-
- Get access
- Contains open access
- ISSN: 0022-3360 (Print), 1937-2337 (Online)
- Editors: Jonathan Calede Carnegie Museum of Natural History, USA, Elizabeth Hermsen Milwaukee Public Museum, Wisconsin, USA, Olev Vinn University of Tartu, Estonia, and Samuel Zamora Geological Survey of Spain, (IGME-CSIC)|Spain
- Editorial board
The Journal of Paleontology publishes original articles and notes on the systematics, phylogeny, paleoecology, paleogeography, and evolution of fossil organisms. It emphasizes specimen-based research and features high quality illustrations. All taxonomic groups are treated, including invertebrates, microfossils, plants, vertebrates, and ichnofossils.
Latest articles
Featured blogs
-
A Devonian pterygotid eurypterid playground in China.
- 22 January 2026,
- Pterygotids (Eurypterida; Pterygotidae), known more commonly as ancient sea scorpions, were large apex predators of the Silurian-Devonian marine realm, and...
-
Crinoid survivors bounce back in the aftermath of the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction
- 22 January 2026,
- The Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME) was the second largest mass extinction of the ‘Big Five’ extinctions in Earth’s history, responsible for the loss...
-
Are Lagerstätte the key to unlocking the ancient arthropod world?
- 15 October 2025,
- From tenacious trilobites, to scavenging shrimp, for the last 500 million years of Earth’s history, marine arthropods have scuttled around the sea floor, forming...
News
Fossil shark teeth discovered in leftover rock that contained SUE the T.rex
- 09 Feb 2019,
- Freshwater shark lived in South Dakota, had teeth shaped like “Galaga” spaceships.