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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A new Rovno amber termite genus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) from Styr river basin	11
Evaluating the ecology of Spinosaurus: shoreline generalist or aquatic pursuit specialist?	9
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	8
BoneProfileR: The next step to quantify, model, and statistically compare bone section compactness profiles	8
Eocene planktonic foraminifera from the north Eastern Desert, Egypt: Biostratigraphic, paleoenvironmental and sequence stratigraphy implications	7
Body length estimation of Neogene macrophagous lamniform sharks (Carcharodon and Otodus) derived from associated fossil dentitions	7
The integument of pelagic crocodylomorphs (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae)	7
Neogene and early Pleistocene flora from Alaska and Arctic/Subarctic Canada: New data, intercontinental comparisons and correlations	7
The rostral neurovascular system of Tyrannosaurus rex	6
Chinlechelys from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA, and the origin of turtles	6
On the “screamer-like” birds from the British London Clay: An archaic anseriform-galliform mosaic and a non-galloanserine “barb-necked” species of Perplexicervix	5
Patagonia’s diverse but homogeneous early Paleocene forests: Angiosperm leaves from the Danian Salamanca and Peñas Coloradas formations, San Jorge Basin, Chubut, Argentina	5
Phylogeny of iguanodontian dinosaurs and the evolution of quadrupedality	5
A new species of Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) based upon a remarkably well-preserved skeleton from the Upper Jurassic of Germany	4
A Lower Valanginian coral fauna from the South Iberian Palaeomargin (Internal Prebetic, SE Spain)	4
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	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
Twenty-five well-justified fossil calibrations for primate divergences	3
The axial skeleton of Bagualia alba (Dinosauria: Eusauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia	3
Cells and soft tissues in fossil bone: A review of preservation mechanisms, with corrections of misconceptions	3
Synchrotron-radiation computed tomography uncovers ecosystem functions of fly larvae in an Eocene forest	3
Diversity of culicomorphan dipterans in the Eocene Kishenehn Konservat-Lagerstätte (Montana, USA) and its palaeoecological implications	3
Geographic and temporal variability in Pleistocene lion-like felids: Implications for their evolution and taxonomy	3
Bayesian inference reveals a complex evolutionary history of belemnites	2
Pygocephalomorphan crustaceans further emphasise the similarities between the Carboniferous Piesberg quarry in Germany and the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte in North America	2

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)	2
New look at Concavicaris woodfordi (Euarthropoda: Pancrustacea?) using micro-computed tomography	2
Diversification events of the shield morphology in shore crabs and their relatives through development and time	2
A megatoothed shark (Carcharocles angustidens) nursery in the Oligocene Charleston Embayment, South Carolina, USA	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
Body mass divergence in sympatric deer species of Pleistocene Crete (Greece)	1
White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae)	1
A vanished ecosystem: Sophora microphylla (Kōwhai) dominated forest recorded in mid-late Holocene rock shelters in Central Otago, New Zealand	1
New Neogene anourosoricin shrews from northern Asia	1
Outline analysis as a new method for investigating development in fossil crabs	1
Taphonomy of an Eocene micromammal assemblage in a lake-margin depositional setting elucidates an ancient food web	1
A Miocene ant species of the genus Forelius Emery, 1888 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Mexico	1
Fossil calibrations for molecular analyses and divergence time estimation for true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)	1
Wear-dependent molar morphology in hypsodont rodents: The case of the spalacine Pliospalax	1
Chuandianella ovata: An early Cambrian stem euarthropod with feather-like appendages	1
The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland	1
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	1
Taxonomic revision of the extinct clawed lobster genus Oncopareia Bosquet, 1854 (Decapoda, Astacidea, Nephropidae)	1
Miocene and Pliocene amphibians from Hambach (Germany): new evidence for a late Neogene refuge in northwestern Europe	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
Identifying tooth position of isolated teeth of sparassodonts (Mammalia: Metatheria) using geometric morphometrics	1
Internal anatomy of a brachyuran crab from a Late Cretaceous methane seep and an overview of internal soft tissues in fossil decapod crustaceans	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
Cranial anatomy of Indohyus indirae (Raoellidae), an artiodactyl from the Eocene of India, and its implications for raoellid biology	1
Were terror birds the apex continental predators of Antarctica? New findings in the early Eocene of Seymour Island	1
Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the late Miocene of Fălciu (Eastern Romania)	1
Diverse endobiotic symbiont fauna from the late Katian (Late Ordovician) of Estonia	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
The intriguing shapes of the ammonoid whorl	1
New records of Bjuvia and Nilssonia from the Permian of Mexico	1
Taxon-specific variability of leaf traits in three long-ranging fossil-species of the Paleogene and Neogene: Responses to climate?	1
A partial skeleton of “Mammut” borsoni (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Kaltensundheim (Germany)	1
A feeding organ the basihyal and thyrohyal tells which size of prey do true baleen whales (Cetacea, Chaeomysticeti) eat	1
The genera that never were: The impact of Janeia and Janacekia on phyletic and taxonomic relations within the Solemyidae (Bivalvia: Protobranchia)	1
A Pliocene goodeid fish of the Paleolake Amajac, Sanctórum, Hidalgo, Mexico	1
Paleoclimate and paleoecology of the Upper Oligocene Tehuacán Formation, Puebla State, Mexico, as determined from wood anatomical characters	1
Feeding strategies of circum‑Mediterranean hipparionins during the late Miocene: Exploring dietary preferences related to size through dental microwear analysis	1
Palaeoecology and sea level changes: Decline of mammal species richness during late Quaternary island formation in the Montebello Islands, north-western Australia	1
Oldest record of Alligator in southeastern North America	1
Late Cretaceous Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Mahajanga Basin of Madagascar and impacts on paleobiogeography	1
A new euarthropod with large frontal appendages from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota	1
New findings of Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis in Siberia	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
Non-traditional applications of fire in fossil preparation	1
Skull osteology of Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela, 1960 (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Late Triassic of Brazil: New insights into the paleobiology of aetosaurs	1
The inner morphology of the petrosal bone of the endemic elephant of Tilos Island, Greece	1