Reposted by Ricardo ElyDr Michael J Ryan @drmichaeljryan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026CMNVP 2120, the holotype of Gorgosaurus libratus 05612
Reposted by Ricardo ElyTom Near @tjnear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New Angiosperm (flowering plant) phylogeny! Darwin's "abominable mystery" reflected through a consistently improving phylogenetic lens 0113
Reposted by Ricardo ElyDr Paul M.J. Burke @palaeoburke.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Introducing Herugavialis cairensis. A new genus of fossil gavialoid crocodylian from the Middle Eocene of Egypt. Recovered from the Mokattam Formation, Herugavialis was found from the same rocks used to build the Great Sphinx and pyramids of Egypt. Read here: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... 02913
Reposted by Ricardo ElybioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Lineage tracing reveals asynchronous fate restriction in mouse embryos and stem cell-derived embryo models www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 022
Reposted by Ricardo ElyDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Now Donald Henderson on comparing shark, ichthyosaur and cetacean body shapes and streamlining. #MarineReptileConf2026 #ichthyosaurs Some nice dissing of the aquatic Spinosaurus model early on. 1478
Reposted by Ricardo ElyDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Huge congrats to my student @crowleyk.bsky.social, who just had the first paper of her graduate research accepted for publication today (and first 1st authored paper)! Looking forward to sharing her fantastic work on the phylogeny, macroevolution, & biogeography of flexible crinoids with the world! 0215
Reposted by Ricardo ElyFabio A. Machado @fmachado.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Fresh out of the oven: a little provocation about the conclusion that macroevolution rates are slower than we would expect. Feedback and rebuttals are welcome academic.oup.com/evlett/advan... with @damelo.net @apenna.bsky.social @agporto.bsky.social and othersacademic.oup.comInvasion of new adaptive zones retains telltale signs of directional selection at macroevolutionary scales in mammalsAbstract. Directional selection is often viewed as a transient force in macroevolution, with its signal eroded over time by stabilizing and fluctuating sel 24126
Reposted by Ricardo ElyDr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Snail architecture runs on a surprisingly short list of decisions. Here's one of them: how far to slide down your own axis while you grow. Barely at all gets you a flat coil. A lot gets you a tower. 🧪🐌 #SciArt #marinelife 23110
Reposted by Ricardo ElyDr. Joe Moysiuk @cambrojoe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Graduate student opportunities in my lab! Seeking up to 2 students to start next year. Learn more: joemoysiuk.weebly.com/student-oppo... 01116
Reposted by Ricardo ElyAndy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every time I delve into a paper co-authored by Barnum Brown, especially those from the last half of his career, I'm impressed by how forward-thinking he was. I think Brown's contributions to the intellectual growth of paleontology--esp. vertebrate paleo--are often underestimated. 1183
Reposted by Ricardo ElyRachel Warnock @rachelwarnock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Amazing opportunity to work on co-phylogenetics in Warsaw! Kenneth is a wonderful collaborator and mentor. Please spread the word! 0129
Reposted by Ricardo ElyMichael Hickerson @hickerlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026How much of the tree of life did you eat? Phylodiet scores a meal by phylogenetic diversity: type what you ate and it builds the dated tree of the organisms in it, from ~3,300 edible eukaryotes, back 2 billion years. Last night's dinner, below. 🧵 mjhickerson.github.io/phylodiet/app/phylodiet.html 69539
Reposted by Ricardo ElyNico Mongiardino Koch @nmkphylo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I am looking for graduate students to join my lab in Fall 2027. If your interests lie within the realms of phylogenetics, macroevolution, and/or invertebrate biodiversity please reach out to me!! 12521
Reposted by Ricardo ElyProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant ProfessorAll Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre... 03052
Reposted by Ricardo ElyAndy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I am pretty disappointed by the lack of public acknowledgment from the American Alliance of Museums about the situations at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel (which was AAM-accredited!) & the Sternberg. There are lots of museum crises right now, but these are particularly serious. 13111
Reposted by Ricardo ElyCatherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I absolutely love this paper -- Menezes & Podos in Evolution demonstrate that loudness is linked to body size and gap width, but apparently not to habitat or mating system, across 123 Brazilian & US species. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...academic.oup.comEvolutionary drivers of vocal amplitude in birdsBirds can surpass all other terrestrial vertebrates in vocal amplitude, yet why some birds sing louder than others remains unclear. Using calibrated field 1217
Reposted by Ricardo ElyLaura Mulvey @lauramulvey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🟢 Great start to the week with an intro into stratigraphy from the one and only Mark Patzkowsky 🪨📉✨ @thepalass.bsky.social @paleosoc.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social 0106
Reposted by Ricardo ElyAnne Kort | The Virtual Paleontologist @virtpaleo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I, like many in the paleontology community, have been devastated to hear about the planned closures for two major museums in the past two weeks. I have seen more coverage of ANSP, so I want to highlight the Sternberg Museum of Fort Hays State University in Kansas. sternberg.fhsu.edusternberg.fhsu.edu Sternberg Museum of Natural History - Sternberg Museum of Natural History Explore Great Plains natural history at the Sternberg Museum (Hays, KS): fossils, rotating exhibits, educational programs, tours, and camps. 12116
