(Scots) pine wasn't among the tree species that were present in the rainforest when I arrived in 2009. But paleoecological research carried out by William O'Brien of @ucc.ie revealed that it was a major component of the locality's original wildwood, so I reintroduced it about 10 years ago.
August 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
(Scots) pine wasn't among the tree species that were present in the rainforest when I arrived in 2009. But paleoecological research carried out by William O'Brien of @ucc.ie revealed that it was a major component of the locality's original wildwood, so I reintroduced it about 10 years ago.
! New paper ! First endocarp record of Miquelia (Icacinaceae) from the late Miocene of northern Vietnam and its phytogeographical and paleoecological implications
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#Paleobotany #Fossil #Asia
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#Paleobotany #Fossil #Asia
February 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
! New paper ! First endocarp record of Miquelia (Icacinaceae) from the late Miocene of northern Vietnam and its phytogeographical and paleoecological implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
#Paleobotany #Fossil #Asia
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#Paleobotany #Fossil #Asia
Datta D, Bajpai S. Fossil snakes from the Eocene of India: new material with comments on phylogenetic relations and biogeographic and paleoecological implications. Journal of Paleontology. Published online 2025:1-27. doi.org/10.1017/jpa....
Fossil snakes from the Eocene of India: new material with comments on phylogenetic relations and biogeographic and paleoecological implications | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core
Fossil snakes from the Eocene of India: new material with comments on phylogenetic relations and biogeographic and paleoecological implications
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August 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Datta D, Bajpai S. Fossil snakes from the Eocene of India: new material with comments on phylogenetic relations and biogeographic and paleoecological implications. Journal of Paleontology. Published online 2025:1-27. doi.org/10.1017/jpa....
@utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social Oct. 8th, 7:00 PM MT Kyle Atkins-Weltman from Oklahoma State and his talk - "Segmental mass properties in end-Cretaceous dinosaurs and their paleoecological implications" This will be an online only meeting. Please join us with this link. meet.google.com/ojn-safj-vzh
October 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
@utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social Oct. 8th, 7:00 PM MT Kyle Atkins-Weltman from Oklahoma State and his talk - "Segmental mass properties in end-Cretaceous dinosaurs and their paleoecological implications" This will be an online only meeting. Please join us with this link. meet.google.com/ojn-safj-vzh
The great @sandranogue.bsky.social at #TIBS2026 showing the power of #paleoecological data to show the patteres of human cultural complexity and #biogeographic dynamics in island ecosystems
January 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The great @sandranogue.bsky.social at #TIBS2026 showing the power of #paleoecological data to show the patteres of human cultural complexity and #biogeographic dynamics in island ecosystems
Our new study out in @ScienceAdvances shows human presence in Tasmania at least 41,600 years ago, nearly 2000 years earlier than previously thought, and Aboriginal people burned and used wet forests.
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago
Paleoecological records show that Aboriginal people burned wet forest to first settle in Tasmania 41,600 years ago.
www.science.org
November 17, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Our new study out in @ScienceAdvances shows human presence in Tasmania at least 41,600 years ago, nearly 2000 years earlier than previously thought, and Aboriginal people burned and used wet forests.
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New paper alert!
We have just published an open acces paper in Climate of the Past, that has dated lacustrine permafrost sediments from northeast Siberia to the last interglacial using luminescence dating.
doi.org/10.5194/cp-2...
We have just published an open acces paper in Climate of the Past, that has dated lacustrine permafrost sediments from northeast Siberia to the last interglacial using luminescence dating.
doi.org/10.5194/cp-2...
Newly dated permafrost deposits and their paleoecological inventory reveal an Eemian much warmer than today in Arctic Siberia
Abstract. In this study, we integrate geochronological, cryolithological, paleoecological, and modeling data to reconstruct the Last Interglacial (LIG) climate around the New Siberian Islands, reveali...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
New paper alert!
We have just published an open acces paper in Climate of the Past, that has dated lacustrine permafrost sediments from northeast Siberia to the last interglacial using luminescence dating.
doi.org/10.5194/cp-2...
We have just published an open acces paper in Climate of the Past, that has dated lacustrine permafrost sediments from northeast Siberia to the last interglacial using luminescence dating.
doi.org/10.5194/cp-2...
Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems ⚒️🧪
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www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear...
Frontiers | Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems
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February 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems ⚒️🧪
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear...
Roese-Miron, L. and Kerber, L. (2025), Ontogeny of a Brazilian Late Triassic Traversodontid (Cynodontia, Cynognathia): Anatomical and Paleoecological Implications. Journal of Morphology, 286: e70047. doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
Ontogeny of a Brazilian Late Triassic Traversodontid (Cynodontia, Cynognathia): Anatomical and Paleoecological Implications
In this study, we evaluated an ontogenetic series of the Brazilian traversodontid Siriusgnathus niemeyerorum (Candelária Sequence, Upper Triassic), describing the morphological and allometric changes....
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April 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Roese-Miron, L. and Kerber, L. (2025), Ontogeny of a Brazilian Late Triassic Traversodontid (Cynodontia, Cynognathia): Anatomical and Paleoecological Implications. Journal of Morphology, 286: e70047. doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
April 13, 1855, died #OTD geologist Henry Thomas De la Beche. First director of the British Geological Survey and friend of Mary Anning. When not busy creating the first paleoecological reconstruction (showing various animals interacting in a primordial sea)...
April 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
April 13, 1855, died #OTD geologist Henry Thomas De la Beche. First director of the British Geological Survey and friend of Mary Anning. When not busy creating the first paleoecological reconstruction (showing various animals interacting in a primordial sea)...
