Mastodawn

Fossilized poop (#coprolites) 💩 are a treasure trove of paleoecological clues! In our new study led by Larissa Catafesta, we analyzed 97 coprolites from the Rio do Rasto Formation (middle/upper Permian, Paraná Basin, southern Brazil)—a formation rich in coprolites but rarely studied in detail.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201060

#OpenAccess Preprint: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18978067

#Paleontology #Permian #Fossils

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Mar 4

Ancient plant-eater with a twisted jaw was a 'living fossil' in its own time https://phys.org/news/2026-03-ancient-eater-jaw-sideways-teeth.html

An aberrant stem tetrapod from the early #Permian of Brazil https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2066/20252106/480542/An-aberrant-stem-tetrapod-from-the-early-Permian

"the lower jaw was twisted, so that the teeth pointed out to the sides. The part of its jawbone that, in humans, faces the tongue, in Tanyka is facing up towards the roof of its mouth. This surface is covered in smaller teeth forming a grinding surface like a cheese grater"

#PaleoArt by @vitorsilva

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Feb 23

Globe-trotting ancient sea-salamander fossils rediscovered from Australia's dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs https://phys.org/news/2026-02-globe-ancient-sea-salamander-fossils.html paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2025.2601224

"The end-#Permian mass #extinction prompted the emergence of modern marine ecosystems... this involved the earliest appearances of sea-going #amphibians and #reptiles... A new study of 250 million-year-old fossils from the Kimberly region has uncovered a surprisingly diverse marine amphibian community with worldwide trans-oceanic links."

Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐Jan 4

El Emydops fue un herbívoro del Pérmico medio y tardío y uno de los dicinodontos más pequeños, con un cráneo de apenas 5 cm de longitud. 📷WillemSv #Permico #Permian

Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐Jan 4

El Endothiodon bathystoma fue un dicinodonto del Pérmico tardío (259-254 MdA) que, en lugar de sus característicos colmillos, tenía una fila de dientes que podía reemplazar. Tenía un cuerpo robusto, con 1,5 metros de longitud. 📷Dmitry Bogdanov #permico #permian

Plazi Species Dec 12

#NewSpecies!
New nautiloid from late #permian #iran just surfaced:

Aifinautilus icanus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E487D4-FFCE-4918-FD8D-58948691FD1A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1019.3071
#ejtaxonomy #AifinautilusIcanus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #cephalopoda #nautiloidea #nautiloids #fossils #fossilfriday #paleo #paleontology

🐝 H. McGill Dec 8

Day 8: Inostrancevia

It's such a shame that it will be 251 million years before this gorgonopsid can try to fit through a narrow doorway and not realize the bone can't go with them (bonk)

#ArtAdventCalendar #paleoart #art #digitalart #SciArt #gorgonopsid #permian #animal #mastoart #creativeToots #science #dogs

Karoliina Dec 5

#tumblr #paleontology #permian

Dining and Cooking Nov 22

Permian Basin Mission Center gives away free turkeys

ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) – With Thanksgiving less than a week away, many people are finishing their shopping and getting ready to c…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Thanksgiving #400 #basin #center #meal #mission #permian #thanksgiving #ThanksgivingAppetizes #thanksgivingdesserts #thanksgivingfood #thanksgivingrecipes #thanksgivingsides #Turkey #volunteer
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2392984/permian-basin-mission-center-gives-away-free-turkeys/

Permian Basin Mission Center gives away free turkeys - Dining and Cooking

ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - With Thanksgiving less than a week away, many people are finishing their shopping and getting ready to cook, but some residents need

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