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We are running the first AP Fossil Photo Competition! Submit your fossil photos, SEM scans, CT/3D renderings or other imaging techniques that capture the 2025 theme: THRILL OF DISCOVERY. #fossilphoto #photocompetition #australasianpalaeontologists #c
We are running the first AP Fossil Photo Competition! Submit your fossil photos, SEM scans, CT/3D renderings or other imaging techniques that capture the 2025 theme: THRILL OF DISCOVERY. #fossilphoto #photocompetition #australasianpalaeontologists #celebrateaustralasianpalaeo --- Fine print: Images must be shareable on social media and accompanied with a 50 word summary (including location [+ First Nations Country], age, stratigraphic unit). Send your images to Marissa.betts@une.edu.au by 3rd August, 2025. Winner will be announced at the mid August AGM.
Ediacaran frond Swartpuntia germsi from Swartpunt farm, southern Namibia. This beautiful fossil made the cover of the Journal of Paleontology Memoir S94 (Volume 98, October 2024). Scale bar equals 5 cm. Thank you to AP member Bruce Runnegar for shari
Ediacaran frond Swartpuntia germsi from Swartpunt farm, southern Namibia. This beautiful fossil made the cover of the Journal of Paleontology Memoir S94 (Volume 98, October 2024). Scale bar equals 5 cm. Thank you to AP member Bruce Runnegar for sharing this fossil pic! #australasianpalaeontologists #fossilphoto #ediacaran #swartpuntia
The Western Australian Sate Fossil emblem is Mcnamaraspis kaprios, (Long 1995) discovered by J.Long in 1986 from the Gogo Formation sites in the Kimberley on Gooniyandi Country. It is an arthrodire placoderm, and became Australia's first official sta
The Western Australian Sate Fossil emblem is Mcnamaraspis kaprios, (Long 1995) discovered by J.Long in 1986 from the Gogo Formation sites in the Kimberley on Gooniyandi Country. It is an arthrodire placoderm, and became Australia's first official state fossil emblem in 1995 after a long campaign involving public submissions across the state. Thanks to John Long for sharing this fossil photo with us! #australasianpalaeontologists #palaeontology #gogofish #fossil #statefossil #fossilphoto
Cluster of spiriferids in the Lower Permian Nura Nura Member of the Poole Sandstone, southern St George Ranges, Canning Basin, Walmatjarri Country. Thanks to AP member Arthur Mory for sharing this fossil photo! #australasianpalaeontologists #palaeont
Cluster of spiriferids in the Lower Permian Nura Nura Member of the Poole Sandstone, southern St George Ranges, Canning Basin, Walmatjarri Country. Thanks to AP member Arthur Mory for sharing this fossil photo! #australasianpalaeontologists #palaeontology #earthscience #brachiopod #fossil #fossilphoto
Another palaeo Superstar! Congratulations to Liz Reed from @uniofadelaide for being selected as a 2025-2026 STA Superstar of STEM. Great to see palaeo - and Earth science more broadly - well represented in this cohort. Looking forward to seeing and h
Another palaeo Superstar! Congratulations to Liz Reed from @uniofadelaide for being selected as a 2025-2026 STA Superstar of STEM. Great to see palaeo - and Earth science more broadly - well represented in this cohort. Looking forward to seeing and hearing more from our palaeo Superstars! #superstarsofstem #palaeontologist #womeninstem #vertebratepalaeontology #earthscience #sciencecommunication @science_aus
Don't forget to get your Nomen Nudum submission in! NN is Australasian Palaeontologists' annual newsletter that keeps track of all the great things our community gets up to. This year we are soliciting submissions a bit differently - via an online fo
Don't forget to get your Nomen Nudum submission in! NN is Australasian Palaeontologists' annual newsletter that keeps track of all the great things our community gets up to. This year we are soliciting submissions a bit differently - via an online form that you can access via the link in our bio or via this QR code. You don't have to be an AP member to contribute. Final submission date is 28th Feb, 2025! More details are up on our website. --- #australasianpalaeontologists #nomennudum #palaeontology #newsletter
This is AP member Bennie Robertson @itsbennie_ busy excavating a partial mammoth scapula in Orce (Granada, Spain) from an ancient palaeolake in the Baza Basin. Bennie was volunteering on an excavation in Orce before undertaking their own field work.
