Nabondasypus + Phascolarctos sulcomaxilliaris + Rhamphorhynchus flight + Panzhousaurus osteology + more free pdfs
Ben Creisler
Ben Creisler
I hope all are safe and well.
Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Judit Marigó, Oriol Monclús-Gonzalo, Joan Femenias-Gual & Raef Minwer-Barakat (2026)
The earliest primates from the Iberian Peninsula: 60 years of research
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 19
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09803-9
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-026-09803-9
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Nikolaos Kargopoulos, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Bernard R. Agwanda, Michael Butler Brown, Stephanie Fennessy, Sara Ferguson, Rigardt Hoffman, Fredrick Lala, Arthur Muneza, Ogeto Mwebi, Moses Otiende, Alice Petzold, Sven Winter, Abdoul Razack Moussa Zabeirou & Julian Fennessy (2026)
The variability of giraffe skull morphology
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70157
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70157
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.70157view metrics
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Ömer Dağ, Okşan Başoğlu, Omar Cirilli, Ferhat Kaya, Pinar Gözlük-Kirmizioğlu, Özge Kahya-Parildar, Cesur Pehlevan, Maud J. M. Meijers, Emrah Şimşek & Raymond L. Bernor (2026)
The Kayseri Hipparion horses: new insights into equid evolution in Türkiye during the early and middle Turolian (mn11-12, Late Miocene)
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 132(2): 295-330
doi: https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/30263
https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/30263
Free pdf:
https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/30263/26232
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Philipp Stojakowits, Christoph Mayr, Christoph Steinmann, Lilian Reiss, Peter Lutz, Gertrud E. Rössner, Charalampos Kevrekidis, Wilfried Rosendahl, Kerstin Pasda, Andreas Maier, Thorsten Uthmeier & Bernd Zolitschka (2026)
A cold case from the last glacial maximum: A partial mammoth skeleton from southern Germany (Danube Valley, Germany) – Part 2: Fossil record, sedimentology and palaeoenvironment
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 73: 105793
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105793
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X26002282
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Nabondasypus maddeni gen. et sp. nov.
Daniel Barasoain, Alfredo E. Zurita, José L. Carrión, David A. Ñauñay Michilena, Carlos A. Luna & Angel R. Miño-Boilini (2026)
New endemic Dasypodidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Late Miocene of Ecuador and the importance of the tropics in the cladogenesis of armadillos
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(1): 2648714
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2026.2648714
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2026.2648714
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Phascolarctos sulcomaxilliaris sp. nov.
Kenny Travouillon, Natalie Marina Warburton, Kailah Marie Thorn & Helen Ryan (2026)
New fossil koala (Marsupialia: Phascolarctidae) from the Pleistocene of Western Australia
Royal Society Open Science 13(5): 251572
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251572
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Dorien de Vries, Amy Gao, Darin A. Croft, Garrett Brown, Nicholas Burkart, April Connell, Ellie Gahan, Emily Spinks & Robin M.D. Beck (2026)
Dental topography and diet in marsupials and comparisons with primates
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 18
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-025-09798-9
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-025-09798-9
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Thays Oliveira, João Paulo da Costa, Evelyn Nathália da Silva Cruz & Mário André Trindade Dantas (2026)
Taxonomy, radiocarbon dating (14C AMS), and isotopic palaeoecology (δ13C, δ18O) of the Late Pleistocene mammals from Toca Fria cave, Bahia, Brazil
PalZ (advance online publication)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-026-00775-y
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-026-00775-y
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Angelica Fiorillo, Silvia Irina Monterrosa Preziosi, Sara Silvestrini, Lisa Brotons, Gruppo Speleologico Neretino, Enza Elena Spinapolice, Omry Barzilai, Francesco Berna, Adriana Moroni, Matteo Romandini, Gabriele Terlato and Stefano Benazzi (2026)
New Insights into Mousterian Faunal Assemblages from Uluzzo C (Apulia, Southern Italy)
Quaternary 9(3): 37
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/quat9030037
