Fossil Friday Roundup: March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017 Andrew Farke Fossil Friday Roundup

Featured Image: Jaw of Argyromys cicigei, from López-Guerrero et al. 2017, PLOS ONE.

Papers (All Open Access):

Late Messinian mollusks and vertebrates from Moncucco Torinese, north-western Italy. Paleoecological and paleoclimatological implications (PalaeoE)
A multidisciplinary approach to digital mapping of dinosaurian tracksites in the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia (PeerJ)
Accuracy and reliability of cetacean cranial measurements using computed tomography three dimensional volume rendered images (PLOS ONE)
A new species of Argyromys (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Oligocene of the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia): Its importance for palaeobiogeographical homogeneity across Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan (PLOS ONE)
Evolution of the patellar sesamoid bone in mammals (PeerJ)
Neogene amphibians and reptiles (Caudata, Anura, Gekkota, Lacertilia, and Testudines) from the south of Western Siberia, Russia, and Northeastern Kazakhstan (PeerJ)
Scaling and functional morphology in strigiform hind limbs (Scientific Reports)
Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis (Nature Communications)
A new crustacean from the Herefordshire (Silurian) Lagerstätte, UK, and its significance in malacostracan evolution (Proceedings B)
Functional morphology of tegmina-based stridulation in the relict species Cyphoderris monstrosa (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Prophalangopsidae) (JEB)
Paleozoic echinoderm hangovers: Waking up in the Triassic (Geology)
Extreme adaptations for probable visual courtship behaviour in a Cretaceous dancing damselfly (Scientific Reports)
Repetitive mammalian dwarfing during ancient greenhouse warming events (Science Advances)
Cranial arterial patterns of the alpaca (Camelidae: Vicugna pacos) (RSOS)
Are floating algal mats a refuge from hypoxia for estuarine invertebrates? (PeerJ)
Walking and talking the tree of life: Why and how to teach about biodiversity (PLOS ONE)

Community Events and Society Updates:

Seeking Nominations (March 31 deadline): The Raymond M. Alf Award for Excellence in Paleontological Research and Education (Link)

New and Views:

Animals and Anatomy:

Heavy-footed Moa (Pachyornis elephantopus) (Life in the Cenozoic Era)
Shaking the Tree (New Views on Old Bones)
Yet More Wonderful Fossilized Soft Tissue (What’s in John’s Freezer?)
“Everything” You Didn’t Know You Wanted to Know About Mammalian Kneecaps (What’s in John’s Freezer?)
My Little Pony (Dr. Neurosaurus)
Buried Treasure – Andy Farke (Dave Hone’s Archosaur Musings)
Paleo Profile: Mongolia’s Ginkgo Cousin (Laelaps)
Tully Monster Still a Mystery (Laelaps)
Fossil Friday – tree frog humerus (Valley of the Mastodon)
Montana lizard skeletons are among oldest, most complete iguanian fossils ever discovered (Link)
Why Crocodiles Look Like Whales (Laelaps)
How Therizinosaurs Nibbled and Munched (Raptormaniacs)
A Spiky Mammal from the Heyday of the Dinosaurs (Laelaps)
Mammalian Dwarfing during Ancient Greenhouse Warming Events (Letters from Gondwana)
Leopards Might Have Walked Alongside Neanderthals (Link)
Paleo Profile: The Orange Sea Lion (Laelaps)
DNA hints at earlier human exodus from Africa (Link)
Human Skull Evolved Along with Two-Legged Walking, Study Confirms (Link)
150 things about Canadian palaeo, part 6 – marine fossils #FossilFriday (Musings of a Clumsy Paleontologist)
The plot to kill Homo habilis (Medium)
Ornithoscelida Rises: A New Family Tree for Dinosaurs (Tetrapod Zoology)
The Skeleton Revealed: Vertebrates As You’ve Never Seen Them Before (Cool Green Science)
Livyatan: Beast of the Week (PBW)

Featured Folks and Fieldwork:

Lake Kariba dinosaur expedition: Part 3, finale (New Views on Old Bones)
Vegas Stripped: A ‘dino nerd’ in the desert (Link)
Women in Science: Akiko Shinya, Fossil Preparator (Link)
Waking up in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian Dinosaurs)

Museums, Methods, and Musings:

A Point With Multiple Dimensions (Fossils & Other Living Things)
A Successful Short Course (UCMP Blog)
Every attempt to manage academia makes it worse (SV-POW)
Chironomid vs pollen: Holocene climate change in southern Europe (Musings on Quantitative Paleoecology)
Why do we manage academia so badly? (SV-POW)

Arts, Culture, and Fun:

Anomalies Like Anomalocaris (Extinct)
Merriamoceros coronatus (Spinops)
The Soay Island Sea Monster of 1959 (Tetrapod Zoology)
From “T. Rex” to “Pantydraco”: How Dinosaurs Get Their Names (Smithsonian Mag)

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