🌍 Associate Editor Needed (biogeography and land-surface dynamics) Physical Geography is seeking an Associate Editor with a background in vegetation–climate interactions, landscape ecology, ecohydrology, disturbance, and/or remote sensing. Application link: lnkd.in/eUFaFyip

This is a new commissioned collection from @journalsystpal.bsky.social featuring forward-looking and agenda-setting papers in systematics. One to bookmark this #FossilFriday and keep an eye on as it continues to expand over the coming months. And currently all OA or free to read!

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology@journalsystpal.bsky.social · 2w ago

Take a look at the latest articles in our collection of specialist reviews - Perspectives on the Systematics of Fossil Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities. Read the full collection here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjs... www.researchgate.net/journal/Jour...

Reimagining breast cancer diagnosis with quantum technology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reimagining breast cancer diagnosis with quantum technology

The impacts of breast cancer remain a severe cause of death, significantly affecting the quality of life, especially among women. Traditional diagnostic approaches, particularly in the early stages...

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It's #FossilFriday and this JVP paper is being covered by CNN. Check it out: www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/s...

Newly discovered oddball amphibian fossils could reveal clues about the prehistoric LA climate | CNN

Scientists have discovered an extinct amphibian from the ice age at Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits. The fossils shed light on a prehistoric climate.

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New paper out in JSP! Wang et al. introduce trajectory smoothness as an ichnotaxonomic criterion. Trajectory smoothness helps us understand locomotory mode, body profile, and behavioural evolution— enhancing ichnotaxonomy and the information it provides. Full article: buff.ly/cGwwrSG #PalaeoSky

Multiple roles available at Historical Biology! We are seeking a data editor, an associate editor & multiple review editors. Details: editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

Data Editor needed for Historical Biology

Data Editor needed for Historical Biology

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Heading to the upcoming#JpGUAGU2026 Joint Meeting? 🎉Stop by our booth at booth A-38 to discover our wide range of #geoscience books and journal and stand a chance to win a free book in our lucky draw! 📍Chiba, Japan | 24 - 29 May 2026 See you there! #JpGUAGU2026 #JpGU2026 #AGU

Then versus now: keeping pace with research #integrity threats www.researchinformation.info/viewpoint/th... Long-term solutions must be dynamic, involve multiple sectors and hold all stakeholders to account, writes Sabina Alam of @tandfonline.bsky.social

Then versus now: keeping pace with research integrity threats - Research Information

Long-term solutions must be dynamic, involve multiple sectors and hold all stakeholders to account, writes Sabina Alam

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In a new editorial in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (free to read, link below), the journal’s editors lay out critical findings on the computational reproducibility of phylogenetic analyses www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The reproducibility crisis in phylogenetic analyses

Published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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My obituary of the highly accomplished and brilliant Professor Hans-Dieter Sues (1956-2026) is now online, let me know if you want a pdf... www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NICGG...

In memoriam: Hans-Dieter Sues (1956–2026)

Published in Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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🚨 Out today: our Editorial in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social on an important issue in science - the reproducibility crisis in phylogenetic analyses. In it, we analyze several years of editorial data to ask a simple question: are things improving? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2025 Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Outstanding Paper Award... This annual prize from Taylor & Francis, is given to papers that have made an outstanding contribution to systematics in the field of palaeontology. The 2025 winner is...

If you're attending RDA VP26 please join us for an update on the progress of the 'Repo2Pub' project, some live exploration of our results, and a look forward to our final six months. Session runs 22:30-00:00 GMT on 16/03/26 (tonight!) Project home: www.rd-alliance.org/groups/coord...

Our paper on the phylogenetic nomenclature of Caimaninae is the Editor’s Pick in Historical Biology! 🐊 Glad to see the topic highlighted. www.researchgate.net/journal/Hist...

Historical Biology - Editor Pick by Mark Young

Cidade et al. undertook a comprehensive treatment of the phylogenetic nomenclature of Caimaninae (which includes extant caimans). Rey et al. undertook morphometric analyses of Antulsporites spores fro...

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🦕 New paper out! Dasosaurus tocantinensis, a new Early Cretaceous titanosauriform from Brazil (Grajaú Basin), is now published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FURND...

I’m delighted to announce that I’m a Guest Advisor for an Article Collection for “All Earth” @tandfresearch.bsky.social called “Recent Advances in Biomolecular Paleontology”. We want to increase our confidence in reporting Ancient Biomolecules and best practice in the field. #paleontology

Out in @nature.com today, we shake up the ornithischian family tree. Remember those weird Late Cretaceous iguanodontians, the rhabdodontids? Well they're weird because they aren't iguanodontians. They're ceratopsians. Well, at least some of them are... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe - Nature

New results indicate that rhabdodontids and the previously described Ajkaceratops are actually distinctive European ceratopsians, a group better known from Asia and North America.

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Historical Biology is now operating under a new Publicly Available data policy 🔓 All submitting authors must make their data &/or code available in an online repository that mints a DOI at submission. See the link below for more information: authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/data-sharing...

Publicly available data sharing policy - Author Services

What is our publicly available data sharing policy, and what does it mean for you as an author? Find out with our handy guide.

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Mark Young@drmarkyoung.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Reminder that @historicalbiology.bsky.social is changing data policy in Jan 2026. The journal will move to 'Publicly Available', meaning that data & code must be publicly available in a repository that mints a DOI. Our Data Editor (@brooke-long-fox.bsky.social ) & I are on-hand to answer questions

We are excited for the #PalAss meeting in Portsmouth this weekend Some of the team will be there, including our EiC Dr Imran Rahman, so when you see our table, come and find out about the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.. See you there! @imranrahman.bsky.social #PalAss2025 #PaleoSky

I'm heading to New Orleans next week for #AGU25. Come find @tandfresearch.bsky.social at booth 336! We'll have some Meet the Editor events and we'll promoting our journals, including our new Critical Insights series! www.tandfonline.com/openaccess/c... See you there!

Fantastic press coverage for this paper by one of our @historicalbiology.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Rodrigo Temp Müller, published in @journalsystpal.bsky.social - a great free access read for this #FossilFriday

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology@journalsystpal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New paper in JSP! Müller 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. describe 𝙏𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 gen. et sp. nov. in 'Osteology, taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of a new pseudosuchian archosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern Brazil.' Read more here: buff.ly/Kxti2jj #PaleoSky #NewSpecies

New paper in JSP! Müller 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. describe 𝙏𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 gen. et sp. nov. in 'Osteology, taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of a new pseudosuchian archosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern Brazil.' Read more here: buff.ly/Kxti2jj #PaleoSky #NewSpecies

Are you interested in exploring an editorial role in paleontology this #FossilFriday? @historicalbiology.bsky.social is seeking Associate Editors across all areas but particularly experts in terrestrial & marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology. think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru....

Day 2 of #2025SVP announcements! We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!

I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖 We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝 #SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology

In honour of #2025SVP #SVP2025 in the UK, @journalsystpal.bsky.social has a special collection of landmark papers in vertebrate palaeontology. These papers have revolutionised our understanding of the systematics of major vertebrare groups, and are open access for Nov: share.google/1DIgZYMyjXUH...

JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology

Explore the article collection: JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology. Published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.

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Listen to our Co-Editors-in-Chief, Imran Rahman and Susannah Maidment discuss the NHM's mission, cutting-edge research published in JSP, areas for future coverage—and, of course, their favourite dinosaurs. buff.ly/RbPLT3b @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @imranrahman.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

An Interview with Imran Rahman & Susannah Maidment, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Join Imran Rahman and Susannah Maidment, Co-Editors of the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, as they discuss the Natural History Museum's mission, cutting-edge research published in their journal,…

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New paper just out on the histology of Liaoningosaurus where we demonstrate that these tiny animals are all one year old or less www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bone histology of Liaoningosaurus paradoxus (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China

The ankylosaurian dinosaur Liaoningosaurus paradoxus, from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China, is represented by numerous specimens identified as juvenile individuals based on their b...

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For #FossilFriday here's the first ever 'Editor's Pick' for the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology over on ResearchGate. Papers have been selected by Mike D'Emic and highlight novel methods such as machine learning, FEA, and synchrotron imaging. www.researchgate.net/journal/Jour...

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology - Editor Pick by Mike D'Emic

These three recent papers highlight the diversity of exciting methods applied to fossils and published by JVP: machine learning, FEA, and synchrotron imaging, among others.

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For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Masaya Iijima. This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