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/3/37
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James L. Goedert, Kent Gibson, Michael A. Rich & Gerald Mayr (2026)
A Miocene pelagornithid skull from the Astoria Formation and other bones of bony-toothed birds from the late Eocene Keasey Formation, western Oregon (USA)Open Access
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2645078
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2645078
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2645078
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2645078
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Jhonatan Alarcón-Muñoz, Rafael Labarca, Matías Frugone-Álvarez, Elisa Calás, Álvaro Lizama-Catalán & Cristóbal Oyarzo (2026)
An exceptionally rich bird assemblage from Late Pleistocene of the ancient Tagua Tagua Lake, central Chile, and its paleoenvironmental implications
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2026.2663148
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2026.2663148
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08912963.2026.2663148
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Elizabeth M. Niespolo, Noe-Heon Kim, John Southon, François L.H. Tissot & Gifford H. Miller (2026)
Improved 14C and novel 230Th/U burial dating of Australian megafaunal avian eggshells: implications for the extinction of Genyornis and early human arrival to Sahul
Quaternary Science Reviews 385: 110038
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.110038
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126002477
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Ricardo C. Ely, Stefan H. Sommer & Christy A. Hipsley (2026)
Morphological integration of the avian beak facilitates evolution along lines of least resistance
bioRxiv 2026.05.04.722668 (preprint)
doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.04.722668
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.722668v1
Free pdf:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.722668v1.full.pdf
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Yanyun Zhang, Jiawei Tang, Natalia Jagielska & Shuo WANG (2026)
The Longest 3D-preserved Plumage Reveals Stepwise Pennaceous Feather Evolution
bioRxiv 2026.05.03.722549 (preprint)
doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.03.722549
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.03.722549v1
Free pdf:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.03.722549v1.full.pdf
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Hans I-Chen Harn, Ting-Xin Jiang, Chih-Han Huang, Wen-Tau Juan, Tzu-Yu Liu, Tsao-Chi Chuang, Wan-Chi Liao, Yingxiao Wang, Ji Li, Cornelis J Weijer, Ping Wu, Chin-Lin Guo & Cheng-Ming Chuong (2026)
Novel tissue mechanics-guided cellular flows drive the formation of feather follicles
The EMBO Journal (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-026-00771-7
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44318-026-00771-7
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Gabriela Menezes Cerqueira, João Lucas Da Silva, Ingmar Werneburg, Mario Bronzati, Alex Sandro Schiller Aires, Felipe L. Pinheiro & Rodrigo Temp Müller (2026)
Allometric patterns in Rhamphorhynchus muensteri and their role in the paleoecology, life habits, and taxonomic framework of pterosaurs
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70146
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70146
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.70146
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Feng-Ting Tan, Guang-Hui Xu & Qing-Hua Shang (2026)
Osteology and phylogeny of Panzhousaurus rotundirostris from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Guizhou Province, China, and implications for the origin of Keichousauridae (Pachypleurosauroidea, Eosauropterygia)
PeerJ 14: e21267
doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21267
https://peerj.com/articles/21267/
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Elisa Ramos, Leon Hilgers, Tomás Carrasco-Valenzuela, Diego De Panis, Agnello Picorelli, James Sullivan, Marcela Uliano-Silva, Blair P Bentley, Peter A Scott, Michael Hiller, Mariana F Nery, H Bradley Shaffer, Lisa Komoroske & Camila J Mazzoni (2026)
The Genomic Basis of Independent Marine Transitions in Turtles: Convergent Episodic Adaptation and Demographic Shifts
Molecular Biology and Evolution, msag114
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag114
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msag114/8671613
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Timothée Biot, Dean R. Lomax, Feiko Miedema & Erin E. Maxwell (2026)
A well-preserved specimen of Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of Yorkshire, UK and new insights into species delineation in the genus.
