New paper out today! @sternarchella.bsky.social and I review how modularity and integration influence adaptive radiations and diversification. Read it here: rdcu.be/fpcSX
#FossilFriday doubleheader from our lab: #1: descriptive study of a beautiful skull of the early diverging sabertooth cat Adelphailurus. Lead by @narimanechatar.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0272...
Non-invasive 3D imaging is transforming palaeontology and evolutionary biology, yet data sharing lags behind genomics. In a Review in BMC Ecology and Evolution, @narimanechatar.bsky.social and colleagues discuss opportunities, barriers, and steps toward FAIR, reproducible digital morphology.
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Congrats @narimanechatar.bsky.social and @tsengzj.bsky.social ! [Open Access] www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Adelphailurus kansensis is a puma-sized felid, originally described from fragmentary material in the Edson Quarry (Kansas, Mio-Pliocene). Here, we describe a nearly complete cranium from the Wikieu...
🚨New Pub!🚨New material of Adelphailurus kansensis sheds light on the cranial anatomy of an early-diverging machairodontine felid🔪🦷by Chatar & Tseng
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Out in @jvertpaleo.bsky.social for #FossilFriday with @tsengzj.bsky.social
@amnh.org back in 22' I found a skull labelled Pseudaelurus. It turned out to be the most complete skull of Adelphailurus kansensis, an early-diverging machairodont🦁🔪 doi.org/10.1080/0272...
🎨 by @gamarraptor.bsky.social
Functional morphology of the first known skeleton of Leptarctus (Mustelidae, Carnivora) clarifies the palaeoecology of a distinctive predator lineage sjp.pensoft.net/articles.php...
The recent integration of 3D imaging and digital methodologies has revolutionized evolutionary biology, offering unprecedented opportunities for analysing and sharing morphological data. However, the transition toward open access remains incomplete due to persistent technical, legal, and institutional barriers. Issues such as lack of standardization, massive file sizes, and unclear intellectual property rights continue to hinder data verification and reproducibility. These challenges have acquired new urgency with the rapid rise of machine learning and AI-based tools for automated segmentation, landmarking, and shape analysis, which require large, standardized, and openly accessible training datasets — making inaccessible 3D data not merely an inconvenience, but a source of systematic bias in the algorithms shaping the field’s future. This review synthesizes technical, legal, and behavioural perspectives on open data in digital morphology, building on prior work to address the specific challenges of the current AI era. By advocating for the adoption of FAIR principles, the use of persistent digital identifiers, and the implementation of digital watermarking, we offer recommendations for establishing minimum standards in data publication. Ultimately, a shift toward responsible data stewardship is essential to ensuring that digital morphological resources remain accessible, reproducible, and scientifically valuable for both human and computational users.
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New paper out in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology!
Taxonomic reassessment of tristichopterid materials (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from Middle Devonian Red Hill, Nevada, USA by Leong and Liu (2026).
Read the full study here: buff.ly/kqHxf4E
#PaleoSky #NewResearch #Devonian
Full article: New material of Adelphailurus kansensis sheds light on the cranial anatomy of an early-diverging machairodontine felid www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New open access review out in BMC Ecology and Evolution lead by Naomi De Leo (Sapienza Università di Roma) 🥳 doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Z. Jack Tseng
Ryan N. Felice
Adelphailurus kansensis is a puma-sized felid, originally described from fragmentary material in the Edson Quarry (Kansas, Mio-Pliocene). Here, we describe a nearly complete cranium from the Wikieu...
www.tandfonline.com
Adelphailurus kansensis is a puma-sized felid, originally described from fragmentary material in the Edson Quarry (Kansas, Mio-Pliocene). Here, we describe a nearly complete cranium from the Wikieu...
Leptarctine mustelids are Neogene carnivorans with fossil records in Asia and North America. In the 170 years since the clade was erected, all taxa within this clade have been characterised based on c...
Adelphailurus kansensis is a puma-sized felid, originally described from fragmentary material in the Edson Quarry (Kansas, Mio-Pliocene). Here, we describe a nearly complete cranium from the Wikieu...
