Mammoth Site redating + Westphalodon + pre-therian forelimbs + Skorpiovenator skull + more free pdfs
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I hope all are safe and well.
Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Abstracts Book not yet mentioned:
Farke, A., Balisi, M., Santos, G., and Jørgensen, B. (organizers) (2026)
Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting Abstracts.
PaleoBios 43(2): 1-22.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5070/P9.68701
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2t31k34t
====
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Christoph P. E. Zollikofer, Marcia S. Ponce de León, María Haber Uriarte, Mariano V. López, Jon Ortega, Osamu Kondo, Takeru Akazawa, and Michael J. Walker (2026)
Insights into Neanderthal development, childbirth, and locomotion from the Palomas and Dederiyeh pelves
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 123(35): e2535303123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2535303123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2535303123
Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2535303123
====
Ian Towle (2026)
Clades, Grades, and the Genus Problem: A Case for Revising Hominin Taxonomy
American Journal of Biological Anthropology 190(4): e70344
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70344
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70344
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.70344
====
Devin B. Pettigrew, Sam Zhang, Kristen C. Carlson, Robert Hitchcock, Justin Garnett, John C. Whittaker, Carlton Shield Chief Gover & Eric Vance (2026)
Ballistic potential of the atlatl and dart for hunting late-Quaternary megafauna
Quaternary International 782: 110419
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2026.110419
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618226003058
====
Luke D. Fannin, Carmen Pape, and W. Scott McGraw (2026)
A kinematic convergence in ape and monkey vertical climbing informs debates on early hominin arborealism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(35): e2608183123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2608183123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2608183123
Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2608183123
====
Shannon A. Mahan, Jim I. Mead, Paul R. Hanson, Emma T. Krolczyk and Christopher N. Jass (2026)
Age reassignment using luminescence dating for The Mammoth Site, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Quaternary Research (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2026.10102
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/age-reassignment-using-luminescence-dating-for-the-mammoth-site-black-hills-south-dakota-usa/05A3EB3211187D62D76628BE256B5550
====
Marius Robu, Ionuț-Cornel Mirea, Alexandru Petculescu, Marius Kenesz, Luchiana-Maria Faur, William Pestle, Peter K. Swart, and Silviu Constantin (2026)
Palaeodiet and palaeoecology of a Late Pleistocene cave bear population in the Romanian Carpathians
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(3): 461-473
doi:10.4202/app.01291.2025
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app012912025.html
====
Daniyar Khantemirov, Dmitriy O. Gimranov, Tatiana V. Strukova, Maria S. Tarasova, Maria P. Maslintsina, Victoria I. Pryakhina, Andrey N. Ivanchenko, Maria V. Pavlova, Dmitriy A. Zakharov, Arseniy V. Babaytsev, Mikhail P. Tiunov, Tariyel M. Eybatov, Anton V. Kisagulov, Lilia A. Sultangareeva, Valeria A. Makutina, Qigao Jiangzuo, Anton V. Kochnev & Pavel A. Kosintsev (2026)
Dental adaptations and diet of cave hyena Crocuta spelaea (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Tip-Tugai cave, Southern Ural
Quaternary Research (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2026.10104[Opens in a new window]
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/dental-adaptations-and-diet-of-cave-hyena-crocuta-spelaea-carnivora-hyaenidae-from-the-upper-pleistocene-of-tiptugai-cave-southern-ural/4D67037A84A6CFC1A722924D301911F4
====
Blaine W. SCHUBERT and Joshua X. SAMUELS (2026)
Revised age of early short-faced bears (Tremarctinae, Plionarctos) in the fossil record
PaleoBios 43(3): 1-10.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5070/P9.63658
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7zs962s4
====
Westphalodon goini gen. et sp. nov.
Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov, Andreas J. Lang & Achim H. Schwermann (2026)
A gobiconodontid mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Central Europe
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 4
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09831-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-026-09831-5
====
====
P. J. Bishop & S. E. Pierce (2026)
Reconstructions of forelimb musculature in extinct pre-therian synapsids
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 164(2): 145-184
doi: https://doi.org/10.3099/MCZ85.1
https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-museum-of-comparative-zoology/volume-164/issue-2/MCZ85.1/RECONSTRUCTIONS-OF-FORELIMB-MUSCULATURE-IN-EXTINCT-PRE-THERIAN-SYNAPSIDS/10.3099/MCZ85.1.full
====
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Gianluca Lombardo, Guido Roberto Gallo, Andrea De Benedictis, Marta Cavallini, Giulio Formenti & Giorgio Binelli (2026)
Mitogenomes Reveal Novel Phylogeographic Patterns and Temporal Evolutionary History of Barn Swallows and Close Relatives
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 27(16): 7433
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27167433
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27/16/7433
====
====
Clémence L. E. Gouellec, Ronan Allain, Jean Goedert, Romain Pintore, Jackson Carter, Rafael Royo-Torres, Dominique Augier & Raphaël Cornette (2026)
Heterodonty in the teeth of the turiasaurian sauropod from Angeac-Charente (Early Cretaceous, southwestern France): Comparison of anatomical and geometric morphometric approaches
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70230
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70230
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.70230
====
Juan I. Canale, Mauricio A. Cerroni, Mattia A. Baiano, Jorge G. Meso, Damiano Palombi and Ariana Paulina Carabajal (2026)
The skull beneath the skin: cranial osteology of Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina
Ameghiniana (advance online publication)
doi: 10.5710/AMGH.20.08.2026.3665
https://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/174
====
Elie Fosso Menkem, Ngong Roger Ngia, Louis L. Jacobs, Christopher Fuanya, Romuald Saf, Constantin Ndongue, Jean Ghislain Tabue Youmbi, Alexandrine N’nanga & Jeremy E. Martin (2026)
Tracking Dinosaurs across Equatorial Gondwana: Sedimentology and Ichnology of the Lower Cretaceous Koum Basin (Northern Cameroon).
Journal of Palaeogeography 100416
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2026.100416
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095383626000933
====
Oscar E. Wilson, Jorge W. Moreno-Bernal, Catalina Suarez, Frank Cardozo Tovar, Andrés Vanegas, Rubén Vanegas, Ethan A. Shirley, Patricia A. Holroyd & John-Paul Zonneveld (2026)
Physical evidence of crocodylian predation on ungulates in the Middle Miocene of Colombia
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2701154
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2701154
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2701154
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2701154
===
Murilo Andrade-Silva & Heitor Francischini (2026)
A new occurrence of tetrapod footprints from the Late Triassic of the Candelária Sequence, Brazil
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70316
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70316
Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70316
====
Sarin Tiatragul, Ian G Brennan, Alexander Skeels, Damien Esquerré, Stephen M Zozaya, J Scott Keogh & Mitzy Pepper (2026)
Aridification and habitat shifts are associated with diversification in Australian diplodactylid geckos
Systematic Biology, syag066
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syag066
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syag066/8762887
====
Laia Garcia-Escolà, Jordi Marcé-Nogué, Ane de Celis, Núria Cuadrado, Eduard Vidales, Penélope Cruzado-Caballero, Alejandro Serrano-Martínez, Carolina Castillo-Ruiz & Josep Fortuny (2026)
Lizards under pressure: skull nanoindentation in an insular reptile for palaeobiological inference.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 881-900.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.193019
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/193019/
====
====
Gabriel Levi Barbosa Lopes, Valéria Gallo, Francisco J. de Figueiredo, Mario Barletta & Alcina Magnólia Franca Barreto (2026)
Diversity and distribution of the palaeoichthyofauna of the Aptian−Albian Romualdo Formation of the Araripe Basin, in Northeastern Brazil
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-026-00721-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12549-026-00721-5
====
Candelaria Rodríguez Canalis, Agustín Carnicero, Sole Gouiric-Cavalli & Yanina Herrera (2026)
Type specimens of fossil fishes at the Museo de la Plata: a catalog
Especímenes tipo de peces fósiles en el Museo de La Plata: un catálogo
Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 26(2): 1–29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5710/PEAPA.16.06.2026.566
https://peapaleontologica.org.ar/index.php/peapa/article/view/566
Free pdf:
https://peapaleontologica.org.ar/index.php/peapa/article/view/566/960
====
====
Sandra Álvarez-Carretero, Ziheng Yang, Philip C J Donoghue & Mario dos Reis (2026)
On the Origin of Animals and Placental Mammals: A Critique of Literalist Readings of the Fossil Record
Molecular Biology and Evolution, msag211
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag211
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msag211/8766042
====
Martin R Smith & Bo Yang (2026)
Directional Biases in Morphological Evolution: Implications for Phylogenetic Models
Systematic Biology, syag063
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syag063
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syag063/8762884
=====
Anne Bettermann, Zoltán Csiki-Sava, Hervé Bocherens & Felix J. Augustin
Not only boring issues: bioerosion on bones from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin (Romania) and the implications for carcass decomposition on Haţeg Island.
Fossil Record 29(2): 675-705.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.189421
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/189421/
====
Andy Gale & Alberto Collareta (2026)
New whale barnacle records from eastern North America (Early Pleistocene of the Carolinas, USA, and Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene of Montreal, Canada)
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 101218
doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2026.101218
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787826000581
====
Gordon C. Baird, James Schiffbauer, Gigi Feltmann, Casey C. Bennett & Natalia Bykova (2026)
Mazon Creek-type Lagerstätten in Pennsylvanian Coal Basins of the US Midcontinent: Biotic Associations and Depositional Frameworks
Sedimentologika 4(2):
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57035/journals/sdk.2026.e42.2455
https://oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk/article/view/2455
Free pdf:
https://oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk/article/view/2455/2443
=====
bcre...@gmail.com
I hope all are safe and well.
Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Abstracts Book not yet mentioned:
Farke, A., Balisi, M., Santos, G., and Jørgensen, B. (organizers) (2026)
Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting Abstracts.
PaleoBios 43(2): 1-22.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5070/P9.68701
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2t31k34t
====
====
Christoph P. E. Zollikofer, Marcia S. Ponce de León, María Haber Uriarte, Mariano V. López, Jon Ortega, Osamu Kondo, Takeru Akazawa, and Michael J. Walker (2026)
Insights into Neanderthal development, childbirth, and locomotion from the Palomas and Dederiyeh pelves
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 123(35): e2535303123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2535303123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2535303123
Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2535303123
====
Ian Towle (2026)
Clades, Grades, and the Genus Problem: A Case for Revising Hominin Taxonomy
American Journal of Biological Anthropology 190(4): e70344
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70344
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70344
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.70344
====
Devin B. Pettigrew, Sam Zhang, Kristen C. Carlson, Robert Hitchcock, Justin Garnett, John C. Whittaker, Carlton Shield Chief Gover & Eric Vance (2026)
Ballistic potential of the atlatl and dart for hunting late-Quaternary megafauna
Quaternary International 782: 110419
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2026.110419
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618226003058
====
Luke D. Fannin, Carmen Pape, and W. Scott McGraw (2026)
A kinematic convergence in ape and monkey vertical climbing informs debates on early hominin arborealism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(35): e2608183123
doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2608183123
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2608183123
Free pdf:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2608183123
====
Shannon A. Mahan, Jim I. Mead, Paul R. Hanson, Emma T. Krolczyk and Christopher N. Jass (2026)
Age reassignment using luminescence dating for The Mammoth Site, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Quaternary Research (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2026.10102
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/age-reassignment-using-luminescence-dating-for-the-mammoth-site-black-hills-south-dakota-usa/05A3EB3211187D62D76628BE256B5550
====
Marius Robu, Ionuț-Cornel Mirea, Alexandru Petculescu, Marius Kenesz, Luchiana-Maria Faur, William Pestle, Peter K. Swart, and Silviu Constantin (2026)
Palaeodiet and palaeoecology of a Late Pleistocene cave bear population in the Romanian Carpathians
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(3): 461-473
doi:10.4202/app.01291.2025
https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app012912025.html
====
Daniyar Khantemirov, Dmitriy O. Gimranov, Tatiana V. Strukova, Maria S. Tarasova, Maria P. Maslintsina, Victoria I. Pryakhina, Andrey N. Ivanchenko, Maria V. Pavlova, Dmitriy A. Zakharov, Arseniy V. Babaytsev, Mikhail P. Tiunov, Tariyel M. Eybatov, Anton V. Kisagulov, Lilia A. Sultangareeva, Valeria A. Makutina, Qigao Jiangzuo, Anton V. Kochnev & Pavel A. Kosintsev (2026)
Dental adaptations and diet of cave hyena Crocuta spelaea (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Tip-Tugai cave, Southern Ural
Quaternary Research (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2026.10104[Opens in a new window]
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/dental-adaptations-and-diet-of-cave-hyena-crocuta-spelaea-carnivora-hyaenidae-from-the-upper-pleistocene-of-tiptugai-cave-southern-ural/4D67037A84A6CFC1A722924D301911F4
====
Blaine W. SCHUBERT and Joshua X. SAMUELS (2026)
Revised age of early short-faced bears (Tremarctinae, Plionarctos) in the fossil record
PaleoBios 43(3): 1-10.
doi: https://doi.org/10.5070/P9.63658
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7zs962s4
====
Westphalodon goini gen. et sp. nov.
Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov, Andreas J. Lang & Achim H. Schwermann (2026)
A gobiconodontid mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Central Europe
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33: 4
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09831-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-026-09831-5
====
====
P. J. Bishop & S. E. Pierce (2026)
Reconstructions of forelimb musculature in extinct pre-therian synapsids
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 164(2): 145-184
doi: https://doi.org/10.3099/MCZ85.1
https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-museum-of-comparative-zoology/volume-164/issue-2/MCZ85.1/RECONSTRUCTIONS-OF-FORELIMB-MUSCULATURE-IN-EXTINCT-PRE-THERIAN-SYNAPSIDS/10.3099/MCZ85.1.full
====
====
Gianluca Lombardo, Guido Roberto Gallo, Andrea De Benedictis, Marta Cavallini, Giulio Formenti & Giorgio Binelli (2026)
Mitogenomes Reveal Novel Phylogeographic Patterns and Temporal Evolutionary History of Barn Swallows and Close Relatives
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 27(16): 7433
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27167433
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27/16/7433
====
====
Clémence L. E. Gouellec, Ronan Allain, Jean Goedert, Romain Pintore, Jackson Carter, Rafael Royo-Torres, Dominique Augier & Raphaël Cornette (2026)
Heterodonty in the teeth of the turiasaurian sauropod from Angeac-Charente (Early Cretaceous, southwestern France): Comparison of anatomical and geometric morphometric approaches
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70230
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.70230
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.70230
====
Juan I. Canale, Mauricio A. Cerroni, Mattia A. Baiano, Jorge G. Meso, Damiano Palombi and Ariana Paulina Carabajal (2026)
The skull beneath the skin: cranial osteology of Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina
Ameghiniana (advance online publication)
doi: 10.5710/AMGH.20.08.2026.3665
https://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/174
====
Elie Fosso Menkem, Ngong Roger Ngia, Louis L. Jacobs, Christopher Fuanya, Romuald Saf, Constantin Ndongue, Jean Ghislain Tabue Youmbi, Alexandrine N’nanga & Jeremy E. Martin (2026)
Tracking Dinosaurs across Equatorial Gondwana: Sedimentology and Ichnology of the Lower Cretaceous Koum Basin (Northern Cameroon).
Journal of Palaeogeography 100416
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2026.100416
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095383626000933
====
Oscar E. Wilson, Jorge W. Moreno-Bernal, Catalina Suarez, Frank Cardozo Tovar, Andrés Vanegas, Rubén Vanegas, Ethan A. Shirley, Patricia A. Holroyd & John-Paul Zonneveld (2026)
Physical evidence of crocodylian predation on ungulates in the Middle Miocene of Colombia
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2701154
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2701154
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2701154
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2701154
===
Murilo Andrade-Silva & Heitor Francischini (2026)
A new occurrence of tetrapod footprints from the Late Triassic of the Candelária Sequence, Brazil
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70316
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70316
Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70316
====
Sarin Tiatragul, Ian G Brennan, Alexander Skeels, Damien Esquerré, Stephen M Zozaya, J Scott Keogh & Mitzy Pepper (2026)
Aridification and habitat shifts are associated with diversification in Australian diplodactylid geckos
Systematic Biology, syag066
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syag066
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syag066/8762887
====
Laia Garcia-Escolà, Jordi Marcé-Nogué, Ane de Celis, Núria Cuadrado, Eduard Vidales, Penélope Cruzado-Caballero, Alejandro Serrano-Martínez, Carolina Castillo-Ruiz & Josep Fortuny (2026)
Lizards under pressure: skull nanoindentation in an insular reptile for palaeobiological inference.
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 881-900.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.193019
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/193019/
====
====
Gabriel Levi Barbosa Lopes, Valéria Gallo, Francisco J. de Figueiredo, Mario Barletta & Alcina Magnólia Franca Barreto (2026)
Diversity and distribution of the palaeoichthyofauna of the Aptian−Albian Romualdo Formation of the Araripe Basin, in Northeastern Brazil
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-026-00721-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12549-026-00721-5
====
Candelaria Rodríguez Canalis, Agustín Carnicero, Sole Gouiric-Cavalli & Yanina Herrera (2026)
Type specimens of fossil fishes at the Museo de la Plata: a catalog
Especímenes tipo de peces fósiles en el Museo de La Plata: un catálogo
Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 26(2): 1–29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5710/PEAPA.16.06.2026.566
https://peapaleontologica.org.ar/index.php/peapa/article/view/566
Free pdf:
https://peapaleontologica.org.ar/index.php/peapa/article/view/566/960
====
====
Sandra Álvarez-Carretero, Ziheng Yang, Philip C J Donoghue & Mario dos Reis (2026)
On the Origin of Animals and Placental Mammals: A Critique of Literalist Readings of the Fossil Record
Molecular Biology and Evolution, msag211
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag211
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msag211/8766042
====
Martin R Smith & Bo Yang (2026)
Directional Biases in Morphological Evolution: Implications for Phylogenetic Models
Systematic Biology, syag063
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syag063
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sysbio/syag063/8762884
=====
Anne Bettermann, Zoltán Csiki-Sava, Hervé Bocherens & Felix J. Augustin
Not only boring issues: bioerosion on bones from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin (Romania) and the implications for carcass decomposition on Haţeg Island.
Fossil Record 29(2): 675-705.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.189421
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/189421/
====
Andy Gale & Alberto Collareta (2026)
New whale barnacle records from eastern North America (Early Pleistocene of the Carolinas, USA, and Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene of Montreal, Canada)
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 101218
doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2026.101218
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787826000581
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Gordon C. Baird, James Schiffbauer, Gigi Feltmann, Casey C. Bennett & Natalia Bykova (2026)
Mazon Creek-type Lagerstätten in Pennsylvanian Coal Basins of the US Midcontinent: Biotic Associations and Depositional Frameworks
Sedimentologika 4(2):
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57035/journals/sdk.2026.e42.2455
https://oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk/article/view/2455
Free pdf:
https://oap.unige.ch/journals/sdk/article/view/2455/2443
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Gregory Paul
Aug 23, 2026, 11:23:10 AM (5 days ago) Aug 23
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This is interesting, with the author -- in part because current taxonomy is not in accord with the Phylocode -- proposing that Paranthropus and Australopithecus be chucked into Homo. That would be like putting all eutyrannosaurs into one genus. So no Nanotyrannus, Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus etc. It would all be Dryptosaurus. Or Tyrannosaurus if just all tyrannosaurids are united into one genus. All ornithomimids would be Ornithomimus. Most prosauropods whatever earliest named genus is diagnostic.
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On Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 02:40:15 AM EDT, DinosaurMa...@googlegroups.com <DinosaurMa...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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