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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Tenuicruris piscanexum, a new addition to Australia’s rare Cretaceous bird fossils🐦🇦🇺by White et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Tenuicruris piscanexum, a new addition to Australia’s rare Cretaceous bird fossils
This study describes Tenuicruris piscanexum, gen. et sp. nov., the second Cretaceous bird named from Australia, based on a well-preserved tibiotarsus. Detailed morphological analysis and phylogenet...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Redescriptions of Birgeria acuminata (Agassiz, 1835) and Saurichthys sp. (Actinopterygii) fossils from the British Rhaetian, and redundancy of the genus Severnichthys Storrs, 1994🐟🇬🇧by Quinn et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Redescriptions of Birgeria acuminata (Agassiz, 1835) and Saurichthys sp. (Actinopterygii) fossils from the British Rhaetian, and redundancy of the genus Severnichthys Storrs, 1994
The latest Triassic Rhaetian Westbury Formation of the Penarth Group in Britain, with several highly fossiliferous bone beds, has been of interest to vertebrate researchers for two centuries. The b...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Jeanerpeton mazonensis, gen. et sp. nov.: a new, exceptionally preserved, late Carboniferous amphibamiform from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois🦎🇺🇸by Sefcovic et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Jeanerpeton mazonensis, gen. et sp. nov.: a new, exceptionally preserved, late Carboniferous amphibamiform from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois
The Mazon Creek fossil assemblage has provided the earliest fossil records of several important early tetrapod lineages, including the oldest dissorophoid temnospondyl, Amphibamus grandiceps. Recen...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new taxon of hybodontiform (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Hybodontiformes) from the Late Triassic of Arizona, U.S.A., and its biostratigraphic importance within the Chinle Formation🦈🇺🇸by Keeble et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new taxon of hybodontiform (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Hybodontiformes) from the Late Triassic of Arizona, U.S.A., and its biostratigraphic importance within the Chinle Formation
Elasmobranchs are excellent candidates for biostratigraphy, with distinctive dentitions and wide distributions over a long period of time. However, the high variation in tooth shapes present within...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨New genera and species of lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Upper Jurassic of western Gondwana, in the Jatobá basin, northeastern Brazil🫁🐟🇧🇷by Barbosa et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New genera and species of lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Upper Jurassic of western Gondwana, in the Jatobá basin, northeastern Brazil
The present study describes three new species and two new genera of lungfish from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) of the Aliança Formation (Jatobá Basin), in the state of Pernambuco, northeastern Br...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Craniomandibular osteology of Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda sp. nov. (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Manda Beds of Tanzania and new support for a younger age for the alleged oldest dinosaurs💀🇹🇿by George et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Craniomandibular osteology of Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda sp. nov. (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Manda Beds of Tanzania and new support for a younger age for the alleged oldest dinosaurs
Fossils from the Manda Beds of Tanzania have greatly informed on the diversity and evolution of Triassic tetrapods, including on what might be the oldest dinosaurs. Here, a new dicynodont taxon fro...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Intercontinental evidence of the iconic genus Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)🦕🇪🇸by SáNchez-Fenollosa et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Intercontinental evidence of the iconic genus Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)
The sauropod Diplodocus is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, with fossils traditionally known from the Morrison Formation (U.S.A.; Kimmeridgian–Tithonian). Here, we describe a new diplodocid specim...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A large tridactyl trackway from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota, likely attributable to an adult Tyrannosaurus rex🐾🦖by Falkingham et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A large tridactyl trackway from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota, likely attributable to an adult Tyrannosaurus rex
Large theropod tracks are uncommon within the Hell Creek Formation with trackways being exceedingly rare. Until recently the tracks and trackways that have been associated with non-Tyrannosaurus ty...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new species of Urmiatherium (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of China and its implications for cranial evolution in ovibovin-like bovids🐂🇨🇳by Shi & Qiu www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new species of Urmiatherium (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of China and its implications for cranial evolution in ovibovin-like bovids
Late Miocene ovibovin-like bovids are characterized by specialized cranial morphology associated with reinforced cranio-cervical articulations. Among them, Urmiatherium is one of the most derived g...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Postcranial osteology of the giant oviraptorosaur Gigantoraptor erlianensis🦖🦴by Hao et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Postcranial osteology of the giant oviraptorosaur Gigantoraptor erlianensis
Gigantoraptor erlianensis is an unexpectedly large-bodied oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Exhibiting a bizarre body plan, G. erlianensis is key to reve...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨New pectoral fin material from the Late Devonian of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada and diversity of the radius in finned tetrapodomorph💪🇨🇦by Mo et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New pectoral fin material from the Late Devonian of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada and diversity of the radius in finned tetrapodomorphs