New paleoecological insights for the Late Pleistocene Neanderthal mountain occurrence at Buena Pinta Cave (Iberian Central System, Pinilla-del-Valle, Madrid, Spain) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New paleoecological insights for the Late Pleistocene Neanderthal mountain occurrence at Buena Pinta Cave (Iberian Central System, Pinilla-del-Valle, Madrid, Spain)
The Late Pleistocene sequence from the archaeological site of the Buena Pinta Cave (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid) has furnished the following ectothermic…
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June 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
New paleoecological insights for the Late Pleistocene Neanderthal mountain occurrence at Buena Pinta Cave (Iberian Central System, Pinilla-del-Valle, Madrid, Spain) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“No lakes are protected” from climate warming, says Kathleen Rühland (Paleoecological Environmental Assessment & Research Lab at Queen's University). Even Great Bear Lake — once seen as untouched — is changing at a microscopic level. At 8pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social | Producer: Mike Attenborough
June 23, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“No lakes are protected” from climate warming, says Kathleen Rühland (Paleoecological Environmental Assessment & Research Lab at Queen's University). Even Great Bear Lake — once seen as untouched — is changing at a microscopic level. At 8pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social | Producer: Mike Attenborough
And yes, that is a paleoecological paper in Cell - Current Biology, and that's delightful.
December 27, 2024 at 8:40 AM
And yes, that is a paleoecological paper in Cell - Current Biology, and that's delightful.
Late for Darwin's big day, but a new paper adding to his great theory, addressing the persistence of ecological systems on long timescales. "Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems" www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... #evolution #paleontology #selection
Frontiers | Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems
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February 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Late for Darwin's big day, but a new paper adding to his great theory, addressing the persistence of ecological systems on long timescales. "Selection, evolution and persistence of paleoecological systems" www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... #evolution #paleontology #selection
This is genuinely incredibly dense fossil record! Why we don't see more bat fossil evolutionary and paleoecological studies? I would guess, such snapshots should be treasure troves of the information on the workings of ancient terrestrial ecosystems.
🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio
🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio
Metal (or sedimentary) rocks. Did you know, bats roosting in caves, led to generational accumulations of fossilised bat remains. There are entire rocks, composed almost entirely of fossilized dead bat bodies.
📍Late Quaternary Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico
📍Late Quaternary Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico
August 18, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Recent study on some modern ones found at the Aleutian Trench here:
Northernmost (Subarctic) and deepest record of Paleodictyon: paleoecological and biological implications - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Northernmost (Subarctic) and deepest record of Paleodictyon: paleoecological and biological implications
www.nature.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Recent study on some modern ones found at the Aleutian Trench here:
Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold. paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold.
Paleoecological records suggest that the transition to agriculture marked a pivotal turning point in the environmental history of our planet. Tropical forests have been reduced by agricultural expa…
paleonerdish.wordpress.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold. paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
Earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape landscape of Tasmania
Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago 🏺🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
People on Tasmanian/Lutruwitan peninsula by ~41.6 ka used fire to penetrate and manipulate forests
Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago 🏺🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
People on Tasmanian/Lutruwitan peninsula by ~41.6 ka used fire to penetrate and manipulate forests
December 2, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape landscape of Tasmania
Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago 🏺🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
People on Tasmanian/Lutruwitan peninsula by ~41.6 ka used fire to penetrate and manipulate forests
Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago 🏺🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
People on Tasmanian/Lutruwitan peninsula by ~41.6 ka used fire to penetrate and manipulate forests
Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold ⚒️🧪
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold.
Paleoecological records suggest that the transition to agriculture marked a pivotal turning point in the environmental history of our planet. Tropical forests have been reduced by agricultural expa…
paleonerdish.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Forgotten women of paleontology: Estella Bergere Leopold ⚒️🧪
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
New synthesis paper led by @cecileremy.bsky.social et al., out in @ecography.bsky.social, highlighting how the combination of paleoecological data and approaches with forest landscape modeling can improve our understanding of past and future forest disturbance regimes. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
July 29, 2026 at 6:19 AM
New synthesis paper led by @cecileremy.bsky.social et al., out in @ecography.bsky.social, highlighting how the combination of paleoecological data and approaches with forest landscape modeling can improve our understanding of past and future forest disturbance regimes. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
And our correspondence regarding issues with what we diplomatically described as "nonstandard paleoecological methods."
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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March 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
And our correspondence regarding issues with what we diplomatically described as "nonstandard paleoecological methods."
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
February 10, 1796, birthday of Henry Thomas De la Beche. Director of the British Geological Survey & friend of Mary Anning.When not busy creating the 1st paleoecological reconstruction, being fascinated by fossil💩, he made fun of fellow geologists
historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2020/02/de-l...
historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2020/02/de-l...
February 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
February 10, 1796, birthday of Henry Thomas De la Beche. Director of the British Geological Survey & friend of Mary Anning.When not busy creating the 1st paleoecological reconstruction, being fascinated by fossil💩, he made fun of fellow geologists
historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2020/02/de-l...
historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com/2020/02/de-l...
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...
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...
Le Mort, J., Martin, J.E., Picot, L. et al. The tailbend of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylia: Thalattosuchia) measurements, limits and paleoecological implications. PalZ (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s125...
The tailbend of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylia: Thalattosuchia) measurements, limits and paleoecological implications - PalZ
Although the remains of Metriorhynchidae have been known in Normandy since the nineteenth century, few complete postcranial elements have been studied in detail. Analysis of the angle of flexure of th...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Le Mort, J., Martin, J.E., Picot, L. et al. The tailbend of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylia: Thalattosuchia) measurements, limits and paleoecological implications. PalZ (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s125...