Cryptoprocta bevatabe + Erlianoryctes + Jumisodus + Tatarstanichthys + Platyrhakis + Saigheadaspis + Ymersaspis + Rochtarge + more free pdfs

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Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:

Guillermo Zorrilla-Revilla, Olalla Prado-Nóvoa, Kevin P. Davy, José Miguel Carretero, Rebeca García-González (2026)

Pelvic breadth and juvenile locomotor energetics: Implications for the obstetrical dilemma hypothesis across human growth in past and present humans

The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70329

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70329

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https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70329

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Rita Sorrentino, Silvia Volpe, Kristian J. Carlson, Teresa Nicolosi, Carla Figus, Vitale Sparacello, Francesca Meli, Michele Conconi, Nicola Sancisi, Claudio Belvedere, Alberto Leardini, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Timothy Ryan, Luca Sineo, Antonio Rosas, Stefano Benazzi & Maria Giovanna Belcastro (2026)

Neanderthal’s heel: How the Neanderthal’s external calcaneal shape uniquely differs from that of modern humans

Journal of Human Evolution 219: 103887

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2026.103887

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248426000813

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Francesco D'ERrico, Ivan Colagè, Larissa M. Straffon & Andrea Bender (2026)

The emergence and complexification of symbolic practices in the Homo lineage: an archaeological and cognitive perspective

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70189

https://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9655.70189

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https://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-9655.70189

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Mihailović, D. and Radović, P. (eds.) 2026.

Eastern Mediterranean Contact Area in the Paleolithic.

University of Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy: pp. 225

Belgrade ISBN: 978-86-6427-415-9

DOI: 10.21301/EMAIP.NEEMO

Free pdf:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413541126_Mihailovic_D_and_Radovic_P_eds_2026_Eastern_Mediterranean_Contact_Area_in_the_Paleolithic_University_of_Belgrade_-_Faculty_of_Philosophy_Belgrade

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Cryptoprocta bevatabe sp. nov.

Margaret E. Lewis, Zachary S. Klukkert, Nick Scroxton, Stephen J. Burns, Brooke E. Crowley, David McGee, Kathleen M. Muldoon, Matthew Borths, Lindsay R. Meador, Phillip Lehman, Patrick Widmann, Noromamy J. Rahantaharivao, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana & Laurie R. Godfrey (2026)

New large species of Cryptoprocta (Carnivora, Eupleridae) and new specimens of C. spelea from the Holocene of Tsimanampesotse National Park, southwest MadagascarOpen Access

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2698802

doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2698802

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2698802

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2698802

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G Sansalone, C Serio, G Girardi & S Castiglione (2026)

Functional Evolution and Modular Behaviour in the Carnivoran Mandible

Integrative and Comparative Biology, icag158

doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icag158

https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icb/icag158/8770962

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Erlianoryctes mengi gen. et sp. nov.

YU Han-Yu, BAI Bin, LI Qian & WANG Yuan-Qing (2026)

A new didymoconid, Erlianoryctes mengi gen. et sp. nov. (Didymoconidae, Didymoconida), from the Eocene Arshanto Formation of the Erlian Basin, China.

Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication)

DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260826.

https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260826

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Leonardo M. Carneiro, Hugo Bampi, João P. P. Araújo, Marina B. Soares & Gustavo R. Oliveira (2026)

The lower deciduous dentition of protodidelphids (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the Itaboraí Basin (lower Eocene), Brazil, and the validity of “Riolestes capricornicus” (Goin et al., 2009)

The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70312

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70312

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https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70312

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Héctor Mansilla-Vera, Silvina de Valais, Francisco Goin & Javier N. Gelfo (2026)

First mammal tracks from the Eocene of Antarctica

Polar Biology 49: 101

doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-026-03539-1

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00300-026-03539-1

Free pdf:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413581523_First_mammal_tracks_from_the_Eocene_of_Antarctica

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S. García-Morato, F.J. Fernández, M. Avery, L. Scott, A.C. Van Aardt, P. de la Peña, L.K. Horwitz & Y. Fernández-Jalvo (2026)

Unravelling environmental and temporal patterns in South African Middle to Later Stone Age micromammals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 701: 114163

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.114163

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018226006267

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Ross Secord, Daniel J Peppe, Thomas E Williamson, Caitlin E Leslie, Stephen L Brusatte & Andrew G Flynne (2026)

Recognition of two potential warming events in the Paleocene terrestrial record of North America and associated mammalian responses

PNAS Nexus, pgag289

doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag289

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag289/8771627

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Graciela Sotelo, Sofía Galván, Sara Gamboa, Adrián Castro-Insua, Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, Emma M. Dunne, Lewis A. Jones, Marta Matamala-Pagès, Eduardo Méndez-Quintas, Adriana Oliver, Iván Rey-Rodríguez & Sara Varela (2026)

Fossil record biases skew inferences of mammal trait evolution

Nature Communications (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77026-w

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-77026-w

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Alessandro Gigliotti, Luisa C. Pusch, Christian F. Kammerer, Julien Benoit & Jörg Fröbisch (2026)

Cranial anatomy of the baurioid therocephalian Choerosaurus dejageri with comments on secondary palate convergence in therocephalians and cynodonts

Frontiers in Mammal Science 5: 1869886

doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmamm.2026.1869886

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/mammal-science/articles/10.3389/fmamm.2026.1869886/full

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Zlatozar Boev (2026)

Connecting Europe and Asia: The Neogene birds of Bulgaria and their paleoenvironmental and paleornithogeographical significance

Geologica Balcanica 55(2): 65-75

doi: https://doi.org/10.52321/geolbalc.55.2.65

https://www.geologica-balcanica.eu/journal/55/2/pp.-65-75

Free pdf:

https://www.geologica-balcanica.eu/sites/default/files/articles/Boev_GEOL_Balc_55-2_2026_0.pdf

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Sebastian Steibl, Alex S. Wegmann, Nick D. Holmes, Caitlin E. Andrews, Gérard Rocamora, Simon Ducatez & James C. Russell (2026)

Land birds on atolls: diversity, origin, and function

Biological Reviews

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/brv.70206

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/brv.70206

Free pdf:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/brv.70206

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Carolina Fuentes-Vidarte, Manuel Meijide-Fuentes, Federico Meijide-Fuentes & Manuel Meijide-Calvo (2026)

New material of a dinosaur (Ornithopoda: Styracosterna) cf. Magnamanus soriaensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Soria (Spain)

Estudios Geológicos 82(1): 1153 (in Spanish)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.45869.1153

https://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/1153

Free pdf:

https://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/1153/1474

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Vincenzo Gesualdi, Lara Sciscio, Christian A. Meyer, Alessandro Riga, Diego Castanera, Emmanuel Fara, Jean-David Moreau & Matteo Belvedere (2026)

Re-evaluating the Plagne (Tithonian) theropod trackway: quantitative analyses provide evidence on the presence of Megalosauripus transjuranicus in the French Jura

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2710193

doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2710193

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2710193

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2710193

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ZHENG Wen-Jie, TSUKIJI Yuta, JIN Xing-Sheng & FU Yan-Fang (2026)

New tridactyl theropod tracks from the Cretaceous Chaochuan Formation, Dongyang, Zhejiang, southeastern China

Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication)

DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260828

https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260828

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WANG Ying, HU Han, Michael SERIO, ZOU Yi, ZHAO Xiang-Dong, YOU Hai-Lu, ZHOU Zhong-He & Jingmai K O’CONNOR (2026)

A probable non-avian theropod pellet from the Xiagou Formation.

Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication)

DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260825.

https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260825

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Javier Salas-Herrera, José M. Gasulla, Santiago F. Marco Domenech, Ricardo Tosca-Segura, Francisco Ortega & Fernando Escaso (2026)

First occurrence of polymicrobial ulcer in dinosaurs

Royal Society Open Science 13(8): rsos261293 .

doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.261293

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/8/rsos261293/483022/First-occurrence-of-polymicrobial-ulcer-in

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Gonzalo G. Bravo, Francisco T. Barrios and Diego Pol (2026)

New evidence on the nasopharyngeal and paranasal systems in sebecid crocodyliforms: the case of Sebecus ayrampu

Ameghiniana (advance online publication)

doi: 10.5710/AMGH.20.08.2026.3694

https://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/175

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Anne BASTEN, Pascal VAN DER BIJ, Wouter BERINGS, Sophie A. C. M. BOERMAN & Johan VELLEKOOP (2026)

A study of the early Oligocene and early Miocene Diplocynodon (Crocodylia) material housed in the Filhol collection of KU Leuven (Belgium)

Geologica Belgica 29 (1-2): 37-64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20341/gb.2026.003

https://popups.uliege.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=7376

Free pdf:

https://popups.uliege.be/1374-8505/index.php?id=7385&file=1&pid=7376

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Stéphane Hua and Jérôme Tabouelle (2026)

A Skull of Metriorhynchus palpebrosus in the Kimmeridgian of Normandy (Northwest France) and the Status of the Genus Metriorhynchus: The End of the Mystery?

Life 16(9): 1396

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/life16091396

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/16/9/1396

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Nonhlanhla Vilakazi , Dominique Gommery , Boitshepo Motsodisa & Lazarus Kgasi (2026)

The First Plio-Pleistocene Cordylidae (Squamata) from Aves Cave I, Bolt's Farm Palaeokarst System, South Africa: Anatomical Keys and Palaeoecological Significance

African Journal of Herpetology (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2026.2687376

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21564574.2026.2687376

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/21564574.2026.2687376

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Matheus Pontes‐Nogueira, Tiago F. Carrijo & Ricardo J. Sawaya (2026)

Neotropical Snakes Reveal Different Geological Times for Dispersal Corridors Between Amazon and Atlantic Forests

Zoologica Scripta (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70082

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.70082

Free pdf:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/zsc.70082

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Jumisodus latus gen. et sp. nov.

