The origin of Cretaceous-Palaeogene impactor revealed by nickel isotopes | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The origin of Cretaceous-Palaeogene impactor revealed by nickel isotopes
A relatively volatile-poor asteroid from the outer Solar System was responsible for the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs.
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July 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The origin of Cretaceous-Palaeogene impactor revealed by nickel isotopes | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Paleoart of giant fossil penguins, Kumimanu, for #FossilFriday. Penguin diversity exploded in the Palaeogene and human-sized, spear-beaked Kumimanu were just one of many lineages. Their feathers weren't precisely like those of modern penguins yet, and some had reddish colouration. #dinosaurs
September 22, 2023 at 9:43 AM
#Paleoart of giant fossil penguins, Kumimanu, for #FossilFriday. Penguin diversity exploded in the Palaeogene and human-sized, spear-beaked Kumimanu were just one of many lineages. Their feathers weren't precisely like those of modern penguins yet, and some had reddish colouration. #dinosaurs
Loving the Carrollian presentation of this exhibition on the early Palaeogene. What a brilliant idea.
The early Paleogene is famously a time of giant birds and tiny horses. Taking some inspiration from Alice in Wonderland, we wanted to evoke the feeling that sizes are off-kilter and nothing is as it seems. Jay Ryan’s unique graphic art style defines the look of the exhibition.
August 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Loving the Carrollian presentation of this exhibition on the early Palaeogene. What a brilliant idea.
The origin of Cretaceous-Palaeogene impactor revealed by nickel isotopes
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The origin of Cretaceous-Palaeogene impactor revealed by nickel isotopes
A relatively volatile-poor asteroid from the outer Solar System was responsible for the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs.
www.science.org
July 18, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The origin of Cretaceous-Palaeogene impactor revealed by nickel isotopes
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The endocranial anatomy of ‘thoracosaur’ crocodyliforms: implications for their ecology and phylogenetic affinities - Boerman - 2026 - Palaeontology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The endocranial anatomy of ‘thoracosaur’ crocodyliforms: implications for their ecology and phylogenetic affinities
‘Thoracosaurs’ are Late Cretaceous to early Palaeogene longirostrine eusuchian crocodyliforms from coastal marine deposits in Europe and North America. Their phylogenetic placement is debated; wherea...
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September 30, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The endocranial anatomy of ‘thoracosaur’ crocodyliforms: implications for their ecology and phylogenetic affinities - Boerman - 2026 - Palaeontology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On this day 3 years ago, we published the discovery of the season of the meteorite impact that killed the dinosaurs - and I frequently still have to pinch myself.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring - Nature
Examination of fish that died on the day the Mesozoic ended reveal that the impact that caused the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction occurred during boreal spring.
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February 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
On this day 3 years ago, we published the discovery of the season of the meteorite impact that killed the dinosaurs - and I frequently still have to pinch myself.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Should be Palaeogene
November 28, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Should be Palaeogene
This "osteohistology" evidence from paddlefish that would have been buried by the massive debris from the Yucatan suggests these fish bore witness to the catastrophe.
There's a significance to the timing of Chicxulub: spring is a delicate time when young animals emerge, hungry animals first feed.
There's a significance to the timing of Chicxulub: spring is a delicate time when young animals emerge, hungry animals first feed.
The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring - Nature
Examination of fish that died on the day the Mesozoic ended reveal that the impact that caused the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction occurred during boreal spring.
www.nature.com
June 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
This "osteohistology" evidence from paddlefish that would have been buried by the massive debris from the Yucatan suggests these fish bore witness to the catastrophe.
There's a significance to the timing of Chicxulub: spring is a delicate time when young animals emerge, hungry animals first feed.
There's a significance to the timing of Chicxulub: spring is a delicate time when young animals emerge, hungry animals first feed.
Scaling tectonics, as always, controls kinds of sedimentation at the global scale:
"... our study suggests that palaeogeographic and palaeoceanographic changes were key drivers of diatomite deposition during the Palaeogene..."
cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/...
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology #EvoBio
"... our study suggests that palaeogeographic and palaeoceanographic changes were key drivers of diatomite deposition during the Palaeogene..."
cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/...
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology #EvoBio
November 28, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Scaling tectonics, as always, controls kinds of sedimentation at the global scale:
"... our study suggests that palaeogeographic and palaeoceanographic changes were key drivers of diatomite deposition during the Palaeogene..."
cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/...
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology #EvoBio
"... our study suggests that palaeogeographic and palaeoceanographic changes were key drivers of diatomite deposition during the Palaeogene..."
cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/...
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology #EvoBio
Ecological selectivity of diet on turtle K/Pg survivorship
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Ecological selectivity of diet on turtle K/Pg survivorship
Abstract. The Cretaceous/Palaeogene (K/Pg) mass extinction was catastrophic, eliminating much of terrestrial life and entire iconic vertebrate groups, such
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March 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Ecological selectivity of diet on turtle K/Pg survivorship
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royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
We’re in the local news today with a feature article explaining how we use the Palaeogene coal seams in Svalbard as a high resolution palaeoclimate archive.
www.svalbardposten.no/forskning/ny...
www.svalbardposten.no/forskning/ny...
February 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We’re in the local news today with a feature article explaining how we use the Palaeogene coal seams in Svalbard as a high resolution palaeoclimate archive.
www.svalbardposten.no/forskning/ny...
www.svalbardposten.no/forskning/ny...
#FossilFriday which reminds me, SNM also have an excellent 3d-preserved crab fossils from the Oligocene(?) of Slovakia, Mnich mountain 🦀
August 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#FossilFriday which reminds me, SNM also have an excellent 3d-preserved crab fossils from the Oligocene(?) of Slovakia, Mnich mountain 🦀
Watch #BiologyLetters author Guilherme Hermanson talk about research that found durophagous turtles were more likely to survive the Cretaceous/Palaeogene mass extinction: cassyni.com/events/YRnT4... Image credit: Joschua Knüppe
May 1, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Watch #BiologyLetters author Guilherme Hermanson talk about research that found durophagous turtles were more likely to survive the Cretaceous/Palaeogene mass extinction: cassyni.com/events/YRnT4... Image credit: Joschua Knüppe
Cretaceous/Palaeogene boundary 🦖☄️💥 at the Bottaccione Gorge, Gubbio🇮🇹 – a must-visit for an end-Cretaceous #extinction worker like me! This site captures the transition from Cretaceous rocks (#dinosaurs below red line) to Palaeogene (no dinos above red line). Check for more: doi.org/10.1016/B978...
January 21, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Cretaceous/Palaeogene boundary 🦖☄️💥 at the Bottaccione Gorge, Gubbio🇮🇹 – a must-visit for an end-Cretaceous #extinction worker like me! This site captures the transition from Cretaceous rocks (#dinosaurs below red line) to Palaeogene (no dinos above red line). Check for more: doi.org/10.1016/B978...
The prolonged reemergence of megapredatory pelagic fishes royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
The prolonged reemergence of megapredatory pelagic fishes
Abstract. The assembly of modern ocean ecosystems was fundamentally affected by the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K-Pg) mass extinction. Among the casualties of t
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July 8, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The prolonged reemergence of megapredatory pelagic fishes royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
⚒️ Analysis: Mid-latitude precipitation became less frequent but more intense through the early Paleogene, reflecting a global hydroclimate response to extreme warming
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More intermittent mid-latitude precipitation accompanied extreme early Palaeogene warmth - Nature Geoscience
Mid-latitude precipitation became less frequent but more intense through the early Palaeogene, reflecting a global hydroclimate response to extreme warming, according to a global multi-proxy reconstru...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Analysis: Mid-latitude precipitation became less frequent but more intense through the early Paleogene, reflecting a global hydroclimate response to extreme warming
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mummified Palaeogene millipedes from southern France onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology
September 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Mummified Palaeogene millipedes from southern France onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology
🎃 Happy Halloween!
