Coryphodon from France + Miyumba + Troodon forelimb + Liopleurodon body size + Glyptolepis pectoral fin + more free pdfs
Ben Creisler
Ben Creisler
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Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:
Paleo4Alps 2026 Abstracts Book
Joint Meeting of the Italian, German, Austrian and Swiss Palaeontological Societies.
https://www.unibz.it/assets/Events/Pdf/press-events/Abstract-volume-Paleo4Alps_2026.pdf
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Susanne Krüger, Christine Hertler, Angela A. Bruch & Friedemann Schrenk (2026)
Seasonal Resource Availability and Dietary Selection in Baboons: Implications for Early Hominin Dietary Inference
Quaternary Environments and Humans 100112
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qeh.2026.100112
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950236526000186
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Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza (2026)
The behavioural and socio-cognitive implications of the evolution of the primate predatory pattern: An embodied and integrative theory of human carnivory
BioSystems 105891
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2026.105891
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303264726002017
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José Luis Guil‐Guerrero (2026)
Reassessing the Larval Consumption Hypothesis in Neanderthal Diet: A Quantitative and Multi‐Proxy Evaluation
American Journal of Biological Anthropology 190(3:) e70316
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70316
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70316
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.70316
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Julia Arias-Martorell, Ambra Figueroa-Torrejón, Thomas A. Püschel, Georgina Raventós-Izard, Alessandro Urciuoli, Jesús Gamarra, Sergio Almécija & David M. Alba (2026)
The distal humerus of Pliobates cataloniae (Primates: Pliopithecoidea): functional and locomotor inferences
Journal of Mammalian Evolution 33(3): 36
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-026-09828-0
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-026-09828-0
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Jelle W.F. Reumer, John de Vos & Unggul Prasetyo Wibowo (2026)
On the identity of Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii (Von Koenigswald, 1934) from Sangiran, Java, Indonesia (Mammalia, Carnivora, Machairodontinae)
Deinsea 24: 63 - 69.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20547001
https://zenodo.org/records/20547001
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James P. Rule, Travis Park, Moganavalli Kattan, Camille Grohé, Roxana Taszus, Stephanie M. Palmer, David P. Hocking, Justin W. Adams, Alistair R. Evans, Ian G. Brennan, Tahlia I. Pollock, Daniela Sanfelice, Felix G. Marx, Naoki Kohno, Martin Sabol, Alexander Stoessel, John J. Flynn & Natalie Cooper (2026)
The origin and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293 (2075): 20260178 .
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0178
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Evangelos Tsatsalis & Alexandra A.E. van der Geer (2026)
Life history of middle Pleistocene endemic ruminants (Axis lydekkeri and Duboisia santeng) of Java (Indonesia)
Paleobiology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2026.10109
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Joshua M. Rowe & Julien Louys (2026)
Weak support for ergodic processes in structuring Pleistocene mammal communities in western Europe
Paleobiology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2026.10097
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Alicja Anna Kaźmierkiewicz, Alena Balážová, Andrea Pereswiet-Soltan, Claudio Berto, Mateusz Baca & Ivan Horacek (2026)
Ancient DNA elucidates the Quaternary history of the long-eared bats (Plecotus, Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Central Europe
Historical Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2026.2663153
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2026.2663153
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08912963.2026.2663153
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Benjamin Raynaud, Grégoire Métais, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Ni Xijun, Nils Chabrol & Marc Godinot (2026)
The genus Coryphodon in Europe: contribution of new exceptional material from Le Quesnoy (northern France, early Eocene, MP7)
Papers in Palaeontology 12(4): e70109
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70109
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70109
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/spp2.70109
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Miyumba chrisdickmani gen. et sp. nov.
Timothy J. Churchill, Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand & Roy M. Farman (2026)
A new genus of dasyurid Miyumba chrisdickmani (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) from the Early Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, north-western Queensland
Australian Zoologist 45(2): AZ26024
doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/az26024
https://connectsci.au/az/article/45/2/AZ26024/274299/A-new-genus-of-dasyurid-Miyumba-chrisdickmani
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Axel H. Newton, Alexandra Leggatt, Ella R. Farley , Karen E. Sears, Aidan M. Couzens, Sara Ord, and Andrew J. Pask (2026)
Heterochronic limb patterning in marsupials reveals flexibility in the processes underlying lateral plate mesoderm morphogenesis
Science Advances 12(29): eaed3192
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aed3192
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aed3192
Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aed3192
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Julien Benoit, Valentin Buffa & Michael O. Day (2026)
The maxillary canal in Cynognathus and Diademodon (Cynodontia, Cynognathia)
The Science of Nature 113(4): 84
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-026-02133-z
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-026-02133-z
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Haibing Wang, Neal Anthwal, Shuo Wang & Yuan-Qing Wang (2026)
Evolutionary transformations of the ossified Meckelian cartilage in mammaliaforms
EvoDevo 17: 11
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-026-00265-x
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13227-026-00265-x
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Julien Gaspar, Steve A Trewick & Gillian C Gibb (2026)
Back on the Ground: Genome Analysis of Convergent Flight Loss in Rails
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, voag057
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voag057
https://academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeb/voag057/8733548
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Ana Carolina L. Faillace, Arin Berger, Marcelo Ismar S. Santana & Adam Hartstone-Rose (2026)
Bite force estimates and morphological correlations of jaw muscles in parrots
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70288)
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70288
Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70288
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Michael Serio, Ashley Heers, David Varricchio & Han Hu (2026)
First forelimb reconstruction and range of motion assessment of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Troodon formosus.
PeerJ 14:e20987
doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20987
https://peerj.com/articles/20987/
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Julia Hack, Darius Nau, Achim Schwermann & P. Martin Sander (2026)
Two ornithodiran unguals from the Rhaetian bonebed of Warburg-Bonenburg (Germany): Possible evidence for dinosaurs and pterosaurs
Geologie und Palaeontologie in Westfalen 99: 1-21
doi: https://doi.org/10.64369/mkcm4334
https://www.lwl-naturkundemuseum-muenster.de/de/doi/journals/1/issues/1/articles/1/
Free pdf:
https://doi.lwl.info/media/articles/pdfs/2026_GPW99_1-21.pdf
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Bethania C. T. Siviero, Elizabeth Rega, Matthew A. McLain, Leonard R. Brand, David Nelsen & Art V. Chadwick (2026)
Identification of tooth traces from a Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Edmontosaurus annectens bonebed in the Lance Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A.
PLoS One 21(7): e0351939
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0351939
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0351939
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Tim Schuurman, Emiliano Bruner & Fabien Knoll (2026)
Anatomical network analysis of sauropodomorph cranial topology
Palaeontology 69(4): e70079
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.70079
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.70079
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pala.70079
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Alan F. Celestino-Hernández, Diego E. Lozano-Carmona, Francisco J. Jiménez-Moreno & Ricardo Agustín-Serrano (2026)
Description of New Theropoda and Sauropoda Trackways from the San Juan Raya Formation (Early Cretaceous) in Santa Ana Teloxtoc and San Martín Atexcal, Puebla, Mexico.
Paleontología Mexicana 15(2): 373–396. (in Spanish)
doi: https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.2026.15.2.442
https://paleontologiamexicana.geologia.unam.mx/index.php/paleontologia/article/view/442
Free pdf:
https://paleontologiamexicana.geologia.unam.mx/index.php/paleontologia/article/view/442/6
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Lu-Yan Qi, Yi-Wei Hu, Qiang Li, P. Martin Sander & Jun Liu (2026)
The smallest known Xinpusaurus (Reptilia, Thalattosauria) from the Late Triassic of South China: ontogenetic and phylogenetic implications.
Fossil Record 29(2): 437-449.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.195364
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/195364/
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Edward O. Bartlett , David M. Martill & Roy E. Smith (2026)
Re-evaluating body size in the Middle Jurassic pliosaur Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage, 1873
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2691149
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2026.2691149
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2691149
Free pdf:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.2026.2691149
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Jair Israel Barrientos-Lara, Mitzi Daniela Araiza-González, Angélica Oviedo, Oscar González-León & Víctor Hugo Reynoso (2026)
The first occurrence of Pliosauridae from the Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) of North America (Chihuahua, Mexico) and their ecological significance
Cretaceous Research 106458
doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2026.106458
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667126001473
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John W.M. Jagt, Kevin Amendt, Lars P.J. Barten, Dylan Bastiaans, Rudi W. Dortangs, Bregtje Groenendijk, Frank Hovens & Eric W.A. Mulder (2026)
The recovery in October 1778 of the skull of Mosasaurus hoffmanni Mantell, 1829 (Squamata, Mosasauridae; upper Maastrichtian, the Netherlands) - a reconstruction
Deinsea 24: 22 - 32.
