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Abdellah Milhi´s 1992 Thesis about the Geology of the Moroccan High Atlas is now Aviable online on the Internet Archive
archive.org/details/milh...
archive.org/details/milh...
We close the year (or open) WITH PALEOCENE AMMONITES
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We close the year (or open) WITH PALEOCENE AMMONITES
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FOSSIL WOOD PHYLOGENY AHH
Phylogenetic analysis of fossil stems in Yiwu Jurassic Forest, Hami, Xinjiang, Northwest China
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Phylogenetic analysis of fossil stems in Yiwu Jurassic Forest, Hami, Xinjiang, Northwest China
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
FOSSIL WOOD PHYLOGENY AHH
Phylogenetic analysis of fossil stems in Yiwu Jurassic Forest, Hami, Xinjiang, Northwest China
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Phylogenetic analysis of fossil stems in Yiwu Jurassic Forest, Hami, Xinjiang, Northwest China
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And just now, a new WHOLE Bennettite plant is published
Ohaniella gen. nov., a new whole-plant bennettite from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) Tochikubo Formation of Shidazawa, Fukushima, northeast Japan
jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prps...
Ohaniella gen. nov., a new whole-plant bennettite from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) Tochikubo Formation of Shidazawa, Fukushima, northeast Japan
jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prps...
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
And just now, a new WHOLE Bennettite plant is published
Ohaniella gen. nov., a new whole-plant bennettite from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) Tochikubo Formation of Shidazawa, Fukushima, northeast Japan
jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prps...
Ohaniella gen. nov., a new whole-plant bennettite from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) Tochikubo Formation of Shidazawa, Fukushima, northeast Japan
jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prps...
Coprolites from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, Brazil): brief comments on morphology and trophic interactions
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Coprolites from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, Brazil): brief comments on morphology and trophic interactions
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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And, finally, I've restored a Jurassic reef dominated by the red alga Solenopora jurassica. We've known about the pink/red colouring of this species for 145 years, but it's seldom seen in #paleoart! Head to www.patreon.com/c/markwitton for more context, as well as heaps of other content!
April 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
And, finally, I've restored a Jurassic reef dominated by the red alga Solenopora jurassica. We've known about the pink/red colouring of this species for 145 years, but it's seldom seen in #paleoart! Head to www.patreon.com/c/markwitton for more context, as well as heaps of other content!
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This month on my #Patreon, I've been uploading and discussing #paleoart inspired by ancient microbes and photosynthetic organisms with known (or predicted) colour data. There's some amazing #sciart inspiration out there, like hypothesised bacteria that turned Early Archean seas purple... (1/4)
April 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New Weird ass theropod hand
Forelimb structure and function in a new Late Cretaceous parvicursorine theropod dinosaur from Mongolia
Manipulonyx reshetovi, gen. et sp. nov.
www.zin.ru/journals/tru...
Forelimb structure and function in a new Late Cretaceous parvicursorine theropod dinosaur from Mongolia
Manipulonyx reshetovi, gen. et sp. nov.
www.zin.ru/journals/tru...
December 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New Weird ass theropod hand
Forelimb structure and function in a new Late Cretaceous parvicursorine theropod dinosaur from Mongolia
Manipulonyx reshetovi, gen. et sp. nov.
www.zin.ru/journals/tru...
Forelimb structure and function in a new Late Cretaceous parvicursorine theropod dinosaur from Mongolia
Manipulonyx reshetovi, gen. et sp. nov.
www.zin.ru/journals/tru...
The inbreed incestous cocksucker politics almost kill it, but the Postcranial osteology of Manidens condorensis is here
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
December 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The inbreed incestous cocksucker politics almost kill it, but the Postcranial osteology of Manidens condorensis is here
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Oldest peyssonnelialean Red Alga
[Late Ordovician calcified peyssonnelialean red algae: systematics and evolutionary significance]
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Paleometapeyssonnelia gen. nov., including two new species, P. gracilis sp. nov. and P. crassa sp. nov.
Art of Liu Xi
[Late Ordovician calcified peyssonnelialean red algae: systematics and evolutionary significance]
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Paleometapeyssonnelia gen. nov., including two new species, P. gracilis sp. nov. and P. crassa sp. nov.
Art of Liu Xi
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Oldest peyssonnelialean Red Alga
[Late Ordovician calcified peyssonnelialean red algae: systematics and evolutionary significance]
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Paleometapeyssonnelia gen. nov., including two new species, P. gracilis sp. nov. and P. crassa sp. nov.
Art of Liu Xi
[Late Ordovician calcified peyssonnelialean red algae: systematics and evolutionary significance]
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Paleometapeyssonnelia gen. nov., including two new species, P. gracilis sp. nov. and P. crassa sp. nov.
Art of Liu Xi
A new caridean shrimp fossil with exceptionally preserved organs from the Middle Jurassic of La Voulte-sur-Rhône, France
Mandocaris polyphaga gen. et sp. nov.
www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
Mandocaris polyphaga gen. et sp. nov.
www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A new caridean shrimp fossil with exceptionally preserved organs from the Middle Jurassic of La Voulte-sur-Rhône, France
Mandocaris polyphaga gen. et sp. nov.
www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
Mandocaris polyphaga gen. et sp. nov.
www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
Growth dynamics, skeletochronology, and histovariability of the theropod dinosaur Berthasaura leopoldinae
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Growth dynamics, skeletochronology, and histovariability of the theropod dinosaur Berthasaura leopoldinae
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Grallatorid–eubrontid tridactyl track assemblages from Lower Jurassic, Sichuan Province, China: Insights into theropod diversity, locomotion and behavior
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Drawings by Kamitoge
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Drawings by Kamitoge
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Grallatorid–eubrontid tridactyl track assemblages from Lower Jurassic, Sichuan Province, China: Insights into theropod diversity, locomotion and behavior
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Drawings by Kamitoge
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Drawings by Kamitoge
Tonian (852±49Ma) Animals? Or just Pseudofossils?
New trail-like features associated with microbial mats from the early Neoproterozoic Sirbu Shale Member (Upper Vindhyan Group), Vindhyan Basin, central India
www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../08...
Opinion, @ichnologist.bsky.social?
New trail-like features associated with microbial mats from the early Neoproterozoic Sirbu Shale Member (Upper Vindhyan Group), Vindhyan Basin, central India
www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../08...
Opinion, @ichnologist.bsky.social?
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Tonian (852±49Ma) Animals? Or just Pseudofossils?
New trail-like features associated with microbial mats from the early Neoproterozoic Sirbu Shale Member (Upper Vindhyan Group), Vindhyan Basin, central India
www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../08...
Opinion, @ichnologist.bsky.social?
New trail-like features associated with microbial mats from the early Neoproterozoic Sirbu Shale Member (Upper Vindhyan Group), Vindhyan Basin, central India
www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../08...
Opinion, @ichnologist.bsky.social?
“King of the Riverside”, a multi-proxy approach offers a new perspective on mosasaurs before their extinction: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Art: Christopher DiPiazza
Art: Christopher DiPiazza
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“King of the Riverside”, a multi-proxy approach offers a new perspective on mosasaurs before their extinction: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Art: Christopher DiPiazza
Art: Christopher DiPiazza
A new, Early Cretaceous carettochelyid turtle from South Korea provides insights into softshell evolution and aquatic ecology
Byeoljubuchelys yeosuensis gen. et sp. nov.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Byeoljubuchelys yeosuensis gen. et sp. nov.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A new, Early Cretaceous carettochelyid turtle from South Korea provides insights into softshell evolution and aquatic ecology
Byeoljubuchelys yeosuensis gen. et sp. nov.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Byeoljubuchelys yeosuensis gen. et sp. nov.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Earliest evolution of stipules among vascular plants documented in the late Paleozoic stem group of Marattiales
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Earliest evolution of stipules among vascular plants documented in the late Paleozoic stem group of Marattiales
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A unique Sphenophyllum-mimicking insect in the Permian
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Art by Jie Sun
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Art by Jie Sun
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A unique Sphenophyllum-mimicking insect in the Permian
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Art by Jie Sun
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Art by Jie Sun
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Excited to announce that my second manuscript, “Fossilised Melanosomes Reveal Colour Patterning in A Sauropod Dinosaur” has been published in
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Excited to announce that my second manuscript, “Fossilised Melanosomes Reveal Colour Patterning in A Sauropod Dinosaur” has been published in
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26
@royalsociety.org !! Diplodocus scales are complex and diverse, and it turns out their color patterning was even more so. A 🧵🦕 1/26
Fossilized melanosomes reveal colour patterning of a sauropod dinosaur
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Art @tessasaurus.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Art @tessasaurus.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Fossilized melanosomes reveal colour patterning of a sauropod dinosaur
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Art @tessasaurus.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Art @tessasaurus.bsky.social
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Microsyops fur brush demo. Quick one. Brushes now available here villes.gumroad.com/l/rkrac
October 7, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Microsyops fur brush demo. Quick one. Brushes now available here villes.gumroad.com/l/rkrac
Chemosynthetic microbial communities formed wrinkle structures in the Early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) Carbonate-Siliclastic Platform setting of Morocco [OPEN ACESS]
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Chemosynthetic microbial communities formed wrinkle structures in the Early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) Carbonate-Siliclastic Platform setting of Morocco [OPEN ACESS]
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
NANOTYRANNUS, PART 2
A diminutive tyrannosaur lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Art: Andrey Atuchin
A diminutive tyrannosaur lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Art: Andrey Atuchin
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
NANOTYRANNUS, PART 2
A diminutive tyrannosaur lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Art: Andrey Atuchin
A diminutive tyrannosaur lived alongside Tyrannosaurus rex www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Art: Andrey Atuchin
New contributions to the knowledge of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican landmass www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/am...
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
New contributions to the knowledge of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican landmass www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/am...
A new giant nektobenthic radiodont benthivore from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota in Morocco
Falciscaris mumakiana gen. et sp. nov.
Art by Alexis Trébaol
www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
Falciscaris mumakiana gen. et sp. nov.
Art by Alexis Trébaol
www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A new giant nektobenthic radiodont benthivore from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota in Morocco
Falciscaris mumakiana gen. et sp. nov.
Art by Alexis Trébaol
www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
Falciscaris mumakiana gen. et sp. nov.
Art by Alexis Trébaol
www.app.pan.pl/article/item...