Alice M. Clement, Ervīns Lukševičs, Per Erik Ahlberg, Valters Alksnītis, Aubrey R. Keirnan & Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki (2026)

A new Late Devonian dipnoan from the Ketleri Formation of Latvia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2706194

doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2706194

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2706194

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2706194

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Tatarstanichthys bannikovi gen. and sp. nov.

Louis Taverne & Luigi Capasso (2026)

Tatarstanichthys bannikovi gen. and sp. nov., a new Bobasatraniid fish (Actinopterygii, Bobasatraniiformes) from the Late Permian (Kazanian) deposits of the Kama river (Tatarstan, Russia)

Thalassia Salentina 48: 25-34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1285/i15910725v48p25-34

https://ese-journals.unisalento.it/index.php/thalassiasal/article/view/33101

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Ahmed Marzouk, Luigi Capasso, Essam Zahran, Atef M. Kasem, Asmaa Kamel, Mohamed Kamel & Gebely A. Abu El-Kheir (2026)

New material of pycnodonts (Actinopterygii, † Pycnodontiformes) from the Maastrichtian deposits of Dakhla Basin, Western Desert, Egypt

Thalassia Salentina 48: 35-50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1285/i15910725v48p35-50

https://ese-journals.unisalento.it/index.php/thalassiasal/article/view/33102

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Marine Banse, Maarten Van Steenberge, Gontran Sonet, Denisa Magda, Yves Corbisier de Harbonnier de Cobreville, David Lecchini, Terry J. Donaldson & Eric Parmentier (2026)

Echoes of Evolution in Holocentridae: Harmony Between Phylogeny, Morphology and Acoustics

Ecology and Evolution 16(8): e74152

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.74152

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.74152

Free pdf:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.74152

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Platyrhakis traquairi gen. nov.

Saigheadaspis websteri gen. nov.

Ymersaspis agassizi gen. nov.

Rochtarge gen. nov.

Amin El Fassi El Fehri, Madleen Grohganz, Robert S. Sansom, Michael J. Benton & Joseph N. Keating (2026)

The taxonomy and phylogeny of British ‘cephalaspids’

Palaeontology 69(4): e70080

doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70080

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70080

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Michael Everett, Sally C. Reynolds & Matthew R. Bennett (2026)

Behavioural inferences from fossil footprints and conservation mapping using large-scale GPR surveys

Quaternary Science Advances 100341

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2026.100341

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033426000286

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Erika S. Blecha & Rolfe D. Mandel (2026)

Late Quaternary faunal remains as proxies for the human-environment relationships at San Esteban rockshelter in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, southwest Texas, USA

Quaternary International 783: 110441

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2026.110441

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618226003277

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Anton F. Wroblewski (2026)

Systematics and biostratigraphy of non-mammalian vertebrates across the K/Pg transition, southern Wyoming, USA

Journal of Paleontology 100(1): 222-250

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2025.10191

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/systematics-and-biostratigraphy-of-nonmammalian-vertebrates-across-the-kpg-transition-southern-wyoming-usa/C7117546131508128A5E8B70AF21393B

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Lavanya Ralhan, Joseph L. Mercer, Christopher J. Duffin, Claudia Hildebrandt, Tim Tomkinson, Deborah Hutchinson, Sue Swansborough & Michael J. Benton (2026)

Microvertebrates from the Rhaetian bone beds at the Carrefour site, Patchway, near Bristol

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 101226

doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2026.101226

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787826000660

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Zekun Wang, Andrew K. Rindsberg & Olmo Miguez-Salas (2026)

The epistemic architecture of palaeontological reasoning: trace fossil studies as an example

Earth-Science Reviews 105668

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2026.105668

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825226002795

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Melina Jobbins, Amane Tajika, Ricardo L. Silva & Kirstin S. Brink (2026)

Lethal injury in the pen of a squid-like giant octobrachian Enchoteuthis from the Cretaceous Pierre Shale of Manitoba, Canada

Cretaceous Research 106480

doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2026.106480

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667126001692

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Jun-Jie Gu, Fernando Montealegre- Z, Thorin Jonsson, Charlie Woodrow, Emine Celiker, Md Niamul Islam, Jackson B. Linde, Fabio A. Sarria-S, Fuming Shi, Hojun Song, Daniel Robert, and Dong Ren (2026)

Reconstruction of an extinct soundscape reveals ultrasonic communication in the Jurassic

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(36): e2615107123

doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2615107123

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2615107123

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https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2615107123

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Alba Sánchez-García, Enrique Peñalver, Xavier Delclòs & Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente (2026)

The El Soplao Konservat-Lagerstätte: a key Cretaceous amber deposit from Spain

Journal of the Geological Society (2026) 183 (5): jgs2025-022.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2026-022

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsl/jgs/article/183/5/jgs2025-022/732530/The-El-Soplao-Konservat-Lagerstatte-a-key