2024 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

Integuments; Feathers, Skin, Hair

Interesting articles


Agnatha

Brookfield, M. E., 2024, The life and death of Jamoytius kerwoodi White; a Silurian jawless nektonic herbivore?: Fossil Studies, v. 2, p. 77-91. Link to pdf

Dearden, R. P., Jones, A. S., Giles, S., Lanetti, A., Grohganz, M., Johanson, Z., Lautenschlager, S., Randle, E., Donoghu, P. C., and Sansom, I. J., 2024, The three-dimensionally articulated oral apparatus of a Devonian heterostracan sheds light on fedding in Palaeozoic jawless fishes: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B., 291: 20232258, 12pp. Link to pdf

Grohganz, M., Ferron, H. B., Johanson, Z., and Donoghue, P. C. J., 2023 (published 2024), testing hypotheses of pteraspid heterostrachan feeding using computational fluid dynamics: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 2, 22272974, 10pp.


Thelodonti

 


Placoderm

Genus: Nova (1)

Alienacanthus JOBBINS, RUCKLIN, VILLAGRA, LELIEVRE, GROGAN, SZREK & KLUG, 2024

Species: Nova (1)

Alienacanthus milkowskii JOBBINS, RUCKLIN, VILLAGRA, LELIEVRE, GROGAN, SZREK & KLUG, 2024

 

Jobbins, Klug & Rücklin, 2024, A 365-million-year-old fish with an extreme underbite showcases vertebrate diversity: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Jobbins, M., Rücklin, M,. Villagra, M. R. S., Lelievre, H., Grogan, E., Szrek, P., and Klug, C., 2024, Extreme long jaw elongation in a placoderm reflects high disparity and modularity in early vertebrate evolution: Royal Science Open Science, v. 11: 231747, 15pp. (Alienacanthus milkowskii) Link to pdf

Long, J. A., and Trinajstic, K., 2024, Placoderms: Cell Press, Current Biology Magazine, R43-R47. Link to pdf

Retallack, G. J,. 2024, Late Devonian fossils of New South Wales and early tetrapod habitats: Lethaia, v. 57, n. 1, 19pp. Link to pdf

Young, G. C., 2024, Relative age of the Devonian tetrapod Metaxygnathus, based on the associated fossil fish assemblage at Jemalong, New South Wales: Alcheringa: An Austalasian Journal of Palaeontology, Published online, 20 pp. Link to pdf


Acanthodians

 


Chondrichthyes

Genus: Nova (2)

Aellopobatis TȔRTSCHER, JAMBURA, VILLALOBOS-SEGURA, LOPEZ-ROMERO, UNDERWOOD, THIES, LAUER, LAUER & KRIWET, 2024

Troglocladodus HODNETT, TOOMEY, EGLI, WARD, WOOD, OLSON, TOLLESON, TWEET & SANTUCCI, 2024

Species: Nova (4)

Aellopobatis bavarica TȔRTSCHER, JAMBURA, VILLALOBOS-SEGURA, LOPEZ-ROMERO, UNDERWOOD, THIES, LAUER, LAUER & KRIWET, 2024

Glikmanius careforum HODNETT, TOOMEY, EGLI, WARD, WOOD, OLSON, TOLLESON, TWEET & SANTUCCI, 2024

Parvodus ominechonensis BREEDEN III, OYAMA, MANABE, TAKAHASHI & SAKATA, 2024

Troglocladodus trimbleik HODNETT, TOOMEY, EGLI, WARD, WOOD, OLSON, TOLLESON, TWEET & SANTUCCI, 2024

Anonymous, 2024, New species of 65 million year old fossil shark discovered in Alabama: Phys Org, published online, 6 pp. Link to pdf

Boles, Z. M., Ullmann, P. V., Putnam, I., Ford, M., and Deckhut, J. T., 2024, New vertebrate microfossils expand the diversity of the chondrichthyan and actinopterygina fauna of the Maastrichtian-Danian Hornerstown Formation in New Jersey: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, n. 2, p. 173-198. Link to pdf

Breeden III, B. T., Oyama, N., Manabe, M., Takahashi, H., and Sakata, C., 2024, A new freshwater lonchidiid hybodontiform shark (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Triassic Momonoki Formation in Yamaguchi, Japan: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2322749, 12pp. (Parvodus ominechonensis) Link to pdf

Czepinski, L., Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Talanda, M., Szczygielski, T., and Sulej, 2023 (published 2024), A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (Southern Poland): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, 23pp.

Feichtinger, I., Pollerspock, J., Harzhausr, M., Auer, G., Kranner, M., and Guinot, G., 2024, Elasmobranch assemblages from a bathyal environment spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in Austria: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 117, 11pp.

Hansen, B. B., Bucher, H. F. R., Schnebeli-Hermann, E., and Hammer, O., 2024, Smithian and Spathian palaeontological records of the Vikinghogda Formation in Central Spitsbergen: Lethia, published online, 15pp. Link to pdf

Hodnett, J.-P. M., Toomey, R,. Egli, H. C., Ward, G, Wood, J. R., Olson, R, Tolleson, K., Tweet, J. S., Santucci, V. L., 2023 (published 2024), New Ctenacanth sharks (Chondrochthyes: Elasmobranchii: Ctenacanthiformes) from the Middle to Late Mississippian of Kentucky and Alabama: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2202599, 14pp. (Troglocladodus trimbleik, Glikmanius careforum)

Jambura, P. L., Solonin, S. V., Cooper, S. L. A., Mychko, E. V., Arkhangelsky, M. S., Turtscher, J., Amadori, M., Stumpf, S., Vodorezov, A. V., and Kriwet, J., 2024, Fossil marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Akkermanovka (Orenburg Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia): Cretaceous Research, v. 155, 105779, 44pp.

Serafinin, G., Danise, S., Maxwell, E. E., Martire, L,. Amalfitano, J., Cobianchi, M, Honhenstein, U. T., and Giusberrti, L., 2024, Of his bones are crinoid made: Taphonomy and deadfall ecology of marine reptiles from a pelagic setting (Middle-Upper Jurassic of northeastern Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 130, n. 1, p. 97-128. Link to pdf

Türtscher, J, Jambura, P. L., Villalobos-Segura, E., Lopez-Romero, F. A., Underwood, C. J., Thies, D., Lauer, B., Lauer, R., and Kriwet, J., 2024, Rostral and body shape analyses reveal cryptic diversity of Late Jurassic batomorphs (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii from Europe): Papers in Paleontology, e1552, published online, 31pp. (Aellopobatis bavarica) Link to pdf



Fish

Genus: Nova (5)

Boreiosturion MURRAY, NELSON & BRINKMAN, 2023 (published 2024)

Gregarialepis BAKAEV, 2024

Planalepis BAKAEV, 2024

Toarcocephalus COOPER, LOPEZ-ARBARELLO & MAXWELL, 2024

Vango MURRAY, BRANKMAN, FRIEDMAN & KRAUSE, 2023 (published 2024)

Species: Nova (5)

