OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Palaeontologia Electronica is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Wear-dependent molar morphology in hypsodont rodents: The case of the spalacine Pliospalax	18
Unveiling the histology and anatomy of the lungfish Chaoceratodus portezuelensis (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) from the Portezuelo and Cerro Lisandro formations (Upper Cretaceous) of Argentine Patagonia	12
Diversification dynamics of the Mesozoic ostracod family Cyprideidae Martin, 1940: Disentangling taxonomic inflation and environmental drivers	10
New skeleton and associated skull of Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 (Primates, Platyrrhini), from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina)	10
First butterfly (Papilionoidea) from Baltic amber by a characteristic egg pinpoints an Eocene minimal age of admirals (Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) — a distinct step in the rise of the Papilionoidea	8
Twenty-five well-justified fossil calibrations for primate divergences	7
Morphological insights into the lobster genus Uncina Quenstedt, 1851 based on new material from the Ya Ha Tinda Konservat-Lagerstätte, Canada (Early Jurassic)	6
A new giraffid Bramiscus micros nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) from the Miocene of northern Pakistan	6
Shell anatomy and intraspecific variability of the Spanish Lutetian podocnemidid turtle Neochelys zamorensis	5
What do we know about Neogene bony fishes from Chile? Diversity and biogeographic implications	5
A new member of a large and archaic balaenid from the Late Miocene of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan partly fills a gap of right whale evolution	5
An analysis of the impact of Eocene climate and environmental changes on Pan-American marine mollusc assemblages	5
The first late middle Pleistocene Stegodon (Proboscidea, Stegodontidae) evidence found in Peninsular Malaysia	5
Subfossil cyclostome bryozoans from Daidokutsu submarine cave, Okinawa, Japan	5
A taxonomic revision of the Cenomanian bothremydid turtle Algorachelus parva from Israel and morphological variation within its genus	5
Outline analysis as a new method for investigating development in fossil crabs	5
First fossil snake from McFaddin Beach, Texas, USA	4
Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into i	4
Evaluating the impact of a barnacle parasite (Loxothylacus texanus) on the preservation of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) with experimental taphonomy	4
Simulating our ability to accurately detect abrupt changes in assemblage-based paleoenvironmental proxies	4
Dental ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns of North American Late Cretaceous metatherians	4
A new genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Eocene amber of Western India	4
Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis	4
Reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira): A new look for an iconic Devonian predator	3
Leaf trait data of two Miocene floras from eastern China and its palaeoclimate implications	3

Lopingian (Late Permian) trilobites from the North Caucasus, Russia, with an overview of their distribution worldwide	3
A new small-bodied longipterygid (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Aptian Jiufotang Formation preserving unusual gastroliths	3
An intriguing new species of dabbling duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from the middle Miocene of Austria	3
Oura megale n. gen. n. sp., a large early Cambrian deuteropod with a delta-shaped tailpiece	3
Stable isotope (ẟ13C, ẟ18O) paleoecology of the late Early Miocene mammalian fauna from Buluk, Kenya	3
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	3
A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA	3
The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland	3
Estimating the impact of erosion on a Carnian dinosaur footprint-bearing surface (Lerici, Northern Apennines, Italy)	2
Fossil calibrations for molecular analyses and divergence time estimation for true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)	2
Late Triassic small and medium-sized vertebrates from the Fleming Fjord Group of the Jameson Land Basin, central East Greenland	2
A fossil locality predictive model using weighted suitability analysis for the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA	2
A diverse Campanian biota from the Bozeș Formation (Petrești, Romania): Insights into the paleontology and paleoecology of a transitional sequence	2
Late Oligocene decapod crustaceans from the Trbovlje Formation of Slovenia, with a description of two new species of hymenosomatid crabs	2
Cranial anatomy of Indohyus indirae (Raoellidae), an artiodactyl from the Eocene of India, and its implications for raoellid biology	2
A new goniopholidid crocodylomorph from the Late Jurassic of Portugal	2
First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico	2
New look at Concavicaris woodfordi (Euarthropoda: Pancrustacea?) using micro-computed tomography	2
Bayesian inference reveals a complex evolutionary history of belemnites	2
The first record of Lower Cretaceous otoliths from the Kimigahama Formation (Barremian) of the Choshi Group, Chiba Prefecture, Japan	2
The morphological diversity and distribution of the genus Menispermites (Magnoliopsida) in the Cretaceous of Northern Asia	2
Numerical taxonomy and genus-species identification of Czekanowskiales in China based on machine learning	1
Investigating colour in marine Miocene molluscs: UV fluorescence patterns and pigment EDX spectroscopy in shells from the Murbko Marl, Murray Basin (South Australia)	1
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	1
Revision of the theropod dinosaur Camarillasaurus cirugedae from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Teruel province, Spain	1
Insights on the evolution of the tribe Pliomyini (Arvicolinae, Rodentia): Ancient DNA from the extinct Pliomys lenki	1
New insights on the anatomy, paleobiology, and biostratigraphy of Xenungulata (Mammalia) from the Paleogene of South America	1
Sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Peace River and Tamiami formations (Late Miocene–Early Pliocene) on the submerged continental shelf	1
The Sumidero Quarry, an Albian fossil fish site in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico	1
A reinterpretation and taxonomic revision of Ultrastenos willisi Stein, Hand and Archer, 2016, a short-snouted mekosuchine crocodylian from the Oligocene of northern Australia	1
A new name for old bones: A reassessment of Early Jurassic theropod remains from Dorset, England	1
Accurate specimen digitization through glass achieved and validated using 3D surface scanning	1
Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany	1
Comparison of Miocene to early Pleistocene-aged Castor californicus (Rodentia: Castoridae) to extant beavers and implications for the evolution of Castor in North America	1
Report from the 8th Symposium on Fossil Decapod Crustaceans, Zaragoza (Spain), June 2022	1
Diversification events of the shield morphology in shore crabs and their relatives through development and time	1
A revision of “Trinitichelys” maini (Testudinata: Baenidae) and additional material of its new genus from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group, Cenomanian), Texas, USA	1
Adding to the diversity of Katlasidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridoidea) – a new genus and species from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar	1
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	1
Forelimb motion and orientation in the ornithischian dinosaurs Styracosaurus and Thescelosaurus, and its implications for locomotion and other behavior	1
Biostratigraphy and biochronology of late Cenozoic North American rodent assemblages	1
Resurrecting the taxon Diatryma: A review of the giant flightless Eocene Gastornithiformes (Aves), with a report of the first skull of Diatryma	1
A complete morphological description of Dakosaurus maximus (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia) with further insights into their palaeoecology	1
On the cutting edge: Otodus megalodon strengthened tooth edges through zinc incorporation in enameloid	1
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	1
First data on the carnivoran from the Early Miocene of Mokrá-Quarry sites (Moravia, Czech Republic)	1
Fossil shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) reveal trends in Pleistocene wetlands at Naracoorte Caves, South Australia	1
A new approach to the systematics of Laeviprosopon (Brachyura: Homolidae), with remarks on molting process of the early brachyurans	1
A new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan pterosaur from the Mörnsheim Formation of southern Germany	1
An Early Cretaceous Sphenophyllum or a hatchling turtle?	1

A novel distance that reduces information loss in continuous characters with few observations	1
Redescription of soft tissue preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuß, 1831) using reflectance transformation imaging	1
One or two species? Revision of fossil martens from the late Early Pleistocene sites Deutsch Altenburg 2 and 4 (Austria)	1
Multivariate analysis of ecological diversity in Asian Rodentia in the context of tectonism and environmental change	1
Life on a Miocene barrier reef – fish communities and environments in the Medobory backreef	1
Canidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from Niedźwiedzia Cave (Silesia, southwest Poland)	1
Heteractinid, hexactinellid and sphaeroclonid sponges as rare components of anthaspidellid-dominated reefs from the Ordovician of the Precordillera, western Argentina	1
Morphometric investigation of Tribrachidium from Nilpena Ediacara National Park, South Australia	1
First occurrence of a †coccolepidid fish (?Chondrostei: †Coccolepididae) from the Upper Lias (Toarcian, Early Jurassic) of southern Germany	1
New remains of Liopleurodon (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Middle Jurassic of western France and paedomorphosis within pliosaurids	1
First skeletal record of the pufferfish Arothron (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Early Pleistocene of southern Taiwan	1