The paired fins of stem tetrapods (tetrapodomorphs) have been studied extensively to understand both the phylogenetic framework of early tetrapods and the functional context of the fin-to-limb tran...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨New alligatorid, Mandrasuchus milleri, from the Early Paleocene (Danian) of the Denver Basin supports earliest Paleocene North American alligatorid radiation🐊🇺🇸by Lessner et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New alligatorid, Mandrasuchus milleri, from the Early Paleocene (Danian) of the Denver Basin supports earliest Paleocene North American alligatorid radiation
The North American eusuchian fossil record through the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) mass extinction shows a remarkable increase in diversity across the K–Pg boundary through the early Eocene. This i...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Third species of Eusthenodon (Tetrapodomorpha, Tristichopteridae) from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and an inventory of additional tristichopterid fossils from the type locality🦴🇺🇸by Downs et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Third species of Eusthenodon (Tetrapodomorpha, Tristichopteridae) from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and an inventory of additional tristichopterid fossils...
We describe a new species of tristichopterid from a roadcut exposure of the Upper Devonian (Famennian) Catskill Formation at the Cogan House Exit Ramp locality in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, U.S...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new species of Miophyseter (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Japan🐳🇯🇵by Kimura & Hasegawa www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new species of Miophyseter (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Japan
Three fossil physeteroids have been recovered from the Lower to Middle Miocene of Japan. Here, we describe and diagnose these specimens as a new species of the genus Miophyseter, M. gunmaensis, sp....
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new articulated forelimb of Hamipterus tianshanensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China🦴🇨🇳by Wang et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new articulated forelimb of Hamipterus tianshanensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China
Hamipterus tianshanensis, a major component of the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur fauna in northwestern China, is represented by numerous three-dimensionally preserved bones, eggs, and embryos. Al...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new deep bodied ray-finned fish (Osteichthyes/Actinopterygii) from the Permian Pedra do Fogo Formation (Northeastern Brazil) and its phylogenetic and paleogeographic affinities🐟🇧🇷by Richter et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new deep bodied ray-finned fish (Osteichthyes/Actinopterygii) from the Permian Pedra do Fogo Formation (Northeastern Brazil) and its phylogenetic and paleogeographic affinities
A deep bodied ray-finned fish is reported from Cisuralian lacustrine deposits of the Parnaíba Basin. Its ecological niche and systematic affinities are discussed, considering the paleogeographic di...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new Late Devonian dipnoan from the Ketleri Formation of Latvia🦴🇱🇻by Clement et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new Late Devonian dipnoan from the Ketleri Formation of Latvia
Dipnoans (lungfishes) reached their peak of taxonomic diversity and morphological disparity during the Devonian Period, followed by a pronounced decline in both thereafter. The Late Devonian (Famen...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Re-evaluating the Plagne (Tithonian) theropod trackway: quantitative analyses provide evidence on the presence of Megalosauripus transjuranicus in the French Jura🐾🦖by Gesualdi et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Re-evaluating the Plagne (Tithonian) theropod trackway: quantitative analyses provide evidence on the presence of Megalosauripus transjuranicus in the French Jura
The Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian–Tithonian) carbonate platforms of the Jura region (France and Switzerland) are key to understanding dinosaur ichnology. This record is notable for both the abundance a...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨New large species of Cryptoprocta (Carnivora, Eupleridae) and new specimens of C. Spelea from the Holocene of Tsimanampesotse National Park, southwest Madagascar🦴🇲🇬by Lewis et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New large species of Cryptoprocta (Carnivora, Eupleridae) and new specimens of C. Spelea from the Holocene of Tsimanampesotse National Park, southwest Madagascar
Among the extant endemic carnivorans of Madagascar (family Eupleridae), the largest species is the fosa, Cryptoprocta ferox. A larger species, Cryptoprocta spelea, survived into the Late Holocene. ...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Computed tomography datasets and 3D models of California Quaternary tar seep faunas for education and research🦣🩻by Leong et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Computed tomography datasets and 3D models of California Quaternary tar seep faunas for education and research
The Rancho La Brea and McKittrick asphalt seeps of California have produced exceptionally rich Cenozoic fossil assemblages, preserving late Pleistocene to Holocene fauna from distinct environmental...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Physical evidence of crocodylian predation on ungulates in the Middle Miocene of Colombia🐊🇨🇴by Wilson et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new extinct Pleistocene species of spadefoot toad and comments on the paleoecology and paleobiogeography of anurans from Rancho La Brea, California🐸🦴by Cruz & Lindsey www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new extinct Pleistocene species of spadefoot toad and comments on the paleoecology and paleobiogeography of anurans from Rancho La Brea, California
Fossil amphibians hold great promise for paleoecological, paleoclimatological, and biogeographic studies because of their extreme sensitivity to environmental conditions. However, the study of foss...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Early Paleocene (earliest Torrejonian) mammals from the Tullock Member of the Fort Union Formation, northeastern Montana, U.S.A.🦴🇺🇸by Hovatter & Mantilla www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Early Paleocene (earliest Torrejonian) mammals from the Tullock Member of the Fort Union Formation, northeastern Montana, U.S.A.
