Historical Biology
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Publishes papers on developments in the sciences concerning the history of life through geological time and the biology of past organisms.
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Hans Püschel.
This is Micrauchenia saladensis (SGO.PV.21700), a litoptern—one of the key groups of South American native ungulates (SANUs). Figure sourced from Figure 4 of Püschel et al. (2023).
This is Micrauchenia saladensis (SGO.PV.21700), a litoptern—one of the key groups of South American native ungulates (SANUs). Figure sourced from Figure 4 of Püschel et al. (2023).
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Hans Püschel.
This is Micrauchenia saladensis (SGO.PV.21700), a litoptern—one of the key groups of South American native ungulates (SANUs). Figure sourced from Figure 4 of Püschel et al. (2023).
This is Micrauchenia saladensis (SGO.PV.21700), a litoptern—one of the key groups of South American native ungulates (SANUs). Figure sourced from Figure 4 of Püschel et al. (2023).
📣Editor spotlight
Dr. Hans Püschel is a Chilean vertebrate palaeontologist who specialises in the evolution & biogeography of South American mammals by combining cutting-edge computational methods and fieldwork. He is currently a PI at the Millennium Nucleus EVOTEM in Santiago.
Dr. Hans Püschel is a Chilean vertebrate palaeontologist who specialises in the evolution & biogeography of South American mammals by combining cutting-edge computational methods and fieldwork. He is currently a PI at the Millennium Nucleus EVOTEM in Santiago.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Dr. Hans Püschel is a Chilean vertebrate palaeontologist who specialises in the evolution & biogeography of South American mammals by combining cutting-edge computational methods and fieldwork. He is currently a PI at the Millennium Nucleus EVOTEM in Santiago.
Dr. Hans Püschel is a Chilean vertebrate palaeontologist who specialises in the evolution & biogeography of South American mammals by combining cutting-edge computational methods and fieldwork. He is currently a PI at the Millennium Nucleus EVOTEM in Santiago.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This article highlight: Editorial📜
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November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Day 2 of #2025SVP announcements!
We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!
We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Day 2 of #2025SVP announcements!
We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!
We are delighted to be promoting 6 of our editorial board members: Arnau Bolet, Diego Castaneda, Masaya Iijima, Beniamino Mecozzi, Jorgo Ristevski, & Mohd Shafi Bhat, to associate editors!
📣Editor spotlight
Dr Mohd Shaffi Bhat is a postdoc at Auburn University. His research interests lie in the evolution of vertebrates, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and their bone microstructure (i.e., histology) 🦴
Dr Mohd Shaffi Bhat is a postdoc at Auburn University. His research interests lie in the evolution of vertebrates, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and their bone microstructure (i.e., histology) 🦴
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Dr Mohd Shaffi Bhat is a postdoc at Auburn University. His research interests lie in the evolution of vertebrates, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and their bone microstructure (i.e., histology) 🦴
Dr Mohd Shaffi Bhat is a postdoc at Auburn University. His research interests lie in the evolution of vertebrates, focusing on their morphology, taxonomy, and their bone microstructure (i.e., histology) 🦴
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October 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Masaya Iijima.
This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊
This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Masaya Iijima.
This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊
This is specimen XM 12-1558, from Xinhui museum in Guangdog, China. It belongs to Hanyusuchus, a large (>6 m) crocodylian that became extinct only a few hundred years ago in south China, likely due to habitat loss and hunting 🐊
📣Editor spotlight
Masaya Iijima is a researcher focusing on the comparative morphology and systematics of crocodylians to assess the biological and ecological factors behind major faunal changes, such as the Quaternary megafauna extinction 🐊
Masaya Iijima is a researcher focusing on the comparative morphology and systematics of crocodylians to assess the biological and ecological factors behind major faunal changes, such as the Quaternary megafauna extinction 🐊
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Masaya Iijima is a researcher focusing on the comparative morphology and systematics of crocodylians to assess the biological and ecological factors behind major faunal changes, such as the Quaternary megafauna extinction 🐊
Masaya Iijima is a researcher focusing on the comparative morphology and systematics of crocodylians to assess the biological and ecological factors behind major faunal changes, such as the Quaternary megafauna extinction 🐊
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October 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Diego Castanera.
This is an Ornithopod track overstepping a sauropod track in the Late Jurassic Las Cerradicas tracksite (Galve, Spain), an example of gregarious behavior among sauropod & ornithopod herds & quadrupedalism in ornithopod dinosaurs 🦕
This is an Ornithopod track overstepping a sauropod track in the Late Jurassic Las Cerradicas tracksite (Galve, Spain), an example of gregarious behavior among sauropod & ornithopod herds & quadrupedalism in ornithopod dinosaurs 🦕
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Diego Castanera.