Boreiosturion labyrinthicus MURRAY, NELSON & BRINKMAN, 2023 (published 2024)

Gregarialepis binaria BAKAEV, 2024

Planalepis diserta BAKAEV, 2024

Toarcocephalus morlok COOPER, LOPEZ-ARBARELLO & MAXWELL, 2024

Vango fahiny MURRAY, BRANKMAN, FRIEDMAN & KRAUSE, 2023 (published 2024)

Bakaev, A. S., 2024, Revision of Permian Ray-finned fishes from the Leninsk and Tailugan Formations of the Kuznetsk Basin: Paleontological Journal, v. 58, n . 1, p. 95-100. (Gregarialepis binaria, Planalepis diserta) Link to pdf

Bean, L. B., 2024, A revision of the Late Jurassic fish Aphnelepis australis from the Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed of New South Wales, Australia: Alcheringa: an Australiasian Journal of Palaeontology, v. 48, n. 1, p. 109-126. Link to pdf

Boles, Z. M., Ullmann, P. V., Putnam, I., Ford, M., and Deckhut, J. T., 2024, New vertebrate microfossils expand the diversity of the chondrichthyan and actinopterygina fauna of the Maastrichtian-Danian Hornerstown Formation in New Jersey: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, n. 2, p. 173-198. Link to pdf

Cawley, J. J., and Kriwet, J., 2024, The fossil record and diversity of pycnodontiform fishes in non-marine environments: Diversity, v. 16, 38pp. Link to pdf

Cooper, S. L. A., 2023 (published 2024), Cannibalism in the Early Jurassic boney fish Pachycormus macropterus (Teleosteomorpha: Pachycormiformes) and its paleoecological signifiance: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2294000, 14pp.

Cooper, S. L. A., Lopez-Arbarello, A., and Maxwell, E. E., 2024, First occurrence of +coccolepidid fish (?Chondrostei:+Coccolepididae) from the Upper Lias (Toarcian, Early Jurassic) of southern Germany: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 27, n. 1, 25pp. (Toarcocephalus morlok) Link to pdf

Czepinski, L., Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Talanda, M., Szczygielski, T., and Sulej, 2023 (published 2024), A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (Southern Poland): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, 23pp.

Jambura, P. L., Solonin, S. V., Cooper, S. L. A., Mychko, E. V., Arkhangelsky, M. S., Turtscher, J., Amadori, M., Stumpf, S., Vodorezov, A. V., and Kriwet, J., 2024, Fossil marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Akkermanovka (Orenburg Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia): Cretaceous Research, v. 155, 105779, 44pp.

Klug, C., Spiekman, S. N. F., Bastiaans, D., Scheffold, B., and Scheyer, T. M., 2024, The marine conservation deposits of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Italy): the prototype of Triassic black shale Lagerstätten: Swiss Jounal of Palaeontology, 143:11, 28pp. Link to pdf

Murray, A. M., Brinkman, D. B., Friedman, M., and Krause, D. W., 2023 (published 2024), A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 2, e2255630, 20pp. (Vango fahiny)

Murray, A. M., Nelson, L. E,. and Brinkman, D. B., 2023 (published 2024), A new sturgeon from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation in central Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, 10pp. (Boreiosturion labyrinthicus)

Sullivan, R. M., Jasinski, S. E., and Williamson, T. E., 2023 (published 2024) The first articulated skull roof and braincase of Melvius chauliodous (Amiidae, Vidalamiinae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 2, e2264341, 20pp.

Whitebone, S. A., Funston, G. F., and Currie, P. J., 2024, An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2316668, 14pp.


Crossopterygians & Finned Tetrapods

Genus: Nova (2)

Harajicadetes CHOO, HOLLAND, CLEMENT, KING, CHALLANDS, YOUNG & LONG, 2024
Jemalongia
YOUNG, 2024

Species: Nova (2)

Harajicadetes zhumini CHOO, HOLLAND, CLEMENT, KING, CHALLANDS, YOUNG & LONG, 2024
Jemalongia ritchiei YOUNG, 2024

Choo, B., Holland, T., Clement, A. Q. M., King, B., Challands, T., Young, G., and Long, J. A., 2023 (published 2024), A new stem-tetrapod fish from the Middle-Late Devonian of central Australia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2285000, 15pp. (Harajicadetes zhumini)

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf


Hansen, B. B., Bucher, H. F. R., Schnebeli-Hermann, E., and Hammer, O., 2024, Smithian and Spathian palaeontological records of the Vikinghogda Formation in Central Spitsbergen: Lethia, published online, 15pp. Link to pdf

Retallack, G. J,. 2024, Late Devonian fossils of New South Wales and early tetrapod habitats: Lethaia, v. 57, n. 1, 19pp. Link to pdf

Stewart, T. A., Lemberg, J. B., Hillan, E. J., Magallanes, I., Daschler, E. B., and Shubin, N. H., 2024, The Axial skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 121, n. 15 (E12161606121), 9 pp. Link to pdf

Young, G. C., 2024, Relative age of the Devonian tetrapod Metaxygnathus, based on the associated fossil fish assemblage at Jemalong, New South Wales: Alcheringa: An Austalasian Journal of Palaeontology, Published online, 20 pp. (Jemalongia ritchiei) Link to pdf

Lungfish

Czepinski, L., Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Talanda, M., Szczygielski, T., and Sulej, 2023 (published 2024), A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (Southern Poland): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, 23pp.

Retallack, G. J,. 2024, Late Devonian fossils of New South Wales and early tetrapod habitats: Lethaia, v. 57, n. 1, 19pp. Link to pdf

Coelocanths



Fish Ichnology


Fish Burrows


Fish Coprolites

 


Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians

Genus: Nova (2)

Kermitops SO, PARDO & MANN, 2024

Stenokranio WERNEBURG, WITZMANN, RINEHART, FISCHER & VOIGT, 2024

Species: Nova (3)

Dvinosaurus bugini ULIAKHIN & GOLUBEV, 2024

Kermitops gratus SO, PARDO & MANN, 2024

Stenokranio boldi WERNEBURG, WITZMANN, RINEHART, FISCHER & VOIGT, 2024

Anonymous, 2024, Researchers name prehistoric amhibian ancestor discovered in Smithsonian collection after Kermit the Frog: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Czepinski, L., Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Talanda, M., Szczygielski, T., and Sulej, 2023 (published 2024), A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (Southern Poland): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, 23pp.