This is AP member Bennie Robertson @itsbennie_ busy excavating a partial mammoth scapula in Orce (Granada, Spain) from an ancient palaeolake in the Baza Basin. Bennie was volunteering on an excavation in Orce before undertaking their own field work. Bennie is a 2nd year PhD student based at the University of Adelaide Earth Science Department, focusing on Neanderthal extinction and migration in the Southern Iberian Peninsula. Key techniques for this will be using OSL (optically stimulated luminescence) dating coupled with geochem (XRF/XRD) and POSL (portable optically stimulated luminescence). Thanks so much for sharing your photo Bennie and all the best with your research! #australasianpalaeontologists #fossilphoto #mammoth #bazabasin #palaeontology #fossil #phdresearcher
Cretaceous-sized congratulations to Adele Pentland for being recently selected as a @science_aus Superstar of STEM!!! Superstars of STEM is a program that equips women and non-binary folks with high-level media and communication skills so they can sh
Cretaceous-sized congratulations to Adele Pentland for being recently selected as a @science_aus Superstar of STEM!!! Superstars of STEM is a program that equips women and non-binary folks with high-level media and communication skills so they can share how awesome their work is and build their visibility as experts to encourage others into STEM. Can't wait to see what the program brings for you Adele! #superstarsofstem #australasianpalaeontologists #pterosaurs #womeninstem #palaeontologist
This is a late Middle Eocene (42 Ma) fossilized non-biting midge (Chironomidae, Podonominae) from Anglesea amber. This specimen is the first amber-preserved fossil of this group in the Southern Hemisphere, revealing its broader distribution in Gondwa
This is a late Middle Eocene (42 Ma) fossilized non-biting midge (Chironomidae, Podonominae) from Anglesea amber. This specimen is the first amber-preserved fossil of this group in the Southern Hemisphere, revealing its broader distribution in Gondwana’s subpolar greenhouse ecosystems and underscoring its antiquity in modern Australian ecosystems. There are very few groups working on Australian amber (very rare, especially with inclusions). However, Australian amber provides an amazing preservation mode with potential for capturing fossils that are otherwise not preserved in Gondwanan ecosystems. This specimen is from the Anglesea coal mine, which belongs to the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation. Thanks to AP member Maria Blake for sharing this wonderful fossil! #australasianpalaeontologists #fossilphoto #fossil #amber #palaeontology #eocene #gondwana
Exciting news from the Wodonga Mens Shed! As part of the non-profit community group Parklands Albury Wodonga (PAW), Men's Shed member Kevin Ennis sculpted two of Australia's Pleistocene megafauna Megalania and Thyalcoleo. In the words of the Wodong
Exciting news from the Wodonga Mens Shed! As part of the non-profit community group Parklands Albury Wodonga (PAW), Men's Shed member Kevin Ennis sculpted two of Australia's Pleistocene megafauna Megalania and Thyalcoleo. In the words of the Wodonga Men's Shed treasurer, Garry Knight, "Kevin Ennis is a retired Landscape Gardiner and is very artistic and clever... Kevin's 2 megafauna are just incredible. Built by a bloke with no plans or photos of an actual animal." The APP congratulate Kevin, the Wodonga Men's Shed, and the PAW group on the fantastic representation of Australia's unique ancient life! Wodonga Men's Shed: https://wodongamensshed.com.au/ Wodonga Men's Shed Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Wodongamansshed Parklands Albury Wodonga: https://www.parklands-alburywodonga.org.au/ Parklands Albury Wodonga Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParklandsAlburyWodonga/ If you would like to contribute local palaeontology news from Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and beyond message the APP or submit to our website's contact form : https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.org/
We are running the first AP Fossil Photo Competition! Submit your fossil photos, SEM scans, CT/3D renderings or other imaging techniques that capture the 2025 theme: THRILL OF DISCOVERY. #fossilphoto #photocompetition #australasianpalaeontologists #c Ediacaran frond Swartpuntia germsi from Swartpunt farm, southern Namibia. This beautiful fossil made the cover of the Journal of Paleontology Memoir S94 (Volume 98, October 2024). Scale bar equals 5 cm. Thank you to AP member Bruce Runnegar for shari The Western Australian Sate Fossil emblem is Mcnamaraspis kaprios, (Long 1995) discovered by J.Long in 1986 from the Gogo Formation sites in the Kimberley on Gooniyandi Country. It is an arthrodire placoderm, and became Australia's first official sta Cluster of spiriferids in the Lower Permian Nura Nura Member of the Poole Sandstone, southern St George Ranges, Canning Basin, Walmatjarri Country. Thanks to AP member Arthur Mory for sharing this fossil photo! #australasianpalaeontologists #palaeont Another palaeo Superstar! Congratulations to Liz Reed from @uniofadelaide for being selected as a 2025-2026 STA Superstar of STEM. Great to see palaeo - and Earth science more broadly - well represented in this cohort. Looking forward to seeing and h Don't forget to get your Nomen Nudum submission in! NN is Australasian Palaeontologists' annual newsletter that keeps track of all the great things our community gets up to. This year we are soliciting submissions a bit differently - via an online fo This is AP member Bennie Robertson @itsbennie_ busy excavating a partial mammoth scapula in Orce (Granada, Spain) from an ancient palaeolake in the Baza Basin. Bennie was volunteering on an excavation in Orce before undertaking their own field work. Cretaceous-sized congratulations to Adele Pentland for being recently selected as a @science_aus Superstar of STEM!!! Superstars of STEM is a program that equips women and non-binary folks with high-level media and communication skills so they can sh This is a late Middle Eocene (42 Ma) fossilized non-biting midge (Chironomidae, Podonominae) from Anglesea amber. This specimen is the first amber-preserved fossil of this group in the Southern Hemisphere, revealing its broader distribution in Gondwa Exciting news from the Wodonga Mens Shed! As part of the non-profit community group Parklands Albury Wodonga (PAW), Men's Shed member Kevin Ennis sculpted two of Australia's Pleistocene megafauna Megalania and Thyalcoleo. In the words of the Wodong

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