Sahelanthropus bipedalism + Smilodon brain + Wintershofia + Callorhinchus orientalis + Paleocene ammonites + more free pdfs

[Ben Creisler]

Ben Creisler
bcre...@gmail.com

Best wishes for the new year.

Some recent or not yet mentioned vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:

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Scott A Williams, Xue Wang, Isabella Araiza, Jordan S Guerra, Marc R Meyer & Jeffrey K Spear (2026)
Earliest evidence of hominin bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis
Science Advances 12(1): eadv0130
doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv0130
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv0130

Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adv0130

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Julia Arias-Martorell, Georgina Raventós-Izard, Oriol Monclús-Gonzalo, Alessandro Urciuoli, Jesús Gamarra, Masato Nakatsukasa, Salvador Moyà-Solà & David M. Alba (2026)
Ape-like locomotor adaptations in the radius of the stem catarrhine Pliobates shed light on hominoid evolution
iScience 114622
doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.114622.
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)02883-4

Free pdf:
https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2589-0042%2825%2902883-4

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Keiko Nishimaniwa, Tadasu K. Yamada, Shin-Ichi Sekiya, Masao Amano & Yuko Tajima (2025)
Morphological features of the orbicularis oculi muscle and facial nerve in four odontocete families, with comparisons within Cetartiodactyla
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 88(1): 1-12
doi: https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.25-0321
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/88/1/88_25-0321/_article

Free pdf:
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/88/1/88_25-0321/_pdf/-char/en

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Weijian Guo, Yiting Chen, Huizhong Fan, Xin Huang, Xi Chen, Yousheng Xiao, Chaoming Zhang, Wenliang Zhou & Fuwen Wei (2025)
Pygmy sperm whale multi-omics data reveal hypoxia adaptations in deep-diving cetaceans
BMC Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02495-2
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-025-02495-2

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Julia A. Schwab, Borja Figueirido & Katrina E. Jones (2026)
Ecological Inference from Isolated Vertebrae: Evaluating Functional Signal Across the Carnivoran Spine
Journal of Morphology 287(1): e70109
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70109
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.70109

Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jmor.70109

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Misty S Haji-Sheikh, Michael J Haji-Sheikh & Virginia L Naples (2026)
Determination of Smilodon fatalis (Carnivora: Felidae) brain volume and its place among extant felids by use of MicroCT scans
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 147(1): blaf140
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf140
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/147/1/blaf140/8407899

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Takehisa Tsubamoto, Yutaka Kunimatsu & Masato Nakatsukasa (2025)
A Galerella-like small mongoose from ca. 10 Ma of Kenya
Paleontological Research 29: 351-366
DOI https://doi.org/10.2517/prpsj.250034
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prpsj/29/0/29_250034/_article/-char/en

Free pdf:
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prpsj/29/0/29_250034/_pdf/-char/en

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Suresh Kumar (2025)
On the occurrence of Anancus sivalensis from the Tatrot Formation (Pliocene) of Upper Siwaliks of Indian subcontinent.
Revista Brasileira De Paleontologia 28(3): e20250539
doi: https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2025.3.0539
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/539

Free pdf:
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/539/288

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Mélina A Celik, Carmelo Fruciano, Kaylene Butler, Vera Weisbecker & Matthew J Phillips (2026)
Phylogenetic Inference from Atomised 3D Morphometric Data: a Case Study using Kangaroos
Systematic Biology, syaf091
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaf091
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syaf091/8407631

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R.N. Holdaway (2025)
Implications of possible production trends in radiocarbon measurements on Pachyornis moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from the Glencrieff site, north-eastern South Island, New Zealand
Notornis 72: 227–231
doi: 10.63172/583750gfzybm
https://www.birdsnz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Shortnote_Holdaway_724_227-231-1.pdf

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Juan Benito, Pei-Chen Kuo, Christopher R Torres, Guillermo Navalón, Olivia Plateau, Alexander D Clark, Elizabeth M Steell & Daniel J Field (2026)
Shouldering the challenge of deciphering avian palate evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(1): e2514111123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2514111123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2514111123

Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2514111123

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Alec T Wilken, Kaleb C Sellers, Julian L Davis, Lawrence M Witmer & Casey M Holliday (2026)
Reply to Benito et al.: Problems in the Cretaceous evolution of the avian palatobasal joint
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(1): e2520865123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520865123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2520865123

Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2520865123

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Juan Maíllo Pérez, Jerome Hidalgo-Sanz, Miguel Moreno-Azanza & José Manuel Gasca-Pérez (2025)
Osteohistología e implicaciones locomotoras a partir de una tibia de dinosaurio ornitópodo de la Formación El Castellar (Cretácico Inferior, Teruel)
Osteohistology and locomotor implications from an ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the El Castellar Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Teruel)
Geogaceta 78:71-74 (in Spanish)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55407/geogaceta113669
https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/geogaceta/article/view/113669

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Wintershofia robusta gen. et sp. nov.
Bavarioboa wintershofensis sp. nov.

