Happy #FossilFriday 🌿 This week we have Gondwana plant fossils from the Talcher Basin in India!🪨⛏️ Thank you to Dr Mrutyunjaya Sahoo for sending this photo in!📸 Want your fossil finds featured in a future Fossil Friday post? Submit your photos here: tinyurl.com/PSfossilfrid...

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📣 Attention to U.S. Paleontologists! See you email for links to take action. #paleontology #geoscience #paleo

It's Trilobite Tuesday! Some trilobite fossils can only be fully appreciated after skilled preparators have completed their rock-removing magic. This includes the spinose Middle Devonian genus Radiaspis from the fossil-abundant Moroccan Lagerstatte, which could grow 1.6–3.1 in- (4–8 cm-) long!

🌊 Meet one of the research projects supported by the 2026 Norman Newell Early Career Research Grant! Dr. Paz will integrate ichnological, sedimentological, and stratigraphical data to unravel how bioturbating animals shaped ancient seafloor ecosystems 🦐🪨

I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab

A few vertical burrows poking out of the Hell Creek for @ichnologist.bsky.social this sunny morning. What else are we going to find today?

🌈Celebrate Pride Month with a flash of color from the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals! Pause the video and discover which dazzling gem matches your vibe.

📢Call for Papers! Following up on our successful session at the recent GSA Rocky Mountain section meeting, we're excited to announce we're assembling a Special Issue of The Anatomical Record: The Campanian Crucible: A synthesis of vertebrate paleobiogeography and ecosystem dynamics in Laramidia

A stunning Physetocrinus copei crinoid calyx from the Mississippian Lake Valley Formation of New Mexico. I love the detailed ornamentation on this one. You can see where the stem and arms would have been attached. #FossilFriday

🏆⚽ IT'S MATCH DAY! 🎙️ Representing the Netherlands 🇳🇱.... MOSASAURUS HOFFMANNII! 🎙️ And representing Sweden 🇸🇪... SPHAEROCORYPHE DENTATA! Power versus endurance. Who wins this opening Fossil Cup showdown and advances to the knockout stage? 👇 Vote below and defend your fossil!

Happy #FossilFriday from the Judith River Formation in Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument! 🦪 #FossilFriday #Paleontology #Fossils #JudithRiverFormation #WesternInteriorSeaway #Montana #DeepTime

A few Holotype fossils at the Brigham Young University Paleontological Museum in Provo Utah for #FossilFriday. GNATHOMORTIS, RHINOREX,TETRAPHONEUS, MOABOSAURUS, and SUPERSAURUS. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @standupforscience.net @scifri.bsky.social @jeremybroberts.bsky.social

#FossilFriday The iconic Triassic crinoid Encrinus liliformis. This example from Braunschweig, Germany is on display in the Palaeontological Museum in Oslo.

Have you ever said hi to Charles Darwin in Hintze Hall? 😮 This 2.5 tonne marble statue was unveiled in 1885, only a year and a half after the Museum opened. After being moved to make way for a statue of Richard Owen, it took centre stage in Hintze Hall in 2008!

Fascinating study decoding the evolution of sensory capacities directly from trace fossils: "exponential expansion of sensory distance from millimetric ... to decimetric long-range visual-sensation by the terminal Ediacaran" 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our newest paper, led by postdoc Thayara Carrasco & published in @funecology.bsky.social, tracks functional diversity loss of land mammals during the Late Pleistocene extinctions in a grassland ecosystem 🧵 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🎨: @lacerdajulio.bsky.social

Dr. Formoso was one of the recipients of the 2026 Norman Newell Early Career Research Grant! Dr. Formoso will investigate why non-avian dinosaurs never evolved into secondarily aquatic forms despite 170 million years of dominance 🌊

A new metatherian order from Australia (Keeunamorphia, Metatheria), and new Early Miocene species from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland 🧪 🔎Project on MorphoBank: bit.ly/3SeD3wX 📑Article in Journal of Paleontology from @paleosoc.bsky.social: bit.ly/4uLxzHA

Museum Collections 🐚 Invertebrate Paleontology Galleries From bivalves to scaphopods, browse fossil specimens in our invertebrate paleontology collection, with photos: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/invertpaleo/... Featured Species: Planorbella scalare Specimen: # UF 10408 Locality: Hillsborough Co., FL

And the paper is now available online (open access) 🌿⛏️🎉 A new anatomically preserved species of Keraphyton (Iridopteridales) from the Upper Devonian of Australia | Palaeontologia Electronica doi.org/10.26879/1640 #paleobotany

This week we’re spotlighting Dr. B.P. Singh, whose research focuses on the Cambrian biostratigraphy and fossil record of the Lesser Himalaya, India ⛰️🦠 To support researchers like Dr. Singh, please consider donating to the Paleontological Society. #Cambrian #Biostratigraphy #Himalaya #Paleontology

Explain your @ I love crinoids and there is a genus named Clarkeocrinus troosti, but it's not named after me. John Clarke was the Director of the New York State Museum and first President of the @paleosoc.bsky.social I found a Clarkeocrinus troosti for my collection after researching locations.

