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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Novel record of placodont remains including a Henodus cranium from the Upper Triassic Silves Group of the Algarve, southern Portugal	24
Exploring the three-dimensional vasculature of dermal hard tissues in thyestiid osteostracans using synchrotron radiation microtomography	17
Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki , gen. et sp. nov., an archaic dolphin from the Central Paratethys (Early Miocene, Austria)	17
A new phytosaur species (Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Jameson Land, central East Greenland	16
Dietary tendencies of the Early Jurassic pterosaurs Campylognathoides Strand, 1928 and Dorygnathus Wagner, 1860, with additional evidence	16
A new predatory actinopterygian from the Tournaisian of Nova Scotia provides insight into the evolution of actinopterygian feeding	15
A reassessment of protoceratid vertebrarterial canal morphology	14
Correction	14
A new madtsoiid snake from the Paleogene of South America (northwestern Argentina), based on an articulated postcranial skeleton	14
Anatomy of the skull and inner ear cavity of the North American Eocene turtle Echmatemys based on high-resolution computed tomography and its implication	13
A long-necked theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia	13
Alickmeron Sen & Ray, 2025 is an objective junior synonym of Alwalkeria Chatterjee & Creisler, 1994	13
An Upper Miocene marine turtle from Panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA	12
A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania	12
Assessing predator–prey interactions during the Late Triassic of India from bite marks onHyperodapedon(Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria)	12
Coelacanthiform fishes of the British Rhaetian	11
Biogeographic and biostratigraphic implications of a new species of Swaindelphys (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the Paleocene (Tiffanian) Black Peaks Format	11
A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar	11
A re-evaluation of the notosuchian crocodyliform Eremosuchus elkoholicus from the lower Eocene of Algeria and the evolutionary and biogeographic history	11
Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, a stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications for the paleoecol	11
Cranial anatomy of the hypercarnivore Bastetodon syrtos gen. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae) and a reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa	10
First Neogene bat from India: implications for a possible radiation of Vespertilioninae during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum	10
A new itasuchid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Early Cretaceous of Mali and the ancient Paleo-Tegama river system of Gondwana	9
A new gyracanthid (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa	9
The first geikiid dicynodont, Aulacephalodon kapoliwacela , sp. nov. (Therapsida, Anomodontia), from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zambia	8

A new paratypothoracin aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dharmaram Formation of India and its biostratigraphic implications	8
Intraspecific craniomandibular and dental analysis of Pseudotypotherium exiguum (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata) from Monte Hermoso, late Neogene, Buenos Aires Province, Ar	8
Mammutid proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Mammutidae) from the Upper Miocene of Hayranli-Haliminhani, Sivas Basin, Türkiye	8
New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae	8
Revision of the Late Miocene hornless rhinocerotids from Samos Island (Greece) with the designation of neotypes and implications for the European chilotheres	8
A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles	8
First records of Ischnacanthiformes (“Acanthodii”) from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in north-central Pennsylvania, U.S.A.	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
New material of Hyaenictis graeca (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the Upper Miocene of Greece	7
The ontogenetically youngest known pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) postcranium	7
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	7
First occurrence of an acipenseriform (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England	7
New enchodontoid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon	7
A bite to the throat: a probable Xiphactinus attack on a Polycotylus from the Cretaceous Mooreville Chalk	7
Oldest record of Cenozoic terrestrial vertebrates (Chiroptera) from Madagascar	7
A new moradisaurine captorhinid from the Upper Permian (Lopingian) upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia	7
Revised nomenclature for a Miocene giraffid: Lyrakeryx sherkana nomen novum from the Siwaliks of Pakistan	7
The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia	7
A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia	7
A doswelliid archosauriform from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stuttgart Formation of Thuringia (Germany)	6
Three-dimensional anatomy of the early Eocene Whitephippus (Teleostei, Lampriformes) documents parallel conquests of the pelagic environment by multiple	6
The earliest occurrence of Equus in South Asia	6
First rhynchocephalian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Cretaceous–Paleogene of India	6
Patterns and function of pneumaticity in the vertebrae, ribs, and ilium of a titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas	6
