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K. Chris Gass, the lead author of our recent title: Fossils of the Milwaukee Formation: A Diverse Middle Devonian Biota from Wisconsin, USA by Kenneth C. Gass, Joanne Kluessendorf, Donald G. Mikulic & Carlton E. Brett, recently gave a talk about his book at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum for a meeting of the Madison Geology Club. Those who were unable to attend can see the talk by clicking the photo below and you can see more about the book by clicking the cover image which follows.  

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Joe Moysiuk from the University of Toronto, Canada, who won a Siri Scientific Press book token as first prize in the Best Poster Competition at the recent Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting held in France. The title and abstract of Joe's contribution was: Hyoliths are Palaeozoic lophophorates*Joseph Moysiuk(1), Martin R. Smith(2) and Jean-Bernard Caron(1,3)1) University of Toronto, Canada2) Durham University, UK3) Royal Ontario Museum, CanadaHyoliths – orthothecids and hyolithids – are abundant and globally distributed Palaeozoic ‘shelly’ fossils.  The phylogenetic position of this group has remained unresolved, largely because of the idiosyncratic...

These are exciting times for British palaeontology, with new important discoveries being documented in the scientific literature on a reasonably frequent basis. Some recent examples that spring to mind include the new Welsh theropod dinosaur Dracoraptor hanigani, the new ichthyosaur species Eileanchelys waldmani from the Isle of Skye, Scotland and most recently the description of two new species of Ichthyosaurus, by Dean Lomax and Judy Massare, in a paper just published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology. Dean is well known as the co-presenter of the TV documentary Dinosaur Britain and also as co-author of our highly acclaimed book: Dinosaurs of...

Today is the first International Fossil Insect Day, as established by Prof. Dany Azar at the International Meeting of the Palaeoentomological Society held in Edinburgh earlier this year (see our previous blog post about this event by clicking here). To mark this event we are offering 20% off our already discounted fossil insect titles using the following codes, which expire at midnight GMT on 3rd October! Fossilinsects1 for Fossil Insects: An introduction to palaeoentomology and Fossilinsects2 for Fossil insects of the Purbeck Limestone of Southern England. Today, insects are the little things that run the world ... and you should...

We are very pleased to announce the best presentation winners at the recent International Conference of Arachnology 2016, held in Colorado, USA, each of whom received a copy of our volume: Spider Research in the 21st Century - trends and perspectives.The were as follows:MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY & SILK SUB GROUP (21 COMPETITORS)Oral presentation: 1st prize: LENKA SENTENSKA Title: Are males really so insensitive? Palp morphology of a spider Philodromus cespitum reveals innervationSYSTEMATICS, EVOLUTION, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY SUB GROUP (36 COMPETITORS)Poster presentation:1st prize: SASHA BISHOP Title: Biogeography of two Caribbean ochyroceratid genera: Theotima and Ochyrocera2nd prize: LAURA MARCELA SEGURA-HERNANDEZ Title: Expanding far from...