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Porro, L. B., Martin-Silvestone, E., and Rayfield, E. J., 2024, Descriptive anatomy and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the tetrapod Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen, 1975 from the Carboniferous of Scotland: Earth and Environmental Science Transcations of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, publihsed online, 21pp. Link to pdf

Retallack, G. J,. 2024, Late Devonian fossils of New South Wales and early tetrapod habitats: Lethaia, v. 57, n. 1, 19pp. Link to pdf

So, C., Pardo, J. D., and Mann, A., 2024, A new amphibamiform from the Early Permian of Texas elucidates patterns of cranial diversity among terrestrial amphibamiformes: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 15pp. (Kermitops gratus) Link to pdf

Schoch, R. R., and Witzmann, F., 2024, The veolution of larvae in temnospondyls and the stepwise orign of amphibian metamorphosis: Biological Reviews, published online, 25pp. Link to pdf

Uliakhin, A. V., and Golubev, V. K., 2024, Ancient species of the genus Dvinosaurus (Temnospondyli, Dvinosauria) from the Permian Sundyr Tetrapod Assemblage of EAstern Europe: Paleontological Journal, v. 58, n. 2, p. 204-225. (Dvinosaurus bugini) Link to pdf

Wermeberg, R., Witzmann, F., Rinehart, L., Fischer, J., and Voigt, S., 2024, A new eryopoid temnospondyl from the Carbonfierous-Permian boundary of Germany: Journal of Paleontology, published online, 31pp. (Stenokranio boldi)


Reptilosauromorphtro


Lepospondyli

Genus: Nova (1)

Bromerpeton MacDOUGALL, JANNEL, HENRICI, BERMAN, SUMIDA, MARTENS FRöBISCH & FRöBISCH, 2024

Species: Nova (1)

Bromerpeton subcolossus MacDOUGALL, JANNEL, HENRICI, BERMAN, SUMIDA, MARTENS FRöBISCH & FRöBISCH, 2024

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

MacDougall, M. J., Jannel, A., Henrici, A. C., Berman, D. S., Sumida, S. S., Martens, T., Fröbisch, N. B,. and Fröbisch, J., 2024, A new recumbirostran 'microsaur' from the lower Permian Bromacker locality, Thuringia, Germany, and its fossorial adaptations: Scientific Reports, published online, 13pp. (Bromerpeton subcolossus) Link to pdf

Reisz, R. R., Maho, T., and Modesto, S. P., 2024, Recumbirostran 'microsaurs' are not amniotes: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 22, n. 1, 16pp.


Amphibians

Anonymous, 2024, Fossilized frog with belly full of eggs unearthed in China is oldest of its kind: Phys Org, published online, 3pp. Link to pdf

Du, B., Zhang, J., Gomez, R. O., Dong, L, Zhang, M,. Lei, X., Li, A., and Dai, S., 2024, A cretaceous frog with eggs from northwestern China provides fossil evidence for sexual maturity preceding skeletal maturity in anurans: Proceedings of the Royal Socity, Series B, 291: 20232320, 10pp. Link to pdf

Skutschas, P. P., Saburov, P. G., Uliakhin, A. V., and Kolchanov, V. V., 2024, Long bone morphology and histology of the stem salamander Kulgeriherpeton ultimum (Caudata, Karauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Yakutia: Paleontologica Journal, v. 58,n. 1, p. 101-111.



Lower Reptiles (“Anapsids”)

Czepinski, L., Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Talanda, M., Szczygielski, T., and Sulej, 2023 (published 2024), A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (Southern Poland): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, 23pp.

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Mooney, E. D., Maho, T., Hiilp, R. P., Bevitt, J. J., and Reisz, R. R., 2024, Paleozoic cave system preserves oldest-known evidence of amniote skin: Current Biology, v. 34, 10pp. Link to pdf

Van Den Brandt, M. J,. Cisneros, J. C., Abdala, F., Boyarinova, E. I., Golubev, V. K., Norton, L. A., Radermacher, V. J., and Rubidge, B. S., 2024, Cranial osteology and a new diagnosis of the Late Permian pareiasaur Nanoparia luckhoffi (Broom, 1936) from the Karoo basin of South Africa, and a consolidated pareiasaurian phylogeny: Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 26, n . 4, p. 288-314. Link to pdf

Whitebone, S. A., Funston, G. F., and Currie, P. J., 2024, An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2316668, 14pp.


Turtle

Genus: Nova (1)

Kansastega McDAVID & HOOKS III, 2023 (published 2024)

Synonym: Nova (1)

Kansastega copei (WIELAND, 1909) McDAVID & HOOKS III, 2023 (published 2024)

= Protostega copei WIELAND, 1909

= Archelon copei (WIELAND, 1909) ZANGERL, 1953

= Microstega copei (WIELAND, 1909) HOOKS 1998

McDavid, S. N., and Hooks III, G. E., 2023 (published 2024), Kansastega, nom. nov., a replacement name for Microstega Hooks, preoccupied by Meyrick: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, e2252648, 2pp. (Kansastega copei = Protostega copei, = Archelon copei, = Microstega copei)

Obraztsova, E. M., Sukhanov, V. B., and Danilov, I. G., 2023 (published 2024), Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, A stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications from the paleoecology of stem turtles: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2293997, 24pp.

Spicher, G. E., Lyson, T. R., and Evers, S. W., 2024, Updated cranial and mandibular description of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrhcithan) baenid turtle Saxochelys gilberti based on micro-computed tomography scans and new information on the holotype-shell association: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 143: 2, 28pp. Link to pdf

Szczygielski, T., Marchetti, L., and Drozdz, D., 2024, Natural external plastron mold of the Triassic turtle Proterochersis: an unusual mode of peresrvation: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 19, n. 3,  30 pp. Link to pdf


 Diapsida (Lower Lepidosauromorphs)

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Rossi, V., Bernardi, M,. Fornasiero, M., Nestola, F., Unitt, R., Castelli, S., and Kustatscher, E., 2024, Forged soft tissues revealed in the oldest fossil reptile from the early Permian of the Alps: Palaeontology, published online, 12pp.


Lizards and Snakes

Genus: Nova (1)

Segurasaurus BERROCAL-CASERO, PIMENETEL, CALLAPEZ, BARROSO-BARCENILLA, & de JUANAS, 2024

Synonym: Nova (1)

Segurasaurus soaresi (PIMENTEL, AUDIJE-GIL, BARROSO-BARCENILLA, BERROCAL-CASERO, CALLAPEZ OZKAYA de JUANAS & SEGURA, 2023) BERROCAL-CASERO, PIMENETEL, CALLAPEZ, BARROSO-BARCENILLA, & de JUANAS, 2024

= Carentonosaurus soaresi PIMENTEL, BARROCAL-CASERO, AUDIJE-GIL & CALLAPEZ, 2023

Anonymous, 2024, Fossils of giant sea lizard with dagger-like teeth show how our ocenas have fundamentally changed since the dinosaur era: Phys Orb, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Berrocal-Casero, M., Pimentel, R., Callapez, P. M,. Barroso-Barcenilla, F., and de Juanas, S. O., 2024, On Segurasaurus (Squamata: Pythonomorpha), a new genus of lizard from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Portugal: Geosciences, v. 14, 84, 11pp. (Segurasaurus soaresi = Carentonosaurus soaresi)

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Jambura, P. L., Solonin, S. V., Cooper, S. L. A., Mychko, E. V., Arkhangelsky, M. S., Turtscher, J., Amadori, M., Stumpf, S., Vodorezov, A. V., and Kriwet, J., 2024, Fossil marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Akkermanovka (Orenburg Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia): Cretaceous Research, v. 155, 105779, 44pp.

Rempert, T. H., Martens, B. P., and Vinkles Melchers, A. P. M., 2024, New mosasaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi: The Mosasaur, v. 13, p. 79-90.


Sphenodonts

Genus: Nova (1)

Parvosaurus FREISEM, MȔLLER, SUES & SOBRAL, 2024

Species: Nova (2)

Clevosaurus nicholasi BHAT, DATTA, RAY & DATTA, 2023 (published 2024)

Parvosaurus harudensis FREISEM, MȔLLER, SUES & SOBRAL, 2024

Bhat, M. S., Datta, D., Ray, S., and Datta, P. M., 2023 (published 2024), A new clevosaurid (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of India: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, 18pp. (Clevosaurus nicholasi)

Freisem, L. S., Müller, J., Sues, H.-D., and Sobral, G., 2024, A new sphenodontian (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Germany and its implications for the mode of sphenodontian evolution: BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24:35, 29pp. (Parvosaurus harudensis) Link to pdf


Ichthyosaurs

Genus: Nova (2)

Argovisaurus MIEDEMA, BASTIAANS, SCHEYER, KLUG & MAXWELL, 2024

Ichthyotitan LOMAX, de la SALLE,PERILLO, REYNOLDS, REYNOLDS & WALDRON, 2024

Species: Nova (2)

Argovisaurus martafernandezi MIEDEMA, BASTIAANS, SCHEYER, KLUG & MAXWELL, 2024

Ichthyotitan severnensis LOMAX, de la SALLE,PERILLO, REYNOLDS, REYNOLDS & WALDRON, 2024

Anonymous, 2024, Paleontologist unearth what may be the largest known marine reptile: Phys Org, published online, 7 pp. Link to pdf

Bakaev, A. S., Sergeev, A. V., and Zverkov, N. G., 2024, First find of an ichthyosaur from Udmurtia (Cis-Ural Region, Russia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 58, n. 2, p. 226-231. Link to pdf

Klug, C., Spiekman, S. N. F., Bastiaans, D., Scheffold, B., and Scheyer, T. M., 2024, The marine conservation deposits of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Italy): the prototype of Triassic black shale Lagerstätten: Swiss Jounal of Palaeontology, 143:11, 28pp. Link to pdf

Lomax, D. R., de la Salle, P., Perillo, M., Reynolds, J., Reynolds, R., and Waldron, J. F., 2024, The last giants: new evidence for gian Late Tirassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 19, n. 4,  26 pp. (Ichthyotitan severnensis) Link to pdf

Miedema, F, Bastiaans, D., Scheyer, T. M., Klug, C., and Maxwell, E. E., 2024, A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria: BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24:24, 25pp. (Argovisaurus martafernandezi) Link to pdf

Qiao, Y., Motania, R., Ijjima, M., and Liu, J., 2023 (published 2024), A new hupehuschian (Reptilia: Ichthyosauromorpha) from the Lower Triassic of South China with implications for the evolution of polydactyly: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 2, e2279530, 6pp.

Perillo, M., and Sander, P. M., 2024, The dinosaurs that weren't: osteohistology supports giant ichthyosaur affinity of enigmatic large bone segments from the European Rhaetian: PeerJ 12:e17060 http://doi.org/10./7717/peerj.17060, 35pp. Link to pdf

Sander, P. M., Dederichs, R., Schaaf, T., and Griebeler, E. M., 2024, Cymbospondylus (Ichthyopterygia) from the Early Triassic of Svalbard and the early evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, published on line, 14pp. Link to pdf

Scheyer, T. M., Johnson, M M., Bastiaans, D., Miedema, F., Maxwell, E. E., and Klug, C., 2024, Oldest record of Machimosaurini (Thalattosuchia, Teleosauroidea): teeth and scavenging traces from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) of Switzerland: Royal Society Open Science, v. 11: 240071, 7pp. Link to pdf

Serafinin, G., Danise, S., Maxwell, E. E., Martire, L,. Amalfitano, J., Cobianchi, M, Honhenstein, U. T., and Giusberrti, L., 2024, Of his bones are crinoid made: Taphonomy and deadfall ecology of marine reptiles from a pelagic setting (Middle-Upper Jurassic of northeastern Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 130, n. 1, p. 97-128. Link to pdf


Sauropterygians and Placodontians

Genus: Nova (4)

Franconiasaurus SACHS, EGGMAIER & MADZIA, 2024

Martinectes CLARK, O'KEEFE & SLACK, 2024

Scalamagnus CLARK, O'KEEFE & SLACK, 2024

Unktaheela CLARK, O'KEEFE & SLACK, 2024

Species: Nova (2)

Franconiasaurus brevispinus SACHS, EGGMAIER & MADZIA, 2024

Unktaheela specta CLARK, O'KEEFE & SLACK, 2024

Synonym: Nova (2)

Martinectes bonneri (ADAMS, 1974) CLARK, O'KEEFE & SLACK, 2024

= Trinacromerium bonneri ADAMS, 1974

Scalamagnus tropicensis (McKEAN, 2012) CLARK, O'KEEFE & SLACK, 2024

= Dolichorhynchops tropicensi McKEAN, 2012

Barten, L. P. J., Mulder, E. W. A., and Jagt, J. W. M., 2024, A plesiosaurian autopodial element (Plesiosauria indet.) with remarkable articular subchondral surfaces from the Maastrichtian type area (south-east Netherlands): Netherlands Journal fo Geoscience, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Clark, R. O., O'Keefe, F. R., and Slack, S. E., 2024, A new genus of small polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway and a clarification of the genus Dolichorhynchops: Cretaceous Research, v. 157, 105812, 35pp. (Unktaheela specta, Martinectes bonneri = Trinacromerium bonneri, Scalamagnus tropicenis = Dolichorhynchops tropicensis)

Czepinski, L., Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Talanda, M., Szczygielski, T., and Sulej, 2023 (published 2024), A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (Southern Poland): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, 23pp.

Jambura, P. L., Solonin, S. V., Cooper, S. L. A., Mychko, E. V., Arkhangelsky, M. S., Turtscher, J., Amadori, M., Stumpf, S., Vodorezov, A. V., and Kriwet, J., 2024, Fossil marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Akkermanovka (Orenburg Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia): Cretaceous Research, v. 155, 105779, 44pp.

Jamison-Todd, S., Mannion, P. D., Glover, A. G., and Upchurch, P., 2024, New occurences of the bone-eating worm Osedax from Late Cretaceous mairne reptiles and implications for its biogeography and diversification: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 291, 8pp.