Did you know Philisids were the most diverse family of Afro-Arabian bats in the Palaeogene— including some of the largest ever. Dental fossils from Chambi (Tunisia) & Gour Lazib (Algeria) shed light on their evolution🦇 #FossilFriday #PaleoSky #Bats
Read more: buff.ly/BbHKZiM
Did you know Philisids were the most diverse family of Afro-Arabian bats in the Palaeogene— including some of the largest ever. Dental fossils from Chambi (Tunisia) & Gour Lazib (Algeria) shed light on their evolution🦇 #FossilFriday #PaleoSky #Bats
Read more: buff.ly/BbHKZiM
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎃 Happy Halloween!
Did you know Philisids were the most diverse family of Afro-Arabian bats in the Palaeogene— including some of the largest ever. Dental fossils from Chambi (Tunisia) & Gour Lazib (Algeria) shed light on their evolution🦇 #FossilFriday #PaleoSky #Bats
Read more: buff.ly/BbHKZiM
Did you know Philisids were the most diverse family of Afro-Arabian bats in the Palaeogene— including some of the largest ever. Dental fossils from Chambi (Tunisia) & Gour Lazib (Algeria) shed light on their evolution🦇 #FossilFriday #PaleoSky #Bats
Read more: buff.ly/BbHKZiM
The rise of carnivoran mammals in Europe through the lens of body mass royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
The rise of carnivoran mammals in Europe through the lens of body mass
Abstract. Carnivoran mammals (cats, dogs, bears, seals, etc.) and their kin radiated during the Palaeogene, among other carnivorous clades (hyaenodonts, me
royalsocietypublishing.org
August 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The rise of carnivoran mammals in Europe through the lens of body mass royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...
@diegocastanera.bsky.social talking about odd-toed ungulates tracks from the Palaeogene in Spain #eavp2025
July 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
@diegocastanera.bsky.social talking about odd-toed ungulates tracks from the Palaeogene in Spain #eavp2025
paper two:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Phylogenetic relationships of Palaeogene ziphodont eusuchians and the status of Pristichampsus Gervais, 1853 | Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh | Cambridg...
Phylogenetic relationships of Palaeogene ziphodont eusuchians and the status of Pristichampsus Gervais, 1853 - Volume 103 Issue 3-4
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June 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
paper two:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I feel like the Triassic and the Devonian (and also the Palaeogene but who cares about that) are the systems on the geological timescale where it is absolutely WIDE OPEN who has the main character energy.
January 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I feel like the Triassic and the Devonian (and also the Palaeogene but who cares about that) are the systems on the geological timescale where it is absolutely WIDE OPEN who has the main character energy.
🌿🪨 #PaleoBotanyWeek
Persistence of Gondwanan woods in Myanmar through the Palaeogene by Gentis and co-authors.
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/p6mt
@nicolasgentis.bsky.social
#Paleobotany #PlantEvolution #Botany
Persistence of Gondwanan woods in Myanmar through the Palaeogene by Gentis and co-authors.
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/p6mt
@nicolasgentis.bsky.social
#Paleobotany #PlantEvolution #Botany
June 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🌿🪨 #PaleoBotanyWeek
Persistence of Gondwanan woods in Myanmar through the Palaeogene by Gentis and co-authors.
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/p6mt
@nicolasgentis.bsky.social
#Paleobotany #PlantEvolution #Botany
Persistence of Gondwanan woods in Myanmar through the Palaeogene by Gentis and co-authors.
#freeaccess article
👉 doi.org/p6mt
@nicolasgentis.bsky.social
#Paleobotany #PlantEvolution #Botany
Night lizards survived the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction near the asteroid impact royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Night lizards survived the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction near the asteroid impact | Biology Letters
Discovering traits that facilitate survival through mass extinctions is of great interest
to scholars of macroevolution. Here, we show that the common ancestry of xantusiid
night lizards, a species-po...
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July 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Night lizards survived the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction near the asteroid impact royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Whoo, and even my 2022 paper already has mentions on @bsky.app
(Nothing in comparison to other social media of course, but I'm happy for it nonetheless!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Nothing in comparison to other social media of course, but I'm happy for it nonetheless!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 3, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Whoo, and even my 2022 paper already has mentions on @bsky.app
(Nothing in comparison to other social media of course, but I'm happy for it nonetheless!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Nothing in comparison to other social media of course, but I'm happy for it nonetheless!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...