Paleontological Society
@paleosoc.bsky.social
Advancing knowledge and understanding of paleontology and life’s evolution through research, education, and advocacy. Supporting and championing a diversity of voices.
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Happy #FossilFriday!🦘🦴🐀
Today we’re traveling to Barrow Island (NW 🇦🇺), home to both extant mammals and their Plio-Pleistocene fossil relatives.
📸 Pictured here are @palaeontolucy.bsky.social and Dr. Travouillon documenting one of the island’s ex-cave deposits.
#AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
Today we’re traveling to Barrow Island (NW 🇦🇺), home to both extant mammals and their Plio-Pleistocene fossil relatives.
📸 Pictured here are @palaeontolucy.bsky.social and Dr. Travouillon documenting one of the island’s ex-cave deposits.
#AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Happy #FossilFriday!🦘🦴🐀
Today we’re traveling to Barrow Island (NW 🇦🇺), home to both extant mammals and their Plio-Pleistocene fossil relatives.
📸 Pictured here are @palaeontolucy.bsky.social and Dr. Travouillon documenting one of the island’s ex-cave deposits.
#AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
Today we’re traveling to Barrow Island (NW 🇦🇺), home to both extant mammals and their Plio-Pleistocene fossil relatives.
📸 Pictured here are @palaeontolucy.bsky.social and Dr. Travouillon documenting one of the island’s ex-cave deposits.
#AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
Happy #FossilFriday!
This week we’re heading down under to the Bass Coast of Victoria🇦🇺, where dinosaur bones are being carefully freed by the recently appointed Dr Jake Kotevski! These were discovered by Melissa Lowery and date to between 120-128 million years ago🦴🦖
#AustralianDinosaurs #Theropods
This week we’re heading down under to the Bass Coast of Victoria🇦🇺, where dinosaur bones are being carefully freed by the recently appointed Dr Jake Kotevski! These were discovered by Melissa Lowery and date to between 120-128 million years ago🦴🦖
#AustralianDinosaurs #Theropods
January 17, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Happy #FossilFriday!
This week we’re heading down under to the Bass Coast of Victoria🇦🇺, where dinosaur bones are being carefully freed by the recently appointed Dr Jake Kotevski! These were discovered by Melissa Lowery and date to between 120-128 million years ago🦴🦖
#AustralianDinosaurs #Theropods
This week we’re heading down under to the Bass Coast of Victoria🇦🇺, where dinosaur bones are being carefully freed by the recently appointed Dr Jake Kotevski! These were discovered by Melissa Lowery and date to between 120-128 million years ago🦴🦖
#AustralianDinosaurs #Theropods
🦖🐾Dinosaurs Tracks from Brazil: A Lost World of Gondwana by Giuseppe Leonardi and Ismar de Souza Carvalho is an incredible book about Brazilian fossils and how paleontologists use trace fossils to study ancient ecosystems🏞️🌿
📚PS book reviews like this are posted on our website paleosoc.org monthly!
📚PS book reviews like this are posted on our website paleosoc.org monthly!
January 15, 2026 at 1:29 AM
🦖🐾Dinosaurs Tracks from Brazil: A Lost World of Gondwana by Giuseppe Leonardi and Ismar de Souza Carvalho is an incredible book about Brazilian fossils and how paleontologists use trace fossils to study ancient ecosystems🏞️🌿
📚PS book reviews like this are posted on our website paleosoc.org monthly!
📚PS book reviews like this are posted on our website paleosoc.org monthly!
Happy holidays from the Paleo Society!🎉
This #BookReview features Sea Level: A History by Wilko Graf von Hardenburg🌊which tells the history of developing technology and #Oceanography ⚙️🌏Learn how we know what we know about oceans & start off ‘26 with this page turner!
#Paleontology #Literature #Ocean
This #BookReview features Sea Level: A History by Wilko Graf von Hardenburg🌊which tells the history of developing technology and #Oceanography ⚙️🌏Learn how we know what we know about oceans & start off ‘26 with this page turner!
#Paleontology #Literature #Ocean
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Happy holidays from the Paleo Society!🎉
This #BookReview features Sea Level: A History by Wilko Graf von Hardenburg🌊which tells the history of developing technology and #Oceanography ⚙️🌏Learn how we know what we know about oceans & start off ‘26 with this page turner!
#Paleontology #Literature #Ocean
This #BookReview features Sea Level: A History by Wilko Graf von Hardenburg🌊which tells the history of developing technology and #Oceanography ⚙️🌏Learn how we know what we know about oceans & start off ‘26 with this page turner!
#Paleontology #Literature #Ocean
Did you know that PS provided over $250k to support students and early career paleontologists?🦕🌿Help support PS’s mission to advance paleontology through research, education, and advocacy. Include PS in your #GivingTuesday plans and donate at paleosoc.org/donate2 🦖 ✨
#PaleoSociety #Science #Research
#PaleoSociety #Science #Research
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Did you know that PS provided over $250k to support students and early career paleontologists?🦕🌿Help support PS’s mission to advance paleontology through research, education, and advocacy. Include PS in your #GivingTuesday plans and donate at paleosoc.org/donate2 🦖 ✨
#PaleoSociety #Science #Research
#PaleoSociety #Science #Research
Happy #FossilFriday from Kronosaurus Korner!
This specimen is part of the lower and upper jaw of Platypterygius australis from the upper Albion Toolebuc Formation of the Eromanga Basin in Queensland.
Thanks to Kronosaurus Korner for today’s feature!
#Palaeontology #Australia #Ichthyosaur #Fossil
This specimen is part of the lower and upper jaw of Platypterygius australis from the upper Albion Toolebuc Formation of the Eromanga Basin in Queensland.
Thanks to Kronosaurus Korner for today’s feature!
#Palaeontology #Australia #Ichthyosaur #Fossil
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Happy #FossilFriday from Kronosaurus Korner!
This specimen is part of the lower and upper jaw of Platypterygius australis from the upper Albion Toolebuc Formation of the Eromanga Basin in Queensland.
Thanks to Kronosaurus Korner for today’s feature!
#Palaeontology #Australia #Ichthyosaur #Fossil
This specimen is part of the lower and upper jaw of Platypterygius australis from the upper Albion Toolebuc Formation of the Eromanga Basin in Queensland.
Thanks to Kronosaurus Korner for today’s feature!
#Palaeontology #Australia #Ichthyosaur #Fossil
Happy #FossilFriday with these rusophycus, cruziana, and planolites trace fossils from east TN! These were found at a thrust fault in the Great Smoky thrust fault belt on a field trip from UT Knoxville’s field methods course.
#Fossils #Trilobites #Science #Geology #Education
#Fossils #Trilobites #Science #Geology #Education
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Happy #FossilFriday with these rusophycus, cruziana, and planolites trace fossils from east TN! These were found at a thrust fault in the Great Smoky thrust fault belt on a field trip from UT Knoxville’s field methods course.
#Fossils #Trilobites #Science #Geology #Education
#Fossils #Trilobites #Science #Geology #Education
The winner of Clash of the Clades: a new taxon, Finnegan-ada! Fear not, mollusk lovers, your clade raised the most money! Thank you all who participated in this wild and wacky fundraiser. We appreciate all who donated and cast their vote! 👑
#paleontology #geology #geosciences
#paleontology #geology #geosciences
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The winner of Clash of the Clades: a new taxon, Finnegan-ada! Fear not, mollusk lovers, your clade raised the most money! Thank you all who participated in this wild and wacky fundraiser. We appreciate all who donated and cast their vote! 👑
#paleontology #geology #geosciences
#paleontology #geology #geosciences
Happy #FossilFriday from the Petrified Forest!
The “PEFO” is a field full of Triassic age petrified trees in Arizona. It formed when a river flooded and fallen trees were filled with elements like iron, carbon, and manganese.
#Fossils #PEFO #PublicLands #NationalParkService #Arizona #Paleontology
The “PEFO” is a field full of Triassic age petrified trees in Arizona. It formed when a river flooded and fallen trees were filled with elements like iron, carbon, and manganese.
