Early sponges lacked [mineralised] skeletons.
New paper led by M. Eleonora Rossi. Great to have contributed alongside colleagues from @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social , @nhm-london.bsky.social and @mncn-csic.bsky.social.
Read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A bizzare christmas display of some total-group birds.

My summer undergraduate student Johnny Clavo Yamahuchi is up at 11:45 in Session 2B: “Can we reconcile molecular and morphological clock disparities in a group with a rich fossil record?”
Funded by a @thepalass.bsky.social Undergraduate Research Bursary, with colleagues @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social

Don’t miss Emily Driscoll’s talk, based on her MSc work with David Button and me. Session 2A, 11:15 — “Investigating the functional morphology of iguanodontian thumb spikes.”

Found the end of the rainbow. Its on the M5 just north of Exeter.

PalAss abstract accepted!
Here's a cheeky spoiler...

Incredibly proud and also very emotional to see this new paper published in @systbiol.bsky.social. The study was lead by Pierre Cockx, who sadly passed away in July.
academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

Come and visit @thepalass.bsky.social at the Lyme Regis fossil festival. See if you can beat the odds and become a fossil!

Just added some new functions to treesurgeon
github.com/evo-palaeo/t...

Foxy enjoying the evening ☀️in Bristol

Dinosaur on dinosaur action!

Which of these prongs is basal?

Hi all
I'm Joe. I like phylogenetics, morphology and old dead fish. Will be posting sporadically about all three.