🌈 This Pride Month, we’re celebrating LGBTQIA+ members of our paleontological community—past, present, and future.
Your voices, experiences, and perspectives make our field richer and stronger
Here at the Paleontological Society, we believe that just like Earth’s deep past, palaeontology is vibrant, complex, and beautifully diverse
Above all, science thrives when everyone is seen, heard, and valued 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
📸 This paleo pride flag was created using photos taken by social media intern Adele Pentland and PS Communications Officer Madeline Marshall
#PrideInPaleo #STEMWithPride #LGBTQIAinSTEM #QueerSTEM #QueerScience #PaleontologyForAll #ScienceIsForEveryone #PrideMonth
Calling all fossil hunters and paleo enthusiasts! 🦴🔍 We’re on the hunt for the most fascinating and unique field photos! Got some cool spots?🦕 Share your best views with us to be featured on our platform.
Submit your photos here: https://forms.gle/VQX1jveYxkswzhj66
#paleo #geology #geoscience #fossil #fossilfriday #paleontology #earthscience #dinosaurs #prehistoric #nature
This week we’re spotlighting Jonathan Keller, a PhD student whose research examines the fossil teeth of Pleistocene mammals from central Texas 🐭🦷
Jonathan’s research “ground-truths” key dental proxies by comparing modern small mammal communities to fossil assemblages from Hall’s Cave, Texas.
By integrating 3D dental morphology, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, and dental microwear analyses, his research tests how reliably these tools capture diet and ecology across species and through time.
The grant supported microCT scanning of modern specimens, and led to other research collaborations, conference presentations, and mentorship of undergraduate students✨
To support student researchers like Jonathan, please consider donating to the Paleontological Society.
#PleistocenePaleontology #StudentResearchGrant #FossilMammals
Happy #FossilFriday!
This week we’re joining Sally Hurst and heading underground to Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia—the only place on Earth where opalised dinosaur fossils have ever been found.
Working alongside local miners, researchers with the Australian Opal Centre descend nearly 18 metres (~60 feet) below the surface to search for Cretaceous fossils preserved in brilliant opal ✨🌈
📷 Photo submitted by Sally Hurst, founder of @foundafossil and an adjunct research fellow at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
If you have a fossil specimen or fieldwork photo to share, we welcome new submissions through the form below:
https://bit.ly/47U31vm
#OpalisedFossils #LightningRidge
PaleoArt Highlight: Invertebrate ATTACK!🎨
This beautiful crinoid on @annakaclement was inspired by an illustration from Ernst Haeckel. The specimen likely belongs to the order Bourgueticrinida, which originated in the Triassic and gave rise to many modern crinoids.
📸 Tattoo by @honestbird , submitted by @annakaclement
📢 Submit your favorite work through the Google Form: forms.gle/LENSX8YF59bjRcVS6
#Echinodermata #Crinoidea #MarineFossils
🦣 Meet one of the research projects supported by the 2026 Norman Newell Early Career Research Grant!
Dr. Sánchez-Morales will investigate the lower bonebeds from El Fin Del Mundo 🇲🇽
The site preserves a unique record of gomphotheres, mammoths, mastodons, tapirs, and giant ground sloths 🦴🌎
Support for science like this is only possible because of the contributions of Paleontological Society members and donors 🤝
This week we’re spotlighting Matthew Craffey, a PhD student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a recipient of a Paleontological Society Student Research Grant.
With support from the Paleontological Society, Matthew traveled to the Royal Ontario Museum to study exceptionally preserved early Ediacaran fossil communities from the Mistaken Point Lagerstätte, one of the most important windows into the earliest history of animal life 🌎
Using body size and functional trait data from Ediacaran fossil collections, Matthew’s research explores how community structure and evolutionary patterns changed during this critical interval 🧬
To support students like Matthew, please consider donating to the Paleontological Society:
🔗 https://bit.ly/3Uk5lDM
#EdiacaranFossils #EdiacaranPaleontology #StudentResearch
🌎 What did Central France look like two million years ago?
Senèze: Life in Central France Two Million Years Ago presents the results of a six-year Franco-American research project using modern techniques, shedding much needed light on the site’s age, stratigraphy, paleoenvironment, and taphonomy.
Rigorous, detailed, and thoughtfully assembled, this book beautifully captures a critical moment in European mammalian evolution 🦌
“What this volume represents to me is that it proudly and artistically displays the amazing amount of science that can be done when many people come together.”
👉 Read the full review on the Paleontological Society website
#PSBookReviews #BookReview #DeepTime
🦠🌏 Happy #FossilFriday from one of the oldest records of life on Earth!
These stunning structures are stromatolites from the ~3.48 billion-year-old Dresser Formation, nestled in the North Pole Dome of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia.
Formed by microbial mats trapping and binding sediments, stromatolites offer a window into early Earth's biosphere, long before animals, plants, or even complex cells evolved.
📌 Entry into these reserves requires a permit issued by the Geological Survey of Western Australia
This visit to the Trendall Geoheritage Reserve (R50149) and Buick Reserve (R44710) was conducted under Permit SGR041.
#Stromatolites #PrecambrianLife
This Week's PaleoArt Highlight features Dolores, the Triceratops 🦖🎨
📸 Thanks to Michael Fruecht @freelancerioter for your submission!
📢 Submit your favorite work through the Google Form: forms.gle/LENSX8YF59bjRcVS6
#Triceratops #Paleontology #Dinosauria
📢 Calling ALL paleoartists! 👩🎨🧑🎨
All Paleontological Society members are encouraged to submit a design!
🎨 Your artwork may be featured on Society swag and used for marketing and promotions.
📌 Instructions:
• Simple, original designs only (no AI or clip-art)
• Square format, high resolution (minimum ~10” x 10”)
• Single-color friendly for swag reproduction
• Optional text: “Paleontological Society”
• File formats: .PNG, .JPEG, or .TIFF (vector preferred, not required)
Submit your entry today to [email protected]
Priscum, the Paleontological Society newsletter is now is live 📰🦴
Inside the latest issue: 🏆 Norman Newell Grant winners 🎨 Art competition announcement 💰 New funding opportunities 📅 Conferences & deadlines
🔗 Renew your membership & stay connected at paleosoc.org
#PaleoGrants #PaleoAwards #PaleoConferences
