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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Wear-dependent molar morphology in hypsodont rodents: The case of the spalacine Pliospalax	11
Ovummuridae (calcareous microfossils) from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Shropshire, UK	9
A new giraffid Bramiscus micros nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) from the Miocene of northern Pakistan	8
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
Unveiling the histology and anatomy of the lungfish Chaoceratodus portezuelensis (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) from the Portezuelo and Cerro Lisandro formations (Upper Cretaceous) of Argentine Patagonia	8
Cells and soft tissues in fossil bone: A review of preservation mechanisms, with corrections of misconceptions	6
Twenty-five well-justified fossil calibrations for primate divergences	5
New skeleton and associated skull of Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 (Primates, Platyrrhini), from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina)	5
Outline analysis as a new method for investigating development in fossil crabs	4
Morphological insights into the lobster genus Uncina Quenstedt, 1851 based on new material from the Ya Ha Tinda Konservat-Lagerstätte, Canada (Early Jurassic)	4
Diptera of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation II	4
Shell anatomy and intraspecific variability of the Spanish Lutetian podocnemidid turtle Neochelys zamorensis	4
A taxonomic revision of the Cenomanian bothremydid turtle Algorachelus parva from Israel and morphological variation within its genus	3
Dental ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns of North American Late Cretaceous metatherians	3
A new genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Eocene amber of Western India	3
What do we know about Neogene bony fishes from Chile? Diversity and biogeographic implications	3
Pygocephalomorphan crustaceans further emphasise the similarities between the Carboniferous Piesberg quarry in Germany and the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte in North America	3
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	3
Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis	3
Body mass divergence in sympatric deer species of Pleistocene Crete (Greece)	3
Designing scientifically-grounded paleoart for augmented reality at La Brea Tar Pits	2
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	2
Fossil calibrations for molecular analyses and divergence time estimation for true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)	2
Taxonomic revision of the extinct clawed lobster genus Oncopareia Bosquet, 1854 (Decapoda, Astacidea, Nephropidae)	2
Stable isotope (ẟ13C, ẟ18O) paleoecology of the late Early Miocene mammalian fauna from Buluk, Kenya	2

Leaf trait data of two Miocene floras from eastern China and its palaeoclimate implications	2
A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA	2
First fossil snake from McFaddin Beach, Texas, USA	2
Reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira): A new look for an iconic Devonian predator	2
An intriguing new species of dabbling duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from the middle Miocene of Austria	2
Lopingian (Late Permian) trilobites from the North Caucasus, Russia, with an overview of their distribution worldwide	2
The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland	2
Simulating our ability to accurately detect abrupt changes in assemblage-based paleoenvironmental proxies	2
A new goniopholidid crocodylomorph from the Late Jurassic of Portugal	1
A new name for old bones: A reassessment of Early Jurassic theropod remains from Dorset, England	1
New insights on the anatomy, paleobiology, and biostratigraphy of Xenungulata (Mammalia) from the Paleogene of South America	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
Diversity and fossil record of larvae of three groups of lacewings with unusual ecology and functional morphology: Ithonidae, Coniopterygidae and Sisyridae	1
A novel distance that reduces information loss in continuous characters with few observations	1
Phylogeny of iguanodontian dinosaurs and the evolution of quadrupedality	1
A Miocene cetacean vertebra showing a partially healed longitudinal shear-compression fracture, possibly the result of domoic acid toxicity or failed predation	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
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
Identifying tooth position of isolated teeth of sparassodonts (Mammalia: Metatheria) using geometric morphometrics	1
Heteractinid, hexactinellid and sphaeroclonid sponges as rare components of anthaspidellid-dominated reefs from the Ordovician of the Precordillera, western Argentina	1
First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico	1
The Sumidero Quarry, an Albian fossil fish site in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico	1
Late Oligocene decapod crustaceans from the Trbovlje Formation of Slovenia, with a description of two new species of hymenosomatid crabs	1
Diversification events of the shield morphology in shore crabs and their relatives through development and time	1
Bayesian inference reveals a complex evolutionary history of belemnites	1
A new approach to the systematics of Laeviprosopon (Brachyura: Homolidae), with remarks on molting process of the early brachyurans	1
Feeding strategies of circum‑Mediterranean hipparionins during the late Miocene: Exploring dietary preferences related to size through dental microwear analysis	1
Insights on the evolution of the tribe Pliomyini (Arvicolinae, Rodentia): Ancient DNA from the extinct Pliomys lenki	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
Accurate specimen digitization through glass achieved and validated using 3D surface scanning	1
Redescription of soft tissue preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuß, 1831) using reflectance transformation imaging	1
A partial skeleton of “Mammut” borsoni (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Kaltensundheim (Germany)	1
Resurrecting the taxon Diatryma: A review of the giant flightless Eocene Gastornithiformes (Aves), with a report of the first skull of Diatryma	1
Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany	1
Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the late Miocene of Fălciu (Eastern Romania)	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
Life on a Miocene barrier reef – fish communities and environments in the Medobory backreef	1
The morphological diversity and distribution of the genus Menispermites (Magnoliopsida) in the Cretaceous of Northern Asia	1
Numerical taxonomy and genus-species identification of Czekanowskiales in China based on machine learning	1
The first record of Lower Cretaceous otoliths from the Kimigahama Formation (Barremian) of the Choshi Group, Chiba Prefecture, Japan	1
Late Triassic small and medium-sized vertebrates from the Fleming Fjord Group of the Jameson Land Basin, central East Greenland	1
A diverse Campanian biota from the Bozeș Formation (Petrești, Romania): Insights into the paleontology and paleoecology of a transitional sequence	1
One or two species? Revision of fossil martens from the late Early Pleistocene sites Deutsch Altenburg 2 and 4 (Austria)	1
An Early Cretaceous Sphenophyllum or a hatchling turtle?	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
Biostratigraphy and biochronology of late Cenozoic North American rodent assemblages	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
Forelimb motion and orientation in the ornithischian dinosaurs Styracosaurus and Thescelosaurus, and its implications for locomotion and other behavior	1
New remains of Liopleurodon (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Middle Jurassic of western France and paedomorphosis within pliosaurids	1

Canidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from Niedźwiedzia Cave (Silesia, southwest Poland)	1
Cranial anatomy of Indohyus indirae (Raoellidae), an artiodactyl from the Eocene of India, and its implications for raoellid biology	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
New look at Concavicaris woodfordi (Euarthropoda: Pancrustacea?) using micro-computed tomography	1
Report from the 8th Symposium on Fossil Decapod Crustaceans, Zaragoza (Spain), June 2022	1
A fossil locality predictive model using weighted suitability analysis for the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA	1