Angrivarodon + Patagoniaemys aeschyli + Lavergnesaurus + Ptycholepis huoae + more free pdfs
Ben Creisler
Ben Creisler
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Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Ethel Allué, Naama Goren-Inbar, Yoel Melamed, Brigitte Urban & Nira Alperson-Afil (2026)
Paleoenvironmental and behavioral insights into firewood selection by early Middle Pleistocene hominins
Quaternary Science Reviews 382: 109973
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109973
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126001824
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Alessandro Urciuoli, Clément Zanolli, Florian Bouchet, Júlia Arias-Martorell, Loïc Costeur, Lorenzo Rook & David M. Alba (2026)
New evidence from the bony labyrinth and teeth of the Late Miocene ape Oreopithecus based on a partial cranium from Baccinello
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 6
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-025-09793-0
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-025-09793-0
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Dario Stefanelli, Maria Marino, Beniamino Mecozzi, Raffaele Sardella, Andrea Zazzera, and Marco P. Ferretti (2026)
Reassessing diagnostic postcranial traits in Pleistocene elephants: evidence from Palaeoloxodon antiquus and Mammuthus in Italy
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(1): 155-171
doi:10.4202/app.01304.2025
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app013042025.html
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Matthew Edward Scarborough, Heinz Furrer, Torsten M. Scheyer, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra & Jorge Domingo Carrillo-Briceño (2026)
Anatomy of a perinatal woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from Niederweningen (Late Pleistocene), Switzerland.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 487-504
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.183721
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/183721/list/9/
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Oliver Hampe & Patrick Asbach (2026)
Evidence of bony stress syndrome in a fossil cetacean
International Journal of Paleopathology 53: 65-68
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2026.03.004
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879981726000240
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Angrivarodon goresi gen. et sp. nov.
Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov, Andreas J. Lang, Julia A. Schultz & Achim H. Schwermann (2026)
A new paulchoffatiid and additional multituberculate (Mammalia) remains from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) of Germany
PalZ (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-025-00765-6
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-025-00765-6
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Zlatozar Nikolaev Boev (2026)
Past Distribution of Bustards (Otidiformes Wagler, 1830) in Bulgaria
Birds 7(2): 24
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/birds7020024
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/7/2/24
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Rémi Lefebvre, Lucie Partout, Heinrich Mallison & Alexandra Houssaye (2026)
Partial analyses of humeral shape in sauropodomorph dinosaurs highlight a hidden modularity and the differential evolution of sauropod bauplan-related traits
Palaeontology 69(2): e70048
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70048
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70048
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pala.70048
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Tai Kubo, Homare Sakaki, Francisco Ortega, Wenjie Zheng, Xingsheng Jin, Toru Sekiya, Yuji Takakuwa & Mugino O. Kubo (2026)
Testing intra-individual variation in dental microwear texture of Omeisaurus maoianus and preliminary interspecific comparisons of sauropodomorphs
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 113768
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113768
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018226002312
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Zi-Xian Sui, Shuai Sha & Ya-Lei Yin(2026)
The anatomy of a mamenchisaurid tooth informed by digital reconstruction.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 475-486.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.187923
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/187923/
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Alexandros Pantelides, Paul Upchurch, Philip D. Mannion, Elias Gravanis, Donald M. Henderson & Phaedon Kyriakidis (2026)
ENHYDROSS: A New Mechanistic Model Supports the Trans-Oceanic Dispersal Capability of Terrestrial Vertebrates
Ecology and Evolution 16(4): e73280
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73280
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73280
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.73280
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Patagoniaemys aeschyli sp. nov.
Federico L. Agnolin, Mauro Aranciaga Rolando, Juliana Sterli, Nicolás R. Chimento, Fernando E. Novas, and Gonzalo L. Muñoz (2026)
A new meiolaniform turtle from the Maastrichtian of Northern Patagonia, Argentina
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(1): 173-184
doi:10.4202/app.01268.2025
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app012682025.html
Free pdf:
https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app71/app012682025.pdf
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Lavergnesaurus lamarcki gen. et sp. nov.
Andrej Čerňanský, Georgios L. Georgalis, Maeva J. Orliac & Jeremy E. Martin (2026)
The reptiles from the Lavergne locality of Phosphorites du Quercy in France show a high taxonomic diversity at the end of the middle Eocene (MP 16)
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 343-401
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.178570
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/178570/
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Victor Beccari, Marc E H Jones, Andrea Villa, Roberta Martino, Sophie Regnault, Frank Glaw & Oliver W M Rauhut (2026)
The axial skeleton of the tuatara (Rhynchocephalia: Sphenodon): insights on intraspecific variability, ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, and remarks on fossil taxa
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 206(4) zlaf135
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf135
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/206/4/zlaf135/8570147
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Serjoscha W. Evers, Eldon Panigot, Holger Petermann, Bruce S. Rubidge, Gabriel S. Bever & Tyler R. Lyson (2026)
Labyrinth morphology of Eunotosaurus africanus in the context of semicircular canal shape variation across amniotes
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(1): 2634330
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2026.2634330
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2026.2634330
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14772019.2026.2634330
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Lea D. Numberger-Thuy, Dominique Delsate, Pia Hanker, Andrea Kronfeld, Marc A. Brockmann & Ben Thuy (2026)
An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Triassic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/1307
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Jiaoying He, Zike Li, Qingya Yang, Mengyao Zhu, Baiyun Xue, Yinmeng Hou, Ganggang Yang, Xiaohong Chen & Zhuo Chen (2026)
Mitochondrial Phylogenomics and Genome Evolution in Anura: Insights From Structure and Gene Order Rearrangements
Ecology and Evolution 16(4): e73370
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73370
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73370
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.73370
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Yilun Yu, Xing Xu, and Roger B. J. Benson (2026)
Decoupled phenotypic constraints framed by respiratory adaptation in the rise of land vertebrates
Science Advances 12(14): eaeb0801
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeb0801
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb0801
Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aeb0801
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V.N. Glinskiy, I.P. Bolshiyanov, M.J. Newman, D.K. Elliott, P.A. Beznosov, D.P. Plax, A.V. Zaitsev, R.V. Kalabin, D.B. Kucher and E.A. Akimov (2026)
A review of the psammosteid genus Traquairosteus Tarlo, 1964 (Heterostraci: Pteraspidiformes) from the Givetian-Frasnian basins of Laurussia, with new data on the species composition, distribution and paleoecology
Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 330(1): 145–174
https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2026.330.1.145
https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/eng/publication.html?id=637
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Francis M. Elliott (2026)
Recent research into the morphology of the megalichthyid Megalichthys pygmaeus Traquair, from the Midland Valley of Scotland
Scottish Journal of Geology 62:
doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2025-005
https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/sjg2025-005
Free pdf:
https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/epdf/10.1144/sjg2025-005
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Eamon N. Doyle, Wayne Itano & Aodhán Ó Gogáin (2027)
New Records of Carboniferous Fish Teeth and a Spine from Ireland
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 45: 7–18
doi: https://doi.org/10.1353/ijes.0.a987808
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/987808/pdf
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Chieh-Hsuan Lee, Tomáš Přikryl, Yu-Chieh Hsu, and Chien-Hsiang Lin (2026)
First skeletal record of the pufferfish Arothron (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Early Pleistocene of southern Taiwan.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 29(1): a14.
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1668
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026/5823-pleistocene-pufferfish-from-taiwan
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Andrea Tintori, Davide Conedera, Min Zhou, Yichen Tan & Dayong Jiang (2026)
The miniature fish Habroichthys orientalis (Su, 1959) (Peltopleuriformes) from the Ladinian Xingyi Fauna (China): new data on ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, and CT-scanned otoliths.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 327-342.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.184656
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/184656/
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Eva Caron, Diogo Mayrinck, Ricardo Cespedes, and Olga Otero (2026)
Early Paleocene siluroid catfish from Bolivia and its evolutionary and paleogeographic importance
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(1): 109-118
doi:10.4202/app.01300.2025
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app013002025.html
Free pdf:
https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app71/app013002025.pdf
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Ptycholepis huoae sp. nov.
GUANG-HUI XU, BO LUO, XIN-YING MA, TING-CONG REN, QING-DONG WANG & JUN-LING LIAO (2026)
A new species of Ptycholepis (Ptycholepiformes, Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Luxi, Yunnan Province, China
Mesozoic 3(1): 66-73
DOI: 10.11646/mesozoic.3.1.5
https://www.mapress.com/mz/article/view/mesozoic.3.1.5
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Sibelle Maksoud, Tamara El Hossny, Lionel Cavin, Pierre Abi Saad, Dany Azar, André Piuz & Elias Samankassou (2026)
Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Upper Cretaceous fossil fish Konservat-Lagerstätten of Lebanon.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 433-474.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.181847
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/181847/
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Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Josep Quintana Cardona, Alejandro Blanco & Bruce M Rothschild (2025)
Skeletal and dental anomalies provide insights into insular vertebrate zoology and evolution in Plio-Holocene Menorca, Western Mediterranean
Current Zoology, zoag023
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoag023
https://academic.oup.com/cz/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cz/zoag023/8556684
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Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas (2026)
Cretaceous Ammonites and Nautiloids of New Mexico
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 103: 385 pp.
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Gustavo Sanchez, Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez, Ainhoa Bernal, Elizabeth Heath-Heckman, Raphael Lami, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Michele Nishiguchi, Spencer Nyholm, Oleg Simakov, A. Louise Allcock & Daniel S. Rokhsar (2026)
Rapid mid-Cretaceous diversification of squid and cuttlefish preceded radiation into coastal niches
Nature Ecology & Evolution (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03009-1
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03009-1
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Man Lu, Yongge Sun, Guoqiang Duan, Takehito Ikejiri, Naihao Liu, Qingyong Luo, Dawei Lv, Richard Carroll & Yuehan Lu (2026)
Massive wildfires followed oceanic anoxic events during the Late Devonian Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction
Science Advances 12(14): eady4534
doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady4534
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady4534
Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.ady4534
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Leslie M.E. Manríquez, Ernesto L.C. Lavina, Juan Pablo Pino, Cristine Trevisan, Jhonatan Alarcón-Muñoz, Joseline Manfroi, Hector Mansilla & Marcelo Leppe (2026)
Evolution of high latitude fluvial system in a humid climate conditions (Maastrichtian–Danian, Magallanes Basin, Chilean Patagonia).
Evolving Earth 100124
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eve.2026.100124
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950117226000208
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