Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026🔬 Advanced 3D imaging of ancient radiolarian fossils from Newfoundland has revealed that these microscopic organisms develop their skeletons through asymmetrical growth patterns that ultimately create seemingly symmetrical spherical shapes! Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.200748 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026🦅 A reassessment of ancient bird fossils from Germany reveals that several specimens previously grouped together in reality represent distinct species, with the iconic Archaeopteryx containing more diversity than previously recognised: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.200245 @mfnberlin.bsky.social @lmu.de 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 11/09/2026🦕New study on Diplodocoidea (long-necked #sauropod #dinosaurs): diversity dropped sharply near the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary (~143 Ma), but overall diversity was actually higher in the Early Cretaceous than the Late Jurassic, peaking in the Aptian: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 143
Reposted by Fossil RecordZitteliana @zitteliana.pensoft.net · 10/09/2026A new, well-preserved adult male #moth has been described from #Eocene Baltic amber: Glaesopterix jonasdamzeni. Because this specimen exhibits a previously unknown combination of characteristics it has been described in a new #genus - Glaesopterix. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/zitt... 011
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026🌲 Bark #beetles have shaped forests for millions of years - but how many? At #BioSyst2026, Jules Ferreira compared multiple dating approaches to pin down when #Scolytinae actually evolved. They've also authored a paper in our journal: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 042
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026🐝Great talk from Alexandra Viertler at #BioSyst2026: "When models meet megadiversity." Using a dataset of 203 extant & 86 fossil Darwin wasps, she tested Fossilized Birth-Death models for estimating the K-Pg mass extinction's impact - revealing key limits for hyperdiverse insect groups. 🐝 100
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026👐Such a great talk from Seraina Klopfstein at #BioSyst2026 in Uppsala: "Morphology is dead - long live morphology!" She's also a co-author in an article published in our journal: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 010
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 18/08/2026🎉 We're delighted to share that research published in our journal on penguin fossil geochemistry from Seymour Island has been featured in BBC Wildlife Magazine and ECO Magazine! ⬇️ Check out the articles below: www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... ecomagazine.com/news/researc...discoverwildlife.comScientists X-rayed ancient penguin bones from remote Antarctic island. Here’s why | Discover WildlifeAntarctica wasn’t always the freezing and ice-capped remote land we know today… 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 17/08/2026🐢 Advanced 3D scanning has been used to reveal the detailed skull, shell and limb anatomy of an ancient turtle fossil from Germany's Messel Pit, showing it to be a fascinating mix of primitive and more modern features! ➡️ Full study here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.195537 @denvermuseumns.bsky.social 064
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 12/08/2026🐧 Millions of years of Antarctic climate history have been found locked inside the bones of fossilised #penguins! ➡️ Full #openaccess study in our journal: fr.pensoft.net/article/1923... ➡️ @pensoft.net's latest blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/08/12/a... 010
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 07/08/2026🦖 Evidence of a chronic bone infection has been found in the tail of a horned dinosaur called Medusaceratops, showing it survived a traumatic injury for some time afterwards. 👉 Check out the full study: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.193112 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 07/08/2026🦈 Fossilised shark and fish remains have been discovered for the first time in Sudan's Kababish Formation, found alongside the bones of an ancient crocodile-like creature that lived over 66 million years ago. Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.188705 110
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 06/08/2026🦖 Palaeontologists have uncovered an unusual bowl-shaped structure in Late Cretaceous rocks in Bolivia, bearing scratch marks that suggest a titanosaur dug it out. ➡️ Full #openaccess study: fr.pensoft.net/article/1987... 🐾 Guest blog post at @pensoft.net: blog.pensoft.net/2026/08/05/a... 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 05/08/2026🦖 An unusual bowl-shaped structure has been discovered in Late Cretaceous rocks in Bolivia, bearing scratch marks and grooves that suggest it was dug out by an animal rather than formed by natural erosion. ➡️ Study: fr.pensoft.net/article/1987... 🐾 Guest blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2026/08/05/a... 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 29/07/2026🦎 Fossils from 42 Early Miocene sites in Spain's Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin have shed new light on how reptile and amphibian communities evolved around 18 million years ago. Access the full study: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.189879 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 29/07/2026🐜 Five new fossil ant species in the genus Solenopsis have been described from Dominican amber, with one, S. lamellata, possessing a bizarre spine-like feature never before seen in the genus! Full study: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.181268 @bioone.bsky.social @harvardoeb.bsky.social 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 23/07/2026🦴 Fossil remains from the Réalmont Basin in southern France, dating to the boundary between the Carboniferous and Permian periods, have revealed an ancient fish fauna including shark-like fin spines, ray-finned fish scales and teeth, and even fossilised faeces: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.197176 142
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 20/07/2026Aptian pollen (Gemmatricolpites) from Brazil shares ektexine structure with living Ilex despite differing apertures, hinting at an extinct Aquifoliales lineage. Combined with #Cretaceous Ilexpollenites and Ilex seed records, this suggest origin in North Gondwana: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 010
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 17/07/2026A tiny thalattosaur skeleton once proposed as a new species is actually a juvenile Xinpusaurus suni, new bone histology and anatomy show. Full #openaccess study: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 26/06/2026🪸 The oldest known fossil representative of Naibiomorpha, an extinct group of ancient insects, has been identified from the Middle Triassic of Shaanxi Province, northwestern China. 🔍 Check out the full study to find out more: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.194991 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 22/06/2026First fossil evidence of anguine lizards (likely Pseudopus) from the Tortonian-age Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte in Teruel, Spain. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... #anguinelizard 064
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 19/06/2026🎉 Fossil Record has received a 2025 Scopus CiteScore of 3.3 and a Journal Impact Factor of 2.0! 📈 Both metrics are ranked Q1 for Palaeontology, with the CiteScore having moved up from Q2 the previous year. 🔗 Find out more by visiting our latest news announcement: fr.pensoft.net/news/1281 000
Reposted by Fossil RecordPensoft @pensoft.net · 12/06/2026📖 We are thrilled to announce the publication of the second updated and revised edition of “The Postglacial Vegetation History in Southwestern Bulgaria: A Paleoecological Approach” by Prof. Spassimir Tonkov. 👉 Access the book here: doi.org/10.3897/ab.e178106 143
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 09/06/2026New research on Late Miocene hornless rhinos (Chilotherium) uses juvenile skulls and baby teeth to solve a complex taxonomic puzzle. Baby premolars successfully distinguish species, revealing uniform eruption sequences and consistent birth-stress tooth markers. Full research: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 102
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 08/06/2026A new look at Middle Miocene plants from Graz-Andritz reveals a snapshot of ancient Europe. The flora tracks a seasonal, drought-free climate and highlights a unique mix of highly localized endemic maples alongside wide-ranging Eurasian relicts. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 05/06/2026🐹 Scientists have described a new species of ancient #gerbil, Debruijnimys primaevus, from the Early Pliocene in central Spain. Find out all the details in the #openaccess study: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 011
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 02/06/2026🦖 A single, late-stage foetus has been described in detail within the right uterine horn of the early-diverging ichthyosaur Besanosaurus leptorhynchus. 🔍 The orientation of the fossilised remains suggests a tail-first birth took place! ➡️ Find out more: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.183128 035
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 01/06/2026🦴 A second, remarkably complete skeleton of a rare Triassic marine reptile has been described. 🔍 Indeed, crucial information regarding previously unknown limb bones and variations within the species has been provided for the first time by this larger specimen: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.189975 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 20/05/2026🐟 New #cretaceous fossil skulls from Russia & the UK reveal that the swordfish-like Protosphyraena wasn't regionally divided - Northern & Southern Hemisphere species are far more closely related than thought. Read more: fr.pensoft.net/article/1915... #Paleontology 010
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 19/05/2026🐸A near-complete male ranid frog skeleton from the early Oligocene of France sheds new light on the deep roots of Pelophylax in Europe and hints that V4 vertebra shape may help tell species apart. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... #paleontology #herpetology 062
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 13/05/2026🦴 A new taphonomic study of ancient Hipparion Red Clay sites in northern China has revealed how large mammal fossils were preserved millions of years ago. 🌍 It was found that these assemblages were formed by natural deaths on open landscapes before being buried by dust: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.189157 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 08/05/2026🦖 A nearly complete Stenopterygius fossil was identified from the Yorkshire coast, representing the first definitive confirmation of this ichthyosaur species within the UK. 🔍 Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.185733 @univlille.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social 14618
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 20/04/2026A new 99-million-year-old beetle species, Mysteriohelota metallicus, was recently discovered preserved in amber from northern Myanmar. Check out the full study to find out more: fr.pensoft.net/article/1857... #beetlespecies #ancientbeetle 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 23/03/2026🦕 The discovery of 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪 is a global sensation! With over 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 across social media, this fuzzy find - South Korea’s first new dinosaur species in 15 years - is capturing hearts worldwide. ➡️ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲: fr.pensoft.net/article/1781... 162
