OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Palaeontology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

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Metamorphism as the cause of bone alteration in the Jarrow assemblage (Langsettian, Pennsylvanian) of Ireland	29
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Morphological disparity of mammalian limb bones throughout the Cenozoic: the role of biotic and abiotic factors	28
Oldest winged insects: first Megasecoptera from the early Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) of Argentina	24
Phyllosphere fungi of Middle Jurassic gymnosperms from Poland	20
Decoding the drivers of deep‐time wetland biodiversity: insights from an early Permian tropical lake ecosystem	20
Preservational modes of some ichthyosaur soft tissues (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from the Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany	19
Negative ontogenetic allometry of cardinal spines in the early Cambrian arthropod Isoxys volucris indicates their defensive function	19
Plant dispersal in the Devonian world (c. 419–359 Ma)	19
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Correction to ‘Ecological novelty at the start of the Cambrian and Ordovician radiations of echinoderms’	17
Written in bones: palaeoclimate histotaphonomic history inferred from a complete Megatherium skeleton preserved in the Atacama Desert	16
Bridging the extant and fossil record of planktonic foraminifera: implications for the Globigerina lineage	14
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Associations between trilobite intraspecific moulting variability and body proportions: Estaingia bilobata from the Cambrian Emu Bay Shale, Australia	14
Stuck in the mud: experimental taphonomy and computed tomography demonstrate the critical role of sediment in stabilizing the three‐dimensional external morphology of arthropod carcasses during early	13
Standardizing fossil disparity metrics using sample coverage	12
Phylogenetically‐informed estimates of notosuchian (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) body size and the challenges of inferring macroevolutionary patterns in extinct groups	12
Putting the F into FBD analysis: tree constraints or morphological data?	11
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Standing giants: a digital biomechanical model for bipedal postures in sauropod dinosaurs	11
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The role of substrate in determining the dominance of immobile, epifaunal bivalves in the Late Cretaceous	10
The effects of sensitive environmental indicators in interpreting faunas of the past: a case study from the Jurassic of China	10
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Extinction risk related to functional traits in Pliocene to Holocene West Atlantic molluscs	10
How should I publish my digital fossil? Recommendations for the publication of comprehensive 3D datasets in palaeontological studies	10
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Palaeobiology and taphonomy of the rangeomorph Culmofrons plumosa	8
Priapulid neoichnology, ecosystem engineering, and the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition	8
Locomotory and morphological evolution of the earliest Silurian graptolite Demirastrites selected by hydrodynamics	8
The endocast of Euparkeria sheds light on the ancestral archosaur nervous system	8
Functional morphology and biomechanics of an ontogenetic series of the Triassic cynodont Brasilodon quadrangularis and bite performance in the sister tax	7
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Machine‐learning‐based morphological analyses of leaf epidermal cells in modern and fossil ginkgo and their implications for palaeoclimate studies	7
Correction to ‘Establishing temperate crustose early Holocene coralline algae as archives for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of the shallow water habitats of the Mediterranean Sea’	7
The many ways toward punctuated evolution	7
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Cranial endocast of Anagale gobiensis (Anagalidae) and its implications for early brain evolution in Euarchontoglires	7
Gradual warming prior to the end‐Permian mass extinction	6
Microstructural and geochemical evidence offers a solution to the cephalopod cameral deposits riddle	6
Deep origin of the crossed‐lamellar microstructure in early Cambrian molluscs	6
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High‐precision body mass predictors for small mammals: a case study in the Mesozoic	6
Paradox lost: wide gape in the Ordovician brachiopod Rafinesquina explains how unattached filter‐feeding strophomenoids thrived on muddy substrates	6
Developmental models shed light on the earliest dental tissues, using Astraspis as an example	5
The utility of probability plotting in palaeobiology	5
Planetary‐scale change to the biosphere signalled by global species translocations can be used to identify the Anthropocene	5
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I believe I can fly… New implications for the mode of life and palaeoecology of the Late Triassic Ozimek volans based on its unique long bone histology	5
Finite element and microstructural analyses indicate that pteraspid heterostracan oral plate microstructure was adapted to a mechanical function	5
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Climatic niche stability and lability in Holarctic non‐marine ostracods: implications for Quaternary palaeoclimate reconstruction	5
Corrigendum to ‘Oldest evidence of a weasel reveals a Miocene origin of the Mustelinae (Mammalia, Carnivora)’	5
Convergent evolution among non‐carnivorous, desert‐dwelling theropods as revealed by the dentary of the noasaurid Berthasaura leopoldinae (Cretaceous of Brazil)	5
