OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Palaeontologia Electronica is 0. 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
A new Rovno amber termite genus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) from Styr river basin	8
Paleoecology of the Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Béon 1, Montréal-du-Gers (late early Miocene, SW France): Insights from dental microwear texture analysis, mesowear, and enamel hypop	7
BoneProfileR: The next step to quantify, model, and statistically compare bone section compactness profiles	7
Evaluating the ecology of Spinosaurus: shoreline generalist or aquatic pursuit specialist?	7
Chinlechelys from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA, and the origin of turtles	6
Neogene and early Pleistocene flora from Alaska and Arctic/Subarctic Canada: New data, intercontinental comparisons and correlations	6
The integument of pelagic crocodylomorphs (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae)	6
Eocene planktonic foraminifera from the north Eastern Desert, Egypt: Biostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental and sequence stratigraphy implications	5
Body length estimation of Neogene macrophagous lamniform sharks (Carcharodon and Otodus) derived from associated fossil dentitions	5
A Lower Valanginian coral fauna from the South Iberian Palaeomargin (Internal Prebetic, SE Spain)	4
The rostral neurovascular system of Tyrannosaurus rex	4
Distinguishing between three modern Ellobius species (Rodentia, Mammalia) and identification of fossil Ellobius from Kaldar Cave (Iran) using geometric morphometric analyses of the first lower molar	4
Patagonia’s diverse but homogeneous early Paleocene forests: Angiosperm leaves from the Danian Salamanca and Peñas Coloradas formations, San Jorge Basin, Chubut, Argentina	4
Diversity of culicomorphan dipterans in the Eocene Kishenehn Konservat-Lagerstätte (Montana, USA) and its palaeoecological implications	3
Phylogeny of iguanodontian dinosaurs and the evolution of quadrupedality	3
A new species of Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) based upon a remarkably well-preserved skeleton from the Upper Jurassic of Germany	3
Synchrotron-radiation computed tomography uncovers ecosystem functions of fly larvae in an Eocene forest	2
Pygocephalomorphan crustaceans further emphasise the similarities between the Carboniferous Piesberg quarry in Germany and the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte in North America	2
A megatoothed shark (Carcharocles angustidens) nursery in the Oligocene Charleston Embayment, South Carolina, USA	2
Cells and soft tissues in fossil bone: A review of preservation mechanisms, with corrections of misconceptions	2
A large, pathological skeleton of Smilosuchus gregorii (Archosauriformes: Phytosauria) from the Upper Triassic of Arizona, U.S.A., with discussion of the paleobiological implications of paleopathology	2
The axial skeleton of Bagualia alba (Dinosauria: Eusauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia	2
Diversity and fossil record of larvae of three groups of lacewings with unusual ecology and functional morphology: Ithonidae, Coniopterygidae and Sisyridae	2
Middle Eocene cartilaginous fishes (Vertebrata: Chondrichthyes) of the Dnieper–Donets Basin, northern Ukraine	2
Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis	2

A Miocene cetacean vertebra showing a partially healed longitudinal shear-compression fracture, possibly the result of domoic acid toxicity or failed predation	2
The inner morphology of the petrosal bone of the endemic elephant of Tilos Island, Greece	1
Taxon-specific variability of leaf traits in three long-ranging fossil-species of the Paleogene and Neogene: Responses to climate?	1
Identifying tooth position of isolated teeth of sparassodonts (Mammalia: Metatheria) using geometric morphometrics	1
Palaeoecology and sea level changes: Decline of mammal species richness during late Quaternary island formation in the Montebello Islands, north-western Australia	1
Diverse endobiotic symbiont fauna from the late Katian (Late Ordovician) of Estonia	1
Feeding strategies of circum‑Mediterranean hipparionins during the late Miocene: Exploring dietary preferences related to size through dental microwear analysis	1
The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland	1
