Big fan of this comic-strip style academic figure
June 9, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Big fan of this comic-strip style academic figure
Out late for #FossilFriday, it's our invited @annualreviews.bsky.social paper with @sarahlsheffield.bsky.social and @bigfacecats.bsky.social on why Phylogenetic Paleoecology is useful and how to do it.
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology
The burgeoning field of phylogenetic paleoecology combines paleoecological data with hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships to tease apart the roles that ecology and relatedness both play in the evo...
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Out late for #FossilFriday, it's our invited @annualreviews.bsky.social paper with @sarahlsheffield.bsky.social and @bigfacecats.bsky.social on why Phylogenetic Paleoecology is useful and how to do it.
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Do you want to read a fun but hefty debate on azhdarchid pterosaur palaeobiology between Witton & Naish and David Peters? It's from 2013 but I just had reason to re-read it... journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
A Reappraisal of Azhdarchid Pterosaur Functional Morphology and Paleoecology
Azhdarchid pterosaurs were among the most widespread and successful of pterosaur clades, but their paleoecology remains controversial. Morphological features common to all azhdarchids include a long, ...
journals.plos.org
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Do you want to read a fun but hefty debate on azhdarchid pterosaur palaeobiology between Witton & Naish and David Peters? It's from 2013 but I just had reason to re-read it... journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology
The burgeoning field of phylogenetic paleoecology combines paleoecological data with hypotheses of phylogenetic relationships to tease apart the roles that ecology and relatedness both play in the evo...
www.annualreviews.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This semester, my paleoecology students are working on species recovery plans for extinct species from the fossil record (I gave them a list to choose from), and my approach of "only assign things you'll actually enjoy grading" continues to be paying dividends.
April 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This semester, my paleoecology students are working on species recovery plans for extinct species from the fossil record (I gave them a list to choose from), and my approach of "only assign things you'll actually enjoy grading" continues to be paying dividends.
Found and dug up dinosaurs in the dusty desert? Done it. Fossil plants and paleoecology? Wrote a book on them. Flirty contrarian who looks good in leather or open-shirted? Check.
April 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Found and dug up dinosaurs in the dusty desert? Done it. Fossil plants and paleoecology? Wrote a book on them. Flirty contrarian who looks good in leather or open-shirted? Check.
1/5🧵
This month marks the launch of my new 4-year project Functional Vegetation Paleoecology (#FVP), funded by the #PRIMUS programme at @charlesuni.cuni.cz
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#Paleoecology #Functional #Ecology #Science
This month marks the launch of my new 4-year project Functional Vegetation Paleoecology (#FVP), funded by the #PRIMUS programme at @charlesuni.cuni.cz
ondrejmottl.github.io/projects/Fun...
#Paleoecology #Functional #Ecology #Science
June 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
1/5🧵
This month marks the launch of my new 4-year project Functional Vegetation Paleoecology (#FVP), funded by the #PRIMUS programme at @charlesuni.cuni.cz
ondrejmottl.github.io/projects/Fun...
#Paleoecology #Functional #Ecology #Science
This month marks the launch of my new 4-year project Functional Vegetation Paleoecology (#FVP), funded by the #PRIMUS programme at @charlesuni.cuni.cz
ondrejmottl.github.io/projects/Fun...
#Paleoecology #Functional #Ecology #Science
Recalling Margaret Bryan Davis, Pioneer in Paleoecology and Trailblazer for Women in Ecology 1931–2024 🌐🧪🌾https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/ZPIWCl8WJltzmqyLRtLS3izhToI?domain=el.wiley.com
Recalling Margaret Bryan Davis, Pioneer in Paleoecology and Trailblazer for Women in Ecology 1931–2024
Click on the article title to read more.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Recalling Margaret Bryan Davis, Pioneer in Paleoecology and Trailblazer for Women in Ecology 1931–2024 🌐🧪🌾https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/ZPIWCl8WJltzmqyLRtLS3izhToI?domain=el.wiley.com
Interested in ancient food webs? Check out our new study on the paleoecology of the Pliocene large carnivore guild at Hadar (Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Interested in ancient food webs? Check out our new study on the paleoecology of the Pliocene large carnivore guild at Hadar (Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I did something new in my writing-intensive Paleoecology capstone this year: I'm making them read books. I gave them a list of books to choose from, and they turn in reflections on the material and also the writing.
It has been a joy to watch these students discover a love of reading nonfiction.
It has been a joy to watch these students discover a love of reading nonfiction.
Cannot tell you how depressing it is to read that people are simply refusing to read nonfiction after you’ve worked really hard to write a nonfiction book you believe in, in case anyone is wondering why I’m posting so much about my book which comes out in a few weeks #BookSky
March 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I did something new in my writing-intensive Paleoecology capstone this year: I'm making them read books. I gave them a list of books to choose from, and they turn in reflections on the material and also the writing.
It has been a joy to watch these students discover a love of reading nonfiction.
It has been a joy to watch these students discover a love of reading nonfiction.
H. Xu et al. (2026)
Lower Cretaceous sauropod, theropod, and ornithopod dinosaur track assemblages from Yunnan Province, southwestern China: ichnotaxonomy and paleoecology
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Lower Cretaceous sauropod, theropod, and ornithopod dinosaur track assemblages from Yunnan Province, southwestern China: ichnotaxonomy and paleoecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lower Cretaceous sauropod, theropod, and ornithopod dinosaur track assemblages from Yunnan Province, southwestern China: ichnotaxonomy and paleoecology
A diverse dinosaur track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Matoushan Formation (Aptian–Albian) of the Lufeng Basin, southwestern China, is document…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
H. Xu et al. (2026)
Lower Cretaceous sauropod, theropod, and ornithopod dinosaur track assemblages from Yunnan Province, southwestern China: ichnotaxonomy and paleoecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lower Cretaceous sauropod, theropod, and ornithopod dinosaur track assemblages from Yunnan Province, southwestern China: ichnotaxonomy and paleoecology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program is accepting applications until November 1. If you're a finishing Ph.D student or recent grad interested in coming to Berkeley to work on a project in paleobiology/paleoecology/geobiology please feel free to reach out!
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/
University of California | President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
ppfp.ucop.edu
September 30, 2026 at 4:07 AM
The UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program is accepting applications until November 1. If you're a finishing Ph.D student or recent grad interested in coming to Berkeley to work on a project in paleobiology/paleoecology/geobiology please feel free to reach out!
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/
The work was published in a Special Paper "Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs" by Sankar Chatterjee & R. J. Templin, published by Geological Society of America. And features even more pieces of palaeoart. You can access it here: www.researchgate.net/profile/Sank...
June 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The work was published in a Special Paper "Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs" by Sankar Chatterjee & R. J. Templin, published by Geological Society of America. And features even more pieces of palaeoart. You can access it here: www.researchgate.net/profile/Sank...
Allometric patterns in Rhamphorhynchus muensteri and their role in the paleoecology, life habits, and taxonomic framework of pterosaurs - Cerqueira - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Allometric patterns in Rhamphorhynchus muensteri and their role in the paleoecology, life habits, and taxonomic framework of pterosaurs
The Graphical Abstract ilustrates the different allometric pattern within different Pterosauria groups, highlighting how the allometry influences the flight and habits of Pterosauria.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Allometric patterns in Rhamphorhynchus muensteri and their role in the paleoecology, life habits, and taxonomic framework of pterosaurs - Cerqueira - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I get the appeal of using more and more complex methodologies to do paleontology/paleoecology, but 20 years from now when we're all doing "quantum paleoecology," it'll still be important to know how to identify a fossil. We need both, but I fear that our discipline is only prioritizing the former.
February 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I get the appeal of using more and more complex methodologies to do paleontology/paleoecology, but 20 years from now when we're all doing "quantum paleoecology," it'll still be important to know how to identify a fossil. We need both, but I fear that our discipline is only prioritizing the former.
Read it yourself here .... It was one of the most newsworthy papers I've ever been involved in and generated a massive amount of interest (mostly because journalists had never even heard of #azhdarchids before) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #pterosaurs
A Reappraisal of Azhdarchid Pterosaur Functional Morphology and Paleoecology
Azhdarchid pterosaurs were among the most widespread and successful of pterosaur clades, but their paleoecology remains controversial. Morphological features common to all azhdarchids include a long, ...
journals.plos.org
October 28, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Read it yourself here .... It was one of the most newsworthy papers I've ever been involved in and generated a massive amount of interest (mostly because journalists had never even heard of #azhdarchids before) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #pterosaurs
Community diversity is pretty standard to study in ecology and paleoecology
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Community diversity is pretty standard to study in ecology and paleoecology
Me and @federicabocchi.bsky.social on paleoecology & how it might help us think about our relationship to nature & how it might help us think about the future… #philsci
New on the Archive:
Bocchi, Federica and Currie, Adrian (2026) Ecologies of the Past. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27880/
Bocchi, Federica and Currie, Adrian (2026) Ecologies of the Past. [Preprint]
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27880/
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Me and @federicabocchi.bsky.social on paleoecology & how it might help us think about our relationship to nature & how it might help us think about the future… #philsci
This work represents a massive collaboration, led by @rpineau.bsky.social and Zach Gompert, with crucial help from Karen Mock, Jesse Morris, Vachel Kraklow, Andrea Brunelle, and Aurore Pageot. This team brings together expertise in evolution, genomics, botany, and paleoecology. 2/30
October 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This work represents a massive collaboration, led by @rpineau.bsky.social and Zach Gompert, with crucial help from Karen Mock, Jesse Morris, Vachel Kraklow, Andrea Brunelle, and Aurore Pageot. This team brings together expertise in evolution, genomics, botany, and paleoecology. 2/30
Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.
🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.
🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...
Details : Postdoctoral Fellow, Paleoecology : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
jobs.unimelb.edu.au
March 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.
🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleoecology to join our interdisciplinary research team at The University of Melbourne.
🔗 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91951...
Don't miss the next Blumenbach lecture in Göttingen! We are delighted that Jens-Christian Svenning agreed to speak about trophic #rewilding and will provide insights from and for #macroecology, #paleoecology and #conservation.
20 November, 5:15 p.m.
20 November, 5:15 p.m.
November 16, 2024 at 8:06 PM
🚨New Pub!🚨Australia’s oldest crocodylian eggshell: insights into the reproductive paleoecology of mekosuchines🐊🥚by Blas et al.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Australia’s oldest crocodylian eggshell: insights into the reproductive paleoecology of mekosuchines
Alongside large madtsoiid snakes, the largest known lizards, thylacoleonid marsupials and a range of other terrestrial carnivores, the now extinct mekosuchine crocodylians were significant predator...
www.tandfonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🚨New Pub!🚨Australia’s oldest crocodylian eggshell: insights into the reproductive paleoecology of mekosuchines🐊🥚by Blas et al.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Overall, I was really anticipating this as a game-changing documentary on Cenozoic paleoecology, and it did NOT hold up. But it was nice to see some cool fossil animals, so I'll rate it a solid 2.8 stars.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Overall, I was really anticipating this as a game-changing documentary on Cenozoic paleoecology, and it did NOT hold up. But it was nice to see some cool fossil animals, so I'll rate it a solid 2.8 stars.
Last paper: paleoecology of Cueva del Arco.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Last paper: paleoecology of Cueva del Arco.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌍 Great to see the Neotoma Paleoecology Database recognized among AGU’s Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space & Environmental Sciences—highlighting the value of open, curated data for paleoecology and global-change research.
🔗 data.agu.org/impactful-da...
#Neotoma #OpenData #AGU
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#Neotoma #OpenData #AGU
September 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM
🌍 Great to see the Neotoma Paleoecology Database recognized among AGU’s Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space & Environmental Sciences—highlighting the value of open, curated data for paleoecology and global-change research.
🔗 data.agu.org/impactful-da...
#Neotoma #OpenData #AGU
🔗 data.agu.org/impactful-da...
#Neotoma #OpenData #AGU