Klug, C., Spiekman, S. N. F., Bastiaans, D., Scheffold, B., and Scheyer, T. M., 2024, The marine conservation deposits of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Italy): the prototype of Triassic black shale Lagerstätten: Swiss Jounal of Palaeontology, 143:11, 28pp. Link to pdf

Sachs, S., Eggmaier, S., and Madzia, D., 2024, Exquisite skeletons of a new transitional plesiosaur fill gap in the evolutionary history of plesiosauroids: Frontiers in Earth Science, published online, 10 pp. (Franconiasaurus brevispinus) Link to pdf

Serafinin, G., Danise, S., Maxwell, E. E., Martire, L,. Amalfitano, J., Cobianchi, M, Honhenstein, U. T., and Giusberrti, L., 2024, Of his bones are crinoid made: Taphonomy and deadfall ecology of marine reptiles from a pelagic setting (Middle-Upper Jurassic of northeastern Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 130, n. 1, p. 97-128. Link to pdf


Lower Archosauromorpha

Genus: Nova (1)

Austronaga WANG, LEI & LI, 2024

Species: Nova (1)

Austronaga minuta WANG, LEI & LI, 2024

Czepinski, L., Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Talanda, M., Szczygielski, T., and Sulej, 2023 (published 2024), A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (Southern Poland): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, 23pp.

De-Oliveira, T. M., Da Silva, J. L., Kerber, L., and Pinheiro, F. L., 2024, The postcranial skeleton of Teyujagua paradoxa (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the early Triassic of South America: The Anatomical Record, published online, 24pp.

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Klug, C., Spiekman, S. N. F., Bastiaans, D., Scheffold, B., and Scheyer, T. M., 2024, The marine conservation deposits of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Italy): the prototype of Triassic black shale Lagerstätten: Swiss Jounal of Palaeontology, 143:11, 28pp. Link to pdf

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawrenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., Strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallace, K. J., Whitehouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2023 (published 2024), Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2295517, 14pp.

Marsh, A. D., Kligman, B. T., Reyes, W. A., and Rountrey, A. N., 2024, Reidentification of the holotype specimen of Trilophosaurus buettneri Case, 1928 (Archosauromorpha, Trilophosauriae) form the Upper Triassic of Crosby County, Texas, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2317396, 7 pp.

Rech, M., 2024, Paleontologists discover a 240-million-year-old "Chinese dragon': Phys Org, publishe online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Spiekman, S. N. F., Ezcurra, M. D., Rytel, A., Wang, W., Mujal, E., Buchwitz, M., and Schoch, R. R., 2024, A redescription of Trachelosaurus fischeri from the Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Bernburg, Germany: the first European Dinocephalosaurus-like marine reptile and its systematic implications for long-necked early archosauromorphs: Swiss Journal of Paleontology, v. 143:10, 33pp. Link to pdf

Spiekman, S. N. F., Wang, W., Zhao, L., Rieppel, O., Fraser, N. C., and Li, C., 2024, Spontaneous Article, Dinocephalosaurus orientalis Li, 2003: a remarkable marine archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China: Earth and Environmental Science Transactations of Royal Society of Endinburg, published online, 33pp. Link to pdf

Sues, H.-D., 2024, Bernhard Peyer and his discoveries of Triassic vertebrates in Switzerland: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, v. 143, 8, 8pp. Link to pdf

Wang, W., Lei, H., and Li, C., 2024, A small-sized dinocephalosaurid archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic of Yunnan, southwestern China: Vertebrata Palastica, v. 62, n. 1, p. 13-32. (Austronaga minuta) Link to pdf


“Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia"

Genus: Nova (2)

Garzapelta REYES, MARTZ & SMALL, 2024

Schultzsuchus DESOJO & RAUHUT, 2024

Species: Nova (1)

Garzapelta muelleri REYES, MARTZ & SMALL, 2024

Synonymn: Nova (1)

Schultzsuchus loricatus (HUENE, 1938) DESOJO & RAUHUT, 2024

= Prestosuchus loricatus HUENE, 1938

Anonymous, 2024, Tanks of the triassic: new crocodile ancestor identified: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Czepinski, L., Pawlak, W., Rytel, A., Talanda, M., Szczygielski, T., and Sulej, 2023 (published 2024), A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (Southern Poland): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, 23pp.

Desojo, J. B., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2024, Reassessment of the enigmatic "Prestosuchus" loricatus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Middle-Late Triassic of southern Brazil: The Anatomical Record, published online, 27pp. (Schultzsuchus loricatus = Prestosuchus loricatus)

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Haldar, A., Ray, S., and Bandyopadhyay, S., 2023 (publsihed 2024), A new typothoracine aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of India with insights on biostratigrahy, diversification, and paleobiogeography: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, e2253292, 22pp. (Vekatasuchus armatum)

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawrenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., Strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallace, K. J., Whitehouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2023 (published 2024), Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2295517, 14pp.

LePore, C. N,. and McLain, M. A., 2024, Variation in the sacrum of phytosaurs; new evidence from a partial skeleton of Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf

Nesbitt, S. J., and Chatterjee, S., 2024, The osteology of Shuvosaurus inexpectatus, a shuvosaurid pseudosuchian from the Upper Triassic Post Quarry Dockum Group of Texas, USA: The Anatomical Record, published online, 64pp. Link to pdf

Reyes, W. A., Martz, J. W., and Small, B. J., 2024, Garzapelta muelleri gen. et sp. nov., a new aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late Triassic (middle Norian) middle Cooper Canyon Formation, Dockum Group, Texas, USA, and its implications on our understanding of the morphological disparity of teh aetosaurian dorsal carapace: The Anatomical Record, published online, 29pp. (Garzapelta muelleri).

Scheyer, T. M., 2034, The pseudosuchian record in paleohistology: a small review: Anatomical Record, published online, 24pp. Link to pdf


Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia)

Species: Nova (1)

Asiatosuchus oenotriensis NARVAEZ, de CELIS, ESCASO, de JESUS, PEREZ-GARCIA & ORTEGA, 2024

Boles, Z. M., Ullmann, P. V., Putnam, I., Ford, M., and Deckhut, J. T., 2024, New vertebrate microfossils expand the diversity of the chondrichthyan and actinopterygina fauna of the Maastrichtian-Danian Hornerstown Formation in New Jersey: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, n. 2, p. 173-198. Link to pdf

Chabrol, N., Jukar, A. M., Patnaik, R., and Mannion, P. D., 2024, Osteology of Crocodylus palaeindicus from the late Miocene-Pleistocene of South Asia and the phylogenetic relatinoships of crocodyloids: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 22, n. 1, 2313133, 33pp.

Foret, T., Aubier, P., Jouve, S., and Cubo, J., 2024, Biotic and abiotic factors and the phylogenetic structure of extinction in the evolution of Tethysuchia: Paleobilology, published online, 23pp. Link to pdf

Hua, S., Liston, J., and Tabouelle, J., 2024, The diet of Metriorhynchus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae): additional discoveries and paleoecological implications: Fossil Studies, v. 2, p. 66-76. Link to pdf

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawrenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., Strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallace, K. J., Whitehouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2023 (published 2024), Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2295517, 14pp.

Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., Narvaez, I., and Ortega, F., 2024, Taxonomic and stratigraphic update of the material historically attributed to Megalosaurus from Portugal: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, n. 2, p. 127-171. Link to pdf

 Minwer-Barakat, R., Bolet, A., Anadon, P., Alegret, L., Badiola, A., Blanco, A., Cotton, L., Femenias-Gual, J., Furio, M., Godinot, M., Moya-Sola, S., Pelaez-Campomanes, P., Sanjuan, J., and Marigo, J., 2023 (published 2024), The fossil assemblage from Pontils, a Middle Eocene primate-bearing locality from notrtheastern Spain: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 2, e2249970, 25pp.

Narvaez, I., de Celis, A., Escaso, F., de Jesus, S. M,. Perez-Garcia, A., and Ortega, F., 2024, A new crocoyloidea from the middle Eocene of Zamora (Duero Basin, Spain): The Anatomical Record, publiahed online, 15pp. (Asiatosuchus oenotriensis)

Scheyer, T. M., Johnson, M M., Bastiaans, D., Miedema, F., Maxwell, E. E., and Klug, C., 2024, Oldest record of Machimosaurini (Thalattosuchia, Teleosauroidea): teeth and scavenging traces from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) of Switzerland: Royal Society Open Science, v. 11: 240071, 7pp. Link to pdf

Serafinin, G., Danise, S., Maxwell, E. E., Martire, L,. Amalfitano, J., Cobianchi, M, Honhenstein, U. T., and Giusberrti, L., 2024, Of his bones are crinoid made: Taphonomy and deadfall ecology of marine reptiles from a pelagic setting (Middle-Upper Jurassic of northeastern Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 130, n. 1, p. 97-128. Link to pdf

Werynski, L., Blazejowki, B., Szzygielski, T., and Young, M. T., 2024, The first occurrence of machimosaurid crocodylomorphs from the Oxfordian of south-central Poland provides new insights into the distribution of macrophagous teleosauroids: PeerJ 12:e17153 DOI 10.7717/peerj.17153, 31pp. Link to pdf

Whitebone, S. A., Funston, G. F., and Currie, P. J., 2024, An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2316668, 14pp.

Yates, A. M., and Stein, M., 2024, A reinterpretation and taxonomic revision of Ultrastenos willisi Stein, Hand and Archer, 2016, a short-snouted mekosuchine crocodylian from the Oligocene of northern Australia: Palaeontologia Electronica, v .27, n. 1: a22, 36pp. Link to pdf

Young, M. T., Wilberg, E. W., Johnson, M. M., Herrera, Y., de Andrade, M. B., Brignon, A., Sachs, S., Abel, P., Foffa, D., Fernandez, M. S., Vignaud, P., Cowgill, T., and Brusatte, S. L., 2024, The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha): Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 71pp.


Pterosaurs

Genus: Nova (1)

Coeptera MARTIN-SILVERSTONE, UNWIN, CUFF, BROWN, ALLINGTON-JONES & BARRETT, 2024

Species: Nova (1)

Coeptera evansae MARTIN-SILVERSTONE, UNWIN, CUFF, BROWN, ALLINGTON-JONES & BARRETT, 2024

Buchmann, R., and Rodrigues, T., 2024, Arthrological reconstructions of the pterosaur neck and thier implications for the cervical position at rest: PeerJ, v. 12:e16884 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16884, 34pp. Link to pdf

Chen, H., Jiang, S., Kellner, A. W. A., and Wang, X., 2024, New insights into pterosaur cranial anatomy: X-ray imaging reveals palatal structure and evoultionary trends: Communications Biology, v. 7: 456, 11pp. Link to pdf

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawrenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., Strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallace, K. J., Whitehouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2023 (published 2024), Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2295517, 14pp.

Martin-Silverstone, E., Unwin, D. M., Cuff, A. R., Brown, E. E., Allington-Jones, L., and Barrett, P. M., 2024, A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2298741, publihsed online, 17pp. (Coeptera evansae)

Sokolskyi, T., 2023 (published 2024), First occurrence of pterosaurs in Ukraine from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Burim Formation, Kaniv Natural Reserved: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, e223800, 5pp.

Yun, C.-G., 2024, Geometric morphometric approach to establish phylogenetic affinities of enigmatic pterosaur specimens from the Lower Cretaceous of South Korea: Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, v. 20, n. 1, p. 77-86. Link to pdf


Dinosaur

Dinosauromorpha

Mestriner, G., Marsola, J. C. A., Nesbit, S. J., Da-Rosa, A. A. S., and Langer, M., 2023 (published 2024), Anaomy and phylogenetic affinties of a new silesaurid assemblage from the Carnian beds of south Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, e223426, 26pp.

Theropoda

Genus: Nova (2)

Eoneophron ATKINS-WELTMAN, SIMON, WOODWARD, FUNSTON & SNIVELY, 2024

Riojavenatrix ISASMENDI, CUESTA, DIAZ-MARTINEX, COMPANY, SAEZ-BENITO, VIERA, TORIES & PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, 2024

Species: Nova (3)

Eoneophron infernalis ATKINS-WELTMAN, SIMON, WOODWARD, FUNSTON & SNIVELY, 2024

Riojavenatrix lacustris ISASMENDI, CUESTA, DIAZ-MARTINEX, COMPANY, SAEZ-BENITO, VIERA, TORIES & PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, 2024

Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis DALMAN, LOEWEN, PYRON, JASINSKI, MALINZAK, LUCAS, FIORILLO, CURRIE & LONGRICH, 2024

Aguilar-Pedrayes, Gardner, J. D., and Organ, C. L., 2024, The coevolution of rostral keratin and tooth distribution in dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 291: 20231713, 9pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2024, New research shows 'juvenile' T. rex fossils are a distinct species of small tyrannosaur: Phys Org, 5pp. Published online.

Anonymous, 2024, New dinosaur species may be closest known relative of Tyrannosaurus rex: Phys Org, 6pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2024, Dinosaurs might have used feathers on forelimbs and tails to flush and pursue thier prey, say biologists: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2024, New research discovers adult Komodo teeth are surprisingly similar to those of theropod dinosaurs: Phys Org, published online, 6 pp. Link to pdf

Atkins-Weltman, K. L., Simon, D. J, Woodward, H. N., Funston, G. F., and Snively, E., 2024, A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the end-Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of North America: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 18, n. 11,  26 pp. (Eoneophron infernalis) Link to pdf

Aureliano, T., Ghilardi, A. M,. Fonesca, P. H. M., Martinelli, A. G., and Marinho, T. S., 2024, The evolution and diversification of growth strategies in abelisauroid theropods: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2298395, 7pp.

Aureliano, T., Ghilardi, A. M,. Fonesca, P. H. M., Martinelli, A. G., and Marinho, T. S., 2023 (published 2024), The evolution and diversification of growth strategies in abelisauroid theropods: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2298395, 7pp.