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21056233
https://zenodo.org/records/21056233
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Ayanna J. Browne, Edward A. Myers, S. Blair Hedges, Kevin de Queiroz, Robert Powell, Lauren A. Esposito, Rayna C. Bell, Michael L. Yuan
Mixed Support for Pleistocene Sea-Level Fluctuations in Promoting the Diversification of Anole Lizards in the Northern Lesser Antilles
Molecular Ecology 35(14): e70472
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70472
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.70472
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mec.70472
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M. K. Branigan, S. Bijl, P. E. Ahlberg, P. Tafforeau, R. Mansuit, J. Leyhr, A. M. Clement, J. Stundl, H. Dutel, T. Hirasawa, T. Haitina & S. Sanchez (2026)
Ossification of the pectoral fin of Glyptolepis groenlandica: implications for the evolution of the lungfish appendicular skeleton
EvoDevo 17: 16
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-026-00264-y
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13227-026-00264-y
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P. Martin Sander, Julia Gravendyck, Julia Hack, Josephina Hartung, Jelle Heijne, René Kindlimann, Dorota Konietzko-Meier, Tim Lamsfuß, Darius Nau, Marcello Perillo, Andrea Prino, Tanja Schaaf & Achim H. Schwermann (2026)
Late middle Rhaetian vertebrates from Exter Formation bone beds of Bonenburg (Westphalia, Germany): Implications for the end-Triassic extinction event
Geologie und Palaeontologie in Westfalen 99: 23-68
doi: https://doi.org/10.64369/tfku3347
https://www.lwl-naturkundemuseum-muenster.de/de/doi/journals/1/issues/1/articles/2/
Free pdf
https://doi.lwl.info/media/articles/pdfs/2026_GPW99_23-68.pdf
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Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez-Zapata, Travis L. DeVault, Wayne M. Getz, Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Daniel Redondo-Gómez, Lara Naves-Alegre, Solange A. Batista-Nunes, Esther Sebastián-González, Juan M. Pérez-García, Kelly A. Waters, Thijs van Overveld, Craig Smith, Nuria Selva, Thomas A. Schlacher, Graeme Ruxton, Jesús Rodríguez, Martina-M. Quaggiotto, Paula L. Perrig, Norman Owen-Smith, Thomas M. Newsome, Isabel Navas, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Ana Mateos, Carlos Martínez-Carrasco, Daniel Martín-Vega, Berta Martín-López, Antoni Margalida, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Adam Kane, Kevin Healy, Akane Hashizume, Antonio J. García-Fernández, José A. Donázar, M. Eric Benbow, James C. Beasley, Philip S. Barton, Kathleen A. Alexander & Eneko Arrondo (2026)
Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives
Biological Reviews (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/brv.70203
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/brv.70203
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Dánae Sanz-Pérez, M. Soledad Domingo, Enrique Cantero, Jesica D. Hopson, David Martín-Perea, Jorge Morales, Manuel Hernández Fernández & Laura Domingo (2026)
Evidence of seasonality shift during the late Miocene at the central basins of Spain (southwestern Europe)
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 114069
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.114069
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018226005328
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Zane Walker, Alexander C. Bippus, Ari Iglesias, Selena Y. Smith & Brian A. Atkinson (2026)
Cretaceous moss–cyanobacteria association reveals trophic interactions in polar forests of Antarctica
New Phytologist (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71428
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.71428
Free pdf:
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.71428
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J.F. Diaz, L. Schwark, J.M. Galloway, P.K. Pedersen, W. Ruebsam, V. Grote, T. Marten, M. Bringué & S.E. Grasby (2026)
Late Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems reconstructed from aromatic biomarkers, Smoking Hills, Canadian Arctic
Organic Geochemistry 220: 105233
doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2026.105233
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303264726002017
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Gregory D. Price, Rhodri M. Jerrett, Lauren K. O'Connor, Emily Dearing Crampton-Flood, Bart E. van Dongen, Sabine K. Lengger & Marc Davies (2026)
Correlating High-Resolution Terrestrial Organic Carbon Isotope Records Across the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 41(7): e2025PA005349
doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2025PA005349
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025PA005349
Free pdf:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025PA005349
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Georgy V. Makhatadze, Frédéric Moynier, Leslie-Anne Brun, Steven Goderis, Philippe Claeys & Christian Koeberl (2026)
The origin of Cretaceous-Palaeogene impactor revealed by nickel isotopes
Science Advances 12(29): eaef4858
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aef4858
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aef4858
Free pdf:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.aef4858
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Douglas H. Erwin (2026)
Geological Revolutions in the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries: Plate Tectonics, Extraterrestrial Impacts, and Snowball Earth
Natural Sciences 6(3): e70079
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ntls.70079
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ntls.70079
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ntls.70079