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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

#FossilFriday - explore the stunning armoured plates of a 390-million-year-old placoderm fish fossil from Manitoba! 🐟 Image shows the central and postorbital plates of Elmosteus lundarensis gen. et comb. nov. Read the full study by Jobbins et al. (2025): buff.ly/g6sEO4A #PaleoSky #Fossils #NHM

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Gareth Fraser @garethjfraser.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

New Pre-Print Alert! "Teeth Outside the Jaw: Evolution and Development of the Toothed Head Clasper in Chimaeras." We use fossil evidence, development and CT scans through ghost shark ontogeny to describe the emergence of the tenaculum! 👻🦈🦷 @karlycohen.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

CT scan of the head clasper (tenaculum) from the Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei), compete with its rows of shark-like teeth!

Our paper features fossil reconstruction art (of Helodus simplex) by Ray Troll - https://www.trollart.com/

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Kirstin Brink @kirstinbrink.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We are looking for a PhD student to work on halibut otoliths! The position is a collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada and @umanitoba.bsky.social . emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...

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Jessica Arbour @fountainscholar.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I am taking up to 2 applicants for the masters program in biology at MTSU this coming fall. Projects working on cichlid ecomorphology, cichlid fossils and missing data. Experience with fish, geomorph or R a plus. Funding for stipend and travel support.

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