Scythicorhinus + Phantasmodon + Changzhousaurus + Aemilia + Listracanthus shaoyangensis + Confoundichthys + Unionichthys + Galeorhinus semiserratus + more free pdfs
Ben Creisler
Ben Creisler
I hope all are safe and well.
Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Zachary Cofran, Shawn Hurst & John Hawks (2026)
Brain structure and function in Homo naledi
Brain Structure and Function 231(6): 89
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-026-03129-1
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00429-026-03129-1
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Justyna J. Miszkiewicz, Ricardo Miguel Godinho, Anne Marie Sohler-Snoddy, Kerstin Pasda, Florent Détroit, Patrick Mahoney, Thomas Rathgeber, Cosimo Posth, Thorsten Uthmeier & Alvise Barbieri (2026)
Early development of Neanderthals revealed through virtual microanatomy
Journal: Royal Society Open Science 13(6): 260485 .
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260485
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João d’Oliveira Coelho, Robert L. Anemone, René Bobe & Susana Carvalho (2026)
Parting ways: Pan-Homo divergence revisited
Primates (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-026-01269-w
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-026-01269-w
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Irene E. Smail, Julia L. Arenson, Christopher C. Gilbert, Eric J. Sargis, Amy L. Rector, Kaye E. Reed
Cercopithecid Monkeys from the Pleistocene Markaytoli Site at Ledi-Geraru, Afar Region, Ethiopia
American Journal of Biological Anthropology 190(2): e70288
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70288
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajpa.70288
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Narimane Chatar & Z. Jack Tseng (2026)
New material of Adelphailurus kansensis sheds light on the cranial anatomy of an early-diverging machairodontine felid
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2667939
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2667939
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2667939
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2667939
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Z. Jack Tseng (2026)
Functional morphology of the first known skeleton of Leptarctus (Mustelidae, Carnivora) clarifies the palaeoecology of a distinctive predator lineage.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 703-721
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.195025
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/195025/
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Brian P. Tanis, Larisa R.G. DeSantis & Rebecca R. Terry (2026)
Relationship between dietary niche breadth and species durations of canids in the John Day community
Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2026.10234
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Scythicorhinus vekuai gen. nov. et comb. nov.
Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Antonio Borrani, Paweł Mackiewicz, Zoltán Barkaszi, Chiara Capalbo, Svitozar Davydenko, Anastasiia Dubikovska, Urszula Ratajczak-Skrzatek, Maxim Sinitsa, Krzysztof Stefaniak, Maciej T. Krajcarz & Paul P. A. Mazza (2026)
Scythicorhinus vekuai gen. nov. et comb. nov. (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the Pliocene of Georgia and its implications for the early evolution of Coelodonta and Stephanorhinus
Scientific Reports (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-57113-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-57113-0
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Morgan L. McCarthy, Michael V. Westbury, Mark S. Springer, John Gatesy, Morten Tange Olsen & Phillip A. Morin (2026)
Genomic Insights Into the Evolutionary History of Berardius Beaked Whales: Speciation Driven by Resource Specialization, Gigantism and Thermal Barriers?
Molecular Evolution 35(12): e70426
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70426
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.70426
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mec.70426
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Stéphane Ducrocq, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Olivier Chavasseau, Phan Dong Pha, Vu Le Phuong, Kantapon Suraprasit & Jean-Jacques Jaeger (2026)
New specimens of anthracotheriids (Hippopotamoidea) from the upper Eocene of Vietnam
Palaeoworld 201146
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2026.201146
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871174X26000818
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LIU Ling-Yin, SUN Cheng-Kai, LI Chun-Xiao, GUO Ding-Ge, WANG Li-Xia & WANG Shi-Qi (2026)
First discovery of Stegodon in Shandong Province
Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260618.
https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260618
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Phantasmodon travouilloni gen. et sp. nov.
Phantasmodon minuferox sp. nov.
Keeunamorphia ord. nov.
Timothy James Churchill, Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand and Robin M. D. Beck (2026)
A new metatherian order from Australia (Keeunamorphia, Metatheria), and new Early Miocene species from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland
Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2026.10238
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Giuseppe Briatico, Joaquín Panera, Gideon Hartman, Abel Moclán, Manuel Santonja, Alfredo Pérez-González & Susana Rubio-Jara (2026)
The environmental context of Ambrona Middle Stratigraphic Member (∼350 ka): Insights from stable isotope analysis on mammalian tooth enamel
Quaternary Science Reviews 388: 110100
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.110100
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126003094
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Iasmim M. Michelotti, Lívia Roese-Miron, Brodsky Dantas Macedo Farias, Marina Bento Soares, Leonardo Kerber (2026)
Postcranial anatomy and osteohistology of an early prozostrodont cynodont from the Upper Triassic of Brazil
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70245
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70245
Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70245
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Aurore Canoville, Philipp L. Knaus, Lorenzo Marchetti & Jörg Fröbisch (2026)
Contrasting life history in the diminutive Dimetrodon species from North America and Germany
Scientific Reports 16: 16279
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-52199-y
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-026-52199-y
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Takumi Akeda & Shin-ichi Fujiwara (2026)
The pectoralis muscle orientation as an indicator of the modes of wing-propelled locomotion in birds
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70196
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70196
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.70196
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D. C. Deeming (2026)
Relationship between carina size and sternum morphology in birds reflects physical constraints of body size and flight style
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70190
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70190
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Changzhousaurus sinensis gen. et sp. nov.
XU Xing (2026)
A new feathered dinosaur from Early Cretaceous of northern China highlighting the complexity of early pennaraptoran evolution and comments on several relevant conceptual and methodological issues.
Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260616.
https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260616
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Chan-Gyu Yun (2026)
Geometric and linear morphometric approaches to establish taxonomic identity of a controversial tyrannosaurid maxilla specimen
Lethaia 60(2): 1-10
doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/let.60.2.2
https://www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/let.60.2.2
Free pdf:
https://www.scup.com/doi/epdf/10.18261/let.60.2.2
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Kohei Yamaguchi, Tai Kubo & Mugino O. Kubo (2026)
Temporal changes in sauropodomorph foot morphology and graviportal adaptations under gigantism inferred from trackways
Paleobiology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2026.10098
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Lida Xing, Lin Liu, Brent H. Breithaupt, Shan Jiang, Yong Ye, Xin Shen and Qi Qi (2026)
Possible Sauropod Tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Penglaizhen Formation of the Sichuan Basin, China
Fossil Studies 4(2): 16
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fossils4020016
https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/4/2/16
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Damiano Landi, James L. King, Suresh A. Singh, Emily J. Rayfield & Michael J. Benton (2026)
Beaks of the Permo-Triassic: a morpho-functional analysis at the dawn of a novel structure in tetrapod evolution
Palaeontology 69(3): e70075
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70075
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70075
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pala.70075
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Kliti Grice, Stephen F. Poropat, Lorenz Schwark, Maria A. Diaz Mateus, Paul F. Greenwood, Luke M. Brosnan, Madison Tripp, Amy L. Elson, Andrew J.Y. Jian, Antônio A.F. Saraiva, Renan A.M. Bantim, Julien Demore, Alex I. Holman, Michael E. Böttcher, Adele H. Pentland, Robert H.C. Madden, Peter Hopper, Xiao Sun, Aaron Dodd, Arthur V. de Oliveira, Pieter T. Visscher, William D.A. Rickard, Juliana M. Sayão, Hossein Rahimpour-Bonab, Iris Schmiedinger, Victor O. Leshyk & Alexander W.A. Kellner (2026)
Multi-staged mineralization and biomarker preservation in a 113-million-year-old pterosaur bone via redox shifts in diagenesis
iScience 116199
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.116199
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004226015749
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Yi-Lu Liaw and Cheng-Hsiu Tsai (2026)
The first fossil of the extant leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(2): 267-271
doi: 10.4202/app.01340.2026
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app013402026.html
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Rémi Allemand, Elizabeth Patterson, Roberta Graboski, Mary Teresa Silcox & Anthony Herrel (2026)
Endocranial morphology in worm lizards (Amphisbaenia, Squamata): multiple neuroanatomical solutions to a fossorial lifestyle
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293(2073): 20260098 .
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0098
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Adriana Linares-Martín, Tomáš Přikryl, Andrea Villa, Massimo Delfino, Bruno Gómez De Soler & Hugues-Alexandre Blain (2026)
First anguid record (Anguidae, Squamata) from the Late Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte Libros (Teruel, Spain) and its palaeoenvironmental implications.
