Say hi to Praearcturus gigas. This Devonian arthropod from Britain's identity had been in dispute for ages, but a new study reinterpreted it as a giant scorpion. Though the fossil is fragmentary, the estimated size is about 1 meter long. This is one bug you want to ride into battle. #Art #SciArt

Evolution of tooth reduction and loss in Mesozoic avialans: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Zhou et al.)

FLESHY "FRUIT" ASSOCIATED WITH TRIASSIC DICRODIUM TREES??! [Palaeobiogeographical links within the Triassic of Gondwana: Umkomasia fleurdelysia, a new cupule (pteridosperm megasporophyll) and a comparison of allied species] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Did they? Gervilleioperna is in Aalenian Chile and in Brame et al. (2019) literally is quoted: "Rare lithiotids can still be found in the Toarcian of Morocco following the T-OAE (Bodin, personal observation)" (Tough @rowanmartindale.bsky.social can confirm if this last one was an error)

New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina [Kank australis gen. et sp. nov.] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (Art of the relative Neuquenraptor by PaleoGeekSquared)

All known and a new dino-age amber classified within seven global forests www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Libanohypselosoma slovacica sp. n.

The phylogenetic origin of turtles www.cell.com/current-biol...

A transitional, early Cambrian species bridges radiodonts and upper stem-group euarthropods Oreinorema bergstroemi gen. et sp. www.cell.com/current-biol...

A bivalved arthropod from the lower Ordovician Fezouata Shale suggests the post Cambrian survival and gigantism of Isoxys (Isoxyda, Isoxyidae) [Isoxys? giganteus sp. nov.] Art of related(?) I. volucris by @Prehistorica_CM www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Exhibit #SciArt 🎨 Florida Miocene Paintings in our Florida Fossils exhibit help to illustrate Florida's evolving ecosystems, bringing life to the fossils we display in exhibits. 🗝️ Check out the art + key, plus shovel-tusker and giant otter fossils: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blo...

The earliest European Azhdarchoid: reappraisal of “Palaeornis” cliftii Mantell, 1844 from the Wealden of Cuckfield, U.K. Rexarthuria, nom. nov. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A new shuvosaurid (Archosauria, Poposauroidea) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Hayden Quarry of New Mexico, U.S.A. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Labrujasuchus expectatus, gen. et sp. nov. Art: Jorge Gonzalez

My first Nat Geo exclusive! Meet Tylosaurus rex: a giant Texas sea lizard that's such an impressive predator its discoverers had to name it T.rex, a very cool name that no other animal has ever had

As an ichnologist, the first question I ask myself when encountering a potential modern or fossil trace is, "Is this a trace, or something that just looks like a trace?" This question becomes even more important whenever examining Ediacaran rocks from 540+ million years ago. 🧪🪨⚒️

An exquisitely preserved young iguanodontian from the Upper Jurassic of Tanzania sheds light on skeletal fusion patterns within Archosauria onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Osteno Konservat-Lagerstätte (Como, NW Italy): exceptional preservation in the Sinemurian (Jurassic) Art Alessio Ciaffi www.researchgate.net/publication/...

A marine stem-myriapod from the Silurian Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin, USA: terrestrial traits pre-date the transition to land [Waukartus muscularis gen. et sp. nov.] royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

The reality of being a freelancer is that you end up working a lot of evenings and nights, something #mammals have been doing since the Mesozoic. Here's new #paleoart of two #Jurassic gliding Mammaliaformes, Arboroharamiya, starting their day as the sun sets 160 million years ago. #sciart #fossil

It's that time of the week again, folks: TGIO: Thank God it's Omeisaurus. (Prints of this and my other artworks are available: www.markwitton.co.uk/product-page...) #FossilFriday #dinosaur #fossil #paleoart #sciart

WELCOME CRETACEOUS KRAKEN Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Corythoraptor IS DEAD AND THE SAME AS Huanansaurus [A new oviraptorid theropod fossil from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern China with implications for oviraptorosaurian systematics and palaeobiogeography] academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

An early burst of skeletal evolution at the origin of dinosaurs royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Scrap Ass Moroccan Market Fossil gets the name Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis and in case you´re out for more bullshit, new clades Argentinosauria and Argentinosauridae www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18... Art Andrey Atuchin

CAM photosynthesis may have conferred an advantage during the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New large pterosaur tracks from Korea and their implications on terrestrial behavior www.nature.com/articles/s41... Jinjuichnus procerus ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. Art: Jun Seung Yi

Bicharracosaurus dionidei, gen. et sp. nov., a new macronarian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Argentina and the problematic early evolution of macronarians peerj.com/articles/209...

A NON MAMMALIAN SYNAPSID EMBRYO The first non-mammalian synapsid embryo from the Triassic of South Africa journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... reconstruction by artist Sophie Vrard

Mummified early Permian reptile reveals ancient amniote breathing apparatus www.nature.com/articles/s41... Image Credit: Dr. Michael DeBraga

Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigraphic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai and Molnar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia peerj.com/articles/207...

This is a week were I never expect losing people Sometimes the universe hates on you

I stand with the people of Iran. Fuck Trump and fuck Israel. Have a nice, non-nuclear holocaust day.

Omg look what Chris our Marketing Director just made for me! These bumper stickers are PERFECT!

Redescription of the Panoplosaurus mirus (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae) holotype skull using computed tomography, and a new comparative scheme for panoplosaurin cranial ornamentation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Osteology of the axial skeleton of Macrocollum itaquii (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) and its implications for early sauropodomorph cervicalization academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

The dawn of the Phanerozoic: A transitional fauna from the late Ediacaran of Southwest China science.org/doi/10.1126/... Art: Xiaodong Wang

Revisiting the enigmatic Cheirolepidiaceae: origins, phylogenetic relationships, and a new whole-plant concept academic.oup.com/aob/advance-... [Arkansia axsmithii sp. nov., Pseudofrenelopsis axsmithii sp. nov.]

A chelicera-bearing arthropod reveals the Cambrian origin of chelicerates Megachelicerax cousteaui gen. et sp. nov. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Labyrinth morphology of Eunotosaurus africanus in the context of semicircular canal shape variation across amniotes www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... reconstruction by Andrey Atuchin

A LAGE TAIL SAILED saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of South China, providing further support for the possible Asian origin of Brachylophosaurini [new taxon Gongshuilong fanwei] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A new terror bird (Cariamiformes, Phorusrhacidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Brazil: insights into the last representatives of the family onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology #FossilFriday

Distinct feeding biomechanics in Late Cretaceous marine reptiles from the Western Interior Seaway onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @just-fre.bsky.social @universitedeliege.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social

Unusual Abelisauridae tooth mark on an Abelisauridae tooth from the Upper Cretaceous of Cruzy (Hérault, France): implications for feeding behaviours sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiqu...

Liassopsychops from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Luxembourg: Discovery of a basal Kalligrammatidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) hindwing confirms their close relation to Parakseneuridae papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Ecological selectivity of diet on turtle K/Pg survivorship royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... art @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation of Dali of Yunnan Province, China royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... Xiangyunloong fengming gen. et sp. nov.

The plated dinosaurs (Ornithischia, Stegosauria) of eastern Iberia (Spain): Taxonomy, diversity, and ecology palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026... Art A. Blázquez

A new Middle Jurassic marine reptile from Gondwana clarifies the origin of Cryptoclidia, the most successful group of plesiosaurs onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... [Gondwananectes osvaldoi gen. et sp. nov.]

Osteology and relationships of a new shuvosaurid (Pseudosuchia, Poposauroidea) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, U.S.A. Sonselasuchus cedrus, gen. et sp. nov. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Art @serpenillus.bsky.social

POV you are a little Jurassic cynodont who has chosen a poor hiding spot

The oldest articulated bony fish from the early Silurian period www.nature.com/articles/s41... Eosteus chongqingensis gen. et sp. nov.