2020 articles
Fish; Agnatha, Thelodonti, Placoderm, Acanthodians, Chondrichthyes, Fish, Crossopterygians, Lungfish, Coelocanths, Fish Ichnology, Fish burrows, Fish Coprolites
Amphibians; Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians), Reptilosauromorph, Lepospondyli, Amphibians
Reptilia; Lower Reptiles (“Anapsids”), Turtles, Diapsida (Lower Lepidosauromorphs), Lizards and snakes, Sphenodonts, Ichthyosaurs, Sauropterygians and Placodontians, Lower Archosauromorpha, “Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia", Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia), Pterosaurs
Dinosaurs; Dinosauromorpha Theropoda, Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda), Ornithischia, Armored dinosaurs, Dinosaurs in general, Aves (Mesozoic)
Synapsids; Pelycosaurs, Theriodontia, Deinocephalia, Mammals (Mesozoic)
Eggs, Ichnology, Palaeopathologies, Gastroliths, Stomach contents, Coprolites,Cannibalism, Regurgitalite, Fire (Mesozoic, Paleozoic), Beetle Borrings, Toothmarks, Histology, Soft tissue, Bonebed, Taphonomy, Burrows, DNA (and Blood), (suppose) Tertiary Dinosaurs, Venomous, Extinction
Genus: Nova (3)
Haoina GUO, WANG, GAI, ZHAO, DING & LI, 2020
Psarkosteus DEC, 2020
Rumporostralis SHAN, ZHU, ZHAO, PAN, WANG, & GAI, 2020
Species: Nova (3)
Haoina elegantia GUO, WANG, GAI, ZHAO, DING & LI, 2020
Psarkosteus mediocris DEC, 2020
Rumporostralis shipanensis SHAN, ZHU, ZHAO, PAN, WANG, & GAI, 2020
Synonym: Nova (1)
Rumporostralis xikengensis (PAN & WANG, 1980) SHAN, ZHU, ZHAO, PAN, WANG, & GAI, 2020
= Sinogleaspis xikengensis PAN & WANG, 1980
Dec, M., 2020, A new Middle Devonian (Givetian) psammosteid (Vertebrata: Heterostraci) from Poland: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, v. 90, published online, 19ppp. (Psarkosteus mediocris) Link to pdf
Ferron, H. G., Martinez-Perez, C., Rahman, I. A., de lucas, V. S., Botella, H., and Donoghue, P. C. J., 2020, Computational fluid dynamics suggests ecological diversification amon stem-gnathostomes: Current Biology, v. 30, 6pp. Published online. Link to pdf
Gai, Z.-K., Zhan, X.-R., Sun, Z.-X., Zhao, W.-J., Pan, Z.-H., nd Zhu, M., 2020, A redescription of the Silurian Sinogaleaspois shankouensis (Galeaspida, stem-Gnathosomata) from Jiangxi, Cihna: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 58, n 2, p. 85-99. Link to pdf
Guo, X., Wang, S., Gai, Z., Zhao, Z., Ding, X., and Li, T., 2020, The Late Ordovician fish-like animal from Xinjiang: Earth Sciecne Frontiers, v. 27, n. 6, p. 341-346. (Haoina elegantia) Link to pdf
Horner, J. R., and Hanson, D. A., 2020, Vertebrate paleontology of Montana: In: MBMG Special Publication 122, Geology of Montana, volume 2: Special Topics, 46pp.
Shan, X,. Zhou, M., Zhao, W,. Pan, Z., Wang, P., and Gai, Z., 2020, A new genus of sinogaleaspids (Galeaspida, stem-Gnathostomata) from the Silurian Period in Jiangxi, China: Peer J., 8:e9008 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9008, 22pp. (Rumporostralis shipanensis, Rumporostralis xikengensis = Sinogleaspis xikengensis) Link to pdf
Stinkulis, G., Luksevics, E., and Reke, T., 2020, Sedimentology and vertebrtae fossils from the Frasnian Orge Formation, Gurova outcrops, eastern Latvia: Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 69, n. 4, p. 248-261. Link to pdf
Wang, J., Zhao, W., Zhu, M., Li, Q., Cai, J., Zhang, N., Peng, L., and Luo, Y., 2020, Microvertebrate remains from the Kuanti Formaiton of the Liujiachong section in Qujing, Yunnan and thier Stratigraphic significance: Earth Science Frontiers, v. 27, n. 6, p. 329-340. Link to pdf
Young, G. C., and Lu, J., 2020, Asian-Gondwana connections indicated by Devonian fishes from Australia: palaeogeographic considerations: Journal of Palaeogeography, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf
Wang, J., Zhao, W., Zhu, M., Li, Q., Cai, J., Zhang, N., Peng, L., and Luo, Y., 2020, Microvertebrate remains from the Kuanti Formaiton of the Liujiachong section in Qujing, Yunnan and thier Stratigraphic significance: Earth Science Frontiers, v. 27, n. 6, p. 329-340. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (2)
Bulongosteus LIU, ZONG & GONG, 2020
Minjinia BRAZEAU, GILES, DEARDEN, JERVE, ARIUNCHIMEG, ZORIG, SANSOM, GUILLERME & CASTIELLO, 2020
Species: Nova (2)
Bulongosteus liui LIU, ZONG & GONG, 2020
Minjinia turgenensis BRAZEAU, GILES, DEARDEN, JERVE, ARIUNCHIMEG, ZORIG, SANSOM, GUILLERME & CASTIELLO, 2020
Brazeau, M. D., Giles, S., Dearden, R. D., Jerve, A., Ariunchimeg, Y., Zorig, E,. Sansom, R., Guillerme, T., and Castiello, M., 2020, Endochondral bone in an Early Devonian 'placoderm' from Mongolia: Nature Ecology and Evolution, published online, 8pp. (Minjinia turgenensis) Link to pdf
Cai, J.-C., Zhao, W., and Zhu, M., 2020, Subdivision and age of the Silurian fish-bearing Kuanti Formation in Qujing, Yunnan Province: Vertebrta PalAsiatica, puboished online, 17pp.
Coatham, S. J., Vinther, J., Rayfield, E. J., and Klug, C., 2020, Was the Devonian placoderm Titanichthys a suspension feeder? Royal Society Open Science, V. 7, 200272, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Liu, Y., Zong, R., and Gong, Y., 2020, The first aspinothoracid arthrodire from the Late Devonian continental strata are found in western Junggar, Xinjiang: Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 65, p. 2256-2265. (Bulongosteus liui) Link to pdf
Luksevics, E., 2021 (published 2020), Revision of asterolepidoid antiarch remains from the Ogre Formation (Upper Devonian( of Latvia: Estonia Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 70, p. 3-17. Link to pdf
Stinkulis, G., Luksevics, E., and Reke, T., 2020, Sedimentology and vertebrtae fossils from the Frasnian Orge Formation, Gurova outcrops, eastern Latvia: Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 69, n. 4, p. 248-261. Link to pdf
Szrek, P., 2020, Comments on distribution and taphonomy of Devonian placoderms in the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland: In: Bulletin of Geoscienzes, 1761, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Van Mesdag, S. N. K., Blaauwen, J. D., Dean, M. N., and Johanson, Z., 2020, Hyperossification in the vertebral column of devonian Placoderm fishes (Arthrodira): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 1, e1766477, 17 pp.
Wang, J., Zhao, W., Zhu, M., Li, Q., Cai, J., Zhang, N., Peng, L., and Luo, Y., 2020, Microvertebrate remains from the Kuanti Formaiton of the Liujiachong section in Qujing, Yunnan and thier Stratigraphic significance: Earth Science Frontiers, v. 27, n. 6, p. 329-340. Link to pdf
Young, G. C., and Burrow, C. J., 2020, Late Devonian antiarch remains (placoderm fish) from the Gilberton Formaton, north Queensland: Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, v. 62, p. 187-203. Link to pdf
Young, G. C., and Lu, J., 2020, Asian-Gondwana connections indicated by Devonian fishes from Australia: palaeogeographic considerations: Journal of Palaeogeography, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (6)
Cretasquatina MAISEY, EHRET & DENTON, 2020
Ferromirum oukherbouchi FREY, COATES, JIETJEN, RUCKLIN & KLUG, 2020
Sculptospina LEBEDEV, in LEBEDEV, IVANOV & LINKEVICH, 2020
Taklamakanolepis ANDREEV, ZHAO, WANG, SMITH, LI, CUI, ZHU & SANSOM, 2020
Tielikewatielepis ANDREEV, ZHAO, WANG, SMITH, LI, CUI, ZHU & SANSOM, 2020
Xiaohaizilepis ANDREEV, ZHAO, WANG, SMITH, LI, CUI, ZHU & SANSOM, 2020
Species: Nova (8)
Asteracanthus dunaii SZABO & FOZY, 2020
Certodus houghtonnorum SHIMADA & EVERHART, 2020
Cretasquatina americana MAISEY, EHRET & DENTON, 2020
Ferromirum oukherbouchi FREY, COATES, JIETJEN, RUCKLIN & KLUG, 2020
Sculptospina makhlaevi LEBEDEV, in LEBEDEV, IVANOV & LINKEVICH, 2020
Taklamakanolepis asiaticus ANDREEV, ZHAO, WANG, SMITH, LI, CUI, ZHU & SANSOM, 2020
Tielikewatielepis sinensis ANDREEV, ZHAO, WANG, SMITH, LI, CUI, ZHU & SANSOM, 2020
Xiaohaizilepis liui ANDREEV, ZHAO, WANG, SMITH, LI, CUI, ZHU & SANSOM, 2020
Amadori, M., Amalfitano, J,. Giusberti, L., Fornaciari, E., Carnevale, G., and Kriewet, J., 2020, The Italian record of the Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus latissimus Agassiz, 1835 (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii): PeerJ 8:e10167 DOI 10.7717/peerj.10167 35pp. Link to pdf
Amalfitano, J., Giusberti, L., Fornaciari, E., and Carnevale, G., 2020, Upper Cenomanian fishes from the Bonarelli level (OAE2) of northeastern Italy: Rivista Italiani di Paleontologia e. Stratigrafia, v. 126, n. 2, p. 261-314. Link to pdf
Andreev, P. S., Zhao, W., Wang, N.-Z., Smith, M. M., Li, Q., Cui, X., Zhu, M., and Sansom, I. J., 2020, Early Silurian chondrichthyans from the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang, China): Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 2, 25 pp. (Taklamakanolepis asiaticus, Tielikewatielepis sinensis, Xiaohaizilepis liui) Link to pdf
Antczak, M., Rucinski, M. R., stachacz, M,. Matysik, M. and Krol, J. J., 2020, Diversity of vertebrate remains from the Lower Gogolin Beds (Anisian) of southern Poland: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae,v. 90, p. 15. Link to pdf
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43,n . 1, p. 438-460.
Botella, H., Olive, S., Pradel, A., Rodriguez-Charry, G., Colmenares, F., Roman-Garcia, L., Manzanares, E., Paredes-Aliaga, M. V., Navas,-Parejo, P., and Martinez-Perez, C., 2020, First occurrence of fossil vertebrates from the Carbonifeorus of Colombia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 1, e1764967, 6 pp.
Brignon, A., 2020, Les premieres decouvertes de vertebres Jurassiques aux Vaches Noires (Calvados, France): Actes du 1er Colloque Paleontoloige et Archeologie en Normandie de Villers-sur-Mer 5-6 octobre, 2019, p. 7-40. Link to pdf
Franceschi, F., and Bernardi, M., 2020, Vertebrate remains from the Rotzo Formation (Lower Jurassic, Trento Platform, Italy): preliminary note: Fossila, Volume 202, p. 25-27. Link to pdf
Frey, L., Coates, M. I., Tietjen K., Rucklin, M., and Klug, C., 2020, A symmoriiform from the Late Devonian of Morocco demonstrates a derived jaw function in ancient chondrichthyans: Communications Biology, published online, 10p. (Ferromirum oukherbouchi) Link to pdf
Halliday, T. J. D., Holroyd, P. A., Gheerbrant, E., Prasad, G. V. R., Scaferla, A., Beck, R. M. D., Krause, D. W., and Goswami, A., 2020, Leaving Gondwana: the changing position of the Indian Subcontinent in the global faunal nework: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New prespectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 9, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 227-249.
Horner, J. R., and Hanson, D. A., 2020, Vertebrate paleontology of Montana: In: MBMG Special Publication 122, Geology of Montana, volume 2: Special Topics, 46pp.
Ibrahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Itano, W. M,. and Carpenter, K., 2020, High-quality casts of the missing holotype of Petalodus ohioensis Safford 1853 (Chondrichthyes, Petalodontidae) at the Field Museum of Natural History and thier bearing on the validity and priority of the species: Geology of the Intermountian West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 197-203. Link to pdf
Jambura, P. L., and Kriwet, J., 2020, Articulated remains of the extinct shark Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain provide in sights into gigantism, growth rate and life history of ptychodontid sharks: Plos One, v. 15, n. 4: e0231544, 16pp. Link to pdf
Lebedev, O. A., Ivanov, A. O., and Linkevich, V. V,. 2020, Chondrichthyan spines from Famennian (Upper Devonian) of Russia: Acta Geologica Poloncia, v. 70, published online, 24pp. (Sculptospina makhlaevi) Link to pdf
Maisey, J. G., Ehret, D. ., and Denton, J. S. S., 2020, A new genus of Late Cretaceous angle shark (Elasmobranchii: Squatinidae), with comments on squatinid phylogeny: Americna Msueum Novitates, n. 3954, 29pp. (Cretasquatina americana) Link to pdf
Martinez-Perez, C., Navas-Parejo, P., Lara-Pena, R. A., Ferron, H. G., Palafox-Reyes, J., and Botella, H., 2019 ( published 2020), Late Devonian (Famennian) Chondrichthyes from Mexico: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 6, e1764008, 7 pp.
Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., Walsh, S., Butler, R. J., Castro, T. A., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Review Article, Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, 22pp. Link to pdf
Serafini, G., Amalfitano, J., Cobianchi, M,. Fornaciari, B., Maxwell, E. E., Papazzoni, C. A., Roghi, G., and Giusberti, L., 2020, Evidence of opportunistic feedign between Ichthyosaurs and the oldest occurrence of the hexanchid shark Notidanodon from the Upper Jurassic of Northern Italy: Rivita Itliana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 126, n. 3, p. 629-655. Link to pdf
Shimida, K., and Everhart, M. J., 2019 (published 2020), A new large Late Cretaceous lamniform shark from North America, with comments on the taxonomy, paleoecology, and evolution of the genus Cretodus: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 4, e1673999, 25pp (Certodus houghtonnorum)
Skinner, M., Whiteside, D. I., and Benton, M. J., 2020, Late Triassic island dwarfs? Terrestrial tetrapods of the Ruthian fissure (South Wales, UK) including a new genus of procolophonid: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 27pp. Link to pdf
Stringer, G. L., Schwarzhans, W., Phillips, G., and Lambert, R., 2020, Highly diversified Late Cretaceous fish assemblage revealed by Otoliths (Ripley Formation and Owl Creek Formation, Northeast Mssissippi, USA): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 126, n. 1, p. 111-115.
Synder, K., McLain, M., Wood, J., and Chadwick, A., 2020, Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 31 pp. Link to pdf
Szabo, M., and Fozy, I., 2020, Asteracanthus (Hybodontiformes: Acrodontidae) remains from the Jurassic of Hungary, with the description of a new species and with remarks on the taxonomy and paleobiology of the genus: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 297, n. 3, p. 295-309. (Asteracanthus dunaii)
Villalobos-Segura, E., and Underwood, C. J., 2020, Radiation and divergence times of Batoidea: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40,n .3, e1777147, 11pp.
Young, G. C., and Lu, J., 2020, Asian-Gondwana connections indicated by Devo nian fishes from Australia: palaeogeographic considerations: Journal of Palaeogeography, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (12)
Cowetaichthys STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Dakotaichthys SCHWARZHANS & STRINGER, 2020
Feroxichthys XU, 2020
Globanomoedus CAPASSO, 2020
Gregoripycnodus TAVERNE, CAPASSO & DEL RE, 2020
Kinelichthys MINIH, 2020
Lebrunichthys TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2020
Ossulcus STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Simocormus MAXWELL, LAMBERS, LOPEZ-ARBARELLO & SCHWEIGERT, 2020
Stanhopeichthys TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2020
Thiollierepycnodus EBERT, 2020
Vegrandichthys DIAZ-CRUZ, ALVARADO-ORTEGA & GILES, 2020
Species: Nova (25)
Armigatus carrenoae ALVARADO-ORTEGA, THAN-MARCHESE, & MELGAREJO-DAMIAN, 2020
Anomoeodus wolfi CAPASSO, 2020
Anguilla? chickasawae STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Apateodus crenellatus STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Cowetaichthys carnevalei STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Dakotaichthys hogansoni SCHWARZHANS & STRINGER, 2020
Eutawichthys choctawae STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Feroxichthys yunnanensis XU, 2020
Globanomoedus dentespassim CAPASSO, 2020
Heckelichthys preopercularis BANOS-RODRIGUEZ, GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, WILSON & GONZALEZ-MARTINEZ, 2020
Hoplopteryx langfordi STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Kinelichthys bulanovi MINIH, 2020
Kokenichthys navis STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Lebrunichthys nammourensis TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2020
Luganoia fortuna XU, 2020
Muraenanguilla unionensis STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Osmeroides mississippiensis STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Ossulcus labiatus STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Otolithopsis cumatilis STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Palaeogadus weltoni SCHWARZHANS & STRINGER, 2020
Rhynchoconger brettwoodwardi SCHWARZHANS & STRINGER, 2020
Simocormus macrolepidotus MAXWELL, LAMBERS, LOPEZ-ARBARELLO & SCHWEIGERT, 2020
Stanhopeichthys libanicus TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2020
Thrax acutus STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Tippaha mythica STRINGER, SCHWARZHANS, PHILLIPS & LAMBERT, 2020
Vegrandichthys coitecus DIAZ-CRUZ, ALVARADO-ORTEGA & GILES, 2020
Synonym: Nova (3)
Gregoripycnodus bassanii (D’ERASMO, 1911) TAVERNE, CAPASSO & DEL RE, 2020
= Palaeobalistum bassanii D’ERASMO, 1911
Polazzodus gridelli (d'ERASMO, 1952) POYATO-ARIZA, 2020
= Coelodus gridellii d'ERASMO, 1952
Thiollierepycnodus wagneri (THIOLLIERE, 1852) EBERT, 2020
= Pycnodus wagneri THIOLLIERE, 1852
= Microdon wagneri (THIOLLIERE, 1852) HECKEL, 1856
= Gyrodus wagneri (THIOLLIERE, 1852) SAINT-SEINE, 1949
= Proscinectes? wagneri (THIOLLIERE, 1852) POYAT0-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002
Alfonso-Rojas, A., and Cadean, E.-A., 2020, Exceptionally preserved 'skin' in an Early Cretaceous fish from Colombia: PeerJ, 8:e9479 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.947923pp. Link to pdf
Alvarado-Ortega, J., Than-Marchese, B. A., and Melgarejo-Damian, M. del P., 2020, On the Albian occurrence of Armigatus (Teleostei, Clupeomorpha) in America, a new species from the Tlayua Lagerstatte, Mexico: Palaeontologica Electronica, v. 23, n. 3: a52, 30pp. (Armigatus carrenoae) Link to pdf
Amalfitano, J., Giusberti, L., Fornaciari, E., and Carnevale, G., 2020, Upper Ceomanian fishes from the Bonarelli level (OAE2) of northeastern Italy: Rivista Italiani di Paleontologia e. Stratigrafia, v. 126, n. 2, p. 261-314. Link to pdf
Antczak, M., Rucinski, M. R., stachacz, M,. Matysik, M. and Krol, J. J., 2020, Diversity of vertebrate remains from the Lower Gogolin Beds (Anisian) of southern Poland: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae,v. 90, p. 15. Link to pdf
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43,n . 1, p. 438-460.
Banos-Rodriguez, R. E., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, K. A., Wilson, M. V. H., and Gonzalez-MArtinez, J. A., 2020, A new species of Heckelichthys from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian) of central Mezico: Cretaceous Research, v. 110, 14pp. (Heckelichthys preopercularis)
Barrios-De Pedro, S., 2019 (publishd 2020), Bones of Pycnodontiform fishes (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) in coprolites from the Barremian fossil site of Las Hoyas (Cuenca, Spain): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 4, e1667814, 5pp.
Brignon, A., 2020, Les premieres decouvertes de vertebres Jurassiques aux Vaches Noires (Calvados, France): Actes du 1er Colloque Paleontoloige et Archeologie en Normandie de Villers-sur-Mer 5-6 octobre, 2019, p. 7-40. Link to pdf
Brito, P. M., Figueiredo, F. J., and Leal, M E. C., 2020, A revision of Laeliichthys ancestralis Santos, 1985 (Teleosti: Osteoglossomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: phylogentic relationships and biogeographical implications: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 20 pp. Link to pdf
Capasso, L., 2020, Pycnodonts (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Del Rio Formation (Early Cenomanian, Cretaceous) of Waco Lake, Texas (U.S.A.): Thalassia Salentia, v. 42, p. 9-24. (Anomoeodus wolfi, Globanomoedus dentespassim) Link to pdf
Cawley, J. J., Marrama, G., Carnevale, G., Villafana, J. A., Lopez-Romero, F. A., and Kriwet, J., 2020, Rise and fall of Pycnodontiformes: Diversity, competition and extinction of a successful fish clade: Ecology adn Eovlution, published online, 28pp. Link to pdf
Chen, D., Blom, H., Sanchez, S., Tafforeau, P., Marss, T., and Ahlberg, P. E., 2020, The developmental relationships between teeth and dermal odontodes in the most primitive bony fish Lophosteus: ELife, 2020; 9:e60985, 20pp. Link to pdf
Day, M. O., and Rubidge, B. S., 2020, Biostratigraphy of the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa: Geological Society of South Africa, v. 123, p. 149-164. Link to pdf
Diaz-Cruz, J. A., Alvarado-Ortega, J., and Giles, S., 2020, A long snout enchodontid fish (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae) from the Early Cretaceous deposits at teh El Chango Quarry, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico: a multi-approach study: Paleontologia Electronica, v. 23, n. 2, a30. https://doi.org/10.26879/1065, 27pp. (Vegrandichthys coitecus) Link to pdf
Divay, J. D., Brinkman, D. B., and Neuman, A. G., 2019 (published 2020), Late Cretaeous Notogoneus from microvertebrate assemblages of the Dinosaur Park Formation, Campanian of southern Alberta, Canada, and insight into the ecolgy and evolution of early gonorynchids: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 5, e1699801, 19 pp.
Ebert, M., 2020, A new genus of Pycnodontidae (Actinopterygii) from the Upper Jurassic of France and Germany, included in a phylogeny of Pycnodontiformes: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 188, p. 434-454. (Thiollierepycnodus wagneri = Pycnodus wagneri, = Microdon wagneri, = Gyrodus wagneri) Link to pdf
Ferron, H. G., 2019 (published 2020), Evidence of endothermy in the extinct macropredatory osteichthyan Xiphanctinus audax (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 6, e1725123, 6pp.
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Franceschi, F., and Bernardi, M., 2020, Vertebrate remains from the Rotzo Formation (Lower Jurassic, Trento Platform, Italy): preliminary note: Fossila, Volume 202, p. 25-27. Link to pdf
Halliday, T. J. D., Holroyd, P. A., Gheerbrant, E., Prasad, G. V. R., Scaferla, A., Beck, R. M. D., Krause, D. W., and Goswami, A., 2020, Leaving Gondwana: the changing position of the Indian Subcontinent in the global faunal nework: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New prespectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 9, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 227-249.
Horner, J. R., and Hanson, D. A., 2020, Vertebrate paleontology of Montana: In: MBMG Special Publication 122, Geology of Montana, volume 2: Special Topics, 46pp.
Ibrahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Kogan, I., Tintori, A., and Licht, M., 2020, Locomotor function of scales and axial skeleotn in Middle-late Triassic species of Saurichthys (Actionpterygii): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigraphy, v. 126, n. 2, p. 475-498. Link to pdf
Kovalchuk, O. M., and Anfimova, G. V,. 2020, Lepisosteiform fish (Holostei) ganoid scales from the Middle Jurassic deposits of Ukraine: Zoodiversity, v. 54, n. 1, p. 35-42. Link to pdf
Leuzinger, L., Cavin, L., Lopez-Arbarello, A., and Billo-Gruyat, J.-P., 2020, Peculiar tooth renewal in a Jurassic ray-finned fish (Lepisosteiformes, Scheenstia sp.): Palaeontology, v. 63, part 1, p. 117-129.
Lu, L., Tan, K., and Wang, X., 2020, Redescription of Eochondrosteus sinensis (Acipenseriformes, Actinopterygii) and its geological age: Earth Science Frontiers, v. 27, n. 6, p. 371-381. Link to pdf
Lukender, A., Surmik, D., Gorzelak, P., Niedzwiedzki, R., Brachaniec, T., and Salamon, M. A., 2020, Bromalites from the Upper Triassic Polzberg section (Austria); insights into trophic interactions and food chains of the Polzberg palaeobiota: Scientific Reports, published online, 11pp. Link to pdf
Maxwell, E. E., Lambers, P. H., Lopez-Arbarello, A., and Schweigert, G., 2020, Re-evaluation of pachycormid fishes from the Late Jurassic of Southwestern Germany: Acata Palaeontological Polonica, v. 65, published online, 25pp. (Simocormus macrolepidotus) Link to pdf
Maxwell, E. E., Lambers, P. H., Lopez-Arbarello, A., and Schweigert, G., 2020, Re-evaluation of pachycormid fishes from the Late Jurassic of Southwestern Germany: Acata Palaeontological Polonica, v. 65, n. 3, p. 429-453. (Simocormus macrolepidotus) Link to pdf
Minih, A., 2020, A new ray-finned fish (Actinopterygiii) from boundary deposits of Middle and Upper Permian of south-east of the Russian plate: Volga and Precaspian Regions Mineralogical Resources, v. 102, p. 43-60. (Kinelichthys bulanovi) Link to pdf
Minikh, A. V., Minikh, M. G., and Andrushkevich, S. O., 2020, Ichthyofauna from the Key Sections of the Middle and upper Permian of Eastern Europe. Complezes adn Zonal Scale. Paper 2: Basin of the Volga and the Ural Rivers: Izvestiya of Saratov University. New series. Series: Earth Sciences, v. 20, n. 1, p. 56-63. Link to pdf
Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., Walsh, S., Butler, R. J., Castro, T. A., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Review Article, Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, 22pp. Link to pdf
Pindakiewicz, M., Talanda, M., Sulej, T., Niedzwiedzki, G,. Sennikov, A. G., Bakaev, A. S., Bulanov, V. V., Golubev, V. K., and Minikh, A. V., 2021, Feeding convergence among ray-finned fishes: teeth of the herbivorous actinopteryginas from the latest Permian of East European Platform, Russia: Acta Palaeontology Polonica, v. 65, publshed online, 9pp.
Poyato-Ariza, F. J., 2020, Studies on pycnodont fishes (II): revision of the subfamily Pycnodontinae, with special reference to Italian forms: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 126, n. 2, p. 447-473. (Polazzodus gridelli = Coelodus gridellii) Link to pdf
Rage, J.-C., and Gheerbrant, E., 2020, Island Africa and vertebrate evolution: a review of data and working hypotheses: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 10, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 251-264.
Skinner, M., Whiteside, D. I., and Benton, M. J., 2020, Late Triassic island dwarfs? Terrestrial tetrapods of the Ruthian fissure (South Wales, UK) including a new genus of procolophonid: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 27pp. Link to pdf
Stamberg, S., 2020, Teeth of actinopterygians from the Permo-Carboniferous of the Bohemian Massif with special reference to the teeth of Aeduellidae and Ablypteridae: Bulletin of Geosciences, v. 95, n. 4, 21pp, published online. Link to pdf
Stringer, G. L., Schwarzhans, W., Phillips, G., and Lambert, R., 2020, Highly diversified Late Cretaceous fish assemblage revealed by Otoliths (Ripley Formation and Owl Creek Formation, Northeast Mssissippi, USA): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 126, n. 1, p. 111-115. (Anguilla? chickasawae, Apateodus crenellatus, Cowetaichthys carnevalei, Eutawichthys choctawae, Hoplopteryx langfordi, Kokenichthys navis, Muraenanguilla unionensis, Osmeroides mississippiensis, Ossulcus labiatus, Otolithopsis cumatilis, Thrax acutus, Tippaha mythica)
Synder, K., McLain, M., Wood, J., and Chadwick, A., 2020, Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 31 pp. Link to pdf
Taverne, L., 2020, Osteology and relationships of Lombardina decorata (Holostei, Parasemionotidae), a fossil fish from the continental Middle Jurassicof Congo (D.R.C.): Geo-Eco-Trop, v. 44, n. 3, p. 369-382. Link to pdf
Taverne, L., and Capasso, L., 2020, Osteology and relationships of Stanhopeichthys libanicus gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Crossognathiformes, Pachyrhizodontidae) form the marine Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Lebanon: Geo-Eco-Trop, v. 44, n. 1, p. 147-160. (Stanhopeichthys libanicus) Link to pdf
Taverne, L., and Capasso, L., 2020, New data on the osteology and relatinoships of Flagellipinna rhoboides, a pycnodont fish (Pycnodontidae) from the Cenomanina (Upper Cretaceous) of Lebanon: Geo-Eco-Trop, v. 44, n. 1, p. 175-184. Link to pdf
Taverne, L., and Capasso, L., 2020, New data on Pankowskichthys libanicus (Pycnodontiformes, Gladiopycnodontidae), a fossil fish from the mainre Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon: Geo-Teco-Trop, v. 44, n. 1, p. 185-193. Link to pdf
Taverne, L. and Capasso, L., 2020, Osteology and relationships of Lebrunichthys nammourensis gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Crossognathiformes, Pachyrhizodontidae), a fossil fish from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon: Geo-Eco-Troop, v. 44, n. 1, p. 195-203. (Lebrunichthys nammourensis) Link to pdf
Taverne, L., and Capasso, L., 2020, A new insight into the Protobramidae (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes), a fossil fish family from the marine Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Lebanon: Geo-Teco-Trop., v. 44, n. 3, p. 355-367. Link to pdf
Taverne, L., Capasso, L., and Del Re, M., 2020, Osteology and phylogenetic relatinoships of Gregoripycnodus bassanii gen. nov., a pycnodont fish (Pycnodontidae) from the marine Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Pietraroja (southern Italy): Geo-Eco-Trop., v. 44, n. 1, p. 161-174. (Gregoripycnodus bassanii = Palaeobalistum bassanii) Link to pdf
Wang, J., Zhao, W., Zhu, M., Li, Q., Cai, J., Zhang, N., Peng, L., and Luo, Y., 2020, Microvertebrate remains from the Kuanti Formaiton of the Liujiachong section in Qujing, Yunnan and thier Stratigraphic significance: Earth Science Frontiers, v. 27, n. 6, p. 329-340. Link to pdf
Xu, G.-H., 2020, A new species of Luganoia (Luganoiidae, Neopterygii) from the Middle Triassic Xingyi Biota, Guizhou, China: Vertebrata Palasiatica, published online, 16pp. (Luganoia fortuna) Link to pdf
Xu, G.-H., 2020, Feroxichthys yunnanensis gen. et sp. nov. (Colobodontidae, Neopterygii), a large durophagous predator from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Luoping biota eastern Yunnan, China: PeerJ 8:e10229 DOI 10.7717/peerj.10229, 27pp. (Feroxichthys yunnanensis) Link to pdf
Young, G. C., and Lu, J., 2020, Asian-Gondwana connections indicated by Devonian fishes from Australia: palaeogeographic considerations: Journal of Palaeogeography, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (2)
Rossichthys clackae JOHANSON, JEFFERY, CHALLANDS, PIERCE & CLACK, 2020
Selenodus MODEJAR-FERNANDEZ, 2020
Species: Nova (3)
Megalichthys mullisoni DOWNS & DAESCHLER, 2020
Rossichthys clackae JOHANSON, JEFFERY, CHALLANDS, PIERCE & CLACK, 2020
Selenodus aquesbiae MODEJAR-FERNANDEZ, 2020
Byrne, H. M., Green, J. A. M., Balbus, S. A., and Ahlberg, P. E., 2020, A key environmental driver of osteichthyan evolution and the fish-tetrapod transition? Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, v. 476, n. 2242, 20200355.
Cloutier, R., Clement, A. M., Lee, M. S. Y., Noel, R,. Bechard, I., Roy, V., and Long, J. A., 2020, Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand: Nature, published online, 6pp.Species: Nova (2)
Metaceratodus baibianorum PANERL, CAVALLI, MUNOZ & CIOINE, 2020
Neoceratodus fosteri KEMP & BERRELL, 2020
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Ibrahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Kemp, A., and Berrell, R., 2020, A new species of fossil lungfish (Osteichthyes:Dipnoi) from the Cretaceous of Australia, v. 40, n. 3, e1822369, 6pp. (Neoceratodus fosteri)
Mondejar-Fernandez, J., Challands, T. J., Huu, H. N., Hoa, P. T., Clement, G., and Janvier, P., 2020, A lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnomorpha) tooth plate from the Lower Devonian of Vietnam and the onset of modern dipnoan dental organization: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 1, e177274, 8pp.
Panzerl, K. M., Cavalli, S. G,. Munoz, N. A,. adn Cione, A. L., 2020, Metaceratodus baibianorum, a new dipnoan species from the Upper Cretaceous of southern South America supported by traditional and geometric morphometric analyses: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 2, e1769640, 14pp. (Metaceratodus baibianorum)
Pawlak, W., Talanda, M., Sulej, T., and Niedzwiedzki, G., 2020, Dipnoan from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland and remarks about palaeobiogeography of Ptychoceratodus: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf.
Pawlak, W., Talanda, M., Sulej, T., and Niedzwiedzki, G., 2020, Dipnoan from the Upper Triassic of East Greenland and remarks about palaeobiogeography of Ptychoceratodus: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, n. 3, p. 561-574. Link to pdf
Rage, J.-C., and Gheerbrant, E., 2020, Island Africa and vertebrate evolution: a review of data and working hypotheses: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 10, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 251-264.
Cavin, L., Buffetaut, E., Dutour, Y., Garcia, G., Le Loeuff, J., Mechin, A., Mechin, P., Tong, H., Tortosa, T., Turini, E., and Valentin, X., 2020, The last known freshwater coelacanths: new Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from Stourhtern France: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 6, 19 pp. Link to pdf
Pavanatto, A. E. B., Da-Rosa, A. A. S., Temp-Muller, R., Roberto-Da-Silva, L., Ribeiro, A M., Martinelli, A. G., and Dias-da-Silva, S., 2020, Bortolin site, a new fossiliferous locality in the Triassic (Ladinian/Carnian) of southern Brazil: Revista Brasileira de Paleontolgia, v. 23, n. 2, p. 123-137. Link to pdf
Rage, J.-C., and Gheerbrant, E., 2020, Island Africa and vertebrate evolution: a review of data and working hypotheses: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 10, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 251-264.
Barrios-de Pedro, S., Osuna, A., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2020, Helminth eggs from early cretaceous faeces Scientific Reports, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians)
Genus: Nova (4)
Brittagnathus AHLBERG & CLACK, 2020
Diploseira DILKES, 2020
Korkonterpeton WERNBURG, STAMBERG & STYER, 2020
Palodromeus SCHOCH, HENRICI & HOOK, 2020
Rastosuchus DIAS, DIAS-DA-SILVA & SCHULTZ, 2020
Species: Nova (4)
Brittagnathus minutus AHLBERG & CLACK, 2020
Korkonterpeton kalnese WERNBURG, STAMBERG & STYER, 2020
Palodromeus bairdi SCHOCH, HENRICI & HOOK, 2020
Rastosuchus hammeri DIAS, DIAS-DA-SILVA & SCHULTZ, 2020
Synonym: Nova (1)
Diploseira angusta (CARROLL, 1964) DILKES, 2020
= Dissorophus angustus DILKES, 2020
Ahlberg, P. E., and Clack, J. A., 2020, The smallest known Devonian tetrapod shows unexpectedly derived features: Royal Society Open Science, v. 7, 192117, 10 pp. (Brittagnathus minutus) Link to pdf
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43,n . 1, p. 438-460.
Bartak, P., 2020, Research history overivew of the representatives of Temnosp;ndyl Zittel, 1888 and Lepospondyl Zittel, 1888 from the Upper Carboniferous of Czech Republic: Acta Mus. Moraviae, Seci. geol. CV (2020): v. 1, p. 97-151.
Day, M. O., and Rubidge, B. S., 2020, Biostratigraphy of the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa: Geological Society of South Africa, v. 123, p. 149-164. Link to pdf
Dias, E. V., Dias-da-Silv, S., and Schultz, C. L., 2020, A new short-snouted rhinesuchid from the Permian of southern Brazil: Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 23, n. 2, p. 98-122. (Rastosuchus hammeri) Link to pdf
Dilkes, D. W., 2020, Revision of the Early Permian Dissorophid 'Dissorophus' angustus (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e18017094, 29pp. (Diploseira angusta = Dissorophus angustus)
Dunne, E. M., Farnsworth, A., Greene, S. E., Lunt, D. J., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity: Palaeontology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Gay, R. J., Huttenlocker, A. K., Irmis, R. B., Stegner, M. A., and Ugleisch, J., 2020, Paleontology of Bears Ears National Monument (Utah, USA)-history of exploration, study, and designation: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 205-241. Link to pdf
Gee, B. M., Haridy, Y., and Reisz, R. R., 2020, Histological skeletochronology indicates developmental plasticity in the early Permian stem lissamphibian Doleserpeton annectens: Ecology and Evolution, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Gee, B. M., Parker, W. G., and Marsh, A. D., 2020, Redescription of Anaschisma (Temnospondyli: Metoposauridae) from the Late Triassic of Wyoming and the phylogeny of the Metoposauridae: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 18, n. 3, p. 233-258. Link to pdf
Gordon, C. B., Roach, B. T., Parker, W. G., and Briggs, D. E. G., 2020, Distinguishing regurgitalites and coprolites: a case study using a Triassic bromalite with soft tissue of the Pseudosuchian Archosaur Revueltosaurus: Palaios, v. 35, n p. 111-121.
Herbst, E. C., Doube, M., Smithson, T. R., Clack, J. A., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2020, Bony lesions in early tetrapods and the evoluton of mineralized tissue repair: Baleobiology, v. 45, 5, p. 676-697.
Konietzko-Meier, D,. Teschner, E. M., Bodzioch, A., and Sander. P. M., 2020, Pentadactyl manus of the Metoposaurus krasiejowensis from the Late Triassic of Poland, the first record of pentadactyly among Temnospondyli: Anatomical Sciety, published online, 23pp. Link to pdf
Krejci, M., and Mazuch, M,. 2020, State of the art of "Amphibian" localities of the Letovice subbasin (Boskovice Basin, Czech Republic): Folia Musei rerum naturalium Bohemiae Occidentalis. Geologica et Paleobiologica, v, 53, n. 1, p. 13-24. Link to pdf
Lucas, S. G., 2020, Biochronology of Late Triassic metoposauridae (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) and the Carnian pluvial episode: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, v. 90, 10pp. Link to pdf
Get Maisch, M. W., 2020, Aphaneramma kokeni (von Huene, 1920), a longhorhynchine trematosaurid (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of Pakistan: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 295, n. 3, p. 211-241.
Mann, A., Mann, A., and Gee, B. M., 2019 (published 2020), Lissamphibian-like toepads in an exceptionally preserved amphibamiform from Mazon Creek, v. 39, n. 6, e1727490, 6pp.
Marshall, J. E. A., 2020, A terrestrial Devonian-Carboniferous boundary section in East Greenland: Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-020-00448-x, published online. Link to pdf
Teschner, E. M., Chakravorti, S,. Sengupta, D. P., and Konietzko-Meier, D, 2020, Climatic influence on the growth pattern on Panthasaurus maleriensis from the Late Triassic of India deduced from paleohistology: PeerJ 8:e9868 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9868, 34pp. Link to pdf
Get Uliakhin, A. V., Skutschas, P. P., and Saburov, P. G., 2020, Histology of Dvinosaurus campbelli (Temnospondyli, Dvinosauria) from the Late Permian locality Gorokhovets, Vladimir Region: Paleontological Journal, v. 54, p. 632-639.
Werneburg, R., 2020, On the morphology of large branchiosaurids (Amphibamiformes) from the Rotliegend (lower Permian) of the Saar-Nahe basin, Germany: Semana, Band, 35, p. 39-54.
Werneburg, R., Stamberg, S., and Steyer, J.-S., 2020, A new sterneospondylomorph, Korkonterpeton kalnese gen. et sp. nov., from the Lower Permian of the Czech Krokonose Piedmont basin and a redescription of Intasuchus silvicola from the Lower Permian of Russia (Temnospondyl, Amphibia): Fossil Imprint, v. 76, n. 2, p. 217-242. (Korkonterpeton kalnese) Link to pdf
Woltering, J. M., Irisarri, I., Ericsson, R., Joss, J. M. P., Sordion, P., and Meyer, A., 2020, Sarcopterygian fin ontogeny elucidates the origin of hands with digits: Science Advances, Research Article, v. 6, 7pp. Link to pdf
Wynd, B. M., Daeschler, E. B., and Stocker, M R., 2019 (published 2020), Evolutionary homology in the fin-to-limb transitions: evaluating the morphology of foramina in a Late Devonian humerus from the Catskill Formation, Clinton County, Pennsylvania: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 5, e1718682, 6pp.
Genus: Nova (2)
Hassiacoscutum WITZMANN, SUES, KAMMERER & FROBISCH, 2019 (pubished 2020)
Seroherpeton CHEN & LIU, 2020
Species: Nova (4)
Hassiacoscutum munkni WITZMANN, SUES, KAMMERER & FROBISCH, 2019 (pubished 2020)
Leptoropha minima BULANOV, 2020a
Microphon terminalis BULANOV, 2020b
Seroherpeton yangquanensis CHEN & LIU, 2020
Bazzana, K. D., Gee, B. M., Bevitt, J. J,. and Reisz, R. R., 2019 (published 2020), Neurocranial anatomy of Seymouria from Richards Spur, Oklahoma: Journal of Vertebrate paleontology, v. 39, n. 5, e1694535, 20pp.
Bulanov, V. V., 2020a, A new Leptoropha (Kotlassiidae, Seymouriamorpha) species from the Upper Urzhumian of European Russia: Paleontological Journal, v. 54, p. 3, p. 290–296. (Leptoropha minima
Bulanov, V. V., 2020b, A new kotlassiid (Amphibia, Seymouriamorpha) from the Terminal Permian of Eastern Europe: Paleontological Journal, v. 54, n. 7, p. 757–768.
Chen, J., and Liu, J., 2020, The youngest occurrence of embolomeres (Tetrapoda: Anthracosauria) from the Sunjiagou Formation (Lopingian, Permian) of North China: Fossil Record, v. 23, p. 205-213. (Seroherpeton yangquanensis) Link to pdf
Estefa, J., Klembara, J., Tafforeau, P., and Sanchez, S., 2020, Limb-bone development of Seymoriamorphs: implications for the evolution of growth strategy in stem amniotes: Frontiers in Earth Science, Original Research, v. 8, article 97, 21pp. Link to pdf
Klembara, J., Hain, M., Ruta, M., Berman, D. S., Pierce, S. E., and Henrici, A. C., 2020, Inner ear morphology of Diadectomorphs and seymouriamoprhs (Tetrapoda) uncovered by high-resolution X-ray microcomputed tomography, and the origin of the amniote crown group: Palaeontology, v. 63, part 1, p. 131-154.
Klembara, J., Mikudikova, M,. Stamberg, S. and Hain, M, 2020, First record of the Stem amniote Discosauriscus (Seymouriamorpha, Discosauriscidae) from the Krkonose Piedmont Basin (The Czech Republic): Fossil Imprint, v. 76, n. 2, p. 243-251. Link to pdf
Liu, J., 2020, New chroniosuchina materials from Xinjiang, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, publihsed online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Witzmann, F., Sues, H.D., Kammerer, C. F., and Frobisch, J., 2019 (published 2020), A new bystrowianid from the Upper Permian of Germany: first record of a Permian chroniosuchian (Tetrapoda) outside Russia and China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 30, n. 4, e1667366, 11pp. (Hassiacoscutum munkni)
Genus: Nova (4)
Balveherpeton SKUTSCHAS, KOLCHANOV & SCHWERMANN, 2020
Egoria SKUTSCHAS, KOLCHANOV, KRASNOLUTSKII, AVERIANOV, SCHELLHORN, SCHULTZ & MARTIN, 2020
Kurubatrachus AGNOLIN, CARVALHO, ROLANDO, NOVAS, XAVIER-NETO, ANDRADE & FREITAS, 2020
Yaksha DAZA, STANLEY, BOLET, BAUER, ARIAS, CERNANSKY, BEVITT, WAGNER & EVANS, 2020
Species: Nova (4)
Balveherpeton hoennetalensis SKUTSCHAS, KOLCHANOV & SCHWERMANN, 2020
Egoria malashichevi SKUTSCHAS, KOLCHANOV, KRASNOLUTSKII, AVERIANOV, SCHELLHORN, SCHULTZ & MARTIN, 2020
Kurubatrachus gondwanicus AGNOLIN, CARVALHO, ROLANDO, NOVAS, XAVIER-NETO, ANDRADE & FREITAS, 2020
Yaksha perettii DAZA, STANLEY, BOLET, BAUER, ARIAS, CERNANSKY, BEVITT, WAGNER & EVANS, 2020
Agnolin, F., Carvalho, I. de S., Rolando, A. M. A., Novas, F. E., Xavier-Neto, J., Andrade, J. A. F. G., and Freitas, F. I., 2020, Early Cretaceous neobatrachian frog (Anura) from Brazil sheds light on the origin of modern anurans: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 101, 102633 8pp. (Kurubatrachus gondwanicus)
Bonde, J. W., Druschke, P. A., Hilton, R. P., Henrici, A. C., and Rowland, S. M., 2020, Preservation of latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) --Paleocene frogs (Eorubeta nevadensis) from the Sheep Pass Formation of east-central Nevada and implications for paleogeogrphy of the Nevadaplano: PeerJ 8:e9455 http://doi.org/10.7717//peerj.945523pp. Link to pdf
Daza, J. D., Stanley, E. L., Bolet, A., Bauer, A. M., Arias, J. S., Cernansky, A., Bevitt, J. J., Wagner, P., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders: Science, v. 370, po. 687-691. (Yaksha perettii)
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Halliday, T. J. D., Holroyd, P. A., Gheerbrant, E., Prasad, G. V. R., Scaferla, A., Beck, R. M. D., Krause, D. W., and Goswami, A., 2020, Leaving Gondwana: the changing position of the Indian Subcontinent in the global faunal nework: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New prespectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 9, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 227-249.
brahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Paluh, D. J., Stanley, E. L., and Blackburn, D. C., 2020, Evolution of hyperossification expands skull diversity in frongs: Proceedings of the National Academy of science, Latest Articles, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf
Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., Walsh, S., Butler, R. J., Castro, T. A., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Review Article, Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, 22pp. Link to pdf
Rage, J.-C., and Gheerbrant, E., 2020, Island Africa and vertebrate evolution: a review of data and working hypotheses: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 10, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 251-264.
Santos, R. O., Laurin, M., and Zaher, H., 2020, A review of the fossil record of caecilians (Lissamphibia: Gymnophionomorpha) with comments on its use to calibrate molecular timetreees: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 19pp.
Schoch, R. R., Werneburg, R., and Voigt, S., 2020, A Triassic stem-salamander from Kyrgyzstan and the origin of salamanders: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, published online, 5pp.
Skutschas, P., Kolchanov, V., Krasnolutskii, S., Averianov, A., Schellhorn, R., Schultz, J., and Martin, T., 2020, A new small-sized stem salamander from the Middle Jurassic of Western Siberia, Russia: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 2, 13 pp. (Egoria malashichevi) Link to pdf
Skutschas, P. P., Kolchanov, V. V., and Schwermann, A. H., 2020, First salamander from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany: Cretaceous Research, v. 116, 11pp. (Balveherpeton hoennetalensis)
Genus: Nova (2)
Eomurruna HAMLEY, CISNEROS & DAMIANI, 2020
Smilodonterpeton SKINNER, WHITESIDE & BENTON, 2020
Youngetta HAMLEY, CISNEROS & DAMIANI, 2020
Species: Nova (2)
Eomurruna yurrgensis HAMLEY, CISNEROS & DAMIANI, 2020
Smilodonterpeton ruthinensis SKINNER, WHITESIDE & BENTON, 2020
Synonym: Nova (2)
Saurodectes kitchingorum (REISZ & SCOTT, 2002) HAMLEY, CISNEROS & DAMIANI, 2020
= Owenetta rubidgei REISZ & LAURIN, 1991
Youngetta dongshengensis (LI, 1983) HAMLEY, CISNEROS & DAMIANI, 2020
= Eumetabolodon dongshengensis LI, 1983
Bazzana, K. D., gee, B. M., Bevitt, J. J., and Reisz, R. R., 2020, Postcranial anatomy and histology of Seymouria, and the terrestriality of seymouriamorphs: PeerJ, DOI 10.7717/peerj.8698, 34pp. Link to pdf
Brocklehurst, N., 2020, Olson's gap or Olson's extinction? a bayesian tip-dating approach to resolving stratigraphic uncertanity: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 287, publihsed online, 6 pp. Link to pdf
Brocklehurst, N., Kammerer, C. F., and Benson, R. J., 2020, The origin of tetrapod herbivory: effects on local plant diversity: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 287, 7pp. Link to pdf
Cisneros, J. C., Angielczyk, K., Kammerer, C. F., Smith, R. M. H., 2020, Captorhinid reptiles from the lower Permian Pedra do Fogo Formation, Piaui, Brazil: the earliest herbivorous tetrapods in Gondwana: PeerJ 8:e8719 DOI 10.7717/peerj.8719, 21pp. Link to pdf
Day, M. O., and Rubidge, B. S., 2020, Biostratigraphy of the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa: Geological Society of South Africa, v. 123, p. 149-164. Link to pdf
van Den Brant, M. J., Abdala, F., and Rubidge, B. S., 2020, Cranial morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the Middle Permian pareiasaur Embrithosaurus schwarzi from the Karoo Basin of South Africa; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 188, p. 202-241.
Hamley, T., Cisneros, J. C., and Damiani, R., 2020, A procolophonid reptile from the lower Triassic of Australia: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 56pp. (Eomurruna yurrgensis, Saurodectes kitchingorum = Owenetta kitchingorum , Youngetta dongshengensis = Eumetabolodon dongshengensis)
MacDougall, M. J., Verriere, A., Wintrich,T., LeBlanc, A. R. h., Fernandez, V., and Frobisch, J., 2020, Conflicting evidence for the use of caudal autotomy in mosasaurs: Scientific Reports, Published online, 9pp. Link to pdf
Marchetti, L., Voigt, S., Mujal, E., Lucas, S. G., Franchischini, H., Fortuny, J., and Santucci, V. L., 2020, Extending the footprint record of pareiasauromorpha to the Cisuralian: early appearance with wider palaeobiogeography of the group: Papers in Palaeontology, published online, 23pp. Link to pdf
Reisz, R. R., MacDougall, M. J, LeBlanc, A. R. H., Scott, D., and Nagesan, R. S., 2020, Lateralized feeding behavior in a Paleozoic reptile: Current Biology, publihsed online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Synder, A. J., LeBlanc, A. R. H., Jun C., Bevitt, J. J., and Reisz, R. R., 2020, Thecodont tooth attachment and replacment in bolosaurid parareptiles: PeerJ 8:e9168http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9168, 19pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (4)
Ambilis uchoensis HERMANSON, IORI, EVERS, LANGER & FERREIRA, 2020
Lakotemys JOYCE, ROLLOT & CIFELLI, 2020
Ragechelus LAPPARENT DE BROIN, CHIRIO & BOUR, 2020
Saxochelys LYSON, SAYLER & JOYCE, 2020
Species: Nova (5)
Ambilis uchoensis HERMANSON, IORI, EVERS, LANGER & FERREIRA, 2020
Lakotemys australodakotensis JOYCE, ROLLOT & CIFELLI, 2020
Ragechelus sahelica LAPPARENT DE BROIN, CHIRIO & BOUR, 2020
Solnhofia brachyrhyncha ANQUETIN & PUNTENER, 2020
Synonym: Nova (2)
Achelonia formosa MEYER, 1860
= Enaliochely schelonia SEELEY, 1869
Jainemys pisdurensis (JAIN, 1977) JOYCE & BANDYOPADHYAY, 2020
= Carteremys pisdurensis JAIN, 1977
= Schweboemys pisdurensis (JAIN, 1977) JAIN, 1986
Anquetin, J., and Püntener, C., 2020, A new species of thelarge-headed coastal marine turtle Solnhofia (Testudinata, Thalassochelydia) from the Late Jurassic of NW Switzerland: PeerJ 8:9931 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9931, 52pp. (Solnhofia brachyrhyncha) Link to pdf
Cadena, E.-A., 2020, Valanginian occurrence of Pelomedusoides turtles in northern South America: revision of this hypothesis based on a new fossil remain: PeerJ 8:e9810 http://doi.org/107717/peerj.9810, 12pp. Link to pdf
Colston, T. J., Kularni, P., Jetz, W., and Pyron, R. A., 2020, Phylogenetic and spatial distribution of evolutionary diversification, isolation, and threat in turtles an dcrocodilians (non-avian archosauromorphs): BMC Evolutionary Biology, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Dziomber, L., Joyce, W G., and Foth, C., 2020, The ecomorphology of the shell of extant turtles and its applications for fossil turtles: PeerJ 8:e10490 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10490, 39pp. Link to pdf
Dunne, E. M., Farnsworth, A., Greene, S. E., Lunt, D. J., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity: Palaeontology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Evers, S. W., and Joyce, W. G. 2020, A re-description of Sandowina harrisi (Testudinata: Sandownidae) from the Aptian of the Isle of Wight based on computed tomography scans: Royal Society Open Science, v. 7: 191936, published online, 24pp. Link to pdf
Evers, S. W., Rollot, Y., and Joyce, W. G., 2020, Cranial osteology of the Early Cretaceous turtle Pleurosternon bullockii (Paracryptodira: Pleurosternidae): PeerJ 8:e9454 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9454, 34 pp. Link to pdf
Ferreira, G. S., Lautenschlanger, S., Evers, S. W., Pfaff, C., Kriwet, J., Raselli, I., and Werneburg, I., 2020, Feeding biomechanics suggests progressive correlation of skull architecture and neck evolution in turtles: Scientific Reports, published on line, 10:5505, 10pp. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Guerrero, A., and Perez-Garcia, A., 2020, On the validity of the British Upper Jurassic turtle "Pleurosternon portlandicum" (Paracryptodira, Pleurosternidae): Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 46, p. 419-429. Link to pdf
Hermanson, G,. Iori, F. V., Evers, S. W., Langer, M. C., and Fereira, G S., 2020, A small podocnemidoid (Pleurodirsa, Pelomedusoides) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil, and the innervation and carotid circulation of side-necked turtles: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 6, part 2, p. 329-347. (Ambilis uchoensis)
Hu, X., Li, L., Dai, H., Wang, P., Buffetaut, E., Wei, G., Xiong, C., and Tong, H., 2020, Turtle remains from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Sichuan Basin, China: Annales de Paleontologie, v. 106, 8pp.
Ibrahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Joyce, W. G., and Bandyopadhyay, S., 2020, A reevaluation of the basal turtle Indochelys spatulata from the Early-Middle Jurassic (Toarican-Aalenian) of India, with description of new material: PeerJ 8:e8542 DOI 10.7717/peerj.8542, 21pp. Link to pdf
Joyce, W. G., and Bandyopadhyay, S., 2020, A revision of the pelomedusoid turtle Jainemys pisdurensis from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India: PeerJ, 8:e9330 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9330: 28pp. (Jainemys pisdurensis = Carteremys pisdurensis, = Schweboemys pisdurensis) Link to pdf
Joyce, W. G., and Mauser, M., 2020, New material of named fossil turtles from the Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian) of Wattendorf, Germany: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 6, 20 pp. (Achelonia formosa = Enaliochely schelonia) Link to pdf
Joyce, W. G., and Rollot, Y., 2020, An alternative interpretation of Peltochelys duchastelii as a paracryptodire: Fossil Record, v. 23, p. 83-93. Link to pdf
Joyce, W. G., Rollot, Y., and Cifelli, R. L., 2020, A new species of baenid turtle from the Early Cretaceous Lakota Formation of South Dakota: Fossil Record, v. 23, 13pp. (Lakotemys australodakotensis) Link to pdf
Lapparent de Broin, F., Chirio, L., and Bour, R., 2020, The oldest erymnochelyine turtle skull, Ragechelus sahelica n. gen., n. sp., from the Iullemmeden basin, Upper Cretaceous of Africa, and the associated fauna in its geographical and geological context: Geodiversitas, v. 42, n. 25, p. 455-484. (Ragechelus sahelica)
Lapparent de Broin, F., and Prasad, G. V R., 2020, Chelonian pelomedusoides remians from the Late Cretaceous of Upparhatti (Southwestern India): systematics and paleobiogeographical implications: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 7, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 123-180.
Limaverde, S., Pegas, R. V., Damasceno, R., Villa, C., Oliveira, G. R., Bonde, N., adn Leal, M. E. C., 2020, Interpreting character variation in turtles: Araripemys barretoi (Pleurodira: Pelomedusoides) from the Araripe Basin, Early Cretaceous of Northeastern Brazil: PeerJ 8:e9840 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9840, 29pp. Link to pdf
Lyson, T. R., Sayler, J. L., and Joyce, W. G., 2019 (published 2020), A new baenid turtle, Saxochelys gilberti, gen. et sp. nov., from the Uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation: sexual dimorphism and spatial nihe partitioning within the most speciose group of Late Cretaceous Turtle: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 4, e 1662428, 18pp. (Saxochelys gilberti)
Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., Walsh, S., Butler, R. J., Castro, T. A., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Review Article, Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, 22pp. Link to pdf
Perez-Garcia, A., 2020, First evidence of a bothremydid turtle (crown Pleurodira) in the Middle Cretaceous of Castile and Leon (Spain): Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 46, p. 363-368. Link to pdf
Püntener, C., Anquetin, J., and Billon-Bruyat, J.-P., 2020, New material of "Eursternidae" (Thalassochelydia, Pan-Cryptodira) from the Kimmeridgian of the Swiss Jura Mountains: PAlaeo Vertebratea, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Synder, K., McLain, M., Wood, J., and Chadwick, A., 2020, Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 31 pp. Link to pdf
Uranbileg, L., Purevsuren, S., Purevsuren, B., Enkhbaatar, B., Buyantegsh, B., Ganzorig, B., Zorig, E., and Undarya, J., 2020, Preliminary results of biostratigraphic studies of Lower Cretaceous sediments in the Ergel-Khaliv area, SE Mongolia: Mongolian Geoscientist, v. 50, p. 11-22.
Genus: Nova (4)
Dendromaia unamakiensis MADDIN, MANN & HEBERT, 2020
Feralisaurus CAVICCHINI, ZAHER & BENTON, 2020
Gunakadeit DRUCKENMILLER, KELLEY, METZ & BAICHTAL, 2020
Vellbergia SOBRAL, SIMOES & SCHOCH, 2020
Species: Nova (4)
Dendromaia unamakiensis MADDIN, MANN & HEBERT, 2020
Feralisaurus corami CAVICCHINI, ZAHER & BENTON, 2020
Gunakadeit joseeae DRUCKENMILLER, KELLEY, METZ & BAICHTAL, 2020
Vellbergia bartholomaei SOBRAL, SIMOES & SCHOCH, 2020
Anonymous, 2020, Researchers discover fossils of new species in Arizona: Phys Org, 2pp. Link to pdf
Cavicchini, I., Zaher, M., and Benton, M. J., 2020, An enigmatic neodiapsid reptile from the Middle Triassic of England: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 3, e1781143, 18pp. (Feralisaurus corami)
Cernansky, A., Klein, N., Renesto, S., Michalik, J., Surka, J., and Sentpetery, M., 2020, The first skeletal evidence of an Upper Triassic (Rhaetian) diapsid reptile from the western Carpathians (Strazov Highlands, Slovakia): Geologica Carpathica, v. 71, n 2, p. 134-149. Link to pdf
Druckenmiller, P. S., Kelley, N. P., Metz, E. T. and Baichtal, J., 2020, An articulated Late Triassic (Norian) Thalattosauroid form Alaska and ecomorphology and extinction of Thalattosauria: Scientific Reports, published online, 14pp. (Gunakadeit joseeae) Link to pdf
Dugeon, T. W., Maddin, H. C., Evans, D. C., and Mallon, J. C., 2020, Computed tomography analysis of the cranium of Champososaurus lindoei and implications for choristoderan neomorphic ossificaiton: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 30pp. Link to pdf
Dunne, E. M., Farnsworth, A., Greene, S. E., Lunt, D. J., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity: Palaeontology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Jiang, D.-Y., Motani, R., Tintori, A., Rieppel,O., Ji, C., Zhou, M., Wang, X., Lu, H., and Li, Z-G., 2020, Evidence supporting predation of 4-m marine reptile by Triassic megapredator: Cel Press, Open Acess, iScience, Link to pdf
Simoes, T. R., Vernygora, O,. Caldwell, M. W., and Pierce, S. E., 2020, Megaveolutionary dynamics and the timing of evolutonary innovation in reptiles: Nature Communications, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Sobral, G., Simoes, T. R., and Schroch, R. R., 2020, A tiny new Middle Triassic stem-lepidosauromorph from Germany: implications for the early evolution of Lepidosauromorhps and the Vellberg Fauna: Scientific Reports, Published online, 9pp. (Vellbergia bartholomaei) Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (7)
Boipeba FACHINI, ONARY, PALCI, LEE, BRONZATI & HSIOU, 2020
Bothriagenys WICK & SHILLER II, 2020
Gavialimimus STRONG, CALDWELL, KONISHI & PALCI, 2020
Gnathomortis LIVELY, 2020
Hydrargysaurus WICK & SHILLER II, 2020
Hypostylos WICK & SHILLER II, 2020
Neokotus BITTENCOURT, SIMOES, CALDWELL & LANGER, 2020
Species: Nova (6)
Boipeba tayasuensis FACHINI, ONARY, PALCI, LEE, BRONZATI & HSIOU, 2020
Bothriagenys flectomendax WICK & SHILLER II, 2020
Gavialimimus almaghribensis STRONG, CALDWELL, KONISHI & PALCI, 2020
Hydrargysaurus gladius WICK & SHILLER II, 2020
Hypostylos lehmani WICK & SHILLER II, 2020
Neokotus sanfranciscanus BITTENCOURT, SIMOES, CALDWELL & LANGER, 2020
Synonym: Nova (1)
Gnathomortis stadtmani (KASS, 1999) LIVELY, 2020
= Prognathodon stadtmani KASS, 1999
Alvarez-Herrera, G., Agnolin, F., and Novas, F., 2020, A rostral neurovascular system in the mosasaur Taniwhasauus antarcticus: The Science of Nature, v. 107, 19, 5pp.
Bastiaans, D., Kroll, J. F., Jagt, J. W. M., and Schulp, 2020, Cranial palaeopathologies in a Late Cretaceous mosasaur from the Netherlands: Cretaceous Research, v. 112, 14pp. Link to pdf
Bittencourt, J. S., Simoes, T. R., Caldwell, M. W., and Langer, M. C., 2020, Discovery of the oldest South American fossil lizard illustrtaes the cosmopolitanism of early South American squamates: Communications Biology, published online, 11 pp. (Neokotus sanfranciscanus) Link to pdf
Fachini, T. F., Onary, O., Palci, A., Lee, M. S. Y., Bronzati, M., and Hsiou, A. S., 2021, Cretaceous blind snake fromBrazil fills major gap in snake evolution: Cell Press, open acces, 13pp. (Boipeba tayasuensis) Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Frydlova, P., Mrzillkova, J., Seremeta, M, Kremen, J., Dudak, J., Zemlicka, J., Minnich, B., Kverkova, K., Nemec, P., Zach, P., and Frynta, D., 2020, Determinate growth is predominat and likely ancestral in squamate reptiles: Proceedings of the Royal Society B., v. 287: 20202737, 9pp. Link to pdf
Halliday, T. J. D., Holroyd, P. A., Gheerbrant, E., Prasad, G. V. R., Scanferla, A., Beck, R M. D., Krause, D. W., and Goswami, A., 2020, Leaving Gondwana: The changing position of the Indian subcontinent in the Global faunal network: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 9, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 227-249.
Ibrahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Ikejiri, T., Lu, Y.H., and Zhang, B., 2020, Two-step extinction of Late Cretaceous marine vertebrates in northern Gulf of Mexico prolonged biodiversity loss prior to the Chicxulub impact: Scientific Reports, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf
Jagt, J. W. M., Deckers, M. J. M., de Leebeeck, M., Donovan, S. K., and Nieuwenhuis, E., 2020, Episkeletozoans and bioerosional ichnotaxa on isoalted bones of Late Cretaceous mosasaurs and cheloniid turtles from the Maastrhicth area, the Netherlands: Geologos, v. 26, n. 1, p. 39-49. Link to pdf.
Karasawa, T., and Matsui, K., 2020, Interacting with the inaccessible: utilization of multimedia-based visual contents of Japan's National Monument, the Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis (Mosasauridae) holotype for eductional workships at Mikasa City Museum: Fossils, The Palaeontological Society of Japan: V. 208, p. 3-10. Link to pdf
LeBlanc, A R. H., Paparella, I., Lamoureux, D. O., Doschatk, M. R., and Caldwell, M. W., 2020, Tooth attachment and pleurodont implicatation in lizards: histology, development, and evolution: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 23pp.
Legendre, L. J., Rubilar-Rogers, D., Musser, G. M,. Davis, S. N., Otero, R. A., Vargas, A. O., and Clarke, J. A., 2020, A giant soft-shelled egg from the Late Cretaceous of Antartica: Nature, published online, 4pp.
Li, Z.-H., Wang, W., Hu, H., Wang, M., Yi, H.-Y., and Lu, J., 2020, Reanalysis of Oculudentavis shows it is a lizard: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 11pp. Link to pdf
Lindgren, J, and Kear, B. P., 2020, Hard evidence from soft fossil eggs: Nature, News & Views, p. 1-2. Link to pdf.
Lively, J. R., 2020, Redescription and phylogenetic assessment of 'Prognathodon' stadtmani: implications for globidensini monophyly and character homology in mosasaurinae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 3, e1784183, 17pp. (Gnathomortis stadtmani = Prognathodon stadtmani) Link to pdf
Madzia, D., and Cau, A., 2020, Estimating the evolutionary rates in mosasauroids and plesiosaurs: discussion of niche occupation in the Late Cretaceous seas: PeerJ8:e8941 http://doi.org/10.7717;peerj.8941, 31pp. Link to pdf
Martin-Silverstone, E., Habib, M. B. and Hone, D. W. E., 2020, Volant fossil vertebrates: potential for bioinspired flight technology: Tree, v. 2672, 12pp.
Owocki, K., and Madzia, D., 2020, Predatory behaviour in mosasaurid squamates inferred from tooth microstructure and mineralogy: Cretaceous Research, v. 111, 11pp.
Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., Walsh, S., Butler, R. J., Castro, T. A., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Review Article, Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, 22pp. Link to pdf
Rage, J.-C., and Gheerbrant, E., 2020, Island Africa and vertebrate evolution: a review of data and working hypotheses: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 10, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 251-264.
Smith, K. T., Schwermann, A. H., and Wilmsen, M., 2020, The oldest articulated mosasaurian remains (earliest Turonian) from Germany: Geologie und Palaontologie in Westfalen, v. 91, p. 3-23. Link to pdf
Strong, C. R. C., Caldwell, M. W., Konishi, T., and Palci, A., 2020, A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation of the problematic taxon 'Platecarpus' ptychodon: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, published online, 36pp. (Gavialimimus almaghribensis) Link to pdf
Synder, K., McLain, M., Wood, J., and Chadwick, A., 2020, Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 31 pp. Link to pdf
Wang, M., and Xing, L., 2020, A brief review of lizard inclusions in amber: Biosis: Biological Systems, v. 2, n. 1, p. 39-53. Link to pdf
Wick, S. L., and Shiller II, T. A., 2020, New taxa among a remarkably diverse assemblage of fossil squamates from the Aguja Formation (lower Campanian) of West Texas: Cretaceous Research, v. 114, 27pp. (Bothriagenys flectomendax, Hydrargysaurus gladius, Hypostylos lehmani)
Woolley, C. H., Smith, N. D., and Sertich, J. J. W., 2020, New fossil lizard specimens from a poorly-known squamate assemblage in the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA: PeerJ 8:e8846 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8846, 30pp. Link to pdf
Xing, L., O'Connor, J. K., Schmitz, L., Chiappe, L. M., McKellar, R. C., Yi, Q., and Li, G., 2020, Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceosu periodof Myanmar: Nature, v. 579, p. 245-249. (Oculudentavis khaungraae)
Xing, L., O'Connor, J K., Schmitz, L., Chiappe, L. M., McKellar, R. C., Yi, Q., and Li, G., 2020, Corrections & amendments, Retraction note: Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Mynmar: Nature, Published online, 1pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (1)
Lancirosphenodon de VIVAR, MARTINELLI, HSIOU & SOARES, 2020
Species: Nova (1)
Lancirosphenodon ferigoloi de VIVAR, MARTINELLI, HSIOU & SOARES, 2020
Jenkins, K. M., and Shaw, J. O., 2020, Bite force data suggest relationshipe between acrodont tooth implication and srong bite force: PeerJ 8:e9468 http://doi.org/10/7717/peerj.9468, 24pp. Link to pdf
LeBlanc, A. R. H., Apesteguia, S., Larsson, H. C. E., and Caldwell, M. W., 2020, Unique tooth morphology and prismatic enamel in Late Cretaceous Sphenodontians from Argentina: Current Biology Report, v. 30, 7pp. Link to pdf
Scheyer, T. M., Spiekman, S. N. F., Sues, H.-D., Ezcurra, M. D., Butler, R. J., and Jones, M. E. H., 2020, Colobops: a juvenile rhynchocephalian reptile (Lepidosauromorpha), not a diminutive archosauromorph with an unusually strong bite: Royal Society Open Science, v. 7, 192179, 14pp. Link to pdf
Simones, T. R., Caldwell, M. W., and Pierce, S. E., 2020, Sphenodontian phylogeny and the impact of model choice in Bayesian morphological clock estimates of divergence times and evolutinoary rates: BMC Biology, 18:191, 30pp. Link to pdf
Skinner, M., Whiteside, D. I., and Benton, M. J., 2020, Late Triassic island dwarfs? Terrestrial tetrapods of the Ruthian fissure (South Wales, UK) including a new genus of procolophonid: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 27pp. Link to pdf
de Vivar, P. R. R., Martinelli, A. G., Hsiou, A. S., and Soares, M. B., 2020, A new rhynchocephalian from the Late Triassic of Southern Brazil enhances eusphenodontian diversity: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 24pp. (Lancirosphenodon ferigoloi) Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (2)
Acuetzpalin BARRIENTOS-LARA & ALVARADO-ORTEGA, 2020
Thalassodraco JACOBS & MARTILL, 2020
Species: Nova (5)
Acuetzpalin carranzai BARRIENTOS-LARA & ALVARADO-ORTEGA, 2020
Cymbospondylus duelferi KLEIN, SCHMITZ, WINTRICH & SANDER, 2020
Hauffiopteryx altera MAXWELL & CORTES, 2020
Nannopterygius borealis ZVERKOV & JACOBS, 2020
Thalassodraco etchesi JACOBS & MARTILL, 2020
Synonymy: Nova (3)
Maiaspondylus cantabrigiensis
(LYDEKKER, 1888) ZVERKOV & GRIGORIEV, 2020= Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis LYDEKKER, 1888
= Brachypterygius cantabrigensis (LYDEKKER, 1888) McGOWAM & MONTANI, 2003
Nannopterygius saveljeviensis (ARKHANGELSKY, 1997) ZVERKOV & JACOBS, 2020
= Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis ARKHANGELSKY, 1997
= Ophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis (ARKHANGELSKY, 1997) MAISCH, 2010
= Yasykovia kabanovi EFIMOV, 1997
= Paraophthalmosaurus kabanovi (EFIMOV, 1997) MOON & KIRTON, 1999
Nannopterygius yasykovi (EFIMOV, 1999) ZVERKOV & JACOBS, 2020
= Yasykovia yasykovi EFIMOV, 1999
= Paraphthalmosaurus yasykovi (EFIMOV, 1999) STORRS et al, 2000
Anonymous, 2020, Prehistoric sea creature evolved pebble-shaped teeth to crush shellfish: Phys Org, published online, 3pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2020, Fishing rod 'selfie stick' and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile: Phys Org, published online, 2pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2020, New speices of Ichthyosaur discovered in museum collection: Phys Org, published online, 2pp. Link to pdf
Antczak, M., Rucinski, M. R., stachacz, M,. Matysik, M. and Krol, J. J., 2020, Diversity of vertebrate remains from the Lower Gogolin Beds (Anisian) of southern Poland: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae,v. 90, p. 15. Link to pdf
Barrientos-Lara, J. I., and Alvarado-Ortega, J., 2020, Acuetzpalin carranzai gen et sp. nov. A new ophthalmosauridae (Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of Durango, North Mexico: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 98, 102456, 16pp (Acuetzpalin carranzai)
Brignon, A., 2020, Les premieres decouvertes de vertebres Jurassiques aux Vaches Noires (Calvados, France): Actes du 1er Colloque Paleontoloige et Archeologie en Normandie de Villers-sur-Mer 5-6 octobre, 2019, p. 7-40. Link to pdf
Fernandez, M. S., Vlachos, E., Buono, M. R., Alzugaray, L., Campos, L., Sterli, J., Herrera, Y., and Paolucci, F., 2020, Fingers zipped up or baby mittens" two main tetrapod strategies to return to the sea: Biology Letters, v. 16, 20200291, 6pp. Link to pdf
Filosi, A., and Bindellini, G., 2020, Paleogeographic distribution of the Shashtasauridae: geological evidence for a waterway connecting the Arctic sea and Eastern Tethys, during the Early/Middle Anisian: Fossilia, v. 2020, p. 21-24. Link to pdf
He, Y., He, X., Xiang, K., Qiao, W., Yi, C., and An, Y., 2020, First discovery of marine reptile fosisls form the Early Triassic strata in Guoxing area, Longlin County, northwest Guangxi: Geology in China, v. 47, n. 4, p. 1260-1261. Link to pdf
Huang, J.-D., Motani, R., Jiang, D.-Y., Ren, X.-X.,Tintori, A., Rieppel, O., Zhou, M., Hu, Y.-c., and Zhang, R., 2020, Repeated evolution of durophagy during ichthyosaur radiation after mass extinction indicated by hidden dentition: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Jacobs, M. L., and Martill, D. M., 2020, A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic (Early Tithonian) Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, UK, with impilcations for Late Jurassic ichthyosaur diversity: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 12, 38 pp. (Thalassodraco etchesi) Link to pdf
Jiang, D.-Y., Motani, R., Tintori, A., Rieppel,O., Ji, C., Zhou, M., Wang, X., Lu, H., and Li, Z-G., 2020, Evidence supporting predation of 4-m marine reptile by Triassic megapredator: Cel Press, Open Acess, iScience, 17pp Link to pdf
Klein, N., Schmitz, L., Wintrich, T., and Sander, P. M., 2020, A new cymbospondylid ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2020.1748132, 27pp. (Cymbospondylus duelferi) Link to pdf
Maisch, M. W., 2020, The best-preserved skeleton of Suevoleviathan integer (Bronn, 1844) (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of south-western Germany, with a discussion on the genus: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 297, n. 2, p. 153-172.
Maxwell, E. E., and Cortes, D., 2020, A revision of the Early Jurassic ichthyosaur Hauffiopteryx (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria), and description of a new species from southwestern Germany: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 23, n. 3: a31, 43pp. (Hauffiopteryx altera) Link to pdf
Miedema, F., and Maxwell, E. E., 2019 (published 2020), Ontogeny of the braincase in Stenopterygius (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 4, e1675164, 11pp.
Moon, B. C., and Stubbs, T. L., 2020, Early high rates and disparity in the evolution of ichthyosaurs: Communications Biology, published online, 11pp.
Pardo-Perez, J. M., Kear, B. J., and Maxwell, E. E., 2020, Skeletal pathologies track body plan evolution in ichthyosaurs: Scientific Reports, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Qiao, Y., Iijima, M., and Liu, J., 2019 (published 2020), The largest hupehusuchian (Reptilia, Ichthyosauromorpha) from the lower Triassic of South China indicates early establishement of high predation pressure after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 5, e1718122, 5pp.
