Oligolagus + Paraktioeomys + troodontid diet + Galahadosuchus + Loreleia + Gondwanacanthus + more free pdfs

[Ben Creisler]

Ben Creisler
bcre...@gmail.com

I hope all are well.

Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:

Ekaterina Stansfield, Clara Egner, Philipp Mitteroecker & Hans Kainz (2026)
Did energy costs of walking limit the evolution of a larger human birth canal?
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293(2064): 20252895 .
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2895
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2064/20252895/480184/Did-energy-costs-of-walking-limit-the-evolution-of

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Trevor L. Keevil, Alex J. Pelissero, Tewabe Negash, Emily R. Orlikoff, Isabell Osborne, April M. Tolley, Briana Pobiner & Michael C. Pante (2026)
A comparative bone surface modification database for revealing the origins and evolution of human carnivory
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 14: 1681814
doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2026.1681814
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2026.1681814/full

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Junjie Zhang, Sumiko Tsukamoto, Robert Bussert, Anne Delagnes, Brian Kraatz, Khalafallah Salih, Ali Eisawi & Faysal Bibi (2026)
New age constraints for the Singa hominin and the adjacent Abu Hugar fossil site
Quaternary Geochronology 101733
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2026.101733
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101426000105

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Kalangi Rodrigo, Nicola Nannini, Vittorio Facincani, Matteo De Lorenzi and Marco Peresani (2026)
From Prey to Pattern: Integrating Faunal and Behavioural Evidence of Neanderthal Subsistence at Fumane Cave (Unit A9), Northern Italy
Quaternary 9(1): 14
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/quat9010014
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/1/14

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Steven Kuhn, Dušan Mihailović, Slobodan Marković, Zoran M. Perić, Sofija Dragosavac, Marija Stojković and Mirjana Roksandic (2026)
Human Occupation of the Central Balkans During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence from Serbia
Quaternary 9(1): 17
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/quat9010017 -
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/1/17

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Ariane Burke, Emma Pomeroy, Timothée Poisot, Benjamin Albouy & Simon Paquin (2026)
Spatial resilience and population replacement in Europe during MIS 3: a comparative study of Neanderthals and H. sapiens
Quaternary Science Reviews 377: 109850
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109850
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126000594

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Vlad Litov, Miki Ben-Dor & Ran Barkai (2026)
The heavy connection: Decline in heavy-duty tools correlates with megaherbivore disappearance in the Paleolithic Levant
Quaternary Science Reviews 377: 109872
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109872
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126000818

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David A. Jopling (2026)
Paleo-medicine at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov
Evolution and Human Behavior 47(2): 106807
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106807
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513825001564

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Gema Siliceo, Isaac Bonilla-Salomón, Àngel H. Luján, Martin Ivanov, and Martin Sabol (2026)
First data on the carnivoran from the Early Miocene of Mokrá-Quarry sites (Moravia, Czech Republic).
Palaeontologia Electronica 29(1): a7.
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1520
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026/5787-carnivores-from-mokra-quarry

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Aatreyee Saha, Aditya Bhardwaj, and Sunil Bajpai (2026)
Cranial restructuring in the evolution of Sirenia (Mammalia): Insights from 2D morphometric analysis of fossil and extant taxa.
Palaeontologia Electronica 29(1):a8.
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1634
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026/5789-cranial-evolution-of-sirenia

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Siniša Radović, Jadranka Mauch Lenardić, Dražen Japundžić, Jadranka Sulić Šprem & Vibor Novak (2026)
First Find of Hippopotamus cf. amphibius in the Quaternary of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Notes on Its Regional Distribution
Quaternary 9(1): 15
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/quat9010015
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/9/1/15

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Federico L. Agnolín, Sergio Bogan & Sergio Lucero (2026)
The lost cetaceans of Ameghino: a review of Quaternary mysticetes from the Argentine pampas
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 132(1):
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/28722
https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/28722

Free pdf:
https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/28722/25599

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Oligolagus welleri gen. et sp. nov.
Paraktioeomys palmeri gen. et sp. nov.

