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fossilSLABlab.bsky.social @fossilslablab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

(1/8) For #FossilFriday – What can ~555-million-year-old fossils tell us about the earliest animal behaviors? Excited to share a new article with Blakely Webb, @chemosymbiosis.bsky.social, Bill Parker & @marydroser.bsky.social in Scientific Reports investigating evidence of motility in Spriggina

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New toothed whale named, Pterocetus diamantinae, based on partial skull from a massive active multi-million-year-old whale fall necropolis on the bottom of the Indian ocean. ~500 fossil whales, 5 extant communities. 🎨: @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social (P. benguelae pictured)

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New eucrocopodan archosauriform is named, Silescelida acristata, based on a handful of fossils from Middle Triassic Brazil. It could be a possible relative to the well-known Euparkeria, but alas it's just bits and pieces. 🎨: Matheus Fernandes Gadelha

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Large paracrocodylomorph pseudosuchian is described as, Shakajlura riojanensis, from a partial specimen from the Tarjadia Assemblage Zone, upper Ladinian-lower Carnian, Chañares Formation, La Rioja, Argentina. 🎨: @literallymiguel.bsky.social + rlatkdwls

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Maxilla of Portuguese hatchling Allosaurus is described with telltale acid etching left on the surface of the bone. Authors interpret this to mean the bone was digested shortly before fossilization began. Cannibalism? Impossible to tell. 🎨: Tim Bradley

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Brazilian archosaurs are analyzed for osteological correlates for lip-like tissues in the same way researchers have done for theropod dinosaurs. They found that nearly all of them fit the lipped condition more than a croc-like condition 🎨: Matheus F. Gadelha

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New material of the species Elasmotherium chaprovicum is described from Early Pleistocene-aged Taurida Cave, Crimea.

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New poposauroid from the marine Carnian-aged Partnach Formation near Jadersdorf, Gailtal Alps, Austria is named, Carinthiasuchus kandutschi, based on some skull pieces, osteoderms, and tail vertebrae. 🎨: LiterallyMiguel

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I uploaded a new video about the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis. My original video had a lot of interviews with the scientists who found it, so this one is a bit of an edit. Follow the link down thread! #Spinosaurus #SpinoSummer #SpuinoSummer2026 #dinosaur #science

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A brand new microraptorine has been named from some shoulder and arm bones. I delve into the latest paper, so you don't have to! Video down thread (Art by Lewis LaRosa) #dinosaur #paleontology #nature #science

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New microraptorine is named Jian changmaensis based on an arm and a shoulder from Lower Cretaceous Xiagou fm of the Changma Basin, Gansu, China. 🎨: @lewislarosa.bsky.social

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 A new specimen of the Middle Triassic Ichthyosaur, Besanosaurus, has been described with an in-utero fetus revealed through X-ray imaging. The fetus is oriented tail-first, something seen more often in advanced icthyosaurs! 🎨: Fabio Manucci

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New plesiosaur, Argentinonectes calafatensis, is described from a rather complete skeleton from Upper Cretaceous Patagonia. It helps shed light on the tail anatomy for these plesiosaurs. 🎨: The_trexdraw (Chubutinectes pic.)

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☆ astrapionté ☆ @astrapionte.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🦇 Another awesome commission! This one features two Late Eocene Egyptian giant bats- Aegyptonycteris (with the fruit) and Witwatia. Both of them were around the size of the extant Spectral Bat (the largest living carnivorous bat). #paleoart

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Very fragmentary Unenlagiid theropod is named, Kank australis, from Maastrichtian Chorillo Formation of Patagonia. This is one of the very few named from Southern Patagonia. It had very airy neck bones! 🎨: PaleoGDY + Connor Ashbridge

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New euarthropod is named Oreinorema bergstroemi, from early Cambrian Chengjiang biota. This thing looks like a radiodont from afar, but key features (like the mouthparts) place it outside of the group. It's a transitional form! 🎨: Xiaodong Wang

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New corcoraniid is described as, Magnicornaspis garwoodi, from the lt Cambrian Rivière-du-Loup Formation of Quebec, Canada. It's another piece of evidence that the Furongian Gap may be an artifact of preservation, and not extinction.

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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Mesadactylus, color scheme based on model made by @novastein.bsky.social #paleoart #sciart

Mesadactylus in the air, against a blue sky with large white clouds. The landscape is dark and mostly bare with a few trees, the only part facing the sunlight is a distant volcano. A lone Diplodocus walks through the shadowy land.

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🚨BREAKING PALEO NEWS🚨 Yet another T.rex going to auction... Gus rex. Collected over 2021/22/23 field seasons. 183 bones,~63% complete by bone count, 75–80% of bone mass. 82% complete skull. • Length~38 feet • Auction with Sotheby’s July 14 • EST. 20-30 mill USD for this...

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New enantiornithine bird is described as, Plumadraco bankoorum, based on a complete skeleton from the Jurassic Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning. It bore a pair of long rectrices on its tail the authors think it used for social interactions 🎨: Ville Sinkkonen

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Old pterosaur genus, Palaeornis, is renamed to Rexarthuria. Genus preoccupied by bird, original material contains unique traits despite fragmentary nature, found as member of Tapejaromorpha. 🎨: Anthony Hutchings (Aymberedactylus pictured)

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New shuvosaurid described as, Labrujasuchus expectatus, from fragmentary material of a few individuals from the Late Triassic (Norian) Hayden Quarry/Petrified Forest Member/Chinle Fm, NM. It fits into a gap between Effigia + Shuvosaurus. 🎨: Jorge Gonzalez

