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J of Systematics and Evolution🌳The mysterious tree <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mouse</a> strikes again!🐭 Kang et al. explore the impact of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a> change on the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/evolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evolutionary</a> dynamics of family Platacanthomyidae, the most enigmatic taxa within Rodentia! <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13200" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13200</a> @WileyEcolEvol <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/systematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#systematics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JSE</a>

Chris LombardiDolphinSeeker@mstdn.social - ‘Deceptively cute’ ancient whale with razor-sharp teeth and eyes the size of tennis balls discovered in Australia <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/deceptively-cute-ancient-whale-with-razor-sharp-teeth-and-eyes-the-size-of-tennis-balls-discovered-in-australia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.theguardian.com/environment/...</a> 🐋 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Cetaceans" target="_blank">#Cetaceans</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MarineMammals" target="_blank">#MarineMammals</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MarineLife" target="_blank">#MarineLife</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MarineBiology" target="_blank">#MarineBiology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Whales" target="_blank">#Whales</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Science" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FossilFriday" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Prehistoric" target="_blank">#Prehistoric</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/deceptively-cute-ancient-whale-with-razor-sharp-teeth-and-eyes-the-size-of-tennis-balls-discovered-in-australia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">‘Deceptively cute’ ancient wha...</a>

The Dinosaur DaveThis weeks <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lego</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> is <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Cryolophosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cryolophosaurus</a> In 1990-91, David Elliot, part of William Roy Hammers team, found fossils on Mount Kirkpatrick in the Beardmore Glacier region of the Transantarctic Mountains.Over that summer, his tam worked at over 13,000 feet, to extract and move over 2300kg of fossil bearing rock.In 1994, Hammer formally named Cryolophosaurus elliotiIn 2003, a team returned to the same area, and found even more fossils, only about 30 meters higher up the mountain.

Kate :verigold:‘Deceptively cute’ ancient whale with razor-sharp teeth and eyes the size of tennis balls discovered in Australia <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/deceptively-cute-ancient-whale-with-razor-sharp-teeth-and-eyes-the-size-of-tennis-balls-discovered-in-australia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/deceptively-cute-ancient-whale-with-razor-sharp-teeth-and-eyes-the-size-of-tennis-balls-discovered-in-australia</a> 🐋 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cetaceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cetaceans</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineMammals</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineLife</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineBiology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Whales</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Prehistoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Prehistoric</a>

Marcus BrandelHappy <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> - The Pleistocene cat Petra, found in Virginia's Burja Cave, is now on display at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. Identified as an early puma, it could not be radiocarbon dated, indicating the cat is over 50,000 years old.Dr. Alex Hastings of the Science Museum of Minnesota, pictured, was part of the recovery team after training to enter the cave's slick vertical passages.Photo credit: <a href="http://www.virginiaplaces.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.virginiaplaces.org</a>See more: @tarplifeadventures <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DNTSTdcRIE5/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/DNTSTdcRIE5/</a>

Adam S. SmithCalling all comparative anatomists! In The Empire Strikes Back, what real world animal does the prop vertebral column in the Wampa's ice cave belong to? They look like genuine casts of a mammal of some sort. I'm wondering if they could actually be cast bones from a Mastodon...<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StarWars</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Wampa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wampa</a>

Kate :verigold:Italian Farmer Stumbles Upon Largest Blue Whale Fossil Ever Found <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/italy-largest-blue-whale-fossil" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://allthatsinteresting.com/italy-largest-blue-whale-fossil</a> 🐋 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cetaceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cetaceans</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineMammals</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineLife</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineBiology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Whales</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Prehistoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Prehistoric</a>

Adam S. SmithReplica of the Japanese elasmosaurid plesiosaur Futabasaurus on display in the NHM London's touring Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The exhibition is about prehistoric sea life beyond the Jurassic. Indeed, Futabasaurus is from the Late Cretaceous.Picture by <a href="https://sauropods.win/@crazy8wizard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@crazy8wizard</a> used with permission.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/plesiosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plesiosaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossil</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/NHM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NHM</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/skeleton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skeleton</a>

Adam S. Smith<a href="https://mastodon.social/@DaveWhittle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DaveWhittle</a> Perfect for <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>!

