#NewPaper #Paleontology #Pterosaurs #Taphonomy

Roy E. Smith, David M. Martill, Nick Longrich, David M. Unwin, Nizar Ibrahim & Samir Zouhri (2023)
Comparative taphonomy of Kem Kem Group (Cretaceous) pterosaurs of southeast Morocco
Evolving Earth 100006
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eve.2023.100006
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950117223000067

#NewPaper #Paleontology #MarineReptiles #Taphonomy

De La Garza, R.G., Sjövall, P., Hauff, R. and Lindgren, J. (2023), Preservational modes of some ichthyosaur soft tissues (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from the Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany. Palaeontology, 66: e12668. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12668

Happy #FieldFriday from the Lower Pleistocene #paleontological site Tsiotra Vryssi (TSR, northern Greece) with the joint University of Tübingen-University of Thessaloniki team! 🤠
🔗 Read about TSR in the #OpenAccess paper by Konidaris et al. (2021)
https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010001
Here are some of this year’s finds from TSR! ⚒️ Articulated specimens and carnivore modified bones are common in the assemblage.
🔗Read about the #taphonomy of TSR in the paper by Katsagoni et al. (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2140424

I'd like to highlight a niche paper by Hans Pellmann (2021) that documents branchiopod crustacean aktuo-paläontologie--documenting what happens in the modern world BEFORE fossilization. First, a dried out community of the clam shrimp Limnadia lenticularis (photo b J. Venzlaff). #arthropoda #crustacea #branchiopoda #spinicaudata #conchostraca #taphonomy #fossilization
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#NewPaper #Paleontology #Taphonomy #DataManagement

JULIA B. MCHUGH, STEPHANIE K. DRUMHELLER, MIRIAM KANE, ANJA RIEDEL, JENNIFER H. NESTLER; ASSESSING PALEOECOLOGICAL DATA RETENTION AMONG DISPARATE FIELD COLLECTION REGIMES: A CASE STUDY AT THE MYGATT-MOORE QUARRY (MORRISON FORMATION). PALAIOS 2023;; 38 (5): 233–239. doi: https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2022.048

#NewPaper #Paleoanthropology #Paleomammalogy #Taphonomy
M. P. Espigares et al. (2023)
Sharing food with hyenas: a latrine of Pachycrocuta brevirostris in the Early Pleistocene assemblage of Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Baza Basin, SE Spain)
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15:81
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01784-7
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-023-01784-7

RT @ICrevecoeur
#FossilFriday Everyday life of a palaeoanthropologist : 3D puzzle and detective investigations 🤗! I know now who did a mess with the bones in that prehistoric burial 🧐! Can we go further #archaeozoology, culprit species name 😉? #taphonomy #ilovemyjob #Anthropology #Archaeology

Bring the Cake! 🍰🎂🧁
App for teaching the interaction of #Taphonomy, #Stratigraphy & #paleontology now available online under https://stratigraphicpaleobiology.shinyapps.io/shellbed_condensator/
and citable via https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7739986 ! 🥳🥳🥳

Can be used for teaching on (under)grad level, associated teaching materials coming soon! @Emiliagnathus

Online access made possible by the IDUB program of the University of Warsaw.
Comments/Feedback? Follow the development under https://github.com/MindTheGap-ERC/ShellbedCondensator

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Taphonomy #Amber

Solórzano‑Kraemer, M.M., Peñalver, E., Herbert, M.C.M. et al. Necrophagy by insects in Oculudentavis and other lizard body fossils preserved in Cretaceous amber. Sci Rep 13, 2907 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29612-x

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Paleoichthyology #Taphonomy

Stinnesbeck ES, Herder F, Rust J, Stinnesbeck W (2023) Taphonomy of the teleost Tselfatia formosa Arambourg, 1943 from Vallecillo, NE Mexico. PLoS ONE 18(2): e0280797. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280797

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Taphonomy

A.D. Muscente, Olivia Vinnes, Sinjini Sinha, James D. Schiffbauer, Erin E. Maxwell, Günter Schweigert & Rowan C. Martindale (2023)
What role does anoxia play in exceptional fossil preservation? Lessons from the taphonomy of the Posidonia Shale (Germany)
Earth-Science Reviews 104323
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104323
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825223000120

This week our zooarchaeologist is visiting #Iphes, in Tarragona, to learn about #dental #microwear using transmitted microscopy and analyze the first samples for our project! The results will be the first step to reconstructing #animalecology and #enviroment of #Paleolithic coastal Lebanon 🤠
#zooarcheology #taphonomy

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Taphonomy

Yan Zhao, Qian Tian, Guang-Ying Ren, Ying Guo & Xiao-Ting Zheng (2023)
Taphonomic analysis of the exceptional preservation of early bird feathers during the early Cretaceous period in Northeast China
Frontiers in Earth Sciences 10: 1020594
doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.1020594
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.1020594/full

Ancestral humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather for at least 300,000 years

Survival in frigid environments implies tailored clothing, which is every bit the indication of behavioral modernity that cave paintings are.

#archaeology #evolution #cognition #hunting #zooarchaeology #taphonomy

https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/humans-have-been-using-bear-skins-for-at-least-300000-years/

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Turtles #Taphonomy

De La Garza, R.G., Madsen, H., Sjövall, P. et al. An ancestral hard-shelled sea turtle with a mosaic of soft skin and scutes. Sci Rep 12, 22655 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26941-1

#NewPaper #Taphonomy #PreservedBiomolecules

Beatrice Demarchi, Meaghan Mackie, Zhiheng Li, Tao Deng, Matthew J Collins, Julia Clarke (2022) Survival of mineral-bound peptides into the Miocene eLife 11:e82849

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82849

The underlying assumption in these scenarios is that resin will solidify when it hits water--much like lava. Lava is a poor analog for resin. Resin can, in fact, seep from submerged roots in a swamp, and remain sticky. This has been documented in modern swamps.
#taphonomy
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#NewPaper #Paleontology #Paleornithology #FossilBirds #Taphonomy

He Xingjian, Zhao Tao, Hu Jianfang, Li Xin, Wang Xiaoli, Zheng Xiaoting, Pan Yanhong. 2022.
Taphonomic properties of the foot claw sheath from an Early Cretaceous bird specimen Confuciusornis sanctus,
Cretaceous Research: 105453

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105453.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667122003172)

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Taphonomy

Senter, Philip J.. 2022. Cells and soft tissues in fossil bone: A review of preservation mechanisms, with corrections of misconceptions. Palaeontologia Electronica, 25(3):a34. https://doi.org/10.26879/1248
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2022/3739-soft-tissues-in-fossil-bone

#NewPaper #Paleontology #Taphonomy

Saleh, F., Vaucher, R., Vidal, M. et al. New fossil assemblages from the Early Ordovician Fezouata Biota. Sci Rep 12, 20773 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25000-z