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Oscar Wilson
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Palaeobiologist @ University of Helsinki | South American herbivore teeth and environments
Reposted by Oscar Wilson
Ever-growing teeth ≠ grass diet! New study on pachyrukhine notoungulates, rodent-like fossil mammals from Argentina, shows they were mainly fruit & seed eaters! #Paleontology #fossils
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10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113585
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Reposted by Oscar Wilson
New paper out today! "Fossil otolith assemblages reveal millennial-scale changes in reef fish biomass and trophic structure across the Isthmus of Panama"

🔓https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0419

We used fossil fish otoliths to reconstruct community structure and energetics over millennia.
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Slow to publicise this but our paper about bioerosive traces in a Late Miocene Bolivian glyptodontid is out, featuring fantastic art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Reposted by Oscar Wilson
Right on time for #FossilFriday my lattest article is now online! 🎉 doi.org/10.1111/joa....

We propose a standardized methodological framework to study enamel histology in extinct species and identifiy enamel increments correctly, step by step.
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Reposted by Oscar Wilson
#FossilFriday HUGE news!

We're thrilled to announce the JAPV!
📍 Tucumán, Argentina
🗓 May 2026

Mark your calendars for the premier meeting on fossil vertebrates! Researchers, students, enthusiasts—get ready!

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December 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Our new article on Miocene Bolivian astrapotheres is out now in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica: www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
September 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM