Chesalophodon + Gobiconodon gongzhulingensis + Phosphatotitan + Testudo sahakyanae + more free pdfs
Ben Creisler
Ben Creisler
I hope all are safe and well.
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On a very sad note:
Obituary
Darren Naish (2026)
In memoriam: Hans-Dieter Sues (1956–2026)
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2026.2646100
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2026.2646100
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08912963.2026.2646100
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Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
N. Öğretmen, M. Bylinskaya, D. Biltekin, L. Golovina, S. Sarı, S. El Zaatari, S. McLin & F. Nader (2026)
Coastal strip of the Levantine Corridor for the Calabrian (late early Pleistocene) hominin migration
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 693: 113811
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113811
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018226002749
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Marcos Araújo Castro e Silva, Kelly Nunes, Maíra R. Ribeiro, Hemanoel Passarelli-Araujo, Renan Barbosa Lemes, Lilian Kimura, Putira Sacuena, Carlos Eduardo G. Amorim, Maria Cátira Bortolini, José Geraldo Mill, João Farias Guerreiro, Chiara Barbieri, Diana Iraíz Hernández-Zaragoza, Antonia Walter, Trija Nag Chowdhury, Daniela Macías-Herrera, Julio César Lara-Riegos, Oana Del Castillo-Chávez, Camilo Zurita, Ana María Tito-Álvarez, Emilia Vásquez-Domínguez, María Ermila Moo-Mezeta, Julio César Torres-Romero, Abraham Aguilar-Campos, Ricardo Serrano-Osuna, Maria Laura Parolín, Claudio M. Bravi, Virgínia Ramallo, Graciela Bailliet, Susana Revollo, José R. Sandoval, Ricardo Fujita, Rodrigo Barquera, Fabrício R. Santos, David Comas & Tábita Hünemeier (2026)
The evolutionary history and unique genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans
Nature (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10406-w
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10406-w
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Andrea Picin, Mateja Hajdinjak, Wioletta Nowaczewska, Maarten Blaauw, Alex Bayliss, Helen Fewlass, Timothy J. Heaton, Paula J. Reimer, John Richard Southon, Johannes van der Plicht, Lukas Wacker, Gregorio Oxilia, Rita Sorrentino, Antonino Vazzana, Erica Piccirilli, Stefano Benazzi, Marcin Binkowski, Paweł Dąbrowski, Adrian Marciszak, Paweł Socha, Krzysztof Stefaniak, Marcin Żarski, Andrzej Wiśniewski, Janet Kelso, Jean-Jacques Hublin,, Adam Nadachowski & Sahra Talamo (2026)
First multi-individual Neanderthal mitogenomes from north of the Carpathians
Current Biology 36: 1–12
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.03.069
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00389-1
Free pdf:
https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2826%2900389-1
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Beatriz Trejo, Marco Vidal-Cordasco, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo, Enrique Baquedano, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Theodoros Karampaglidis & Guillermo Rodríguez-Gómez (2026)
Linking prey biomass and Neanderthal population in a challenging upland landscape in the Late Pleistocene: the upper valley of the Lozoya River (Spain)
Landscape Ecology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-026-02350-x
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-026-02350-x
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Chen Zeigen, Erella Hovers, Alex Brittingham, Michael T. Hren, Michael P. Richards, Rivka Rabinovich & Gideon Hartman (2026)
Local environmental change and fallow deer hunting at Amud Cave: Evidence from a combined plant wax and tooth enamel isotope study
Journal of Human Evolution 214: 103830
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2026.103830
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248426000242
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Lidiane Asevedo, Gina M. Semprebon, Thaís Rabito Pansani, Jesus da S. Paixão & Mário André Trindade Dantas (2026)
Feeding ecology of Pleistocene herbivorous megamammals from southern Brazilian Amazon revealed by stable isotopes and stereoscopic microwear
Quaternary Science Reviews 383: 109993
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109993
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126002027
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Amanda W. Peng and Samantha S.B. Hopkins (2026)
Multivariate analysis of ecological diversity in Asian Rodentia in the context of tectonism and environmental change.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 29(1):a16.
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026/5833-asian-rodentia-ecological-diversity
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Saverio Bartolini-Lucenti, Joan Madurell‑Malapeira, Adrian Marciszak, Marie Meyer, Damien Becker & Davit Vasilyan (2026)
Pliocene carnivorans from Jradzor, Armenia.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 579-596.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.180311
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/180311/
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Alexandra Viladot, Isaac Casanovas-Vilar, Israel M. Sánchez & Carmen Nacarino-Meneses (2026)
Growth and life history of a palaeomerycid: Inferences from the histological analysis of the long bones of Ampelomeryx ginsburgi (Ruminantia, Giraffomorpha) from Els Casots (Catalonia, Spain)
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 12
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-025-09789-w
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-025-09789-w
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Darío Fidalgo, Palmira Saladié, Josep Valverdú, Antonio Pineda, Rosa Huguet, Joan Madurell-Malapeira & Antonio Rosas (2026)
Astragalus ecomorphology in Quaternary elephantids
Journal of Quaternary Science (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.70073
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.70073
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.70073
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Chesalophodon gulottai gen. et sp. nov.
Stephen J. Godfrey & Gary J. Grimsley (2026).
The Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA – Volume 3: Elephants, Land Mammals, and Seals.
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. Book. 1-280
doi: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32085168
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Damián Hernández-Roco, Evgeny Leushkin, Jacqueline Galeas, Katharine R. Grabek, Carlos Lopez, Gilbecca Rae Smith, Daniel J. Stadtmauer, Günter P. Wagner, Frank van Breukelen, Michael Hiller, Linda Goodman & Patrick Arnold (2026)
Chromosome-level genome assembly of the common tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus (Schreber, 1778), a new model for early placental mammal evolution
BMC Genomics Volume 27, article number 365, (2026)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12794-9
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-026-12794-9
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Tim Ziegler & Jeremy Lockett (2026)
The first Victorian record of Owen’s Giant Echidna Megalibgwilia owenii from Buchan Caves in East Gippsland, Australia
Alcheringa (advance online publication)
https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2026.2643598
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2026.2643598
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/03115518.2026.2643598
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Gobiconodon gongzhulingensis sp. nov.
Wenhao Wu, Fangyuan Mao, Jun Chen, and Jin Meng (2026)
A new gobiconodontid mammal from Upper Cretaceous of China and reassessment of dentition in Gobiconodon
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(2): 193-210
doi:10.4202/app.01313.2025
https://app.pan.pl/article/item/app013132025.html
Free pdf:
https://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app71/app013132025.pdf
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John Peacock (2026)
Adaptation in the Avian Middle Ear—The Columellar Annular Ligament in Aquatic and Diving Birds
Journal of Morphology 287(4): e70124
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70124
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.70124
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jmor.70124
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Jingmai K. O’Connor & Alexander D. Clark (2026)
The ecology of Archaeopteryx
Discover Ecology 2: 12
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44396-026-00026-z
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44396-026-00026-z
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Qian Wu, Qian-Nan Zhang & Dang-Peng Xi (2026)
The Earliest Feathers from the Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation of North Hebei: Implications for the Early Evolution of the Jehol Biota
Integrative Zoology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.70106
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1749-4877.70106
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1749-4877.70106
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Gorm Skouboe Raun, Colton Chase Coppock, Demchig Badamgarav, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar & Philip John Currie (2026)
Taxonomic reassessment of juvenile tyrannosaurine specimens from Asia reveal large biogeographic ranges in tyrannosaurids
Cretaceous Research 106412
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2026.106412
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667126001011
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Victoria M. Arbour, Timon S. Bullard, and David C. Evans (2026)
An ornithomimosaur from the Campanian Cedar District Formation (Nanaimo Group) of Denman Island, British Columbia, Canada
FACETS 11: 1-7
doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2023-0079
https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0079
https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S2371167126000360
Free pdf:
https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/epdf/10.1139/facets-2023-0079
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Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis gen. et sp. nov.
Nicholas R. Longrich, Agustín Pérez-Moreno, Verónica Díez Díaz, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Nathalie Bardet and Nour-Eddine Jalil (2026)
A Titanosaurian Sauropod with South American Affinities (Lognkosauria: Argentinosauridae) from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco and Evidence for Dinosaur Endemism in Africa
Diversity 18(5): 241
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/d18050241
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18/5/241
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Filippo Maria Rotatori, Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, Federico Fanti & Miguel Moreno-Azanza (2026)
The early origin of Iguanodontia: new insights into the macroevolution, diversity and biogeography of the clade
Palaeontology 69(2): e70057
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70057
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70057
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pala.70057
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Emily G Cross, Andrew J Fraass, Terry A Gates & Victoria M Arbour (2026)
Reclassification of ankylosaurs with ambiguous taxonomy using tooth morphometrics
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 206(4): zlag068
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag068
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/206/4/zlag068/8661487
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Chase Doran Brownstein & Christopher Thomas Griffin (2026)
An early burst of skeletal evolution at the origin of dinosaurs
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293(2069): 20260102 .
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0102
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Noura Lkebir, Xiongwei Zeng, Long Cheng and Zhijun Niu (2026)
New Dinosaur Tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Xiakou Village (Nanzhang County) and Jiuxian Town (Yuan’an County), Hubei Province, China
Geosciences 16(4): 164
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences16040164
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/16/4/164
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Anthony Romilio (2026)
A Quantitative Framework for Assessing Locomotor Asymmetry in Dinosaur Trackways: Testing the Evidence for Limping and Lateral Preference
Fossil Studies 4(2): 9
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fossils4020009
https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/4/2/9
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Testudo sahakyanae sp. nov.
Evangelos Vlachos & Davit Vasilyan (2026)
A new species of a bony spur-thighed tortoise from the Early Pliocene (MN15) of Jradzor site, Armenia, and the origin of the Testudo graeca (Testudines, Testudinidae) complex.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 553-578.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.182210
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/182210/list/9/
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Haiyan Tong, Eric Buffetaut, Vanchan Lim, Marc Philippe, Nareerat Boonchai and Julien Claude (2026)
Turtle Remains from Koh Moul (SW Cambodia) and Their Stratigraphical Implications
Diversity 18(5): 249
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/d18050249
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/18/5/249
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Stefan A. Eggmaier & Ulrike E. G. Albert (2026)
A partial skeleton of Temnodontosaurus cf. trigonodon in three-dimensional bone preservation from the upper Toarcian of Mistelgau, Germany
Zitteliana 100: 39-80.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.100.172724
https://zitteliana.pensoft.net/article/172724/
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Caleb M. Gordon, Giovanni Serafini, and Daniel L. Brinkman (2026)
Punctured Vertebra Confirms Pliosaurid Predation on Ichthyosaurs with Implications for Thalassophonean Feeding Behavior in the Upper Jurassic of Europe.
Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 67(1): 77-100
doi: https://doi.org/10.3374/014.067.0105
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Sergio Soto Acuña (2026)
Reappraisal of the fossil record of Polycotylidae (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Chile.
Andean Geology 53(2): (in press)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5027/andgeo%25x
https://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V53n2-3848
Free pdf:
https://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V53n2-3848/pdf_1
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Olaf Lizak, Zbigniew Szyndlar†, Massimo Delfino & Georgios L. Georgalis (2026)
First fossil remains of the extant colubrid Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes) from the island of Crete, Greece.
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(7): 125-136.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a7
Free pdf:
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/comptes-rendus-palevol2026v25a7.pdf
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Olga Wilk, Patrycja G. Dworczak & Piotr Szrek (2026)
Upper Devonian coelacanths from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland
Canadian Journal of Zoology 104: 1-9
doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2025-0170
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2025-0170
Free pdf:
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1139/cjz-2025-0170
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Paul E. Olsen and Nicholas G. McDonald (2026)
Environmental Context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstätten in Newark Supergroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with Special Reference to Footprint Assemblages
Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 67(1): 101-185
doi: https://doi.org/10.3374/014.067.0106
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Raheem Butt, Kirsty M. Edgar, Susannah C.R. Maidment, Luke E. Meade, Christopher Reedman & Richard J. Butler (2026)
A Comprehensive Review of the Tetrapod Fauna of the Purbeck Limestone Group (Tithonian–Berriasian) of Dorset, southern England
Journal of the Geological Society jgs2025-232 (MS version)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2025-232
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Ricardo N. Melchor, Víctor H. Contreras & Silverio F. Feola (2026)
The ichnotaphonomic window in lacustrine subaqueous littoral deposits: an example of bird and mammal footprints from the Miocene of northwest Argentina
Evolving Earth 100129
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eve.2026.100129
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950117226000257
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Shin Ikegami, Jörg Mutterlose, Kanta Sugiura, Yusuke Takeda, Mehmet Oguz Derin, Aya Kubota, Kazuki Tainaka, Takahiro Harada, Harufumi Nishida and Yasuhiro Iba (2026)
Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans
Science 392(6796): 406-410
DOI:10.1126/science.aea6285
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea6285
Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.aea6285
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Roberto Bartali, Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jose Ramon Torres-Hernandez, Ligia Perez-Cruz & Rosa Lina Tovar-Tovar (2026)
Unraveling the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary event across the Gulf of Mexico—High-resolution Rayon reef section, Valles-San Luis Potosi platform, Mexico
PLOS ONE 21(4): e0345692
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345692
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0345692
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Lucas S. Antonietto, André M.V. Alvim, Maria Edenilce P. Batista, Martino Giorgioni, Roberto V. Santos, João V. Queiroz Neto, Damares R. Alencar, Antônio Álamo F. Saraiva & Dermeval A. Do Carmo (2026)
“Paleo-mangrove forest” biomes of the lower Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, northeastern Brazil: A multi-proxy analysis
Gondwana Research (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2026.03.016
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X26001073
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Kunyue Ling, Hanjie Wen, Shengtao Gong, Ce Chen, Shengjiang Du & Runsheng Yin (2026)
Weathering of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province Enhanced the Nutrient Flux to the Oceans and Led to Late Permian Climate Cooling
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 27(4): e2025GC012795
doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012795
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GC012795
Free pdf:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025GC012795
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Zhen Xu, Jason Hilton, Jianxin Yu, Paul B. Wignall, Alexander Farnsworth, Isabel P. Montañez, Nian Peng, Qinzhong Liang, Xin Sun, Benjamin J. W. Mills & Barry H. Lomax (2026)
CAM photosynthesis may have conferred an advantage during the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event
Nature Ecology & Evolution (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03026-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03026-0