For only the second time in our 179-year history, the editors of Scientific American are endorsing a candidate for president. That person is Kamala Harris. | Editorial bit.ly/4daH36q

Osteology and relationships of the Late Triassic giant dicynodont Lisowicia academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/art…

For those with a PhD in atmospheric science, chemistry, or a closely related field at an appropriate career stage, please consider joining us at Univ. of Maryland /UMD Science / UMD Atmos&Ocean Sci : ejobs.umd.edu/postings/122843 Retweets encouraged 😌

For all the whiny "we lived at the wrong time; give us back our ring" folks: Please appreciate the vast diversity of terrestrial and marine life of the Holocene! We have far more species--wonderful and magnificent--than the Ordovician had (even after the Quaternary extinctions.)

Chilesaurus is a confusing little critter with anatomical traits reminiscent of theropods, sauropods, and ornithischians. It’s been a central part of the debate regarding the evolution of major dinosaur groups…

Systematic of a Massively Constructed Specimen of Iguanodon galvensis (Ornithopoda, Iguanodontidae) from the Early Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Eastern Spain mdpi.com/2959446 #mdpidiversity via @DiversityMdpi

D.A. Ponce et al. (2024) First record of palaeopathologies in appendicular bones of the Triassic pseudosuchians Erpetosuchidae and Aetosauria based on microstructural approaches Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69(3): 395-402 doi:10.4202/app.01141.2024 app.pan.pl/article/item/a…

Calibrating the genomic clock of modern birds using fossils | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

(An aside: it kind of pleases me that there are some people for whom their first encounter with a Young Earth Creationist [or at least an Old Earth Denier] was only just this week. I'm actually happy for those people.)

Evidence for tactile organs in the bill tips of penguins and albatrosses: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Congratulations to Carla du Toit and colleagues!

#Geol104playlist For taxonomy and species youtu.be/VnQKb2lHGes?si… via YouTube

Consider: baby Diictodon

Language sentiment can predict future changes in depression symptoms news.yale.edu/2024/09/16/lan…

Seen on campus: a student with a T-shirt that read "Poikilotherm". I mean, that might be taking "Terrapin Spirit" a little too far... 🐢❄️🩸

A sauropod tibia with initial fracture from the Middle Jurassic in Yunyang, Chongqing, southwest China: Historical Biology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Gu, LA., Wolniewicz, A.S. & Liu, J. New information on the dentition of Chaohusaurus zhangjiawanensis (Reptilia, Ichthyosauriformes) from the Early Triassic of Yuan’an, Hubei Province, China. Swiss J Palaeontol 143, 35 (2024). doi.org/10.1186/s13358…

The Earth has a crust, a viscous liquid (like tomato sauce) mantle, a liquid (like melted cheese) outer core, and a solid (like cooked sausage) inner core. The Earth is therefore a Chicago-style Pizza. Discuss.

A rare ‘flat-headed’ pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosaurida... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

First discovery of dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Duoni For... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Tactile bill-tip organs in seabirds suggest conservation of a deep avian symplesiomorphy | Biology Letters royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…