This is an Ornithopod track overstepping a sauropod track in the Late Jurassic Las Cerradicas tracksite (Galve, Spain), an example of gregarious behavior among sauropod & ornithopod herds & quadrupedalism in ornithopod dinosaurs 🦕
This is an Ornithopod track overstepping a sauropod track in the Late Jurassic Las Cerradicas tracksite (Galve, Spain), an example of gregarious behavior among sauropod & ornithopod herds & quadrupedalism in ornithopod dinosaurs 🦕
📣Editor spotlight
Diego Castanera is a Researcher at Deparment of Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). He specialises in vertebrate ichnology with emphasis on dinosaur, pterosaur, crocodylomorph, mammal and bird tracks 🦖 🐊
Diego Castanera is a Researcher at Deparment of Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). He specialises in vertebrate ichnology with emphasis on dinosaur, pterosaur, crocodylomorph, mammal and bird tracks 🦖 🐊
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Diego Castanera is a Researcher at Deparment of Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). He specialises in vertebrate ichnology with emphasis on dinosaur, pterosaur, crocodylomorph, mammal and bird tracks 🦖 🐊
Diego Castanera is a Researcher at Deparment of Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). He specialises in vertebrate ichnology with emphasis on dinosaur, pterosaur, crocodylomorph, mammal and bird tracks 🦖 🐊
This article highlight: Taxonomic Note📜
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October 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This article highlight: Taxonomic Note📜
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For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Verónica Vennari.
This is Argentiniceras noduliferum, an Early Cretaceous ammonite & index fossil specimen from the Vaca Muerta Formation in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina.
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This is Argentiniceras noduliferum, an Early Cretaceous ammonite & index fossil specimen from the Vaca Muerta Formation in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Verónica Vennari.
This is Argentiniceras noduliferum, an Early Cretaceous ammonite & index fossil specimen from the Vaca Muerta Formation in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina.
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This is Argentiniceras noduliferum, an Early Cretaceous ammonite & index fossil specimen from the Vaca Muerta Formation in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina.
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📣Editor spotlight
Verónica Vennari has a PhD in Geological Sciences by the Buenos Aires University and is an Associate Researcher at CONICET. Her research focus on the systematics and biostratigraphy of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous ammonites from Argentina 🐚
Verónica Vennari has a PhD in Geological Sciences by the Buenos Aires University and is an Associate Researcher at CONICET. Her research focus on the systematics and biostratigraphy of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous ammonites from Argentina 🐚
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Verónica Vennari has a PhD in Geological Sciences by the Buenos Aires University and is an Associate Researcher at CONICET. Her research focus on the systematics and biostratigraphy of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous ammonites from Argentina 🐚
Verónica Vennari has a PhD in Geological Sciences by the Buenos Aires University and is an Associate Researcher at CONICET. Her research focus on the systematics and biostratigraphy of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous ammonites from Argentina 🐚
This article highlight: Method📜
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September 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This article highlight: Method📜
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📣Editor spotlight
Dr Jorgo Ristevski is an early career palaeontologist that studies crocodyliforms. He researches the extinct crocodylian clade Mekosuchinae. He has named and described several extinct crocodyliform genera and species, including Australia's giant gavialoid Gunggamarandu maunala 🐊
Dr Jorgo Ristevski is an early career palaeontologist that studies crocodyliforms. He researches the extinct crocodylian clade Mekosuchinae. He has named and described several extinct crocodyliform genera and species, including Australia's giant gavialoid Gunggamarandu maunala 🐊
September 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📣Editor spotlight
Dr Jorgo Ristevski is an early career palaeontologist that studies crocodyliforms. He researches the extinct crocodylian clade Mekosuchinae. He has named and described several extinct crocodyliform genera and species, including Australia's giant gavialoid Gunggamarandu maunala 🐊
Dr Jorgo Ristevski is an early career palaeontologist that studies crocodyliforms. He researches the extinct crocodylian clade Mekosuchinae. He has named and described several extinct crocodyliform genera and species, including Australia's giant gavialoid Gunggamarandu maunala 🐊
This article highlight: data notes📜
This article may be used for authors to describe their datasets such as morphometric, CT tomographic or phylogenetic datasets. Queries can be addressed to our Data Editor Dr Brooke Long-Fox
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This article may be used for authors to describe their datasets such as morphometric, CT tomographic or phylogenetic datasets. Queries can be addressed to our Data Editor Dr Brooke Long-Fox
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September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This article highlight: data notes📜
This article may be used for authors to describe their datasets such as morphometric, CT tomographic or phylogenetic datasets. Queries can be addressed to our Data Editor Dr Brooke Long-Fox
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This article may be used for authors to describe their datasets such as morphometric, CT tomographic or phylogenetic datasets. Queries can be addressed to our Data Editor Dr Brooke Long-Fox
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For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Letita Luci.
This is a very well preserved, trigonioid bivalve Steinmanlla curacoensis (CPBA 20545.5) from the early Valanginian of Argentina. An oyster is cemented on it, a common occurrence in the Early Cretaceous🐚
This is a very well preserved, trigonioid bivalve Steinmanlla curacoensis (CPBA 20545.5) from the early Valanginian of Argentina. An oyster is cemented on it, a common occurrence in the Early Cretaceous🐚
September 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Letita Luci.