Fossil Record 29(1): 185-210.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.185733
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/185733/
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João Paulo da Costa, Matías Javier Peralta, Mário André Trindade Dantas, Levi Caires Nascimento, Lucas Almeida Barcelos, Kleberson de Oliveira Porpino & Hermínio Ismael de Araújo-Júnior (2026)
Quaternary crocodilians, testudines, and amphibians from the Lajedo de Soledade site, northeastern Brazil, and their paleoenvironmental implications
Journal of South American Earth Sciences 106100
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2026.106100
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981126001525
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John Peacock, Serjoscha W. Evers, Tiago R. Simões, Garth M. Spellman & Daniel J. Field (2026)
Clade-wide morphological and functional variation of the sauropsid columella
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70215
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70215
Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70215
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Nicole Klein & Dorota Konietzko-Meier(2026)
Intraskeletal variability in osteohistology and growth record in a single individual of Sclerocephalus nobilis (Temnospondyli; Early Permian)
Royal Society Open Science 13(5): 252244
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.252244
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Rodrigo Tinoco Figueroa & Stephanie E. Pierce (2026)
The ray-finned fish blackbox: unprecedented morphological diversity and the interplay between brain and endocast
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293(2070): 20253277
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3277
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Tsutomu Miyake, Kanto Nishikawa, Masamitsu Iwata, Hiroko Kamiyama, Kohtaro Ozaki, Hiroshi Koie, Arito Yozu, Tetsuya Hirasawa & Naoto Kobayashi (2026)
From Fin to Limb: Orientational Shift and Evolution of Diagonal-Couplet Gait in Tetrapods
Integrative Organismal Biology, obag020
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obag020
https://academic.oup.com/iob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/iob/obag020/8670345
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Jaime López-Galán, Humberto G Ferrón & Héctor Botella (2026)
Determinism and contingency in the evolution of giant filter-feeding vertebrates
Evolution, qpag078
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag078
https://academic.oup.com/evolut/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolut/qpag078/8670349
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Justin D. Yeakel, Matthew C. Hutchinson, Christopher P. Kempes, Paul L. Koch, Pedro D. S. Ugarte, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Mathias M. Pires
Bioenergetic trophic trade-offs determine mass-dependent extinction thresholds across the Cenozoic
Ecology 107(5): e70390
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70390
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70390
Free pdf:
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.70390
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Julio L. Betancourt, Camille A. Holmgren, Kate A. Rylander, Thomas R. Van Devender, M. Cristina Peñalba
A 40,000-year packrat midden series from Cataviña, central Baja California, Mexico
Quaternary Research, First View, pp. 1 - 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2026.10088
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Mohammed H. Al Riaydh, Emmanuel Fara & Krister T. Smith (2026)
Miocene-Pliocene faunal turnover at As-Sahabi (Libya): Ecological restructuring through the Messinian Salinity Crisis
Gondwana Research (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2026.04.008
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X2600119X
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Yiquan Ma, Majie Fan, Philip A. E. Pogge von Strandmann, Christian Zeeden, Yangbo Lu, Yongchao Lu & Fang Hao (2026)
Temperature-Driven Silicate Weathering Feedbacks Terminated the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum
Geophysical Research Letters Volume53, Issue9 e2026GL121765
doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL121765
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2026GL121765
Free pdf:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2026GL121765
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Ben Egan, Thomas M. Cullen, Maria I. Velez, Seyed Hesam-Aldin Samaei, Jinkai Xue & Ryan C. McKellar (2026)
A Campanian ecosystem reconstruction through the geochemistry of enamel and amber
Cretaceous Research 106427
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2026.106427
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667126001163
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Victoria S. Engelschiøn, Øyvind Hammer, Fredrik Wesenlund, Jørn H. Hurum & Atle Mørk (2025)
Palaeoenvironment and new chemostratigraphic markers for the Middle Triassic succession in Svalbard
Norwegian Journal of Geology 105(3): 1-45
https://dx.doi.org/10.17850/njg105-3-2
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Omid Falahatkhah, Arthur John Mory, Ali Kadkhodaie, Omar Al-Fatlawi & Dhifaf Sadeq (2026)
Orbital pacing of environmental perturbations in a Greenhouse World: a 40-Myr record from Upper Devonian—Lower Carboniferous successions on the eastern margin of Gondwana
Scientific Reports (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-52177-4
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-52177-4
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