Martin Ivanov, Václav Paclík, Àngel H. Luján & Madelaine Böhme (2026)
A unique snake assemblage from the Early Miocene locality of Wintershof-West, Germany, with comments on the transitional period in the evolution of European snake fauna
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 144: 81
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00414-0
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13358-025-00414-0

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Mondo Miyazato, Luke E Nelson, Joshua A Doyon, Donald B Brinkman & Alison M Murray (2025)
Cranial anatomy of a Late Cretaceous aspidorhynchid fish (Neopterygii: Aspidorhynchiformes) from Alberta, Canada.
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70114
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70114

Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70114

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Callorhinchus orientalis sp. nov.

Akira Ota, Tomohiro Nishimura, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi & Kazunori Moriki (2025)
Callorhinchus orientalis sp. nov., a new callorhinchid from the Upper Cretaceous Hakobuchi Formation, Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan
Paleontological Research 29: 54-63
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2517/prpsj.240013
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prpsj/29/0/29_240013/_article/-char/en

Free pdf:
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prpsj/29/0/29_240013/_pdf/-char/en

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Allison Bronson, Alan Pradel, Pierre Gueriau, Neil Landman, Royal Mapes, Ben Otoo & John G. Maisey (2025)
Vertebrate assemblage and depositional environment of the Fayetteville Shale (Upper Mississippian, middle Chesterian)
Geobios (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2025.11.002
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699525000877

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Kelsey E Doiron, Devon E Colcord, Andrea M Shilling, Jackson K Njau, Ian G Stanistreet, Harald Stollhofen, Kathy D Schick, Nicholas P Toth & Simon C Brassell (2025)
Biomarker δ13C values record consistent savanna vegetation and variable alkalinity of Lake Olduvai during Pleistocene wet/dry cycles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 (1) e2508896122
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2508896122
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2508896122

Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2508896122

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André Cidade-Da-Silva, Laís Alves-Silva, Hermínio Ismael de Araújo-Júnior, Rodolfo Dino & Kleberson de Oliveira Porpino (2025)
Biostratinomy of Quaternary vertebrate fossils from Lajedo de Soledade, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: inferences regarding the processes of accumulation and deposition
Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 28(3): e20250527
doi: https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2025.3.0527
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/527

Free pdf:
https://sbpbrasil.org/publications/index.php/rbp/article/view/527/287

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Marcin Machalski, Danuta Olszewska-Nejbert, Neil H. Landman, John W. M. Jagt, Matthew Garb & Jesper Milàn (2025)
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark
Scientific Reports 15: 45802
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-34479-1
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-34479-1

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Yan-Zhe Fu, Corentin Jouault & Di-Ying Huang (2025)(editors)
Early Cretaceous insects from East Asia: Palaeodiversity, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology
Journal of Insect Biodiversity 77(1)
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.77.1.1
https://mapress.com/jib/issue/view/2025.77.1
(Articles have free pdfs)

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W. J. McMahon, N. S. Davies, C. Wheeler & S. C. Löhr (2025)
The diversity of ancient clay mineral morphotypes: case studies of lacustrine deposits before and after the evolution of land plants
Journal of the Geological Society jgs2025-188 (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2025-188
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsl/jgs/article/doi/10.1144/jgs2025-188/723843/The-diversity-of-ancient-clay-mineral-morphotypes

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Brad S. Singer, Reishi Takashima, Youjuan Li, Mark D. Schmitz, David Selby, Bradley B. Sageman, Luca G. Podrecca, Hiroshi Nishi, Brian R. Jicha & Toshiro Yamanaka (2025)
Radioisotopic age, osmium isotopes, and global correlation of the Albian-Cenomanian boundary
GSA Bulletin (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/B38503.1
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article/doi/10.1130/B38503.1/722998/Radioisotopic-age-osmium-isotopes-and-global

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