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

Article	Citations
Endocranial cast anatomy of the Early Miocene glyptodont Propalaehoplophorus australis (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) and its evolutionary implications	32
New interpretation of dentition in Early Cretaceous docodontan Sibirotherium based on micro-computed tomography	22
New insights into the upper and lower deciduous dentition of Pyrotherium from the late Oligocene of South America	20
Stuck between rivers: a new species of Ctenomys from northern Argentine Patagonia	19
New reports, updates, and additional comments about Neobrachytherium ullumense Soria, 2001 (Litopterna, Proterotheriidae) in the Late Miocene of Uruguay and Argentina	17
New Quaternary mammals support regional endemism in western Hispaniola	16
Evolution and drivers of long-distance vocal communication in mammals	15
Cranial geometric morphometrics of jumping mice (Genera: Eozapus, Napaeozapus, and Zapus; Zapodinae, Rodentia): Implications for subspecies conservation	14
Ecomorphology of toothed whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti) as revealed by 3D skull geometry	13
Phylogenetic relationships of Marmosops Matschie, 1916 in the Atlantic Forest and topography effects on the diversity of M. paulensis Tate, 1931 (Didelphidae: Thylamyini)	13
More than just appendages: systematic, paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications of the extinct Sicilian hippopotamus postcrania	12
New insights into the postcranial anatomy of Exaeretodon riograndensis (Eucynodontia: Traversodontidae): phylogenetic implications, body mass, and lifestyle	12
Feeding the ‘fire beasts’: mesowear angles in bilophodont South American herbivores	11
Temporal lobe evolution in extant and extinct Cercopithecoidea	11
Morpho-functional analysis of the pelvis and hindlimb of Cyonasua (Carnivora, Procyonidae)	11
Investigating the land-to-sea transition in carnivorans from the evolution of sacrum morphology in pinnipeds	10
Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Damiao, Nei Mongol, China	10
The presence of an atavistic caniniform alveolus in Nothrotherium maquinense (Xenarthra, Folivora, Nothrotheriidae)	10
The last of Europe: systematics and palaeoecology of the ictitheres (Hyaenidae) from Venta del Moro (Spain)	9
Gliding between continents: a review of the North American record of the giant flying squirrel Miopetaurista (Rodentia, Sciuridae) with the description of new material from the Gray Fossil Site (Tenne	9
Trophic differentiation between the endemic Cypriot mouse and the house mouse: a study coupling stable isotopes and morphometrics	9
Postcranial evolution of the insular lineage of Nesiotites Bate, 1944 (Lipotyphla: Nectogalini) from Asoriculus to extinction	9
Correction: The brain of fur seals, seals, and walrus (Pinnipedia): A comparative anatomical and phylogenetic study of cranial endocasts of semiaquatic mammals	8
Vestigial structures and variation in the evolution of the marsupial mammal dental development—a study of the woolly opossum Caluromys philander	8
A new species of Paludocyon (Carnivora: Amphicyonidae) from the early Middle Miocene of els Casots (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Barcelona, Spain)	8

Research trajectory, works, and legacy of Salvador Moyà-Solà as a vertebrate paleobiologist	8
The ancestral morphology of lumbar vertebrae and its diversification in early Cenozoic mammals	8
Morphological variation of limb bones in three families of Neotropical bats from Argentina: exploring the influences of allometry, ecology, and phylogeny	8
An easy-to-apply method to reconstruct proportions and sizes of masticatory muscles in extinct herbivorous mammals	7
Measuring Molarization: Change Through Time in Premolar Function in An Extinct Stem Primate Lineage	7
The origin and evolutionary history of Lagomorpha (Mammalia) in China	7
Trauma-induced alterations in the exoskeleton of glyptodonts (Cingulata, Xenarthra) associated with fighting behavior	7
Dentary–squamosal jaw articulation in a late surviving tritylodontid synapsid from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia	7
Earliest Vallesian suid remains from Creu de Conill 20 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula)	7
Integrating paleopathology and paleoecology to unravel the lifestyle of the Pleistocene sloth Nothrotherium maquinense	7
First record of Posnanskytherium (Notoungulata, Toxodontidae) in the late Neogene of eastern Puna, Argentina	7
Chaetophractus villosus (Desmarest, 1804) (Xenarthra: Euphractinae) in Uruguay (Upper Pleistocene): Taxon age, biogeography, and paleoclimatic implications	7
Divergence, diagnosability, and description of a new subspecies of franciscana dolphin Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d’Orbigny, 1844)	7
Correction to: A complete skull of a stem mammal from the Late Triassic of Brazil illuminates the early evolution of prozostrodontian cynodonts	6
Muscular anatomy of the hindlimb of the tiger (Panthera tigris)	6
Suction causes novel tooth wear in marine mammals, with implications for feeding evolution in baleen whales	6
Oryctodelphys nom. nov., a new name for Streptorhynchus Carneiro et al., 2025 (Mammalia, Metatheria, Derorhynchidae)	6
The minimum free energy of G-quadruplex-forming sequences of the MSX1 intron is associated with relative molar and premolar size in eutherians	6
A new genus and two new species of malleodectid (Marsupialia, Malleodectidae) from the Middle and Late Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland.	6
The Quaternary lions of Ukraine and a trend of decreasing size in Panthera spelaea	6
Tungiasis and cutaneous pathologies in the exoskeleton of glyptodonts: new evidence and insights	6
Deinotherium levius and Tetralophodon longirostris (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany), and their biostratigraphic significance for the ter	6
Pelvic sexual dimorphism and its association with cranial morphology in Neotropical spiny rats (Rodentia, Echimyidae)	5
A dwarf Megantereon from the Sangiran complex of Java (Indonesia; late Early Pleistocene) and its biogeographic implications	5
Looking under stones: A new Ctenomys species from the rocky foothills of the Sierras Grandes of central Argentina	5
Dental and mandibular morphology of Peligrotherium tropicalis (Mammalia, Meridiolestida) from the Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina	5
Head myology of wild cavies (Caviidae, Caviomorpha) and functional implications of hystricomorphous and hystricognathous configurations	5
The slow revolution of biological nomenclature	5
Comparative craniometric analysis between two species of South American canids and domestic dogs	5
Craniodental anatomy of the hornless rhinocerotid Chilotherium schlosseri (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Late Miocene of Samos Island, Greece	5
Temperature changes affected mammal dispersal during the Great American Biotic Interchange	5
A new early Miocene bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Panama confirms middle Cenozoic chiropteran dispersal between the Americas	5
Paleohistology and life history of Procervulus and Eotragus (Ruminantia, Artiodactyla) from the Middle Miocene site of els Casots (NE Iberian Peninsula)	5
The inner ear of caviomorph rodents: Phylogenetic implications and application to extinct West Indian taxa	4
The influence of ecology and phylogeny on the canid frontal sinus	4
Deciduous dentition, tooth replacement, and mandibular growth in the Late Jurassic docodontan Haldanodon exspectatus (Mammaliaformes)	4
Limb osteology of Miocene tragulids from Napak (Uganda) and inferences on palaeoecology in comparison to other extinct and extant relatives	4
Taeniolabis simmonsae (Multituberculata, Taeniolabididae) from the early Paleocene of the Denver Basin, Colorado: implications for taeniolabidid taxonomy and biochronology of the Puercan North America	4
Population structure and phylogeography of the large hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae), in Argentine Patagonia	4
The skull base in Cingulata (Xenarthra, Mammalia): early ossification, homologies, and comparisons across mammals	4
A Diverse Metailurine Guild from the Latest Miocene Xingjiawan Fauna, Yongdeng, Northwestern China, and Generic Differentiation of Metailurine Felids	4
Memories of the blows: severe soft-tissue injuries in caudal vertebrae of Panochthus Burmeister (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae)	4
Enhanced elbow mobility in insular Meles populations: Insights from myological and osteological comparisons	4
New evidence from the bony labyrinth and teeth of the Late Miocene ape Oreopithecus based on a partial cranium from Baccinello	4
A new multituberculate from the latest Cretaceous of central China and its implications for multituberculate tooth homologies and occlusion	4
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	4
Investigating the reliability of metapodials as taxonomic Indicators for Beringian horses	4
A small animalivorous mammal from the Paleogene of South America and the ancestral dental pattern of South American metatherians	4
Tetraconodontines and suines (Artiodactyla: Suidae) from the earliest Vallesian site of Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula)	4
The brain of fur seals, seals, and walrus (Pinnipedia): A comparative anatomical and phylogenetic study of cranial endocasts of semiaquatic mammals	4

The effects of ordered multistate morphological characters on phylogenetic analyses of eutherian mammals	4
Bayesian network analysis reveals the assembly drivers and emergent stability of Eurasian Pleistocene large mammal communities	3
A complete skull of a stem mammal from the Late Triassic of Brazil illuminates the early evolution of prozostrodontian cynodonts	3
The brain endocast of the Canary Islands giant rats (Canariomys, Muridae, Rodentia): paleobiological and evolutionary implications	3
Patterns of molar development and loss of the hypoconulid in treeshrews (Scandentia)	3
The “Diahot Tooth” is a Miocene rhinocerotid fossil brought by humans to New Caledonia	3
Proportional variation and scaling in the hindlimbs of hopping mammals, including convergent evolution in argyrolagids and jerboas	3
Late Miocene Hipparion (Equidae, Perissodactyla) fossils from Fugu, northern Shaanxi, China, and their stratigraphic significance	3
A remarkably diverse proboscidean assemblage from Early Miocene Buluk, Kenya	3
Anatomy and phylogeny of a new small macraucheniid (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the Bahía Inglesa Formation (late Miocene), Atacama Region, Northern Chile	3
Sizing up swords: Correlated evolution of antlers and tusks in ruminants	3
New data from South American hotspots uncover a greater diversity in Gracilinanus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) mouse opossums	3
Cranial integration and modularity in chamois: The effects of subspecies and sex	3
A reassessment of Nemolestes (Mammalia, Metatheria): Systematics and evolutionary implications for Sparassodonta	3
Comparative body size distributions of Pleistocene and Recent Canadian wolves (Canis lupus)	3
Ontogenetic skull development and paleobiology of the tragulid Dorcatherium naui (mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the early Late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany)	3
The hindlimb of Amphicynodon leptorhynchus from the lower Oligocene of the Quercy Phosphorites (France): Highlight of new climbing adaptations of this early arctoid	3
Craniodental morphology of Propotamochoerus palaeochoerus (Suidae: Suinae) from the late Miocene of els Hostalets de Pierola (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): systematic and biochronologic	3
Quaternary Eurasian badgers: Intraspecific variability and species validity	3
Growing apart: comparative cranial ontogeny in the myrmecophagous aardwolf (Proteles cristata) and the bone-cracking spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)	3
Correction: Metabolic skinflint or spendthrift? Insights into ground sloth integument and thermophysiology revealed by biophysical modeling and clumped isotope paleothermometry	2
Systematics and biogeography of the Atlantic Forest endemic genus Juliomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): A test of diversification hypothesis using mitochondrial data	2
Skull evolution in Canary Island mice reflects responses to geography and environment shaped by morphological integration	2
Phylogeographic relationships, structure, and genetic diversity of the Mexican endemic volcano Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys chrysopsis (Rodentia, Cricetidae)	2
New remains of Stegodon zhaotongensis (Proboscidea, Stegodontidae) from the Late Miocene site of Shuitangba, Yunnan Province, China	2
An exceptionally well-preserved fossil rodent of the South American subterranean clade Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Phylogeny and adaptive profile	2
Blood flow rate to the femur of extinct kangaroos implies a higher locomotor intensity compared to living hopping macropods	2
Petrosal morphology of the Early Cretaceous triconodontid Astroconodon from the Cloverly Formation (Montana, USA)	2
A new rhinocerotoid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the early Oligocene of Ningdong, China, and its phylogenetic implications	2
Approaches to studying endocranial morphology in Euarchontoglires: Assessing sources of error for a novel and biologically informative set of landmarks	2
Down a Rabbit Hole: Burrowing Behaviour and Larger Home Ranges are Related to Larger Brains in Leporids	2
Craniometric variation and taxonomic boundaries in the Madras Treeshrew (Scandentia, Tupaiidae: Anathana ellioti [Waterhouse, 1850]) from India	2
New records of platyrrhine primates (Atelidae and Cebidae) from the Miocene of Western Amazonia, State of Acre, Brazil	2
Earliest eutherian ear region revisited: a new Prokennalestes petrosal from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia	2
Correction to: The vocal apparatus: An understudied tool to reconstruct the evolutionary history of echolocation in bats?	2
Quantitative morphology supports the synonymy of Dasyprocta ruatanica O. Thomas, 1901 under D. punctata J. E. Gray, 1842 (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae)	2
Tursiops truncatus nuuanu, a new subspecies of the common bottlenose dolphin from the eastern tropical Pacific	2
Characterizing patterns of selection pressure on mammalian antiviral immune response	2
New evidence for the unique coexistence of two subfamilies of clawed perissodactyls (Mammalia, Chalicotheriidae) in the Upper Miocene of Romania and the Eastern Mediterranean	2
An evolutionary ecomorphological perspective on the assembly of a neotropical bat metacommunity	2
The cribriform plate of Hypnomys Bate, 1918 (Rodentia: Gliridae)	2
Geometric morphometrics as a tool to identify Dasypodini osteoderms: Implications for the oldest records of Dasypus	2
The cranium and dentition of Khirtharia (Artiodactyla, Raoellidae): new data on a stem taxon to Cetacea	2
Allometric brain reduction in an insular, dwarfed population of black-tailed deer	2
Not all size measures are created equal: different body size proxies are not equivalent fitness predictors in the bat Carollia perspicillata	2