Paleontology Blog Posts!

Since summer of 2025, I have been writing blog posts for the latest articles published in Journal of Paleontology, and Paleobiology Journal as part of my Editorial Internship with The Paleontological Society. Check them out below!

Journal of Paleontology

Mughal, S., Buried and beyond: Permian trilobites of the shallow and deep. Journal of Paleontology. Link

Mughal, S., Permian water fleas reinterpreted as oldest record of clitellate worm cocoons. Journal of Paleontology. Link

Mughal, S., Say “Aaaa’! Insights into early reptilian herbivory across the End-Permian. J.o.P. Link

Mughal, S., Following tiny footprints in an Albertan ancient floodplain with Ryusuke Kimutsuki. J. Paleontology. Link

Mughal, S., A Devonian pterygotid eurypterid playground in China. Journal of Paleontology. Link

Mughal, S., Crinoid survivors bounce back in the aftermath of the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction. J.o.P. Link

Mughal, S., Are Lagerstatte the key to unlocking the ancient arthropod world? Journal of Paleontology. Link

Mughal, S., New fossil, Domipteron, sheds light on net-winged beetle evolution. Journal of Paleontology. Link

Paleobiology Journal

Mughal, S., Planktonic foraminifera illuminate biases in the fossil record. Paleobiology Journal. Link

Mughal, S., 450-million-year-old fossils show sexual dimorphism. Paleobiology Journal. Link

Mughal, S., Bone voyage! Transporting bones in unsteady flows. Paleobiology Journal. Link

Mughal, S., Punctuated Equilibria at 50: Revisiting Evolution’s Boldest Idea. Paleobiology Journal. Link

Mughal, S., Sharks help us to rebuild the tails of ancient marine monsters. Paleobiology Journal. Link

Mughal, S., How the Earth’s first animals reclaimed the seafloor after catastrophe. Paleobiology Journal. Link

Mughal, S., Fossil freeloaders: Rare evidence of parasitism in Ordovician trilobites. Paleobiology Journal. Link

Mughal, S., Celebrating 50 years of Paleobiology: revolutionary ideas on evolution. Paleobiology Journal. Link

Mughal, S., Did early eukaryotes really radiate in the Tonian? Paleobiology Journal. Link