It was a relatively quiet year on the temnospondyl research front – I think we may be seeing the real effects of the pandemic accumulating now, as people have started running out of leftover projects. By my count, there were just 17 papers either focusing entirely on temnospondyls or with a substantial temnospondyl component, and four of those were published just in the past two weeks! Nonetheless, there was some very exciting work this year, including a disproportionate amount of metoposaurid studies; this seems to be in a trend in recent years, driven almost entirely by teams working on the Polish material, which is a real testament to Krasiejów. I think there is some exciting stuff coming up the pipeline in 2023 (not from me), and I am looking forward to hopefully a more productive year for temnos!
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