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journalsystpal.bsky.social
To mark the 85th SVP Meeting 2025, we've assembled an open access collection of landmark JSP vertebrate palaeontology papers.

Next, Friedman (2007) investigates 𝙎𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙩𝙝𝙮𝙨, the oldest known coelacanth — and early bony fish relationships buff.ly/EGlBuN3
#PaleoSky #FossilFish #CoelacanthChronicles
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
journalsystpal.bsky.social
New paper in JSP: Gonçalves & Luccisano reassess the taxonomy and phylogeny of Aeduellidae, Carboniferous ray-finned fish from Decazeville Basin, France 🐟
Results hint at a North American origin… or convergent traits that muddy the family waters.
Read the study: buff.ly/huDEsiU #paleosky #fossilfish
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
journalsystpal.bsky.social
A new study shows that the earliest gobioid fishes were coral-reef associated dwarfs. Results suggest that dwarf gobies achieved ecological success early in gobioid evolution, arising through convergent evolution across different lineages🐟 Read more: buff.ly/GVMpJaF
#Fossilfish #PaleoSky #Evolution
Earliest gobioid fishes were coral-reef associated dwarfs: New evidence from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy
The earliest skeleton-based gobioid fish, the minute goby †Carlomonnius quasigobius Bannikov and Carnevale, 2016 (13 mm standard length), originates from the Lower Eocene coral reef fish assemblage...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
esconi.bsky.social
Fossil Friday #280: Mayomyzon pieckoensis #fossils #paleontology #FossilFriday #MazonCreek #fish #lamprey #fossilfish #pennsylvanian #carboniferous

www.esconi.org/esconi_earth...
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
ankylotar.bsky.social
I've had this fossil for years and I still don't know what it is or if it's one that could be ID'ED to a genus. It's a small #rayfinnedfish #fossil, just over 2 cm long, though it was longer with the rest of it which is gone.
#fossilfish #prehistoric
a block of rock, this side of which has a fossil fish visible. There are delicate ribs, fin rays, spine, and seemingly a face and gill plate. There's also a stain which may or may not be the dorsal fin.
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
esconi.bsky.social
Mazon Monday #284: Mayomyzon pieckoensis #fossils #paleontology #MazonMonday #MazonCreek #fish #lamprey #fossilfish #pennsylvanian #carboniferous

www.esconi.org/esconi_earth...
August 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
radareyda.bsky.social
School Of Fossil Fish, watercolor, quick sketch.
#FishyFriday #fossils #fossilfish #prehistoric #bubbles #quicksketch #traditionalart #abstract #EastCoastKin #blue #watercolor
August 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
afossilpreparator.bsky.social
Just finished this lovely little fish. My client bought it at a fossil show in Munich, they were originally from Lebanon. But we don't have more information.

#fossil #fossilfish #fishfossil #FossilPreparation #fish #fossilshow #Lebanon #guessthefossil #fossilfriday
May 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
johnnydepp-fanpage.bsky.social
Johnny Depp at Narita International Airport in Narita, Japan, on May 22, 2007.

#silverking #dinosaur #fossilfish #ancientfish #bonyfish #slowmotion #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity
May 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
coralcitycamera.bsky.social
All hail the Silver King 🙌🪙👑🐟 #tarpon #silverking #dinosaur #fossilfish #ancientfish #bonyfish #slowmotion #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity
May 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
palaeostephan.bsky.social
An interesting change from reconstructing dinosaurs and other terrestrial animals... My digital restoration and reconstruction of the cyathaspid heterostracan Anglaspis heintzi from our new paper (see below). #FossilFish #DigitalReconstruction #Palaeontology
April 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
agneselanzetti.bsky.social
Check out the latest paper on a jawless fossil fish, and this time we were able to recreate a full 3D model! Thank you Lisa Schnetz, @nitroshutter.bsky.social, @gilespalaeo.bsky.social, @euphanerops.bsky.social et al. for having me on this
@nhm-london.bsky.social #fossilfish #CTscan #palaeotology
3D model of jawless fossil fish
April 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
bobnichollsart.bsky.social
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology... and it's FossilFriday!

Here's a 2022 painting of Sacabambaspis, a jawless fish from the Ordovician Period. I can't yet say anything about the project is was created for (big news soon).