Tooth enamel microstructure in North American Phytosauria (Diapsida:Archosauriformes): Implications for biogeography and ecology of a Late Triassic clade of crocodylian-like predators	1
New records of Bjuvia and Nilssonia from the Permian of Mexico	1
Taxonomic revision of the extinct clawed lobster genus Oncopareia Bosquet, 1854 (Decapoda, Astacidea, Nephropidae)	1
Modern vegetation proxies reflect Palaeogene and Neogene vegetation evolution and climate change in Europe, Turkey, and Armenia	1
Diptera of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation II	1
Testing hypothesis of skeletal unity using bone histology: The case of the sauropod remains from the Howe-Stephens and Howe Scott quarries (Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA)	1
New findings of Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis in Siberia	1
Geographic and temporal variability in Pleistocene lion-like felids: Implications for their evolution and taxonomy	1
A new euarthropod with large frontal appendages from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota	1
Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the late Miocene of Fălciu (Eastern Romania)	1
Skull osteology of Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela, 1960 (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Late Triassic of Brazil: New insights into the paleobiology of aetosaurs	1
Body mass divergence in sympatric deer species of Pleistocene Crete (Greece)	1
A vanished ecosystem: Sophora microphylla (Kōwhai) dominated forest recorded in mid-late Holocene rock shelters in Central Otago, New Zealand	1
Paleoclimate and paleoecology of the Upper Oligocene Tehuacán Formation, Puebla State, Mexico, as determined from wood anatomical characters	1
New look at Concavicaris woodfordi (Euarthropoda: Pancrustacea?) using micro-computed tomography	1
Twenty-five well-justified fossil calibrations for primate divergences	1
Oldest record of Alligator in southeastern North America	1
Comparison of methods: Micro-CT visualization method and epoxy cast-embedding reveal hidden details of bioerosion in the tube walls of Cretaceous polychaete worms	1
Chuandianella ovata: An early Cambrian stem euarthropod with feather-like appendages	1
Non-traditional applications of fire in fossil preparation	1
Putative Ordovician green alga Krejciella reinterpreted as enteropneust hemichordate tube (Czech Republic)	0
New species and evolution of the foraminiferal family Janischewskinidae in the middle–upper Mississippian of South China	0
Comparison of Miocene to early Pleistocene-aged Castor californicus (Rodentia: Castoridae) to extant beavers and implications for the evolution of Castor in North America	0
Continuous character variation within the Glossopleura-Anoria-Sonoraspis plexus: Dolichometopid trilobites from the Cadiz Formation (Cambrian: Miaolingian, Wuliuan), California	0
Pinniped (Mammalia: Carnivora) fossils from Black Rock, a new late Neogene vertebrate locality in Victoria, Australia	0
Morphological insights into the lobster genus Uncina Quenstedt, 1851 based on new material from the Ya Ha Tinda Konservat-Lagerstätte, Canada (Early Jurassic)	0
The earliest fossil evidence of spiny feather (pinnate-leaved) palms from the K-Pg of Gondwana	0
Bajoprosopon piardi n. gen. and sp. from the Middle Jurassic of France, with a revised diagnosis of the family Prosopidae von Meyer, 1860 (Brachyura, Podotremata) and notes on the availability of name	0
Amateur collectors are critical to the study of fossil vertebrates: A case study from two Neogene localities in Northern California (Santa Margarita and Purisima formations)	0
A novel feeding mechanism of diplodocid sauropods revealed in an Apatosaurine skull from the Upper Jurassic Nail Quarry (Morrison Formation) at Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA	0
Late Oligocene decapod crustaceans from the Trbovlje Formation of Slovenia, with a description of two new species of hymenosomatid crabs	0
On the “screamer-like” birds from the British London Clay: An archaic anseriform-galliform mosaic and a non-galloanserine “barb-necked” species of Perplexicervix	0
Wear-dependent molar morphology in hypsodont rodents: The case of the spalacine Pliospalax	0
Ethological interpretation of making the pellet designs by the bubbler crab Dotilla on the modern intertidal beaches: A study from the Bay of Bengal coast, Eastern India	0
Unravelling the origin of the brown hyena (Parahyena brunnea) and its evolutionary and paleoecological implications for the Pachycrocuta lineage	0
Spider crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) from the upper Eocene of south Pyrenees (Huesca, Spain)	0
A feeding organ the basihyal and thyrohyal tells which size of prey do true baleen whales (Cetacea, Chaeomysticeti) eat	0
Ovummuridae (calcareous microfossils) from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Shropshire, UK	0
An Early Cretaceous Sphenophyllum or a hatchling turtle?	0
A novel distance that reduces information loss in continuous characters with few observations	0
The challenge of hard-to-reach spaces in mechanical fossil preparation: Development of the Wada air scribe, a novel short-bodied air scribe with an adjustable handle	0
Teganium (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from the Middle Ordovician Castle Bank fauna of Avalonia (Wales, UK)	0

Bayesian inference reveals a complex evolutionary history of belemnites	0
A new approach to the systematics of Laeviprosopon (Brachyura: Homolidae), with remarks on molting process of the early brachyurans	0
Fossil moles from the Gray Fossil Site (Tennessee): Implications for diversification and evolution of North American Talpidae	0
Termite nests in eolian backshore settings: An unusual record throughout the Quaternary in the Neotropical realm	0
Stable isotope (ẟ13C, ẟ18O) paleoecology of the late Early Miocene mammalian fauna from Buluk, Kenya	0
The genera that never were: The impact of Janeia and Janacekia on phyletic and taxonomic relations within the Solemyidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia)	0
Numerical taxonomy and genus-species identification of Czekanowskiales in China based on machine learning	0
Linking burrow morphology to the behaviors of predatory soil arthropods: Applications to continental ichnofossils	0
Taxonomic utility of Early Cretaceous Australian plesiosaurian vertebrae	0
Erugomicula, a new genus of Arcellinida (testate lobose amoebae)	0
The anatomy and diversity of the pterosaurian sternum	0
A reappraisal of the cranial and mandibular osteology of the spinosaurid Irritator challengeri (Dinosauria: Theropoda)	0
Taphonomy of an Eocene micromammal assemblage in a lake-margin depositional setting elucidates an ancient food web	0
Designing scientifically-grounded paleoart for augmented reality at La Brea Tar Pits	0
Trophic relationships in the Early Miocene Upper Marine Molasse of Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany, with special emphasis on the elasmobranch fauna	0
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A partial skeleton of “Mammut” borsoni (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Kaltensundheim (Germany)	0
Unique fossils of caddisfly larvae from Baltic amber and in situ amber formation in aquatic ecosystems	0
Miocene and Pliocene amphibians from Hambach (Germany): new evidence for a late Neogene refuge in northwestern Europe	0
A Miocene ant species of the genus Forelius Emery, 1888 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Mexico	0
Fossil snakes of the Penny Creek Local Fauna from Webster County, Nebraska, USA, and the first record of snakes from the Early Clarendonian (12.5-12 Ma) of North America	0
A fossil locality predictive model using weighted suitability analysis for the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA	0
Biostratigraphy and biochronology of late Cenozoic North American rodent assemblages	0
Were terror birds the apex continental predators of Antarctica? New findings in the early Eocene of Seymour Island	0
A reconsideration of the palinuroid family Synaxidae (Crustacea, Decapoda), with a new member from the Upper Jurassic of southern Poland	0
Dental ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns of North American Late Cretaceous metatherians	0
Late Cretaceous Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Mahajanga Basin of Madagascar and impacts on paleobiogeography	0
Eocene (Duchesnean and earliest Chadronian) brontotheres (Brontotheriidae), Protitanops curryi and cf. Parvicornus occidentalis, from west Texas and Mexico	0
Anchitheriomys buceei (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the Miocene of Texas and a review of the Miocene beavers from the Texas Coastal Plain, USA	0
A Pliocene goodeid fish of the Paleolake Amajac, Sanctórum, Hidalgo, Mexico	0
An intriguing new species of dabbling duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from the middle Miocene of Austria	0
Diversification events of the shield morphology in shore crabs and their relatives through development and time	0
Leaf trait data of two Miocene floras from eastern China and its palaeoclimate implications	0
Redescription of soft tissue preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuß, 1831) using reflectance transformation imaging	0
Description of contents of unopened bamboo corsets and crates from Quarry Ig/WJ of the Tendaguru locality (Late Jurassic, Tanzania, East Africa) as revealed by medical CT data and the potential of thi	0
Two exceptional Balaenomorpha (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Biemenhorst Subformation (middle/late Miocene) of Bocholt (W Münsterland, Germany) with a critical appraisal on the anatomy of the periotic	0
Stenolaemate bryozoans from the Graham Formation, Pennsylvanian (Virgilian) at Lost Creek Lake, Texas, USA	0
Internal anatomy of a brachyuran crab from a Late Cretaceous methane seep and an overview of internal soft tissues in fossil decapod crustaceans	0
Rogueus belgodereae, a new raninoid crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Raninoidea) from the Upper Palaeocene (Thanetian) of Southern France, with comments on early palaeocene decapod crustacean faunules	0
An overview of crawling water beetle larvae and a first possible record from 100-million-years-old Myanmar amber	0
Symbiosis in corals and stromatoporoids from the Silurian of Baltica	0
A fragmentary leptonectid ichthyosaurian from the lower Pliensbachian of Luxembourg	0
Trilobite moulting behaviour variability had little association with body proportions	0
New Neogene anourosoricin shrews from northern Asia	0
A multicarpellate fruit from Late Cretaceous sediments of South Bohemia, Czech Republic	0
A large coelacanth, †Whiteia giganteus sp. nov., from the Triassic of Texas, USA, establishes a Pangean radiation of early Mesozoic actinistians	0
New records of Bennettitales and associated flora from the Jurassic of the Cualac Formation, Mexico	0
A revision of “Trinitichelys” maini (Testudinata: Baenidae) and additional material of its new genus from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group, Cenomanian), Texas, USA	0
Pleistocene record of mammals and pollen from Mexico (Las Tazas, Valsequillo, Puebla) and their paleoenvironmental interpretation	0
Approaching the Khersonian Crisis: Fish otoliths from the upper Bessarabian (middle Sarmatian s.l.; Late Miocene) of Jurkine (Kerch Peninsula, Crimea)	0
Bioerosion traces on the Campanian turtle remains: New data from the lagoonal deposits of the Quseir Formation, Kharga Oasis, Egypt	0
Morphospace dynamics and intraspecies variety of Sorex araneus and S. tundrensis according to recent and fossil data	0
Differentiating convergent pathologies in turtle shells using computed tomographic scanning of modern and fossil bone	0
An early Cambrian pelago-benthic acorn worm and the origin of the hemichordate larva	0
Report from the 8th Symposium on Fossil Decapod Crustaceans, Zaragoza (Spain), June 2022	0
Miocene decapod crustacean faunas from Cyprus – Part 1. Geographical-stratigraphical setting and Anomura	0
New primates from the Eocene of Saskatchewan, Canada: Revision of the primates from the Cypress Hills Formation with description of new taxa	0
First report of rodents from the Miocene Siwalik locality of Dunera, Pathankot District, Punjab, India	0
Achieving kinematic identity across shape diversity in musculoskeletal modeling	0
A new goniopholidid crocodylomorph from the Late Jurassic of Portugal	0
Geometric morphometrics in ammonoids based on virtual modelling	0
Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany	0
Revisiting horseshoe crab fossils from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Strelovec Formation Konservat-Lagerstätte of Slovenia	0
The intriguing shapes of the ammonoid whorl	0
White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae)	0
Ammonoids and their biozonation across the Santonian-Campanian boundary in north-eastern Coahuila, Mexico	0
Simulating our ability to accurately detect abrupt changes in assemblage-based paleoenvironmental proxies	0
Forelimb motion and orientation in the ornithischian dinosaurs Styracosaurus and Thescelosaurus, and its implications for locomotion and other behavior	0