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Ben Creisler
Ben Creisler
I hope all are safe and well.
Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Wenjing Yu, Lee J. Arnold, Martina Demuro, Davide Delpiano, Alessandra Livraghi, Renaud Joannes-Boyau & Marco Peresani (2026)
Chronological assessments of Quina Neanderthals at De Nadale cave (Italy) using combined uranium-series/electron spin resonance dating of fossil teeth
Journal of Human Evolution 215–216: 103842
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2026.103842.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248426000369
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Laura E. Hunter, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caley M. Orr, Biren A. Patel & Zeresenay Alemseged (2026)
Did modern human carpal morphology evolve from knuckle walking traits?
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293 (2071): 20260556
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0556
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Hemmingham Laura, Pappa Spyridoula & C. Schreve Danielle (2026)
Reconstructing the dietary ecology of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L., 1758) through the Last Cold Stage in Europe
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 113899
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113899
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018226003627
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Yueh-Sheng Chung and Yi-Yang Cho (2026)
Revision of the taxonomic status and antler morphology of Elaphurus formosanus from the Pleistocene of Taiwan
Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2026.10235
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Roberta Martino, Darío Fidalgo, Florent Rivals & Luca Pandolfi (2026)
Eco-phenotypic diversity in European Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamus populations
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2639592
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2639592
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2639592
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2639592
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D. V. Ponomarev, A. Yu. Puzachenko, A. A. Bondarev, V. A. Isakov, T. van Kolfschoten & J. van der Plicht (2026)
The Northernmost Discovery of Merck's Rhinoceros Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) in Europe (Vazhgort, Komi Republic, Russia)
Paleontological Journal 60: 101–114
doi: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030125601306
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030125601306
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Jérémy Tissier, Pauline Coster, Loïc Costeur, Océane Lapauze, Olivier Maridet, Bastien Mennecart & Renaud Roch (2026)
Anatomie du pétreux et du labyrinthe osseux de Plagiolophus huerzeleri (Perissodactyla, Palaeotheriidae) de Murs (France).
Actes de la Société Jurassienne d'Emulation 2025: 31–40 (2026) (in French)
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https://sje.ch/uploads/actes2025-site.pdf
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Elena Ghezzo, Michela Contessi, Giulio Vara, Elisa Lodolo, Stefano Ratti, Paul J. Funston, Chuan-Chou Shen, Chun-Yuan Huang, Jo De Waele & Federico Fanti (2026)
An injured lion from Kanegra (Slovenia): CT evidence of survival after severe juvenile forelimb trauma in a MIS6 Eurasian lion
Quaternary International 772: 110326
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2026.110326
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618226002120
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Daniel M. Casali, Claudia G. Costa, Fernando H. S. de Barbosa, Fellipe P. Muniz, Gabriel Mestriner, Rodrigo Parisi Dutra, Rachel E. Narducci, H. Gregory McDonald, Camille Fonseca Tostes, Izabella Lucas de Abreu Lima, Flávio Ricardo Manzi & Luciano Vilaboim Santos (2026)
The presence of an atavistic caniniform alveolus in Nothrotherium maquinense (Xenarthra, Folivora, Nothrotheriidae)
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 25
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09823-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-026-09823-5
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Florentin Cailleux (2026)
Dental disorders and mandibular trauma: the last stand of the Miocene gymnure Galerix stehlini (Mammalia, Erinaceidae)
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 22
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09822-6
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-026-09822-6
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Kumiko Matsui, Marin Mitoh & Takehisa Tsubamoto (2026)
A fossil humerus of Desmostylus highlights the spatio-temporal distributional changes of its genus on both sides of the Pacific coastlines
Scientific Reports (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-46323-1
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-46323-1
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Analía M. Forasiepi, Charlène Gaillard, R. D. E. MacPhee, M. Alejandra Abello & Matias L. Taglioretti (2026)
Cranial anatomy of Argyrolagus (Metatheria, Argyrolagidae) : new insights, new interpretations
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 481: 81 pp.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/2246/7550
https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/2c39df5b-5972-46fd-9283-d8b98a2b0388
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Hainina cassagnauensis sp. nov.
Azilestes yvettae sp. nov.
Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Ronan Allain & Yves Laurent (2026)
First evidence of co-occurrence of multituberculate and eutherian mammals in the Cretaceous of Western Europe – palaeobiogeographical implications
Geological Magazine 163: e25
doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756826100673
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Julien Benoit, Lucas J. Legendre, Ricardo Araújo, Vincent Fernandez, Adam Midzuk, Claire Browning, Fernando Abdala, Jennifer Botha & Kenneth D. Angielczyk (2026)
Evolutionary stasis in synapsid encephalization during the end-Permian mass extinction
Scientific Reports (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-53133-y
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-53133-y
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Pavo miejue sp. nov.
Yong-Jie Lan, Gerald Mayr & Cheng-Hsiu Tsai (2026)
A new Pleistocene peafowl from Taiwan reveals the extinction of a large galliform bird in East Asia
Royal Society Open Science 13(5): 260347 .
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260347
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Urmiornis shargensis sp. nov.
Urmiornis guangheensis comb. nov.
Nikita Zelenkov (2026)
New Data on Ergilornithids (Aves: Ergilornithidae) from Central Asia
Paleontological Journal 60(1):75-84
doi: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030125601288
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030125601288
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Sauresus osteodermus igen. et isp. nov.
Adrian P. Hunt, Spencer G. Lucas and Krister T. Smith (2026)
A New Regurgitalite from the Early Eocene of Wyoming (USA) Provides Evidence for Predation on “Armored” Glyptosaurid Lizards and Diurnal Behavior of Early Owls
Fossil Studies 4(2): 12
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/fossils4020012 - 19 May 2026
https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/4/2/12
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Riccardo Rocchi, Filippo Maria Rotatori, Gabriel S. Ferreira & Federico Fanti (2026)
An exquisitely preserved young iguanodontian from the Upper Jurassic of Tanzania sheds light on skeletal fusion patterns within Archosauria
Papers in Palaeontology 12(3): e70085
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70085
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spp2.70085
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/spp2.70085
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Charlie Roger Schere, Elizabeth Steell & Paul Upchurch (2026)
Drivers and mechanisms of convergent forelimb reduction in non-avian theropod dinosaurs
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293(2071): 20260528.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0528
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Seung Choi, Insung Paik, Hyunjoo Kim, Yonghyun Kim, Shukang Zhang, Yong Park & Sungkeun Lee (2026)
Preservation and palaeobiogeography of dinosaur eggs from the Dadaepo Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Cenomanian), Korea
Papers in Palaeontology 12(3): e70084
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70084
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70084
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/spp2.70084
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Anees Ahmed Shah, Rana Mehroz Fazal & Innayat Ullah Malik (2026)
Comparative Analysis of the Dinosaur Record of Pakistan with World Dinosaurs as Diversity and Paleobiogeography Implications
Physical Education, Health and Social Sciences 4(1): 747-759
DOI: https://doi.org/10.63163/jpehss.v4i2.1365
Https://journal-of-social-education.org/index.php/Jorunal/article/view/1365
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Eric M. Roberts, Marc S. Hendrix, Jahandar Ramezani, William C. Clyde, Pierre Zippi, Stuart Hodgson, Valerie Yuleridge & Lindsay E. Zanno (2026)
High precision CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb zircon age for the “Dueling Dinosaurs” locality, with implications for regional correlation, basal age and duration of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana
PLoS One 21(5): e0328861.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328861
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0328861
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Tylodorhynchus rodriguesae gen. et comb. nov.
R. V. Pêgas & Borja Holgado (2026)
A taxonomic note on a coloborhynchine pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation: Tylodorhynchus rodriguesae gen. et comb. nov.
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2026.2650487
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2026.2650487
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Rafael Terras, Rodrigo Temp Müller, Leonardo Kerber & Mirian Carbonera (2026)
Exploring the cranial morphology and possible convergences of Triassic non-crocodylomorph pseudosuchians (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) with other sauropsids through linear morphometrics
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70233
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70233
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https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70233
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Ana Laura S. Paiva, Pedro L. Godoy, Daniel M. dos Santos, Max C. Langer & Philip D. Mannion (2026)
Phylogenetically-informed estimates of notosuchian (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) body size and the challenges of inferring macroevolutionary patterns in extinct groups
Palaeontology 69(3): e70061
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70061
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70061
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pala.70061
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Tylosaurus rex sp. nov.
Amelia R. Zietlow, Michael J. Polcyn & Ronald S. Tykoski (2026)
A gigantic new species of Tylosaurus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from Texas : and a revised character list for phylogenetic analyses of Mosasauridae
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History no. 482: 77 pp.
https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/dbbf9dc2-f0cb-40fc-87b2-a92791f3c3cc
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Acutodon villeveyracensis gen. et sp. nov.
Olivier Jansen, Marc Augé, Geraldine Garcia, Olga Otero & Xavier Valentin (2026)
A new pan-shinisaur lizard (Anguimorpha) from the lower Campanian of Villeveyrac (Hérault, France)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2636649
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2636649
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2636649
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2636649
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Jasper Ponstein, Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Hans Steur & Jonathan J. W. Wallaard (2026)
New early Oligocene water frog (Anura, Ranidae, Pelophylax) occurrence from south-eastern France.