Drop in to watch select matches on the big screens throughout the Museum! Watch parties are free with any admission. During evening matches, we'll be open for extended hours, including exhibitions and shows. Check out the schedule: amnh.link/441z613

Thank you so much to @paleosoc.bsky.social for awarding me a Arthur Boucot research grant🥳🥳 I feel very fortunate to be able to start work to hopefully shed some light on Mesozoic marine reptile origins!🧪

⏰ IPC7 abstract submissions close in just 15 days! Submit your abstract before June 30th 🚀 Check their website for more information: www.ipc7.site/index.html Or their IG page: @ipc7_2026 #IPC7 #Paleontology #PaleoResearch

This week we’re at Mongolia’s legendary #FlamingCliffs Pictured here are two very excited students, Zach and Tian from the University of New England (Australia), jumping for joy as they take in this world-famous Cretaceous landscape Their enthusiasm is exactly what Fossil Friday is all about! 🔥

The broader implication extends beyond flowering plants. Many famous "rocks vs. clocks" debates may not require choosing sides. The challenge is finding better ways to let fossils and molecules speak to each other. Link to our latest: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 Early Registration for GSA Connects 2026 is now OPEN Get the best registration rates today! Whether you're a student, early-career scientist, or seasoned professional, Connects offers cutting-edge technical sessions, innovative research presentations, field trips, and short courses for all

Definitive soft tissue evidence for Cambrian bryozoans. We can all confidently delete that "Bryozoans are the only phylum that arose after the Cambrian explosion" slide from our zoology/palaeontology slidedecks. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Behind the discovery The dawn of modern marine fish! @sanaaelsayed.bsky.social @friedmanlab.bsky.social

This week's PaleoArt Highlight showcases this beautifully handmade ceramic mug by Geophysicist and Paleo artist Elizabeth Ashley @elizabethashleydesigns 🎨🦕 📢 Submit your favorite work through the Google Form: forms.gle/LENSX8YF59bjRcVS6

🌈 Diversity makes our community stronger The Paleo Society appreciates each one of you who makes science richer and more welcoming. Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Assistant Professor position in paleontology @uugeo.bsky.social 🤩 🐚 🌊 🧪 ⚒️

This week's PaleoArt Highlight showcases this beautiful line cut, made by Matt Holmes from Eastern Washington University 🎨🦕 It represents how we as people are stronger in numbers when we are in places of stress. Parasaurolophus is Matt's favorite dinosaur 🤩 #Hadrosaurs #Dinosauria #PaleoArt

A few years back, we described Gaiasia, a giant stem tetrapod from the early Permian of Namibia. This summer we're going back, looking for the rest of Gaiasia's ecosystem. Stay tuned!

🦎 2026 Norman Newell Early Awardee Highlight! Dr. Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social will travel to Namibia to collect and describe early Permian vertebrates from the Huab Basin 🇳🇦 This project expands that picture to high-latitude Gondwana 🌍🔎 #Biogeography #Permian #NamibiaPaleontology #Tetrapods

🥳 Thrilled to share that I've received the Arthur James Boucot Research Grant from @paleosoc.bsky.social! ⛏️🪨 This grant will support my project: "Ammonite turnover in the lowermost Pliensbachian: Eoderoceratoidea evolution" Many thanks to the Grant Committee! 🤠News about the research coming soon!

This week's PaleoArt Highlight is this gorgeous painting of a sparassodontid by Juana Yañez Seoane from the Museum de La Plata (FCNyM, UNLP) 🎨🦕 The painting is a portrait of Thylacosmilus atrox, an extinct metatherian from South America's Miocene, in watercolors and pencils.

NSCA expresses profound concern about the future of the Academy of Natural Sciences of #Drexel University. The Academy is a globally important natural history #collection & center for #biodiversity #research. #naturalhistory #NSCA nscalliance.org/statement-on...

🪸 Showcasing one more research project supported by the 2026 Norman Newell Grant! Dr. Jordan-Burmeister will build comprehensive phylogenetic and morphometric analyses to unravel the final chapter of the last trilobites on Earth 🔍🦴

I found this rock that looks like a toad.

Another Thursday at the collection, so here's the holotype of the river dolphin Pomatodelphis bobengi (UMMP VP 15117) from the Miocene of Florida.

Happy #FossilFriday! This week we’re joining Sally Hurst and heading underground to Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. The only place on Earth where opalised dinosaur fossils have ever been found! ✨🌈 📷 Photo submitted by Sally Hurst @foundafossil on IG #OpalisedFossils #LightningRidge

PaleoArt Highlight: Invertebrate ATTACK!🎨 This beautiful crinoid on Anna Clement's arm was inspired by an illustration from Ernst Haeckel, created by @honestbird.bsky.social #Echinodermata #Crinoidea #MarineFossils

Discover top and trending #geology and #paleontology research with articles from American Museum Novitates @natural-history.bsky.social, PALAIOS, and Paleobiology @paleosoc.bsky.social. The full collection is free to read through June 30: bio-one.co/4cigwqI #paleobio #AcademicSky #scisky

Congratulations to our PhD student, Kamil Poteralski, on his @paleosoc.bsky.social Student Research Grant - the Rodney M. Feldmann Award - for his project "The Brzechów Lagerstätte – an exceptionally preserved Cambrian fauna in coarse sandstones of the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland)" 🥳

🦣 Meet one of the research projects supported by the 2026 Norman Newell Early Career Research Grant! Support for science like this is only possible because of the contributions of Paleontological Society members and donors🤝

🦠🌏 Happy #FossilFriday from one of the oldest records of life on Earth! These stunning structures are stromatolites from the ~3.48 billion-year-old Dresser Formation, nestled in the North Pole Dome of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. #Stromatolites #PrecambrianLife

This Week's PaleoArt Highlight features Dolores, the Triceratops 🦖🎨 📸 Thanks to Michael Fruecht @freelancerioter for your submission! 📢 Submit your favorite work through the Google Form: forms.gle/LENSX8YF59bjRcVS6 #Triceratops #Paleontology #Dinosauria