JOB KLAXON! The @nhm-london.bsky.social is recruiting a micro-CT specialist! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

1/ Last week I attended to a conference entilted "Interactions between human societies and marine invertebrates" (I love how niche and obscure these meetings are), and I learned about the Neolithic desert kites, these huge traps in Middle East. The link with marine inverts ? A quick thread ! 🦑🏺

Out now: latest addition to the Grande volume! Guang-Hui Xu reevaluates Guizhoubrachysomus from the Middle Triassic of southern China. Interpreted as a "luganoiid" in the past, this work argues Guizhoubrachysomus is instead an early dapediid, a group most famous from Jurassic deposits of Europe.

As we head into the festive period, don't forget to apply for my awesome project (including much cleverer co-supervisors) on flowering plant (genome) evolution by January 8. You know you'll regret it if you don't! 🎄🧑‍🎄🔔🎁☃️❄️

Festive update on chondrichthyan jaw evolution: Evolution of chondrichthyan jaw morphology, from ecological generalists to specialists, led by Ben Griffin, with help from @evopalaeo.bsky.social @euphanerops.bsky.social @emilyrayfield.bsky.social Pablo Milla Carmona and Zerina Johanson

Absolutely delighted to be a recipient of the @thepalass.bsky.social Annual Meeting Poster Prize at #Palass25! It was a pleasure to discuss our new taphonomic approaches with so many of you all.

New paper! Here we look at shape evolution of the mandible in Pelagiaria, a group of open-ocean fishes that includes tuna and mackerel. We find that shape disparity accumulated rapidly at the origin of the clade at around the K/Pg boundary... academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

#YOURPALAEOLIFE IS BACK! But we’re a bit different this time - If you're an established researcher, over 5 years post-PhD, it’s time to shine. Tell us about your field work ambitions, triumphs and (rock-) crushing disappointments. #whenthestudentsaway #thePIgetstoplay forms.gle/etx3gqg7DWZb...

🌟 Today — Thursday 11th December 🌟 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Palaeontological Association (PalAss) 2025 Annual Meeting – Early-Career Researcher Workshop & Social 📍 University of Portsmouth, UK 📌 Schedule 🕐 13:00 – 14:00 — Registration (Portland Building) 🧑‍🔬 14:00 – 17:00 — Workshop: “Learning from experience: [1/2]

⏳ Just 2 days left until our 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association in Portsmouth! 🎉 We’re excited to see you there! 🔗 palass.org/annual-meeti... #PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology

⏳ Only 3 days left until the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association kicks off in Portsmouth, UK! 🇬🇧🦕 We can’t wait to see everyone there! 🔗  palass.org/annual-meeti... #conference #palaeontology #PalAss2025

🚨 Apply to host the PalAss Exceptional Lecturer! Dr Yara Haridy from the University of Chicago, USA can give a talk entitled "Deep time origins of your skeleton and the evolution of bone disease" either at your institution or online. [1/2]

Could I ask you to please take a moment to sign and share this. Education matters, and needs to be fought for. Thank you. www.change.org/p/save-geolo...

Interested in Historical Ecology and Conservation Palaeobiology? 🪸🦀 Steve Pates and I are offering a PhD project on Unlocking Palaeo-Historical Biodiversity Data to Inform Ecological Baselines @es-ucl.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 19th January 2026 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums. www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...

Why such a long face? In our new paper, we quantified dinosaur skull geometry and proportions and tested their functional impact. www.cell.com/iscience/ful... (Artwork by Andy Frazer @dragonsofwales.bsky.social) 1/5

🎉🦕 Big news! The Palaeontological Association has just released the abstract booklet and programme for the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association (Portsmouth, 11–15 Dec 2025)! 🌍📖 ⬇️ palass.org/annual-meeti... #conference #PalAss25 #uk

Open Palaeontology is looking for Managing Editors and Steering Committee members! Please consider joining us on our mission to promote community open-access publishing in palaeontology.

No. I don’t just draw dinosaurs! These illustrations were commissioned for the Feeding Without Jaws Exhibition at @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social Check out their website - www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi... - for more details of the exhibition, which runs until the end of February. (1/4)

Check out Andy’s excellent reconstructions of jawless fish for our latest exhibition @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social!

📣 Hey PalAss participants! The 2025 Annual Meeting in Portsmouth is getting closer 🦕📍 Just a quick reminder: If you’re tagging us on social media, don’t forget to use our official hashtag #PalAss25 🙌✨ Happy #FossilFriday! 🐚🦴

🎓 Looking for an exciting PhD project? Check out some amazing opportunities on our page! 🌍🔬 👉 palass.org/phd-opportun... Have a PhD opportunity to share? You can easily add it using the “Add a PhD Opportunity” button! 📝✨ #phd #phdlife #advertising #palass

I guess now would be a good time for my first post here. Yesterday we published a new paper on the incredible ecosystem of tetrapods and other vertebrates in Science. It has been years of work - but we got there in the end. Thank you to everyone the contributed to this work ❤️

Leicester's Palaeontology program has a long track record including discovery that conodonts were vertebrates, graduates who are Fellows of the Royal Society, innovative researchers, and a growing body of undergraduate students. c.org/HJW7FVxPwv

Thinking about #dinosaurs? Didn't get a chance to celebrate their 200th birthday last year? Well, our Temporary #Exhibition curated by @palaeostephan.bsky.social has now gone virtual! Find 'Bringing dinosaurs back to life: 200 years of research' on our Virtual #Museum: ow.ly/Ryt550XvLCA

Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK

As an Leicester palaeo PhD alumni, I am shocked and appalled by this seemingly uncosted and short sighted descision by the @uniofleicester.bsky.social. Please sign the petition.

