Syncerus ekosowan + Dongoconodon + Tenuicruris + Norellraptor + Falcarius suarezarum + Garamaudo + Parkeichthys + Garrardiscus + Zangerlichthys + more free pdfs

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Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:

Trevor Cousins, Richard Durbin & Regev Schweiger (2026)

Deep coalescent history of the hominin lineage

Genetics, iyag271

doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyag271

https://academic.oup.com/genetics/advance-article/doi/10.1093/genetics/iyag271/8859260

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Shiyu Zha, Cheng Li & Chao Zhang (2026)

Genomic structural variations distinguishing archaic and modern humans are associated with neurodevelopment

iScience 29(10): 117741

doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117741

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004226031226

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Robert A. Foley & Marta Mirazón Lahr (2026)

Hominin dispersals: causes, conditions, and outcomes

Dispersions des hominines : causes, conditions et issues

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70215

https://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9655.70215

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Lloyd A. Courtenay, Alexia Serrano-Ramos, Juha Saarinen, Suvi Viranta, Deborah Barsky, Juan-Manuel Jiménez-Arenas & José Yravedra (2026)

Computational simulations of potential Pachycrocuta bite damage based on a ~1.2 Ma ravaged hippopotamus femur from Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Granada, Spain)

Peer Community Journal 6: e81

doi: https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.771

https://peercommunityjournal.org/item/10_24072_pcjournal_771/

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Syncerus ekosowan n. sp.

Faysal BIBI & Jean-Renaud BOISSERIE (2026)

A new fossil buffalo from the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia) reveals the role of heterochrony in the evolution of Syncerus Hodgson, 1847,

in Boisserie J.-R., Mounier A., Redae B. E. & Schuster M. (eds), Glimpses of a Plio-Pleistocene African ecosystem: the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Comptes Rendus Palevol 25 (18): 319-356

doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a18

https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/25/18

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Rachel J. Kavanagh, Laura D. Bertola, Sascha Dreyer Nielsen, Harrison Bo Hua Zhu, Rasmus Heller, Samir Bhatt & David A. Duchêne (2026)

Multiple drivers of genomic novelty across ruminants

iScience 29(10): 117619

doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117619

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004226029986

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Johanna Honka, Daniela Salazar, Arthur O. Askeyev, Igor V. Askeyev, Oleg V. Askeyev, Jouni Aspi, Gulshat Sh. Asylgaraeva, Markku Niskanen, Kristiina Mannermaa, Suvi Olli, Noora Piipponen, Giedrė Piličiauskienė, Dilyara N. Shaymuratova, Renat R. Valiev & Laura Kvist (2026)

Body Size, Dental Pathology, and Maternal Genetic Diversity of Ancient Horses in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region and Western Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.70172

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oa.70172

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Cristian Calvo, César A. Laurito & Ana L. Valerio (2026)

The fossil record of Equus (Perissodactyla, Equidae) in the Palmares Lacustrine Deposit, Late Pleistocene (Irvingtonian, Ir3), Alajuela province, Costa Rica

Revista Geológica de América Central 75: 89-97

doi: https://doi.org/10.15517/zk5y6k54

https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rgeologica/article/view/12972

Free pdf:

https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rgeologica/article/view/12972/22673

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Amanda Wu Peng & Nicholas Anthony Famoso (2026)

Diversity and disparity in mammalian fossil assemblages of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA

Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2026.10286

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/diversity-and-disparity-in-mammalian-fossil-assemblages-of-the-john-day-formation-oregon-usa/91B0E54F684B39F0F0FD501ACB1636BE

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José Rubén GUZMÁN-GUTIERREZ, Héctor E. RIVERA-SYLVA, David MORALES-FLORES, Iván E. SÁNCHEZ-URIBE and Sofía S. DÍAZ-GONZÁLEZ (2026)

First occurrence of Pampatherium (Xenartha: Pampatheriidae)from the El Cedazo creek, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Palaeovertebrata 49(2): e3

doi: https://doi.org/10.18563/pv.49.2.e3

https://palaeovertebrata.com/articles/view/432

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/415111548_First_occurrence_of_Pampatherium_Xenartha_Pampatheriidae_from_the_El_Cedazo_creek_Aguascalientes_Mexico