L. Barry Albright III, James E. Starnes, George E. Phillips and Gary L. Stringer (2026)
Mammals of the early Arikareean (“middle” Oligocene) Jones Branch Local Fauna, southeastern Mississippi, USA, with notes on two older taxa from the state and the timing of Midcontinent–Gulf Coastal Plain biotic disparity
Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2025.10184[Opens in a new window]
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/mammals-of-the-early-arikareean-middle-oligocene-jones-branch-local-fauna-southeastern-mississippi-usa-with-notes-on-two-older-taxa-from-the-state-and-the-timing-of-midcontinentgulf-coastal-plain-biotic-disparity/749C2205D042F9DDFB109F0AEFC82DA3

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Paul Medina-González (2026)
Joint Angular Excursions and Angular Range Utilization During Stance-Phase Locomotion in Terrestrial Mammals: A Comparative Morphofunctional Data Set
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.70069
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.70069

Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jez.70069

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Olivia Hellyer-Price, Chris Venditti & Stuart Humphries (2026)
The largest extinct volant bird Pelagornis could not meet the energetic demands of skimming
Royal Society Open Science 13(2): 251840
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251840
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/2/251840/480278/The-largest-extinct-volant-bird-Pelagornis-could

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Rachel C Fleming and Corinthia R Black (2026)
The Peculiar Necks of Herons and Anhingas: A Study of Cervical Morphology in Pelecanimorph birds
Integrative Organismal Biology, obag004
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obag004
https://academic.oup.com/iob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/iob/obag004/8475382

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Now in final form:

Jingmai K. O’Connor, Alexander D. Clark, Pei-Chen Kuo, Min Wang, Akiko Shinya, Constance Van Beek & Huali Chang (2026)
Avian features of Archaeopteryx feeding apparatus reflect elevated demands of flight
The Innovation 7(2): 101086
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2025.101086
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675825002899

 
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Yui Chi Fan, Case Vincent Miller & Michael Pittman (2026)
Diet of bird-like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade
Biological Reviews (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/brv.70145
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/brv.70145

Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/brv.70145

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Jordan Gônet, Ronan Allain & Alexandra Houssaye (2026)
Locomotor reassessment of Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus and Lurdusaurus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) using osteological correlates.
Fossil Record 29(1): 71-86.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.173614
https://fr.pensoft.net/article/173614/list/9/

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Alyssa Williams, Dirk Schumann, Jordan C. Mallon, Michael W. Phaneuf, Nabil Bassim & Kathryn Grandfield (2026)
Electron and focused ion beam microscopy of fossilized Albertosaurus sarcophagus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) bone reveals nano to microscale features
Scientific Reports (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-39588-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-39588-z

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Tom T.P. van der Linden, D. Ray Wilhite, Gunnar T. Bivens, D. Cary Woodruff, Rick J. Hunter, Tim Stecko & Brian D. Curtice (2026)
A case report of a pathology in the ‘whip’ of a flagellicaudatan sauropod
The Science of Nature 113: 23
doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-026-02068-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-026-02068-5

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MA Fei-min, ZHANG Chen, LIU Jian-jun, ZANG Hai-long, YAO Han & XING Hai (2025)
Taphonomic characteristics of an Upper Cretaceous dinosaur fossil-rich layer along the west bank of the Erlian Salt Lake, Inner Mongolia, and their paleoecological implications
Acta Palaeontologia Sinica 64(4): 430-443 (in Chinese, English abstract)
DOI: 10.19800/j.cnki.aps.2025039
http://gswxb.cnjournals.cn/gswxben/article/abstract/20250404

Free pdf:
http://gswxb.cnjournals.cn/gswxben/article/pdf/20250404

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YANG Yun-feng (2025)
A review of the morphology and function of the dinosaur hyolaryngeal apparatus
Acta Palaeontologia Sinica 64(4):502-518 (in Chinese with English abstract)
DOI: 10.19800/j.cnki.aps.2025034
http://gswxb.cnjournals.cn/gswxben/article/abstract/20250408

Free pdf:
http://gswxb.cnjournals.cn/gswxben/article/pdf/20250408

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Wojciech Pawlak, Mateusz Tałanda, Tomasz Sulej, Martin Qvarnström & Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki (2026)
High-latitude dipnoan aestivation burrows suggest seasonal aridity for early dinosaur ecosystems in the Late Triassic of East Greenland
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 113624
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113624
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018226000878

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Galahadosuchus jonesi gen. et sp. nov.