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 A dozen+ specimens from Santa María Amajac, Hidalgo, Mexico, of a Pliocene Axolotl have been named Ambystoma quetzalcoatli. This is the oldest known record of the genus in MX, and was similar in size and anatomy to the living Axolotl. 🎨: Diana Guzmán-Madrid

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Resurfaced photo ca. 1914, shows young Gryposaurus as it appeared on display at long-defunct Calgary Natural History Society Museum. It was prepared by AMNH crew and discovered by William Cutler. It aids the Mallon et al. 2023 discussion. 🎨: Davide la Torre

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 7 vertebrae from the Paleocene (upper Danian) Porters Creek Formation of Alabama, are described as a new marine snake, Parapalaeophis jeffshawi. Body length is estimated at 1.94 ± 0.14m, 6.36 ±0.45ft 🎨: Joschua Knuppe (palaeophis pictured)

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 All species and fossil material of the Paleocene-Miocene croc, Diplocynodon, is re-evaluated. 9 of the 11 species are found to be valid. 🎨: Jose Antonio Penas

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 A re-analysis of Spinosaur skull fossils has found osteological correlates for the salt gland in birds and marine iguanas. This helps provide more support for their near-marine lifestyles. It would've been weird if they didn't have this. 🎨: Andrea Cau

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New species of giant mosasaur, Tylosaurus rex, based on over 12 specimens previously referred to other species of Tylosaurus. Culmination of the PhD research of lead author @tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social the paper is extremely thorough! 🎨: AlderonGames + @formorphology.bsky.social

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Another bivalved Arthropod has been described as, Cassicaris clarksoni. based on over 200 specimens from the early Cambrian (Stage 3) Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte in Kunming, China. It had a bunch of spines running down its tail, with paddle-shaped organs at the end.

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New specimen of Hypacrosaurus altispinus is described. It's so well preserved, that it helps to re-write what defines the genus/species. It implies the second species H. stebingeri, may belong to the genus Corythosaurus. 🎨: Lucas Attwell

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New species of Cretaceous 'Chinese crocodile lizard' is named, Acutodon villeveyracensis, based on fragmentary fossils from France. This is the first occurrence of this lizard group in Cretaceous Europe, helping to fill an evo-gap! 🎨: Olivier Jansen

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New fossil rainfrog from Oligocene France is referred to the still living genus Pelophylax. Authors find it most closely resembles the Marsh Frog, P. ridibundus. 🎨: P. ridibundus pictured

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Result from the Florissant Formation #paleostream! While it doesn't look like this this has been one of the most intensely researched pieces of the whole series, but more on that later. On this a late summer evening a Megacerops steps onto a clearing to take a sip from a...

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Nova Stein /COMMISSIONS OPEN/ @novastein.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Allosaurus ambushes a young camarasaurus, angering the herd in the process. #SciArt #Paleoart #dinosaur #art #3Dart

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New material of the extinct mustelid, Cernictis, is described from the Pinole Tuff Formation, California. New material provides a better idea of what these things were like - original material described ~100 yrs ago! 🎨: Julius Csotonyi (Enhydrictis pictured)

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 A baby/juvenile specimen referrable to the Sauropod, Neuquensaurus, has been described. It was ~44–63% of adult size. This one suggests baby Titanosaurs didn't develop their pneumatic (air-filled) skeletons until later on in maturity.

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New Thai sauropod is described as - Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis. It's a Euhelopodid sauropod known from many trunk elements. Authors estimate it may have been as much as 25–28 tons! 🎨: Patchanop Boonsai

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Paper re-describes many of the specimens applied to the Pinacosaurus genus. New species, Pinacosaurus hilwitnorum, is named from specimens applied to P. grangeri. P. mephistocephalus is too distinct and put in a new genus, Eopinacosaurus. 🎨: @olorotitan.bsky.social

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 A new specimen of Sinopterus dongi is examined using Micro-XRF, SEM, FIB-SEM, EDS, ToF-SIMS. Melanosomes and their structures were observed, and they correlate to green to magenta iridescent coloration. Another huge step in paleo coloration! 🎨: Chaung Zhao

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New pterosaur is described - Laueropterus vitriolus. Based on nearly complete specimen from Mörnsheim Formation (Above Solnhofen). It had a 1m wingspan and was adult when it died. 🎨: rlatkdwls + Dr. Matt Dempsey

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

BRAND NEW VIDEO! I talk about "Vectispinus" Art by @dragonsofwales.bsky.social

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I'm well into the swing of Spino Summer! My first video is about the possibility of Spinosaurs in Cretaceous Australia! Follow the link below to watch the video in full! Thumb by @literallymiguel.bsky.social

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 A new Eocene ape is described - Saharopithecus salemi - based on two molars found at the Dur At-Talah locality 2, Dur At-Talah escarpment, central Libya. It's uncertain where it places phylogenetically but may be related to the Proteopithecids. 🎨: No Art!

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 A new nearly complete specimen of the Ichthyosaur, Stenopterygius quadrissicus from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) Whitby Mudstone Formation at Ravenscar near Whitby, Yorkshire, England is described... 🎨: Somniosus insomnus

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Possible evidence of burrowing in "Prosauropod," Anchisaurus, is briefly noted in a much larger volume on the Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstätten in Newark Supergroup Rift Basins. The specimen is the Neotype of Anchisaurus, found in the 1800s 🎨: @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 New basal whale is described from Eocene of India as Kalakocetus aurorae, based on a jaw and some teeth. That may seem odd, but remember that mammal teeth are highly diagnostic to species-level, unlike dinos. 🎨: Sergio Perez

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EDGE @edgescience.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨 Gobiconodon zofiae is re-described, and the list of traits that diagnose it are further solidified - a new species is also named Gobiconodon gongzhulingensis, based on some chunks of the face and teeth. 🎨: Joschua Knuppe

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