Lauer Foundation for Paleontology, Science and Education NFP curates a collection of fossils, collaborates with scientists/museums and outreach programs.
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We are also featuring a guest contribution on our blog! Lead study author Dr. David Hone explains how Makrodactylus fills in gaps in pterosaur evolution and provides insight into the geological context.
Blog Post:
palaeo-electronica.org/conte…
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A new #pterosaur has been found in #Germany! Makrodactylus oligodontus is known from a beautiful fossil found in the #Jurassic Mörnsheim Formation. As an early monofenestran pterosaur, it helps fill in a gap in their evolution!
Full #OpenAccess Paper:
doi.org/10.26879/1542
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Mazon Monday #287: Braceville Fall 2025 Report #fossils #paleontology #MazonCreek #MazonMonday #fieldtrip #braceville
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Tough to digest: a small teleosaurid in a regurgitalite from the Upper Jurassic of north-eastern Italy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @LauerFoundation #PapersinPalaeontology @wileyearthspace #FossilFriday
ALT Centre: an overview of the regurgitalite specimen MGP-PD 27566 (pale coloured bones in a fine-grained red matrix). Top left: energy dispersive x-ray emission spectrum for a point on the specimen. Top right: enlargement of an osteoderm from the cluster showing an alternating pattern of circular perforations arranged in columns (scale bar 10 mm). Bottom right: specimen under UV radiation. Bottom left: enlargement of two vertebrae (scale bar 10 mm).
ALT Silhouttes of the various pelagic nektonic vertebrate predators from the Upper Jurassic Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation, any of which could have preyed on the teleosaurid at centre. Clockwise from top left: plesiosaur, metriorhynchid, Sphenodus, Notidanodon, ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur.
ALT Artist's impression of a regurgitating pliosaur (Giovanni Serafini)
Skiphosoura – ‘solving’ the transition to pterodactyloids archosaurmusings.wordpress.c…
2/2 the study sought to identify the types and producers of these coprolite specimens.
The species name milnei honors author A.A. Milne, creator of the children’s Winnie-the-Pooh character & story of “Pooh sticks” due to the stick-like nature of some of the Moroccan coprolites.
#2024SVP - Bruce Lauer, Rene' Lauer presented a poster on two new coprolite ichnogenera Struocopros catapitostromata and Alococopros milnei. Publications - Chris Duffin and David Ward, (2023, 2024) Natural History Museum, London housed in the @LauerFoundation collection. 1/2
More from #2024SVP - @VTechmeetsPaleo’s students Isaac Pugh and Mark Nohomovich gave a presentation and poster on the @LauerFoundation’s Homestead at Garita Site. Their research of adds important new data of the Triassic microvertebrate fossils of NM.
@LauerFoundation was happy to celebrate with Andy Heckert @app_earth_sci present and alumni students at #2024SVP. Their research of our Homestead Triassic microfossil site is adding important new data & publications about east central New Mexico fossils. 1/3
#fossilfriday - our latest #educationaloutreach program at Edison Middle School, Wheaton Cusd 200 to complement #earthscience curriculum on #geology and #paleontology. Thanks to the students and faculty. Bruce Lauer Rene' Lauer LauerFoundationPSE.org
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Come join us!!!
I'm hiring! Looking for a technician to segment/curate/deposit CT scan data for fossil and living cichlids. Part of @NSF-funded project w/ @umich team of @HLopezFernandez in @UMichEEB + me in @UMichPaleo & @michiganearth. Please share widely! Details: careers.umich.edu/job_detail…
ALT Photo of fossil cichlid specimen.
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We’re going to need a bigger boat… 🦈
Museum scientist Emma Bernard shows us the proper way to measure a megalodon.
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Elvis is Extinct! Well, a brand new #pterosaur called Petrodactyle Wellnhoferi is. on #terriblelizards #podcast @dave_hone explains what this flappy flap was doing plus we dive into pterosaur growth and what it tells us they thought about their mothers. terriblelizards.libsyn.com/t…
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here is my little portrait of the new Solnhofen boy Petrodactyle, say what you want, I like the name also because Petro... sounds also a little like Peter, like Peter Wellnhofer ;)
You may have heard about our baby - Petrodactyle wellnhoferi aka “Elvis” brought to life in this beautiful art by co-author Frederik Spindler see more on our website @LauerFoundation m.facebook.com/story.php?sto…
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A new ctenochasmatid pterosaur with a large bony crest and unusual teeth adds to the known diversity of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen archipelago
Authors: David W. E. Hone, René Lauer, Bruce Lauer, and Frederik Spindler
Full paper: palaeo-electronica.org/conte…