The Hell Creek Formation and overlying Tullock Member of the Fort Union Formation in northeastern Montana are well known for preserving an exceptional fossil record of mammals leading up to and acr...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨First observed cranial pathology in the early Permian synapsid Dimetrodon limbatus☠️🩻by Cochran & Anderson www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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First observed cranial pathology in the early Permian synapsid Dimetrodon limbatus
Dimetrodon is an early non-mammalian synapsid from the early Permian of Europe and North America best known for its elongated neural spines, which in life formed an interconnected sail, and an earl...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A revision of Nematheriinae sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Scelidotheriidae) from the Early–Middle Miocene Santa Cruz Formation, southern Patagonia🦥🇦🇷by Boscaini et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A revision of Nematheriinae sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Scelidotheriidae) from the Early–Middle Miocene Santa Cruz Formation, southern Patagonia
Geological and paleontological surveys in the Santa Cruz Formation (SCF; Early–Middle Miocene; Southern Argentine Patagonia), begun in the 19th century, have uncovered a rich extinct fauna that has...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨New insights into the extinction and recovery of marine vertebrates across the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event in the Dolomites, Southern Alps, Italy🦴🇮🇹by Karapunar et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New insights into the extinction and recovery of marine vertebrates across the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event in the Dolomites, Southern Alps, Italy
The impact of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction on marine vertebrates is incompletely understood due to their scarce fossil record. To better understand marine vertebrate extinction and recovery...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Comparative osteology and adaptations of the extinct spectacled cormorant (Urile perspicillatus)🪶🦴by Samsonov et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Comparative osteology and adaptations of the extinct spectacled cormorant (Urile perspicillatus)
The spectacled cormorant (Urile perspicillatus) is a recently extinct species of Phalacrocoracidae that survived into historical times only on the Commander Islands in the Northern Pacific. The spe...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new diminutive Jurassic neosauropod from the Kaladongar Formation (Khadir Uplift) of the Kachchh Basin, western India🦕🇮🇳by Natarajan et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new diminutive Jurassic neosauropod from the Kaladongar Formation (Khadir Uplift) of the Kachchh Basin, western India
In this study, we report a partial skeleton of a small (ca. 7 m) sauropod dinosaur from the ?upper Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) to Bajocian strata of the Kaladongar Formation (Khadir Uplift), Kac...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Re-evaluating body size in the Middle Jurassic pliosaur Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage, 1873🦴⚖️by Bartlett et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Re-evaluating body size in the Middle Jurassic pliosaur Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage, 1873
Liopleurodon ferox is a macropredatory pliosaurid plesiosaur from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Europe. Several near-complete skeletons are known from the Peterborough Member of the Oxford Cla...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new species of Enchodus from the Western Interior Seaway of North America and a taxonomic revision of Enchodus dirus, Leidy, 1857🐟🇺🇸by Nelson et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new species of Enchodus from the Western Interior Seaway of North America and a taxonomic revision of Enchodus dirus, Leidy, 1857
Enchodus is a diverse and widespread genus of teleost fish known from the Late Cretaceous. Many North American species of Enchodus were erected based on isolated remains, including Enchodus dirus L...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A case of mistaken identity: a reassessment of puma (Puma concolor) and the North American cheetah-like cat (Miracinonyx trumani) occurrences in the fossil record of Upper Pleistocene North America🐆🤷‍♂️by Witt et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A case of mistaken identity: a reassessment of puma (Puma concolor) and the North American cheetah-like cat (Miracinonyx trumani) occurrences in the fossil record of Upper Pleistocene North America
The North American cheetah-like cat (Miracinonyx trumani) is a Late Pleistocene felid currently known from a handful of sites in North America. Its close relative, the mountain lion (Puma concolor)...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Late Oligocene dugongid remains from India: insights into past seagrass-sirenian associations in the eastern Tethys🦴🇮🇳by Joshi et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Late Oligocene dugongid remains from India: insights into past seagrass-sirenian associations in the eastern Tethys
