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dactylioceras.bsky.social @dactylioceras.bsky.social · Oct 18
Abdellah Milhi´s 1992 Thesis about the Geology of the Moroccan High Atlas is now Aviable online on the Internet Archive
archive.org/details/milh...
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Neuroanatomical convergence between pterosaurs and non-avian paravians in the evolution of flight

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Art of Matheus Fernandes
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Cellularly preserved chlorophyte from the 518 million year old Chengjiang biota

[new taxon Chaetomorphium cambria]
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A new mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the upper jurassic of Southwest China reveals new evolutionary evidence from East Asian eusauropods

Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis sp. nov.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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sandyheth.bsky.social
Huge congratulations @jeremywyman.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social for publishing the results of your masters thesis @annbot.bsky.social
The work includes a new reconstruction of the Carboniferous isoetalean Oxroadia by the brilliant @palaeojules.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
Left, a zoomed out image of the habit of the green branching lycophytes Oxroadia. Right, a zoomed in image of the highly branched rooting system
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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palaeojules.bsky.social
Congratulations to @jeremywyman.bsky.social et al 2025 for the publication of their Oxroadia paper! And thanks for bringing me onboard to do some restorations of this relative of Lepidodendron and Isoëtes from the Carboniferous of Scotland.
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
#FossilFriday #paleobotany
a figure showing a life restoration of an adult oxroadia, which has many sinuous green stem branching across the ground, and two smaller diagrams of a juvenile plant and a close up of the rooting system.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Wing morphology of Anchiornis huxleyi and the evolution of molt strategies in paravian dinosaurs
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
The coelurosaur theropods of the Romualdo formation, early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Brazil: Santanaraptor placidus meets Mirischia asymmetrica

Illustration by Guilherme Gehr

anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Arthropods from Tethyshadros Beds!

An Upper Cretaceous arthropod assemblage from Villaggio del Pescatore (Campanian, Italy) and its implications for peri-Tethyan palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
U-Pb calcite age dating of fossil eggshell as an accurate deep time geochronometer
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Paleontological and paleoecological significance of the oldest highly productive Upper Cretaceous (lowermost Maastrichtian) bonebed of Haţeg Basin (western Romania; Densuş-Ciula Formation
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Earliest long-necked sauropterygian Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis and plasticity of vertebral evolution in sauropterygian marine reptiles

New long-necked sauropterygian Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Neuroanatomy of Kayentachelys aprix and Eileanchelys waldmani provide insights into the early evolution of the turtle brain

sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10....
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Early Ordovician sea scorpions from Morocco suggest Cambrian origins and main diversification of Eurypterida

New eurypterid ?Carcinosoma aurorae
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Reproductive biology and anatomy of ammonites
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Diving in the Maastrichtian of Marambio (Seymour) Island: A new member of the Neoaves in the Cretaceous Antarctic avifauna

Pujatopouli soberana gen. et sp. nov.

Illustration by Samanta Faiad
doi.org/10.1016%2Fj....
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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serpenillus.bsky.social
IT’s HERE! The trailer from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age!

I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet

youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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ferwen.bsky.social
A glimpse into a vanished ecosystem: reconstructing diet and palaeoenvironment of Palaeoloxodon from the Pleistocene of Taiwan

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A glimpse into a vanished ecosystem: reconstructing diet and palaeoenvironment of Palaeoloxodon from the Pleistocene of Taiwan | Royal Society Open Science
Palaeoloxodon is the largest known terrestrial mammal in the history of Taiwan. However, little is known about the palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of these extinct proboscideans. In this study, we...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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franzanth.bsky.social
most of my work this year has been NDA but nobody can stop me from uploading this lowres render of the background props: the gay shells #Art #SciArt
seafloor scene with 4 brachiopod shells clustered together, colored in pastel rainbow
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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literallymiguel.bsky.social
Barinasuchus arveloi: as an animal, you just cannot get any cooler than this #paleoart
made for wikipedia c:
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Miragaia longicollum MG 4863: New fossil and historical evidence from the most complete stegosaur from Europe
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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More Privately Excavated and soon to be poached Spicomellus(?)

Is that a Jaw? @tweetisaurus.bsky.social
fr.le360.ma/culture/diap...
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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NANOTYRANNUS IS NOT ONLY VALID, BUT GETS A NEW SPECIES!!

[Nanotyranus lethaeus sp. nov]

Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) deep-time peatland evolution in Northwest China driven by climate change
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
The rise of lichens during the colonization of terrestrial environments (Spongiophyton nanum)

Paleoart by J. Lacerda

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM