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Is Coccodontoidea valid? Systematic placement of the armoured Lebanese pycnodonts within Pycnodontiformes & utility of homoplasy in resolving relationships using cladistic principles https://t.co/wBQlhJOZ9t @datadryad @MorphoBank #FossilFriday

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Predatory behaviour on Ostracoda: spatial analysis of drill-hole distribution in relation to shell size and ornamentation https://t.co/EbTU1zekRE #FossilFriday @matias_ritter @datadryad

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Two new species of Waiparaconus (Octocorallia) of the enigmatic Family Waiparaconidae https://t.co/aCSIesx0HD #PapersinPalaeontology @MorphoSource @MuseuNacional

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🎉 Registration for PalAss 2026 is officially OPEN! 🦖🦴
We are delighted to announce that registration for the 70th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association is now open! 🎓✨
📍 University of Oxford, UK
📅 8–11 December 2026 ⬇️ https://t.co/VbG4CM7fNj

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A new fossil from the Eocene of Iran provides new insights regarding the evolution of the morphologically bizarre tube-eye fish https://t.co/T4eiFWTpg0 #PapersinPalaeontology @unito

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A remarkable radiolarian assemblage from the Csővár area (Hungary) improves biostratigraphical correlation of the Rhaetian https://t.co/0YzBELg5HD #PapersinPalaeontology @ZrcSazu

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🎓🔬 PhD Opportunity 🦴🌍

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The PalAss is proud to support the new Natural History GCSE 🌿🦋. As the public consultation on subject content is under way, we make the case that fossils should be at the heart of this new qualification. Read the full story here and have your say 📚👇

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Cambrian SSFs from North Greenland (eastern Laurentia) with regional & global correlations https://t.co/kS0R32frXM #PapersinPalaeontology

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Bataspis crux, a galeaspid (jawless stem gnathostome) from the Lochkovian of Yunnan with a batwing-shaped head adapted for hydrodynamic efficiency https://t.co/uY4RzIUtWT

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A giant plagiosaurid temnospondyl from Bjørnøya (Svalbard, Norway) & the origin of the plagiosaurid body plan https://t.co/CCjlbhMz8R #PapersinPalaeontology

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When growth form fossilizes: a new liverwort species from the Cretaceous Las Hoyas site https://t.co/IOQ7bZKzXd #FossilFriday

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A thorny evolution: first Triassic ammonoid with a ventral apertural elongated rostrum https://t.co/VrsYXS1sK1 #PapersinPalaeontology @univbourgeurope

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🦴 Newsletter No. 122 is here! 📖
🦈 A 200-million-year-old fish
👩‍🔬 The remarkable "Steamboat ladies"
🦖 The reopening of Dinosaur Isle Museum
🎓 News about our 70th Annual Meeting at the University of Oxford.
🤝 Become a Member and join the PalAss.
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Some pics from the latest Microvertebrate Group workshop, titled "Beyond Your Thesis: Curation and Future Use of Microfossil Collections“. Many thanks to Darja Dankina for sharing these images!

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🌟 Volunteer Opportunity! 🦖📚

Help shape the future of palaeontology! The Palaeontological Association is looking for volunteer reviewers from our Membership to assist with reviewing grant applications.

🔗 Complete the webform below ⬇️
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The genus Coryphodon in Europe: new exceptional material from Le Quesnoy (northern France, early Eocene, MP7) https://t.co/b0Me5FlRDa @datadryad @MorphoBank

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Anatomical network analysis of sauropodomorph cranial topology https://t.co/skTJ0BJJlG @datadryad

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Multielement apparatus architecture of the Early Triassic conodont Triassospathodus symmetricus: high-resolution x-ray microtomography https://t.co/rQ1UX1b6k9 #PapersinPalaeontology

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Fossil freshwater fishes from the Pliocene of northern Colombia & the palaeogeography of northern South America https://t.co/8FrEqYAudN @gaballench @AgenciaFAPESP @mzusp @Unesp_Oficial #PapersinPalaeontology #FossilFriday