How does rapid burial work? New insights from experiments with echinoderms	4
The conundrum of taxonomic uniformitarianism in planktic foraminifera	4
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Exceptions to the temperature–size rule: no Lilliput Effect in end‐Permian ostracods (Crustacea) from Aras Valley (northwest Iran)	4
Exploring structural integrity of coralline algae in response to the environmental changes associated with the PETM : a tale of functional resistance	4
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Oldest evidence of a weasel reveals a Miocene origin of the Mustelinae (Mammalia, Carnivora)	4
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Initial quantitative assessment of the enigmatic clade Paracrinoidea (Echinodermata)	4
Revealing the use of dental indices to infer taxonomic variation in sauropod dinosaurs	4
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Lasanius, an exceptionally preserved Silurian jawless fish from Scotland	4
Marine animal diversity across latitudinal and temperature gradients during the Phanerozoic	3
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Diversification and disparity in a major Palaeozoic clade of Brachiopoda: the rise and fall of the Plectambonitoidea	3
Contrasting patterns of disparity suggest differing constraints on the evolution of trilobite cephalic structures during the Cambrian ‘explosion’	3
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Down to earth: therian mammals became more terrestrial towards the end of the Cretaceous	3
How long does a brachiopod shell last on a seafloor? Modern mid‐bathyal environments as taphonomic analogues of continental shelves prior to the Mesozoic Marine Revolution	3
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Vesicular microfossils on middle Cambrian shells: insights into early substrate colonization in North Greenland (Laurentia)	3
From living to fossil: ancestral state reconstruction of leaf architecture in extant Lauraceae and its relevance for the fossil record	2
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On the estimation of body mass in temnospondyls: a case study using the large‐bodied Eryops and Paracyclotosaurus	2
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology	2
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Mouthpart morphology and feeding structures in the palaeocharinid trigonotarbids of the Rhynie chert: insights from comparisons to modern arachnids	2
Ventral organization of Jianfengia multisegmentalis Hou, and its implications for the head segmentation of megacheirans	2
Formation, preservation, and interpretation of dinosaur tracks	2
How femoral morphology informs our understanding of the evolution of ornithopod locomotion and body size	2
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A new insect boring in fossil wood from the Iranian Upper Cretaceous	2
Palaeoecology of Middle Devonian epizoans and their Paraspirifer hosts	2
Analysing Thalattosuchia palaeobiodiversity through the prism of phylogenetic comparative methods	2
ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological, and climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework	2
Pachyosteosclerosis, rhamphotheca and enhanced sensory capabilities of the premaxillae of Hyperodapedon (Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria): implications for foraging at the sediment–water interf	2
An efficient method for estimating vein density ofGlossopterisand its application	2
Morphological disparity and evolutionary rates of cranial and postcranial characters in sloths (Mammalia, Pilosa, Folivora)	2
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Braincase anatomy and palaeoneurology of Venetoraptor gassenae , a lagerpetid pterosauromorph from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil	2
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Understanding niche construction and phenotypic plasticity as causes of natural selection	1
Response of Mediterranean Sea bivalves to Pliocene–Pleistocene environmental changes	1
New anatomical details concerning the cranial structure of the early Permian stem reptile Protorothyris archeri revealed by μCT<	1
Distinct feeding biomechanics in Late Cretaceous marine reptiles from the Western Interior Seaway	1
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Osteohistology and taphonomy support social aggregation in the early ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus	1
Musculoskeletal function of stem tetrapod limbs	1
Rise and fall of the phacopids: the morphological history of a successful trilobite family	1
Middle Pleistocene revelations: unravelling taphonomic processes in mammals including Mesotherium cristatum (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata), Corralito Site, Córdoba Province, Argentina	1
For a while, crocodile: crocodylomorph resilience to mass extinctions	1
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How to engineer a habitable planet: the rise of marine ecosystem engineers through the Phanerozoic	1
Elevated evolutionary rates of biting biomechanics reveal patterns of extraordinary craniodental adaptations in some herbivorous dinosaurs	1
The early origin of Iguanodontia: new insights into the macroevolution, diversity and biogeography of the clade	1
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The origin and evolutionary history of necrophagy in Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): a comprehensive analysis of South American Coprinisphaera	1
Ecosystem engineers alter the evolution of seed size by impacting fertility and the understory light environment	1
Investigating the impact of x‐rays on decay: x‐ray computed tomography as a non‐invasive visualization technique for sediment‐based decay experiments	1
Early Cenozoic increases in mammal diversity cannot be explained solely by expansion into larger body sizes	1