Sirenians, or sea cows, were among the first mammals to become fully aquatic and are closely tied to seagrass ecosystems in shallow seas. Establishing direct links between fossil sirenians and seag...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Chondroid bone in the cervical ribs of a new juvenile mamenchisaurid🦕🩻by Zhou et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Chondroid bone in the cervical ribs of a new juvenile mamenchisaurid
As a well-known sauropod dinosaur clade dominant in the Middle–Late Jurassic of Asia, Mamenchisauridae exhibits unique body size evolution and ecological adaptability, making it a key focus in dino...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new genus and species of Proterotheriidae (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Fray Bentos Formation (late Oligocene, Deseadan SALMA), Uruguay🦴🇺🇾by Badin et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new genus and species of Proterotheriidae (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Fray Bentos Formation (late Oligocene, Deseadan SALMA), Uruguay
The family Proterotheriidae has ancient antecedents in Uruguay, even though the accurate documentation about its diversity and distribution has only recently been organized. Currently, the record o...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Signs of intraspecific aggression in fossil hyenas: cranial bite punctures in Adcrocuta eximia and Chasmaporthetes lunensis💀🦴by Kargopoulos et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Signs of intraspecific aggression in fossil hyenas: cranial bite punctures in Adcrocuta eximia and Chasmaporthetes lunensis
Hyaenids are an integral part of the Neogene and Quaternary ecosystems of the Old World, including some of their most specialized apex predators. However, the exact evolutionary drivers that led to...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Formalization of the long-used name Andinotoxodon bolivarensis Madden (Toxodontidae, Notoungulata, Mammalia)🦴📖by Armella et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Formalization of the long-used name Andinotoxodon bolivarensis Madden (Toxodontidae, Notoungulata, Mammalia)
The name Andinotoxodon bolivarensis was originally proposed in an unpublished doctoral dissertation, rendering it nomenclaturally unavailable under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨New insights into the genus Ophiopsiella (Neopterygii: Halecomorphi) from the Upper Jurassic of the Solnhofen Archipelago🐟🇩🇪by Ebert & López-Arbarello www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New insights into the genus Ophiopsiella (Neopterygii: Halecomorphi) from the Upper Jurassic of the Solnhofen Archipelago
Prompted by the rediscovery of type specimens, the genus Ophiopsiella within the Halecomorphi is revised, thereby correcting two taxonomic aspects within this genus. Firstly, the recent discovery o...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨First report of fossil Masturus (sharptail mola) from the Miocene Hagjeon Formation, southeastern Korea🐠🇰🇷by Kim et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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First report of fossil Masturus (sharptail mola) from the Miocene Hagjeon Formation, southeastern Korea
We report the first fossil occurrence of Masturus from the Middle Miocene Hagjeon Formation of the Pohang Basin, southeastern Korea. It is referable to Masturus cf. lanceolatus based on a distincti...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Cranial anatomy of Kawanectes lafquenianus (Plesiosauria; Elasmosauridae) from la colonia formation with comments on the paleobiogeography of the weddellonectians🦴🇦🇷by O'gorman et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Cranial anatomy of Kawanectes lafquenianus (Plesiosauria; Elasmosauridae) from la colonia formation with comments on the paleobiogeography of the weddellonectians
A new, well-preserved specimen of the small-bodied elasmosaurid Kawanectes lafquenianus (corrected name) from the La Colonia Formation (Upper Maastrichtian, Patagonia, Argentina) provides unprecede...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨New material of Adelphailurus kansensis sheds light on the cranial anatomy of an early-diverging machairodontine felid🔪🦷by Chatar & Tseng www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New material of Adelphailurus kansensis sheds light on the cranial anatomy of an early-diverging machairodontine felid
Adelphailurus kansensis is a puma-sized felid, originally described from fragmentary material in the Edson Quarry (Kansas, Mio-Pliocene). Here, we describe a nearly complete cranium from the Wikieu...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨The many faces of ‘Mesonichthys’: new anatomical and taxonomic diversity among Carboniferous ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) from the U.K.🐟🇬🇧by Henderson & Giles www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The many faces of ‘Mesonichthys’: new anatomical and taxonomic diversity among Carboniferous ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) from the U.K.
