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morphobank.org A web application for collaborative evolutionary research in tree-of-life, phylogenetic systematics or cladistics on the phenotype. #ecology #evolutionarybiology #biology #archaeology

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MorphoBank @morphobank.bsky.social · Dec 22
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What’s new on #MorphoBank? “A new large zalambdalestid mammal from the Gobi Desert and formal stratigraphic description of the Upper Cretaceous Zos Formation” from researchers at supporting member orgs @amnh.org & @stonybrooku.bsky.social. 🧪

Project: bit.ly/4qlh7LQ
Article: bit.ly/4adaEwB
February 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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New species alert! "New albanerpetontid species (Lissamphibia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal" 🧪

Explore the project on #MorphoBank: www.morphobank.org/project/5016...

Read the article in @journalsystpal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#paleontology #sckicky #openscience
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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MorphoBank has been honored by a @sortee.bsky.social Commendation Award for 2025! We are so grateful to the committee, our institutional members, and the NSF for their support!
February 2, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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The origin of the tympanic fossa in reptiles revealed by a late Permian neodiapsid: new species Scyllacerta creanae onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #FossilFriday @semifossorial.bsky.social @morphobank.bsky.social
Top left: photograph of a grey slab containing multiple fossils, with vertebral columns clearly running vertically (SAM-Pk-K7710). This is a group of six Scyllacerta creanae individuals, including the holotype, a late Permian neodiapsid reptile from South Africa (scale bar at top right is 2 cm). Bottom right: a computer reconstruction of the skull based on three of the individuals in the fossil block. Scale bar at top right is 5 mm.
January 23, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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One of the earliest large predatory eurypterids, Megalograptus, for #FossilFriday. Megalograptus is known from abundant - and very unusual - material from the Ordovician of #Ohio, affording an important insight into the morphology of this rather bizarre species. ⚒️🧪
A view of the headshield of Megalograptus, preserved as reddish-brown cuticle on a pale grey rock. The headshield is generally equilateral in shape, with a rounded front bearing small spiny projections. A pair of round eyes are also located at the front of the head. The surface of the headshield is curved in dense, pustule-like scales. A fossil of the second appendage of Megalograptus, preserved as dark cuticle on a light grey rock. The appendage is short with robust spines coming off of it. A view of the body segments of Megalograptus, preserved as dark cuticle on pale grey rock. Four body segments are present, again preserving small, pustule-like scales.
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Welcome to Mathew, Christine and Kevin, the newest board members at @phoenixbio.bsky.social, the nonprofit home of #MorphoBank. We are grateful for your expertise, insight, and leadership! 👏
phoenixbio.bsky.social Phoenix Bioinformatics @phoenixbio.bsky.social · Dec 1
We are thrilled to announce three new members of the Phoenix Bioinformatics Board of Directors: Mathew Lau, Christine Orr, and Kevin Smith! Welcome, and thank you for your service!

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Phoenix Bioinformatics welcomes new board members - Phoenix Bioinformatics
Phoenix Bioinformatics is pleased to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors: Mathew Lau, Christine Orr, and Kevin Smith.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who provided feedback before, during, and after MorphoBank's recent re-platforming effort. As a community-led platform, we wouldn't exist without you!

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#ecology #evolutionarybiology #biology #archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Mosaic morphology in Podocnemididae revealed by a new turtle from the Middle Miocene La Venta Biome, Colombia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology @morphobank.bsky.social
Main image at the top: an artistic representation of two turtles on the beach of a shallow river, with water in the foreground. The turtles are reconstructions of the Miocene podocnemidad Shakiremys colombiana. Illustration by Juan Giraldo. Bottom right corner: two fossil images; on the left a shell of Shakiremys columbiana (paratype VPPLT-1721) showing the plastron in ventral view; on the right a dorsal view of a skull of the same species (holotype, VPPLT-1730). Scale bars below each specimen are 5 cm (shell) and 2 cm (skull).
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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A new Early Triassic cyclidan crustacean from the Guiyang biota onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... - ecosystem recovery after mass extinction @morphobank.bsky.social #PapersinPalaeontology
Main picture is an artist's reconstruction of the Triassic fossil crustacean Yunnanocylus fortis, newly described from the Guiyan biota. The crab-like animal is shown on the sea bed. Inset in the lower left corner is an image of the holotype (CUGM 00359); scale bar in the lower left corner is 2 mm.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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MorphoBank is an invaluable #openaccess resource for #phylogentetics researchers. And now, it's better than ever, with new site architecture, faster, more efficient processing, and a more intuitive interface. 🧪

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#biology #evolutionarybiology #treeoflife #paleontology #scisky
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Wait… did you say there’s a new MorphoBank?