Historical BiologyFor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>, we have a fossil from our editor Arnau Bolet.Here, we have the Micro-CT (left) and photograph (right) of IPS60464, the holotype of Blanus mendezi, a Miocene species of worm lizard. It represents the only complete skull of a fossil amphisbaenian from Europe, where the fossil record mainly consists of vertebrae and jaws 🦎

The Dinosaur DaveThis week for <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossilfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossilfriday</a> we have another <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Guess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Guess</a> that <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lego</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossil</a>. This one I would rate as easy. This frozen theropod is known to have a cool crest.Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).This was designed by me

James GreenSolitary rugose (Rugosa sp.) coral base replaced by chalcedony, Citronelle gravels, southwest Louisiana. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossils</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>

llewellywow. _Structure and Evolution of a Sauropod Tooth Battery_ (Sereno and Wilson, 2005) contains several stereo pairs of the weird skull of Nigersaurus. And they picked the kind that's still easy for my eyes to do. I'm really appreciating these, and they look great, even in a printed volume. (I know, I know, many more people can make use of 3d red-cyan glasses, but I can't find mine.)<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sauropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sauropods</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/fossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a>

The Dinosaur DaveThis weeks <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lego</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> is <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Pterodactylus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pterodactylus</a> After 1767, before 1780, an odd fossil was unearthed from the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria.Around 1780, Count Friedrich Ferdinand zu Pappenheim gave the specimen to the Naturalienkabinett, or nature cabinet of curiosities (a precursor to the modern concept of the natural history museum)In 1784, Italian scientist Cosimo Alessandro Collini, described the the first specimen, naming it Pterodactylus antiquus.

Jonathan TEvery time I idly wonder how Smilodon or any other sabre-toothed cat could possibly open its mouth wide enough to bite into anything with such large teeth I see either my own cat - or a video of a cat - yawning and the doubt is removed.<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/SubToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SubToot</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...Here's my 2024 Mistaken Point Ediacaran landscape reconstruction, created with Dr Duncan McIlroy and his team at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Featured are <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Beothukis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beothukis</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fractofusus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fractofusus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Arborea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arborea</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Charnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Charnia</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Charniodiscus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Charniodiscus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ivesheadiomorph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ivesheadiomorph</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Primocandelabrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Primocandelabrum</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Bradgatia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bradgatia</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Thectardis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thectardis</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lydonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lydonia</a>, sea anemone, & microbial mats.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossils</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ediacaran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ediacaran</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ediacara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ediacara</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Newfoundland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newfoundland</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/MistakenPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MistakenPoint</a>

Niels Nielsen, geographer<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> with images from Evolutionsmuseet, museum of evolution, Knuthenborg, Lolland, Denmark

Historical BiologyFor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a>, we have a fossil from our editor Cecilia Cataldo.This fossil is the gastropod Paleoanculosa macrochilinoides (CNAM-PI 24522) from the Lower Cretaceous of Argentina. These fossils notably show repaired shell damage as a result of attacks by one or more unknown durophagous predators 🐚

AltonDooleyNew blog post!I continue the in-depth discussion of ribs, with a look at a fossil <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whale</a>. If you like this content, please subscribe or leave a tip. All proceeds support research and education at the Western Science Center. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fossil</a> <a href="https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/dense-ribs-arent-just-for-sea-cows/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://life-from-a-certain-point-of-view.ghost.io/dense-ribs-arent-just-for-sea-cows/</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...Here's my 2024 Mistaken Point Ediacaran landscape reconstruction, created with Dr Duncan McIlroy and his team at Memorial University, Newfoundland. Featured are <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Beothukis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beothukis</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fractofusus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fractofusus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Arborea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arborea</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Charnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Charnia</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Charniodiscus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Charniodiscus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ivesheadiomorph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ivesheadiomorph</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Primocandelabrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Primocandelabrum</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Bradgatia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bradgatia</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Thectardis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thectardis</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Lydonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lydonia</a>, sea anemone, & microbial mats.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/MarineReptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarineReptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossils</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ediacaran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ediacaran</a>

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