This is a very well preserved, trigonioid bivalve Steinmanlla curacoensis (CPBA 20545.5) from the early Valanginian of Argentina. An oyster is cemented on it, a common occurrence in the Early Cretaceous🐚
This is a very well preserved, trigonioid bivalve Steinmanlla curacoensis (CPBA 20545.5) from the early Valanginian of Argentina. An oyster is cemented on it, a common occurrence in the Early Cretaceous🐚
📣Editor spotlight
Dr Letita Luci is a researcher (CONICET) and a part-time university teacher (UBA) from Argentina. Her research focuses on Cretaceous marine hard-substrate communities settled on invertebrate shells and inorganic nodules, analyzing their taxonomy, paleoecology and taphonomy 🐚
Dr Letita Luci is a researcher (CONICET) and a part-time university teacher (UBA) from Argentina. Her research focuses on Cretaceous marine hard-substrate communities settled on invertebrate shells and inorganic nodules, analyzing their taxonomy, paleoecology and taphonomy 🐚
September 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Dr Letita Luci is a researcher (CONICET) and a part-time university teacher (UBA) from Argentina. Her research focuses on Cretaceous marine hard-substrate communities settled on invertebrate shells and inorganic nodules, analyzing their taxonomy, paleoecology and taphonomy 🐚
Dr Letita Luci is a researcher (CONICET) and a part-time university teacher (UBA) from Argentina. Her research focuses on Cretaceous marine hard-substrate communities settled on invertebrate shells and inorganic nodules, analyzing their taxonomy, paleoecology and taphonomy 🐚
This article highlight: book reviews📜
This article may be used to review or analyse books from our field. Reviews will typically be written by our Book Review Editor Darren Naish but may also be written by guest contributors.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This article highlight: book reviews📜
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This article may be used to review or analyse books from our field. Reviews will typically be written by our Book Review Editor Darren Naish but may also be written by guest contributors.
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For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Steve Brusatte.
This is the holotype of the dromeosaur Zhenyuanlong (JPM-0008). From the Early Cretaceous of China, this specimen is notable for its trails of feathers, short arms, and wings 🦖
This is the holotype of the dromeosaur Zhenyuanlong (JPM-0008). From the Early Cretaceous of China, this specimen is notable for its trails of feathers, short arms, and wings 🦖
September 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For #FossilFriday, we have a fossil from our editor Steve Brusatte.
This is the holotype of the dromeosaur Zhenyuanlong (JPM-0008). From the Early Cretaceous of China, this specimen is notable for its trails of feathers, short arms, and wings 🦖
This is the holotype of the dromeosaur Zhenyuanlong (JPM-0008). From the Early Cretaceous of China, this specimen is notable for its trails of feathers, short arms, and wings 🦖
📣Editor spotlight
Prof Steve Brusatte is a professor of vertebrate palaeontology at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in the evolution of dinosaurs, pterosaurs & mammals. He is a keen science communicator who has written best-selling books & is the consultant on the Jurassic World films 🦖
Prof Steve Brusatte is a professor of vertebrate palaeontology at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in the evolution of dinosaurs, pterosaurs & mammals. He is a keen science communicator who has written best-selling books & is the consultant on the Jurassic World films 🦖
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📣Editor spotlight
Prof Steve Brusatte is a professor of vertebrate palaeontology at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in the evolution of dinosaurs, pterosaurs & mammals. He is a keen science communicator who has written best-selling books & is the consultant on the Jurassic World films 🦖
Prof Steve Brusatte is a professor of vertebrate palaeontology at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in the evolution of dinosaurs, pterosaurs & mammals. He is a keen science communicator who has written best-selling books & is the consultant on the Jurassic World films 🦖
Our newest #ScienceCommunication editorial covers the holotype of the enigmatic 'Ichthyosaurus' torrei... a specimen that was lost with only photos, CT scans & documentation left to extract data.
Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
Read the original paper: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
Read the original paper: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
September 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our newest #ScienceCommunication editorial covers the holotype of the enigmatic 'Ichthyosaurus' torrei... a specimen that was lost with only photos, CT scans & documentation left to extract data.
Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
Read the original paper: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
Read the original paper: doi.org/10.1080/0891...
This article highlight: review articles📜
This article allows authors to undertake a synthesis of their field; gathering all the relevant literature for detailing the history of a methodology, a species or a whole clade.
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This article allows authors to undertake a synthesis of their field; gathering all the relevant literature for detailing the history of a methodology, a species or a whole clade.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This article highlight: review articles📜
This article allows authors to undertake a synthesis of their field; gathering all the relevant literature for detailing the history of a methodology, a species or a whole clade.
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This article allows authors to undertake a synthesis of their field; gathering all the relevant literature for detailing the history of a methodology, a species or a whole clade.
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