Ewan H. Bodenham, Stephan N. F. Spiekman, Susannah C. R. Maidment, Paul Upchurch & Philip D. Mannion (2026)
A second species of non-crocodyliform crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of southwestern UK: Implications for locomotory ecological diversity in Saltoposuchidae
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70162
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70162

Free pdf:
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70162

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Janne J. Torkkola, Sarin Tiatragul, Elizabeth S. Broady, Ian G. Brennan, J.Scott Keogh, Daniel L. Rabosky, Sonal Singhal, Paul M. Oliver
Sphenomorphini unravelled: a phylogenomic framework and generic reassessments for Australia’s most species-rich vertebrate radiation
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 108573
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108573
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790326000436

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MA Xiao-han, QIN Yan-jiao, HE Xiao, YU Mei-yi, LUO Yong-ming, TIAN Li & YANG Yu-ning (2025)
Ontogenetic character analysis of the Middle Triassic Lariosaurus youngi (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from Guizhou
Acta Palaeontologia Sinica 64(4): 399-410 (in Chinese with English abstract)
DOI: 10.19800/j.cnki.aps.2025015
http://gswxb.cnjournals.cn/gswxben/article/abstract/20250402

Free pdf:
http://gswxb.cnjournals.cn/gswxben/article/pdf/20250402

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Loreleia eucingulata gen. et sp. nov.

Luigi Manuelli, Gaël Clément, Marc Herbin, Bernd Fritzsch, Per E. Ahlberg, Kathleen Dollman & Lionel Cavin (2026)
A dual respiratory and auditory function for the coelacanth lung
Communications Biology (advance online preprint publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-09708-6
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-09708-6

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Gondwanacanthus decollates gen. et sp. nov.

Alexandre Cunha Ribeiro, Diogo de Mayrinck, Flávio Alicino Bockmann & Mário de Pinna (2026)
The oldest acanthomorph fossil (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana (Morro do Chaves Formation, Sergipe–Alagoas Basin, NE Brazil)
Papers in Palaeontology 12(1): e70072
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70072
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70072

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Werner W. Schwarzhans, Timo Moritz & James L. Goedert (2026)
Coryphaenoides richi sp. nov. (Macrouridae, Teleostei) from the deep-marine, Oligocene Makah Formation of Washington State, U.S.A.
Zitteliana 100: 31-38.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.100.182311
https://zitteliana.pensoft.net/article/182311/list/9/

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Martin Ebert (2026)
Macromesodon Blake, 1905 and Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Jurassic and lowermost Cretaceous of England, France, and Germany
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 97-129
doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/sjp.145.177263
https://sjp.pensoft.net/article/177263/

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Tao Luo, Ming-Yuan Xiao, Jia-Jia Wang, Mei Liao, Jing Yu, Chang-Ting Lan, Ning Xiao & Jiang Zhou (2026)
Phylogenetic evidence reveals the classification and evolutionary history of endemic cavefish in China
BMC Ecology and Evolution 26(1): 19
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-026-02496-x
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-026-02496-x

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Ian Alexander Taylor, Richard Lupia & Caitlin Hodges (2026)
Modeling net primary productivity in a Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem: a probabilistic approach
CATENA 265: 109890
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2026.109890
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816226001001

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Nan Wang, Zhiyong Zhang, Peter Luffi, Zhiheng Li, Robert A Spicer, Zhiqiang Yu, Bo Wan, Jing-Jing Zhu, Jien Zhang, SongjianAo, Dongfang Song, Dunfeng Xiang, Chao Guo & Wenjiao Xiao (2026)
Orogeny and topography influenced Jurassic–Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem evolution in northeastern Asia
National Science Review, nwag100
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag100
https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwag100/8482782

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André M. Bellvé, Val J. P. Syverson, Jessica L. Blois & Marta A. Jarzyna (2026)
Preservation biases in the fossil record distort species ecological niche and distribution models
Ecography e08085
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.08085
https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecog.08085

Free pdf:
https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecog.08085

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Lauren Bohm (2026)
Worlds That Were: The Tendaguru Dinosaurs and the Imperial Past in (Post)Colonial Germany
Central European History (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008938926101447
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/central-european-history/article/worlds-that-were-the-tendaguru-dinosaurs-and-the-imperial-past-in-postcolonial-germany/41FFB4B378E65320090A6E09A3C1AF11

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Elizabeth M. Dowding, Emma M. Dunne, Katie S. Collins, Katheryn Cryer, Kenneth De Baets, Danijela Dimitrijević, Stewart M. Edie, Seth Finnegan, Wolfgang Kiessling, Kari Lintulaakso, Lee Hsiang Liow, Holly Little, Lin Na, Shanan E. Peters, Johan Renaudie, Erin E. Saupe, Barbara Seuss, Jocelyn A. Sessa, Jansen A. Smith, Mark D. Uhen, John W. Williams & Ádám T. Kocsis (2026)
The billion-dollar case for sustaining palaeontology’s digital databases
Nature Ecology & Evolution (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-02985-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-02985-8

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