Taxonomic reassessment of archosaurs with dinosaurian affinities from the lower fauna of the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of India and their significance	6
Comparative braincase morphology ofTrilophosaurus buettneriand the early evolution of the pan-archosaurian neurocranium	6
A new cryptodont dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Lopingian Usili Formation, Ruhuhu Basin, Tanzania	6
A new eutherian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Bayinshire Formation of Mongolia	6
The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger—XII. The osteoderms of Bunostegos akokanensis (Parareptilia: Pareiasauria)	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
The first occurrence of Cainochoerus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Suidae) from the Upper Miocene Lemudong’o Formation, Kenya	6
Early synapsids from the Cisuralian (lower Permian) Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil: the first definitive South American “pelycosaurs”	6
Fossil evidence of exceptionally large egg-clutches sheds light on reproductive diversity in Late Cretaceous crocodyliforms from Brazil	6
Hybodontiform shark remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower Triassic of Yunnan Province, China, with comments on hybodontiform diversity across the PTB	6
Dental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea)	5
New tetrapod remains help constrain the age of a peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil	5
New Fossils and New Developments at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	5
Crocodylian diversity during the early Eocene climatic optimum in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A.	5
The first occurrence of Cyonosaurus (Therapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the Luangwa Basin of Zambia	5
A deciduous basilosaurid incisor with a split mesial carina from the upper Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica	5
Revision of the longirostrine crocodylian Thoracosaurus isorhynchus from the Maastrichtian–Danian of northwestern Europe	5
Diminutive temnospondyls from the lower and middle Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica	5
On the taxonomic status of Tharrhias castellanoi Duarte and Santos, 1962 (Gonorynchiformes, Chanidae)	5
Pliocene Pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean Plateau	5
Classification of dinosaur footprints using machine learning	5
Permian origins of the Lystrosauridae (Therapsida: Dicynodontia)	5
The first gravid ichthyosaur from the Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous): a complete Myobradypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 excavated from the border of the Tyndall Glac	5
A new turiasaur (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) specimen from the Middle Jurassic of India	5
Eco-phenotypic diversity in European Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamus populations	5
A new antarctaspid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China	5

A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes	4
Comments on the cranial and pectoral girdle osteology of Lepidotes gigas (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteiformes) from the Lower Jurassic (lower Toarcian) of Germany	4
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil	4
A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period	4
The paleobiology of a new osmeriform fish species from Australia	4
A new proterotheriid (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (upper Oligocene): phylogeny and litoptern patellar pit knee locks	4
Rare osteohistological evidence of skeletal maturity in the early diverging traversodontid Scalenodon angustifrons , with comments on histological sampling coverage in C	4
The extinct shark, Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of central-western Russia—The road to easternmost peri-Tethyan seas	4
Ontogenetic assessment from dorsal ribs in a mature titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas	4
A new articulated Upper Devonian (upper Famennian) groenlandaspidid fish (Arthrodira) from Belarus	4
Postcranial anatomy of Dsungaripterus weii (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, China	4
Computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapodCrassigyrinus scoticusWatson, 1929	4
New specimens of Eucoelophysis baldwini from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, northern New Mexico, U.S.A., and their implications for the evolution o	4
Correction	4
Cranial anatomy of Nythosaurus larvatus Owen, 1876, an Early Triassic cynodont preserving a natural endocast	4
The ontogenetic growth of Anhangueridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) premaxillary crests as revealed by a crestless Anhanguera specimen	4
A multi-method approach to deciphering the paleobiology of a mosasaur from South Africa	4
Craniomandibular osteology of Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia: Heterodontosauridae) from the upper Lower Jurassic of Argentina	4
Jurassic teleost diversity and abundance changes, recorded by otolith and cephalopod statolith assemblages	4
Correction	4
New records of diverse small reptiles with thecodont implantation from the Carboniferous–Permian Halgaito Formation (Cutler Group) of southeastern Utah, U.S.A.	4
A new old Budgett frog: an articulated skeleton of an Early Pliocene Lepidobatrachus (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from western Argentina	4
A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand	4
The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptileCoelurosauravus elivensisPiveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian of Madagascar	4