Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Palaeoloxodon, Palaeosaniwa, Rhomaleosaurus and Utaurora
New in @science.org ...since our first discoveries of early tetrapods, they have been thought of as "amphibians" characterized by aquatic larvae. But is this true? For the first time, we report exceptional fossils of stem tetrapod babies that upend this paradigm. 1/n
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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
Otoliths provide an important new snapshot of Philippine marine fish diversity in the Pliocene: riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RI...
Just a reminder that I'm recruiting PhD students to my new lab! Come find me at #Evol2026 to chat! #TeamFish
New material of Enchodus petrosus from Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Fm (Alberta) sheds light on this widespread predatory fish. Four well-preserved skulls reveal novel braincase anatomy, premaxillary fang fossa, & sympatry w/E. gladiolus.
Nelson et al
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Interesting dive into endocast anatomy in some of the closest 'fish' relatives of land vertebrates. Congrats to @draliceclement.bsky.social & team.
More from @draliceclement.bskyt.social and team, this time focusing on jaw function in arthrodire placoderms from Gogo: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Modern amphibians are characterized by an aquatic larval stage that ends abruptly with a period of widespread tissue remodeling (metamorphosis) upon transition to terrestrial adulthood. A transient la...
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Another beautiful 3D coelacanth, Aemilia, this one from the Carboniferous of USA, published today by Jorge and colleagues. Great work! sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiqu...
🧠 At long last... our paper "Ethmosphenoid #endocasts elucidate evolutionary #brain divergences and interrelationships of stem tetrapods (Sarcopterygii, #Tetrapodomorpha)" has been published, today in Papers in Palaentology @thepalass.bsky.social - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Nearly half of all living vertebrate diversity can be traced back to a single lineage of lobe-finned fishes (piscine sarcopterygians) that radiated during the Palaeozoic Era. In recent years, the phy...
The hyobranchial skeleton plays a fundamental role in breathing and feeding in gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates). Nevertheless, despite a relatively rich fossil record spanning more than 400 million ye...