Reposted by Ricardo ElyiDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🌡️ ❄️ 🏜️ A new study in Nature Communications shows warming, cooling and aridification shaped mammal communities in Central Asia during the Paleogene (66-23 million years ago). Led by researchers from iDiv, the @uni-jena.de and @sgn.one. 🔗 www.idiv.de/hot-cold-dry...idiv.deHot, cold, dry: Climate change shaped mammal diversity 66 to 23 million years agoMammal communities in Central Asia responded to global and regional climate changes, according to a new study. 032
Reposted by Ricardo ElyPaleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026🚨 PS SHORT COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT GSA 2026 October 10th (location TBD) A primer for researchers of all stages interested in trait-based paleoecology and deep time vegetation-climate interactions. Description in comment below! 12316
Reposted by Ricardo ElyAlberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New review of what we know and don't know about the evolutionary history of birds and their close fossil relatives! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Benito & @lizzysteell.bsky.social) 07540
Reposted by Ricardo ElyCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NYC DOT unveils the final vision for transformation of the avenue (from E.46th to E.57th). “.. A reduction of two lanes of traffic, wider sidewalks, benches, space for cultural programming, a bike lane ..” (via Mark Levine) 39775116
Reposted by Ricardo ElyPalaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️24th September 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Next Thursday, Emilia Jarochowska from Utrecht University will talk about “CarboKitten.jl – stratigraphic forward modeling of marine carbonate rocks and its applications in paleobiology”. Sign up here: palaeoverse.org/training/lec... 0117
Reposted by Ricardo ElyiDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🌍 iDiv and the @uni-jena.de are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) in Macroevolution & Macroecology. 🕒 Full-time (40h/week) or part-time (minimum 75%) 📅 Start: 1 Dec 2026 💼 Fixed-term: 3 years 💶 Salary: up to E13 (TV‑L) ⏳ Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 www.idiv.de/career/job-o...idiv.deJob OpeningsExplore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany. 11522
Reposted by Ricardo ElyMartin R. Smith @palaeosmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fast and innovative methods for building consensus trees: package ConsTree is now on CRAN constree.github.iocran.r-project.orgConsTree: Fast Algorithms for Phylogenetic Consensus TreesEfficient construction of phylogenetic consensus trees. Methods include strict, majority-rule, majority-rule (+), loose (combinable component / semi-strict), greedy, Adams, frequency difference, R*, a... 21714
Reposted by Ricardo ElyPaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Love this discovery adding to strong dinosaurian ties between North America and Europe during the latest Jurassic. Certainly, the J/K boundary story is a shared Euramerican story. phys.org/news/2026-09... @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @paleontologizing.bsky.socialphys.orgFirst confirmed Diplodocus outside North America reshapes Late Jurassic migration pictureIn a discovery that challenges our understanding of dinosaur distribution during the Late Jurassic period, paleontologists have identified the first evidence of the iconic Diplodocus outside North Ame... 2399
Reposted by Ricardo ElyBiological Theory @biologicaltheory.bsky.social · 09/09/2026➡️ New article out! ⬅️ How Much Diversity Is Lost in Classification? Morphospaces as a Metric of Taxonomic Impact by Alberto González-Casarrubios Free reading link: rdcu.be/LMuvEcoSM6oa 0233
Reposted by Ricardo Elyphy_papers @phypapers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026TreeFlow: Probabilistic Modelling and Automatic Differentiation for Phylogenetics pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42727064 011
Reposted by Ricardo ElyKory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Really excited to share our latest paper with you! We examine patterns of skull shape evolution in an awesome group of fishes and show that they rapidly innovated following the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...urldefense.comSelection, constraints, and contingency drive mosaic patterns of evolution during the carangarian adaptive radiationAdaptive radiations generate remarkable morphological diversity, yet traits often diversify at different rates and modes, producing mosaic patterns of evolution. Modularity, the semiautonomous organization of traits, can shape how selection and ... 310450
Reposted by Ricardo ElyCatherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Susanne Fritz, who is great, is advertising a macroevolution/macroecology/biogeography postdoc at iDiv in Leipzig: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/c...jobs.uni-jena.dePostdoctoral Researcher in Macroevolution and Macroecology 02227
Reposted by Ricardo ElyProfessor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Somehow I think I've never heard of paleorxiv (preprints) before! paleorxiv.github.iopaleorxiv.github.ioPaleorXiv 041
Reposted by Ricardo ElyYichao Zeng @yichaozeng.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Just out in Syst Biol! What are the macroevolutionary rates of species interactions such as mutualisms and antagonisms? @cromanpa.bsky.social We developed a new Approximate Bayesian Computation approach to estimating speciation and extinction rates from cophylogenies. doi.org/10.1093/sysb... 0157
Reposted by Ricardo ElyJoseph W. BRRRAAAIIINNNSSS @josephwb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Quantifying the predictability of evolution by analysis of coalescent rate variation academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...academic.oup.comQuantifying the predictability of evolution by analysis of coalescent rate variationAbstract. We investigate the predictability of evolution in terms of the phylogenetic placement of new lineages. This leads us to develop a class of coales 063
Reposted by Ricardo ElyDr. Sven N. Nielsen @snnielsen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Paleontology job in Mexico!earthworks-jobs.comFull-time Researcher PositionFull-time Researcher Position at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - UNAM. Located in Queretaro, Mexico. Deadline: 15/09/2026. 01322
Reposted by Ricardo ElyPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this. 15303973916122
Reposted by Ricardo ElyDr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Do you like snailfishes? lumpsuckers? clingfishes? New phylogeny dropped, and to toot our own horn it's really good! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 38838
Reposted by Ricardo ElySkye McDavid @skyemcdavid.com · 03/09/2026SVP Sues the Trump Administration for Shrinking Bears Ears National Monument Now THIS is what I want my membership dues going towards @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social vertpaleo.org/svp-sues-the...vertpaleo.orgSVP Sues the Trump Administration for Shrinking Bears Ears National Monument – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 16232
Reposted by Ricardo ElySarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I feel like I’m going to throw up 13834671031
Reposted by Ricardo ElyDr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New paper w/ @astigall.bsky.social! 🧪 "Species-level diversity dynamics during the Great Ordovician biodiversification event: a phylodynamic case study of Laurentian brachiopod lineages" Link to paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ngnZ73N~L... 0199
Reposted by Ricardo ElyRUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Great new open access book by Pim Edelaar: "The Selective Organism: An Expanded Theory of Adaptive Evolution" Check it out here: academic.oup.com/book/63165?l... #HPBio #PhilSci 25427
Reposted by Ricardo ElyAndrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The effects of different kinds of fossil record biases on the trait statistics inference: "We find that biological and taxonomic filters strongly skew these inferences, while spatial filters do not significantly distort them." www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio 02010
Reposted by Ricardo ElyMolecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Donyavi, @grantkinsler.bsky.social @kgslab.bsky.social et al. demonstrate that, even in a system with high pleiotropy, the underlying genotype–phenotype–fitness map has a modular structure that makes evolutionary outcomes more predictable 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #societyjournal #evobioacademic.oup.comEvolutionary adaptation proceeds through a small number of phenotypic modulesAbstract. Understanding how the myriad molecular impacts of mutation percolate to influence higher-order traits and ultimately fitness requires compressing 084
Reposted by Ricardo ElyCasey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore. 12324164
Reposted by Ricardo ElyAndy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Computed tomography datasets and 3D models of California Quaternary tar seep faunas for education and research - new in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social - fantastic open dataset with great use for research & teaching! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comComputed tomography datasets and 3D models of California Quaternary tar seep faunas for education and researchThe Rancho La Brea and McKittrick asphalt seeps of California have produced exceptionally rich Cenozoic fossil assemblages, preserving late Pleistocene to Holocene fauna from distinct environmental... 0189
Reposted by Ricardo ElyPalaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️27th August 2026, 15:00 UTC🗓️ Join us next Thursday for a talk by @brpetrucci.bsky.social from Iowa State University on “Budding phylogenetic trees: inference with BEAST2 and post-processing with paleobuddy”. Sign up here: palaeoverse.org/training/lec... 0149
Reposted by Ricardo ElyMatt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026One of the most remarkable deep-sea fish groups now has a paleontological record. Ridolfi and colleagues report the first fossil stylephorid (tube-eye) from the middle Eocene of Iran. #OA in Papers in Palaeontology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 14813
Reposted by Ricardo ElyChris Law @chrislaw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New pre-print testing if bats, carnivorans, & primates occupying equivalent dietary niches evolved convergent mandible shapes & shared adaptive zones! Short answer: no. With @mberthaume.bsky.social, @savannahecobb.bsky.social, & @sesantana.bsky.social www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1... 1259
Reposted by Ricardo ElyThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Seymour, R. S. et al. (2026). Blood flow rates to long bones of archosaurs reveal high aerobic metabolic rates and endothermy throughout most of their evolutionary history. Paleobiology, 1–13. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgBlood flow rates to long bones of archosaurs reveal high aerobic metabolic rates and endothermy throughout most of their evolutionary history | Paleobiology | Cambridge CoreBlood flow rates to long bones of archosaurs reveal high aerobic metabolic rates and endothermy throughout most of their evolutionary history 13214
Reposted by Ricardo ElyCallan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Have you all played with Visible Geology lately? A bunch of new functionality was added in the last year. ⚒️ 14013