🦐 Research News‼️What does the fossil record of chelicerates in the Furongian look like? Research led by Russell Bicknell shows that it might be more diverse than we thought. Meet Magnicornaspis garwoodi the newest Cambrian critter. Article: rdcu.be/flerZ

JOB CLAXON: Imaging Assistant @nhm-london.bsky.social . Permanent role. Would be good for someone with CT experience! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Happy to see our paper on the earliest Horseshoe Crab - Trace Fossil association published. Thanks to Russell Bicknell for leading the effort and everyone involved for their help. Elsevier: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

We'll be hosting a joint Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium @ucl.ac.uk in London in August 2027, which aims to bridge spatial and temporal gradients between palaeontology, ecology, and conservation: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

We have a 2 year position for a scientific assistant / collections apprenticeship at the Naturkundemuseum Karlsruhe. Completed masters and good German language skills needed. Please contact me if you have questions. This is not a research position. www.smnk.de/museum/aussc...

New paper out. Update on the Sedimentary Geochemistry Project. Nice to see how this project is developing and how many people are involved: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Just in time for #FossilFriday 🦖 What are the big questions in #paleontology today? dx.doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042 Nearly 200 scientists worldwide came together to map where our field is headed. Here’s the story 👇

Happy to have contributed to this massive effort led by Jansen Smith. Thanks to all the colleagues that helped tackle this massive undertaking.

I'm happy to introduce the newest Cambrian critter 'Tentalus spencensis' from the Spence Shale of Utah. Publications out today in Geological Magazine (Open Access). Thanks to Karma Nanglu and Paul Jamison for their help with the paper. Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I'm hoping to take 1 MSc & 1 PhD student next year in the areas of Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the @oupaleobiology.bsky.social, especially if interested in working on fossil echinoderms. Link for more info below. 🧪

Our paper on som xiphosurid-rich bromalites from Mazon Creek has been published in Palaios. Thanks to Russell Bicknell for leading the paper and to Andrew Young, Bruce Lauer, René Lauer, and Victoria E. McCoy for all the work that went into this. Palaios: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/palaios...

Hi, does anyone have an idea what museum might have had labels like the one on this specimen. We're trying to return a bunch of old loans, and this specimen has no information. It's a receptaculite, maybe that helps.

Job Alert‼️ Postdoctoral Fellow opportunity in paleontology/biology at the University of Alabama Museums: careers.ua.edu/jobs/688232b... Aim: assess biotic interactions using mollusks from both sides of the Isthmus of Panama. Please share widely! @paleosoc.bsky.social @almnh.bsky.social

Our paper on 'Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States' has been published in Paleobiology. We wrote it last year, so it's not considering the current cuts. Open Access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New paper out today: Fragmentary snout of a marine crocodile from the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria www.researchgate.net/publication/...

New paper: The past, present and future of Megalosaurus bucklandii in paleoart. I review the #paleoart history of this oft-depicted #dinosaur, consider its fluctuating status as a subject of artistic interest, and review what we know of its anatomy. #sciart meridian.allenpress.com/esh/article-...

New paper out today, we looked at new Caryosyntrips appendages and discuss Caryosyntrips taxonomy and ecology Paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 50 free copies here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Hi all, if you are planing to go to the Geo4Göttingen Meeting we are offering a session on Fossil Imaging (A similar one should also be offered at GSA if you can't make it to Germany): We are pleased to announce a thematic session on Recent Advances in Fossil Imaging (session 06.02, ID 143).

#JobAd Das Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart besetzt zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt folgende Stelle: Content Creator (m/w/d) E 11 TV-L, mind. 80%, unbefristet Bewerbungsfrist: 16.03.2025. Alle weiteren Infos findet ihr auf unserer Website: www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stellen/deta...

I wish we still concluded papers like this. 🧪🦀🦑 #evosky (Source: www.nature.com/articles/023... - "The Influence of a Tuning-Fork on the Garden Spider" also, Nature papers have changed a lot since 1888 )

Super excited that our review on the ecology of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition is now out on how ecology changes across scales from organisms to communities to the world through time. Fab art @franzanth.bsky.social showing the build up of ecological complexity www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New paper on Deep water vetulicolians from the lower Cambrian of China peerj.com/articles/18864

Interested in palaeontology or evolutionary biology? During COVID I made my teaching available online, and have continued since: russellgarwood.co.uk/teaching/ind... Highlighting, as I just posted a new site on the history of palaeontology: russellgarwood.co.uk/teaching/EAR... ⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky

At least they have reasoning. “Punk: fancied resemblance of the spicule array to the spiked hairstyles associated with the punk rock movement” “Emo: …exponents canonically bear long bangs or fringes, of which the scleritome is reminiscent, as well as studded clothing recalling the anterior valves”

Please circulate widely: We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education tinyurl.com/IEEjobs

Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...

Job Posting: The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is seeking an experienced candidate to fill the Education Program Administrator (Fellows) position. #STEMeducation #MuseumJobs #jobs www.indeed.com/viewjob?from...

If you're interested in museum collections, especially Messel fossils, check out Jannik Weidtke's poster at #PalAss24

Come join us at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand! We are hiring a tenure-track marine biologist/ecologist (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer = US Assistant Professor). NZ lifestyle, a beautiful marine lab, and great colleagues! tinyurl.com/ymmdsjus Please share widely!

Fully funded PhD project “Changing life and changing ocean in the Oligocene icehouse” available through TREES Doctoral Research Programme. Project details here: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/cha... Deadline 20th January 2025. #NERC #PhD #TREESDLA

Join our lab with this postdoc fund to research project on stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology and geochemistry of the end Ordovician. This theme is central to the development of Anticosti as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Share widely! Come be my colleague! Asst prof in organismal biology or ecology in my dept. R2 program with reasonable teaching load, supportive dept. For the #SciArt and #SciComm peeps we also have a visualization of science through art (VISTA) program! ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

🧬🐭🐴🐻Job Alert🐻🐴🐭🧬 We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers in DeepTime Palaeogenomics! All positions are for 2 years (extension possible), & are fully funded both in terms of employment and project costs. Deadline: 2 Dec 2024 Please RT! Apply: www.su.se/english/abou...

Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Fresh of the press. Fossil-Lagerstätten are the most important windows into ancient ecosystems. However their classification and what makes an exceptionally preserved fossil have been inconsistent. Paper: www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...