Devonion fishies Elpistostege (close relative of the famous Tiktaalik) and couple of bothriolepis swimming by. Needs updating but still thinking this is one of my better paintings I have done

Very excited to share my exploration of the phylogenetics of early ray-finned fishes, out today in the Anatomical Record! Really busy day but I’ll have more info shortly. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Thanks so much to all the #2025SVP host committee members & student volunteers & huge thanks to SVP & the community for joining us in Birmingham! We’re super happy with how it turned out. Time now to run a three-day field trip!

This is amazing 🥲

Challenging weather & transport conditions for our evening authors’ event, but wonderful to hear Tom Holland in conversation with @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social @endofthepier.bsky.social & @tjdhalliday.bsky.social #2025SVP

Come and find me today at #2025SVP at boot 372 to talk about advanced segmentation of CT scanned fossils! 🩻🐟 #conference #ctscanning @nhm-london.bsky.social @nitroshutter.bsky.social @euphanerops.bsky.social @gilespalaeo.bsky.social

The jigsaw is nearing completion - help us fit the final pieces... then we can start a new one! #SVP2025 Hall 3 (exhibition & coffee)

Enjoyed my one full day at #2025SVP yesterday and this cool diorama that lots of my friends were involved in making! Well done all #SVP2025

Super excited to welcome the world’s vertebrate palaeontologists to the historic Aston Webb building of the University of Birmingham. Hope you enjoyed yourselves #2025SVP

I’d prefer not to be making the final finessing touches to tomorrows talk whilst on the train to Birmingham for #SVP2025, but that is where we are

Excellent day out on the #2025SVP Warwickshire Triassic field trip to Guy's Cliffe! Feat. Saxon hermits, Anisian channel deposits, and lots of temnospondyls!

Attending #2025SVP #SVP2025? Interested in Palaeozoic fish and temnospondyls, dinosaurs old and new, sabre-tooth cats, biomechanics, biogeography, museum ethics, etc? Don't look any further, the Lautenschlager Lab got you covered - thanks to a lot of hard work by students, post-docs and colleagues!

Centre of Birmingham looking suitably sparkling and ready to welcome palaeontologists to #SVP2025 #2025SVP!

To mark the 85th SVP Meeting 2025, we've assembled an open access collection of landmark JSP vertebrate palaeontology papers. Next, Friedman (2007) investigates 𝙎𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙩𝙝𝙮𝙨, the oldest known coelacanth — and early bony fish relationships buff.ly/EGlBuN3 #PaleoSky #FossilFish #CoelacanthChronicles

[2/2] and answer your questions — all in a relaxed, friendly format. 🙌 📅 Upcoming sessions: 🚀 Careering Off Course! — 12 Nov 🕠 The webinars start at 17:30 GMT on Zoom. 🔗 Register via the links below and join the conversation! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #research #earlycareerresearcher

🎓 Member News! 🌟 We’re excited to announce a brand-new series of Early-Career Researcher webinars all about careers and grants 💼💡 Our ERC Officer will be joined by inspiring grant awardees and professionals from diverse career paths who’ll share their experiences, tips, [1/2]

🚨New paper out in Palaeontology! Check it out if you're interested morphological evolution, fossil phylogenetics, and macroevolution 🧪 "Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data"

Grab your snorkels and dive back in time with us - our new temporary #exhibition Feeding Without Jaws opens on Weds 12 Nov. The exhibition explores cutting-edge palaeontological research on the lives of unusual ancient fishes. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/feedi... #LapworthRocks

Siccar Point is one of the most important geoheritage sites in the world; we think visitors deserve to hear why. Help us install a Deep Time Trail - donate to the Crowdfunder now. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/siccar-point youtu.be/OeHsVJiO9gE

🎓 Got a PhD opportunity to share? 🌍 We’d love to help spread the word! 💬 If you have an available PhD position in palaeontology or a related field, you can post it directly on our website using the link below: 👇 🔗 palass.org/form/webform... #PhDOpportunity #Palaeontology #Research #Academia

happy #fossilfriday! this is panderodus, a jawless fish that lived between the middle ordovician and the late devonian. the species p. unicostatus was one of the few vertebrates of the silurian period to hunt large prey (art by mightyfossils)

🎓 Member News! 🌟 We’re excited to announce a brand-new series of Early-Career Researcher (ECR) webinars all about careers and grants 💼💡 Our ERC Officer will be joined by inspiring grant awardees and professionals from diverse career paths who’ll share their experiences, tips, [1/3]