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Phyllosphere fungi of Middle Jurassic gymnosperms from Poland onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #FossilFriday #fungi
Microphotograph of a Jurassic phyllosphere fungus: Insolitomyces ctenidis G. Worobiec; hyphae with thallus; slide no. KRAM P PM 88/1730, England Finder S 46–S 47. Scale bar in top right corner is 50 microns. Small blue image in bottom left corner is the cover image for journal Palaeontology.
December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Exceptionally preserved eggs show philopatric resilience of phasianids to environmental fragmentation during the Middle–Late Miocene transition in the NE Iberian Peninsula onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology #FossilFriday
Main image: a plot showing the stratigraphic range of the studied phasianid eggs, their state of preservation and its relationship with the local palaeoenvironment. On the left is a vertical time scale showing the middle (bottom) and late (top) Miocene followed by various categories of time subdivision and magnetic reversals; in the middle, changes in carbon and oxygen isotopes indicate a change through time from a humid climate (in green) to arid (in orange). Occurrences of eggs in various states of preservation (less well preserved from left to right) are plotted on the right hand side. Bottom: three photographs of fossil eggs, from left to right: well-preserved egg attributed to cf. Palaeortyx phasianoides? (IPS91165); well-preserved egg attributed to cf. Palaeortyx gallica showing minor distortion (IPS50272); cracked egg (IPS44013).
December 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Microbial taphonomy of Ginkgo leaves in fine-grained substrates: how sediment type facilitates preservation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #FossilFriday @briecology.bsky.social @dfg.de
Top right: Photos of a single Ginkgo leaf from each of the sampling periods showing the changes in leaf colour and structure over time and differences between floating and buried leaves. Bottom left: Bar plot showing the relative abundance of the most abundant phyla of bacteria. Bottom right: cover image from the journal Palaeontology.
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🌟The Palaeontological Association (PalAss) sincerely thanks the local organisers and volunteers for their efforts in making the conference week exceptionally well prepared, smooth, and welcoming 🥳

#PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology #organization
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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🦖✨ The 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association would like to extend one more huge thank you to our amazing meeting sponsors!
Your support helped make this meeting such a success 💙

#PalAss25 #thankyou #sponsor #palaeontology #ScienceCommunity 🌍🧬
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🎊 Some beautiful moments from the Palaeontological Association conference #PalAss25 field trip 🌟🙌
Big thank you to Simona Bekeraite for the 📸

#conference #uk #nature #monday
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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🌟🥳Our today's plan (14th December) ⬇️
#PalAss25 🙌
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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#PalAss25
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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🎉 Saturday 13th December 🎉

📝 Registration: 08:30 – 17:00
📍 Location: Portland Building

Join us for an exciting day of:
📢 Conference | 🏛️ AGM | 🎤 Annual Address | 🍽️ Annual Dinner

✨ Don’t miss out on networking, insights, and celebration!

#PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology
December 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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A new otophysan from the Tlayúa Quarry, Mexico: a North American clue to the early diversification of this group of freshwater fishes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology
Fossil fish on a reddish background matrix. Holotype of Sooinichthys varii (IGM 14347), photograph under UV light. Scale bar at lower right is 5 mm.
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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🌟Continuing our Friday (afternoon) 🌟
Registration
🕐 13:00 – 18:00
📍 Portland Building

Symposium: Experimental Palaeontology
🕒 13:30 – 17:15
📍 Portland Building, PO 1.74

Icebreaker Reception
🕠 17:30 – 19:30
📍 Portland Building Atrium & Richmond Building Atrium

#PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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🌟Friday 12th December (morning)🌟
🧬 🔬 Our four workshops ⬇️
#PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology #science
December 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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🎉 Friday morning is off to a great start!
📍 Portland Building
🕣 Registration: 08:30–10:00
📝 Pre-conference workshops for pre-booked attendees.

#PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology #science
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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🌟 Today — Thursday 11th December 🌟
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Palaeontological Association (PalAss) 2025 Annual Meeting – Early-Career Researcher Workshop & Social
📍 University of Portsmouth, UK

📌 Schedule
🕐 13:00 – 14:00 — Registration (Portland Building)
🧑‍🔬 14:00 – 17:00 — Workshop: “Learning from experience: [1/2]
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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⏳ Just 2 days left until our 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association in Portsmouth!
🎉 We’re excited to see you there!
🔗 palass.org/annual-meeti...

#PalAss25 #conference #portsmouth #palaeontology
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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⏳ Only 3 days left until the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association kicks off in Portsmouth, UK! 🇬🇧🦕
We can’t wait to see everyone there!
🔗  palass.org/annual-meeti...

#conference #palaeontology #PalAss2025
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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🌍🔬 Calling all aspiring palaeontologists!
Here are 10 open PhD opportunities from across the palaeo world 🦖📚
Explore the projects, find deadlines, and start your research journey!

👉 More info on our official website:
palass.org/phd-opportun...
#PhD #PalAss #Opportunity
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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🚨 Apply to host the PalAss Exceptional Lecturer! Dr Yara Haridy from the University of Chicago, USA can give a talk entitled "Deep time origins of your skeleton and the evolution of bone disease" either at your institution or online. [1/2]
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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New fossils of Acrochordus (Serpentes, Caenophidia) from the Middle Miocene of Kutch, western India: quantitative taxonomic evaluation & palaeoclimatic insights onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology
Top left: Photograph of a mid-trunk vertebra from a Miocene fossil aquatic snake: Acrochordus sp. (BSIP 41786). Top right: a line diagram of a similar vertebra in the same, anterior, view showing the placement of numbered landmark points used in shape analysis in this study (type 1 landmarks in yellow; type 2 landmarks in red). At the bottom is a morphospace plot showing the first two principal component scores of acrochordid vertebrae, distinguishing the new fossil material in red on the right.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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🎉🦕 Big news! The Palaeontological Association has just released the abstract booklet and programme for the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association (Portsmouth, 11–15 Dec 2025)! 🌍📖 ⬇️

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#conference #PalAss25 #uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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📣 Hey PalAss participants!
The 2025 Annual Meeting in Portsmouth is getting closer 🦕📍

Just a quick reminder:
If you’re tagging us on social media, don’t forget to use our official hashtag #PalAss25 🙌✨

Happy #FossilFriday! 🐚🦴
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Cellularly preserved chlorophyte from the 518 million year old Chengjiang biota onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Upper left: a photograph of a fossil specimen, darker stained filaments of chlorophyte Chaetomorphium cambria (TLP120) on a paler rock matrix. Scale bar in lower left corner is 3 mm. Lower right: an artist's reconstruction of the organism showing the general morphology. Artwork by D. Lv.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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🎓✨ Calling all early-career researchers!

Thinking about applying for a Leverhulme Research Grant? Don’t miss this chance to get insider guidance from researchers with successful grant experience.

🧠💡 Join our upcoming webinar to learn:
✔️ What makes a strong application [1/2]
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM