#Palaeontologist, Postdoc at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
I study #palaeobiology, #phylogenetics, #taxonomy, #biomineralization and #geochemistry of #fossil […]
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Alexander Pohle
Here is another cool recent paper on #coleoid #cephalopod #phylogentics!
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03009-1
New paper out by Dieter Korn and Martina Aubrechtová on a strange group of #Carboniferous #orthoceratoid #cephalopods!
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1048.3231
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #taxonomy
My guitars comfortably taking a nap backstage on a beanbag chair before perfomance last weekend.
#guitar #stilllife #rock #concert #fender #stratocaster #dean #soltero
Here one of my favorite fossil #cephalopods for #FossilFriday:
Pentameroceras mirum from the #Silurian of #Gotland! Those narrow slits of the shell were likely where arms or eyes would stick out!
Always great to see a bit of humour in scientific papers! Indeed, pesky animals can really mess up your stratigraphy ...
From: Flower 1952, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1299958
#Palaeontology #Stratigraphy
For a news story, I was also asked to briefly comment on the study:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-fossil-octopus-another-animal
Alexander Pohle
Alexander Pohle
Awesome new paper by Thomas Clements and co-authors!
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2369
Fun fact: despite the name similarity, I have nothing to do with Pohlsepia or Palaeocadmus pohli 😉
#cephalopods #coleoids #coleoid #octopus #taphonomy #Carboniferous
Alexander Pohle
It's been a while since I posted something for #FossilFriday !
This time I present Ordosoceras sphaeriforme from the #Ordovician of China, an actinoceratid #cephalopod with one of the strangest siphuncles I know. Compare this to modern #Nautilus !
Alexander Pohle
Alexander Pohle
Alexander Pohle
Great to see that options for Diamond Open Access are becoming more common in geosciences!
#DiamondOpenAccess #OpenAccess #Science #Geoscience #Academia
https://doi.org/10.57035/journals/sdk.2026.e41.2397
Alexander Pohle
Alexander Pohle
Alexander Pohle
El calamar pigmeo sureño (Xipholeptos notoides) es el más pequeñoque se conoce. El manto de las hembras alcanza 25 mm de longitud, mientras en los machos solo llega a 15,8 mm. Por su tamaño, se oculta en pradera marina de la costa, cazando a pequeños […]
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