OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is 4. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the three-dimensional vasculature of dermal hard tissues in thyestiid osteostracans using synchrotron radiation microtomography	33
A new predatory actinopterygian from the Tournaisian of Nova Scotia provides insight into the evolution of actinopterygian feeding	33
A new phytosaur species (Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Jameson Land, central East Greenland	15
A new madtsoiid snake from the Paleogene of South America (northwestern Argentina), based on an articulated postcranial skeleton	15
Dietary tendencies of the Early Jurassic pterosaurs Campylognathoides Strand, 1928 and Dorygnathus Wagner, 1860, with additional evidence	15
Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki , gen. et sp. nov., an archaic dolphin from the Central Paratethys (Early Miocene, Austria)	14
A long-necked theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia	14
Novel record of placodont remains including a Henodus cranium from the Upper Triassic Silves Group of the Algarve, southern Portugal	13
A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania	12
A reassessment of protoceratid vertebrarterial canal morphology	12
A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar	11
Assessing predator–prey interactions during the Late Triassic of India from bite marks onHyperodapedon(Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria)	11
Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, a stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications for the paleoecology of stem turt	10
Coelacanthiform fishes of the British Rhaetian	10
An Upper Miocene marine turtle from Panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA	10
A new gyracanthid (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa	9
Cranial anatomy of the hypercarnivore Bastetodon syrtos gen. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae) and a reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa	9
A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles	9
A new itasuchid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Early Cretaceous of Mali and the ancient Paleo-Tegama river system of Gondwana	8
Mammutid proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Mammutidae) from the Upper Miocene of Hayranli-Haliminhani, Sivas Basin, Türkiye	8
Revision of the Late Miocene hornless rhinocerotids from Samos Island (Greece) with the designation of neotypes and implications for the European chilotheres	8
Biogeographic and biostratigraphic implications of a new species of Swaindelphys (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the Paleocene (Tiffanian) Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend Na	8
Taxonomic revision of the giant marine snake genus Pterosphenus Lucas, 1898, based on new fossil material from the middle Eocene (Bartonian) Harudi Formation of Kachchh	8
The first articulated skull roof and braincase of Melvius chauliodous (Amiidae, Vidalamiinae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico	8
A new paratypothoracin aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dharmaram Formation of India and its biostratigraphic implications	8

First records of Ischnacanthiformes (“Acanthodii”) from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in north-central Pennsylvania, U.S.A.	8
The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia	7
Oldest record of Cenozoic terrestrial vertebrates (Chiroptera) from Madagascar	7
New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae	7
The first geikiid dicynodont, Aulacephalodon kapoliwacela , sp. nov. (Therapsida, Anomodontia), from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zambia	7
Revised nomenclature for a Miocene giraffid: Lyrakeryx sherkana nomen novum from the Siwaliks of Pakistan	7
Intraspecific craniomandibular and dental analysis of Pseudotypotherium exiguum (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata) from Monte Hermoso, late Neogene, Buenos Aires Province, Ar	7
A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia	7
Patterns and function of pneumaticity in the vertebrae, ribs, and ilium of a titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas	6
New enchodontoid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon	6
A doswelliid archosauriform from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stuttgart Formation of Thuringia (Germany)	6
Comparative braincase morphology ofTrilophosaurus buettneriand the early evolution of the pan-archosaurian neurocranium	6
Taxonomic reassessment of archosaurs with dinosaurian affinities from the lower fauna of the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of India and their significance	6
Pliocene Pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean Plateau	6
Hybodontiform shark remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower Triassic of Yunnan Province, China, with comments on hybodontiform diversity across the PTB	6
A new early diverging thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) from the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Dorset, U.K. and implications for the origin and evolution of the group	6
New material of Hyaenictis graeca (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the Upper Miocene of Greece	6
The earliest occurrence of Equus in South Asia	6
First rhynchocephalian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Cretaceous–Paleogene of India	6
A new eutherian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Bayinshire Formation of Mongolia	6
First occurrence of an acipenseriform (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England	6
Three-dimensional anatomy of the early Eocene Whitephippus (Teleostei, Lampriformes) documents parallel conquests of the pelagic environment by multiple teleost lineages	6
A new moradisaurine captorhinid from the Upper Permian (Lopingian) upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia	6
A new cryptodont dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Lopingian Usili Formation, Ruhuhu Basin, Tanzania	6
The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger—XII. The osteoderms of Bunostegos akokanensis (Parareptilia: Pareiasauria)	5
Habitat of the giant pterosaurQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea): a paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Javelina Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Big Bend National Pa	5
The first occurrence of Cyonosaurus (Therapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the Luangwa Basin of Zambia	5
Diminutive temnospondyls from the lower and middle Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica	5
Postcranial anatomy of Dsungaripterus weii (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, China	5
Two exceptionally preserved juvenile specimens of Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae, Albertosaurinae) provide new insight into the timing of ontogenetic changes in tyrannosaurids	5
Crocodylian diversity during the early Eocene climatic optimum in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A.	5
Permian origins of the Lystrosauridae (Therapsida: Dicynodontia)	5
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil	5
Jurassic teleost diversity and abundance changes, recorded by otolith and cephalopod statolith assemblages	5
Classification of dinosaur footprints using machine learning	5
Dental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea)	5
A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period	5
A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes	5
Functional morphology ofQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)	4
A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand	4
New Fossils and New Developments at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	4
A new articulated Upper Devonian (upper Famennian) groenlandaspidid fish (Arthrodira) from Belarus	4
A multi-method approach to deciphering the paleobiology of a mosasaur from South Africa	4
A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the late Oligocene	4
Fossil vertebrates from a unique marine bonebed of the Upper Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas, U.S.A.: new insights into the paleoecology of the Niobrara Formation	4
The extinct shark, Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of central-western Russia—The road to easternmost peri-Tethyan seas	4
Comments on the cranial and pectoral girdle osteology of Lepidotes gigas (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteiformes) from the Lower Jurassic (lower Toarcian) of Germany	4
The ontogenetic growth of Anhangueridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) premaxillary crests as revealed by a crestless Anhanguera specimen	4
Computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapodCrassigyrinus scoticusWatson, 1929	4
The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptileCoelurosauravus elivensisPiveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian of Madagascar	4

Cranial anatomy of Nythosaurus larvatus Owen, 1876, an Early Triassic cynodont preserving a natural endocast	4
The first gravid ichthyosaur from the Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous): a complete Myobradypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 excavated from the border of the Tyndall Glac	4
Craniomandibular osteology of Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia: Heterodontosauridae) from the upper Lower Jurassic of Argentina	4
Rare osteohistological evidence of skeletal maturity in the early diverging traversodontid Scalenodon angustifrons , with comments on histological sampling coverage in C	4