Historical Biology
@historicalbiology.bsky.social
Publishes papers on developments in the sciences concerning the history of life through geological time and the biology of past organisms.
📣Editor spotlight
Dr. Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli is a palaeoichthyologist at the Vertebrate Paleontology Division, at National University of La Plata (CONICET). Her research interests are studying the ichthyofaunas of Argentina and Antarctica 🐟 🇦🇷
Dr. Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli is a palaeoichthyologist at the Vertebrate Paleontology Division, at National University of La Plata (CONICET). Her research interests are studying the ichthyofaunas of Argentina and Antarctica 🐟 🇦🇷
December 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Dr. Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli is a palaeoichthyologist at the Vertebrate Paleontology Division, at National University of La Plata (CONICET). Her research interests are studying the ichthyofaunas of Argentina and Antarctica 🐟 🇦🇷
Dr. Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli is a palaeoichthyologist at the Vertebrate Paleontology Division, at National University of La Plata (CONICET). Her research interests are studying the ichthyofaunas of Argentina and Antarctica 🐟 🇦🇷
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Andrea Villa.
This is GMH Ce IV-4057-1933, holotype of the gecko Geiseleptes delfinoi from the Eocene of Geiseltal, Germany. This species represents the oldest member of the gekkotan family Sphaerodactylidae currently known.
This is GMH Ce IV-4057-1933, holotype of the gecko Geiseleptes delfinoi from the Eocene of Geiseltal, Germany. This species represents the oldest member of the gekkotan family Sphaerodactylidae currently known.
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Andrea Villa.
This is GMH Ce IV-4057-1933, holotype of the gecko Geiseleptes delfinoi from the Eocene of Geiseltal, Germany. This species represents the oldest member of the gekkotan family Sphaerodactylidae currently known.
This is GMH Ce IV-4057-1933, holotype of the gecko Geiseleptes delfinoi from the Eocene of Geiseltal, Germany. This species represents the oldest member of the gekkotan family Sphaerodactylidae currently known.
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Fantastic press coverage for this paper by one of our @historicalbiology.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Rodrigo Temp Müller, published in @journalsystpal.bsky.social - a great free access read for this #FossilFriday
New paper in JSP! Müller 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. describe 𝙏𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 gen. et sp. nov. in 'Osteology, taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of a new pseudosuchian archosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern Brazil.'
Read more here: buff.ly/Kxti2jj #PaleoSky #NewSpecies
Read more here: buff.ly/Kxti2jj #PaleoSky #NewSpecies
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fantastic press coverage for this paper by one of our @historicalbiology.bsky.social Deputy Editor, Rodrigo Temp Müller, published in @journalsystpal.bsky.social - a great free access read for this #FossilFriday
Historical Biology is hiring new associate editors!
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Historical Biology is hiring new associate editors!
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
📣Editor spotlight
Dr. Andrea Villa is a vertebrate palaeontologist at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, in Spain. He mainly works on fossil herpetofaunas of Europe, Africa, and Asia and the comparative morphology of amphibians and reptiles (both extant and extinct) 🦎 🐸
Dr. Andrea Villa is a vertebrate palaeontologist at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, in Spain. He mainly works on fossil herpetofaunas of Europe, Africa, and Asia and the comparative morphology of amphibians and reptiles (both extant and extinct) 🦎 🐸
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Dr. Andrea Villa is a vertebrate palaeontologist at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, in Spain. He mainly works on fossil herpetofaunas of Europe, Africa, and Asia and the comparative morphology of amphibians and reptiles (both extant and extinct) 🦎 🐸
Dr. Andrea Villa is a vertebrate palaeontologist at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, in Spain. He mainly works on fossil herpetofaunas of Europe, Africa, and Asia and the comparative morphology of amphibians and reptiles (both extant and extinct) 🦎 🐸
This article highlight: Registered Reports📜
Authors may now submit preregistered studies to Historical Biology; which can be done using one of two different pathways: internal preregistration and external preregistration.
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Authors may now submit preregistered studies to Historical Biology; which can be done using one of two different pathways: internal preregistration and external preregistration.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This article highlight: Registered Reports📜
Authors may now submit preregistered studies to Historical Biology; which can be done using one of two different pathways: internal preregistration and external preregistration.