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 23/03/2026An analysis of 15,000-year-old microfossil records from the Norwegian Basin has improved our understanding of how ancient climate shifts, including the Mid-Brunhes Event, have shaped deep-sea life. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.e177205 @awi.de @geomarkiel.bsky.social 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 20/03/2026🐸 Rare fossils from Tanzania have revealed the oldest known ancestors of modern frogs found in Africa, dating back to the Jurassic period. 🦴 These specimens were discovered in the Tendaguru Formation. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.175525 @mfnberlin.bsky.social 052
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 19/03/2026🦕 A new species of baby dinosaur discovered from South Korea's Aphae Island has been named after one of the country's most beloved cartoon characters: Dooly. 🔗 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭: blog.pensoft.net/.../fossil-x... ➡️ 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲: fr.pensoft.net/article/1781...blog.pensoft.netFossil X-ray Reveals New Species of Baby Dino Named after Iconic Korean Cartoon | BlogNamed Doolysaurus huhmini, this baby dinosaur was discovered on South Korea's Aphae Island. 111546
Reposted by Fossil RecordAlberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Phylogeny of Eocene parrot- and passerine-like birds: vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1825... 🪶🧪 (📷Mayr) 0388
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 10/02/2026🦕 New research suggests that large ornithopod dinosaurs like Iguanodon and Ouranosaurus were likely permanent four-legged walkers rather than occasional bipeds. @sorbonne-universite.fr 121
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 06/02/2026Researchers studying fossilised shark teeth in Byala, Bulgaria have demonstrated that prehistoric shark lineages were able to survive and thrive for millions of years longer than previously thought. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.182659 @nhmwien.bsky.social 020
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 22/01/2026Detailed description of small vertebrate tracks - recently found within the Yan’an Formation in China - expand knowledge of small-bodied vertebrates in East Asia during the Middle Jurassic period. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.169194 053
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 16/01/2026🦣🐎Using multi-proxy geochemical analyses, this study uncovers the feeding strategies of proboscideans and equids, along with past #climate conditions, at a newly documented Blancan (Pliocene-Pleistocene) site in north-western Mexico. doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... #palaeoecologydoi.orgBlancan climate and feeding strategies of proboscideans and equids revealed by a multi-proxy geochemical analysis from a new locality in north-western MexicoWe present a multi-proxy geochemical analysis of proboscidean and equid teeth from a newly-documented Blancan (Pliocene–Pleistocene) locality in north-western Mexico. Eleven dental elements (six from ... 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 08/01/2026🕷️Preserved in #Eocene Baltic amber, an impressive new #fossil of a harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones) with unique features on its pedipalps emerges! ➡ Dive into the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... #paleontology 0167
Reposted by Fossil RecordPensoft @pensoft.net · 23/12/2025As 2025 draws to a close, we at Pensoft want to extend our warmest wishes to our editors, reviewers, researchers, partners, and followers. Thank you for being part of our journey this year. Wishing you all a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year! 🎄✨ 0915
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 09/12/2025Researchers present a synopsis of the Triassic reptiles of Germany. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...doi.orgSynopsis of the Triassic reptiles from GermanyTriassic strata in the portion of the Central European Basin (CEB) that cover parts of conterminous Germany have yielded a long if discontinuous record of continental tetrapods spanning this period. T... 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 08/12/2025This systematic review compiles 726 fossil records of Chilean insects, arachnids and myriapods from Carboniferous to Quaternary, exposing key gaps in South America's paleoentomology. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 020
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 05/12/2025Many Jurassic–Cretaceous dips in plesiosaur diversity are artefacts of uneven rock and collection sampling, and the Aalenian–Bathonian, Valanginian and Coniacian are prime targets for discovering “hidden” plesiosaur species: doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...doi.orgAssessing the effect of sampling proxies on plesiosaur taxic diversity with comments on implications for Mesozoic sampling designThe fossil record of plesiosaurs, while extensive, is strongly affected by geological and anthropogenic biases that may obscure true diversity patterns. This study evaluates the influence of rock avai... 010
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 03/12/2025A newly described Late Miocene small-vertebrate assemblage from the Ouarzazate Basin refines North Africa’s biochronological framework and paints a picture of temperate freshwater habitats in an open, semi‑arid landscape ~8.7 Ma ago. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 000
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 07/11/2025Fossil shark teeth from Pliocene Tuscany show the first evidence that 𝑂𝑠𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑥 "zombie worms" exploit shark tooth dentine in the wild. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 0102
Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 31/10/2025Apidorhynchid fossils from the Late-Jurassic Solnhofen Archipelago include specimens with prey fish stuck in their mouths and stomachs. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/fr.2... 000