Pascal Abel
@abel-paleo.bsky.social
Paleontologist. Mostly working on marine reptiles 🐊 and early tetrapods 🐸. Also doing conservation 🌿, scicomm 💻, aquarium keeping 🦐 and playing distorted guitars 🎸.
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Fossils are cultural objects - and this is not some woke b*llshit that people come up nowadays to spoil the fun in #palaeontology; this classification actually has a long history.
If you're curious how fossils became #culturalproperty under int'l law, check my new paper: doi.org/10.1093/lril...
If you're curious how fossils became #culturalproperty under int'l law, check my new paper: doi.org/10.1093/lril...
A classification unearthed: the history of palaeontological objects as cultural property in international law
Abstract. Fossils are an overlooked yet threatened category of cultural property. This article traces how they became protected by international law under
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October 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Fossils are cultural objects - and this is not some woke b*llshit that people come up nowadays to spoil the fun in #palaeontology; this classification actually has a long history.
If you're curious how fossils became #culturalproperty under int'l law, check my new paper: doi.org/10.1093/lril...
If you're curious how fossils became #culturalproperty under int'l law, check my new paper: doi.org/10.1093/lril...
I'm guilty of that myself sometimes, but this is again a good reminder to become less emotional towards tetrapod taxonomy. They're just labels helping our monkey brains to understand biodiversity.
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I'm guilty of that myself sometimes, but this is again a good reminder to become less emotional towards tetrapod taxonomy. They're just labels helping our monkey brains to understand biodiversity.
Me sitting over my thalattosuchian fragments while there is big fuss about some new dinosaur paper.
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Me sitting over my thalattosuchian fragments while there is big fuss about some new dinosaur paper.
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I'm pretty confident that certain online people are going to be cheering about how they were right all along on Nanotyrannus. Their take will be that they were right all along and their arguments, based on private specimens of uncertain provenance, photos of things without scale bars, and ideas...
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'm pretty confident that certain online people are going to be cheering about how they were right all along on Nanotyrannus. Their take will be that they were right all along and their arguments, based on private specimens of uncertain provenance, photos of things without scale bars, and ideas...
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Wildbienen, Hummeln und Schmetterlingen fehlt Lebensraum. Auch das Ziel der EU-Biodiversitätsstrategie, den Anteil naturnaher Flächen in der Landwirtschaft auf 10 % zu erhöhen, reicht nicht aus. Das zeigt eine neue Studie in Science mit Beteiligung der #UniFreiburg. ufr.link/bestaeuber-lebensraum
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Wildbienen, Hummeln und Schmetterlingen fehlt Lebensraum. Auch das Ziel der EU-Biodiversitätsstrategie, den Anteil naturnaher Flächen in der Landwirtschaft auf 10 % zu erhöhen, reicht nicht aus. Das zeigt eine neue Studie in Science mit Beteiligung der #UniFreiburg. ufr.link/bestaeuber-lebensraum
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Climate scientist Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social has a message for younger scientists: Don't give up.
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
Michael Mann, on how the second US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement may alter the world’s climate change landscape
"We scientists and academics need to get a handle on the political atmosphere—the world of the larger electorate—and pay attention."
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September 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Climate scientist Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social has a message for younger scientists: Don't give up.
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
"Be part of this fight for what's right, for science, for reason, for fact-based discourse and policy making."
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In late August Renesto et al. published a paper where they described a specimen of Lariosaurus valceresii that preserves the skin, even outlining the body and limbs as well scales. I must say that I am happy that it is very very close to what I had hypothesized 😍
#paleoart #sciart #reptiles
#paleoart #sciart #reptiles
September 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Minus 90 Prozent in nur 15 Jahren - das ist de facto der ökologische Zusammenbruch des kompletten Unterlaufs der #Elbe .Aber egal, #Hamburg lässt weiter baggern, bis auch der letzte Stint krepiert.
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Studie: Der Fischbestand in der Elbmündung ist um 90 Prozent geschrumpft
Die Fischbestände in der unteren Elbe sind massiv eingebrochen. Einer neuen Studie eines Hamburger Forscherteams zufolge, ist der gesamte Fischbestand seit 2010 um 90 Prozent geschrumpft.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Minus 90 Prozent in nur 15 Jahren - das ist de facto der ökologische Zusammenbruch des kompletten Unterlaufs der #Elbe .Aber egal, #Hamburg lässt weiter baggern, bis auch der letzte Stint krepiert.
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www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
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Last week the German Meteorological Society warned that "the 3-degree limit could be exceeded as early as 2050".
While not possible to fully rule out, the assessed warming scenarios we published in the IPCC AR6 report find this to be extremely unlikely.
While not possible to fully rule out, the assessed warming scenarios we published in the IPCC AR6 report find this to be extremely unlikely.
September 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Last week the German Meteorological Society warned that "the 3-degree limit could be exceeded as early as 2050".
While not possible to fully rule out, the assessed warming scenarios we published in the IPCC AR6 report find this to be extremely unlikely.
While not possible to fully rule out, the assessed warming scenarios we published in the IPCC AR6 report find this to be extremely unlikely.
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Wie sich komplexe Lebensformen entwickelt haben, besagt etwa der Gehalt an gelöstem Kohlenstoff in den Urmeeren. Doch nun tut sich rund eine Milliarde Jahre vor heute eine Lücke auf. #repost
Ooide: Eiersteinchen werfen neues Rätsel der Erdgeschichte auf
Forscher nutzen dieses bunte Steinchen als Zeitkapsel der Erdgeschichte.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Wie sich komplexe Lebensformen entwickelt haben, besagt etwa der Gehalt an gelöstem Kohlenstoff in den Urmeeren. Doch nun tut sich rund eine Milliarde Jahre vor heute eine Lücke auf. #repost
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Maria Furtwängler rechnet mit der Union ab.
September 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Maria Furtwängler rechnet mit der Union ab.
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Was mich gerade beschäftigt und worum es gestern auch am Rande in "Der Tag" ging:
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September 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Was mich gerade beschäftigt und worum es gestern auch am Rande in "Der Tag" ging:
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BREAKING 🌍🌡📈
The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!
Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action
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The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!
Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action
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September 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
BREAKING 🌍🌡📈
The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!
Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action
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The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!
Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action
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With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, @ufz.de scientists provide important input for the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation. 🦋
🔗 Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/24/g...
@kuehneli.bsky.social
🔗 Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/24/g...
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Grassland butterflies: important indicators of the state of nature
With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, UFZ scientists are providing important input for the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
With the Grassland Butterfly Index for Germany, @ufz.de scientists provide important input for the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation. 🦋
🔗 Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/24/g...
@kuehneli.bsky.social
🔗 Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/24/g...
@kuehneli.bsky.social
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New paper alert! In our new paper @plosone.org, lead author Arianny Storari collected, reared, and analyzed decay and disarticulation of hundreds of aquatic insects, and compared them to Crato Formation fossils to figure out what happened to them before they fossilized.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Taphonomy of aquatic insects from the Crato Formation Lagerstätte (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) under an actualistic look
The Crato Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) is a fossiliferous deposit of global significance, representing a lacustrine palaeoenvironment which offers insights into aquatic insect taphonomy. Despi...
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September 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New paper alert! In our new paper @plosone.org, lead author Arianny Storari collected, reared, and analyzed decay and disarticulation of hundreds of aquatic insects, and compared them to Crato Formation fossils to figure out what happened to them before they fossilized.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Like Angela Bassett, I did the thing. I am knackered but yesterday morning I heard a group of 10 children screaming with excitement and suddenly everything was worth it.
September 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Like Angela Bassett, I did the thing. I am knackered but yesterday morning I heard a group of 10 children screaming with excitement and suddenly everything was worth it.
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I would like to use this morning to share a crowdfunding that my colleagues established for a project that is close to my heart
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I quickly summarize the goal and idea in the answers with a thread
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I quickly summarize the goal and idea in the answers with a thread
Reassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group Diplodocoidea
We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary relati...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I would like to use this morning to share a crowdfunding that my colleagues established for a project that is close to my heart
experiment.com/projects/rea...
I quickly summarize the goal and idea in the answers with a thread
experiment.com/projects/rea...
I quickly summarize the goal and idea in the answers with a thread
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Die Kinder, die jetzt aufwachsen, finden es normal, dass Schmetterlinge Tiere sind, die man nur selten sieht. Sie haben vermutlich noch nie eine Feldlerche gehört, wissen nicht, was ein Rebhuhn ist. Über das Phänomen der sich verschiebenden Basislinien.
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Die Natur, die wir vergessen, zu vermissen
🪶 Feldlerchen, Kiebitze, Insekten: Vieles verschwindet, ohne dass wir es merken oder vermissen. Ein Text über schleichenden Verlust und unsere verschobene Wahrnehmung.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Die Kinder, die jetzt aufwachsen, finden es normal, dass Schmetterlinge Tiere sind, die man nur selten sieht. Sie haben vermutlich noch nie eine Feldlerche gehört, wissen nicht, was ein Rebhuhn ist. Über das Phänomen der sich verschiebenden Basislinien.
steady.page/de/jasminsch...
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The revision of baphetids from the Middle Pennsylvanian of the Czech Republic: Morphology, ontogeny, palaeoecology, and the reassessment of the phylogeny of Baphetoidea - Barták - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The revision of baphetids from the Middle Pennsylvanian of the Czech Republic: Morphology, ontogeny, palaeoecology, and the reassessment of the phylogeny of Baphetoidea
The baphetoids represent a clade of the Carboniferous stem-tetrapods (Middle Mississippian—Middle Pennsylvanian) with a characteristic extension of the orbits into antorbital vacuities, which formed ....
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September 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The revision of baphetids from the Middle Pennsylvanian of the Czech Republic: Morphology, ontogeny, palaeoecology, and the reassessment of the phylogeny of Baphetoidea - Barták - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Have you ever experienced an unprofessional peer review? This feature in @nature.com describes the consequences of bullying reviews with personal examples from Yours Truly. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Lipstick on a pig’: how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Have you ever experienced an unprofessional peer review? This feature in @nature.com describes the consequences of bullying reviews with personal examples from Yours Truly. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Are you tired of people constantly overestimating body size of marine reptiles? No longer!
We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
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We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Are you tired of people constantly overestimating body size of marine reptiles? No longer!
We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
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We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.
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#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️
September 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️
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Hier erklärt Herbert Nickel selbst, weshalb es für den Erhalt unserer heimischen Artenvielfalt vor allem ganzjährige extensive Beweidung mit Rindern und Pferden braucht, weniger mit Schafen. Hat mit der Naturgeschichte der Landschaft Mitteleuropas zu tun.
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Hocheffizienter Artenschutz durch Weidehaltung - Progressive Agrarwende
Wenn es um Biodiversität und Landwirtschaft geht, liegt der Fokus oft auf Ackerbau. Aber woanders schlummert gewaltiges Potenzial: In der Weidehaltung.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hier erklärt Herbert Nickel selbst, weshalb es für den Erhalt unserer heimischen Artenvielfalt vor allem ganzjährige extensive Beweidung mit Rindern und Pferden braucht, weniger mit Schafen. Hat mit der Naturgeschichte der Landschaft Mitteleuropas zu tun.
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With great pleasure I would like to introduce you to the first ornithomimosaur from Germany!
The fossils of this charming bugger are from Balve, a locality that preserves early Cretaceous fossils in a Devonian reef that had karstified already back then, giving us: cave dinosaurs
The fossils of this charming bugger are from Balve, a locality that preserves early Cretaceous fossils in a Devonian reef that had karstified already back then, giving us: cave dinosaurs
September 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
With great pleasure I would like to introduce you to the first ornithomimosaur from Germany!
The fossils of this charming bugger are from Balve, a locality that preserves early Cretaceous fossils in a Devonian reef that had karstified already back then, giving us: cave dinosaurs
The fossils of this charming bugger are from Balve, a locality that preserves early Cretaceous fossils in a Devonian reef that had karstified already back then, giving us: cave dinosaurs