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Gaël Spicher @spichergael.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New paper on Thalassochelydia! 🐢 We describe a new species from the Late Jurassic limestones of Canjuers, southern France, famous for exceptionally preserved fossils. Published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society #Palaeontology #Fossils #Jurassic academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

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Transmitting Science @tscourses.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📣 Registration is now open for the course Introduction to Macroevolutionary Analyses Using Phylogenies. www.transmittingscience.com/courses… #TScourses #KeepLearning #Phylogenetics #Evolution

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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This one has been a long time coming! I'm happy to share that another chapter of my PhD has been published! In this one, I'm shaking up the taxonomy of North American metoposaurids. This work was largely done in museum collections, and more on that below. peerj.com/articles/217...

A figure with maps showing the distribution of metoposaurid occurrences in Upper Triassic outcrops of western and eastern North America (centered on the USA). The approximate chronostratigraphic ranges of the now five recognized species are plotted, and line drawings of all of the potentially or definitively diagnostic holotypes of North American metoposaurids are included.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My review of The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants is now up at Palaeontologica Electronica. Approaching it wanting to know more about Mesozoic plants for my #paleoart, the reconstruction-heavy format is welcome, but many aspects could be improved. palaeo-electronica.org/content/?vie...

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Review: The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants

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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New study out in JSP! Andy Gale reports the taxonomy and phylogeny of stalked crinoids (Comatulida: Bourgueticrinina) from the Upper Cretaceous of France, southern England, UK and northern Germany. Read the full study here: buff.ly/TOLKdXk #PaleoSky #cretaceous #stalkedcrinoids #phylogeny

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mule-du-pape @muledupape.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Nouveau livre de Rémi Lefebvre à sortir sur les militants LREM cette semaine. #NoSpine

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Dr Darja Dankina 🐠 @darjadankina.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

⚠️ The 23rd EAVP Conference ended less than one week ago✨ 💚 Thank you as well to all our speakers, sponsors, and everyone who joined us—both in person and online. It was a pleasure to welcome more than 150 participants from nearly 25 countries 🌍🤝 #conference #eavp2026 @eavpalaeo.bsky.social

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Melania Ioannidou @melaniarocks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A few moments from the #EAVP conference in Vilnius 🇱🇹 @eavpalaeo.bsky.social Inspiring science, great conversations, familiar faces, new connections and plenty of laughs. ✨ Grateful to be part of such a wonderful community. Thank you to the organizers and here's to the next one! 🦴🐒🦣🦕🐐🐍

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 27/07/2026

Deadline reminder ⏰ Just a few weeks left to submit your ERC Advanced Grant application! 📅 Application deadline: 27 August 2026 Find all the details and apply 👉 buff.ly/zvQYMhg

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Verónica Díez Díaz, PhD @daniajinn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Securing the annual heatwave 🌞

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Registration is now open for Visual Skills for #Communicating Your Science by @tscourses.bsky.social Our members receive a 20% discount on this and all Transmitting Science courses. Info & registration: www.transmittingscience.com/courses/scie...

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Apply for a few waiver with @tscourses.bsky.social before 10 July. So much to learn, so little time! #science #learning #academia

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We have an #update on the timing of #EAVP2027! Due to an unexpected issue, the EAVP 2027 has to be postponed to 12-16 July 2027 (and not the dates commented below).

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Holly Anderson @palaeophd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Thank you to all who came to my talk at #EAVP2026 to find out more about our latest research on #Pleistocene #hyena denning & #cannibalism in #Asia: Yai Ruak #cave, Peninsular #Thailand 🦴

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Andy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology, recently published in Paleobiology, by @jgn-paleo.bsky.social - this is a *must read*, esp. for those in the archosaur realm www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Resolving the “ontogeny problem” in vertebrate paleontology

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This year's recipients of #EAVP #grants, our congratulations to: ERG: Alina Buschhaus AMG: Lisa Freisen, Giovanni Serafini, Giacomo Gobbo, Kim Stroben, Mohamed Abdou Abdou Fossil Studies Travel: Mirella López Miguel, Samuele Desogus We wish you every success with your research!

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#EAVP2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania, has been a super enjoyable meeting in a beautiful city. My first EAVP in a decade but I hope to be in Vienna next year. Huge thanks to @darjadankina.bsky.social & all the @eavpalaeo.bsky.social organisers who did an amazing job.

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Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Check out the work of the graduate students and postdocs from our Paleobiology Research Group at @eavpalaeo.bsky.social 2026 in Vilnius 🇱🇹👇

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🦘 How big is too big to hop? Megan Jones explores the biomechanical limits of hopping in the hindlimbs of giant extinct kangaroos #eavp2026 #Palaeontology #Biomechanics

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Rémi Lefebvre explores biomechanical trends in the thoracolumbar vertebrae of the Nile #crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus🐊), revealing how the spine adapts through early development. #EAVP2026 #Palaeontology #Biomechanics

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#EAVP2026 afternoon continues with methods and innovation: dental microwear, cartilage volume, crocodilian biomechanics, extinct kangaroo hopping, thalattosuchian neurosensory evolution and synchrotron data. First up: Amín Bhija talking about prelim results of his project-->

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🦷 What did South America's ancient marsupials eat? Dorien de Vries et al. combines dental topography and machine learning to reconstruct the diets of fossil metatherians, revealing how their ecological diversity changed through deep time. #EAVP2026 #Palaeontology

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Michael Buchwitz explores one of #ichnology's biggest challenges: linking fossil footprints to their makers, and how phylogenetic approaches can help us better interpret ancient trackways. #EAVP2026

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Session 6 begins: Collections, Methods and Innovation. Expect databases, trackways, fossil preservation, morphometrics, AI and machine learning in vertebrate palaeontology. Tom Foret opens with Tri-Jur archeosauropmorphs #eavp2026

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

How do we confront the colonial histories behind vertebrate #palaeontology #collections? @daniajinn.bsky.social explores the challenges & opportunities of working with colonial-era collections, asking how museums and researchers can build more ethical, transparent futures

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Online talk in FossilLegal: talk by Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Viktor Baranov et al. examines how war transformed Ukrainian vertebrate palaeontology, from colonial legacy to global integration. #eavp2026

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Starting soon: FossiLegal 2026 session, first up: "FossilLegal: Ten Years On" with our President Jeff Liston

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Last talk of the session: Holly Anderson (@palaeophd) investigates fossils from Yai Ruak Cave, Thailand, revealing evidence for the southernmost #Pleistocene hyena den in Asia and signs of cannibalism!🦴 #EAVP2026 #Taphonomy #Pleistocene

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

PhD student Jeremias Glöggler discusses deep-time #palaeoenvironments of Eastern Africa, using large herbivorous mammals from the Turkana Basin to reconstruct ancient landscapes #eavp2026 *watch this space for Glöggler et al. (in prep), coming soon*

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Timescales of Large Mammal Macroevolution discussed by Andrej Spiridonov #eavp2026

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Simona Bekeraite's talking about evidence that avian predation may have helped drive nocturnality in small mammals. #eavp2026

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Up now: how digital reconstruction is revealing the anatomy & evolution of dwarf hippopotamus Hippopotamus creutzburgi from Pleistocene Crete with Nikolaos Gerakakis. #EAVP2026 #Digital

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Good morning from #EAVP2026! Today begins with Cenozoic vertebrate evolution and palaeoecology, then FossilLegal 2026, collections, methods and innovation.

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Exciting news coming out of the AGM: We are delighted to announce that the 2027 European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) Annual Meeting will be held in Vienna, Austria! www.evomorg.org

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🤩 annual CHARITY AUCTION Venue: Šnekutis (snekutis.com) Address: Šv. Mikalojaus st. 15, Vilnius 1 July, 19:00 (7:00 PM) Pay your own bill Come along &help us raise money for a great cause. Good people, good drinks + very good reason to be there!

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

EAVP members: the Annual General Meeting begins at 17:00 GMT+3. Come along, take part! #eavp2026

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Transmitting Science @tscourses.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Ever felt your model fits but misses the story? Residuals might reveal hidden structures like non-linearity or clustering. What patterns are you discovering? #DataInsights

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

From Miocene Ukraine, insight into the ancient Paratethys. Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux explores the squamate assemblage from Grytsiv 🇺🇦 #EAVP2026 #Palaeontology

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#EAVP2026: Using #microCT, Roy Minden Farman et al. uncover a hidden diversity in Pliocene salamandrids from Spain's Camp dels Ninots Konservat-Lagerstätte.... and I couldn't resist sharing his concluding slide with this cute axolotl.

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#EAVP2026: This afternoon moves into Cenozoic vertebrate evolution and palaeoecology: karst caves, museum collections, fossil fishes, crocodylians, salamanders, snakes and mammals.

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The current EAVP President, Jeff Liston, presents Anthony Maltese's research on suspension-feeding in the Niobrara Seaway, exploring the story of a not-always-ossified fish. #EAVP2026 #VertebratePalaeontology

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Elena Cuesta Fidalgo explores the skull of Eoabelisaurus mefi #eavp2026

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today's session 3 begins: Mesozoic Vertebrate Evolution and Functional Morphology. From Tanystropheus neck mobility to early ceratosaurs and suspension-feeding fishes.

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Neck Mobility of Tanystropheus through biomechanical analyses with Adam Rytel #eavp2026

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today's session 3 begins: Mesozoic Vertebrate Evolution and Functional Morphology. From Tanystropheus neck mobility to early ceratosaurs and suspension-feeding fishes.

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Posters, people, palaeontology! The first day's poster sessions at the 23rd EAVP Annual Conference was packed with fresh research ideas and great conversations. Stay tuned for today's session. 👉 Please tag someone you spotted at the poster boards! #EAVP2026 #FossilFriends

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Insights into Jurassic sea turtle diversity!🐢 A fresh look at historical Lagerstätten specimens is revealing just how varied eurysternid turtles (Thalassochelydia) really were. By JURASSICA Museum's @spichergael.bsky.social #EAVP2026

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eavpalaeo.bsky.social @eavpalaeo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Nelson Llempen takes us to Torotoro, Bolivia, exploring the formation and palaeoecology of a high-density, avian-dominated track assemblage at Carreras Pampa. Ancient birds in motion. 🐦👣 #EAVP2026 #Ichnology #Palaeontology

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