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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to all areas of palaeontology. Published by @pensoft.net on behalf of @mfnberlin.bsky.social. Powered by @arphahub.com. Website: fr.pensoft.net

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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
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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
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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...
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Zitteliana @zitteliana.pensoft.net · 10/09/2026
A 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...
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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...
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026
She has also authored a research in our journal: "Another one bites the dust: A new Lithoserix species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from the early Oligocene in France, with an evaluation of wing morphometrics": doi.org/10.3897/fr.2...
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Another one bites the dust: A new Lithoserix species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from the early Oligocene in France, with an evaluation of wing morphometrics
A new Darwin wasp species, Lithoserix oublierus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the early Oligocene limestone formation Calcaires de Campagne-Calavon in the Luberon Region, France. It repre...
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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. 🐝
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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...
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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...
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Scientists X-rayed ancient penguin bones from remote Antarctic island. Here’s why | Discover Wildlife
Antarctica wasn’t always the freezing and ice-capped remote land we know today…
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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
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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...
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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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 07/08/2026
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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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 23/07/2026
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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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 20/07/2026
Aptian 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...
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 17/07/2026
A 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...
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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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 22/06/2026
First 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
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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
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Pensoft @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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 09/06/2026
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 09/06/2026
New 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...
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 08/06/2026
A 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...
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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...
Upper dentition of the gerbils Debruijnimys primaevus sp. nov. from La Piquera
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 20/04/2026
A 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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 23/03/2026
📰 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: Natural History Museum, London: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new... Cc: @utaustin.bsky.social @txgeosciences.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social #doolysaurus #dinosaurspecies #newspecies
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New species of baby dinosaur named after famous South Korean cartoon | Natural History Museum
An exceptional fossil find from South Korea is the nation’s first new dinosaur in 15 years.
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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...
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 23/03/2026
An 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
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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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 19/03/2026
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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...
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Fossil X-ray Reveals New Species of Baby Dino Named after Iconic Korean Cartoon | Blog
Named Doolysaurus huhmini, this baby dinosaur was discovered on South Korea's Aphae Island.
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Phylogeny of Eocene parrot- and passerine-like birds: vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/1825... 🪶🧪 (📷Mayr)
Fossilized skeletons of several extinct birds, some including preserved remains of plumage.
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 10/02/2026
🔍 This study also identifies Lurdusaurus as the first heavy-set member of its group, proving that obligate quadrupedalism evolved much earlier than previously thought: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.173614
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Locomotor reassessment of Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus and Lurdusaurus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) using osteological correlates
Large ornithopod dinosaurs have been successively described as quadrupeds, bipeds and facultative bipeds. Here we study the case of three ankylopollexians (Iguanodon bernissartensis, Ouranosaurus nige...
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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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 06/02/2026
Researchers 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
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Fossil Record @fr.pensoft.net · 22/01/2026
Detailed 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
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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... #palaeoecology
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Blancan climate and feeding strategies of proboscideans and equids revealed by a multi-proxy geochemical analysis from a new locality in north-western Mexico
We 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 ...
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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
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