Acheulean definition + giraffid dispersal + Siamraptor braincase + Spirinchus izumoensis + Grippia Bonebed taphonomy + more free pdfs

[Ben Creisler]

Ben Creisler

bcre...@gmail.com

I hope all are safe and well.

Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:

Margherita Colucci, Michela Leonardi, James Blinkhorn, Seth R. Irish, Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias, Stefanie Kaboth-Bar, William D. Gosling, Robert W. Snow, Andrea Manica & Eleanor M. L. Scerri (2026)
Malaria shaped human spatial organization for the past 74 thousand years
Science Advances 12(17): eaea2316
doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea2316
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2316

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Marie-Helene Moncel, Carolina Cucart-Mora, Marta Arzarello, Nick Ashton, Javier Baena, Deborah Barsky, Ignacio de la Torre, Nena Galanidou, Paula García-Medrano, Christine Hertler, Gadi Herzlinger, Thomas Ingicco, Hao Li, Dongdong Ma, Marina Mosquera, Andreu Ollé, Shanti Pappu, Shuwen Pei, Chun Tian, Wei Wang & Christopher J. Bae (2026)
What Is the Acheulean?
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 35(2): e70029
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.70029
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/evan.70029

Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.70029

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İsmail Baykara & Didem Turan (2026)
High-plateau adaptation and late Acheulean industry at Gürgürbaba Hill (Localities 018 and 020), Van / Türkiye
Olba XXXIV: 7 - 41 , 31.03.2026
https://izlik.org/JA69KC94PW
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/olba/article/1919695

Free pdf:
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/5862856


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Mary T. Silcox, Kenneth D. Rose, Rachel H. Dunn, Kishor Kumar, Rajendra S. Rana, Ashok Sahni, Lachham Singh, Thierry Smith & Jordan W. Crowell (2026)
Oldest well-preserved euprimate petrosal, from the early Eocene of India (Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat)
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70209
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70209

Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70209

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Jelle W.F. Reumer and Alexandra A.E. van der Geer (2026)
Note on the taxonomy of the Pleistocene sabre-tooth felid Homotherium (Mammalia, Carnivora, Machairodontinae)
Contributions to Zoology 95: 133–148
https://brill.com/view/journals/ctoz/95/2/article-p133_3.xml
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404312780_Note_on_the_taxonomy_of_the_Pleistocene_sabre-tooth_felid_Homotherium_Mammalia_Carnivora_Machairodontinae

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Mattia Quaranta, Filippo Maria Rotatori, Sara Gamboa, Roberta Martino & María Ríos (2026)
Walking with giants: exploring dispersals routes in Giraffidae
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 16
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09820-8
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-026-09820-8

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Mohammed H. Al Riaydh, Gildas Merceron & Thomas Lehmann (2026)
Decoding As-Sahabi’s bovid postcranial fossils: A machine learning approach to palaeoecology and taxonomy
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments  (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-026-00704-6
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12549-026-00704-6

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William J. Sanders, Ellen R. Miller, Martin K. Muthuri, Timothy G. Ibui, Pauline M. Mbatha, Adam N. Rountrey & Isaiah O. Nengo (2026)
A remarkably diverse proboscidean assemblage from Early Miocene of Buluk, Kenya
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 14
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09802-w
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-026-09802-w

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Francisco Alquézar-Blesa, Beatriz Azanza, Daniel DeMiguel & Flavia Strani (2026)
Palaeoecology of Early Miocene proboscideans from the Aragonian type area (Iberian Peninsula)
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 694: 113833
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113833
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018226002968

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Zaid Lagunas-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Jiménez-Moreno, Francisco Cuadrelli, Alfredo Eduardo Zurita, Sergio Suarez-Cruz & Gerardo Carbot-Chanona (2026)
Glyptotherium cylindricum (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) en el Cinturón Transvolcánico, Estado de Puebla, México
Glyptotherium cylindricum (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) in the Transvolcanic Belt, State of Puebla, Mexico
Revista Brasileira De Paleontologia 28(4): e20250520. (in Spanish)
doi: https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2025.4.0520
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/520

Free pdf:
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/520/290

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Ezequiel García, Rudemar Ernesto Blanco & Andrés Rinderknecht (2026)
Body mass estimation for Neoglyptatelus uruguayensis Fernicola et al., 2017 (Mammalia, Cingulata, Pachyarmatheriidae)
Revista Brasileira De Paleontologia 28(4): e20250536.
doi: https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2025.4.0536
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/536

Free pdf:
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/536/291

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Irene Montañez-Rivera, Séverine L.D. Toussaint, Alexander Stoessel, Armita R. Manafzadeh, Ute Radespiel, Vera Bruhn, Marie Newbon & John A. Nyakatura (2026)
Powerful or non-powerful? Revisiting hallucal grasping as a key evolutionary innovation in small arboreal mammals
iScience (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115913
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(26)01288-5

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Enzo Emanuel Seculi Pereyra (2026)
Evolutionary decoupling between cranial shape and size underlies divergent evolutionary pathways in Cretaceous apex and meso-predator theropods
Communications Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10145-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10145-8

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Soki Hattori, Duangsuda Chokchaloemwong, Soichiro Kawabe, Elena Cuesta, Masateru Shibata, Kazunori Miyata & Yoichi Azuma (2026)
Braincase of Siamraptor suwati and insights into the cranial anatomy of Carcharodontosauria
PLoS One 21(4): e0345155.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345155
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0345155

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Trystan M. Warnock-Juteau, Stephanie M. Smith & Thomas M. Cullen (2026)
Elliptic Fourier analysis as a tool for the taxonomic identification of isolated theropod pedal phalanges
The Anatomical Records (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70210
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70210

Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70210

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Free to read:

Crocodylus lucivenator sp. nov.

Christopher A. Brochu, Stephanie K. Drumheller, Christopher Campisano, Getahun Tekle, Tomas Getachew, Jason J. Head, Nathan C. Platt & Daniel Leaphart (2026)
Lucy’s peril: A Pliocene crocodile from the Hadar Formation, north-eastern Ethiopia
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(1): 2614954
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2026.2614954
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2026.2614954

Free to read:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14772019.2026.2614954
https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:27E5A2F8-E240-44F3-B4DF-8CF35EA5F6B6

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M T Wileyto, F E Fish, S E Trail, J Wyneken & R Bottiglio-Kramer (2026)
Aquatic Turning Performance in Juvenile Loggerhead and Green Sea Turtles
Integrative Organismal Biology, obag017,
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obag017
https://academic.oup.com/iob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/iob/obag017/8661871


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Alfred LEMIERRE, Ian V. WILENZIK & Maëva J. ORLIAC (2026)
Sneaking past the Grande Coupure: diversity of snakes across the Eocene-Oligocene transition (MP 19-22) from Dams (Quercy, southwestern France),
in Georgalis G. L., Zaher H. & Laurin M. (eds), Snakes from the Cenozoic of Europe – towards a macroevolutionary and palaeobiogeographic synthesis.
Comptes Rendus Palevol 25 (8): 137-154.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a8
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/25/8

Free pdf:
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/comptes-rendus-palevol2026v25a8.pdf

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Tida Liard, Romain Liard and Eric Buffetaut (2026)
A Review of Vertebrate Footprints from the Mesozoic of Thailand and Their Palaeobiogeographical Significance
Fossil Studies 4(2): 10
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fossils4020010
https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/4/2/10

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Derrick M. Leong & Juan Liu (2026)
Taxonomic reassessment of tristichopterid materials (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from Middle Devonian Red Hill, Nevada, USA
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(1): 2651827
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2026.2651827
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2026.2651827

Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14772019.2026.2651827

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Karinne Tennenbaum, Karly E. Cohen, Immanuel Chas Bissell, Elizabeth C. Sibert
Microfossil spiral teeth reveal mesopelagic Cyclothone (bristlemouths) fish evolved during the early Palaeogene greenhouse
Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293 (2069): 20253032 .
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3032
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2069/20253032/481532/Microfossil-spiral-teeth-reveal-mesopelagic

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Gernot K. Englmaier, Stephan Koblmüller, Veronika Bartáková, Anja Palandačić, Holger Zimmermann & Martin Reichard (2026)
Geographic and Genomic Signatures of a Dynamic Evolutionary History in Lake Tanganyika's Synodontis Catfish Radiation
Journal of Biogeography 53(4): e70211
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70211
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.70211

Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jbi.70211

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Spirinchus izumoensis sp. nov.

Mami Hamada, Yoshitaka Yabumoto, Naoya Arita, Toshiaki Irizuki & Akira Takao (2026)
A New Miocene Smelt Fish, Spirinchus izumoensis sp. nov. (Osmeriformes, Osmeridae) from Hiebara in Izumo, Shimane, Japan
Paleontological Research 30(1): 66-76
doi: https://doi.org/10.2517/prpsj.250030
https://bioone.org/journals/paleontological-research/volume-30/issue-1/prpsj.250030/A-New-Miocene-Smelt-Fish-Spirinchus-izumoensis-sp-nov-Osmeriformes/10.2517/prpsj.250030.full

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Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, Tanya Bojesen Lauridsen, Grace Capshaw & Catherine E Carr (2026)
A general mechanism of air-borne hearing in recent and early non-tympanate tetrapods
Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.251719.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251719
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/doi/10.1242/jeb.251719/371563/A-general-mechanism-of-air-borne-hearing-in-recent

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Xutong Guan, Joel E. Saylor, Cem Özyalçın, Ilya Bindeman, Oğuz H. Göğüş, Kurt E. Sundell & Chelsea Mackaman-Lofland (2026)
High-elevation western Anatolian topography delayed faunal migration during the Early Miocene
Geological Society of America Bulletin (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/B38693.1
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-abstract/doi/10.1130/B38693.1/729228/High-elevation-western-Anatolian-topography

Free pdf:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/404094647_High-elevation_western_Anatolian_topography_delayed_faunal_migration_during_the_Early_Miocene

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Valerie Trinidad, Darlington Munyikwa, Michel Zondo, Timothy J. Broderick, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Stephen Tolan & Christopher Griffin (2026)
Comparative histological analysis of vertebrates reveals Triassic climate variability across southern Pangea
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70159  
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70159

Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.70159

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Tara Djokic, Patrick M. Smith, Jeff R. Havig, Michael Frese, Paulo Vasconcelos, Jochen Brocks, Michael Ellwood, David J. Cantrill, Dayna McGeeney, Ross Pogson, Chris Ryan, Yu Wang, Ai Nguyen, Matilda L. Rosas & Matthew R. McCurry (2026)
Taphonomy of soft-tissue preservation in ferricrete at the McGraths Flat Lagerstätte
Gondwana Research 149: 429-444
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2025.08.012
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X25002771

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Lucien Nana Yobo, Alan D Brandon, Sydney O'Brien, Jessi J Halligan & Michael R Waters (2026)
Volcanic forcing of global climate cooling at the Younger Dryas onset preserved in North American sediments
Science Advances 12(18): eaec9030
doi: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec9030
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec9030

Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aec9030

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Matthew Scipione, Romain Vaucher, Eric Roberts, Alex J. McCoy-West, Joan Esterle, Ashten Turner & Espen Knutsen (2026)
Shifting the Paradigm: Redefining the Chronostratigraphy of the Triassic Rewan Group, Bowen Basin, Australia
Basin Research 38(3): e70102
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.70102
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bre.70102

Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bre.70102

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Maciej Ruciński, Aubrey Roberts, Øyvind Hammer, Benjamin P. Kear & Jørn Hurum (2026)
Taphonomy of the Lower Triassic (Spathian) Grippia Bonebed from Central Spitsbergen (Svalbard): Biostratinomic, palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological perspectives
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 113844
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113844
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822600307X

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Regina Buarque de Gusmão, Juan David Vallejo, Lucas Mateus Silva de Andrade Lima, Mario Ferreira de Lima-Filho & Enelise Katia Piovesan (2026)
Early Cretaceous palaeoenvironment of the Rio do Peixe Basin, Northeastern Brazil
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-026-00703-7
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12549-026-00703-7

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Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen, Bram Vaes, Lydian M. Boschman, Nalan Lom, Suzanna H. A. van de Lagemaat, Eldert L. Advokaat, Sanne de Baar, Menno R. T. Fraters, Joren Paridaens & Emilia B. Jarochowska (2026)
Paleolatitude.org 3.0: A calculator for paleoclimate and paleobiology studies based on a new global paleogeography model
PLoS One 21(4): e0346817.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346817
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0346817