OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Synopsis of the fossil flat wasps Epyrinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of three new genera and 10 new species	25
A new species ofCaipirasuchus(Notosuchia, Sphagesauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the evolutionary history of Sphagesauria	21
A new hadrosauriform dinosaur from the Wessex Formation, Wealden Group (Early Cretaceous), of the Isle of Wight, southern England	20
A new PleistoceneCtenomysand divergence dating of the hyperdiverse South American rodent family Ctenomyidae	19
Northern Eurasian rhinocerotines (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) by the Pliocene–Pleistocene transition: phylogeny and historical biogeography	18
A new Late Cretaceous leaf mine Leucopteropsa spiralae gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) represents the first confirmed fossil evidence of the Cemiostominae	17
The fossil record and phylogeny of South American horned frogs (Anura, Ceratophryidae)	15
The rhynchosaur record, including a new stenaulorhynchine taxon, from the Chañares Formation (upper Ladinian–?lowermost Carnian levels) of La Rioja Province, north-western Argentina	15
Re-appearance of hypercarnivore ichthyosaurs in the Cretaceous with differentiated dentition: revision of ‘Platypterygius’ sachicarum (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae) from Co	13
A re-assessment of the osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic, large-headed reptileSphodrosaurus pennsylvanicus(Late Triassic, Pennsylvania, USA) indicates archosauriform aff	12
The diversity of Triassic South American sphenodontians: a new basal form, clevosaurs, and a revision of rhynchocephalian phylogeny	11
Appendicular osteology of Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (Theropoda, Abelisauridae) with comments on phylogenetic features of abelisaurids	11
Evidence on vegetative and inflorescence morphology of Chloranthaceae (Angiospermae) from the Early Cretaceous (middle–late Albian) of Spain	11
A re-examination of the anatomy and systematics of the tomistomine crocodylians from the Miocene of Italy and Malta	11
A new small-bodied ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia (Río Negro Province, Argentina)	10
A new hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of northern Patagonia and the radiation of South American hadrosaurids	10
A new reptile from the lower Permian of Brazil (Karutia fortunata gen. et sp. nov.) and the interrelationships of Parareptilia	10
Two new Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph birds provide insights into the taxonomy and divergence of Yanornithidae (Aves: Ornithothoraces)	9
A remarkably complete skeleton from the London Clay provides insights into the morphology and diversity of early Eocene zygodactyl near-passerine birds	9
A new cyprinid from the Oligocene of Qaidam Basin, north-eastern Tibetan plateau, and its implications	9
Tetrapodophis amplectusis not a snake: re-assessment of the osteology, phylogeny and functional morphology of an Early Cretaceous dolichosaurid lizard	8
The Ordovician diversification of sea urchins: systematics of the Bothriocidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)	8
Redescription of the skull ofHezhengia bohlini(Artiodactyla, Mammalia) and a reassessment of the systematics of the Chinese late Miocene ‘ovibovines’	8
Ammitocyon kainosgen. et sp. nov., a chimerical amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the late Miocene carnivore traps of Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid, Spain)	8
Unravelling the identity of the platanistoid Notocetus vanbenedeni Moreno, 1892 (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina)	8

Taxonomic and phylogenetic reassessment of a large-bodied dinosaur from the earliest dinosaur-bearing beds (Carnian, Upper Triassic) from southern Brazil	8
Assessing conflict between early neornithischian tree topologies	8
A new †Pachycormiformes (Actinopterygii) from the Upper Jurassic of Gondwana sheds light on the evolutionary history of the group	7
A nearly complete skeleton of a new eusphenodontian from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA, provides insight into the evolution and diversity of Rhynchocephalia (Reptilia: Lepidosaur	7
New data on early Oligocene dormice (Rodentia, Gliridae) from southern Europe: phylogeny and diversification of the family	7
First record of Meizonyx salvadorensis (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Pilosa) from the late Pleistocene of Mexico and its evolutionary implications	7
A new ‘rauisuchian’ archosaur from the Middle Triassic Omingonde Formation (Karoo Supergroup) of Namibia	7
Xinjiangchelyid turtles from the Middle Jurassic of the Berezovsk coal mine (Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia): systematics, skeletal morphology, variation, relationships and palaeobiogeographic implicat	7
The most complete extinct species of Testudo (Testudines, Testudinidae) defined by several well-preserved skeletons from the late Miocene of Romania	7
A new proterochampsid (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsia) from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the emergence of archosaurian hind limb traits	7
Ontogenetic changes in the postcranial skeleton ofMussaurus patagonicus(Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) and their impact on the phylogenetic relationships of early sauropodomorphs	7
The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora)	7
Iguanian lizards from the Split Rock Formation, Wyoming: exploring the modernization of the North American lizard fauna	6
Re-description of the sexually dimorphic peltopleuriform fishWushaichthys exquisitus(Middle Triassic, China): taxonomic implications and phylogenetic relationships	6
Comparative cladistics: identifying the sources for differing phylogenetic results between competing morphology-based datasets	6
The oldest eugaleaspiform (Galeaspida) from the Silurian Fentou Formation (Telychian, Llandovery) of Wuhan, South China	6
Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum Russell and Zheng, 1993, and the evolution of exceptionally long necks in mamenchisaurids	6
Phylogeny and evolutionary history of polychelidan lobsters	6
New pollen genera and species from the Oligocene of northern Spain and a systematic, biostratigraphic and biogeographic re-evaluation of coeval taxa	6
Catapleura Cope, 1870 is Euclastes Cope, 1867 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae): synonymy revealed by a new specimen from New Jersey	6
A transitional fossil sheds light on the early evolution of the Staphylinine group of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)	5
A new aetiocetid (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Aetiocetidae) from the late Oligocene of Mexico	5
The early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale radiodonts revisited: morphology and systematics	5
Systematic significance of wing morphology in extinct Prophalangopsidae (Insecta, Ensifera) revealed by geometric morphometrics and description of two new species	5
A new latest Cretaceous pleurodiran turtle (Testudinata: Dortokidae) from the Haţeg Basin (Romania) documents end-Cretaceous faunal provinciality and selective survival during the K-Pg extincti	5
Towards a unifying systematic scheme of fossil and living billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoridae)	5
Systematic taxonomy of middle MioceneSphaeroidinellopsis(planktonic foraminifera)	5
The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 7. Laosuchus hun sp. nov. (Chroniosuchia) and interrelationships of chroniosuchians	5
Silicified cupulate seed-bearing structures from the Early Cretaceous of eastern Inner Mongolia, China: rethinking the corystosperm concept	5
A new species of Plohophorus Ameghino (Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the latest Pliocene–earliest Pleistocene of the Pampean Region (Argentina): the last survivor of a	4
Taxonomy, phylogeny and stratigraphical ranges of middle Permian pareiasaurs from the Karoo Basin of South Africa	4
Organ reconstruction and systematic relationships of Late Cretaceous palm stems and roots	4
Distinctive quadrangular seed-bearing structures of gnetalean affinity from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah, USA	4
Description ofAcheronautagen. nov., a possible mandibulate from the Silurian Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin, USA	4
A re-appraisal of Parvicursor remotus from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia: implications for the phylogeny and taxonomy of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaurs	4
Fossils from the Montceau-les-Mines Lagerstätte (305 Ma) shed light on the anatomy, ecology and phylogeny of Carboniferous millipedes	4
A new species ofCricosaurus(Thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) from southern Germany: the first three-dimensionally preservedCricosaurusskull from the Solnhofen Archipelago	4
X-ray microtomography of the late Carboniferous whip scorpions (Arachnida, Thelyphonida) Geralinura britannica and Proschizomus petrunkevitchi	3
Silurian phyllocarid crustaceans (Phyllocarida, Archaeostraca) from South China	3
Osteology of Dashanpusaurus dongi (Sauropoda: Macronaria) and new evolutionary evidence from Middle Jurassic Chinese sauropods	3
Phylogeny of the amphibamiform temnospondyls: the relationship of taxa known by adults, larvae and neotenes	3
A new, exceptionally well-preserved Permian actinopterygian fish from the Minnekahta Limestone of South Dakota, USA	3
Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi, a new rorqual from the late Miocene of Peru (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) and its impact in reconstructing body size evolution, ecomorphology and palaeobiog	3
The evolution of Eocene planktonic foraminiferaDentoglobigerina	3
New earliest Paleocene (Puercan) periptychid ‘condylarths’ from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming, USA	3
Careful amendment of morphological data sets improves phylogenetic frameworks: re-evaluating placement of the fossil Amiskwia sagittiformis	3
A new podocnemidid (Pleurodira: Pelomedusoides) from the Eocene of north-western Argentina, with comments on its evolutionary relationships and palaeoenvironmental settings	3
A new species of Maomingosuchus from the Eocene of the Na Duong Basin (northern Vietnam) sheds new light on the phylogenetic relationship of tomistomine crocodylians and their dispersal from Eu	3
A new toxodont (Mammalia, Panperissodactyla, Notoungulata) from the Oligocene of Patagonia, Argentina, and systematic considerations on the paraphyletic ‘Notohippidae’	3
Aragonitic foraminifers: an unsuspected wall diversity	3

New rodents shed light on the age and ecology of late Miocene ape locality of Tapar (Gujarat, India)	3
A new diverse charophyte flora and biozonation of the Eocene bauxite cover-sequence at Gánt (Vértes Hills, Hungary)	2
First fossil evidence for a new frog from the Early Cretaceous of the Jiuquan Basin, Gansu Province, north-western China	2
The earliest chimaeriform fish from the Carboniferous of Central Russia	2
Tentacular nature of the ‘column’ of the Cambrian diploblastic Xianguangia sinica	2
Phylogenetic analysis of the gastropod genusCalliotropisSeguenza, 1902 (Vetigastropoda: Calliotropidae), including fossil and living species	2
A new derived mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasaurinae) from south-western Japan reveals unexpected postcranial diversity among hydropedal mosasaurs	2
Silurian (Aeronian) rhynchonelliform brachiopods of Shabdjereh, south-west Central Iran and their significance for early spiriferide evolution	2
Re-description and phylogenetic relationships of †Protosyngnathus sumatrensis (Teleostei: Syngnathoidei), a freshwater pipefish from the Eocene of Sumatra, Indonesia	2
A new elasmothere genus and species from the middle Miocene of Tongxin, Ningxia, China, and its phylogenetic relationship	2
Stromatoporoids of the Katian (Upper Ordovician) Beiguoshan Formation, North China	2
Vectipelta barretti , a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK	2
Morphology and anatomy of the Late JurassicMayrocaris bucculata(Eucrustacea?, Thylacocephala) with comments on the tagmosis of Thylacocephala	2
Revised anatomy, taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Notochampsa istedana Broom, 1904, a Lower Jurassic crocodyliform from the Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), and its implications for early cr	2
Phylogenetic implications of the systematic reassessment of Xenacanthiformes and ‘Ctenacanthiformes’ (Chondrichthyes) neurocrania from the Carboniferous–Permian Autun Basin (France)	2
Redescription, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships ofBoavusMarsh, 1871 (Serpentes: Booidea) from the early–middle Eocene of the USA	2