Aktuopaläontologie in Caribbean Panama
When we paleontologists look at the modern world, most often we can’t help but thinking in our beloved fossil record. I would say that this is particularly true for taphonomists … Continue reading
‘Captain Picard, our sensors are reading strange life forms on the surface of Terranova’
I recently came back from the Third International Ichnological Congress, ICHNIA 2012, in Newfoundland (=Terranova). The conference was an excellent opportunity to meet old friends, make new ones, learn about … Continue reading
Seven reasons to reincarnate as a cephalopod
If I could have another life as an invertebrate, I would certainly choose to reincarnate as a cephalopod. Just in case that choice is not obvious to you I will … Continue reading
From worm to star: primitive bilateral echinoderms from the Cambrian of southern Europe
Echinoderms are among the most fascinating invertebrates inhabiting the sea floor today. They encompass a variety of beautiful and strange forms including the flowery sea lily, the spiny sea urchin, … Continue reading
Ear-piercing in a Miocene whale: the effect of marine borers in vertebrate skeletons
(this is a slightly modified translation of a post by the same author in the blog ‘Paleobiologia del Neogen Mediterrani’) Last year, we published a paper in Geobios where we … Continue reading
European fiddler crabs
They make no music. They have no fiddle. Nevertheless, the feeding movements of the minor claw of male Uca crabs while holding their major cheliped up is somehow resemblant, or … Continue reading
Burrowing pioneers: earliest evidence of true infaunality in Precambrian benthic systems
One of the major revolutions in the history of life on Earth took place some time around 540 million years ago and affected benthic ecosystems. This date marks the beginning … Continue reading
First post, hope not last!
We scientists produce science. We scientists consume science. Most of us do that. We do our research, we publish it and other scientists read it. We are keeping all the … Continue reading
infaunal epiphany 