The Carboniferous represents a period where ray-finned fishes (actinopterygians), which today account for half of all living vertebrates, appear to increase exponentially in abundance as well as in...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨No compelling evidence for deinocheirids in the Judith River Formation: a comment on Chinzorig et al. (2025)❌🦴by Libke et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Elasmotherium chaprovicum (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) from the Early Pleistocene Taurida Cave, Crimea🦏🇺🇦by Titov et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Elasmotherium chaprovicum (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) from the Early Pleistocene Taurida Cave, Crimea
This paper describes a representative collection of deciduous and permanent teeth, as well as postcranial skeletal elements of Elasmotherium, from the abundant Early Pleistocene locality at Taurida...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina🦖🇦🇷by Motta et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina
Unenlagiids constitute a group of paravian theropods up to now represented in Gondwanan landmasses. They are particularly diverse in northern Patagonia, where at least seven species were discovered...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new shuvosaurid (Archosauria, Poposauroidea) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Hayden Quarry of New Mexico, U.S.A.🦴🇺🇸by Turner et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new shuvosaurid (Archosauria, Poposauroidea) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Hayden Quarry of New Mexico, U.S.A.
Bipedal shuvosaurid archosaurs were present for much of the Late Triassic Period. The clade is particularly diverse in Upper Triassic assemblages in the western U.S.A. Isolated bones are easily dif...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨The earliest European Azhdarchoid: reappraisal of “Palaeornis” cliftii Mantell, 1844 from the Wealden of Cuckfield, U.K.🦴🇬🇧by Thomas & McDavid www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The earliest European Azhdarchoid: reappraisal of “Palaeornis” cliftii Mantell, 1844 from the Wealden of Cuckfield, U.K.
“Palaeornis” cliftii is among the earliest British pterosaur discoveries. Although considered a dubious taxon by most recent authors, the type and only specimen is presently recognized as an azhdar...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new genus and species of aquatic snake (Squamata: Alethinophidia) from the Paleocene (upper Danian) Porters Creek Formation of Alabama, U.S.A.🌊🐍by Natarajan & Klompmaker www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new genus and species of aquatic snake (Squamata: Alethinophidia) from the Paleocene (upper Danian) Porters Creek Formation of Alabama, U.S.A.
The Late Cretaceous to Eocene alethinophidian families Palaeophiidae and Nigerophiidae comprise several taxa predominantly known from isolated vertebrae, which show adaptations for the aquatic real...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨A new pan-shinisaur lizard (Anguimorpha) from the lower Campanian of Villeveyrac (Hérault, France)🦎🇫🇷by Jansen et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new pan-shinisaur lizard (Anguimorpha) from the lower Campanian of Villeveyrac (Hérault, France)
The Chinese crocodile lizard (Anguimorpha, Pan-Shinisaurus Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is an endangered species inhabiting the lowland rainforests of southeastern China and northern Vietnam. The evol...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨The skull and pectoral girdle of a large gar that lived ∼2000 years after the Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction event🐟💀by Wilson et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The skull and pectoral girdle of a large gar that lived ∼2000 years after the Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction event
The gars, Lepisosteiformes, include seven extant species divided among two crown radiations, Atractosteus and Lepisosteus, whose Cretaceous split and modern diversity belie a more diverse total gro...
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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @jvertpaleo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🚨New Pub!🚨Eco-phenotypic diversity in European Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamus populations🦛🇪🇺by Martino et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Eco-phenotypic diversity in European Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamus populations
Now limited to Africa, hippopotamids once represented a common element of the European megafauna. However, the ecological and phenotypic diversity of European hippopotamuses is still not fully unde...
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