New paper 🧪🪨🦐: We describe the N'kob Biota, a new Middle Ordovician Biota from Morocco that fills a critical gap between the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota and the Late Ordovician Tafilalt Biota. Out now in Geology: doi.org/10.1130/G546... Art by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

🧪 Free to publish, free to read, for everyone 💜 🩶 🤍 Our new website is live, and we would be glad to see your work at Open Palaeontology.

Open Palaeontology@openpalaeo.bsky.social · 2w ago

Open Palaeontology has a new look 💜 Our brand-new website is live! Same mission as ever: Diamond Open Access palaeo research — free to publish, free to read, for everyone. Come explore ➡️ www.openpalaeo.org #PaleoSky #OpenAccess #Palaeontology

⚠️ " Nouvelles données sur les écosystèmes de haute latitude de la faune de Cabrières (Ordovicien inférieur), France " by @taphozoan.bsky.social @pgueriau.bsky.social & Bertrand Lefebvre | Lethaia ➡️ www.scup.com/doi/10.18261...

🚨 5 of 15 papers are out! They reveal diverse molluscs, cnidarians & preservation modes in the deltaic environment of Cabrières. The biggest shock? Abundant Ediacaran-type algae, which are highly unexpected for an Ordovician site! 🤯 Read them here: scup.com/toc/let/59/2

Scandinavian University Press

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Farid Saleh | فريد صالح@taphozoan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's been a while! But I’m back with some massive 🧪 news: 15 papers on the Cabrières Biota have been accepted in Lethaia. They show the incredible complexity of life 470 million years ago (e.g., sponges, algae, worms🪱, arthropods🦐) and will be rolling out soon! 🎨 by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

It's been a while! But I’m back with some massive 🧪 news: 15 papers on the Cabrières Biota have been accepted in Lethaia. They show the incredible complexity of life 470 million years ago (e.g., sponges, algae, worms🪱, arthropods🦐) and will be rolling out soon! 🎨 by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

New published paper 🗞️🦐 Led with the help of @gaetanptn.bsky.social, this project gives insight into the fossilization process of arthropod appendages and the decay resistance of setae 🫨 Want to know more? 🤨 ➡️ www.openpalaeo.org/article/view... @sineadlynch.bsky.social @taphozoan.bsky.social

Very proud! Iacopo's first paper is out! 🎉 ❓Is XCT scanning viable for decay experiments? ✅ YES! 📢 X rays from CT scans don't kill decay bacteria (but can have weird side effects) opening exciting new experimental application, esp imaging buried rotting carcasses! ☠️🐟☣️ dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala...

Investigating the impact of x‐rays on decay: x‐ray computed tomography as a non‐invasive visualization technique for sediment‐based decay experiments

Decay experiments are ever increasing in complexity to better understand taphonomic processes. However, adding new variables, such as sediment, can create methodological biases, such as artificial an...

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Introducing Mosura fentoni, a new radiodont from the #BurgessShale. Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2… This #fossil species has 3 eyes, spiny claws, wing-shaped swimming flaps, and a unique abdomen-like body region.

pourquoi certains animaux se fossilisent-ils ? Une étude de l'@unil.bsky.social révèle que la taille et la composition chimique d'un animal font partie des facteurs déterminants dans sa chance de traverser des millions d’années sous forme de fossile, ou de disparaître. www.unil.ch/news/1746001...

Fossilisation ou disparition : une étude révèle pourquoi seuls certains animaux du passé laissent des empreintes

Pourquoi certains animaux anciens deviennent-ils des fossiles alors que d'autres disparaissent sans laisser de traces ? Une nouvelle étude de l'Université de Lausanne révèle que la taille et la compos...

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New study examining the redox conditions around different decaying carcasses reveals that size and chemical composition play critical roles in redox dynamics, which explains complex preservation patterns in the fossil record. @noracc.bsky.social @taphozoan.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Taxon-specific redox conditions control fossilisation pathways - Nature Communications

Redox conditions surrounding different decaying carcasses were investigated. The results reveal that carcass size and chemical composition play critical roles in redox dynamics, which explains complex...

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🧪 New paper led by @noracc.bsky.social! We measured redox around decaying organisms. Turns out, the bigger and richer in protein you are, the more easily reducing conditions form around you after death, making you more likely to get mineralized and become a fossil (?). www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Taxon-specific redox conditions control fossilisation pathways - Nature Communications

Redox conditions surrounding different decaying carcasses were investigated. The results reveal that carcass size and chemical composition play critical roles in redox dynamics, which explains complex...

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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....

I recently had the opportunity to complete a Project Management (PM) Certificate from Google. This experience has been truly enlightening, and it has given me fresh insights into the valuable parallels between academia 🧪 and industry project management roles 🏭. A thread... (1/6)

Last day of the IRATE workshop in Erlangen. See the happy faces! Looks like everybody had a good time and hopefully fruitful discussions... can't wait to see the outcomes published ^^ (no pressure at all ;))

Very proud to be featured alongside other excellent early career scientists in a new video by @thepalass.bsky.social! We talk about how fossils form and how rare they are! youtu.be/LwF7qnYFde8?...

