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The Palaeoverse Community @palaeoverse.bsky.social · Sep 29
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨

It’s time to announce our Winter 2025 talk schedule 👀
We’re excited to host talks from Drs Oskar Hagen, Carrie Tyler, @singerstone.bsky.social and Johannes De Groeve!

Sign up here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
Flyer for the Winter schedule of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series, usually the last Thursday of each month but with some dates moved this time to avoid public holidays. Scheduled for 3pm UTC. 30th October 2025 - Dr Oskar Hagen, Goethe University Frankfurt “Mechanistic biodiversity modelling with gen3sis: population-based simulations across regional and global domains to deep and shallow time” 20th November 2025 - Dr Carrie Tyler, University of Nevada, Las Vegas “The high fidelity of trophic structure in ancient marine ecosystems: from functional diversity to food webs” 18th December 2025 - Dr Juan Cantalapiedra, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales “Mammals as a key to evolutionary theory” 29th January 2026 - Dr Johannes De Groeve, University of Amsterdam “Tips for TABS (Temporal Altitudinal Biogeographic Shifts)”
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methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
Did you know that you may be able to publish your paper in MEE, or in our other open access journals at no cost?

We have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers.

Find out more👇

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November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
palaeoverse.bsky.social
Come and join us in 40 mins to hear from Dr Tyler! 🤩
palaeoverse.bsky.social The Palaeoverse Community @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 15d
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️20th November 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week to hear from Dr Carrie Tyler from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on “The high fidelity of trophic structure in ancient marine ecosystems: from functional diversity to food webs” 🎣

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series, featuring a yellow cartoon trilobite following a trail of small cubes. There is also a picture of Dr Tyler, wearing a teal and black scarf and smiling into the camera.
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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willgearty.bsky.social
📢 rphylopic 📦 1.6.0 is now on #CRAN!

- resolve_phylopic() retries failing API calls 🔄
- geom_phylopic()/add_phylopic() work with ggplot2 4.0.0 🪛
- add_phylopic_tree() wraps add_phylopic() for base R trees 🪾
- get_phylopic() can get og source files from #PhyloPic 👤

rphylopic.palaeoverse.org
#Rstats
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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harriedrage.bsky.social
*Gain skills and training in journal publishing!* Open Palaeontology is looking for Managing Editors and Steering Committee members! Please consider helping to shape community open-access publishing in palaeontology, and spread the word!
openpalaeo.org
@openpalaeo.bsky.social
Open Palaeontology (open access journal) Managing Editor job advert Open Palaeontology (open access journal) Steering Committee job advert
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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thepalass.bsky.social
ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
Flow diagram illustrating the workflow for the ppgm R package. It starts with an extant envelope, fossil data is added, the evolution of climate niche is modelled, and finally climate niche & palaeoclimate are matched to show potential range.
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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mirantakouvari.bsky.social
Some good representation from the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team at #2025svp! If you have any queries about what we do, come find us! 😊 @joeflansan.bsky.social
@macroecoevoale.bsky.social
@piginatutu.bsky.social
Some flyers still left at the @graphicssci.bsky.social booth too! 🎨
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
palaeoverse.bsky.social
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️20th November 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week to hear from Dr Carrie Tyler from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on “The high fidelity of trophic structure in ancient marine ecosystems: from functional diversity to food webs” 🎣

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series, featuring a yellow cartoon trilobite following a trail of small cubes. There is also a picture of Dr Tyler, wearing a teal and black scarf and smiling into the camera.
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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thepalass.bsky.social
💡 Need support to attend your next palaeontology event?
Apply for a PalAss Diversity Bursary! 🌍✨

👉 palass.org/palaeontolog...

💷 Funding available: up to £250 GBP per individual bursary.

📝 What you’ll need:
A short supporting statement
A breakdown of your anticipated expenses [1/2]
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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dralexdunhill.bsky.social
Want to do a PhD linking palaeontology, ecological modelling and polar ecosystems? Look no further than this NERC GW4+ DLTP funded project with @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social at @bas.ac.uk & @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social and others (inc me).

www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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thepalass.bsky.social
🎓 Member News! 🌟

We’re excited to announce a brand-new series of Early-Career Researcher webinars all about careers and grants 💼💡

Our ERC Officer will be joined by inspiring grant awardees and professionals from diverse career paths who’ll share their experiences, tips, [1/2]
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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thepalass.bsky.social
🦕 Thinking about a career in Palaeosciences? 🌍
Explore a list of Masters Courses and take the next step toward uncovering Earth's ancient secrets! 🔍✨

If you coordinate a Masters course that you’d like to see listed, need to update existing information,[1/2]
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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lewisajones.bsky.social
Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸

We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.

🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025

www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
How did the closure of the Tethys Ocean impact global marine biodiversity? | TREES DLA
The closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Miocene represents one of the most profound reorganisations of Earth’s surface systems in the Cenozoic. Once a vast marine corridor linking the Indo-Pacific ...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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tweetisaurus.bsky.social
New @nhm-london.bsky.social 5-day course on integrative biodiversity discovery! Learn how to collect specimens, obtain genomic data, and interpret biodiversity using cutting edge phylogenomic analysis. It's free, and aimed at early career researchers: www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
Integrative biodiversity discovery | Natural History Museum
An introduction to field collection, laboratory analysis and phylogenomics.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
palaeoverse.bsky.social
Join us later today for Dr Hagen’s talk! An additional reminder, double-check the time if your clocks have recently changed (this will be at 4pm CET) 🕰️
palaeoverse.bsky.social The Palaeoverse Community @palaeoverse.bsky.social · Oct 24
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️30th October 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week to hear from Dr Oskar Hagen, on “Mechanistic biodiversity modelling with gen3sis: population-based simulations across regional and global domains to deep and shallow time” 🌐

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series. The flyer features a cartoon landscape with a river and trees, overlying a grid showing how the system might be simulated across space. There is also a picture of Dr Oskar Hagen, wearing a white shirt and navy suit jacket, smiling into the camera.
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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ifcrs.bsky.social
🚨Registration open!🚨

Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸

📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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harriedrage.bsky.social
Last week the @palaeoverse.bsky.social team published our new paper outlining steps for cleaning palaeobiological occurrence data. I'm really proud of this one; we even have a step-by-step run-through of data cleaning and an accompanying vignette. Thanks to the fantastic team! ⭐
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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willgearty.bsky.social
I've had such a great time talking about some of my recent #opensource and #openscience work at #useR2025, #USRSE25, and #GSAConnects2025 over the last few months!

If you missed it, you can watch the recording of my #useR2025 talk on YouTube.

#reproducibility #paleontology #datascience #Rstats
paleopal: A Shiny app for building data science workflows in paleontology - William Gearty
YouTube video by useR! Conference
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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thepalass.bsky.social
Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @daveyfwright.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social
Series of plots and graphs illustrating the five different evolution model configurations studied. They correspond to a range of simple to (moving down the page) increasingly complex and parameter-rich models of morphological evolution.
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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willgearty.bsky.social
Reposting this today to give it some more attention. Working on this paper with other @palaeoverse.bsky.social folks was a great experience 😄. Hopefully this will serve as a great resource for paleontologists in the future!

It even comes with R code that you can copy/paste: tenrules.palaeoverse.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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thepalass.bsky.social
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @lewisajones.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @paleodb.bsky.social #FossilFriday
Graphic summary of the proposed ten rules and steps to follow when cleaning occurrence data for palaeobiological analysis. The rules are grouped within their respective theme: project setup (Rules 1–3; blue); data exploration and cleaning (Rules 4–8; red); and reporting and archiving (Rules 9 and 10; green).
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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lewisajones.bsky.social
Just in time for #FossilFriday! Our paper is out today in Palaeontology @thepalass.bsky.social

Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology 🧹🦕

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Another great @palaeoverse.bsky.social team effort to offer a community resource!
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology
Large datasets of fossil occurrences, often downloaded from online community-maintained databases, are a vital resource for understanding broad-scale evolutionary patterns, such as how biodiversity h...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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macroecoevoale.bsky.social
Happy #FossilFriday! Interested in fossil data handling & building analysis-ready databases? New paper out today in Palaeontology @thepalass.bsky.social with @palaeoverse.bsky.social team led by @lewisajones.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hope it helps! 💻📊📈🦐🦪🦣🐚🪸🦕🦖🐋🐊🐟🦑🐢🐍🦎🐦‍⬛🦂
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology
Large datasets of fossil occurrences, often downloaded from online community-maintained databases, are a vital resource for understanding broad-scale evolutionary patterns, such as how biodiversity h...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
palaeoverse.bsky.social
🎉 This #FossilFriday we’re happy to share our new paper! 🎉

We take readers through 10 key steps for cleaning palaeontological data ready for computational analyses 🦕🧽

There’s also an R vignette showing you how to put these steps into practice! 💻

Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/pala...
A schematic showing “Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data im palaeobiology”, each illustrated with a cartoon and arranged around three key processes, in circles. The first stage is Project setup. Here we have: 1. Choose the right data for your question, with a cartoon of an arrow in a bullseye 2. Keep raw data raw, with a cartoon of a hand next to a small ‘no entry’ sign 3. Document your workflow, next to a cartoon of two stacked papers with writing on The second stage is Data exploration & cleaning, which can be performed iteratively: 4. Explore your data, with a cartoon of a magnifying glass over a normal distribution 5. Identify and handle incomplete data records, with a cartoon showing four squares in a larger square, all filled except the one in the bottom right, which is outlined 6. Identify and handle outliers, with a cartoon showing four squares in a larger square, where the one in the bottom right is larger and extends beyond the others 7. Identify and handle inconsistencies, with a cartoon showing three squares in a larger square, with the bottom right quadrant instead featuring a triangle 8. Identify and handle duplicates, with a cartoon showing an opaque square stacked over a transparent (edge only) square The final stage is Reporting and archiving: 9. Report your data and cleaning efforts, with a cartoon of a loudspeaker 10. Deposit your data and workflow, with a cartoon of a safe
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
palaeoverse.bsky.social
Currently looking for a postdoctoral position and interested in this kind of research? 👀
Dr Hagen currently has an open position in his new Computational Integrative Biodiversity group at Goethe University Frankfurt, for more details see: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen...
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
palaeoverse.bsky.social
🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️30th October 2025, 15:00 UTC🗓️

Join us next week to hear from Dr Oskar Hagen, on “Mechanistic biodiversity modelling with gen3sis: population-based simulations across regional and global domains to deep and shallow time” 🌐

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...
A flyer for the next instalment of the Palaeoverse Lecture Series. The flyer features a cartoon landscape with a river and trees, overlying a grid showing how the system might be simulated across space. There is also a picture of Dr Oskar Hagen, wearing a white shirt and navy suit jacket, smiling into the camera.
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM