OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Mammalian Evolution is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Untangling the ecological signal in the dental morphology in the bat superfamily Noctilionoidea	15
The Evolutionary Ecology of Primate Hair Coloration: A Phylogenetic Approach	14
Evolution of the Mammalian Neck from Developmental, Morpho-Functional, and Paleontological Perspectives	13
First Toothless Platanistoid from the Early Miocene of Patagonia: the Golden Age of Diversification of the Odontoceti	12
Forelimb Bone Morphology and its Association with Foraging Ecology in Four Families of Neotropical Bats	11
Anatomical, Ontogenetic, and Genomic Homologies Guide Reconstructions of the Teeth-to-Baleen Transition in Mysticete Whales	11
Amazonia as the Origin and Diversification Area of Didelphidae (Mammalia: Metatheria), and a Review of the Fossil Record of the Clade	11
Changing Only Slowly: The Role of Phylogenetic Niche Conservatism in Caviidae (Rodentia) Speciation	11
An Ecomorphological Approach to Craniomandibular Integration in Neotropical Deer	11
Suidae Transition at the Miocene-Pliocene Boundary: a Reassessment of the Taxonomy and Chronology of Propotamochoerus provincialis	10
Integrative Approach Uncovers New Patterns of Ecomorphological Convergence in Slow Arboreal Xenarthrans	10
Bite Force in Four Pinniped Species from the West Coast of Baja California, Mexico, in Relation to Diet, Feeding Strategy, and Niche Differentiation	10
Integration or Modularity in the Mandible of Canids (Carnivora: Canidae): a Geometric Morphometric Approach	9
On the Unnecessary and Misleading Taxon “Cetartiodactyla”	9
Ulna of Extant Xenarthrans: Shape, Size, and Function	9
Paleoecological Inferences from Long Bone Microanatomical Specializations in Hippopotamoidea (Mammalia, Artiodactyla)	9
Suction causes novel tooth wear in marine mammals, with implications for feeding evolution in baleen whales	9
Three-Dimensional and Histological Observations on Male Genital Organs of Greater Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum	8
Ulna Curvature in Arboreal and Terrestrial Primates	8
A New Species of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from Patagonia Related to C. sociabilis	8
Comparative Endocranial Anatomy, Encephalization, and Phylogeny of Notoungulata (Placentalia, Mammalia)	8
A New Glyptodont (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the Late Miocene of Argentina: New Clues About the Oldest Extra-Patagonian Radiation in Southern South America	8
Distal Humeral Morphology Indicates Locomotory Divergence in Extinct Giant Kangaroos	8
Hind Limb Bone Proportions Reveal Unexpected Morphofunctional Diversification in Xenarthrans	8
Dental Variation in Megabats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae): Tooth Metrics Correlate with Body Size and Tooth Proportions Reflect Phylogeny	8

A Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Geographic Mandibular Variation in the Dwarf Gerbil Gerbillus nanus (Gerbillinae, Rodentia)	8
3D Morphometric Analysis Reveals Similar Ecomorphs for Early Kangaroos (Macropodidae) and Fanged Kangaroos (Balbaridae) from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia	8
The Early Eocene Climatic Optimum at the Lower Section of the Lumbrera Formation (Ypresian, Salta Province, Northwestern Argentina): Origin and Early Diversification of the Cingulata	8
Earliest Embrithopod Mammals (Afrotheria, Tethytheria) from the Early Eocene of Morocco: Anatomy, Systematics and Phylogenetic Significance	7
Coexistence of Indarctos and Amphimachairodus (Carnivora) in the Late Early Hemphillian of Florida, North America	7
Evolutionary Patterns of Mandible Shape Diversification of Caviomorph Rodents	7
Allometry and Ontogeny in the Vertebral Column of Southern Hemisphere Dolphins: a 3D Morphofunctional Approach	6
Extensive Interspecific Gene Flow Shaped Complex Evolutionary History and Underestimated Species Diversity in Rapidly Radiated Dolphins	6
Postcranial Morphology of the Extinct Rodent Neoepiblema (Rodentia: Chinchilloidea): Insights Into the Paleobiology of Neoepiblemids	6
Using Ultraconserved Elements to Unravel Lagomorph Phylogenetic Relationships	6
Sign-oriented Dirichlet Normal Energy: Aligning Dental Topography and Dental Function in the R-package molaR	6
Functional Indices and Postnatal Ontogeny of Long Bones of the Forelimb in the Sigmodontine Rodents (Rodentia: Cricetidae)	6
Evolution Towards Fossoriality and Morphological Convergence in the Skull of Spalacidae and Bathyergidae (Rodentia)	6
The Cranial Morphospace of Extant Marsupials	6
Coat Polymorphism in Eurasian Lynx: Adaptation to Environment or Phylogeographic Legacy?	6
Megantereon adroveri from the Early Pleistocene of Taurida Cave, Crimea, and the European Lineage of Dirk-toothed Cats	5
A complete skull of a stem mammal from the Late Triassic of Brazil illuminates the early evolution of prozostrodontian cynodonts	5
Tracing the Paleobiology of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Notoungulata), the Latest Sciuromorph South American Native Ungulates – Part I: Snout and Masticatory Apparatus	5
Looking under stones: A new Ctenomys species from the rocky foothills of the Sierras Grandes of central Argentina	5
The Endocranial Cast of Indohyus (Artiodactyla, Raoellidae): The Origin of the Cetacean Brain	5
Endocranial Cast Anatomy of the Extinct Hipposiderid Bats Palaeophyllophora and Hipposideros (Pseudorhinolophus) (Mammalia: Chiroptera)	5
Endocranial Morphology of a Middle Miocene South American Dugongid and the Neurosensorial Evolution of Sirenians	5
The vocal apparatus: An understudied tool to reconstruct the evolutionary history of echolocation in bats?	5
Clinal and Allometric Variation in the Skull of Sexually Dimorphic Opossums	5
Myological and Osteological Correlates of Hindfoot Reversal in the Kinkajou (Potos flavus)	5
Deciduous dentition, tooth replacement, and mandibular growth in the Late Jurassic docodontan Haldanodon exspectatus (Mammaliaformes)	4
Form-Function Correlation Paradigm in Mammalogy. A Tribute to Leonard B. Radinsky (1937–1985)	4
Late Miocene Survival of a Hyper-Longirostrine Dolphin and the Neogene to Recent Evolution of Rostrum Proportions Among Odontocetes	4
New Skull Material of Taeniolabis taoensis (Multituberculata, Taeniolabididae) from the Early Paleocene (Danian) of the Denver Basin, Colorado	4
From Embryo to Adult: The Complete Development and Unusual Replacement of the Dentition of the Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii)	4
Locomotion in Rodents and Small Carnivorans: Are they So Different?	4
Primitive Tibetan antelope, Qurliqnoria hundesiensis (Lydekker, 1881) (Bovidae, Artiodactyla), from Pliocene Zanda and Kunlun Pass basins and paleoenvironmental implications	4
A Diverse Metailurine Guild from the Latest Miocene Xingjiawan Fauna, Yongdeng, Northwestern China, and Generic Differentiation of Metailurine Felids	4
Modern Northern Domestic Horses Carry Mitochondrial DNA Similar to Przewalski’s Horse	4
Systematics and the Unexpected High Mitochondrial Genetic Divergence of Nelsonia goldmani (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Mexican Highlands	4
New Specimens of Reigitherium bunodontum from the Late Cretaceous La Colonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina and Meridiolestidan Diversity in South America	4
Late Quaternary Environmental and Human Impacts on the Mitochondrial DNA Diversity of Four Commensal Rodents in Myanmar	4
The Skeleton of the Manus of Scelidotherium (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) Specimens from the Pleistocene of the Province of Córdoba, Argentina, and its Systematic Implications	4
"Canis" ferox Revisited: Diet Ecomorphology of Some Long Gone (Late Miocene and Pliocene) Fossil Dogs	4
Tracing the Paleobiology of Paedotherium and Tremacyllus (Pachyrukhinae, Notoungulata), the Latest Sciuromorph South American Native Ungulates – Part II: Orbital, Auditory, and Occipito-Cervical Regio	4
The Dorsal Integument of the Southern Long-Nosed Armadillo Dasypus hybridus (Cingulata, Xenarthra), and a Possible Neural Crest Origin of the Osteoderms. Discussing Evolutive Consequences for Amniota	4
The Narial Anatomy of Extinct and Extant Sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora): Osteological Anomalies in the Extant Two-Toed Sloth Choloepus	3
Total Dental Occlusal Area as a Feeding Constraint Feature in Extant Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus), and Implications for the Evolution of Molluscivory in Odobenidae	3
Skeletal Variation and Taxonomic Boundaries in the Pen-tailed Treeshrew (Scandentia: Ptilocercidae; Ptilocercus lowii Gray, 1848)	3
Sizing up swords: Correlated evolution of antlers and tusks in ruminants	3
Evolutionary Trends of Protypotherium (Interatheriidae, Notoungulata) Lineage throughout the Miocene of South America	3
DNA Barcoding and Demographic History of Peromyscus yucatanicus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) Endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico	3
New interpretation of dentition in Early Cretaceous docodontan Sibirotherium based on micro-computed tomography	3
On the Eating Habits of Sloths: Finite Element Analysis and Niche Specialization	3
Occurrence of the ground sloth Nothrotheriops (Xenarthra, Folivora) in the Late Pleistocene of Uruguay: new information on its dietary and habitat preferences based on stable isotope analysis	3

Ecomorphology of the Early Pleistocene Badger Meles dimitrius from Greece	3
Anatomy and phylogeny of a new small macraucheniid (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the Bahía Inglesa Formation (late Miocene), Atacama Region, Northern Chile	3
The Oldest Species of Dolichotis (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pliocene of Argentina: Redescription and Taxonomic Status of “Orthomyctera” chapalmalense	3
Tooth Size Variation in Assemblages of Tremacyllus (Hegetotheriidae, Notoungulata): Insights into Geographical Gradients, Systematics, and Sexual Dimorphism	3
Earliest Vallesian suid remains from Creu de Conill 20 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula)	3
Down a Rabbit Hole: Burrowing Behaviour and Larger Home Ranges are Related to Larger Brains in Leporids	3
Climbing Adaptations of an Enigmatic Early Arctoid Carnivoran: the Functional Anatomy of the Forelimb of Amphicynodon leptorhynchus From the Lower Oligocene of the Quercy Phosphorites (France)	3
Middle Pleistocene Steppe Lion Remains from Grotte de la Carrière (Têt Valley, Eastern Pyrenees)	3
Cranial Anatomy of Csakvaromys bredai (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Xerinae) and Implications for Ground Squirrel Evolution and Systematics	3
Pleistocene Hedgehog Mesechinus (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) in China	3
Hind Foot Drumming: Muscle Architecture of the Hind Limb in Three Bathyergidae Species	3
Ecomorphology of toothed whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti) as revealed by 3D skull geometry	3
Phylogeography of the Endangered Franciscana Dolphin: Timing and Geological Setting of the Evolution of Populations	3
Developmental Plasticity in the Ossification of the Proximal Femur of Heterocephalus glaber (Bathyergidae, Rodentia)	2
Brachiocephalic Muscular Arrangements in Cavioid Rodents (Caviomorpha): a Functional, Anatomical, and Evolutionary Study	2
Investigating the land-to-sea transition in carnivorans from the evolution of sacrum morphology in pinnipeds	2
A reassessment of Nemolestes (Mammalia, Metatheria): Systematics and evolutionary implications for Sparassodonta	2
Morphometric Analysis of the Mandible of Primitive Sabertoothed Felids from the late Miocene of Spain	2
An African Radiation of ‘Dryolestoidea’ (Donodontidae, Cladotheria) and its Significance for Mammalian Evolution	2
The Thorny Issue of African Porcupines: a New Mandible of Hystrix makapanensis from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) and Rediagnosis of the Species	2
How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades	2
Greater Bandicoot Rats (Bandicota indica) are Not Native to Sundaland Based on Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Analyses	2
High Allelic Diversity of Dog Leukocyte Antigen Class II in East Asian Dogs: Identification of New Alleles and Haplotypes	2
A New Mammal Skull from the Late Cretaceous of Romania and Phylogenetic Affinities of Kogaionid Multituberculates	2
Cranial Anatomy of the Desert Dormouse, Selevinia betpakdalaensis (Rodentia, Gliridae), revealed by Micro-Computed Tomography	2
New Chinchillid Rodents (Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha) from Northern Chile and Bolivia Fill a 17-Million-Year Gap in the Pan-Chinchilline Fossil Record	2
Petrosal Anatomy of the Paleocene Eutherian Mammal Deltatherium fundaminis (Cope, 1881)	2
Phylogeography of the capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, in a large portion of its distribution area in South America	2
Locomotor Behavior and Body Mass of Paramys delicatus (Ischyromyidae, Rodentia) and Commentary on Other Early North American Paramyines	2
Head myology of wild cavies (Caviidae, Caviomorpha) and functional implications of hystricomorphous and hystricognathous configurations	2
The Record of Prodeinotherium in the Iberian Peninsula: New Data from the Vallès-Penedès Basin	2
The Quaternary lions of Ukraine and a trend of decreasing size in Panthera spelaea	2
A new multituberculate from the latest Cretaceous of central China and its implications for multituberculate tooth homologies and occlusion	2
Quantitative Analyses of Feliform Humeri Reveal the Existence of a Very Large Cat in North America During the Miocene	2