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A set of fish microfossils was discovered in the Italian Dolomites, showing a large variety of ray-finned fish already in the Late Triassic, including the oldest teleosts. idunn.no/doi/10.18261/l…

Today we mourn the loss of our friend and colleague Dave Johnson, Curator of Fishes. Dave was a world-renowned comparative morphologist and ichthyologist who joined our Fish Division's curatorial staff in 1983.  He was by nature a collaborator and had many co-authors worldwide.

New job ad for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in EPSS at UCLA in Los Angeles - perfect for a fellow Molecular Geo-, Astro-, and/or Paleobiologist!!! 😊 Rob Ulrich, Mariana Valéria de Araújo Sena, Pjotr Meyvisch, Michael Wong, ... Link: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09827

University of Oxford's Museum of Natural History Oxford University Museum of Natural History is looking for a new Director. Apply to drive specimen-based research, ensure the care of our outstanding collections, and expand the Museum's role as a leader in science engagement. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Congrats to @Liz_C_Miller for leading this amazing work on deep-sea anglerfishes! 🌊✨ With 1,092 loci & CT scans, we revealed their adaptation from benthic to pelagic habitats—rapid diversification, bigger jaws, smaller eyes, & diverse body shapes. ⬇️ nature.com/articles/s4155…

News on the boxfish box! @JohnNyakatura Mason Dean study their exoskeleton caracape architecture using high-resolution microfocus computed tomography (microCT) and semi-automatic segmentation algorithms. nature.com/articles/s4200…

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Faculty job alert!! Come join the team Oxford Earth Sciences We are recruiting an Associate Professor of Climate Science with a Tutorial Fellowship St Hugh's College Application deadline 7th Feb. 2025 Details here: tinyurl.com/yc3axenr Please RT. DM/email me for more information.

In the middle of nowhere, #SallamLab’ team celebrates the acceptance of a new publication by Shorouq Alashqar and Matthew Borths. Stay tuned for more details!

Dolichorhynchops is an extinct marine reptile from the Cretaceous. Growing to almost 10 feet long, they would use their long, thin teeth to catch fish in the ancient oceans #FossilFriday #paleontology

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🖤 { Spookyonyx } 🖤 I've been fascinated by prehistoric fish lately, and honestly they're all so cool The small reef fish in particular are a bizarre blend of familiar and alien

What would you most like to know about #lungfishes? ... Why they have such ginormous genomes? How they breathe air? How they embarrassed taxonomists? Check out my Quick Guide, published in Current Biology Current Biology today: cell.com/current-biolog…

I'll be at my first #SICB2025 next month with some cool 3D printed fossil fish jaws to hype up my talk on Jan 7 at 1:30pm entitled "Patterns of jaw diversification in early bony fishes." Come say hello!!

Wanted to test out drawing earlier bony fish in my style so here's Gogosardina! Expect more of these little guys in the future.

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!TODAY! Is #GivingBlueDay and we're hoping you might  consider a gift to the Museum of Paleontology. You can learn about ways to support what you 💛 about UMMP here ---> givecampus.com/schools/Univer…

🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨 35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… Please get in touch with questions!

On yesterdays #paleostream we covered the Gogo formation, a diverse assemblage from the Devonian of Australia. It is an extremely productive formation with high levels of preservation, giving us stull like the oldest preserved heart and placoderms mid birth.