from the Chochen–Tsailiao area. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...

A new Upper Franconian ichthyosaur species has been discovered from Mistelgau. Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog! 🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/26/n... @spichergael.bsky.social @feikosaur.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social Artwork: @olorotitan.bsky.social

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A new mite genus and species, found in Cretaceous amber in Myanmar, represents the first formally described fossil species in Chyzeriidae and displays an unusual feature likely used for defense. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...

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Two Jurrasic fish species belonging to the poorly known genus Thrissops have been discovered in England and Germany. doi.org/10.3897/zitt...

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Researchers describe a unique, 'weird' Mesozoic cricket based on a well-preserved specimen from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...

Researchers report a new species of Hypsodontus from the Dongxiang Formation at the Citan locality, China, dating to the late Early Miocene, marking the first definitive record of the type genus in China and the oldest record of this bovid genus. doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...

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The Early Miocene muroid fossils from the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin reveal a diverse and abundant rodent assemblage, suggesting the region served as an ecological refuge and corridor during a period of widespread mammalian migrations across Iberia. doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...

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Two new insect fossils from the Permian of Catalonia, including the first Iberian Probnidae, extend the known geographic range of pre-Triassic lineages adapted to arid environments. doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...

The study presents new histological data on the pelvic bones of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis, showing their porous structure and growth patterns, and suggesting a reduced role for the hind limbs in locomotion during the Late Triassic. doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...

Re-evaluated fossils from Patagonia’s Salamanca Formation, originally collected in 1924, show similarities to early caimanines but lack definitive traits, leading to a cautious reassignment as Caimaninae indeterminate. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... @unituebingen.bsky.social

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This study reports the first documented pathological vertebrae in the Triassic sauropterygian Paludidraco multidentatus. doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...

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