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #Fish #FossilFish #FossilFriday #JurassicWorld
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
q-quatics.bsky.social
15-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Fish Found with Last Meals Intact! 🐟

Found in iron-rich rock, the newly identified Ferruaspis brocksi from the Miocene epoch offers a rare glimpse into ancient marine life. #FossilFish #NewSpecies #NewDiscovery

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/p...
Paleontologists Stumble Across 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossils That Are So Well Preserved, Their Last Meals Are Intact
Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich rock can protect specimens over time
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
bobnichollsart.bsky.social
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Some zooms into my "Primeval Clevedon Bay" painting (2022), depicting fish, crinoids, othrocones, corals, gastropods, and brachiopods in an Early Carboniferous shallow sea.

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #Carboniferous #FossilFish #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
March 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
tetzoo.bsky.social
#ArtBoost today is for Firda Assoy aka firdassoy, of mysterious position about the globe, who produces beautiful, complex, colourful images showing #dinosaurs #pterosaurs #marinemammals #fossilfish and more. Main gallery is on Instagram. Real #palaeoart champion, love the work! Not sure if on BSky.
Sauropod wearing glasses next to name Firda Assoy. Montage of works on show at Instagram. Parent and juv hadrosaur, I think Tsintaosaurus. Colour azhdarchid art.
March 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
samart890.bsky.social
My first post to Bluesky

I’m Sam, and I’m a 20 year old kaiju/creature artist and paleoartist. Here are some artworks of mine

#kaiju #art #kingghidorah #godzilla #jurassicworld #kong #vastatosaurusrex #shark #cretoxyrhina #otodus #megalodon #otodusmegalodon #paleoart #marinelife #fossilfish #fish
Western Interior Seaway, including Cretoxyrhina, Squalicorax, Pentanogmius, and Zanclites Monsterverse King Ghidorah Two Otodus megalodons cruise through the open sea as Oceanic Whitetip sharks and Yellowtail Amberjacks follow closely in hopes of feeding on potential scraps Indominus rex vs Vastatosaurus rex for GojiGuy on YouTube
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
kelseywailes.bsky.social
Who do those spooky glowing eyes belong to!? Surprise! A coelacanth! Come adopt these spooky cuties before the go back into the deep deep sea! Etsy.com/shop/eattoast #coelacanth #fossilfish #glowinthedark
December 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM
ichthyologic.bsky.social
finn/rodger - fisheye, somethingfishy, marinebiology
finn/boxton - fishbox, tropicaltune
finn/gigi - luckycatch
finn/shelly - shellfish, fossilfish
finn/teagan - fishtea, fancyfishing
finn/brightney - brightscales, anglerfish
finn/flutter - waterbug, flyingfish
November 5, 2024 at 3:19 AM
esconi.bsky.social
Fossil Friday #218: Rhabdoderma elegans from the Field Museum #fossils #paleontology #coelacanth #FossilFriday #MazonCreek #fish #fossilfish @FieldMuseum #pennsylvanian #FieldMuseum

www.esconi.org/esconi_earth...
June 22, 2024 at 3:16 AM
redeyeyeen.bsky.social
Wish I knew the exact age of my fish fossil, but now he lives on my coffee table ❤️🐟 #fossil #fossilfish
May 27, 2024 at 12:18 AM
joeymaier.bsky.social
🐟☠️ #Fossilfish #salmon
🐗 #boartusks

Imagine a salmon, but 8 ft long. Now add tusks like a wild boar. Meet Oncorhynchus rastrosus
Giant prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth, just like a warthog's
The largest salmon species ever discovered, Oncorhynchus rastrosus may have used its distinctive, tusk-like teeth to compete with rivals, defend against predators and dig nests.
www.livescience.com
April 25, 2024 at 4:24 AM
joeymaier.bsky.social
🦴🐟 #Fossilfish
#Tiktaalik
🩻 #microCTscan

Neal Shubin - celebrity biologist & PBS host - was one of studies authors. Shubin says:

“It’s incredible to see the skeleton of Tiktaalik captured in such vivid detail...This study sets the stage for ones that explore how the animal moved about...”
Photo of the cover of Your Inner Fish, a PBS special hosted by Neal Shubin. Picture uses a photo of celebrity biologist and computer graphics to create the impression that he is holding tiktaalik
April 17, 2024 at 11:12 AM
joeymaier.bsky.social
🦴🐟 #Fossilfish
#Tiktaalik
🩻 #microCTscan

"The researchers explained that, unlike our own hips where our bones fit tightly together, the connection between the pelvis and axial skeleton of Tiktaalik was likely a soft-tissue connection made of ligaments."

scitechdaily.com/a-fish-with-...
April 17, 2024 at 10:58 AM