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Gemma Louise Benevento, Niels Meijer, Julia Brugger, Andreas Mulch, Thomas Hickler & Susanne A. Fritz (2026)

Global and regional climate change impacted Paleogene mammal faunas in Central Asia

Nature Communications 17: 9606

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77374-7

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-77374-7

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Pierre Linchamps, Dominic Stratford, Aurore Val, Christiane Denys, Job M. Kibii & Christine M. Steininger (2026)

Fossil micromammals from Gondolin GD2 (Early Pleistocene, South Africa)

Historical Biology (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2026.2723511

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2026.2723511

Free pdf:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08912963.2026.2723511

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Dongoconodon platycauda gen. et sp. nov.

Shundong Bi, Yukun Shi, Zhiyu Li, Sulman J. Rahmat, Junyou Wang & John R. Wible (2026)

A polyphyodont, semiaquatic eutriconodontan mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China

Nature Communications 17: 10032

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77339-w

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-77339-w

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Tenuicruris piscanexum, gen. et sp. nov.

Matt A. White, Joseph J. Bevitt, Kevin W. Petersen & Matthew C. Herne (2026)

Tenuicruris piscanexum, a new addition to Australia’s rare Cretaceous bird fossils

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2703151

doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2703151

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2703151

Free pdf:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2703151

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Luis Marcial Garat, Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche and Marianella Talevi (2026)

Inferring Sex from Osteohistology in Eocene Penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from Antarctica

Diversity 18(10): 596

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/d18100596

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18/10/596

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Norellraptor barsboldi gen. et sp. nov.

Xuri Wang, Yannan Ji, Andrea Cau, Martin Kundrát, Yichuan Liu, Yang Wang & Qiang Ji (2026)

Independent assembly of the flight apparatus in a non-avian dinosaur clade

Nature Communications 17: 10074

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77804-6

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-77804-6

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Silvério Domingues Figueiredo, Pierluigi Rosina, Opeyemi L. Adewumi, Alice Duraud and Mafalda Paiva (2026)

Probable Paravian Fossils from the Barremian of Lusitanian Basin: Implications for Early Cretaceous European Theropod Diversity

Fossil Studies 4(4): 27

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fossils4040027

https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/4/4/27

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Falcarius suarezarum comb. nov.

William J. Freimuth, Joshua R. Lively & Lindsay E. Zanno (2026)

Reassessment of the Early Cretaceous North American “troodontid” Geminiraptor suarezarum as a therizinosaurian and mosaic evolution of coelurosaurian maxillae.

PLoS One 21(9): e0356471.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0356471

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0356471

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Giacomo Gobbo, Dennis Hansen, Fabio Manucci & Simone Maganuco (2026)

The beak of Camarasaurus: inferring the perioral soft tissues of fossil archosaurs using the rostral neurovascular system.

ARPHA Preprints

doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e216404

https://preprints.arphahub.com/article/216404/list/9/

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Alexis Licht, Jeremy E. Martin, Phornphen Chanthasit, Abel Guihou, Pierre Deschamps, Komsorn Lauprasert, Supanut Bhuttarach & Pitaksit Ditbanjong (2026)

A revised early Jurassic to Albian chronology for dinosaur evolution in tropical Asia

Communications Earth & Environment (advance online publication)

https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-04096-5

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s43247-026-04096-5

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Mike Romano, Dean R. Lomax and Rob Taylor (2026)

A brief insight into dinosaur communities and behaviour based on an unusual assemblage of tracks from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, UK

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 66(1): pygs2026-002

doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/pygs2026-002

https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/pygs2026-002

Free pdf:

https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/epub/10.1144/pygs2026-002

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Clayton W. Forster, Celina A. Suarez, Thomas M. Cullen, Lindsay E. Zanno and Ethan G. Hyland (2026)

Marine subsidization of dinosaurian ecosystems

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 14: 1895247.

doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2026.1895247

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2026.1895247/full

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Kacemi Ali, Benhamou Miloud, Boucif Abdelkader, Benramdane Hocine & Hebib Hakim (2026)

Évolution des milieux de dépôt et traces des dinosauriens du Jurassique supérieur dans les Monts des Ksour (Atlas saharien, Algérie)

Evolution of depositional environments and dinosaur tracks of the Upper Jurassic in the Ksour Mountains (Saharan Atlas, Algeria)

Estudios Geológicos 82(2): 1154 (in French)

doi: https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.45894.1154

https://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/1154

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Yunqiang ZHANG, Zhimin WANG, Sen HAO, Haiyan CHEN, Jie YUN, Shang GAO & Mingxing ZHOU (2026)

Stratigraphic horizon determination, sedimentary evolution, and tuff geochronology of dinosaur footprint-bearing strata in the Tuchengzi Formation, Xuanhua, Hebei Province

Geological Bulletin of China 45(8): 1619 – 1632 (in Chinese; English abstract)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12097/gbc.2023.12.021

https://www.sciengine.com/GeoBullChina/doi/10.12097/gbc.2023.12.021

Free pdf:

https://files.sciengine.com/pdfs/1671-2552/F95766DEC1B0488792B8EAA1A820C301.pdf

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Hong-Jin Lee, Seung-Gyun Baek, JongGyu Han, Hyun-Joo Kim & oung-Yun Lee (2026)

Drone-Derived Orthomosaic and Hillshade Dataset of Cretaceous Dinosaur Track Sites in South Korea

GEO DATA 8(3): 273-286 (in Korean with English abstract and captions)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22761/GD.2026.0033

https://www.gaidas-geodata.org/journal/view.php?number=296

Free pdf:

https://www.gaidas-geodata.org/upload/pdf/GD-2026-0033.pdf

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Adam Rytel (2026)

Tanystropheus still conspicuous—an osteological redescription of the first tanystropheid

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(3): 1-74

doi:10.4202/app.01314.2025

https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app013142025.html

Free pdf:

https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app71/app013142025.pdf

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Scott Bellotti, Donald D. Brinkman, Serjoscha W. Evers, Walter G. Joyce & Yann Rollot (2026)

Assessment of intraspecific skull variation in the Campanian baenid turtle Plesiobaena antiqua

The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70352

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70352

Free pdf:

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70352

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Garamaudo bauciensis gen. et sp. nov.

Nathalie Bardet, Alexandra Houssaye, François-Louis Pelissier, Yves Dutour, Eric Turini, and Thierry Tortosa (2026)

Garamaudo bauciensis, a new freshwater mosasaurid (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of Provence, southeastern France

Peer Community Journal 6: e99

doi: https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.804

https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.804/

Free pdf:

https://peercommunityjournal.org/item/10.24072/pcjournal.804.pdf

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Javier Lobón-Rovira, Edmund W. Basham, Vaclav Gvozdik, Eli Greenbaum, Gabriel Badjedjea, Abraham Bamba-Kaya, Patrick S. Champagne, Brittany A. Dobbins, Chifundera Kusamba, Simon P. Loader, John V. Lyakurwa, Marcel T. Kouete, Franck M. Masudi, Michele Menegon, Tadeáš Nečas, Johannes Penner, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Elie Tobi, Krystal A. Tolley, Pedro Vaz Pinto, Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Magali Zoungrana & Gregory F. M. Jongsma (2026)

Diversity, origin, and biogeography of a widely distributed genus of African tree snakes (Colubridae, Dipsadoboa)

Frontiers of Biogeography 19: e195124

doi: https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.195124

https://biogeography.pensoft.net/article/195124/list/9/

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Tomasz Brachaniec, Dorota Środek, Michał Bugajski, Grzegorz Sadlok, Bartosz Czader, Adam Danielak & Oleksandr Kovalchuk (2026)

Reassessment of Miocene putative coprolites from Poland suggests a biogenic origin and probable squamate (reptilian) producers

PeerJ 14: e21755

doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21755

https://peerj.com/articles/21755/

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Ricardo Ely & Fabio Machado (2026)

A novel phylogenetic comparative model reveals strong signals for early high disparity in ichthyosaurs

bioRxiv 2026.09.25.753454 (preprint)

doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.25.753454

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.25.753454v1

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Nicole Klein, Dorota Konietzko-Meier, Rainer R. Schoch & Eva M. Griebeler (2026)

Do osteohistology, microanatomy or life history traits show patterns linked to neotenic lifestyles in extant Caudata and the Permian temnospondyl Apateon?

BMC Ecology and Evolution (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-026-02577-x

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-026-02577-x

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Stenotosaurus aitoualii sp. nov.

A. Dahoumane, В. I. Morkovin, A. Nedjari & J. Tellal (2026)

A New Capitosauroid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) From the Middle Triassic of Algeria

Paleontological Journal 4: 81-97 (in Russian)

DOI: 10.7868/S3034587126040096

Free pdf:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/415027458_A_New_Capitosauroid_Amphibia_Temnospondyli_From_the_Middle_Triassic_of_Algeria_IN_RUSSIAN

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Donglin He, Martin D. Brazeau, Min Zhu & You-an Zhu (2026)

Reappraisal of the opercular anatomy in the ‘maxillate placoderms’ Entelognathus primordialis and Qilinyu rostrata

Royal Society Open Science 13(9): 260645 .

doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260645

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/9/260645/483421/Reappraisal-of-the-opercular-anatomy-in-the

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Parkeichthys richardsoni n. gen., n. sp.

Garrardiscus magnicephalus n. gen., n. sp.

Zangerlichthys scutatus n. gen., n. sp.

Chenchen Shen (2026)

New actinopterygian taxa from the Mid-Pennsylvanian Garrard Quarry, Indiana, U.S.A., and their implications in early ray-finned fish evolution during Late Paleozoic era

Canadian Journal of Zoology 104:

doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2025-0141

https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2025-0141

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P. Guillermina Giordano, Cecilia A. Benavente & Gonzalo Martínez Palacio (2026)

First record of vertebrates (Actinopterygii, Pseudobeaconiidae) from the Mollar Formation (lower Middle Triassic) of the Cuyana rift basin, Argentina.

Andean Geology 53(3) : 800-809.

doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5027/andgeoV53n3-3846

https://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V53n3-3846

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Marcos Vinícius Coelho, Diogo de Mayrinck, Andossa Likius, Paulo M. Brito, Olga Otero & Camila Cupello (2026)

First evidence of air-breathing in a fossil polypterid

Scientific Reports (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-68911-x

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-68911-x

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Chien-Hsiang Lin, Siao-Man Wu, Hsin-Wei Liu & Chia-Hsin Hsu (2026)

Gradual teleost modernization in the western Pacific: Neogene-Quaternary otolith evidence

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 957-989

doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.211471

https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/211471/

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Kevin D. Mulcahy & Lauren K. Thompson (2026)

Reassessing Patterns of Morphological Variation among Squalicorax Teeth from Monmouth County, New Jersey

The Mosasaur 15: 1-27

doi: 10.5281/zenodo.23086413

https://zenodo.org/records/23086413

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Verónica V. Vennari, Leticia Luci, Yanina Herrera, Cecilia S. Cataldo, Agustina G. Toscano, Luciana S. Marin, A. Mariel Andrada, Sole Gouiric-Cavalli & Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta (2026)

Paleoecological dynamics of the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition: insights from the Vaca Muerta Formation marine biota

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 14: 1923277

doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2026.1923277

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2026.1923277/full

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Aowei Xie, Evelyn Kustatscher, Klaus-Martin Moldenhauer & Dieter Uhl (2026)

Fossil wood reveals climate stress and fungal decomposition in Late Triassic (Norian) forests in central Europe

Papers in Palaeontology 12(5): e70129

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70129

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70129

Free pdf:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/spp2.70129