#Fossils #PEFO #PublicLands #NationalParkService #Arizona #Paleontology
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Happy #FossilFriday from the Petrified Forest!
The “PEFO” is a field full of Triassic age petrified trees in Arizona. It formed when a river flooded and fallen trees were filled with elements like iron, carbon, and manganese.
#Fossils #PEFO #PublicLands #NationalParkService #Arizona #Paleontology
The “PEFO” is a field full of Triassic age petrified trees in Arizona. It formed when a river flooded and fallen trees were filled with elements like iron, carbon, and manganese.
#Fossils #PEFO #PublicLands #NationalParkService #Arizona #Paleontology
Spread some Halloween cheer by fighting for your favorite clade.
See Venmo or the link below
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#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution #geology #geosciences
See Venmo or the link below
🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
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#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution #geology #geosciences
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Spread some Halloween cheer by fighting for your favorite clade.
See Venmo or the link below
🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
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#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution #geology #geosciences
See Venmo or the link below
🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
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#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution #geology #geosciences
Finnegan has taken the lead with the most votes, with mollusks close behind!
Vote today, the competition is tight!
🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
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@Paleo-Society on Venmo
#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution #geology #geosciences
Vote today, the competition is tight!
🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
paleo.memberclicks.net/Clades
@Paleo-Society on Venmo
#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution #geology #geosciences
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Finnegan has taken the lead with the most votes, with mollusks close behind!
Vote today, the competition is tight!
🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
paleo.memberclicks.net/Clades
@Paleo-Society on Venmo
#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution #geology #geosciences
Vote today, the competition is tight!
🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
paleo.memberclicks.net/Clades
@Paleo-Society on Venmo
#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution #geology #geosciences
In a wild turn of events, mollusks and Seth Finnegan are tied for first place!
Don't forget to cast your vote! Look for the QR code on previous posts or the link below to vote today! 🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
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#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution
Don't forget to cast your vote! Look for the QR code on previous posts or the link below to vote today! 🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
paleo.memberclicks.net/Clades
#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
In a wild turn of events, mollusks and Seth Finnegan are tied for first place!
Don't forget to cast your vote! Look for the QR code on previous posts or the link below to vote today! 🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
paleo.memberclicks.net/Clades
#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution
Don't forget to cast your vote! Look for the QR code on previous posts or the link below to vote today! 🐝🪱🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🪰🪲🦂🐢🦖🐋🐊🦐🦑🐠🐫
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#paleosociety #paleontology #invertebrates #vertebrateevolution
This visit to the Trendall Geoheritage Reserve (R50149) and Buick Reserve (R44710) was conducted under Permit SGR041. Entry into these reserves requires a permit issued by the Geological Survey of Western Australia.
#FossilFriday from these Tumbiana Formation stromatolites (~2.7 billion years old)!
Stromatolites have a distinct layered structure formed by microbial mats and sediment🦠
Found by Emeritus Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, Curtin University
#Stromatolites #ArcheanEra #AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
Stromatolites have a distinct layered structure formed by microbial mats and sediment🦠
Found by Emeritus Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, Curtin University
#Stromatolites #ArcheanEra #AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This visit to the Trendall Geoheritage Reserve (R50149) and Buick Reserve (R44710) was conducted under Permit SGR041. Entry into these reserves requires a permit issued by the Geological Survey of Western Australia.
#FossilFriday from these Tumbiana Formation stromatolites (~2.7 billion years old)!
Stromatolites have a distinct layered structure formed by microbial mats and sediment🦠
Found by Emeritus Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, Curtin University
#Stromatolites #ArcheanEra #AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
Stromatolites have a distinct layered structure formed by microbial mats and sediment🦠
Found by Emeritus Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, Curtin University
#Stromatolites #ArcheanEra #AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#FossilFriday from these Tumbiana Formation stromatolites (~2.7 billion years old)!
Stromatolites have a distinct layered structure formed by microbial mats and sediment🦠
Found by Emeritus Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, Curtin University
#Stromatolites #ArcheanEra #AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
Stromatolites have a distinct layered structure formed by microbial mats and sediment🦠
Found by Emeritus Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, Curtin University
#Stromatolites #ArcheanEra #AustralianFossils #AustralianGeology
Happy #FossilFriday, here is a gorgeous Squalicorax cf. S. lindstromi tooth found by Zachary Burman from Temple University!🦈 Squalicorax is also an index fossil, used to help tell time!
📸Got a fossil to show? Send it here!
forms.gle/CUCKaogSpqa4...
#Paleontology #Palaeontology #SharkTooth #Ocean
📸Got a fossil to show? Send it here!
forms.gle/CUCKaogSpqa4...
#Paleontology #Palaeontology #SharkTooth #Ocean
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Happy #FossilFriday, here is a gorgeous Squalicorax cf. S. lindstromi tooth found by Zachary Burman from Temple University!🦈 Squalicorax is also an index fossil, used to help tell time!
📸Got a fossil to show? Send it here!
forms.gle/CUCKaogSpqa4...
#Paleontology #Palaeontology #SharkTooth #Ocean
📸Got a fossil to show? Send it here!
forms.gle/CUCKaogSpqa4...
#Paleontology #Palaeontology #SharkTooth #Ocean
Remember to mark your calendar for PS events at GSA in San Antonio, there will be 6 fantastic events across 5 days. Find more information at paleosoc.org and from our Priscum newsletter!
We hope to see you there, & safe travels!
#PSEvents #GSAConnects #GSA #GSASanAntonio #Paleontology
We hope to see you there, & safe travels!
#PSEvents #GSAConnects #GSA #GSASanAntonio #Paleontology
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Remember to mark your calendar for PS events at GSA in San Antonio, there will be 6 fantastic events across 5 days. Find more information at paleosoc.org and from our Priscum newsletter!
We hope to see you there, & safe travels!
#PSEvents #GSAConnects #GSA #GSASanAntonio #Paleontology
We hope to see you there, & safe travels!
#PSEvents #GSAConnects #GSA #GSASanAntonio #Paleontology
Happy #FossilFriday from the Mention Bassins Sédimentaires Évolution Conservation of Université d’Antananarivo, who won a Sepkoski Grant to conduct research on subfossil seeds in Ampiriaka, Madagascar!🇲🇬🌿
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany #Palynology #Fossils #Madagascar
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany #Palynology #Fossils #Madagascar
October 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy #FossilFriday from the Mention Bassins Sédimentaires Évolution Conservation of Université d’Antananarivo, who won a Sepkoski Grant to conduct research on subfossil seeds in Ampiriaka, Madagascar!🇲🇬🌿
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany #Palynology #Fossils #Madagascar
#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany #Palynology #Fossils #Madagascar
Fossil Frogs and Toads of North America is a 3 chaptered book on frog paleoherpetology, now on sale for 30% off with a PS discount! When you add frog to your cauldron this Halloween, appreciate the millions of years of evolution that made them!🐸
#Paleontology #Herpetology #Frogs #PSBookReview
#Paleontology #Herpetology #Frogs #PSBookReview
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Fossil Frogs and Toads of North America is a 3 chaptered book on frog paleoherpetology, now on sale for 30% off with a PS discount! When you add frog to your cauldron this Halloween, appreciate the millions of years of evolution that made them!🐸
#Paleontology #Herpetology #Frogs #PSBookReview
#Paleontology #Herpetology #Frogs #PSBookReview
Happy #FossilFriday from under the microscope with this freshwater acritarch!
While we don’t know the full evolutionary tree of this tiny fellow, some people believe they may have descended from algal ancestors. Thanks @paleotrin.bsky.social !
#Paleontology #Palynology #Palynomorph #Microscope
While we don’t know the full evolutionary tree of this tiny fellow, some people believe they may have descended from algal ancestors. Thanks @paleotrin.bsky.social !
#Paleontology #Palynology #Palynomorph #Microscope
September 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Happy #FossilFriday from under the microscope with this freshwater acritarch!
