💻 Our new website is now live! 💻 Over the past few months, we've been working hard to create a hub of resources designed to support the palaeontological community. 🔗 Find out more and visit the new site here: palaeoverse.org

What is conservation paleobiology? 🦖🧪 CPB is an applied science which uses historical and paleontological data to inform conservation practice for species and ecosystems.

New paper out today! "Fossil otolith assemblages reveal millennial-scale changes in reef fish biomass and trophic structure across the Isthmus of Panama" 🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419 We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.

🚨 Pre-announcement! 🚨 We’re hiring for 2 x two-year, full-time roles to join me and the wider @palaeoverse.bsky.social team @es-ucl.bsky.social. - Research Software Engineer (REF: B04-06999): lnkd.in/eNRBiPnP - Community Engagement Coordinator (REF: B04-06998): lnkd.in/ejUACCzn

Mark your calendars! The next Crossing the Palaeontological–Ecological Gap (CPEG) meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium will be held in Aug 2027 in London.

Phil Mannion@pdmannion.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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...

Final reminder to consider submitting an abstract to join our thematic session on "Reefs through time" at the @icrs.bsky.social meeting next July. The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details. Hope to see you there!

Erin Dillon@erinmdillon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Work on reef paleoecology? Join our session "Reefs through time: leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems" at the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium 📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025 🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️20th November 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week to hear from Dr Carrie Tyler from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on “The high fidelity of trophic structure in ancient marine ecosystems: from functional diversity to food webs” 🎣 Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

Just in time for #FossilFriday! Our paper is out today in Palaeontology @thepalass.bsky.social Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology 🧹🦕 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Another great @palaeoverse.bsky.social team effort to offer a community resource!

Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology

Large datasets of fossil occurrences, often downloaded from online community-maintained databases, are a vital resource for understanding broad-scale evolutionary patterns, such as how biodiversity h...

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🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️30th October 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next week to hear from Dr Oskar Hagen, on “Mechanistic biodiversity modelling with gen3sis: population-based simulations across regional and global domains to deep and shallow time” 🌐 Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 It’s time to announce our Winter 2025 talk schedule 👀 We’re excited to host talks from Drs Oskar Hagen, Carrie Tyler, @singerstone.bsky.social and Johannes De Groeve! Sign up here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

What are the biggest questions in #paleontology? New paper out today in Paleobiology led by Smith & Kiessling with ~200 coauthors on the relevance of our field, methods, & museum collections to climate & biodiversity research🦖 #FossilFriday @paleosoc.bsky.social 🔗: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Call for abstracts now open at: www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abs... Submissions are invited under approved sessions aligned eight broad Symposium themes. You may submit an abstract as: - Oral presentation - Speed talk - Poster Deadline: Monday 1 December 2025, 11.59pm (New Zealand time).

Work on reef paleoecology? Join our session "Reefs through time: leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems" at the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium 📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025 🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts

🚨Registration open!🚨 Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸 📆 13th November 2025 ⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC 🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

🌊Just out! We reviewed the history of human-ocean interactions, focusing on the Pacific coast of the Southern Central Asmerican Isthmus (Panamá and Costa Rica). Over 16K years of stories on culture, environment, and ecology! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.... Illustration: Madeline Dall

Historical ecology of the Southern Central American Pacific coast | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

The Pacific coast of the Southern Central American Isthmus is a highly productive and biodiverse region with a rich human history. Although the interaction of the oceans, climate, biodiversity and early human systems has shaped the region’s ecology, ...

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🐠🦈 Just out: In this paper we ask "How has reef trophic structure changed since humans started removing predatory fishes from Caribbean coral reefs?". www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com

🚨 We are thrilled to announce that the preliminary program for the upcoming CPEG & CPB Conference is officially LIVE! 🎉 Check out the full list of talks, lightning talks, and poster sessions happening in just over a month! 👉 www.cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en/abstract.... #CPEGCPB25

Case studies of conservation paleobiology in action? Of course! Part of an illustration series commissioned by @erinmdillon.bsky.social to showcase how the field can lead to real world changes. The example here shows coastal clam beds in British Columbia and how they support local environments.

Delighted to share our paper on data equity in #palaeobiology as part of Paleobiology's 50th anniversary issue 🥳 We look at how palaeo data is collected, stored, curated & shared, and how equity in these processes is crucial for our field's future (1/n) 🧪⚒️ doi.org/10.1017/pab....

🚨 Early Bird Pricing Closes TODAY🚨 It's your last chance to sign up with discounted registration for the upcoming CPEG and CPB conference! Early bird pricing ends TODAY at MIDNIGHT (CET) 🕒 Don’t miss out and register now ⬇️ 👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html #CPEGCPB25

We’d like to announce the Spring 2025 line-up of the 🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 Don’t miss these four excellent speakers! Register for a Zoom link here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-lecture-series-2025

📣Working on #interdisciplinary research spanning #paleontology, #ecology, and/or #conservation? Come join us for the Crossing the Paleontological-Ecological Gap and Conservation Paleobiology Symposium in Zurich, Switzerland this July. 📆Abstracts are due by Saturday, Feb 15! Details ⬇️ #CPEGCPB25

CPEG & CPB Symposium 2025@cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Extended deadlines and changes to keynote speakers! 🗓️ Abstract deadline EXTENDED: Feb 15th, 2025 🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025 4th circular with full details below! 👉https://cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html # CPEGCPB25

🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Abstract submission for the CPEG Meeting & Conservation Paleobiology Symposium closes soon! 🗓️ Abstract deadline: Feb 1st, 2025 🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025 Details on keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more below! 👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html # CPEGCPB25