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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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Metamorphism as the cause of bone alteration in the Jarrow assemblage (Langsettian, Pennsylvanian) of Ireland	32
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Morphological disparity of mammalian limb bones throughout the Cenozoic: the role of biotic and abiotic factors	20
Phyllosphere fungi of Middle Jurassic gymnosperms from Poland	20
Oldest winged insects: first Megasecoptera from the early Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) of Argentina	20
Decoding the drivers of deep‐time wetland biodiversity: insights from an early Permian tropical lake ecosystem	19
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
Correction to ‘Ecological novelty at the start of the Cambrian and Ordovician radiations of echinoderms’	18
Written in bones: palaeoclimate histotaphonomic history inferred from a complete Megatherium skeleton preserved in the Atacama Desert	15
Plant dispersal in the Devonian world (c. 419–359 Ma)	15
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Associations between trilobite intraspecific moulting variability and body proportions: Estaingia bilobata from the Cambrian Emu Bay Shale, Australia	14
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Bridging the extant and fossil record of planktonic foraminifera: implications for the Globigerina lineage	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
Phylogenetically‐informed estimates of notosuchian (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) body size and the challenges of inferring macroevolutionary patterns in extinct groups	12
Standardizing fossil disparity metrics using sample coverage	12
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Standing giants: a digital biomechanical model for bipedal postures in sauropod dinosaurs	11
Putting the F into FBD analysis: tree constraints or morphological data?	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
The endocast of Euparkeria sheds light on the ancestral archosaur nervous system	8
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Locomotory and morphological evolution of the earliest Silurian graptolite Demirastrites selected by hydrodynamics	8
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Inferred presence of extraoral tissues in Triassic archosauromorphs and the evolutionary implications for the clade Sauropsida	7
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The many ways toward punctuated evolution	7
Priapulid neoichnology, ecosystem engineering, and the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition	7
Functional morphology and biomechanics of an ontogenetic series of the Triassic cynodont Brasilodon quadrangularis and bite performance in the sister tax	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
Beaks of the Permo‐Triassic: a morpho‐functional analysis at the dawn of a novel structure in tetrapod evolution	7
High‐precision body mass predictors for small mammals: a case study in the Mesozoic	6
Machine‐learning‐based morphological analyses of leaf epidermal cells in modern and fossil ginkgo and their implications for palaeoclimate studies	6
Microstructural and geochemical evidence offers a solution to the cephalopod cameral deposits riddle	6
Cranial endocast of Anagale gobiensis (Anagalidae) and its implications for early brain evolution in Euarchontoglires	6
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Developmental models shed light on the earliest dental tissues, using Astraspis as an example	5
The utility of probability plotting in palaeobiology	5
Finite element and microstructural analyses indicate that pteraspid heterostracan oral plate microstructure was adapted to a mechanical function	5
Paradox lost: wide gape in the Ordovician brachiopod Rafinesquina explains how unattached filter‐feeding strophomenoids thrived on muddy substrates	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
Anatomical network analysis of sauropodomorph cranial topology	5
Gradual warming prior to the end‐Permian mass extinction	5
Climatic niche stability and lability in Holarctic non‐marine ostracods: implications for Quaternary palaeoclimate reconstruction	5
Convergent evolution among non‐carnivorous, desert‐dwelling theropods as revealed by the dentary of the noasaurid Berthasaura leopoldinae (Cretaceous of Brazil)	5
Corrigendum to ‘Oldest evidence of a weasel reveals a Miocene origin of the Mustelinae (Mammalia, Carnivora)’	5
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Revealing the use of dental indices to infer taxonomic variation in sauropod dinosaurs	4
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Oldest evidence of a weasel reveals a Miocene origin of the Mustelinae (Mammalia, Carnivora)	4
Lasanius, an exceptionally preserved Silurian jawless fish from Scotland	4

Embryogenesis of the early Cambrian medusozoan (Cnidaria) Octapyrgites elongatus	4
Diversification and disparity in a major Palaeozoic clade of Brachiopoda: the rise and fall of the Plectambonitoidea	3
The conundrum of taxonomic uniformitarianism in planktic foraminifera	3
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Down to earth: therian mammals became more terrestrial towards the end of the Cretaceous	3
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How does rapid burial work? New insights from experiments with echinoderms	3
Pachyosteosclerosis, rhamphotheca and enhanced sensory capabilities of the premaxillae of Hyperodapedon (Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria): implications for foraging at the sediment–water interf	3
Exceptions to the temperature–size rule: no Lilliput Effect in end‐Permian ostracods (Crustacea) from Aras Valley (northwest Iran)	3
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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
On the estimation of body mass in temnospondyls: a case study using the large‐bodied Eryops and Paracyclotosaurus	3
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Initial quantitative assessment of the enigmatic clade Paracrinoidea (Echinodermata)	3
How femoral morphology informs our understanding of the evolution of ornithopod locomotion and body size	3
Contrasting patterns of disparity suggest differing constraints on the evolution of trilobite cephalic structures during the Cambrian ‘explosion’	3
Vesicular microfossils on middle Cambrian shells: insights into early substrate colonization in North Greenland (Laurentia)	3
Ten simple rules to follow when cleaning occurrence data in palaeobiology	3
Exploring structural integrity of coralline algae in response to the environmental changes associated with the PETM : a tale of functional resistance	3
Enigmatic Multiplicisphaeridium ‐type acritarch from the Pleistocene of Marmara Sea: morphological and spectroscopic evidence for a chytrid‐like new taxo	3
Marine animal diversity across latitudinal and temperature gradients during the Phanerozoic	3
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Rise and fall of the phacopids: the morphological history of a successful trilobite family	2
Formation, preservation, and interpretation of dinosaur tracks	2
An efficient method for estimating vein density ofGlossopterisand its application	2
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Palaeoecology of Middle Devonian epizoans and their Paraspirifer hosts	2
Morphological disparity and evolutionary rates of cranial and postcranial characters in sloths (Mammalia, Pilosa, Folivora)	2
ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological, and climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework	2
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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Analysing Thalattosuchia palaeobiodiversity through the prism of phylogenetic comparative methods	2
Braincase anatomy and palaeoneurology of Venetoraptor gassenae , a lagerpetid pterosauromorph from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil	2
Understanding niche construction and phenotypic plasticity as causes of natural selection	1
For a while, crocodile: crocodylomorph resilience to mass extinctions	1
How to engineer a habitable planet: the rise of marine ecosystem engineers through the Phanerozoic	1
When growth form fossilizes: the description of a new liverwort species of the family Metzgeriaceae from the Cretaceous Las Hoyas site, with insights into its architecture and life mode	1
Mouthpart morphology and feeding structures in the palaeocharinid trigonotarbids of the Rhynie chert: insights from comparisons to modern arachnids	1
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New anatomical details concerning the cranial structure of the early Permian stem reptile Protorothyris archeri revealed by μCT<	1
The origin and evolutionary history of necrophagy in Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): a comprehensive analysis of South American Coprinisphaera	1
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Middle Pleistocene revelations: unravelling taphonomic processes in mammals including Mesotherium cristatum (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata), Corralito Site, Córdoba Province, Argentina	1
Response of Mediterranean Sea bivalves to Pliocene–Pleistocene environmental changes	1
The early origin of Iguanodontia: new insights into the macroevolution, diversity and biogeography of the clade	1
Ventral organization of Jianfengia multisegmentalis Hou, and its implications for the head segmentation of megacheirans	1
Distinct feeding biomechanics in Late Cretaceous marine reptiles from the Western Interior Seaway	1
Body size evolution through shifting climatic conditions in Mesozoic dinosaurs	1
A deep dive into the fossil record of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): Bayesian inferences elucidate their origin and pulsed diversification at the genus level	1
A new insect boring in fossil wood from the Iranian Upper Cretaceous	1
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