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Authors may now submit preregistered studies to Historical Biology; which can be done using one of two different pathways: internal preregistration and external preregistration.
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For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Hans Püschel.
This is Micrauchenia saladensis (SGO.PV.21700), a litoptern—one of the key groups of South American native ungulates (SANUs). Figure sourced from Figure 4 of Püschel et al. (2023).
This is Micrauchenia saladensis (SGO.PV.21700), a litoptern—one of the key groups of South American native ungulates (SANUs). Figure sourced from Figure 4 of Püschel et al. (2023).
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Hans Püschel.
This is Micrauchenia saladensis (SGO.PV.21700), a litoptern—one of the key groups of South American native ungulates (SANUs). Figure sourced from Figure 4 of Püschel et al. (2023).
This is Micrauchenia saladensis (SGO.PV.21700), a litoptern—one of the key groups of South American native ungulates (SANUs). Figure sourced from Figure 4 of Püschel et al. (2023).
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Are you interested in exploring an editorial role in paleontology this #FossilFriday? @historicalbiology.bsky.social is seeking Associate Editors across all areas but particularly experts in terrestrial & marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Are you interested in exploring an editorial role in paleontology this #FossilFriday? @historicalbiology.bsky.social is seeking Associate Editors across all areas but particularly experts in terrestrial & marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru....
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📣Editor spotlight
Dr. Hans Püschel is a Chilean vertebrate palaeontologist who specialises in the evolution & biogeography of South American mammals by combining cutting-edge computational methods and fieldwork. He is currently a PI at the Millennium Nucleus EVOTEM in Santiago.
Dr. Hans Püschel is a Chilean vertebrate palaeontologist who specialises in the evolution & biogeography of South American mammals by combining cutting-edge computational methods and fieldwork. He is currently a PI at the Millennium Nucleus EVOTEM in Santiago.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Dr. Hans Püschel is a Chilean vertebrate palaeontologist who specialises in the evolution & biogeography of South American mammals by combining cutting-edge computational methods and fieldwork. He is currently a PI at the Millennium Nucleus EVOTEM in Santiago.
Dr. Hans Püschel is a Chilean vertebrate palaeontologist who specialises in the evolution & biogeography of South American mammals by combining cutting-edge computational methods and fieldwork. He is currently a PI at the Millennium Nucleus EVOTEM in Santiago.
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This article covers opinion pieces or general commentary from the editorial board. These can include monthly science communication editorials on new papers & policy statements.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This article highlight: Editorial📜
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This article covers opinion pieces or general commentary from the editorial board. These can include monthly science communication editorials on new papers & policy statements.
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Historical Biology is hiring new associate editors!
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Associate Editors for Historical Biology
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November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Historical Biology is hiring new associate editors!
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Day 2 of #2025SVP announcements!
We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!
We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Day 2 of #2025SVP announcements!
We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!
We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!
Hello #2025SVP!
This is the first of monthly announcements that, in January 2027, Historical Biology will be transitioning to Online-Only!
Feel free to come to the Taylor & Francis booth (Booth 1, Hall 3) and meet our editor in chief Mark Young on Friday at 1630-1700 for any queries.
This is the first of monthly announcements that, in January 2027, Historical Biology will be transitioning to Online-Only!
Feel free to come to the Taylor & Francis booth (Booth 1, Hall 3) and meet our editor in chief Mark Young on Friday at 1630-1700 for any queries.
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hello #2025SVP!
This is the first of monthly announcements that, in January 2027, Historical Biology will be transitioning to Online-Only!
Feel free to come to the Taylor & Francis booth (Booth 1, Hall 3) and meet our editor in chief Mark Young on Friday at 1630-1700 for any queries.
This is the first of monthly announcements that, in January 2027, Historical Biology will be transitioning to Online-Only!
Feel free to come to the Taylor & Francis booth (Booth 1, Hall 3) and meet our editor in chief Mark Young on Friday at 1630-1700 for any queries.
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@historicalbiology.bsky.social is taking on new Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members! Please see the ad for further details.
Historical Biology is hiring new associate editors!
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Associate Editors for Historical Biology
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November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
@historicalbiology.bsky.social is taking on new Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members! Please see the ad for further details.
Historical Biology is hiring new associate editors!
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Associate Editors for Historical Biology
think.taylorandfrancis.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Historical Biology is hiring new associate editors!
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
We are seeking associate editors in several areas including, but not limited to, terrestrial invertebrates, marine invertebrates, taphonomy, and ichnology.
See the following for more details:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
In January, we will be changing data policy to Publicly Available. Data & code for future submissions must be submitted to a public data repository. Inquiries can be directed to our editor in chief Mark Young or data editor Brooke Long-Fox.
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Publicly available data sharing policy - Author Services
What is our publicly available data sharing policy, and what does it mean for you as an author? Find out with our handy guide.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In January, we will be changing data policy to Publicly Available. Data & code for future submissions must be submitted to a public data repository. Inquiries can be directed to our editor in chief Mark Young or data editor Brooke Long-Fox.
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I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I'll be at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Birmingham (UK) next week. 🦖
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
We have an exciting itinerary planned including several Meet the Editor sessions. Come say hi and bring your questions to any of our editors at our booth! 🤝
#SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleontology
📣Editor spotlight
Dr Mohd Shaffi Bhat is a postdoc at Auburn University. His research interests lie in the evolution of vertebrates, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and their bone microstructure (i.e., histology) 🦴
Dr Mohd Shaffi Bhat is a postdoc at Auburn University. His research interests lie in the evolution of vertebrates, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and their bone microstructure (i.e., histology) 🦴
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Dr Mohd Shaffi Bhat is a postdoc at Auburn University. His research interests lie in the evolution of vertebrates, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and their bone microstructure (i.e., histology) 🦴
Dr Mohd Shaffi Bhat is a postdoc at Auburn University. His research interests lie in the evolution of vertebrates, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and their bone microstructure (i.e., histology) 🦴
This article highlight: Article Commentary📜
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This article allows authors to leave comments on work previously published in Historical Biology. If this is a critique, the authors of the original work can write a reply article.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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This article allows authors to leave comments on work previously published in Historical Biology. If this is a critique, the authors of the original work can write a reply article.
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For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Masaya Iijima.
This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊
This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Masaya Iijima.
This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊
This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊
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Very happy to see final, printed version of 'The response to and rejection of Brian Ford's Too Big To Walk, a 21st century effort to reinstate the aquatic dinosaur hypothesis' in Historical Biology vol 37, number 9 (Oct 2025). Contact me if you want a pdf. #dinosaurs @historicalbiology.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Very happy to see final, printed version of 'The response to and rejection of Brian Ford's Too Big To Walk, a 21st century effort to reinstate the aquatic dinosaur hypothesis' in Historical Biology vol 37, number 9 (Oct 2025). Contact me if you want a pdf. #dinosaurs @historicalbiology.bsky.social
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Team effort from @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social @plubbe.bsky.social @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social Alex Brown and @atennyson.bsky.social between Cambridge Uni, Otago Uni and Te Papa Tongarewa.
Find the paper here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @historicalbiology.bsky.social (🧵2/11)
Find the paper here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @historicalbiology.bsky.social (🧵2/11)
A possible early bowerbird from the Miocene of New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand is home to several endemic passerine bird lineages that likely dispersed from Australia between the Eocene and Miocene. Although the Australian pre-Pleistocene passerine fossil...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Team effort from @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social @plubbe.bsky.social @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social Alex Brown and @atennyson.bsky.social between Cambridge Uni, Otago Uni and Te Papa Tongarewa.
Find the paper here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @historicalbiology.bsky.social (🧵2/11)
Find the paper here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @historicalbiology.bsky.social (🧵2/11)
📣Editor spotlight
Masaya Iijima is a researcher focusing on the comparative morphology and systematics of crocodylians to assess the biological and ecological factors behind major faunal changes, such as the Quaternary megafauna extinction 🐊
Masaya Iijima is a researcher focusing on the comparative morphology and systematics of crocodylians to assess the biological and ecological factors behind major faunal changes, such as the Quaternary megafauna extinction 🐊
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Masaya Iijima is a researcher focusing on the comparative morphology and systematics of crocodylians to assess the biological and ecological factors behind major faunal changes, such as the Quaternary megafauna extinction 🐊
Masaya Iijima is a researcher focusing on the comparative morphology and systematics of crocodylians to assess the biological and ecological factors behind major faunal changes, such as the Quaternary megafauna extinction 🐊
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October 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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