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Julien Kimmig
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I am a paleontologist posting pictures fossils, and information on my and related research
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 17d
Just in time for #FossilFriday 🦖 What are the big questions in #paleontology today?

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Nearly 200 scientists worldwide came together to map where our field is headed. Here’s the story 👇
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · 17d
Happy to have contributed to this massive effort led by Jansen Smith. Thanks to all the colleagues that helped tackle this massive undertaking.
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Alessandro Chiarenza @macroecoevoale.bsky.social · 17d
What are the biggest questions in #paleontology? New paper out today in Paleobiology led by Smith & Kiessling with ~200 coauthors on the relevance of our field, methods, & museum collections to climate & biodiversity research🦖 #FossilFriday @paleosoc.bsky.social 🔗: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · 25d
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(PDF) A problematic soft-bodied fossil from the Cambrian (Miaolingian, Wuliuan) of Utah
PDF | The Spence Shale of Utah and Idaho preserves a diverse soft-bodied biota from the Cambrian. While the fauna is dominated by arthropods and... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · 25d
I'm happy to introduce the newest Cambrian critter 'Tentalus spencensis' from the Spence Shale of Utah. Publications out today in Geological Magazine (Open Access). Thanks to Karma Nanglu and Paul Jamison for their help with the paper.

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · Sep 2
I'm hoping to take 1 MSc & 1 PhD student next year in the areas of Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the @oupaleobiology.bsky.social, especially if interested in working on fossil echinoderms. Link for more info below. 🧪
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PhD and MSc positions in Phylogenetic, Computational, and/or Evolutionary Paleobiology [Posted September 2025. Deadline is January 15, 2026. See below for information about the lab, student opportu…
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Aug 12
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(PDF) Mazon Creek bromalites evidence a specialized, xiphosurid-rich diet for Pennsylvanian predators
PDF | The Mazon Creek Konservat-Lagerstätte is a globally significant Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous) fossil assemblage characterized by exceptional... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Aug 12
Our paper on som xiphosurid-rich bromalites from Mazon Creek has been published in Palaios. Thanks to Russell Bicknell for leading the paper and to Andrew Young, Bruce Lauer, René Lauer, and Victoria E. McCoy for all the work that went into this.

Palaios:
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MAZON CREEK BROMALITES EVIDENCE A SPECIALIZED, XIPHOSURID-RICH DIET FOR PENNSYLVANIAN PREDATORS | PALAIOS | GeoScienceWorld
Abstract. The Mazon Creek Konservat-Lagerstätte is a globally significant Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous) fossil assemblage characterized by
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Aug 11
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Aug 11
Hi, does anyone have an idea what museum might have had labels like the one on this specimen. We're trying to return a bunch of old loans, and this specimen has no information. It's a receptaculite, maybe that helps.
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Adiel Klompmaker @paleoadiel.bsky.social · Aug 8
Job Alert‼️ Postdoctoral Fellow opportunity in paleontology/biology at the University of Alabama Museums:
careers.ua.edu/jobs/688232b... Aim: assess biotic interactions using mollusks from both sides of the Isthmus of Panama. Please share widely! @paleosoc.bsky.social @almnh.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow opportunity. The NSF-funded project “Energetic Controls on Marine Benthic Community Structure in Space and Time” aims to (1) evaluate how productivity affects the energetic and trophic structure of marine benthic communities on either side of the modern Isthmus of Panama, where there is now a strong contrast between the high productivity, upwelling-dominated regime of the eastern Pacific and the low-productivity, low-seasonality regime of the Caribbean (2) use this knowledge to evaluate the fossil record of Caribbean benthic ecosystems before, during, and after the uplift of the isthmus during which planktonic productivity decreased in the Caribbean and (3) relate ecosystem changes driven by productivity shifts to the well documented Caribbean extinction event ~2 Ma. This is a project in collaboration with Ohio State U, UC Berkeley, and STRI. One key component of this project is to assess biotic interactions such as predation and possibly parasitism using fossil and modern molluscan assemblages from both sides of the Isthmus of Panama. I am recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow with a background in paleontology and/or biology/ecology with strong quantitative skills, attention to detail and organization, and someone who can effectively supervise students. Conference support is provided. The postdoc will work with Dr. Adiel Klompmaker (aaklompmaker@ua.edu) within the University of Alabama Museums’ Department of Museum Research and Collections (https://collections.museums.ua.edu/). Initial appointment will be for 1 year, with renewal contingent upon funding. The deadline to apply is 5 September 2025 at 22:55 US Central Day Time. The salary will be $56,000 per year. Please upload a cover letter expressing your interest and qualifications, a CV, and contact details of at least two references. To apply and for more information see: https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/688232bd-b82e-49d3-90ea-06601c242dab
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · May 15
Thanks 😄
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · May 14
Thanks to Roy Plotnick for taking the lead, and Brendan Anderson, Sandy Carlson, Advait Jukar, and Elizabeth Petsios for all the work that went into this.
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · May 14
Our paper on 'Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States' has been published in Paleobiology. We wrote it last year, so it's not considering the current cuts. Open Access:
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Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · May 5
New paper out today: Fragmentary snout of a marine crocodile
from the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria

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(PDF) Kleine Schnauze, viel dahinter: Fragment eines Meereskrokodils aus der Oberpfalz / Fragmentary snout of a marine crocodile from the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria
PDF | A snout fragment is described as the first tetrapod from the Kimmeridgian «Plattendolomit» (finely layered dolomite, Pottenstein Formation) near... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · Apr 30
New paper: The past, present and future of Megalosaurus bucklandii in paleoart. I review the #paleoart history of this oft-depicted #dinosaur, consider its fluctuating status as a subject of artistic interest, and review what we know of its anatomy. #sciart
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 30
New paper out today, we looked at new Caryosyntrips appendages and discuss Caryosyntrips taxonomy and ecology

Paper here:
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50 free copies here:
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Novel information on Caryosyntrips based on new appendages from China and the USA
Caryosyntrips is a relatively rare but long-lived and geographically widespread radiodont genus with specimens reported from Cambrian Stage 4 to the D…
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 13
We actually wrote a paper on that last year www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... happy to send it if you don't have access
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten
Fossil-Lagerstätten are amongst the most important windows onto the paleobiology of ancient ecosystems. Inconsistencies surrounding what constitutes a…
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 10
A similar session will also be offered at GSA in San Antonio if you can't make it to Göttingen.

Cheers,
Julien Kimmig & Jannik Weidtke
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 10
Please do not hesitate to contact us in case of any questions. Please forward the invitation to other colleagues and your students that might be interested. Looking forward to seeing many of you in Göttingen!
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 10
Abstract submission is already open – deadline is 6 May.
www.geo4goettingen2025.de/call-for-abs...

More information is available and will be further updated here:
www.geo4goettingen2025.de/index.html

For further information on all sessions see here:
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Call for abstracts
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 10
We are therefore especially motivated to have researchers from different backgrounds from across all aspects of paleobiology present during this session, such that an integrated examination of the imaging frontier of paleobiology can be explored.
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 10
This is especially important as researchers from different parts of paleobiology seldom find themselves in the same sessions.
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 10
This will present an important opportunity to bring this distinguished group of thinkers together, and allow researchers across these fields to interact, developing connections that would likely not otherwise be possible.
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 10
This session aims to span topics in vertebrate, invertebrate, botanical, and trace fossil research and examine how imaging methods can be used to understand these sub-fields, producing a unique, cross-disciplinary environment.
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Julien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · Apr 10
This is especially pertinent as there has been exceptional development in how we consider and explore fossils in 2D and 3D over the last 10 years and the number of researchers and methods tackling this topic has increased significantly.
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