Fossil Record 29(1): 227-247
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.188906
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/188906/list/9/
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Talentichthys kuragh gen. et sp. nov.
Gavin C. Young & Jing Lu (2026)
A new Devonian lungfish from the western Karakoram of northern Pakistan
Palaeoworld (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2026.201130
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871174X2600065X
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Wojciech Pawlak, Adam Rytel, Jorge Domingo Carrillo-Briceño, Ursina Bachmann & Ben Pabst (2026)
First dipnoan remains from the Late Triassic of Frick (Switzerland) and the re-evaluation of lungfish palaeobiogeography controls in the Late Triassic.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 655-663.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.186528
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/186528/element/2/13/
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Alina Kanarkina, Nikolay G. Zverkov, Omar K. Khapisov, Julia A. Bolshiyanova (2026)
Endemism that never was? Australian swordfish-like pachycormiform in the Northern Hemisphere.
Fossil Record 29(1): 249-268
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.191551
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/191551/list/9/
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Aintzane Santaquiteria, Dahiana Arcila, Giorgio Carnevale, Melissa Rincon-Sandoval, Fernando Melendez-Vazquez, William T. White, Carole C. Baldwin, Mark W. Westneat, Guillermo Ortí, James C. Tyler & Ricardo Betancur-R (2026)
Ecological and genomic signatures of the convergent evolution of planktivory in fossil and living reef fishes over deep time
Nature Communications (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73110-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73110-3
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Letícia Paiva BELFORT, Hermínio Ismael DE ARAÚJO-JÚNIOR, Lílian Paglarelli BERGQVIST, Gustavo PRADO MARTINS, Fernando Henrique DE SOUZA BARBOSA, Kleberson DE OLIVEIRA PORPINO, Maurícius NASCIMENTO MENEZES & Patrick FÜHR DAL’BÓ (2026)
Vertebrate taphonomy and ichnological and sedimentological aspects from the Albian-Cenomanian Açu Formation, Potiguar Basin, Northeastern Brazil
Comptes Rendus Palevol 25(9): 155-172.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a9
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/25/9
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Wenwei Guo, Li Tian, Daoliang Chu, Wenchao Shu, Michael J Benton, Jun Liu & Jinnan Tong (2026)
Rapid riparian ecosystem recovery in low-latitudinal North China following the end-Permian mass extinction
eLife 14: RP104205
doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.104205.4
https://elifesciences.org/articles/104205
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Victoria F. Crystal, Ian M. Miller, Jaelyn J. Eberle, S. Augusta Maccracken, Tyler R. Lyson & Kathryn E. Snell (2026)
A new earliest Paleocene forest floor fossil leaf site in the Denver Basin, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Geology 61(1): 1–21.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24872/rmgjournal.61.1.1
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Hayu Ota, Junichiro Kuroda, Keiichi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hoshi, Ken Sawada, Kohei Hosogaya, Hiroshi Nishi, Akira Ishikawa, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Masashi A. Ikeda, Yuji Orihashi, Mark Schmitz, Babu Ram Gyawali, Hironao Matsumoto & Reishi Takashima (2026)
The Chicxulub impact signature in East Asia
Communications Earth & Environment 7: 434
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03602-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03602-z
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Valentin Panait & Iuliana Varvara Poştaru (2026)
Reconstruction of the Marine Paleo-Habitat of Dobrogea/Dobrudja Area from the Triassic Period
Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research 28(1): 1-28.
doi: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2026-0001.
https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/trser-2026-0001
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Bruno Peruzzi Peres, Ilda Mariclei de Castro da Silva, Edward Frederico Castro Pessano
PALEONTOLOGIA NA FORMAÇÃO TOURO PASSO (URUGUAIANA/RS): Uma revisão narrative
PALEONTOLOGY IN THE TOURO PASSO FORMATION (URUGUAIANA/RS): A narrative review
Scientia Generalis 7(1):787-795 (in Portuguese)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22289/sg.V7N1A64
https://scientiageneralis.com.br/index.php/SG/article/view/915
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https://scientiageneralis.com.br/index.php/SG/article/view/915/679
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Junmei Sawada, Minoru Yoneda, Kentaro Uesugi, Masato Hoshino, Seiya Watanabe, Naoki Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Uzawa, Takeji Toizumi, Rin Anbo, Fumiko Saeki & Yuzo Yanagita (2026)
Non-destructive histomorphological identification of Late Pleistocene burned bone fragments using synchrotron radiation X-ray CT at SPring-8
Scientific Reports 16: 13908
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-50208-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-50208-8
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