That’s right. MorphoBank is now faster, cleaner, more scaleable, and more sustainable. Learn more on our blog phoenixbioinfo.org/presenting-t... 🧪

#biology #evolutionarybiology #phylogenetics #treeoflife #systematics #cladistics #paleontology
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Hello to Josh with @phoenixbio.bsky.social! Head to booth 40 and learn about Arabidopsis, aka “the mouse of the plant world,” and other biology resources!
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November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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It's great to be back at the #CharlestonConference! Come on by booth 40 to catch up with Phoenix executive director Josh Young, and learn about what's new with @morphobank.bsky.social and @tairnews.bsky.social

#CHSconf2025 #OpenScience #OpenAccess #scholcomm #scholcomms
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Phoenix is at the @chashub.bsky.social conference! Stop by booth #40 to say hello and visit with our executive director Josh Young.

#CHSconf2025 #CharlestonConference #OpenScience #OpenAccess #scholcomm #scholcomms #Charleston
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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New evidence of a European giant tortoise (Titanochelon richardi) from the Upper Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin: taxonomic & phylogenetic implications onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology @morphobank.bsky.social
Two photographs of Titanochelon richardi fossils, a Late Miocene giant tortoise from the Valle Penedes Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula. Top left: skull (IPS62095a) in left lateral view, scale bar at lower left 2 cm. On the right: plastron (IPS62095l) in visceral view, scale bar (mid right) is 4 cm.
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Happy #OAweek! This week the research and #scholcomm communities celebrate #OpenAccess, and consider the question of "Who owns our knowledge?"

For MorphoBank the answer is simple: creators do. We encourage maximally open CC0 licensing, and support a range of other Creative Commons options.
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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An interesting study of life science database sustainability using MorphoBank as one of the case examples 🧪

#openscience #openaccess #databases #opendata
biorxivpreprint.bsky.social bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Oct 12
Sustainability During Instability: Long-Lived Life Science Databases and Science Funding Outlook in the United States https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.08.680785v1
October 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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MorphoBank is upgrading!
Logins will be disabled from Oct 17 (5 PM PDT) – Oct 20, 2025 while we migrate to new software.
Published projects will remain available.
Thanks for your patience as we make MorphoBank better for the research community. 💪
#MorphoBank #OpenScience #DataCuration #improvement
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October 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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A new long & narrow-snouted ichthyosaur illuminates a complex faunal turnover during an undersampled Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) interval onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #FossilFriday @morphobank.bsky.social #PapersinPalaeontology
Photograph of the holotype and only known specimen of the hauffiopterygian leptonectid, Xiphodracon goldencapensis (ROM VP52596) from Golden Cap, between Charmouth and Seatown, Dorset, UK. The skeleton is exposed in ventrolateral view. The skull has been fully prepared free of matrix whereas most of the skeleton is still in matrix. The left (upper) forefin has been prepared so that it is three-dimensionally preserved and projects upwards. Scale bar (lower left) is 20 cm.
October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Did you miss the MorphoBank Connects virtual conference? Don't worry...we've got you covered. 🧪

Watch the presentations on YouTube 🎞️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJG...

#biology #evolutionarybiology #openscience #openaccess #opendata #FAIRdata #paleontology #treeoflife #morphology #phylogenetics
Welcome - MorphoBank Connects 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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📢 Big news: This month MorphoBank surpassed 2,000 project publications!

It's been a long journey. Thank you all for taking it with us!

#biology #evolutionarybiology #phylogenetics #treeoflife #systematics #cladistics #paleontology #morphobank
September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The window for feedback on MorphoBank's new platform is drawing to a close. Check it out, and let us know what you think at curator [at] morphobank.org
morphobank.bsky.social MorphoBank @morphobank.bsky.social · Sep 9
Pst…have you heard? MorphoBank is getting a new look and some exciting new functionality to go with it. Take a sneak peek on our beta site at beta.morphobank.org and let us know what you think. 🧪

#biology #evolutionarybiology #phylogenetics #treeoflife #systematics #cladistics #paleontology
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Day 1 of MorphoBank Connects is behind us. But there's still time to join us for Day 2, which includes a hands-on workshop with the MorphoBank toolkit, followed by open office hours for your specific projects.
morphobank.bsky.social MorphoBank @morphobank.bsky.social · Sep 15
Get ready: MorphoBank Connects is coming up Sept. 18 & 19! Join us for research presentations, hands-on workshops and a keynote from our founder 🧪

READ MORE: bit.ly/MorphoConnectsBlog
REGISTER: bit.ly/morphobankconnect

#Treeoflife #Phylogenetics #EvolutionaryBiology #Biology #Paleontoloty
September 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Get ready: MorphoBank Connects is coming up Sept. 18 & 19! Join us for research presentations, hands-on workshops and a keynote from our founder 🧪

READ MORE: bit.ly/MorphoConnectsBlog
REGISTER: bit.ly/morphobankconnect

#Treeoflife #Phylogenetics #EvolutionaryBiology #Biology #Paleontoloty
September 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM