Bastetodon + Australian theropods + Leyesaurus + Uriash + Petrustitan + Plesiotortrix + more free pdfs
Ben Creisler
Ben Creisler
I hope all are well.
Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
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Ruy Fernandez & José Braga (2025)
The morphology of the oval window in Paranthropus robustus compared to humans and other modern primates
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25644
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25644
Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.25644
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Annalisa Pietrobelli, Damiano Marchi, Sofwan Noerwidi, Nico Alamsyah, Thomas Sutikna, Tracy L. Kivell, Matthew M. Skinner & Matthew W. Tocheri (2025)
A new distal fibular fragment of Homo floresiensis and the first quantitative comparative analysis of proximal and distal fibular morphology in this species
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.14194
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.14194
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.14194
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Alessandro Urciuoli, Ignacio Martínez, Rolf Quam, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Brian A. Keeling, Julia Diez-Valero & Mercedes Conde-Valverde (2025)
Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the Neanderthal clade
Nature Communications 16: 972
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56155-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56155-8
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Shen-Ao Liang, Tianxin Ren, Jiayu Zhang, Jiahui He, Xuankai Wang, Xinrui Jiang, Yuan He, Rajiv C. McCoy, Qiaomei Fu, Joshua M. Akey, Yafei Mao & Lu Chen (2025)
A refined analysis of Neanderthal-introgressed sequences in modern humans with a complete reference genome
Genome Biology 26: 32
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03502-z
https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-025-03502-z
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Steven Abood & Hiroki Oota (2025)
Human dispersal into East Eurasia: ancient genome insights and the need for research on physiological adaptations
Journal of Physiological Anthropology 44(1): 1-13
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-024-00382-3
https://jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40101-024-00382-3
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Carolin Röding, Sireen El-Zaatari, Fernando V. Ramirez Rozzi, Chris Stringer, M. Loring Burgess, Rodrigo S. Lacruz & Katerina Harvati (2025)
Dentition of the Mugharet El'Aliya Fossil Human Maxilla, Morocco
American Journal of Biological Anthropology 186(2): e70015
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70015
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70015
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.70015
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Neil R. Caton & David M. G. Lewis (2025)
Intrasexual Selection for Upper Limb Length in Homo sapiens
American Journal of Human Biology 37(2): e70010
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70010
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.70010
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajhb.70010
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Andrea B. Taylor, Megan A. Holmes, Myra F. Laird & Claire E. Terhune (2025)
Jaw-Muscle Structure and Function in Primates: Insights Into Muscle Performance and Feeding-System Behaviors
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 34(1): e22053
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.22053
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/evan.22053
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.22053
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Bastetodon gen. nov. (for “Pterodon” syrtos)
Shorouq F. Al-Ashqar, Matthew Borths, Heba El-Desouky, Steven Heritage, Mohamed Abed, Erik R. Seiffert, Sanaa El-Sayed & Hesham M. Sallam (2025)
Cranial anatomy of the hypercarnivore Bastetodon syrtos gen. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae) and a reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2442472
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2442472
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2442472
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2024.2442472
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Justin Keller, Annalisa Berta, Mark Juhn & Blaire Van Valkenburgh (2025)
Morphology and function of pinniped necks: The long and short of it
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25642
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25642
Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.25642
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Yuichi I. Naito (2025)
Pleistocene habitats for proboscideans from five sites in the Japanese archipelago: Insights from isotopic composition of tooth enamel and dentin collagen
Journal of Quaternary Science (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3697
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3697
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3697
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David M. Alba, Souzanna Siarabi, Sara G. Arranz, Sharrah McKenzie & Isaac Casanovas-Vilar (2025)
Dental remains of ‘Parachleuastochoerus’ valentini (Suidae: Tetraconodontinae) from the early Late Miocene of Sant Quirze (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 144: 9
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-024-00344-3
https://sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13358-024-00344-3
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Ángel R. Miño-Boilini, Juan D. Carrillo ,Andrés Vanegas & Andrés Link (2025)
New remains of Megatherioidea (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the tropical Middle Miocene La Venta site in Colombia
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2464836
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2025.2464836
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Ana C. Afonso Silva, Odile Maliet, Leandro Aristide, David Nogués-Bravo, Nathan Upham, Walter Jetz & Hélène Morlon (2025)
Negative global-scale association between genetic diversity and speciation rates in mammals
Nature Communications 16: 1796
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56820-y
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56820-y
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Fay E. Clark, Jasmine Burdass, Annalise Kavanagh & Annabel King (2025)
Palaeognath birds innovate to solve a novel foraging problem
Scientific Reports 15: 4512
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88217-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-88217-8
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Xing Xu and Paul M. Barrett (2025)
The origin and early evolution of feathers: implications, uncertainties and future prospects
Biology Letters 21(2): 20240517
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0517
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0517
Free pdf:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0517
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Jake Kotevski, Ruairidh J. Duncan, Tim Ziegler, Joseph J. Bevitt, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Thomas H. Rich, Alistair R. Evans & Stephen F. Poropat (2025)
Evolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of new carcharodontosaurian, megaraptorid, and unenlagiine theropod remains from the upper Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, southeast Australia
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2441903
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2441903
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2441903
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2024.2441903
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Fay-yaad Toefy, Emil Krupandan & Anusuya Chinsamy (2025)
Palaeobiology and osteohistology of South African sauropodomorph dinosaurs
Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.14229
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.14229
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joa.14229
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Claire Peyre de Fabrègues, Cecilia Apaldetti, Ignacio A. Cerda, Diego Abelín, and Ricardo N. Martínez (2025)
Leyesaurus marayensis (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from Northwestern Argentina: an update
Ameghiniana (advance online publication)
doi: 10.5710/AMGH.11.12.2024.3622
https://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/127
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Uriash kadici gen. et sp. nov.
Petrustitan (‘Magyarosaurus’) hungaricus gen. nov.
Verónica Díez Díaz, Philip D. Mannion, Zoltán Csiki-Sava & Paul Upchurch (2025)
Revision of Romanian sauropod dinosaurs reveals high titanosaur diversity and body-size disparity on the latest Cretaceous Haţeg Island, with implications for titanosaurian biogeography
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23(1): 2441516
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2024.2441516
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2024.2441516
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14772019.2024.2441516
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Anthony Romilio (2025)
Evaluating heteropody in tracks: novel methodologies for manus-pes ratio calculation
HIstorial Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2467981
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08912963.2025.2467981
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08912963.2025.2467981
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Ya-Lei Yin, Yang Li, Jin Hu & Hong-Gang Zhang (2025)
Dinosaur teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China.
PeerJ 13: e19013
doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19013
https://peerj.com/articles/19013/
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Angel A. Guillermo-Ochoa, Leonardo M. Zevallos-Valdivia, Camila Castro-Eguiluz, Vilma Garcia-Flores, Jean-Noël Martinez, Omar Alfredo Silupú-Cárdenas, Claudia Isabel Sánchez-Alva, José Luis Epiquien-Llaja, Thalía del Pilar Pintado-Abarca, Lizbeth Mariana Delgado-Quiroz & Rubén A. Rodríguez-de la Rosa (2025)
An ornithopod trackway from the Albian-Turonian Arcurquina Formation, Arequipa, Peru, and its paleoecological implications
Revista Paleontología Mexicana 14(1): 1–11
doi: https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.2025.14.1.388
https://paleontologiamexicana.geologia.unam.mx/index.php/paleontologia/article/view/388
Free pdf:
https://paleontologiamexicana.geologia.unam.mx/index.php/paleontologia/article/view/388/568
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Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Martha C. Aguillón-Martínez, José Rubén Guzmán-Gutiérrez & José Flores-Ventura (2025)
Ankylosaurians from Coahuila, Mexico
Revista Paleontología Mexicana 14(1): 13–27
doi: https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.2025.14.1.389
https://paleontologiamexicana.geologia.unam.mx/index.php/paleontologia/article/view/389
Free pdf:
https://paleontologiamexicana.geologia.unam.mx/index.php/paleontologia/article/view/389/574
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Nathan Pili, Tristan J. Lowe, Lee Margetts, Kevin Pickup, William I. Sellers, Emma L. Nicholls, Philip J. Withers & Phillip L. Manning (2025)
Harnessing 3D microarchitecture of pterosaur bone using multi-scale X-ray CT for aerospace material design
Scientific Reports 15: 5719
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88257-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-88257-0
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Arnaud BRIGNON (2025)
La chasse aux « sauriens » jurassiques dans le nord-est de la France aux xviiie et xixe siècles (Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne et Alsace).
[Hunting for Jurassic “saurians” in Northeastern France during the 18th and 19th centuries (Lorraine, Champagne-Ardenne and Alsace regions)]
Geodiversitas 47(4): 93-299 (in French)
doi: https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2025v47a4
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/47/4
Free pdf:
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/hd/geodiversitas2025v47a4-pdfa.pdf
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Georgios L. GEORGALIS, Hussam ZAHER & Michel LAURIN (2025)
Introduction to: Snakes from the Cenozoic of Europe – towards a macroevolutionary and palaeobiogeographic synthesis,
in GEORGALIS G. L., ZAHER H. & LAURIN M. (eds), Snakes from the Cenozoic of Europe – towards a macroevolutionary and palaeobiogeographic synthesis
Comptes Rendus Palevol 24 (3): 45-49
doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a3
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/24/3
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Georgios L. GEORGALIS (2025)
Revision of the enigmatic snake Plesiotortrix edwardsi Rochebrune, 1884 from the Phosphorites du Quercy, France
in GEORGALIS G. L., ZAHER H. & LAURIN M. (eds), Snakes from the Cenozoic of Europe – towards a macroevolutionary and palaeobiogeographic synthesis
Comptes Rendus Palevol 24(4): 51-59
doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2025v24a4
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/24/4
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Petra Frýdlová, Jan Dudák, Veronika Tymlová, Jan Žemlička, Jiří Moravec & Daniel Frynta (2025)
Hidden Armour: The Passive Protective Function of Caudal Osteoderms in Snakes
Journal of Morphology 286(2): e70034
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70034
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.70034
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jmor.70034
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Tao Luo, Chang-Ting Lan, Jing Yu, Ling-Xing Song, Cui Fan, Jia-Jia Wang, Jia-Jun Zhou, Ning Xiao & Jiang Zhou (2025)
Rapid speciation of Chinese hypogean fishes driven by paleogeoclimatic and morphological adaptations
Current Zoology zoaf010
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaf010
https://academic.oup.com/cz/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cz/zoaf010/8020836
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Faviel A. López-Romero, Eduardo Villalobos-Segura, Julia Türtscher, Fidji Berio, Sebastian Stumpf, Richard P. Dearden, Jürgen Kriwet & Ernesto Maldonado (2025)
Evolution of the batoidea pectoral fin skeleton: convergence, modularity, and integration driving disparity trends
Evolutionary Ecology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-025-10330-x
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10682-025-10330-x
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Yang Zhao, Jordan Bestwick, Jan Fischer, Dylan Bastiaans, Merle Greif & Christian Klug (2025)
The first record of a shortnose chimaera-like egg capsule from the Mesozoic (Late Jurassic, Switzerland)
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 144: 8
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00352-x
https://sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13358-025-00352-x
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Free to read:
Christopher E. Doughty, Benjamin C. Wiebe, Jenna M. Keany, Camille Gaillard, Andrew J. Abraham & Jeppe A. Kristensen (2025)
Ecosystem engineers alter the evolution of seed size by impacting fertility and the understory light environment
Palaeontology 68(1): e70002
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70002
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pala.70002
Free to read (not download)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pala.70002
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Andrew S. Merdith, Thomas M. Gernon, Pierre Maffre, Yannick Donnadieu, Yves Goddéris, Jack Longman, R. Dietmar Müller & Benjamin J. W. Mills (2025)
Phanerozoic icehouse climates as the result of multiple solid-Earth cooling mechanisms
Science Advances 11(7): eadm9798
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adm9798
Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.adm9798
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María Belén Lara, Benjamin Bomfleur, Carsten Brauckmann, Jan Unverfärth, Thomas Mörs & Magali Möllmann (2025)
A first Triassic insect from Antarctica (Eisenhower Range, northern Victoria Land)
Antarctic Science (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102024000518
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Special Issue with free content:
‘"A mathematical theory of evolution": phylogenetic models dating back 100 years’
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 380(1919)
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2025/380/1919
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Including:
Bruno do Rosario Petrucci, Michael R. May and Tracy A. Heath (2025)
Fossils improve extinction-rate estimates under state-dependent diversification models
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 380(1919): 20230313
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0313
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2023.0313
Free pdf:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rstb.2023.0313