Renesto, S., Dal Sasso, C., Fogliazza, F., and Ragni, C., 2020, New findings reveal that the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus cornalianus is the oldest amniote with a dorsal fin: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf
Renesto, S., Dal Sasso, C., Fogliazza, F., and Ragni, C., 2020, New findings reveal that the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus cornalianus is the oldest amniote with a dorsal fin: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, n. 3, p. 511-522. Link to pdf
Reyna-Hernandez, R. A., Silva-Martinez, L. E., and Rivera-Sylva, H. E., 2021 (published 2020), Nuevos registros de ictiosaurios (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) del Jurasico Superior en Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana,v. 73, n. 1, 9pp. Link to pdf
Serafini, G., Amalfitano, J., Cobianchi, M,. Fornaciari, B., Maxwell, E. E., Papazzoni, C. A., Roghi, G., and Giusberti, L., 2020, Evidence of opportunistic feedign between Ichthyosaurs and the oldest occurrence of the hexanchid shark Notidanodon from the Upper Jurassic of Northern Italy: Rivita Itliana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 126, n. 3, p. 629-655. Link to pdf
Swaby, E. J., and Iomax, D. R., 2020, A revision of Temnodontosaurus crassimanus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Whitby, Yorkshire, UK: Historical Biology, An international Journal of Palebiology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Wintrich, T., Scaal, M., Bohmer, C,. Schellhorn, R., Kogan, I., van der Reest, A., and Sander, M, 2020, Palaeontological evidence reveals convergent evolution of intervertebral joint types in amniotes: Scientific Reports, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Zverkov, N. G., and Grigoriev, D. V., 2020, An unrevealed lineage of platypterygiines (Ichthyosauria) with peculiar forefin structure and semiglobal distributionin the mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian): Cretaceous Research, v. 115, 17pp. (Maiaspondylus cantabrigiensis = Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis, = Brachypterygius cantabrigensis)
Zverkov, N. G., and Jacobs, M. L., 2020, Revision of Nannopterygius (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae): a reapprasial of the 'inaccessible' holotype resolves a taxonomic tangle and reveals an obscure ophthalmosaurid lineage with a wide distribution: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 48 pp. (Nannopterygius saveljeviensis = Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis, = Ophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis, = Jasykovia kabanovi, = Paraophthalmosaurus kabanovi, Nannopterygius yasykovi, = Yasykovia yasykovi, = Paraphthalmosaurus yasykovi, Nannopterygius borealis)
Genus: Nova (2)
Brevicaudosaurus SHANG, WU & LI, 2020
Ophthalmothule ROBERTS, DRUCKENMILLER, CORDONNIER, DELSETT & HURUM, 2020
Species: Nova (2)
Brevicaudosaurus jiyangshanensis SHANG, WU & LI, 2020
Ophthalmothule cryostea ROBERTS, DRUCKENMILLER, CORDONNIER, DELSETT & HURUM, 2020
Antczak, M., Rucinski, M. R., stachacz, M,. Matysik, M. and Krol, J. J., 2020, Diversity of vertebrate remains from the Lower Gogolin Beds (Anisian) of southern Poland: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae,v. 90, p. 15. Link to pdf
Brignon, A., 2020, Les premieres decouvertes de vertebres Jurassiques aux Vaches Noires (Calvados, France): Actes du 1er Colloque Paleontoloige et Archeologie en Normandie de Villers-sur-Mer 5-6 octobre, 2019, p. 7-40. Link to pdf
Chaves, C. de M., Ortega, F., and Perez-Garcia, A., 2019 (pulished 2020), On the validity of the Middle Triassic sauropterygian 'Parantanosaurus zitteli' and the diversity of simosauridae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 5, e1704770, 12pp.
Chaves, C. de M., Serrano, A., Ortega, F., PErez-Garcia, A., 2020, Braincase and endocranium of the placodont Parahenodus atancensis de Miguel Chaes, Ortega & Perez-Garcia, 2018, a representative of the highly specialied clade of Henodontidae: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 19,n. 10, p. 173-186. Link to pdf
Fang, Z. C., Cheng, L., and Yan, C. B., 2020, A review of the Early Triassic Nanzhang-Yuanan Fauan of Hubei Province, Sotuh Geology: Geology and Mineral Resources of South China, v. 36, n. 1, p. 80-86. Link to pdf
Fernandez, M. S., Vlachos, E., Buono, M. R., Alzugaray, L., Campos, L., Sterli, J., Herrera, Y., and Paolucci, F., 2020, Fingers zipped up or baby mittens" two main tetrapod strategies to return to the sea: Biology Letters, v. 16, 20200291, 6pp. Link to pdf
Fischer, V., MacLaren, J. A., Soul, L. C., Bennion, R. F., Druckenmiller, P. S., and Benson, R. B. J., 2020, The macroevolutionary landscape of short-necked plesiosaurians: Scientific Reports, v. 10, 16434, 12pp. Link to pdf
Gere, K., Scheyer, T. M., Makadi, L., and Ősi, A., 2020, Placodont remains (Sauropsida, Sauropterygia) from the Tirassic of Hungary (Transdanubian Range and Villany Mountains): Palaeobiodiversity and palaeonenvironments, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Hinz, J. K., Matzke, A. T., Augustin, F. J., and Pfretzschner, H.-U., 2020, A Nothosaurus (Sauropterygia) skull form Kupferzell (Triassic, Late Ladinina: SW Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 297, n. 1, p. 101-111.
Ikejiri, T., Lu, Y. H., and Zhang, B., 2020, Two-step extinction of Late Cretaceous marine vertebrates in northern Gulf of Mexico prolonged biodiversity loss prior to the Chicxulub impact: Scientific Reports, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf
Li, Q., and Liu, J,. 2020, An Early Triassic sauropterygian and associated fauna from South China provide insights into Triassic ecosystem health: Communications Biology, published online, 11pp. Link to pdf
Madzia, D., and Cau, A., 2020, Estimating the evolutionary rates in mosasauroids and plesiosaurs: discussion of niche occupation in the Late Cretaceous seas: PeerJ8:e8941 http://doi.org/10.7717;peerj.8941, 31pp. Link to pdf
Maisch, M. W., 2020, The evoluton of the temporal region of placodonts (Diapsida: Placodontia) - a problematic issue of cranial osteology in fossil marine reptiles: Palaeodiversity, v. 13, p. 57-68. Link to pdf
McDermott, A., 2020, Dinosaur art evolves with new discoveries in paleontology: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 117, n. 6, p. p. 2728-2731. Link to pdf
Miller, C. V., O'Gorman, J. P., Salisbury, S. W., Coria, R. A., Roberts, E. M., O'Connor, P. M., Reugero, M. A., and Lamanna, M. C., 2020, A new plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) specimen from the Upper Cretaceous of West Antarctica, with comments on the ontogeny and morphological diversity of the elasmosaurid pelvic girdle: Annals of Carniege Museum, v. 86, n. 2, p. 93-106. Link to pdf
O'Gorman, J. P., 2019 (published 2020), Elasmosaurid phylogeny and paleobiogeography, with a reapprasial of Aphrosaurus furlongi from the Maastrichtian of the Moreno Formation: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 5 e1692025, 24pp.
Otero, R. A., Alarcon-Munoz, J., Soto-Acuna, S., Rojas, J., Rojas, O., and Ortiz, H., 2020, Crytoclidid plesiosaurs (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of the Atacama Desert: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 1, e1764573, 14pp.
Paramo-Fonseca, M. E., Benavides-Cabra, C. D., and Gutierrez, I. E., 2019, (published 2020), A new specimen of Stenorhynchosaurus munozi Paramo-Fonseca et al., 2016 (Plesiosauria, Pliosauridae), from the Barremian of Colombia: new morphological features and ontogenetic implications: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 4, e1663426, 16pp.
Reolid, M., and Reolid, J., 2020, First record of Triassic marine reptile (Nothosauria, Sauropterygia) from the Alpujarride complex (Internal zones of the Betic Cordillera, Spain): Estudios Geologicos, v. 76, n.1. e 126, 16pp. Link to pdf
Renesto, S., Kustatscher, E., and Gianolia, P., 2020, A putative juvenile specimen of Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Pi da Peres (Dolomites, Northern Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontolgia e Stratigrafia,v. 126, n. 2, p. 249-259. Link to pdf
Roberts, A. J., Druckenmiller, P. S., Cordonnier, B., Delsett, L. L., and Hurum, J. H., 2020, A new plesiosaurina from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transitional interval of the Slottsmoya Member (Volgian), with insights into the cranial anatomy of cryptoclidids using computed tomography: PeerJ 8:8652 DOI 10.7717/peerj.8652, 50pp. (Ophthalmothule cryostea) Link to pdf
Shang, Q.-H., Wu, X.-C., and Li, C., 2020, A new Ladinian nothosauroid (Sauropterygia) from Fuyuan, Yunnan Province, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 3, e 1789651, 17pp. (Brevicaudosaurus jiyangshanensis) Link to pdf
Wang, W., Ma, F., and Li, C, 2020, First subadult specimen of Pseuphochelys polyosteoderma (Sauropterygia, Placodontia) implies turtle-like fusion pattern of teh carapace: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 6, part 2, p. 251-264.
Wintrich, T., Scaal, M., Bohmer, C,. Schellhorn, R., Kogan, I., van der Reest, A., and Sander, M, 2020, Palaeontological evidence reveals convergent evolution of intervertebral joint types in amniotes: Scientific Reports, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Zhang, F., You, H.-D., Xiang, C., Wei, Z.-Y., Peng, G.-Z., and Wei, X.-F., 2020, New freshwater plesiosaurian materials from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of the Sichuan Basin, southwestern China: Journal of Palaeogeogrpahy, v. 9, n. 23, 11pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (5)
Elessaurus DE-OLIVEIRA, PINHEIRO, DA-ROSA, DIAS-DA-SILVA & KERBER, 2020
Oryctorhynchus SUES, FITCH & WHATLEY, 2020
Raibliania DALLA VECCHIA, 2020
Rugarhynchos WYND, NESBITT, STOCKER & HECKERT, 2020
Skybalonyx
JENKINS, PRITCHARD, MARSH, KLIGMAN, SIDOR & REED, 2020
Species: Nova (7)
Elessaurus gondwanoccidens DE-OLIVEIRA, PINHEIRO, DA-ROSA, DIAS-DA-SILVA & KERBER, 2020
Oryctorhynchus bairdi SUES, FITCH & WHATLEY, 2020
Raibliania calligarisi DALLA VECCHIA, 2020
Rugarhynchos sixmilensis WYND, NESBITT, STOCKER & HECKERT, 2020
Skybalonyx skapter JENKINS, PRITCHARD, MARSH, KLIGMAN, SIDOR & REED, 2020
T
Trilophosaurus phasmalophos KLIGMAN, MARSH, NESBITT, PARKER & STOCKER, 2020
Antczak, M., Rucinski, M. R., stachacz, M,. Matysik, M. and Krol, J. J., 2020, Diversity of vertebrate remains from the Lower Gogolin Beds (Anisian) of southern Poland: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae,v. 90, p. 15. Link to pdf
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43, n . 1, p. 438-460.
Bennett, S. C., 2020, Reassessment of the Triassic archosauriform Scleromochlus taylori: neither runner nor biped, but hopper: PeerJ. 8:e8418 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9418. 77pp. Link to pdf
Benton, M. J., 2020, The origin of endothermy in synapsids and archosaurs and arms races in the Triassic: Gondwana Research, published online, 29pp. Link to pdf
Blanco, M. V. F., Ezcurra, M. D., and Bona, P., 2020, New embryological and palaeontological evidence sheds light on the evolution of the archosauromorph ankle: Scientific Reports, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2020, Raibliania calligarisi gen. n. sp., a new tanystropheid (Diapsida, Tanystropheidae) from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of Northeastern Italy: Rivisita italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigraphia, V. 126, n. 1, p. 197-222. (Raibliania calligarisi) Link to pdf
De-Oliveira, T. M., Pinheiro, F. L., Da-Rosa, A. A. S., Dias-Da-Silva, S., and Kerber, L., 2020, A new archosauromorph from South America provides insights on the early diversification of tanystropheids: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 4, 20 pp. (Elessaurus gondwanoccidens) Link to pdf
De-Oliviera, Pinheiro, L., and Kerber, L., 2020, Sobrevivents: diversificacao de Archosauromorpha apos a extincao Permo-Triassica: Terrae, didavica, v. 16, p. 1-23. Link to pdf
Desojo, J. B., Fiorelli, L. E., Ezcurra, M. D., Martinelli, A. G., Ramezani, J., da Rosa, A. A. S., von Backo, M. B., Trotteyn, M. J., Montefeltro, F. C., Ezpeleta, M. and Langer, M. C., 2020, The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations: Scientific Reports, published online, 34pp. Link to pdf
Dudgeon, T. W., Maddin, H. C., Evans, D. C., and Mallon, J. C., 2020, The internal cranial anatomy of Champsosaurus (Choristodera: Champsosauridae): implications for neurosensory function: Scientific Reports, published online, 20 pp. Link to pdf
Dunne, E. M., Farnsworth, A., Greene, S. E., Lunt, D. J., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity: Palaeontology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Ezcurra, M. D., Jones, A. S., Gentil, A. R., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Early Archosauromorphs: the crocodile and dinosaur precursors: Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd edition, 11pp.
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Gordon, C. B., Roach, B. T., Parker, W. G., and Briggs, D. E. G., 2020, Distinguishing regurgitalites and coprolites: a case study using a Triassic bromalite with soft tissue of the Pseudosuchian Archosaur Revueltosaurus: Palaios, v. 35, n p. 111-121.
Hegron, A., Stocker, M. R., Marsh, A. D., and Nesbitt, S. J., 2020, Archosauromorphs (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lamy Quarry, Garita Creek Formation (Adamanian, Late Triassic), New Mexico, USA: Palaeodiversity, v. 13, p. 135-149. Link to pdf
Horner, J. R., and Hanson, D. A., 2020, Vertebrate paleontology of Montana: In: MBMG Special Publication 122, Geology of Montana, volume 2: Special Topics, 46pp.
Jenkins, X. A., Pritchard, A. C., Marsh, A. D., Kligman, B. T., Sidor, C. A., and Reed, K. E., 2020 (published 2021), Using manual ungual morphology to predict substrate use in the Drepanosauromorpha and the description of a new species: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Article: e1810058, v. 40, n. 5, 11pp. (Skybalonyx skapter)
Miedema, F., Fpiekman, S. n. F., Fernancez, V., Reumer, J. W. F., and Scheyer, T. M., 2020, Cranial morphology of the tanystropheid Macrocnemus bassanii unveiled using synchroton microtomography: Scientific Reports, published online, 19pp. Link to pdf
Osi, A., Szabo, M., and Botfalvai, G., 2020, Tanystropheus and other archosauromorph reptile remains from the Middle and Late Triassic of Villany (Villany Hills, Hungary): Geologica Carpathica, v. 71, n. 3, p. 264-273. Link to pdf
Skinner, M., Whiteside, D. I., and Benton, M. J., 2020, Late Triassic island dwarfs? Terrestrial tetrapods of the Ruthian fissure (South Wales, UK) including a new genus of procolophonid: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 27pp. Link to pdf
Spiekman, S. N. F., Neenan, J. M., Fraser, N. C., Fernandez, V., Rieppel, O., Nosotti, S., and Scheyer, T. M., 2020, Aquatic habits and niche partitioning in the extraordinarily long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus: Current Biology, v. 30, 7pp. (Tanystropheus hydroides) Link to pdf
Spiekman, S. N. F., Neenan, J. M., Fraser, N. C., Fernandez, V., Rieppel, O., Nosotti, S., and Scheyer, T. M., 2020, The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Arhosauromorpha) as revealed by synchtotron microtomography: PeerJ 8:e102999 DOI 10.7717/[eerj.10299: 76pp. Link to pdf
Sues, H.-D., Fitch, A. J,. and Whatley, R. L., 2020, A new rhynchosur (Reptilia, Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic of eastern North America: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 2, e1771568, 11pp. (Oryctorhynchus bairdi)
Wynd, B. M., Nesbitt, S. J., Stocker, M. R., and Heckert, A. B., 2019 (published 2020), A detailed description of Rugarhynchos sixmilensis, gen. et comb. nov. (Archosauriformes, Proterochampsia), and cranial convergence in snout elongation across stem and crown archosaurs: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 6, e1748042, 12pp. (Rugarhynchos sixmilensis)
Genus: Nova (2)
Dynamosuchus MüLLER, von BACZKO, DESJO & NESBITT, 2020
Polymorphodon SUES, SCHOCH, SOBRAL & IRMIS, 2020
Species: Nova (2)
Dynamosuchus collisensis MüLLER, von BACZKO, DESJO & NESBITT, 2020
Polymorphodon adorfi SUES, SCHOCH, SOBRAL & IRMIS, 2020
Synonym: Nova (1)
Prestosuchus nyassicus (HUENE, 1938) DESJJO, von BACZKO, & RAUHUT, 2020
= Stagonosuchus nyassicus HUENE, 1938
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43, n . 1, p. 438-460.
Barrett, P. M., Sciscio, L., Viglietti, P. A., Broderick, T. J., Suarex, C. A. Sharman, G. R., Jones, A. S., Munyikwa, D., Edwards, S. F. Chapelle, K. E. J., Dollman, K. N., Zondo, M., and Choiniere, J. N., 2020, The age of theTashinga Formation (Karoo Supergroup) in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe and the first phytosaur from mailand sub-Saharan Africa: Gondwana Research, v. 81, p. 445-460.
Benton, M. J., 2020, The origin of endothermy in synapsids and archosaurs and arms races in the Triassic: Gondwana Research, published online, 29pp. Link to pdf
Bishop, P. J., Bates, K. T., Allen, V. R., Henderson, D. M., Randau, M,. and Hutchinson, J. R., 2020, Relationships of mass properties and body proportions to locomotor habit in terrestrial Archosauria: Paleobiology, v. 46, n. 6, p. 550-568. Link to pdf
Datta, D., Mukherjee, D., and Ray, S., 2019 (published 2020), Taphonomic signatures of a new Upper Triassic phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauria) bonebed from India: aggregation of a juvenile-dominated paleocommunity: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 6, e1726361, 19pp.
Desojo, J. B., von Baczko, M. B., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2020, Anatomy, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the original collection of von Huene, Middle-Late Trriassic of southern Brazil: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 23, n. 1, :a04, 55pp. (Prestosuchus nyassicus = Stagonosuchus nyassicus) Link to pdf
Desojo, J. B., Fiorelli, L. E., Ezcurra, M. D., Martinelli, A. G., Ramezani, J., da Rosa, A. A. S., von Backo, M. B., Trotteyn, M. J., Montefeltro, F. C., Ezpeleta, M. and Langer, M. C., 2020, The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations: Scientific Reports, published online, 34pp. Link to pdf
Demuth, O. E., Rayfield, E. J., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2020, 3D hindlimb joint mobility of the stem-archosaur Euparkeria capensis with implications for potural evolution within Archosauria: Scientific Reports, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
De-Oliviera, Pinheiro, L., and Kerber, L., 2020, Sobrevivents: diversificacao de Archosauromorpha apos a extincao Permo-Triassica: Terrae, didavica, v. 16, p. 1-23. Link to pdf
Dunne, E. M., Farnsworth, A., Greene, S. E., Lunt, D. J., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity: Palaeontology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Ezcurra, M. D., Jones, A. S., Gentil, A. R., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Early Archosauromorphs: the crocodile and dinosaur precursors: Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd edition, 11pp.
Gay, R. J., Huttenlocker, A. K., Irmis, R. B., Stegner, M. A., and Ugleisch, J., 2020, Paleontology of Bears Ears National Monument (Utah, USA)-history of exploration, study, and designation: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 205-241. Link to pdf
Gordon, C. B., Roach, B. T., Parker, W. G., and Briggs, D. E. G., 2020, Distinguishing regurgitalites and coprolites: a case study using a Triassic bromalite with soft tissue of the Pseudosuchian Archosaur Revueltosaurus: Palaios, v. 35, n p. 111-121.
Keebler, E., and Benton, M. J., 2020, Three-dimensional tomographic study of dermal armour from the tail of the Triassic aetosaur Stagonolepis robertsoni: Scottish Journal of Geology, Published online, 8pp.
Lecuona, A., Desojo, J. B., and Cerda, I. A., 2020, New information on the anatomy and histology of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Chanares Formation (early Carnian), Argentina: Comptes Rendus Palevol,v. 19, n. 3, p. 40-62. Link to pdf
Maidment, S. C. R., Sennikov, A. G., Ezcurra, M. D., Dunne, E. M., Gower, D. J., Hendrick, B. P., Meade, L. E., Paven, T. J., Paschechenko, D. I., and Butler, R. J., 2020, The postcranial skeleton of erythrosuchid archosauriform Garjainia prima from the Early Triassic of European Russia: Royal Society Open Science, v. 7, 36pp. Link to pdf
Marsh, A. D., Smith, M. E., Parker, W. G., Irmis, R. B., and Kligman, B. T., 2020, Skeletal anatomy of Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry, 1995 (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its implicaions for the origin of the Aetosaurian carapace: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1794885-2, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1794885, 26pp.
Müller, R. T., von Baczko, M. B., Desojo, J. B., and Nesbitt, S. J., 2020, The first ornithosuchid from Brazil and its macroevolutionary and phylogenetic implications for Late Triassic faunas in Gondwana: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, 10pp. (Dynamosuchus collisensis) Link to pdf
Nesbitt, S. J., Zawiskie, J. M., and Dawley, R. M., 2020, The osteology and phylogenetic position of the loricatan (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) Heptasuchus clarki, from the ?Mid-Upper Triassic, southeastern Big Horn Mountains, Central Wyoming (USA): PeerJ 8:e10101, 57pp. Link to pdf
Pavanatto, A. E. B., Da-Rosa, A. A. S., Temp-Muller, R., Roberto-Da-Silva, L., Ribeiro, A M., Martinelli, A. G., and Dias-da-Silva, S., 2020, Bortolin site, a new fossiliferous locality in the Triassic (Ladinian/Carnian) of southern Brazil: Revista Brasileira de Paleontolgia, v. 23, n. 2, p. 123-137. Link to pdf
Sookias, R. B., Dilkes, D., Sobral, G., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, F. P., Arcucci, A. B., Bhullar, B.-A. S., and Werneburg, I., 2020, The craniomandibular anatomy of the early archosauriform Euparkeira capensis and the down of the archosaur skull: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Open Science, v. 7: 200116, 80pp. Link to pdf
Sues, H.-D., Schoch, R. R., Sobral, G., and Irmis, R. B., 2020, A new archosauriform reptile with distinctive teeth from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Germany: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1765968, 14pp. (Polymorphodon adorfi)
Sues, H.-D., Schoch, R. R., Sobral, G., and Irmis, R. B., 2020, A new archosauriform reptile with distinctive teeth from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Germany: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 1, e1765968, 14pp. (Polymorphodon adorfi)
von Baczko, M. B., Desojo, J. B., and Ponce, D., 2019 (published 2020), Postcranial anatomy and osteoderm histology of Riojasuchus tenuisceps and a phylogenetic update on ornithosuchidae (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 5, e1693396, 25pp.
Genus: Nova (17)
Andrianavoay JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
Astorogosuchus MARTIN, ANTOINE, PERRIER, WELCOMME, METAIS, & MARIVAUX, 2019 (published 2020)
Charitomenosuchus JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
Clovesuurdameredeor JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
Deinosuchus COSSETTE & BROCHU, 2020a
Deslongchampsina JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020a
Dorbignysuchus JOUVE, de MUIZON, CESPEDES-PAZ, SOSSA-SORUCO & KNOLL, 2020
Luciasuchus JOUVE, de MUIZON, CESPEDES-PAZ, SOSSA-SORUCO & KNOLL, 2020
Neosteneosaurus JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
Ogresuchus SELLES, BLANCO, VILA, MARMI, LOPEZ-SORIANO, LLACER, FRIGOLA, CANALS & GALOBART, 2020
Paludirex RISTEVSKI, YAES, PRICE, MILNAR, WEISBECKER & SALISBURY, 2020
Plagiophthalmosuchus JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
Proexochokefalos JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
Rodeosuchus JOUVE, de MUIZON, CESPEDES-PAZ, SOSSA-SORUCO & KNOLL, 2020
Scolomastax NOTO, DRUMHELLER, ADAMS & TURNER, 2020
Seldsienean JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
Thalattosuchus YOUNG, BRIGNON, SACHS, HORNUNG, FOFFA, KITSON, JONHSON & STEEL, 2020
Yvridiosuchus JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020a
Species: Nova (9)
Dorbignysuchus niatu JOUVE, de MUIZON, CESPEDES-PAZ, SOSSA-SORUCO & KNOLL, 2020
Indosinosuchus kalasinensis JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
Luciasuchus lurusinqa JOUVE, de MUIZON, CESPEDES-PAZ, SOSSA-SORUCO & KNOLL, 2020
Melanosuchus latrubessei SOUZA-FILHO, GUILHERME, TOLEDO, SOUZA CARVALHO, NEGRI, ROCHA MACHIENTE, CIDADE, SILVA LACERDA & SOUZA, 2020
Ogresuchus furatus SELLES, BLANCO, VILA, MARMI, LOPEZ-SORIANO, LLACER, FRIGOLA, CANALS & GALOBART, 2020
Paludirex vincenti RISTEVSKI, YAES, PRICE, MILNAR, WEISBECKER & SALISBURY, 2020
Rodeosuchus machukiru JOUVE, de MUIZON, CESPEDES-PAZ, SOSSA-SORUCO & KNOLL, 2020
Scolomastax sahlsteini NOTO, DRUMHELLER, ADAMS & TURNER, 2020
Synonym: Nova (9)
Andrianavoay baroni (NEWTON, 1893) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
= Steneosaurus baroni NEWTON, 1893
Astorogosuchus bugtiensis (PILGRM, 1912) MARTIN, ANTOINE, PERRIER, WELCOMME, METAIS, & MARIVAUX, 2019 (published 2020)
= Crocodilus bugtiensis PILGRM, 1912
Charitomenosuchus leedsi (ANDREWS, 1909) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
= Steneosaurus leedsi ANDREWS, 1909
Clovesuurdameredeor stephani (HULKE, 1871) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
= Steneosaurus stephani HULKE, 1871
Deslongchampsina larteti (EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1866) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020a
= Teleosaurus larteti EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1866
= Stenosaurus larteti (EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1866) EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1868
= Teleosaurus brevidens PHILIPS, 1871
= Steneosaurus meretrix PHIZACKERLEY, 1951
Neosteneosaurus edwardsi (EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1868) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
= Steneosaurus edwardsi EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1868
Plagiophthalmosuchus gracilirostris (WESTPHAL, 1961) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
= Steneosaurus gracilirostris WESTPHAL, 1961
Proexochokefalos heberti (MOREL DE GLASVEILLE, 1876) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
= Steneosaurus herberti MOREL DE GLASVILLE, 1876
Seldsienean megistorhynchus (EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1866) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020b
= Steneosaurus megistorhynchus EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1866
Yvridiosuchus boutilieri (EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1868) JOHNSON, YOUNG & BRUSATTE, 2020a
= Teleosaurus boutilieri EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1868
Thalattosuchus susperciliosus (BLAINVILLE in EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1852) YOUNG, BRIGNON, SACHS, HORNUNG, FOFFA, KITSON, JONHSON & STEEL, 2020
= Crocodilius superciliosus BLAINVILLE in EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1852
= Steneosaurus rostro-minor GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, 1825
= Streptospondylus aldifordensis MEYER, 1832
= Teleosaurus blainvillei EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1867
= Metriorhynchus superciliosus (BLAINVILLE in EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1852) EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1869
Metriorhynchus moreli EUDES-DESLONGCHAMPS, 1867-69
= Steneosaurus dasyceps SEELEY, 1869
= Metriorhynchus jaekeli SCHMIDT, 1904
Anonymous, 2020, Crikey! Massive prehistoric croc emerges from South East Queensland: Phys Org, 3pp.
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Cidade, G. M., Fortier, D., and Hsiou, A. S., 2020, Taxonomic and phylogenetic review of Necrosuchus ionensis (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) and the early evolution and radiation of caimanies: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 189, p. 567-669. Link to pdf
Cidade, G. M., Rincon, A. D., and Solorzano, A., 2020, New cranial and postcranial elements of Mourasuchus (Alligatororidea: Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Venezuela and thier palaeobiologicla implications: Historical Biology, published online, 13pp.
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Halliday, T. J. D., Holroyd, P. A., Gheerbrant, E., Prasad, G. V. R., Scaferla, A., Beck, R. M. D., Krause, D. W., and Goswami, A., 2020, Leaving Gondwana: the changing position of the Indian Subcontinent in the global faunal nework: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New prespectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 9, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 227-249.
Hart, L. J., 2020, Taxonomic clarifications concerning the crocodyliform genus Isisforida: PeerJ 8:e8630 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8630, 5pp. (Isisfordia selaslophensis = Isisfordia molnari) Link to pdf
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Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L., 2020, Emptying the wastebasket: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph Steneosaurus: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, publihsed online, 21pp.
Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L., 2020, Emptying the wastebasket: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph Steneosaurus: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 189, p. 428-448. Link to pdf
Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L., 2020a, Re-descrition of two contemporaneous mesorostrine teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha; Thalattosuchia) from the Bathonian of England and insights into the early evolution of Macrimosaurini: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 189, p. 449-482. (Deslongchampsina larteti = Teleosaurus larteti, = Stenosaurus larteti, = Teleosaurus brevidens, = Steneosaurus meretrix, Yvridiosuchus boutilieri = Teleosaurus boutilieri) Link to pdf
Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L., 2020b The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for thier ecology and evolution: PeerJ 8:e9808 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9808, 157pp. (Plagiophthalmosuchus gracilirostris = Steneosaurus gracilirostris, Clovesuurdameredeor stephani = Steneosaurus stephani, Indosinosuchus kalasinensis, Seldsienean megistorhynchus = Steneosaurus megistorhynchus, Charitomenosuchus leedsi = Steneosaurus leedsi, Proexochokefalos heberti = Steneosaurus herberti, Andrianavoay baroni = Steneosaurus baroni, Neosteneosaurus edwardsi = Steneosaurus edwardsi) Link to pdf
Jouve, S., de Muizon, C., Cespedes-Paz, R., Sossa-Soruco, V., and Knoll, S., 2020, The longirostrine crocodyliforms from Bolovia and thier evoution throught the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary, published online, 35pp. (Rodeosuchus machukiru, Dorbignysuchus niatu, Luciasuchus lurusinqa) Link to pdf
Kean, K. J., Foffa, D., Johnson, M. J., Young, M. T., Greitens, G., and Brusatte, S. L., 2020, First and most northern occurrence of a thalattosuchian crocodylomorph from the Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland: Scottish Journal of Geology, v. 57, 13pp.
Leardi, J. M., Yanez, I., and Pol, D., 2020, South American crocodylomorphs (Archosauria; Crocodylomorpha): a review of the early fossil record in the continent and its relevance on understanding the origins of the clade: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 104, 15pp.
Lee, H. W., Esteve-Altava, B., and Abzhanov, A., 2020, Evolutionary and ontogenetic changes of the anatomical organization and modularity in the skull of archosaurs: Scientific Reports, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf
Martin, J. E., Antoine, P.-O., Perrier, V., Welcomme, J.-L., Metais, G., and Marivaux, L., 2019 (published 2020), A large crocodyloid from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 4, e1671427 (8 pp) Astorogosuchus bugtiensis = Crocodilus bugitensis)
Martin, J. E., Smith, T., Salaviale, C., Adrien, J., and Delfino, M., 2020, Virtual reconstruction of the skull of Bernissartia fagesii and current understanding of the neosuchian-eusuchian transition: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 23pp.
Milna, J., Falkingham, P. L., and Mueller-Towe, I. J., 2020, Small ornithopod dinosaur tracks and crocodilian remains form the Middle Jurassic Baga Fromation, Bornholm, Denmark: important additions to the rare Middle Jurassic vertebrate faunas of Northern Europe: Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, v. 68, p. 245-253. Link to pdf
Montefeltro, F. C., Bronzati, M, Langer, M., and Anelli, L. E., 2019 (published 2020), A new specimen of Sussuchus anatoceps (Crocodyliformes, Neosucha) with a non-eusuchian-type palate: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 5, e1716240, 4pp.
Narvaez, I., Brochu, C. A., de Celis, A,. Codrea, V., Escaso, F., Perez-Garcia, A,. and Ortega, F., 2020, New diagnosis for Allodaposuchus precedens, the type species of the European Upper Cretaceous clade Allodaposuchidae: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 189, p. 618-634. Link to pdf
Noto, C. R., Drumheller, S. K., Adams, T. L., and Turner, A. H., 2020, An enigmatic skull neosuchian crocodyliform from the Woodbine Formaiton of Texas: The anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 801-812. (Scolomastax sahlsteini) Link to pdf
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Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., Walsh, S., Butler, R. J., Castro, T. A., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Review Article, Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, 22pp. Link to pdf
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Puertolas-Pascual, E., and Mateus, O., 2020, Erattum to: A three-dimensional skeleton of Goniopholididae from the Late Jurassic of Portugal: implications for the crocodylomorph bracing system: Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, v. 189, p. 721. Link to pdf
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Wintrich, T., Scaal, M., Böhmer, C,. Schellhorn, R., Kogan, I., van der Reest, A., and Sander, M, 2020, Palaeontological evidence reveals convergent evolution of intervertebral joint types in amniotes: Scientific Reports, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
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Young, M. T., Foffa, D., Steel., L., and Etches, S. 2020, Macroevolutionary trends in the genus Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha; Metriorhynchidae) and discovery of a giant specimen from the Late Jurassic of Kimmeridge, UK: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 189, p. 483-493. Link to pdf
Young, M. T., Sachs, S., Abel,P., Foffa, D., herrera,Y., and Kitson, J. J. N., 2020, Convergent evolution and possible constraint in the posterodorsal retraction of the external nares in pelagic crocodylomorphs: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 189, p. 494-520.
Genus: Nova (7)
Albadraco SOLOMON, CODREA, VENCZEL & GRELLET-TINNER, 2020
Apatorhamphus McPHEE, IBRAHIM, KAO, UNWIN, SMITH & MARTILL, 2020
Luchibang HONE, FITCH, MA & XU, 2020
Luopterus HONE, 2012
Nicorhynchus HOLGADO & PEGAE, 2020
\Ordosipterus JI, 2020
Otogopterus JI & ZHANG, 2020
Species: Nova (7)
Albadraco tharmisensis SOLOMON, CODREA, VENCZEL & GRELLET-TINNER, 2020
Apatorhamphus gyrostega McPHEE, IBRAHIM, KAO, UNWIN, SMITH & MARTILL, 2020
Luchibang xingzhe HONE, FITCH, MA & XU, 2020
Nicorhynchus fluviferox HOLGADO & PEGAE, 2020
Ordosipterus planignathus JI, 2020
Otogopterus haoae JI & ZHANG, 2020
Uktendactylus rodriguesae HOLGADO & PEGAE, 2020
Synonym: Nova (3)
Ikandraco machaerorhynchus (SEELEY, 1870) AVERIANOV, 2020
= Ptenodactylus machaerorhynchus SEELEY, 1869 (nomen nudum)
= Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus SEELEY, 1870
= Lonchodectes microdon HOOLEY, 1914
= Lonchodectes oweni HOOLEY, 1914
Luopterus mutoutdengensis (LU & HONE, 2012) HONE, 2012
= Dendrorhynchoides mutoutdengensis LU & HONE, 2012
Nicorhynchus capito (SEELEY, 1870) HOLGADO & PEGAE, 2020
= Ornithocheirus capito SEELEY, 1870
= Coloborhynchus capito (SEELEY, 1870) UNWIN, Lü & BAKHURINA, 2000
Alarcon-Munoz, J., Soto-Acuna, S., Codorniu, L., Rubilar-Rogers, D., Sallaberry, M., and Suarez, M., 2020, New ctenochasmatid pterosaur record from Gondwana: discovery in the Lower Cretaceous continental deposites of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile: Cretaceosu Reserach, v. 110, 104378, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2020, The pterosaurs of Chile: thier disovery and current state of knowledge: Museo de Historia Natural y Cultural Del Deisierto de Atacama, Calama, Chile. Publicacon ocasional no. 3, 114pp. Link to pdf
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Averianov, A. O., and Arkhangelsky, M. S., 2020, A large pteranodontid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceousof Eastern Europe: Geological Magazine, published online, 13pp.
Baron, M. G., 2020, Testing pterosaur ingroup relationships through broader sampling of avemetatarsalian taxa and characters and a range of phylogenetic analysis techniques: PeerJ 8:e9604 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9604, 26pp. Link to pdf
Benton, M. J., 2020, The origin of endothermy in synapsids and archosaurs and arms races in the Triassic: Gondwana Research, published online, 29pp. Link to pdf
Bestwick, J., Unwin, D. M., Butler, R. J., and Purnell, M. A., 2020, Dietary diversity and evolution of the earliest flying vertebrates revealed by dental microwear texture analysis: Nature Communications 11, Article number: 5293, 9pp. Link to pdf
Chen, H., Jiang, S., Kellner, A. W. A., Cheng, X., Zhang, X., Qui, R., Li, Y., and Wang, X., 2020, New anatomical information on Dsungaripterus weii Young, 1964 with focus on the palatal region: PeerJ 8:e8741 DOI 10.7717/peerj.8741, 18pp. Link to pdf
Elgin, R. A., and Hone, D. W. E., 2020, A review of two large pterodactyloid specimens from the Solnhofen of southern Germany: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 23, n. 2, a13, 11pp. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Frey, E. D., Stinnesbeck, W., Martill, D. M., River Sylva, H. E., and Muzquiz, H. P., 2020, On the geologically youngest remains of an ornithocheirid pterosaur from the late Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of northeastern Mexico: implications fo rornithocheirid paleogeography and extinction: PalaeoVertebfata, publisehd online, 12pp. Link to pdf
Hoffmann, R., Bestwick, J., Berndt, G. Berndt, R., Fuchs, D, and Klug, C., 2020, Pterosaurs ate soft-bodied cephalopds (Coleoidea): Scientific Reports, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Holgado, B., and Pegas, R. V., 2020, A taxonomic and phylogenetic review of the anhanguerid pterosaur group Coloborhynchinae and the new clade Tropeognathinae: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, published online, 19pp. (Nicorhynchus capito = Ornithocheirus capito, = Coloborhynchus capito, Nicorhynchus fluviferox, Uktendactylus rodriguesae) Link to pdf
Hone, D. W. E., 2020, A review of the taxonomy and palaeoecology of the anurognathidae (Reptilia, Pterosauria): Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 94, n. 5, p. 1676-1692. (Luopterus mutoutdengensis = Dendrorhynchoides mutoutdengensis) Link to pdf
Hone, D. W. E., Fitch, A. J., Ma, F., and Xu, X., 2020, An unsual new genus of istiodactylid pterosaur from China based on a near complete specimen: Palaeontologica Electronica, v. 23, n. 1, a09, 43pp. (Luchibang xingzhe) Link to pdf
Hone, D. W. E., Ratcliffe, J. M., Riski, D. K., Hermanson, J. W., and Reisz, R. R., 2020, Unique near isometric ontogeny in the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus suggest hatchlings could fly: Lehaia, https://doi.org/10.111/let.12391, 7pp. Link to pf
Hornung, J. J., 2020, Comments on "Ornithocheirus hilsensis" Koken, 1883 - one of the earliest dinosaur discoveries in Germnay: Pal Arch, Paleontology and Egyyptology, v. 17, n. 1, 12pp. Link to pdf
Ibrahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Jacobs, M. L., Martill, D. M., Unwin, D. M., Ibrahim, N,. Zouhri, S., and Longrich, N. R., 2020, New toothed pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiridae) from the Middle Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Morocco and implications for pterosaur palaeobiogeograp and diversity: Cretaceous Research, v. 110, 104414, 16pp.
Ji, S.-A., 2020, First record of Early Cretacous pterosaur from the Ordos Region, Inner Mongolia, China: Chinna Geology, v. 1, p. 1-7. (Ordosipterus planignathus) Link to pdf
Ji, S.-A., and Zhang, L., 2020, A new Early Cretaceous pterosaur from the Ordos region, Inner Mongolia: Earth Science Frontiers,v. 27, n. 6, p. 365-370. (Otogopterus haoae) Link to pdf
Jiang, S., Li, Z,. Cheng, X., and Wang, X., 2020, The first pterosaur basihyal, shedding light on the evolution and function of pterosaur hyoid apparatuses: PeerJ 8:e8292 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8292, 17pp. Link to pdf
Jiang, S.-X., Zhang, X.-J., Cheng, X., and Wang, X.-L., 2020, A new pteranodontoid pterosaur forelimb from the Upper Yixian Formation, with a revision of Yixianopterus jingangshanensis: Vertebrata Palasiatica, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Martin-Silverstone, E., Habib, M. B. and Hone, D. W. E., 2020, Volant fossil vertebrates: potential for bioinspired flight technology: Tree, v. 2672, 12pp.
McPhee, J., Ibrahim, N,. Kao, A., Unwin, D. M., Smith, R., and Martill, D. M., 2020, A nw ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of southern Morocco: Cretaceous Research, v. 119, 17pp. (Apatorhamphus gyrostega)
Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., Walsh, S., Butler, R. J., Castro, T. A., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Review Article, Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, 22pp. Link to pdf
Park, J.-Y., Lee, S., Kim, S.-H., Son, M., and Lee, Y.-L., 2020, A pterosaur wing phalanx from the Lower Cretaceous Hasandong Formation of Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea: Journal of the Geological Society of Korea,v. 56, n. 1, p. 77-84. Link to pdf
Solomon, A. A., Codrea, V. A., Venczel, M., and Grellet-Tinner, G., 2020, A new species of large-sized pterosaur from the Maastrichtian of Transylvania (Romania): Cretaceous Research, v. 110, 104316, 18pp. (Albadraco tharmisensis)
Unwin, D. M., and Martill, D. M., 2020, No protofeathers on pterosaurs: Nature Ecology & Evolution, publihsed on line, 2 pp.
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Wang, X,. Li, Y., Qiu, R., Jiang, S., Zhang, X., Chen, H. Wang, J., andCheng, X., 2020, Comparison of biodiversity of the Early Cretaceous pterosaur faunas of China: Earth Science Frontiers,v. 27,n. 6, p. 347364. Link to pdf
Woodruff, D. C., Naish, D., and Dunning, J., 2020, Photoluminenscent visual displays: an additional function of integumentary structures in extinct archosaurs? Historical Biology, an International Jounral of Paleobiology, published online, 8pp.
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Genus: Nova (1)
Kongonaphon KAMMERER, NESBITT, FLYNN, RANIVOHARIMANANA & WYSS, 2020
Species: Nova (1)
Kongonaphon kely KAMMERER, NESBITT, FLYNN, RANIVOHARIMANANA & WYSS, 2020
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43, n . 1, p. 438-460.
Baron, M. G., 2020, Difficulties with the origin of dinosaurs: a short comment on the current debate: Palaeovertebrata, publishe donline, 5pp. Link to pdf
Beyl, A., Nesbitt, S., and Stocker, M. E., 2020, An Otischalkian dinosauromorph assemblage from the Los Esteros Member (Santa Rosa Formation) of New Mexico and its implications for biochronology and lagerpetid body size: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 1, e1765788, 22pp.
Bradley, A. B., Burch, S. H., Turner, A. H., Smith, N. D., Irmis, R. B., and Nesbitt, S. J., 2019 (published 2020), Sternal elements of early dinosaurs fill a critical gap in the evolution of the sternum in avemetatarsalia (Reptilia: Archosauria): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 5, e1700992, 12pp.
Ezcurra, M. D., Nesbitt, S. J., Bronzati, M., Dalla Vecchia, F. M., Agnolin, F. L., Benson, R. B. J., Egli, F. B., Cabreira, S. F., Evers, S. W., Gentil, A. R., Irmis, R. B,. Martinelli, A. G., Novas, F. E., da Silva, L. R., Smith, N. D., Stocker, M. R., Turner, A. H., and Langer, M. C., 2020, Enigmatic dinosaur precursors bridge the gap to the origin of Pterosauria: Nature, published online, 5pp. Supplementary data
Kammerer, C. F., Nesbitt, S. J., Flynn, J. J., Ranivoharimanana, L., and Wyss, A. R., 2020, A tiny ornithodiran archosaur from the Triassic of Madagascar and the role of miniaturization in dinosaur and pterosaur ancestry: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, latest article, 5pp. (Kongonaphon kely) Link to pdf
Marsa, J. A. G., Agnolin, F. L., and Novas, F. E., 2020, Comparative bone microstructure of three archosauromorphs from the Carnian, Late Triassic Chanares Formation of Argentina: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf
Marsh, A. D., and Parker, W. G., 2020, New dinosauromorph specimens from Petrified Forest National Park and a global biostratigraphic review of Triassic dinosauromorph body fossils: PaleoBios, v. 37, p. 1-56. Link to pdf
Müller, R. T., and Garcia, M. S., 2020, A paraphyletic 'Silesauridae' as an alternative hypothesis for the initial radiation of ornithischian dinosaurs: Biology Letters, v. 16, 20200417, 5pp. Link to pdf
Müller, R. T., Garcia, M. S., and Pretto, F. A., 2020, Comments on additional dinosaur specimens from the Janner Site (Upper Triassic of the Barana Basin), southern Brazil: Revista Brasileria de Paleontologia, v. 23, n. 3, p. 171-184. Link to pdf
Nesbitt, S. J., Langer, M. C., and Ezcurra, M. D., 2020, The anatomy of Asilisaurus kongwe, a dinosauriform from the Lifua Member of the Manda Beds (~Middle Triassic) of Africa: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 813-873. Link to pdf
Padian, K., 2020, Close kin of the first flying vertebrates identified: Nature, v. 588, p. 400-401. Link to pdf
Genus: New (11)
Aratasaurus SAYAO, SARAIVA, BRUM, BANTIM, de ANDRADE, CHENG, de LIMA, de PAULA SILVA & KELLNER, 2020
Dineobellatro JASINSKI, SULLIVAN & DODSON, 2020
Lusovenator MALAFAIA, MOCHO, ESCASO & ORTEGA, 2020
Oksoko FUNSTON, CHINZORIG, TSOGTBAATAR, KOBAYSHI, SULLIVAN & CURRIE, 2020
Paraxenisaurus SERRANO-BRANAS, ESPINOSA-CHAVEZ, MACCRAKEN, GUTIERREZ-BLANDO, de LEON-DAVILA & VENTRUA, 2020
Spectrovenator ZAHER, POL, NAVARRO, DELCOURT & CARVALHO, 2020
Thanatotheristes VORIS, THERRIEN, ZELENITSKY & BROWN, 2020
Tralkasaurus CERRONI, MOTTA, AGNOLIN, ROLANDO, EGLI & NOVAS, 2020
Treirachuncus FOWLER, WILSON, FREEDMAN FOWLER, NOTO, ANDUZA & HORNER, 2020
Ubirajaa SMYTH, MARTILL, FREY, RIVERA-SYLVA & LENZ, 2020
Vectaerovenator BARKER, NAISH, CLARKIN, FARRELL, HULLMANN, LOCKYER, SCHNEIDER, WARD & GOSTLING, 2020
Wulong POUST, GAO, VARRICCHIO, WU & ZHANG, 2020
Yunyangosaurus DAI, BENSON, HU, MA, TAN, LI, XIAO, HU, ZHOU, WEI, ZHANG, JIANG, LI, PENG, YOU & XU, 2019
Species: New (13)
Aratasaurus museunacionali SAYAO, SARAIVA, BRUM, BANTIM, de ANDRADE, CHENG, de LIMA, de PAULA SILVA & KELLNER, 2020
Dineobellatro notohesperus JASINSKI, SULLIVAN & DODSON, 2020
Lusovenator santosi MALAFAIA, MOCHO, ESCASO & ORTEGA, 2020
Oksoko avarsan FUNSTON, CHINZORIG, TSOGTBAATAR, KOBAYSHI, SULLIVAN & CURRIE, 2020
Paraxenisaurus normalensis SERRANO-BRANAS, ESPINOSA-CHAVEZ, MACCRAKEN, GUTIERREZ-BLANDO, de LEON-DAVILA & VENTRUA, 2020
Spectrovenator ragei ZAHER, POL, NAVARRO, DELCOURT & CARVALHO, 2020
Thanatotheristes degrootorum VORIS, THERRIEN, ZELENITSKY & BROWN, 2020
Tralkasaurus cuyi CERRONI, MOTTA, AGNOLIN, ROLANDO, EGLI & NOVAS, 2020
Treirachuncus prairiensis FOWLER, WILSON, FREEDMAN FOWLER, NOTO, ANDUZA & HORNER, 2020
Ubirajaa jubatus SMYTH, MARTILL, FREY, RIVERA-SYLVA & LENZ, 2020
Vectaerovenator inopinatus BARKER, NAISH, CLARKIN, FARRELL, HULLMANN, LOCKYER, SCHNEIDER, WARD & GOSTLING, 2020
Wulong bohaiensis POUST, GAO, VARRICCHIO, WU & ZHANG, 2020
Yunyangosaurus puanensis DAI, BENSON, HU, MA, TAN, LI, XIAO, HU, ZHOU, WEI, ZHANG, JIANG, LI, PENG, YOU & XU, 2019
Alvarez-Parra, S., Delclos, X., Solorzano-Lraemer, M. M., Alcala, L., and Penalver, E., 2020, Cretaceous amniote integuments recorded through a taphonomic process unique to resins: Scientific Reports, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2020, T-rex fossil sells for record-breaking $31.8 mn: Phys Org, 2pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2020, Famous 'Jurassic Park' dinosaur less lizard more bird: Phys Org, 3pp. Link to pdf
Arp Jr., D., 2020, Testing utility: developing an assessment to evaluate Tyrannosaurus rex forelimb use cases: Biosis: Biological Systems, v. 1, n. 3, p. 102-108. Link to pdf
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43, n . 1, p. 438-460.
Barker, C. T., Naish, D., Clarkin, C. E., Farrell P., Hullmann, G., Lockyer, J., Schneider, P., Ward, R. K. C., and Gostling, N. J., 2020, A highly pneumatic Middle Cretaceous theropod from the British Lower Greensand: Papers in Palaeontology, published online, 19pp. (Vectaerovenator inopinatus) Link to pdf
Benson, R. B. J., and Barrett, P. M., 2020, Evolution: the two faces of Plant-Eating Dinosaurs: Current Biology Dispatches, v. 30, R14-R16.
Bi, S., Amiot, R., de Fabregues, C. P., Pittman, M., Lamanna, M. C., Yu, Y., Yu, C., Yang, T., Zhang, S., Zhao, Q., and Xu, X., 2020, An oviraptorid preserved atop an embryo-bearing egg clutch sheds light on the reproductive biology of non-avialan theropod dinosaurs: Science Bulletin, published online, 8pp.
Bishop, P. J., Cuff, A. R., and Hutchinson, J R., 2020, How to build a dinosaur: Musculoskeletal modeling and simulation of locomotor biomechanics in extinct animals: Paleobiology, advance online publication, Link to pdf
Brignon, A., 2020, Les premieres decouvertes de vertebres Jurassiques aux Vaches Noires (Calvados, France): Actes du 1er Colloque Paleontoloige et Archeologie en Normandie de Villers-sur-Mer 5-6 octobre, 2019, p. 7-40. Link to pdf
Brougham, T., Smith, E. T., and Bell, P. R., 2020, Noasaurids are a component of the Australian 'mid'-Cretaceous theropod fauna: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Campione, N. E., Barrett, P. M., and Evans, D. C., 2020, On the ancestry of feathers in Mesozoic dinosaurs:
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Cau, A., 2020, The body plan of Halszkaraptor escuilliei (Dinosauria, Theropoda) is not a transitional form along the evolution of dromaeosaurid hypercarnivory: PeerJ 8:e8672 DOI 10.7717/peerj.8672, 27pp. Link to pdf
Cerroni, M. A., Canale, J. I., and Novas, F. E., 2020, The skull of Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte 1985 revisited: insights from craniofacial bones, palate and lower jaw: Historical Biology, published online, 42pp.
Cerroni, M. A., Canale, J. I., Novas, F. E., and Paulina-Carabajal, 2020, An exceptional neurovascular system in abelisaurid theropod skull: new evidence from Skorpiovenator bustingorryi: Journal of Anatomy, publihed online, 15pp.
Cerroni, M. A., Motta, M. J., Agnolin, F. L., Rolando, A. M. A., Egli, F. B., and Novas, F. E., 2020, A new abelisaurid from the Hunicul Formatoin (Cenomanian-Turoniain: Upper Cretceous) of Rio Negro province, Argentina: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 98, 1-10. (Tralkasaurus cuyi)
Chatterjee, S., 2020, The age of dinosaurs in the land of Gonds: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 8, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 181-226.
Chiarenza, A. A., Fiorillo, A. R., Tykoski, R. S., McCarthy, P. J., Flaig, P. P., and Contreras, D. L., 2020, The first juvenile dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) From Arctic Alaska: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 7, 30 pp. Link to pdf
Choiniere, J. N., Wills, S. Bennett, S. C., and Barrett, P. M., 2020, A small theropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Lias Group of Charmouth, Dorset: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 7pp.
Chure, D. J., and Loewen, M. A., 2020, Cranial anatomy of Allosaurus jimmadensi, a new species from the lower prt of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Western North America: PeerJ 8:e7803 DOI 10.7717/peerj.7803, 65pp. (Allosaurus jimmadensi) Link to pdf
Coob, S. E., and Sellers, W. I., 2020, Inferring lifestyle of Aves and Theropoda: a model based on curvatures of extant avian ungual bones: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 2, 21 2pp. Link to pdf
Cost, I. N., Middleton, K. M., Sellers, K. C., Echols, M. S., Witmer, L. M., Davis, J. L., and Holliday, C. M., 2020, Palatal biomechanics and its significance for cranial kinesis in Tyrannosaurus rex: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 999-1017. Link to pdf
de Costa Pereira, P. V. S. G., Ribeiro, T. B., Brusatte, S. L., dos Anjos Candeiro, C. R., da Silva Marinho, T., and Begqvist, L. P., 2020, Theropod (Dinosauria) diversity from the Acu Formation (mid-Cretaceous), Potiguar Basin, Northeast Brazil: Cretaceous Research, v. 114, 11pp.
Cullen, T. M., Canale, J I, Apesteguia, S., Smith, N. D., Hu, D., and Makovicky, P. J., 2020, Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., v. 287: 20202258, 9pp. Link to pdf
Currie, P. J., and Evans, D. C., 2020, Cranial anatomy of new specimen of Saurornitholestes langstoni (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 691-715. Link to pdf
Dai, H., Benson, R., Hu, X., Ma, Q., Tan, C., Li, N., Xiao, M., Hu, H., Zhou, Y., Wei, Z., Zhang, F., Jiang, S., Li, D., Peng, G., You, Y., and Xu, X., 2020, A new possible megalosauroid theropod from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Chongqing, People's Republic of China and its implication for early tetanuran evolution: Scientific Reports, 10:139, published online, 16pp. (Yunyangosaurus puanensis) Link to pdf
Dai, H., Ma, Q., Hu, X., Zhou, Y., Tan, C., and Li, N., 2020, A new dinosaur fauna is discovered in Yunyang, Chongqing, China: Acta Geologica Sincia (English Edition), v. 94, n. 1, p. 216-217. Link to pdf
Dececchi, T. A., Larsson, H. C. E., PIttman, M., and Habib, M. B., 2020, Chapter 11, High flyer or high fashion? a comparison of flight potential among small-bodied paravians: In: Pennaraptorna theropod dinosaurs past progress and new frontiers, edited by Pittman, M., and Xu, X., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440, p. 295-320.
Dececchi, T. A., Mloszewska, A. M., Holtz Jr., T. R., Habib, M. B., and Larsson, H. C. E., 2020, The fast and the frugal: divergent locomotory strategies drive limb lengthening in the theropod dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 24 pp. Link to pdf
Dececchi, T. A., Roy, A., Pittman, M., Kaye, T. G., Xu, X., Habib, M. B., Larsson, H. C. E., Wang, X., & Zheng, X., 2020, Aerodynamics Show Membrane-Winged Theropods Were a Poor Gliding Dead-end: iScience 101574, published online.
D'Emic, M. D., O'Connor, P. M., Pascucci, T. R., Gavras, J. N., Mardakhayava, E., and Lund, E. K., 2020, Correction: evolution of high tooth replacement rates in theropod dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 14, n. 12, 2 pp. Link to pdf
Ding, A., Pittman, M., Upchurch, P., O'Connor, J., Field, D. J., and Xu, X., 2020, Chapter 4, The biogeography of Coelurosaurian theropods and its impact on thier evolutionary history: In: Pennaraptorna theropod dinosaurs past progress and new frontiers, edited by Pittman, M., and Xu, X., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440, p. 117-157.
Drumheller, S. K., McHugh, J. B., Kane, M., Riedel, A., and D'Amore, D. C., 2020, High frequencies of theropod bite marks provide evidence for feeding, scavenging, and possible cannibalism in the stressed Late Jurassic ecosystem: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 19 pp. Link to pdf
Dunne, E. M., Farnsworth, A., Greene, S. E., Lunt, D. J., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity: Palaeontology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Evers, S. W., Foth, C., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2020, Notes on the cheek region of the Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur: PeerJ 8:e8493 DOI 10.7717/peerj.8493, 17pp. Link to pdf
Evers, S. W., and Wings, O., 2020, Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur bones from the Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) provide evidence for several theropod lineages in the central European archipelago: PeerJ 8:e8437http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8437. 26pp. Link to pdf
Ezcurra, M. D., Butler, R. J., Maidment, S. C. R., Sansom, I. J., Meade, L. E., and Radley, J. D., 2020, A revision of the early neotheropod genus Sarcosaruus from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian) of central England: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 37pp.
Ezcurra, M. D., Jones, A. S., Gentil, A. R., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Early Archosauromorphs: the crocodile and dinosaur precursors: Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd edition, 11pp.
Forster, C. A., O'Connor P. M., Chiappe, L. M., and Turner, A. H., 2020, The ostology of the Late Cretaceous paravian Rahonavis ostromi from Madagascar: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 23, n. 2 : a31, published online, 75pp. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Foth, C., Haug, C., Haug, J. T., Tischlinger, H, and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2020, Two of a feather: a comparison of the preserved integument in the juvenile theorpod dinosaurs Sciurumimus and Juravenator from the Kimmeridgian Torleite Formation of Southern Germany:
Fowler, D. W., Wilson, J. P., Freedman Fowler, E. A., Noto, C. R., Anduza, D., and Horner, J. R., 2020, Treirachuncus prairiensis gen. e sp. nov., the last alvarezsaurid: Hell Creek Formation (uppermost Maastrichtian), Montana: Cretaceous Research, v. 116, 13pp. (Treirachuncus prairiensis)
Funston, G. E., 2020, Caenagnathids of the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: anatomy, osteohistology, taxonomy, and evolution: Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, v. 8, p. 105-153. (Citipes elegans) Link to pdf
Funston, G. F., Chinzorig, T,. Tsogtbaatar, K, Kobayshi, Y., Sullivan, C., and Currie, P. J,. 2020, A new two-fintered dinosaur sheds light on the radiation of oviraptorosauria: Royalk Society open science, v. 7, 201184, 13pp. (Oksoko avarsan) Link to pdf
Funston, G. F., and Currie, P. J., 2020, new material of Chirostenotes pergracilis (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria) from the Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada: Historical Biology, an international journal of paleobiology, published online, 15pp.
Funston, G. F., Wilkinson, R. D., Simon, D. J., Leblanc, A. H., Wosik, M., and Currie, P. J., 2020, Histology of caenagnathid (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria) dentaries and implications for development, ontogenetic edentulism, and taxonomy: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 918-934. Link to pdf
Gay, R. J., Huttenlocker, A. K., Irmis, R. B., Stegner, M. A., and Ugleisch, J., 2020, Paleontology of Bears Ears National Monument (Utah, USA)-history of exploration, study, and designation: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 205-241. Link to pdf
Gianechini, F. A., Ercoli, M. D., and Diaz-Martinez, I., 2020, Differential locomotor and predatory strategies of Gondwana and derived Laurasian dromaeosaurids (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Paraves): inferences from morphometric and comparative anatomical studies: Anatomical Society, published oneline, 26pp.
Griffin, C. T., and Nesbitt, S. J., 2020, Does the maximum body size of theropods increase across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary? integrating ontogeny, phylogeny, and body size: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 1158-1169. Link to pdf
Hamm, C. A., Hampe, O., Schuwarz, D., Witzmann, F., Makovicky, P. J., Brochu, C A., Reiter, R., and Asbach, P., 2020, A comprehensive diagnostic approach combining phylogenetic disease bracketing and CT imaging reveals osteomyelitis in a Tyrannosaurus rex: Scientific Reports, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Hao, B.-Q., Feng, H., Zhao, Z.-Q., Ye, Y., Wan, D.-X., and Peng, G.-Z., 2020, Different types of bone fractures in dinosaur fossils: Historical Biology, published online, 6pp.
Hattori, S., and Azuma, Y., 2020, Spinosaurid teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation of the Tetori Group, Fukui, Japan: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 19, p. 1-9. Link to pdf
Heckeberg, N. S., and Rauhut, O. W. M., Histology of spinosaurid dinosaur teeth from the Albian-Cenomanian of Morocco: implications for tooth replacement and ecology: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 23, n. 3, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Hendrickx, C., Stiegler, J. S., Currie, P. J., Han, F., Xu, X., Choiniere, J. N., and Wu, X.-C., 2020, Dental anatomy of the apex predator Sinraptor dongi (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) from the Late Jurassic of China: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, publihsed online, 21pp. Link to pdf
Halliday, T. J. D., Holroyd, P. A., Gheerbrant, E., Prasad, G. V. R., Scaferla, A., Beck, R. M. D., Krause, D. W., and Goswami, A., 2020, Leaving Gondwana: the changing position of the Indian Subcontinent in the global faunal nework: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New prespectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 9, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 227-249.
Holliday, C. M., Porter, W. B., Vliet, K. A., and Witmer, L. M., 2019, The forntoparietal fossa and dorsotemporal fenestra of archosaurs and their significance of rinterpretations of vascular and muscular anatomy in dinosaurs: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 1018-1034. Link to pdf
Horner, J. R., and Hanson, D. A., 2020, Vertebrate paleontology of Montana: In: MBMG Special Publication 122, Geology of Montana, volume 2: Special Topics, 46pp.
Hornung, J. J., 2020, Comments on "Ornithocheirus hilsensis" Koken, 1883 - one of the earliest dinosaur discoveries in Germnay: Pal Arch, Paleontology and Egyyptology, v. 17, n. 1, 12pp. Link to pdf
Hu, K., King, J. K., Romick, C. A., Dufeau, D. L., Witmer, L. M., Stubbs, T. L., Rayfield, E. J., and Benton, M. J., 2020, Ontogenetic endocranial shape change in alligators and ostriches and implications for the development of the non-avian dinosaur endocranium: The Anatomical Record, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Ibrahim, N., Maganuco, S., Dal Sasso, C., Fabbri, M., Auditore, M., Bindellini, G., Martill, D. M., Zouhir S., Mattarelli, D. A., Unwin, D. M., Wiemann, J., Bonadonna, D., Amane, A., Jakubczak, J., Joger, U., Lauder, G. V., and Pierce, S. E., 2020, Tail-propelled aquatic locomotion in a theropod dinosaur: Nature, published online. 6pp.
Ibrahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Jasinski, S. E., Sullivan, R. M., and Dodson, P., 2020, New dromaeosaurid dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from New Mexico and biodiveristy of dromaeosaurids at the end of the Cretaceous: Scientific Reports, published online, 10:5105, 10pp. (Dineobellatro notohesperus) Link to pdf
Jin, X., Varricchio, D. J., Poust, A. W., and He, T., 2020, An oviraptorosaur adult-egg association from the Cretaceous of Jiangzi Province, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1739060, 16pp.
Jones, E. D., 2020, Assumptions of authority: the story of Sue the T-rex and controversy over access to fossils: HPLS, v. 42, n. 2, p. 1-27. Link to pdf
Kiat, Y., Balaban, A., Sapir, N., O'Connor, J. K., Wang, M., and Xu, X., 2020, Sequential molt in a feathered dinosaur and implications for early paravian ecology and locomotion: Current Biology, v. 30, 6pp. Link to pdf
King, J. L., Sipla, J. S., Georgi, J A., Balanoff, A. M., and Neenan, J. M., 2020, The endocranium and trophic ecology of Velociraptor mongoliensis: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf
Ksepka, D. T., 2020, Feathered dinosaurs: Current Biology, v. 30, R1331-R1360. Link to pdf
Lamanna, M. C., Casal, G. A., Martinez, R. D. F., and Ibiricu, L. M., 2020, Megaraptorid (Theropoda: Tetanurae) partial skeletons from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo Barreal Formation of central Patagonia, Argentina: implications for the evolution of large body size in Gondwanan megaraptorans: Annals of Carnegie Museum, v. 86, n. 3, p. 255-294. Link to pdf
Larsson, H. C. E., Dececchi, T. A., and Habib, M. B., 2020, Chapter 12, Navigating functional landscapes: a birds' eye view of the evolution of avialan flight: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, No. 440, p. 321-332.
Lefevre, U., Cau, A., Hu, D., and Godefroit, P., 2020, Feather evolution in pennaraptora:
Lovelace, D. M., Hartman, S A., Mathewson, P. D., Linzmeier, B. J., and Porter, W. P., 2020, Modeling dragons: using linked mechanistic physiological and microclimate models to explore environmental, physiological, and morphological constraints on the early evolution of dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 31 pp. Link to pdf
Ma. W., Pittman, M., Lautenschlager, S., Meade, L. E., and Xu, X., 2020, Chapter 8, Functional morphology of the Oviraptorosaurian and Scansoriopterygid skull: In: Pennaraptorna theropod dinosaurs past progress and new frontiers, edited by Pittman, M., and Xu, X., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440, p. 229-238-249.
Malafaia, E., Gasulla, J. M., Escaso, F., Narvaez, I., and Ortega, F., 2020, An update of the spinosaurid (Dinosauria; Theropoda) fossil record from the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula: distribution, diversity, and evolutionary history: Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 46, p. 431-444. Link to pdf
Malafaia, E., Gasculla, J. M., Escaso, F. Narvaez, I,. Sanz, J L., and Ortega, F., 2020, A new spinosaurid theropod (Dinosauria: Megalosauroidea) from the upper Barremian of Vallibona, Spain: implications for spinosaurid diversity in the Early Cretaceous of the Ibrian Peninsula: Cretaceous Research, v. 106, p. 17pp. (Vallibonavenatrix cani)
Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., and Ortega, F., 2020, A new carcharodontosaurian theropod from the Lusitanian basin: evidence of Allosauroid sympatry in the european Late Jurassic: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1768106, 8pp. (Lusovenator santosi) Link to pdf
Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., and Ortega, F., 2020, A new carcharodontosaurian theropod from the Lusitanian basin: evidence of Allosauroid sympatry in the european Late Jurassic: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 1, e1768106, 8pp. (Lusovenator santosi)
Malkani, M. S., 2020, Theropods, Mesoeucrocodiels and pterosaurs found from the Latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Balochistan, Pakistan; description with large photographs and comparison with coeval taxa from Indo-Pakistan subcontinent (note: this article has two titles, Diagnostic features and description of Vitakridrinda and Vitakrisaurus theropods from the latest Cretaceous of Pakistan; thier comparison wit Indian coeval theropods): Open Journal of Geology, v. 10, p. 510-551. Link to pdf
Mallon, J. C., Bura, J. R., Schuman, D., and Currie, P J., 2020, A problematic tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) skeleton and its implications for tyrannosaurid diversity in the Horseshoe Canyon Formaiton (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 673-690. Link to pdf
Marsh, A. D., and Rowe, TB., 2020, A comprehensive anatomical and phylogenetic evaluation of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria, Theropoda) with descriptions of new speciemns for the Kayetna Fromation of northern Arizona: Journal of Paleontology, v. 94, memoir 78, 103pp.
Martin-Silverstone, E., Habib, M. B. and Hone, D. W. E., 2020, Volant fossil vertebrates: potential for bioinspired flight technology: Tree, v. 2672, 12pp.
McKeown, M., Brusatte, S. L., Williamson, T. E., Schwab, J. A., Carr, T. D., Butler, I. B., Muir, A., Schroder, K., Espy, M. A., Hunter, J. F., Losko, A. S., Nelson, R. O., Gautier, D. C., and Vogel, S. C., 2020, Neurosensory and sinous evolution as tyrannosauroid dinosaurs developed giant size: insight from the endocranial anatomy of Bistahieversor sealeyi: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 1043-2059. Link to pdf
Mocho, P., and Malafaia, E., 2020, Dinossaurios do Jurassico Superior da Bacia lusitaniana: um patrimonio paleontologico singular: Bolet m do Centro Portugues de Geo-H stor a e Pre-H store a, v. 2, n. 1, p. 67-68. Link to pdf
Motta, M. J., Agnolin, F. L., Egli, F. B., and Novas, F. E., 2020, New theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia sheds light on the paravian radiation in Gondwana: The Science of Nature, 197;24, 8pp. (Overoraptor chimentoi)
Nebreda, S. M., Navalon, G., Menendez, I., Sigurdsen, T., Chiappe, L. M., and Marugan-Lobon, J., 202o, Section 2. Anatomical Frontiers, Chapter 6, Disparity and macroevolutionary transformation of the maniraptoran manus: In: Pennaraptorna theropod dinosaurs past progress and new frontiers, edited by Pittman, M., and Xu, X., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440, p. 183-203.
Nesbitt, S. J., and Sues, H.-D., 2020, The osteology of the early-diverging dinosaur Daemonosaurus chauliodus (Archosauria: Dinosauria) from the Coelophysis quarry (Triassic: Rhaetian) of New Mexico and its relationships to other early dinosaurs: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 30pp.
Novas, F. E., Agnolin, F. L., Egil, F. B., and Lo Coco, G. E., 2020, Chapter 14, Pectoral girdl morphology in early-diverging paravians and living ratites: implications for the origin of flight: In: Pennaraptorna theropod dinosaurs past progress and new frontiers, edited by Pittman, M., and Xu, X., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440, p. 345-353.
Pei, R., Pittman, M., Goloboff, P. A., Dececchi, A., Habib, M. B., Kaye, T. G., Larsson, H. C. E., Norell, M. A., Brusatte, S. L., and Xu, X., 2020, Potential for powered flight neared by most close avialan relatives, but few crossed its thresholds: Current Biology, v. 20, 14pp. Link to pdf
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Genus: Nova (11)
Abdarainurus AVERIANOV & LOPATIN, 2020
Amanzia SCHWARZ, MANNION, WINGS & MEYER, 2020
Bravasaurus
HECHENLEITNER, LEUZINGER, MARTINELLI, ROCHER, FIORELLI, TABORDA, & SALGADO, 2020
Garrigatitan DIEZ DIAZ, GARCIA, PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, JENTGEN-CESCHINO, STEIN, GODEFROIT & VALENTIN, 2020
Irisosaurus de FABREGUES, BI, LI, LI, YANG & XU, 2020
Kholumolumo de FABREGUES & ALLAIN, 2020
Narindasaurus ROYO-TORRES, COBOS, MOCHO & ALCALA, 2020
Punatitan
HECHENLEITNER, LEUZINGER, MARTINELLI, ROCHER, FIORELLI, TABORDA, & SALGADO, 2020
Schleitheima RAUHUT, HOLWERDA & FURRER, 2020
Smitanosaurus WHITLOCK & WILSON MANTILLA, 2020
Yamanasaurus APESTEGUIA, LUZURIAGA, GALLINA, GARANDA & JARAMILLO, 2020
Species: Nova (10)
Abdarainurus barsbolidi AVERIANOV & LOPTAIN, 2020
Bravasaurus arrierosorum
HECHENLEITNER, LEUZINGER, MARTINELLI, ROCHER, FIORELLI, TABORDA, & SALGADO, 2020
Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum de FABREGUES & ALLAIN, 2020
Narindasaurus thevenini ROYO-TORRES, COBOS, MOCHO & ALCALA, 2020
Omeisaurus puxiani TAN, XIAO, DAI, HUY, LI, MA, WEI, YU, XIONG, PENG, JIANG, REN & YOU, 2020
Punatitan coughlini HECHENLEITNER, LEUZINGER, MARTINELLI, ROCHER, FIORELLI, TABORDA, & SALGADO, 2020
Schleitheima schutzi RAUHUT, HOLWERDA & FURRER, 2020
Yamanasaurus lojaensis APESTEGUIA, LUZURIAGA, GALLINA, GARANDA & JARAMILLO, 2020
Synonym: Nova (2)
Amanzia greppini (HUENE, 1922) SCHWARZ, MANNION, WINGS & MEYER, 2020
= Ornithopsis greppini HUENE, 1922
= Cetiosauriscus greppini (HUENE, 1922) HUENE, 1927
Smitanosaurus agilis (MARSH, 1889) WHITLOCK & WILSON MANTILLA, 2020
= Morosaurus agilis MARSH, 1889
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Averianov, A. O., and Lopatin, A. V., 2020, An unusual new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 24pp. (Abdarainurus barsbolidi) Link to pdf
Avereianov, A. O., and Zverkov, N. G., 2020, New diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur material from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, publihsed online, 11pp. Link to pdf
Avereianov, A. O., and Zverkov, N. G., 2020, New diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur material from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, n. 3, p. 499-509. Link to pdf
Ballell, A., King, J. L., Neenan, J. M., Rayfield, E. J., and Benton, M. J., 2020, The braincase, brain and palaeobiology of the basal sauropodomorph dinosaur Thecodontosaurus antiquus: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf
Ballell, A., Rayfield, E. J., and Benton, M. J., 2020, Osteological redescription of the Late Triassic Sauropodomorph dinosaur Thecodontosaurus antiquus based on new material from Tytherington, southwestern England: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1770774, published online, 24pp. Link to pdf
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43, n . 1, p. 438-460.
Bodenham, E. H., and Barrett, P. M., 2020, A new specimen of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Ignavusaurus rachelis from the Early Jurassic of Lesotho: Palaeontologia africana, v. 54, p. 48-55. Link to pdf
Buffetaut, E., and Sauvadet, B., 2020, Un dinosaure sauropodomorphe de grande taille dans le Trias Superieur du contentin (Normandie, France): Actes du 1er Colloque Paleontologie et Archeologie en normandie ve Villers-sur-Mer, 5-6 Ocober, 2019, p. 49-57. Link to pdf
Cashmore, D. D., Mannion, P. D., Upchurch, P., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Ten more years of discovery: revisiting the quality of the sauropodomorph dinosaur fossil record: Paleontology, published online, 28pp. Link to pdf.
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Rivera-Sylva, H. E., and Espinosa-Arrubarena, L., 2020, Remains of a diplodocid (Sauropoda: Flagellicaudata) from the Otlaltepec Formation Middle Jurassic (Bathonian-Callovian) from Puebla, Mexico: Paleontologia Mexicana, v. 9, n. 3, p. 145-150. Link to pdf
Royo-Torres, R., Cobos, A., Mocho, P., and Alcala, L., 2020, Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new 'rosetta' specimen from Spain: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 27pp. (Narindasaurus thevenini) Link to pdf
Schwarz, D., Mannion, P. D., Wings, O., and Meyer, C. A., 2020, Re-description of the sauropod dinosaur Amanzia ("Ornithopsis/Cetiosauriscus") greppini n. gen. and other vertebrate remains from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) Reuchenette Formation of Moutier, Switzerland: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, Open Access, 48pp. (Amanzia greppini, = Ornithopsis greppini, = Cetiosauriscus greppini) Link to pdf
Tan, C., Xiao, M, Dia, H, Hu, X.-F., Li, N., Ma, Q.-Y., Wei, Z.Y., Yu, H.-D., Xiong, C., Peng, G.-Z., Jiang, S., Ren, X.-X., and You, H-L., 2020, A new species of Omeisaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Yunyang, Chongqing China: Historical Biology, An International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 13pp. (Omeisaurus puxiani)
Torcida Fernandez-Baldor, F., Canudo, J. I., and Huerta, P., 2020, New data on sauropod palaeobiodiversity at the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition of sSpain (Burgos): Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 46, p. 351-362.
Tschopp, E., Mehling, C., and Norell, M. A., 2020, Reconstructing the specimens and history of Howe Quarry (Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: Wyoming): American Msueum Novitates, n. 3856, 56pp. Link to pdf
Vidal, D., Mocho, P., Aberasturi, A., Sanz, J. L., and Ortega, F., 2020, High browsing skeletal adaptations in Spinophorosaurus reveal an evoutionary innovation in sauropod dinosaurs: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Vidal, D., Mocho, P., Paramo, A., Sanz, J. L., and Ortega, F., 2020, Ontogenetic similarities between giraffe and sauropod neck osteological mobility: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 1, 25 pp. Link to pdf
Vidal, D., Ortega, F., and Sanz, J. L., 2020, Sauropodomorph skeletal mounts as scientific devices for testing hypotheses: Journal of Iberian Geology, published online, 17pp.
Vidal, L. da S., da Costa Pereira, P. V. L. G., Tavares, S., Brusatte, S. L., Bregqvist, L. P., and dos Anjos Candeiro, C. R., 2020, Investigating the enigmatic Aeolosaurini clade: the caudal biomechanics of Aeolosaurus maximus (Aeolosaurini/Sauropoda) using the neutral pose method and the first case of protonic tail condition in sauropoda: Historical Biology, An Internatinoal Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 21pp.
Wang, S., Huang, T. D., Yan, R., Chen, H,. Zhang, S., Li, X,. Kota, L., and Reisz, R. R., 2020, Rare earth elements in dinosaur bones across the embryo-adult spectrum: Frontiers in Earth Science, Original Research, v. 8, article, 230, 7pp. Link to pdf
Wang, Y.-M., Wang, T., Yang, Z.-W., and You, H.-L., 2020, Cranium and vertebral column of Xingxiulong chengi (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Early Jurassic of China: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 772-789. Link to pdf
Whitlock, J. A., and Wilson Mantilla, J. A,. 2020, The Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur 'Morosaurus' agilis Marsh, 1889 reexamined and reinterpreted as a dicraeosaurid: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1780600, published online, 28pp. (Smitanosaurus agilis = Morosaurus agilis)
Zhang, Q.-N., Wang, T., Yang, Z.-W., and You, H.-L., 2020, Redescription of the cranium of Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 759-771. Link to pdf
Ornithischia
Genus: Nova (5)
Beg YU, PRIETO-MARQUEZ, CHINZORIG, BADAMKHATAN & NORELL, 2020
Changmiania YANG, WU, DIEUDONNE & GODEFROIT, 2020
Navajoceratosp FOWLER & FOWLER, 2020
Stellasaurus WILSON, RYAN & EVANS, 2020
Terminocavus FOWLER & FOWLER, 2020
Species: Nova (5)
Beg tse YU, PRIETO-MARQUEZ, CHINZORIG, BADAMKHATAN & NORELL, 2020
Changmiania liaoningensis YANG, WU, DIEUDONNE & GODEFROIT, 2020
Navajoceratosp sullivani FOWLER & FOWLER, 2020
Stellasaurus ancellae WILSON, RYAN & EVANS, 2020
Terminocavus sealeyi FOWLER & FOWLER, 2020
Synonym: Nova (2)
Edmontosaurus kuukpikensis (MORI, DRUCKENMILLER, & ERICKSON, 2016) emend TAKASAKI, FIORILLO, TYKOSKI & KOBAYASHI, 2020
= Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis MORI, DRUCKENMILLER, & ERICKSON, 2016
Note: Takasaki, et al., 2016 refer Ugrunaaluk to Edmontosaurus sp, however, because it already has a species name that should take precedence over the sp. ending.
Styracosaurus ovatus GILMORE, 1930
= Rubeosaurus ovatus (GILMORE, 1930) McDONALD & HORNER, 2010
Angst, D., Barnoud, J., Cornette, R., and Chinsamy, A., 2020, Sex and ontogenetic variation in the crest of Numida meleagris: implications for crested vertebates: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 1018-1034. Link to pdf
Bailleul, A. M., Zheng, W., Horner, J. R., Hall, B. K., Holliday, C. M., and Schweitzer, M. H., 2020, Evidence of proteins, chromosomes and chemical markers of DNA ein exceptionally preserved dinosaur cartilage: National Science Review, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Barrett, P. M., and Bonsor, J. A., 2021 (published 2020), A revision of the non-avian dinosaurs 'Eucercosaurus tanyspondylus' and 'Syngonosaurus macrocercus' from the Cambridge Greensand, UK: Cretaceous Research, v. 118, 104638, 13pp.
Becerra, M. G., and Pol, D., 2020, The enamel microstructure of Manidens condorensis: new hypotheses on the ancestral state and evolution of enamel in Ornithischia: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf
Becerra, M. G., Pol, D., Whitlock, J. A., and Parro, L. B., 2020, Tooth replacement in Manidens condorensis: baseline study to address the replacement pattern in dentitons of early ornithischians: Papers in Palaeontology, published online, 27pp.
Benson, R. B. J., and Barrett, P. M., 2020, Evolution: the two faces of plant-eating dinosaurs: Current Biolgy, v. 30, p. R14-R15.
Bertozzo, F., Manucci, F., Dempsey, M., Tanke, D. H., Evans, D. C., Ruffell, A., and Murphy, E., 2020, Descritpion and etiology of paleopalthological lesions in the type specimen of Parasaurolophus walkeri (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), with proposed reconstructions of the nuchal ligament: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 15pp. Link to pdf
Breeden III, B. T., and Rowe, T. B., 2020, New specimens of Scutellosaurus lawleri Colbert, 1982, from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation in Arizona elucidate the early evolution of thyreophoran dinosaurs: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, e1791894, 32pp.
Brown, C. M., Holmes, R. B., and Currie, P. J., 2020, A subadult individual of Styracosaurus albertensis (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) with comments on ontogeny and intraspecific variation in Styracosaurus and Centrosaurus: Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, v . 8, p. 67-95. Link to pdf
Brownstein, C. D., 2020, Osteology and phylogeny of small-bodied hadrosauromorphs from an end-Cretaceous marine assemblage: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 21pp.
Brownstein, C. D., and Bissell, I., 2020, An elongate hadrosaurid forelimb with biological traces informs the biogeography of the Lambeosaurinae: Journal of Paleontology, published online, 9pp.
Camilo, B., Jagt-Yazikova, E,. Konietzko-Meier, D., and Sander, P. M., 2020, Paleobiologia de Dinossauros: o caso dos driossaurideos do jurassico superior de Portugal: Bolet m do Centro Portugues de Geo-H stor a e Pre-H store a, v. 2, n. 1, p. 69-70. Link to pdf
Campione, N. E., Barrett, P. M., and Evans, D. C., 2020, On the ancestry of feathers in Mesozoic dinosaurs:
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Cruzado-Caballero, P., Diaz-Martinex, I., Rothscihld, B., Bedell, M., and Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2020, A limping dinosaur in the Late Jurassic: pathologies in the pes of the neornithischian Othnielosaurus consors from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, USA): Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 7pp.
Czepinski, L., 2020, New protoceratopsid specimens improve the age correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Desert Strata: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Czepinski, L., 2020, New protoceratopsid specimens improve the age correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Desert Strata: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, n. 3, p. 481-497. Link to pdf
Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2020, The unusual tail of Tethyshadros insularis (Dinosauria, Hadrosauroidea) from the Adriatic Island of European Archipelao: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratiggafia, v. 126, n. 3, p. 583-628. Link to pdf
Desojo, J. B., Fiorelli, L. E., Ezcurra, M. D., Martinelli, A. G., Ramezani, J., da Rosa, A. A. S., von Backo, M. B., Trotteyn, M. J., Montefeltro, F. C., Ezpeleta, M. and Langer, M. C., 2020, The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations: Scientific Reports, published online, 34pp. Link to pdf
Dieudonne, P. D., Baldor, F. T.-F., and Huerta-Hurtado, P., 2020, Unrelated ornithopods with similar tooth morphology in the vicinity of Salas de los Infantes (Burgos Province, Spain): an intriguing case-study: Journal of Iberian Geology, publisehd online, 15pp.
Dieudonne, P.-E., Cruzado-Caballero, P., Godefroit, P., and Tortosa, T., 2020, A new phylogeny of ceratopodan dinosaurs: Histroical Biology, published online, 21pp. Link to pdf
Ekhtiari, S., Chiba, Popovic, S., Crowther, R., Wohl, G., Wong, A. K. O., Tanke, D. H., Dufault, D. M., Geen, O. D., Parasu, N., Crowther, M. A., and Evans, D. C., 2020, History of Medicine, First case of osteosarcoma in a dinosaur: a multiomodal diagnosis: The Lancet, v. 21, p. 1021-1022.
Figueierdo, S. D., Pereda-Suberbiola,X,. Cunha, P. P., Sousa, F., and Rosina, P., 2020, A brief approach about the ornithopod dinosaurs from the Papo-Seco Formation (Cabo Espichel, western central Portugal): Bolet m do Centro Portugues de Geo-H stor a e Pre-H store a, v. 2, n. 1, p. 59-63. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. Link to pdf
Fowler, D. W., and Fowler, E. A. F., 2020, Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico: PeerJ 8:e9251 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9251: 49pp. (Navajoceratosp sullivani, Terminocavus sealeyi) Link to pdf
Gay, R. J., Huttenlocker, A. K., Irmis, R. B., Stegner, M. A., and Ugleisch, J., 2020, Paleontology of Bears Ears National Monument (Utah, USA)-history of exploration, study, and designation: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 205-241. Link to pdf
Godefroit, P., Sinista, S M., Cincotta, A., McNamara, M E., Reshetova, S A., and Dhouailly, D., 2020, Integumentary structures in Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, a basal neoornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of Siberia:
Holmes, R. B., Persons, W. S., Rupal, B. S., Qureshi, A. J., and Currie, P. J., 2020, Morphological variation and asymmetrical development in the skull of Styracosaurus albertensis: Cretaceous Research, v. 107, 16pp.
Horner, J. R., and Hanson, D. A., 2020, Vertebrate paleontology of Montana: In: MBMG Special Publication 122, Geology of Montana, volume 2: Special Topics, 46pp.
Ibrahim, N, Sereno, P. C., Varriccho, D. J., Martill, D. M., Dutheil, D. B., Unwin, D. M., Daidder, L., larsson, H. C. E., Zouhri, S., and Kaoukaya, A., 2020, Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco: ZooKeys, n. 928, 216pp. Link to pdf
Illies, M. M. C., and Fowler, D. W., 2020, Triceratops with a kink: co-ossification of five distal caudal vertebrae from the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota: Cretaceous Research, v. 109, 104355, 5pp.
Liang, R., Lau, M. C. Y., Saitta, E. T., Garvin, Z. K., and Onstott, T. C., 2020, Genome-centric resolution of novel microbial lineages in an excavated Centrosaurus dinosaur fossil bone from the Late Cretaceous of North America: Enviromental Microbiome, 15:8, 18pp. Link to pdf
Lindgren, J, and Kear, B. P., 2020, Hard evidence from soft fossil eggs: Nature, News & Views, p. 1-2: Link to pdf.
Lowi-Merri, T. M., and Evans, D. C., 2020, Cranial variation in Gryposaurus and biostratigraphy of hadrosaurines (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 57, p. 765-779.
Madzia, D., Jagt, J. W. M., and Mulder, E. W. A., 2021, Osteology, phylogenetic affinities and taxonomic status of the enigmatic late Maastrichtian ornithopod taxon Orthomerus dolloi (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): Cretaceous Research, v. 108, 19pp. Link to pdf
Mocho, P., and Malafaia, E., 2020, Dinossaurios do Jurassico Superior da Bacia lusitaniana: um patrimonio paleontologico singular: Bolet m do Centro Portugues de Geo-H stor a e Pre-H store a, v. 2, n. 1, p. 67-68. Link to pdf
Nabavizadeh, A., 2020, Cranial musculature in herbivorous dinosaurs: a survey of reconstructedanatomical diversity and feeding mechanisms: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 1104-1145. Link to pdf
Nabavizadeh, A., 2020, New reconstruction of cranial musculature in ornithischian dinosaurs: implications for feeding mechanisms and buccal anatomy: The anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 347-362. Link to pdf
Norell, M. A., Wiemann, J., Fabbri, M., Yu, C., Mariscano, C. A., Moore-Nall, A., Varricchio, D. J., Pol, D., and Zelenitsky, D. K., 2020, The first dinosaur egg was soft: Nature, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Persons, W. S., and Currie, P. J., 2020, The anatomical and functional evolution of the femoral fourth trochanter in ornithischian dinosaurs: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, 1146-1157. Link to pdf
Prasad, G. V. R., and Parmar, V., 2020, First ornithischian and theropod dinosaur teeth from the Middle Jurassic Kota Formation of India: paleobiogeographic relationships: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 1, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 1-30.
Prieto-Marquez, A., Garcia-Porta, J., Joshi, S. H., Norell, M. A., and Makovicky, P. J., 2020, Modularity and heterochrony in the evolution of the ceratopsian dinosaur frill: Ecology and Evolution, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf
Rotatori, F. M., Moreno-Azanza, M., and Mateus, O., 2020, New information on ornithopod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Portugal: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, published online, 23pp. Link to pdf
Rothschild, D. M., Tanke, D., Rühli, F., Porkhojaev, A. ,and May, H., 2020, Suggested case of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a Cretaceous dinosaur: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Sakagami, R., and Kawabe, S., 2020, Endocranial anatomy of the ceratopsid dinosaur Triceratops and interpretations of sensory and motor function: PeerJ 8:e9888 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.988, 19pp. Link to pdf
Scannella, J. B., 2020, A chasmosaurine ceratopsid premaxilla from the Basal sandstone of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana: Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, v. 8, p. 154-169. Link to pdf
Siviero, B. C. T., Rega, E., Hayes, W. K., Cooper. A M., Brand, L. R., and Chadwick, A. V., 2020, Skeletal trauma with implications for intratail mobility in Edmontosaurus annectens from a monodominat bonebed, Lance Formation (Maastrichtian), Wyoming USA: Palaios, v. 35, p. 201-214.
Slowiak, J., Szczygielski, T., Ginter, M., and Fostowicz-Frelik, L., 2020, Uninterrupted growth in a non-polar hadrosaur explains the gigantism among duck-billed dinosaurs: Palaeontology, published online, 21pp.
Smithwick, F., and Vinther, J., 2020, Palaeocolour: a history and state of the art: In: The Evolution of Feathers, from thier origin to the present, edited by Foth, C., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 185-211.
Synder, K., McLain, M., Wood, J., and Chadwick, A., 2020, Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 31 pp. Link to pdf
Takasaki, R., Fiorillo, A. R., Tykoski, R. S., and Kobayashi, Y., 2020, Re-examination of the cranial osteology of the Artic Alaskan hadrosaurine with implications for its taxonomic status: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 5, 31 pp. (Edmontosaurus kuukpikensis (MORI, DRUCKENMILLER, & ERICKSON, 2016) emend TAKASAKI, FIORILLO, TYKOSKI & KOBAYASHI, 2020 = Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis MORI, DRUCKENMILLER, & ERICKSON, 2016 [Note: Takasaki, et al., 2016 refer Ugrunaaluk to Edmontosaurus sp, however, because it already has a species name that should take presidence over the sp. ending]).Link to pdf
Terrill, D. F., Henderson, C. M., and Anderson, J. S., 2020, New application of strontium isotopes reveals evidence of limited migratory behaviour in Late Cretaceous hadrosaurs: Biology Letters, v. 16, 20190930, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Tschopp, E., Mehling, C., and Norell, M. A., 2020, Reconstructing the specimens and history of Howe Quarry (Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: Wyoming): American Museum Novitates, n. 3856, 56pp. Link to pdf
Wilson, J. P., Ryan, M. J., and Evans, D. C., 2020, A new, transitional centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Upper Cretaeous Two Medicine Formation of Montana and the evolution of the "Styracosaurus-line' dinosaurs: Royal Society Open Science, v. 7, 200284, published online. (Stellasaurus ancellae, Styracosaurus ovatus = Rubeosaurus ovatus) Link to pdf
Wosik, M., Chiba, K., Therrien, F., and Evans, D. C., 2020, Testing size-frequency distributions as a method of ontogenetic aging: a life-history assessment of hadrosaurid dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada, with implications for hadrosaurid paleoecology: Paleobiology, v. 46, n 3, p. 379-404. Link to pdf
Xing, L., Niu, K., Wang, D., and Marquez, A. P., 2020, A partial articulted hadrosaurid skeleton from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Ganzhou area, Jiangxi Province, China: Historical Biology, published online, 4pp.
Yang, Y., Wu, W., Dieudonne, P.-E., and Godefroit, P., 2020, A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China: PeerJ 8:e9832 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9832, 44pp. (Changmiania liaoningensis) Link to pdf
Yu, C,. Prieto-Marquez, A., Chinzorig, T., Badamkhatan, Z., and Norell, M., 2020, A neoceratopsian dinosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia and the early evolution of cratopsia: Communications Biology, published online, 8pp. (Beg tse) Link to pdf
Zhang, J., Wang, X., Jiang, S., andLi, G., 2020, Internal morphology of nasal spine of Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus (Ornithischia: Lambeosaurinae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China: Historical Biology, published online, 8pp.
Zhang, Y.-G., Wang, K.-B., Chen, S.-Q., Liu, D., and Xing, H., 2020, Osteological re-assessment and taxomic revision of " laiyangensis" (Ornithischia: Hadrosauroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong, China: The Anatomical Reord, v. 303, p. 790-800. Link to pdf
Woodruff, D. C., Naish, D., and Dunning, J., 2020, Photoluminenscent visual displays: an additional function of integumentary structures in extinct archosaurs? Historical Biology, an International Jounral of Paleobiology, published online, 8pp.
Genus: Nova (1)
Sinankylosaurus WANG, ZHANG, CHEN, CHEN & WANG, 2020
Species: Nova (1)
Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis WANG, ZHANG, CHEN, CHEN & WANG, 2020
Arbour, V. M., Larson, D., Vavarek, M., Buckley, L., and Evans, D., 2020, An ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation of northeastern British Columbia, Canada: Fossil Record, Open Access, v. 23, p. 179-189. Link to pdf
Arbour, V. M., and Zanno, L. E., 2020, Tail weaponry in ankylosaurs and glyptodonts: an example of a rare but strongly convergent phenotype: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 988-998. Link to pdf
Breeden III, B. T., and Rowe, T. B., 2020, New specimens of Scutellosaurus lawleri Colbert, 1982, from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation in Arizona elucidate the early evolution of thyreophoran dinosaurs: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, e1791894, 32pp.
Brown, C. M., Greenwood, D. R., Kalyniuk, J. E., Braman, D. R., Henderson, D. M., Greenwood, C. L., and Basinger, J. F., 2020, Dietary palaeoecology of an Early Cretaceous armoured dinosaur (Ornithischia: Nodosauridae) based on floral analysis of stomach contents: Royal Society Open Science, v. 7, 200305, 21pp. Link to pdf
Chatterjee, S., 2020, The age of dinosaurs in the land of Gonds: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 8, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 181-226.
Dai, H., Ma, Q., Hu, X., Zhou, Y., Tan, C., and Li, N., 2020, A new dinosaur fauna is discovered in Yunyang, Chongqing, China: Acta Geologica Sincia (English Edition), v. 94, n. 1, p. 216-217. Link to pdf
Galton, P. M., 2020, Dermal armor of plated ornithischian dinosaur Stegosaurus from Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Colorado and Wyoming (based mostly on bones collected in 1877-1889 for O. C. Marsh), and Utah: Revue de Paleobiology, Geneve (decembre 2020), v. 39, n. 2, p. 311-370.
Gay, R. J., Huttenlocker, A. K., Irmis, R. B., Stegner, M. A., and Ugleisch, J., 2020, Paleontology of Bears Ears National Monument (Utah, USA)-history of exploration, study, and designation: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 205-241. Link to pdf
Horner, J. R., and Hanson, D. A., 2020, Vertebrate paleontology of Montana: In: MBMG Special Publication 122, Geology of Montana, volume 2: Special Topics, 46pp.
Mocho, P., and Malafaia, E., 2020, Dinossaurios do Jurassico Superior da Bacia lusitaniana: um patrimonio paleontologico singular: Bolet m do Centro Portugues de Geo-H stor a e Pre-H store a, v. 2, n. 1, p. 67-68. Link to pdf
Nabavizadeh, A., 2020, Cranial musculature in herbivorous dinosaurs: a survey of reconstructedanatomical diversity and feeding mechanisms: The Anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 1104-1145. Link to pdf
Nabavizadeh, A., 2020, New reconstruction of cranial musculature in ornithischian dinosaurs: implications for feeding mechanisms and buccal anatomy: The anatomical Record, v. 303, p. 347-362. Link to pdf
Norman, D. B., 2020, Scelidosaurus harrisonii from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England: the dermal skeleton: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 53pp.
Norman, D. B., 2020, Scelidosaurus harrisonii (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England: biology and phylogenetic relationships: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 86pp.
Panciroli, E., Funston, G. F., Holwerda, F., Maidment, S. C. R., Foffa, D., Larkin, N., Challands, T., Depolo, P. E., Goldberg, D., Humpage, M., Ross, D., Wilkinson, M., and Brusatte, S. L., 2020, First dinosaur from the Isle of Eigg (Valtos Sandstone Formation, Middle Jurassic), Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, Spontaneous Article, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
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Genus: NovGenus: Nova (8)
Abitusavis WANG, LI, LIU & ZHOU, 2020
Asteriornis FIELD, BENITO, CHEN, JAGT & KSEPKA, 2020
Falcatakely O'CONNOR, TURNER, GROENKE, FELICE, ROGERS, KRAUSE & RAHANTARISOA, 2020
Kinganornis WANG, CAU, KUNDRAT, CHIAPPE, JI, WANG, LI & WU, 2020
Kompsornis WANG, HUANG, KUNDRAT, CAU, LIU, WANG & JU, 2020
Mirusavis parvus WANG, O'CONNOR, BAILLEUL & LI, 2020
Oculudentavis XING, O'CONNOR, SCHMITZ, CHIAPPE, McKELLAR, YI & LI, 2020
Similiyanornis WANG, LI, LIU & ZHOU, 2020
Species: Nova (8)
Abitusavis lii WANG, LI, LIU & ZHOU, 2020
Asteriornis maastrichtensis FIELD, BENITO, CHEN, JAGT & KSEPKA, 2020
Falcatakely forsterae
O'CONNOR, TURNER, GROENKE, FELICE, ROGERS, KRAUSE & RAHANTARISOA, 2020Kinganornis hulunbuirensis
WANG, CAWAWANG, CAU, KUNDRAT, CHIAPPE, JI, WANG, LI & WU, 2020Kompsornis longicaudus
WANG, HUANG, KUNDRAT, CAU, LIU, WANG & JU, 2020Mirusavis parvus
WANG, O'CONNOR, BAILLEUL & LI, 2020Oculudentavis khaungraae
XING, O'CONNOR, SCHMITZ, CHIAPPE, McKELLAR, YI & LI, 2020Similiyanornis brevipectus
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Wang, M., and Zhou, Z., 2020, Worthy, T. H., and Nguyen, J. M. T., 2020, An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, v. 144, n. 1, p. 66-108. Link to pdf
Wang, M., and Zhou, Z., 2020, Anatomy of a new spcimen of Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus (Aves: Enantiornithes) form the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1783278, v. 40, n. 3, 11pp.
Wang, X., Cau, A., Kundrat, M. Chiappe, L. M., Wang, Y., Li, T., and Wu, W., 2020, A new advanced ornithuromorph bird from Inner Montolia documents the northrnmost geographic distribution of the Jehol paleornithofauna in China: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 13pp. (Kinganornis hulunbuirensis)
Get Wang, X., Huang, J., Kundrat, M., Cau, A., Liu, X., WANG, Y., and Ju, S., 2020, A new jeholornithiform exhibits the earliest appearance of the fused sternum and pelvis in the evolution of avialan dinosaurs: Journal fo Asian Earth Sciences, v. 199, published online (Kompsornis longicaudus)
Wu, Q., O'Connor, J. K., Li, Z.-H., and Bailleul, A. M., 2020, Cartilage on the furculae of living birds and the extinct bird Confuciusornis: a preliminary analysis and implications for light style inferences in Mesozoic birds: Vertebrata PalAiastica, published online, 19pp. Link to pdf
Xing, L., Cockx, P., O'Connor, J. K., and McKellar, R. C., 2020, A newly discovered enantiornithne foot preserved in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber: Palaeoentomology, 003, n. 2, p. 212-219.
Xing, L., McKellar, R. C., and O'Connor, J. K., 2020, An unusually large bird wing in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: Cretaceous Research, v. 110, 7pp. Link to pdf
Xing, L., O'Connor, J. K., Niu, K, Cockx, P., Mai, H,. and McKellar, R. C., 2020, A new enantiornithine (Aves) preserved in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amer contributes to growing diversity of Cretaceous plumage patterns: Fronters in Earth Science, Original Reserch, v. 8, Article 264, 11. Link to pdf
Xing, L., O'Connor, J. K., Schmitz, L., Chiappe, L. M., McKellar, R. C., Yi, Q., and Li, G., 2020, Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceosu periodof Myanmar: Nature, v. 579, p. 245-249. (Oculudentavis khaungraae)
Xing, L., O'Connor, J K., Schmitz, L., Chiappe, L. M., McKellar, R. C., Yi, Q., and Li, G., 2020, Corrections & amendments, Retraction note: Hummingbird-sized dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Mynmar: Nature, Published online, 1pp. Link to pdf
Xu, X., Zhou, Z., Wang, Y., and Wang, M., 2020, Study on the Jehol Biota: recent advances and future prospects: Science China, Earth Sciences, v. 63, n. 6, p. 757-773.
Yang, S., He, H,. Jin, F., Zhang, F., Wu, Y., Yu, Z., LI, Q., Wang, M., O'Connor, J. K., Deng, C., Zhou, R., and Zhou, Z., 2020, The appearance and durtion of the Jehol Biota: Constraint from SIMS U-Pb zircon dating for the Huajiying Formatin in northern China: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, published online, 7 pp. Link to pdf
Zheng, X., O'Connor, J., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Xuwei, Y., Zhang, X., and Zhou, Z., 2020, New information on the keratinous beak of Confuciusornis (Aves: Pygostylia) from two new specimens: Frontiers in Earth Sciene, original research, v. 8, article 367, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Theriodontia
Genus: Nova (4)
Agudotheirum STEFANELLO, KERBER, MARTINELLI & DIAS-DA-SILVA, 2020
Caodeyao LIU & ABDALA, 2020
Kataigidodon KLIGMAN, MARSH, SUES & SIDOR, 2020
Nshimbodon HUTTENLOCKER & SIDOR, 2020 (published 2021)
Species: Nova (5)
Agudotheirum gassenae STEFANELLO, KERBER, MARTINELLI & DIAS-DA-SILVA, 2020
Caodeyao liufengi LIU & ABDALA, 2020
Chiniquodon omaruruensis MOCKE, GAETANO & ABDALA, 2019 (2020)
Kataigidodon venetus KLIGMAN, MARSH, SUES & SIDOR, 2020
Nshimbodon muchingaensis HUTTENLOCKER & SIDOR, 2020 (published 2021)
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43, n . 1, p. 438-460.
Benoit, J., Manger, P. R., and Rubidge, B. S., 2020, Palaeoneurological clues to the evolution of defining mammalian soft tissue traits: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Benton, M. J., 2020, The origin of endothermy in synapsids adn archosaurs and arms races in the Triassic: Gondwana Research, published online, 29pp. Link to pdf
Brikiatis, L., 2020, An early Pangaean vicariance model for synapsid evolution: Scientific Reports, published online, 19pp. Link to pdf
Day, M. O., and Rubidge, B. S., 2020, Biostratigraphy of the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa: Geological Society of South Africa, v. 123, p. 149-164. Link to pdf
Desojo, J. B., Fiorelli, L. E., Ezcurra, M. D., Martinelli, A. G., Ramezani, J., da Rosa, A. A. S., von Backo, M. B., Trotteyn, M. J., Montefeltro, F. C., Ezpeleta, M. and Langer, M. C., 2020, The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations: Scientific Reports, published online, 34pp. Link to pdf
Dunne, E. M., Farnsworth, A., Greene, S. E., Lunt, D. J., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity: Palaeontology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Fahn-Lai, P., Biewener, A. A., and Pierce, S. E., 2020, Broad similarities in shoulder muscle architecture and organization aross two amniotes: implications for reconstructing non-mammalian synapsids: PeerJ 8:e8556 DOI 10.7717/peerj.8556, 36pp. Link to pdf
Huttenlocker, A. K., and Sidor, C. A., 2020 (published 2021), A basal nonmammaliaform cynodont from the Permina of Zambia and the origins of mammalian endocranial and postcranial anatomy: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 5, e1827413, 22pp. (Nshimbodon muchingaensis)
Kerber, L., Matinelli, A. G., Rodrigues, P. G., Ribeiro, A. M., Schultz, C. L., and Soares, M B., 2020, New record of Prozostrodon brasiliensis (Eucynodontia: Prozostrodontia) from its type-locality (Upper Triassic, Southern Brazil): Comments on the endocranial morphology: Breista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 23, n. 4, p. 259-269. Link to dpf
Kligman, B T., Marsh, A. D, Sues, H.-D., and Sidor, C. A., 2020, A new non-mammalian eucynodont from the Chinle Formation (Triassic: Norian), and implications for the early Mesozoic equaorial cynodont record: Biology Letters, v. 16: 20200631, 7pp. (Kataigidodon venetus) Link to pdf
Kümmell, S., Abdala, F., Sassoon, J., and Abdala, V., 2020, Evolution and identity of synapsid carpal bones: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, published online, 30pp. Link to pdf
Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2020, The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 5. Caodeyao liufengi gen. et sp. nov., a new peculiar therocephalian: PeerJ 8:9160 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9160, 22p. (Caodeyao liufengi) Link to pdf
Mocke, H. B., Gaetano, L. C., and Abdala, F, 2019 (published 2020), A new species of carnivorous cynodont Chiniquodon (Cynodontia, Chiniquodontidae) from the Nambian Triassic: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 6, e1754231, 18pp. (Chiniquodon omaruruensis)
Müller, R. T., Garcia, M. S., and Pretto, F. A., 2020, Comments on additional dinosaur specimens from the Janner Site (Upper Triassic of the Barana Basin), southern Brazil: Revista Brasileria de Paleontologia, v. 23, n. 3, p. 171-184. Link to pdf
Norton, L. A., Abdala, F., Rubidge, B. S., and Botha, J., 2020, Tooth replacement patterns in the Early Triassic epicynodont Galesaurus planiceps (Therapsida, Cynodontia): Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 12, 36 pp. Link to pdf
Pavanatto, A. E. B., Da-Rosa, A. A. S., Temp-Muller, R., Roberto-Da-Silva, L., Ribeiro, A M., Martinelli, A. G., and Dias-da-Silva, S., 2020, Bortolin site, a new fossiliferous locality in the Triassic (Ladinian/Carnian) of southern Brazil: Revista Brasileira de Paleontolgia, v. 23, n. 2, p. 123-137. Link to pdf
Pusch, L. C., Ponstein, J., Kammerer, C. F., and Forbisch, J., 2020, Novel endocranial data on the Early Therocephalian Lycosuchus vanderrieti underpin high charcter variablity in early theridont evolution: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, orignial research, published online, 27pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (1)
Taoheodon LIU, 2020
Species: Nova (1)
Taoheodon baizhijuni LIU, 2020
Araujo, R., Macungo, Z., Smith, R. M. H., Tolan, S., Angielczyk, K. D., Crowley, J., Milisse, D., and Mugabe, J., 2020, Biostratigraphic refinement of tetrapod-bearing beds from the Metangula Graben (Niassa Province, Mozombique). New radiometric dating and the first Lower Triassic tetrapod fossils from Mozambique: Palaeontologia africana, v. 54, p. 56-68. Link to pdf
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43,n . 1, p. 438-460.
Botha, J., 2020, The paleobiology and paleoecology of South African Lystrosaurus: PeerJ, 8:e10408 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10408, 35pp. Link to pdf
Brocklehurst, N., Kammerer, C. F., and Benson, R. J., 2020, The origin of tetrapod herbivory: effects on local plant diversity: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 287, 7pp. Link to pdf
Day, M. O., and Rubidge, B. S., 2020, Biostratigraphy of the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa: Geological Society of South Africa, v. 123, p. 149-164. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (11)
Adalatherium KRAUSE, HOFFMANN, HU, WIBLE, ROUGIER, KIRK, GROENKE, ROGERS, ROSSIE, SCHULTZ, EVANS, von KOENIGSWALD & RAHANTARISOA, 2020
Bructerodon MARTIN, AVERIANOV, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2021 (published 2020)
Cheruscodon MARTIN, AVERIANOV, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2021 (published 2020)
Cryoharamiya AVERIANOV, MARTIN, LOPATIN, SKUTSCHAS, SCHELLHORN, KOLOSOV & VITENKO, 2019 (2020)
Filikomys WEAVER, VARRICCHIO, SARGIS, CHEN, FREIMUTH & MANTILLA, 2020
Kryoparvus gerrti RICH, TRUSLER, KOOL, PICKERING, EVANS, SIU, MAKSIMENKO, KUNDRAT, GOSTLING, MOROTN & VICKERS-RICH, 2020
Maiopatagium AVERIANOV, MARTIN, LOPATIN, SCHULTZ, SCHELLHORN, KRASNOLUTSKII, SKUTSCHAS & IVANTSOV, 2019 (published 2020)
Magallanodon GOIN, MARTINELLI, SOTO-ACUNA, VIEYTES, MANRIQUEZ, FERNANDEZ, PINO, TREVISAN, KALUZA, REGUERO, LEPPE, ORTIZ, RUBILAR-ROGERS & VAGAS, 2020
Sharypovoia AVERIANOV, MARTIN, LOPATIN, SCHULTZ, SCHELLHORN, KRASNOLUTSKII, SKUTSCHAS & IVANTSOV, 2019 (published 2020)
Scalaria COHEN, DAVIS & CIFELLI, 2020 (published 2021)
Stirtodon RICH, FLANNERY & VICKERS-RICH, 2020
Species: Nova (17)
Adalatherium hui KRAUSE, HOFFMANN, HU, WIBLE, ROUGIER, KIRK, GROENKE, ROGERS, ROSSIE, SCHULTZ, EVANS, von KOENIGSWALD & RAHANTARISOA, 2020
Amblotherium megistodon FOSTER, PAGNAC & HUNT-FOSTER, 2020
Aquiladelphis analetris COHEN, DAVIS & CIFELLI, 2020 (published 2021)
Bructerodon alatus MARTIN, AVERIANOV, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2021 (published 2020)
Cheruscodon balvensis MARTIN, AVERIANOV, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2021 (published 2020)
Cryoharamiya tarda AVERIANOV, MARTIN, LOPATIN, SKUTSCHAS, SCHELLHORN, KOLOSOV & VITENKO, 2019 (2020)
Filikomys primaevus WEAVER, VARRICCHIO, SARGIS, CHEN, FREIMUTH & MANTILLA, 2020
Glasbius piceanus COHEN, DAVIS & CIFELLI, 2020 (published 2021)
Kryoparvus gerrti RICH, TRUSLER, KOOL, PICKERING, EVANS, SIU, MAKSIMENKO, KUNDRAT, GOSTLING, MOROTN & VICKERS-RICH, 2020
Maiopatagium sibiricum AVERIANOV, MARTIN, LOPATIN, SCHULTZ, SCHELLHORN, KRASNOLUTSKII, SKUTSCHAS & IVANTSOV, 2019 (published 2020)
Magallanodon baikashkenke GOIN, MARTINELLI, SOTO-ACUNA, VIEYTES, MANRIQUEZ, FERNANDEZ, PINO, TREVISAN, KALUZA, REGUERO, LEPPE, ORTIZ, RUBILAR-ROGERS & VAGAS, 2020
Sharypovoia arimasporum AVERIANOV, MARTIN, LOPATIN, SCHULTZ, SCHELLHORN, KRASNOLUTSKII, SKUTSCHAS & IVANTSOV, 2019 (published 2020)
Sharypovoia maga AVERIANOV, MARTIN, LOPATIN, SCHULTZ, SCHELLHORN, KRASNOLUTSKII, SKUTSCHAS & IVANTSOV, 2019 (published 2020)
Scalaria martini COHEN, DAVIS & CIFELLI, 2020 (published 2021)
Scalaria aquilana COHEN, DAVIS & CIFELLI, 2020 (published 2021)
Stirtodon elizabethae RICH, FLANNERY & VICKERS-RICH, 2020
Triconodon averianovi JAGER, CIFELLI & MARTIN, 2020
Alvarez-Parra, S., Delclos, X., Solorzano-Lraemer, M. M., Alcala, L., and Penalver, E., 2020, Cretaceous amniote integuments recorded through a taphonomic process unique to resins: Scientific Reports, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf
Augustin, F. J., Matzke, A. T., Maisch, M. W., Hinz, J. K., and Pfretzschner, H.-U., 2020, The smallest eating the largest: the oldest mamalina feeding traces on dinosaur bone from the Late Jurassic of the Junggar Basin (Northwestern China): The Science of Nature, v. 107, 32, 5pp. Link to pdf
Averianov, A. O., Martin, T., Loptain, A. V. Schultz, J A., Schellhorn, R., Krasnolutskii, S., Skutschas, P., and Ivantsov, S., 2019 (published 2020), Haramiyidian mammals from the Middle Jurassic of western Siberian, Russia. PArt 1: Shenshouidae and Maiopatagium: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 4, e1669159, 12pp. (Maiopatagium sibiricum, Sharypovoia arimasporum, Sharypovoia maga)
Averianov, A. O., Martin, T., Lopatin, A. V. Skutschas, P. P., Schellhorn, R., Kolosov, P. N., and Vitenko, D. D., 2019 (published 2020), A new euharamiyidan mammaliaform from the Lower Cretaceous of Yakutia, Russia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 39, n. 6, e1762089, 6pp. (Cryoharamiya tarda)
Bandyopadhyay, S., and Ray, S., 2020, Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships: Epsiodes, v. 43, n . 1, p. 438-460.
Benoit, J., Manger, P. R., and Rubidge, B. S., 2020, Palaeoneurological clues to the evolution of defining mammalian soft tissue traits: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Celik, M. A., and Phillips, M. J., 2020, Conflict resolution for Mesozoic mammals: reconciling phylogenetic incongruence among anatomical regions: Frontiers in Genetics, Original Research, v. 11, article 0651, 19pp. Link to pdf
Cohen, J. E., Davis, B. M., and Cifelli, R. L., 2020 (published 2021), Geologically oldest pediomyoidea (Mammalia, Marsupialiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of North America, with implications for taxonomy and diet of earliest Late Cretaceous Mammals: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, n. 5, e1835935, 13pp. (Aquiladelphis analetris, Scalaria martini, Scalaria aquilana, Glasbius piceanus)
Dunne, E. M., Farnsworth, A., Greene, S. E., Lunt, D. J., and Butler, R. J., 2020, Climatic drivers of latitudinal variation in Late Triassic tetrapod diversity: Palaeontology, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Pagnac, D. C., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2020, An unusually diverse northern biota from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, Wyoming: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 7, p. 29-67. (Amblotherium megistodon) Link to pdf
Goin, F. J., Martinelli, A. G., Soto-Acuna, S., Vieytes, E. C., Manriquez, L. M. E., Fernandez, R. A., Pino, J. P., Trevisan, C., Kaluza, J,. Reguero, M. A., Leppe, M., Oritz, H., Rubilar-Rogers, D., and Vargas, A. O., 2020, First Mesozoic mammal from Chile: the southernmost record of a Late Cretaceous Gondwanatherian: Boletin del Museo Nacinoal de Historia Natural, Chile, v. 69, n. 1, p. 5-31. (Magallanodon baikashkenke) Link to pdf
Halliday, T. J. D., Holroyd, P. A., Gheerbrant, E., Prasad, G. V. R., Scaferla, A., Beck, R. M. D., Krause, D. W., and Goswami, A., 2020, Leaving Gondwana: the changing position of the Indian Subcontinent in the global faunal nework: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New prespectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 9, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 227-249.
Hoffmann, S., Hu, Y., and Krause, D. W., 2020 (published 2021), Postcranial morphology of Adalatherium hui (Gondwanatheria, Mammalia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: In: Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, edited by Krause, D. W., and Hoffmann, S., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, supplement to no. 2, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir, 21, p. 133-212.
Hoffmann, S., and Kirk, E. C., 2020 (published 2021), Inner ear morphology of Adalatherium hui (Gondwanatheria, Mammalia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: In: Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, edited by Krause, D. W., and Hoffmann, S., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, supplement to no. 2, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir, 21, p. 67-80.
Horner, J. R., and Hanson, D. A., 2020, Vertebrate paleontology of Montana: In: MBMG Special Publication 122, Geology of Montana, volume 2: Special Topics, 46pp.
Jäger, K. R. K., Cifelli, R. L., and Martin, T,. 2020, Tooth eruption in the Early Cretaceous British Mammal Triconodon and description of a new species: Palaeontology, Published online, 16pp. (Triconodon averianovi) Link to pdf
Jäger, K. R. K., Cifelli, R. L., and Martin, T., 2020, Molar occlusion and jaw roll in early crown mammals: Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79159-4, 12pp. Link to pdf
King, B., and Beck, R. M. D., 2020, Tip dating supports novel resolutions of controversial relatinoships among early mammals: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B, v. 287, 7pp. Link to pdf
Krause, D. W., Groenke, J. R., Hoffmann, S., Rogers, R. R., and Rahantarisoa, L. J., 2020 (published 2021), Introduction to Adalatherium hui (Gondwanatheria, Mammalia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: In: Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, edited by Krause, D. W., and Hoffmann, S., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, supplement to no. 2, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir, 21, p. 4-18.
Krause, D. W., and Hoffmann, S., 2020 (published 2021), Preface: In: Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, edited by Krause, D. W., and Hoffmann, S., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, supplement to no. 2, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir, 21, p. 1-3.
Krause, D. W., Hoffmann, S., Hu, Y,. Wible, J. R., Rougier, G. W., Kirk, E. C,. Groenke, J. R., Rogers, R. R,. Rossie, J. B., Schultz, J. A., Evans, A. R., von Koenigswald, W., and Rahantarisoa, L. J., 2020, Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity: Nature, published online, 8 pp. (Adalatherium hui) Link to pdf
Krause, D. W., Hoffmann, S., Rossie, J. B., Hu, Y., Wible, J. R., Rougier, G. W., Kirk, E. C., and Groenke, J. R., 2020 (published 2021), Craniofacial morphology of Adalatherium hui (Gondwanatheria, Mammalia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: In: Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, edited by Krause, D. W., and Hoffmann, S., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, supplement to no. 2, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir, 21, p. 19-66.
Krause, D. W., Hoffmann, S., Wible, J. R., and Rougier, G. W., 2020 (published 2021), Lower jaw morphology of Adalatherium hui (Gondwanatheria, Mammalia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: In: Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, edited by Krause, D. W., and Hoffmann, S., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, supplement to no. 2, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir, 21, p. 81-96.
Krause, D. W., Hu, Y., Hoffmann, S., Groenke, J. R., Schultz, J. A., Evans, A R., von Koenigswald, W., and Rougier, G. W., 2020 (published 2021), Dental morphology of Adalatherium hui (Gondwanatheria, Mammalia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: In: Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, edited by Krause, D. W., and Hoffmann, S., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 40, supplement to no. 2, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir, 21, p. 97-132.
Martin, T., Averianov, A. O., Schultz, J A., and Schwermann, A. H., 2021 (published 2020), First multituberculate mammals from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany: Cretaceous Research, v. 119, p. 14pp. (Cheruscodon balvensis, Bructerodon alatus)
Panciroli, E., Benson, R. B. J., Walsh, S., Butler, R. J., Castro, T. A., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2020, Review Article, Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburg, 22pp. Link to pdf
Rage, J.-C., and Gheerbrant, E., 2020, Island Africa and vertebrate evolution: a review of data and working hypotheses: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics, New perspectives on Post-Gondwana break-up-a tribute to Ashok Sahni, Chapter 10, edited by Prasad, G. V. R., and Patnaik, R., Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series, Springer, p. 251-264.
Rich, T. H., Trusler, P., Kool, L., Pickering, D., Evans, A., Siu, K., Maksimenko, A., Kundrat, M., Gostling, N. J., Morton, S., and Vickers-Rich, P., 2020, Chapter 3, A third, remarkably small, tribosphenic mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia: In: Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics: New Prespectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up-A Tribute to Ashok Sahni, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleonthropology Series, p. 67-75. (Kryoparvus gerrti)
Weaver, L. N., Varricchio, D. J., Sargis, E. J., Chen, M., Freimuth, W. J., and Mantilla, G. P. W., 2020, Early mammalian social behaviour revealed by multituberculates from a dinosaur nesting site: Nature ecology & evolutino, publihed online, 6pp. (Filikomys primaevus)
Oogenus: Nova (2)
Aenigmaoolithus CHOI, LEE, KIM, KIM & LEE, 2020
Dendroolithus dashiqiaoensis
JIA, FANG, GAO, GAO, CHANG, CHANG, CHANG, XIAO, YANG, ZHENG, ZHU, WANG & WANG, 2020Oospecies: Nova (2)
Aenigmaoolithus vesicularis
CHOI, LEE, KIM, KIM & LEE, 2020Dendroolithus dashiqiaoensis JIA, FANG, GAO, GAO, CHANG, CHANG, CHANG, XIAO, YANG, ZHENG, ZHU, WANG & WANG, 2020
Abrequ, D., Viana, M. S. S. de Oliveira, P. V. Viana, G. F., and Borges-Nojosa, D. M., 2020, First record of an amniotic egg from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, Brazil): Revisita Brasileira de Paleontolgia, v. 23, n. 3, p. 185-193. Link to pdf
Choi, S., lee, S. K., Kim, N.-H,. Kim, S., and Lee, Y.-N., 2020, Raman spectroscopy detects amorphous carbon in an enigmatic egg from the Upper Cretaceous Wido Volcanis of South Korea: Frontiers in Earth Science, Original Research, published online, 21pp. (Aenigmaoolithus vesicularis) Link to pdf
Dawson, R. R., Field, D. J., Hull, P. M., Zelenitsky, D. K., Therrien, F., and Affek, H. P., 2020, Eggshell geochemistry reveals ancestral metabolic thermoregulation in Dinosauria: Science Advances, Research Article, 6: eaax9361, 10pp. Link to pdf
Elejalde-Cadena, N. R., Cabrera-Hernandez, J. S., Hernandez-Rivera R., and Moreno, A., 2020, Searching for a clue to characterize a crystalline dinosaur's eggshell of Baja California, Mexico: ACS Omega, v. 5, p. 25936-25946. Link to pdf
Jia, S., Fang, K, Gao, D., Gao, Y., Chang, H., Chang, H., Chang, F., Xiao, L., Yang, L., Zheng, Y., Zhu, X., Wang, Q., and Wang, X., 2020, A new oospecies of dinosaur eggs from the Upper Cretaceous in the Xichuan Basin, Henan Province: Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 94, n. 10, p. 2816-2822. (Dendroolithus dashiqiaoensis)
Laskar, A. H., Mohabey, D., Bahattacharya, S. K., and Liang, M.-C., 2020, Variable thermoregulation of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs inferred by clumped isotope analysis of fossilized eggshell carbonates: Heliyon, v. 6, e05265, 12pp. Link to pdf
Naugolnykh, S. V., and Kuleshov, V. N., 2020, New palaeoclimatic insights on the Late Cretaceous environments of Mongolia based on the isotope data (δ13C, δ18O) of dinosaur eggshells and pedogenic carbonates from Bayn Dzak section: Global Geology, v. 23, n. 4, p. 199-213. Link to pdf
Xing, L., Niu, K., Zhang, L., Yang, T.-R., Zhang, J., Persons IV, W. S., Romillo, A., Zhuang, Y., and Ran, H., 2020, Dinosaur egg associated with crustacean trace fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi, China: evidence for foraging behavior? Biosis: Biological Systems, v. 1, n. 2, p. 54-59. Link to pdf
Ichnogenus: Nova (4)
Afrodelatorrichnus
BORDY, RAMPERSADH, ABRAHAMS, LOCKLEY & HEAD, 2020Novapes
LEE, KONG & JUNG, 2020Occitanopodus
MOUREAU, TRINCAL, FARA, BARET, JANCQUET, BARBINI, FALAMENT, WIENIN, BOUREL & JEAN, 2019 (2020)Rhamphichnus
MAZIN & POUECH, 2020Ichnospecies: Nova (9)
Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergerorum emend
BORDY, RAMPERSADH, ABRAHAMS, LOCKLEY & HEAD, 2020 (Ichnotype) Etymology: In honor of Paul Ellenberger, and his family's extensive work on the history and prehistory of southern Africa. Note: The species name should end in -orum, since its in honor of Paul Ellenberger and his family, and not -i.Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri
BORDY, RAMPERSADH, ABRAHAMS, LOCKLEY & HEAD, 2020Asianopodus niui
LI, JIANG & WANG, 2020Batrachopus grandis
KIM, LOCKLEY, LIM, BAE & ROMILIO, 2020Isochirotherium gardettensis
PETTI, FURRER, COLLO, MARTINETTO, BERNARDI, DELFINO, ROMANO & PIAZZA, 2020Novapes ulsanensis
LEE, KONG & JUNG, 2020Occitanopodus gandi
MOUREAU, TRINCAL, FARA, BARET, JANCQUET, BARBINI, FALAMENT, WIENIN, BOUREL & JEAN, 2019 (2020)Rhamphichnus crayssacensis MAZIN & POUECH, 2020
Rhamphichnus lafaurii MAZIN & POUECH, 2020
Rhamphichnus pereiraensis MAZIN & POUECH, 2020
Synonym: Nova (1)
Pachypes ollieri (ELLENBERGER, 1983) MARCHETTI, VOIGT, MUJAL, LUCAS, FRANCISCHINI, FORTUNY & SANTUCCI, 2020
= Paranomodontipus olieri ELLENBERGER, 1983
= Theriopodiscus lieudensis ELLENBERGER, 1983
Abrahams, M., Sciscio, L. Reid, M., Haupt, T'Nielle, and Bordy, E. M., 2020, Large tridactyl dinosaur tracks from the Early Jurassic of southern Gondwana-Uppermot Elliot Formation, Upper Moyeni, Lesotho: Annales Societatis Geologorium Poloniae, v. 90, published online, 26pp. Link to pdf
Apesteguia, S., Riguetti, F., Citton, P., Veiga, G. D., Poire, D. G., de Valais, S., and Zacarias, G. G., 2020, The Ruditayoj-Tunasniyoj fossil area (Chuquisaca, Bolivia): a Triassic chirotheriid megatrackiste and reinterpretation of purported thyrophoran tracks: Historical Biology, published online, 14pp.
Bordy, E. M., Rampersadh, A., Abrahams, M., Lockley, M. G., and Head, H. V., 2020, Tracking the Pliensbachian-Toarcian Karoo firewalkers: trackways of quadruped and biped dinosaurs and mammaliaforms: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 15, n. 1, 36 pp. (Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri) Link to pdf
Buchwitz, M., Marchetti, L., Jansen, M, Falk, D,. Trostheide, F,. and Schneider, J. W., 2020, Ichnotaxonomy and trackmaker assignement of tetrapod tracks and swimming traces from the Middle Permian Hornburg Formation of Saxo-Anhalt (Germany): Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, v. 90, 30pp. Link to pdf
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