While we don’t know the full evolutionary tree of this tiny fellow, some people believe they may have descended from algal ancestors. Thanks @paleotrin.bsky.social !
#Paleontology #Palynology #Palynomorph #Microscope
While we don’t know the full evolutionary tree of this tiny fellow, some people believe they may have descended from algal ancestors. Thanks @paleotrin.bsky.social !
#Paleontology #Palynology #Palynomorph #Microscope
Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts, and Evolves by MJ Benton is a fantastic read on extinctions, great for anyone of any experience in paleo! It also has incredible visuals from paleoart and fossils, springing ancient ecosystems back to life. Pick up your copy today!
#Paleontology #BookReview
#Paleontology #BookReview
September 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts, and Evolves by MJ Benton is a fantastic read on extinctions, great for anyone of any experience in paleo! It also has incredible visuals from paleoart and fossils, springing ancient ecosystems back to life. Pick up your copy today!
#Paleontology #BookReview
#Paleontology #BookReview
Today’s #FossilFriday is an incredible 35,000 year old thorny bamboo from Manipur, India!
These were found by Dr. Bhatia, who researches palaeobotany at the Birbal Sanhi Institute of Palaeosciences to learn about how past environments created today’s ecosystems🎍
#Fossil #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany
These were found by Dr. Bhatia, who researches palaeobotany at the Birbal Sanhi Institute of Palaeosciences to learn about how past environments created today’s ecosystems🎍
#Fossil #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany
September 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Today’s #FossilFriday is an incredible 35,000 year old thorny bamboo from Manipur, India!
These were found by Dr. Bhatia, who researches palaeobotany at the Birbal Sanhi Institute of Palaeosciences to learn about how past environments created today’s ecosystems🎍
#Fossil #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany
These were found by Dr. Bhatia, who researches palaeobotany at the Birbal Sanhi Institute of Palaeosciences to learn about how past environments created today’s ecosystems🎍
#Fossil #Palaeontology #Palaeobotany
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments’s special issue, Rhenish Massif, is an incredible assemblage of papers on the history of the Rhenish Massif in Central Europe. Learn all about life through time and how the Rhenish Massif went from ocean to mountains!
#Paleontology #Fossils #BookReview
#Paleontology #Fossils #BookReview
September 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments’s special issue, Rhenish Massif, is an incredible assemblage of papers on the history of the Rhenish Massif in Central Europe. Learn all about life through time and how the Rhenish Massif went from ocean to mountains!
#Paleontology #Fossils #BookReview
#Paleontology #Fossils #BookReview
Vertebrate Ichnology is a must-have for anyone interested in tetrapod trace fossils and ichnology, and the second volume released last month! Don’t wait to pick up your copy, as the paperback & eBook are both on sale for 25% off on Elsevier, 50% if you bundle!
#PSBookReview #Paleontology #Fossils
#PSBookReview #Paleontology #Fossils
August 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Vertebrate Ichnology is a must-have for anyone interested in tetrapod trace fossils and ichnology, and the second volume released last month! Don’t wait to pick up your copy, as the paperback & eBook are both on sale for 25% off on Elsevier, 50% if you bundle!
#PSBookReview #Paleontology #Fossils
#PSBookReview #Paleontology #Fossils
Paleo Society will host 6 events over the 4 days at GSA in San Antonio, TX, so mark your calendar! 📆 Be sure to stop by the PS booth to pick up some swag and meet some of our wonderful members and student ambassadors!
#Paleontology #GSA #PaleoSociety #GeologicalSocietyOfAmerica #GSAConnects2025
#Paleontology #GSA #PaleoSociety #GeologicalSocietyOfAmerica #GSAConnects2025
August 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Paleo Society will host 6 events over the 4 days at GSA in San Antonio, TX, so mark your calendar! 📆 Be sure to stop by the PS booth to pick up some swag and meet some of our wonderful members and student ambassadors!
#Paleontology #GSA #PaleoSociety #GeologicalSocietyOfAmerica #GSAConnects2025
#Paleontology #GSA #PaleoSociety #GeologicalSocietyOfAmerica #GSAConnects2025