Fossil Record 29(1): 411-428.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.183059
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/183059/
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Alice M. Clement, Richard Cloutier, Oleg Lebedev, Tom J. Challands, Jing Lu, Joseph J. Bevitt, Laurent Houle, Shaun P. Collin & John A. Long (2026)
Ethmosphenoid endocasts elucidate evolutionary brain divergences and interrelationships of stem tetrapods (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha)
Papers in Palaeontology 12(3): e70094
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70094
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70094
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/spp2.70094
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[Note that the new generic name is preoccupied by Aemilia Kirby, 1892 (a moth)]
Aemilia stellata gen. et sp. nov.
Jorge MONDÉJAR FERNÁNDEZ, Rohan MANSUIT, Richard FLAMENT, Richard CLOUTIER, Royal H. MAPES, Gaël CLÉMENT & Alan PRADEL (2026)
A new Carboniferous coelacanth illuminates the evolution of the actinistian hyobranchial skeleton
Geodiversitas 48(11): 185-226
doi: https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2026v48a11
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/48/11
Free pdf:
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/geodiversitas2026v48a11.pdf
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Listracanthus shaoyangensis sp. nov.
FANG Geng-Yu, MU Lin, JI Cheng, LI Hang, YANG Tao, YANG Shuang, YANG Chen-Guang & WU Fei-Xiang (2026)
Enigmatic Listracanthus (Chondrichthyes, incertae sedis) from the Lopingian (Permian) of Hunan Province, China
PaleoVertebrata (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260615
https://www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.260615
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Confoundichthys gen. nov.; Confoundichthys aitkeni comb. nov.
Unionichthys friedmani gen. et sp. nov.
Mesonichthys culmensis sp. nov.
Struan Henderson & Sam Giles (2026)
The many faces of ‘Mesonichthys’: new anatomical and taxonomic diversity among Carboniferous ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) from the U.K.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2661319
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2661319
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2661319
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2661319
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Galeorhinus semiserratus sp. nov.
David J. Cicimurri, Jun A. Ebersole & Andrew R. Bowman (2026)
Late Eocene fishes from the Tupelo Bay Formation of South Carolina, USA
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 132(2):
doi: 10.54103/2039-4942/30814.
https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/30814
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Sheron Medeiros, Francesco Battista, Silvia Regina Bottezini, Duane Barros Fonseca, Ingrid Fernandes, Alexandre Liparini and Paula Dentzien-Dias (2026)
From sedimentary reworking to collection bias: dual taphonomic filters in shark fossil remains
Lethaia 60(2): 1-16
doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/let.60.2.
https://www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/let.60.2.5
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M. Brent Hawkins, Sofía Zdral, Silvia Naranjo, Miguel Juliá, Manuel Sánchez-Martín, Jacob M. Daane, Nicolás Cumplido, David Jandzik, Daniel M. Medeiros, Sarah K. McMenamin, Matthew P. Harris, Juan J. Tena & Marian A. Ros (2026)
The origin and evolution of dorsal determination mechanisms in vertebrate paired appendages
Current Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.05.046
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982226006512
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00651-2
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Aaron A. Skinner (2026)
Beyond Bergmann and Allen: A Unified Framework for Thermoregulatory Morphology
Global Ecology and Biogeography 35(6): e70260
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70260
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.70260
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/geb.70260
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Yiran Cao, Daoliang Chu, Runsheng Yin, Haijun Song, Jacopo Dal Corso, Maria Ovtcharova, Piero Gianolla, Stephen E. Grasby, Michael J. Benton, Xu Dai, Greta Alverà, Guido Roghi, Marcello Caggiati, Aya Schneider-Mor, Dorit Korngreen, and Jinnan Tong (2026)
A ∼0.5 Myr perturbation of carbon and mercury cycles during the Middle Triassic biotic radiation
Science Advances 12(25): eaee2291
doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee2291
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aee2291
Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aee2291
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Rachel L. Lupien, Matt Grove, Kevin T. Uno, Catherine Beck, Craig Feibel, Adedoyin Adekanle, Kevin Ortiz & Andrew Cohen (2026)
Rapid early Pleistocene climate, vegetation, and fire dynamics in the Turkana Basin
Quaternary Science Reviews 389: 110114
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.110114
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126003239
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