Palaeontologists Explain: How do fossils form? Palaeontologists explain: How do fossils form?

YouTube video by The Palaeontological Association

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This is going to be awesome!!!

Gaëtan Potin@gaetanptn.bsky.social · last yr.

(1/4) Upcoming workshop! This September, from the 21st to the 23rd, an Ordovician workshop in tribute to Claude Babin will be held on the Crozon Peninsula, Brittany, France. Don’t hesitate to sign up and explore one of France's most beautiful places (probably the world) within the Armorique Geopark.

Having so much fun in Morocco and making some mind-blowing fossil discoveries. Ordovician rocks still have a lot to tell us. 🔨👀✨🧪 @gaetanptn.bsky.social @noracc.bsky.social

I had the privilege of sharing our research at the AnomLab (@fgse-unil.bsky.social) with the public at the natural history museums in Lausanne and Neuchâtel—diving into life from half a billion years ago! 🤿👀🦐 Science outreach is one of the most rewarding parts of what we do. 🧪

Hello 👋We are Open Palaeontology, or OPal, a brand new Diamond Open Access journal for palaeontology research. Our mission is to provide a flexible platform for research that is free to authors and readers. Read more in our editorial www.openpalaeo.org/article/view... or at www.openpalaeo.org!

Still a week left to apply for this PhD opportunity @bas.ac.uk, working on palaeoecology of #Antarctic marine ecosystems in the #Eocene (deadline 13/1/25). Please get in touch if you're interested and want to know more about the project or the application process!

James Witts@jdwitts.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 PhD opportunity @bas.ac.uk with Rowan Whittle, @sauravdutta.bsky.social (BAS), Dani Schmidt (Bristol), @dralexdunhill.bsky.social (Leeds) & me! Interested in marine palaeoecology & links to climate in the Eocene of #Antarctica? Get in touch for more info. 🧪⚒️ www.bas.ac.uk/science/scie...

🚨 Nora's second PhD paper is out! I can't be prouder! We experimentally demonstrate that marine shrimps can be rapidly replicated by clay minerals after death, even without burial, thereby increasing the likelihood of arthropod fossilization over geological time. 🦐 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Kaolinite induces rapid authigenic mineralisation in unburied shrimps - Communications Earth & Environment

Instantaneous burial capturing animals alive may not be prerequisite for exceptional marine animal preservation and fossilization, according to experiments on marine and freshwater shrimps and cryogen...

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Are you a dog lover looking for a PhD? You're in luck, becuase we are advertising a BBSRC-funded project that combines evolution, morphology, and biomechanics, and actually helps #dogs live better lives! Check it out here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

BBSRC NWD CASE: Selective breeding, morphological and functional disparity in domestic dogs: implications for welfare and veterinary healthcare technologies at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - BBSRC NWD CASE: Selective breeding, morphological and functional disparity in domestic dogs: implications for welfare and veterinary healthcare technologies at University of Liverpool, l...

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The further you advance in academia, the more you see how widespread racism, bullying and harassment really are. I could probably write a book about the ad hominem attacks and other joys this year brought. But as someone wisely said: haters gonna hate, so I’ll just shake it off. 🧪👨‍🔬

🌟 Exciting news! OPal is live—a new Diamond Open Access journal for palaeontology! 🦐 We welcome traditional formats, hypotheticals, preregistered protocols & multimedia articles. 🦖Together we build a platform for impactful and responsible research! 👀 Visit: www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...

Quite an interesting and important read by @taphozoan.bsky.social and a paper we talked about in our weekly journal club (when talking about the publishing system in general) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Peer review bullying threatens diversity, equity, and inclusion

Bullying during the peer review process is an overlooked form of academic bullying. Measures to limit its negative impact are insufficient, necessitat…

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A fantastic week spent at the University of Poitiers! Students often have the best ideas… Lots of interesting discussions. Now time to work on many exciting paleobiology/taphonomy collaborative projects… 🔬🧪👨‍🔬

I've been thinking about this issue a lot with respect to archaeological studies. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists rise up against statistical significance

Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland, Blake McShane and more than 800 signatories call for an end to hyped claims and the dismissal of possibly crucial effects.

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Hello folks! I currently have two PhDs advertised: with Andrea Manica investigating the eco-evolutionary dynamics of Ediacaran early animal communities www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...

Imagine travelling back 470 million years to dive alongside the marine polar animals of that era. Reconstruction by @prehistorica.bsky.social. Work published earlier this year in collaboration with @lukaslaibl.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🤿 🦐

I opened this app for the first time in months to do a little shameless ad. IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT PEER REVIEW BULLYING. In a new paper, I discuss why this type of bullying is prevalent and how to prevent it. Plz reach out if you don’t have access. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...