Our new paper is out! We find that different molecular clock methods recover distinct evolutionary timescales. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Competing methods of divergence time estimation recover diverse evolutionary timescales

Abstract. Molecular clocks convert evolutionary distances into geological times to infer time-scaled phylogenies. Methods differ in terms of fossil calibra

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We are organising an in-person Morphological Phylogenetics Workshop, in partnership with SRUK/CERU and @thepalass.bsky.social. When: Nov 9-11, 2026 Where: University College London There are limited places, so please pre-register by October 8th!!! Find more details here: tinyurl.com/52c9u7dw

I'm happy to share Avannaascolex, our new palaeoscolecid(omorph) from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, Greenland 🪱 Written up with @siriuspalaeo.bsky.social @cambriannelids.bsky.social and other colleagues from KOPRI, Bristol and the NHM not on bsky www.app.pan.pl/article/item...

🧪So happy this is finally out after almost four years! We try to bring some order to the messy taxonomy of an iconic jawless fish. 🐟 Thanks to @evopalaeo.bsky.social, Madleen, Mike, @fossilrob.bsky.social & to all who contributed to this research! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The taxonomy and phylogeny of British ‘cephalaspids’

Osteostracans are considered the sister group of jawed vertebrates and are phylogenetically the earliest branching vertebrate lineage to exhibit true paired fins with endoskeletal support. This means...

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Open Palaeontology has a new-look website!

Open Palaeontology@openpalaeo.bsky.social · 2mo 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

Applications for this position close tomorrow!

Open Palaeontology@openpalaeo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔎OPal is seeking a Managing Editor to join its Editorial Team! Please consider applying if you want to play a leading role in shaping a growing diamond open-access journal making high quality palaeontological research broadly accessible. Deadline is 07/08/2026 Read more on how to apply below👇

Very excited to share that my first PhD paper is out now in Biology Letters! We studied Megaclonophycus specimens and analysed how they develop, informing on their affinity. Developmental biology of the Ediacaran Megaclonophycus from the Weng’an Biota url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

Developmental biology of the Ediacaran Megaclonophycus from the Weng’an Biota

Abstract. The Ediacaran Weng’an Biota of South China yields embryo-like microfossils preserved with sub-cellular fidelity, previously interpreted as the ol

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consider this if you have a systematics project you want to fund! I just got back from a LinneSys funded visit to the Field Museum's Mazon Creek collection 🪱

Systematics Association@systassn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢📢REMINDER LinneSys applications closes TOMORROW Friday, March 27th at 23:59 GMT+1!!!📢📢 Apply now! systass.org/linnesys/ Do remember to join the @systassn.bsky.social or the @linneansociety.bsky.social as a member first! Also, we only fund taxonomy and systematics related projects!

New Research Article published in OPal 🔬 Respiratory structures in cornute stylophorans (Echinodermata) By Christophe Dupichaud, Bertrand Lefebvre, Ninon Allaire, Enzo Birolini, Malo Meyruey, and Martina Nohejlová www.openpalaeo.org/article/view...

Thomas Farrell ‪@thomasfarrellpaleo.bsky.social‬ Very happy to have the chance to waffle about a brace of new exceptional fossils (not pictured) from Sirius Passet yesterday! Thanks to @thepalass.bsky.social and the organisers at Portsmouth for another excellent meeting 🪱⛵ #palass25