Baiano, M. A., Cerda, I. A., Bertozzo, F., and Pol, D., 2024, New information on paleopathologies in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: a case study of South American abelisaurids: BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24:6, 23pp. Link to pdf

Bandeira, K. L. N., Navarro, B. A., Pegas, R. V., Brilhante, N. S., Brum, A. S., de Souza, L. G., da Silva, R. C., and Gallo, V., 2024, A reassessment of the historical fossil findings from Bahia State (Northeast Brazil) reveals a diversified dinosaur fauna in the Lower Cretaceous of South America; Historical Biology, An international Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 42pp. Link to pdf

Baron, M. C., 2024, A new name for old bones: a reassessment of Early Jurassic theropod remains from Dorset, England: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 27, n. 1, p. 12pp. (Dornraptor normani) Link to pdf

Caspar, K. R., Gutierrez-Ibanez, C., Bertrand, O. C., Carr, T,. Colbourne, J. A. D., Erb, A., George, H,. Holtz Jr, T. R., Naish, D., Wylie, D. R., and Hurlburt, G. H., 2024, How smart was T. rex? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in dinosaurs and the applicaion of neuron count estimates in palaeongologica research: The Anatomical Record, publishe online, 32pp. Link to pdf

Cau, A., 2024, A unified framework for predatory dinosaur macroevolution: Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, v. 63, published online, 19pp. Link to pdf

Dalman, S. G., Loewen, M. A., Pyron, R. A., Jasinski, S. E., Malinzak, D. E., Lucas, S. G., Fiorillo, A. R., Currie, P. J., and Longrich, N. R., 2024, A giant tyrannosaur from the Campanian-Maastrichtian of southern North America and the evolution of tyrannosaurid gigantism: Scientific Reports, published online, 11pp. (Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis) Link to pdf

Funston, G. F., 2024, Osteology of two-fingered oviraptorid Oksoko avarsan (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria): Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 47pp.

Gianechini, F A., Colli, L., and Makovicky, P. J., 2024, Pelvic and hindlimg muscular reconstruction of the paravian theropod Buitreraptor gonzalezorum and its palaeobiological impliations: Historical Biology, published online, 27pp.

Hendrickx, C., Trapman, T. H., Wills, S., Holwerda, F. M., Stein, K. H. W., Rauhut, O. W. M., Melzer, R. R., van Woensel, J., and Reumer, W. F., 2024, A combined approach to identify isolated theropod teeth from the Cenomanian Kem Km Group of Morocco: cladistic, discriminant, and machine learning analyses: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2311791, 23pp. Link to pdf

Isasmendi, E., Cuesta, E., Diaz-Martinez, I., Company, J,. Sanez-Benito, P., Viera, L. I., Torices, A., and Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2024, Increasing the theropod record of Europe: a new basal spinosaurid from the Enciso Group of the Cameros Basin  (La Rioja, Spain). Evolutionary implictions and palaeobiodiversity: Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 34pp. (Riojavenatrix lacustris)

Khosla, A., Lucas, S. G., 2024, Triassic-Jurassic dinosaurs from India, thier ages and palaeobiogeographic significance: Historical Biology, An International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 26pp. Link to pdf

Kunz, C., and Sakamoto, M., 2024, Elevated evolutionary rates of biting biomechanics reveal patterns of extraordinary craniodental adaptations in some herbivorous dinosaurs: Palaeontology, published online, 11pp.

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawrenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., Strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallace, K. J., Whitehouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2023 (published 2024), Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2295517, 14pp.

Lessner, E. J., Cranor, C. Hunt-Foster, R, and Holiday, C. M., 2023 (published 2024), Endocranial anatomy of Allosaurus support neural trrends among non-avian theropod dinosaurs: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, e2236161, 9pp.

Longrich, N. R., and Saitta, E. T., 2024, Taxonomic status of Nanotyrannus lancensis (Dinosauria: Tyrannosauroidea) --a distinct taxon of small-bodied tyrannosaur: Fossil Studies, v. 2, 65pp. Link to pdf

Maho, T., and Reisz, R. R., 2024, Exceptionally rapid tooth development and ontogenetic changes in teh fedding apparatus of the Komodo dragon: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 19, n. 2,  20 pp. Link to pdf

Maidment, S. C. R., 2024, Diversity through time and space in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Western U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, e2325027, 16pp.

Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., Narvaez, I., and Ortega, F., 2024, Taxonomic and stratigraphic update of the material historically attributed to Megalosaurus from Portugal: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, n. 2, p. 127-171. Link to pdf

Meade, L. E., Pittman, M., Balanoff, A., Lautenschlager, S., 2024, Cranial functional specialisation for strength precedes morophological evolution in oviraptorosauria: Communications Biology, v. 7: 436, p. 10pp. Link to pdf

Mohabey, D. M., Samant, B., Belez-Rosado, K. I., and Wilson Mantilla, J. A., 2024, A review of small-bodied theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of India, with description of new cranial remains of a noasaurid (Theropoda: Abelisauria): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e228808, 21pp.

Mohabey, D. M., Samant, B., Belez-Rosado, K. I., and Wilson Mantilla, J. A., 2023 (published 2024), A review of small-bodied theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of India, with description of new cranial remains of a noasaurid (Theropoda: Abelisauria): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3,  e228808, 21pp.

Montealegre, A., Castillo-Visa, O., and Selles, A., 2024, New theropod remains from the late Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Eastern Iberian Peninsula: Historical Biology, an international journal of Paleobiology, published online, 11pp.

Myhrvold, N. P., Baumgart, S. L., Vidal, D., Fish, F. E., Henderson, D. M., Saitta, E. T., and Sereno, P. C., 2024, Diving dinosaurs? Caveats on the use of bone compactness and pFDA for inferring lifestyle: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 19, n. 3,  79 pp. Link to pdf

Park, J., Son, M., Park, J., Bang, S. Y, Ha, J., Moon, H., Lee, Y.-N., Lee, S.-I., and Jablonski, P. G., 2024, Escape behaviors in prey and the evolution of pennaceous plumage in dinosaurs: Scientific Reports, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf

Pradelli, L. A., Pol, D., and Ezcurra, M. D., 2024, New dinosaur remains increase theropod diversity in the Canadon Asfalto Formation (Lower Jurassic), Chubut Province, Argentina: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 22, n. 1, 2318262, 15pp.

Scherer, C. R., and Voiculescu-Holvad, C., 2024, Reanalysis of a dataset refutes claims of anagensis within Tyrannosaurus-line tyrannosaurines (Theropoda, Tyrannosauridae): Cretaceous Research, v. 155, 105780, 9pp. Link to pdf

Slowiak, J., Brusatte, S. L., and Szczygielski, T., 2024, Reassessment of the enigmatic Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur, Bagaraatan ostromi: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 39pp.

Smith, D. K., and Gillette, D. D., 2024, Osteology of the derived Therizinosaur Nothronychus with evidence for convergence in dinosaurian evolution: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 47pp.

Tse, Y. T., Miller, C. V., and Pittman, M., 2024, Morphological disparity and structural performance of the dromaeosaurid skull informs ecology and evolutionary history: BMC Ecology and Evolution, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf

Whitebone, S. A., Funston, G. F., and Currie, P. J., 2024, An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2316668, 14pp.

Wilson, L. N., Gardner, J. D., Wilson, J. P., Farnsworth, A., Perry, Z. R., Druckenmiller, P. S., Erickson, G. M., and Organ, C. L., 2024, Global latitudinal gradients and the evolution of body size in dinosaurs and mammals: Nature Communications, publihsed online, 15:2864, 10pp. Link to pdf

Wu, Q., O'Connor, J. K., Wang, S., and Zhou, Z., 2024, Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennararaptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint: PeerJ 12:e16960 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16960, 42pp. Link to pdf

Xu, X., 2024, Inferring aerial behavior in Mesozoic dinosaurs: implications and uncertainties: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 12, n. 12, e2401482121, 3pp.

Yu, C., Watanabe, A., Qin, Z., King, L., Witmer, L. M., Ma, Q., and Xu, X., 2024, Avialan-like brain morphology in Sinovenator (Troodontidae, Theropoda): Communications Biology, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda)

Genus: Nova (3)

Gandititan HAN, YANG, LOU, SULLIVAN, XU, QIU, LIU, YU, WU, KE, XU HU & LU, 2024

Ikqaumishan MALKANI, 2024

Titanomachya  PEREZ-MORENO, SALGADO, CARBALLIDO, OTERO & POL, 2024

Sidersaura LERZO, GALLINA, CANALE, OTERO, CARBALLIDO, APESTEGUIA & MAKOVICKY, 2024

Species: Nova (3)

Gandititan cavocaudatus HAN, YANG, LOU, SULLIVAN, XU, QIU, LIU, YU, WU, KE, XU HU & LU, 2024

Ikqaumishan smqureshi MALKANI, 2024

Sidersaura marae LERZO, GALLINA, CANALE, OTERO, CARBALLIDO, APESTEGUIA & MAKOVICKY, 2024

Titanomachya gimenezae emend PEREZ-MORENO, SALGADO, CARBALLIDO, OTERO & POL, 2024

= Titanomachya gimenezi PEREZ-MORENO, SALGADO, CARBALLIDO, OTERO & POL, 2024 Note: The authors incorrectly coined the species name with a ‘male’ ‘i’ and it should be a ‘female’ ‘ae’.

Bandeira, K. L. N., Navarro, B. A., Pegas, R. V., Brilhante, N. S., Brum, A. S., de Souza, L. G., da Silva, R. C., and Gallo, V., 2024, A reassessment of the historical fossil findings from Bahia State (Northeast Brazil) reveals a diversified dinosaur fauna in the Lower Cretaceous of South America; Historical Biology, An international Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 42pp. Link to pdf

Beeston, S. L., Poropat, S. F., Mannion, P. D., Pentland, A. H., Enchelmaier, M. J., Sloan, T., and Elliott, D. A., 2024, Reappraisal of sauropod dinosaur diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, through 3D digitisation and description of new specimens: PeerJ 12:e17180 DOI 10.7717/peerj.17180, 105pp.  Link to pdf

Filippi, L. S., Perez-Moreno, A., Bellardini, F., Garrido, A. C., and Carballido, J. L., 2024, Sauropod diversity (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) of Cerro Overo - La Invernada (Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Santonian), northeastern Neuquen Basin, and palaeoecological implications for Upper Cretaceous sauropod faunas: Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 24, n. 1, p. 71-96. Link to pdf

Filippi, L. S., Previtera, E., and Garrido, A. C., 2024, Kaijutitan maui, a sauropod titanosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Sierra Barrosa Formation, Neuquen Basin) of northern Patagonia Argentina: histological and taphonomic considerations: Publicacion Electronica, Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 24, n. 1, p. 129-148. Link to pdf

Fronimos, J. A., 2023 (published 2024) Paterns and function of pneumaticity in the vertebrae, ribs, and ilium of a titnosaur (Dinosauria, Suaropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas: Jounral of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 2, e225944, 19pp.

Han, F., Yang, L., Lou, F., Sullivan, C., Xu, X., Qiu, W., Liu, H., Yu, J., Wu, R., Ke, Y., Xu, M., Hu, J., and Lu, P., 2024, A new titanosaurian sauropod, Gandititan cavocaudatus gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of southern China: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 22pp. (Gandititan cavocaudatus)

King, J. L., Mchugh, J. B., Wedal, M. J., and Curtice, B., 2024, A previously unreported from of dorsal rib pneumaticity in Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and implications for pneumatic variation among diplodocid dorsal ribs: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e231556, 8pp.

Kunz, C., and Sakamoto, M., 2024, Elevated evolutionary rates of biting biomechanics reveal patterns of extraordinary craniodental adaptations in some herbivorous dinosaurs: Palaeontology, published online, 11pp.

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawrenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., Strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallace, K. J., Whitehouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2023 (published 2024), Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2295517, 14pp.

Lerzo, L. N., Gallina, P. A., Canale, J. I., Otero, A., Carballido, J. L., Apesteguia, S., and Makovicky, P. J., 2024, The last of the oldies: a basal rebbachiosaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) of Patagoania, Argentina: Historical Biology, published online, 26pp. (Sidersaura marae)

Maidment, S. C. R., 2024, Diversity through time and space in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Western U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, e2325027, 16pp.

Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., Narvaez, I., and Ortega, F., 2024, Taxonomic and stratigraphic update of the material historically attributed to Megalosaurus from Portugal: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, n. 2, p. 127-171. Link to pdf

Malkani, M. S., 2024, New data on coal, gypsum, iron and silica sand depsits and geochemical exploration (Pakistan): revision of 25 years history of Dinosaur discoveries from Pakistan: Open Journal of Geology, v. 14, p. 431-511. (Ikqaumishan smqureshi)

Perez-Moreno, A., Salgado, L., Carballido, J. L., Otero, A., and Pol, D., 2024, A new titanosaur from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Chubut Province, Argentina: Historical Biology, published online, 20pp. (Titanomachya gimenezae)  Note: The authors incorrectly coined the species name with a ‘male’ ‘i’ and it should be a ‘female’ ‘ae’.Link to pdf

Ren, X.-X., Wang, X.-R., Ji, Y.-N., Guo, Z., and Ji, Q., 2024, The first mamenchisaurid from the Upper Jurassic Dongxing Formation of Guangxi, southernmost China: Historical Biology, published online, 14pp. (Jingia dongxingensis)

Wilson, L. N., Gardner, J. D., Wilson, J. P., Farnsworth, A., Perry, Z. R., Druckenmiller, P. S., Erickson, G. M., and Organ, C. L., 2024, Global latitudinal gradients and the evolution of body size in dinosaurs and mammals: Nature Communications, publihsed online, 15:2864, 10pp. Link to pdf

Windholz, G. L., Porfiri, J. D., dos Santos, D., Bellardini, F., and Wedel, M. J., 2024, A well-preserved vertebra provides new insights into rebbachisaurid sauropod caudal anatomical and pneumatic features: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, p. 39-47. Link to pdf

Ornithischia

Genus: Nova (3)

Chakisaurus NOGUEIRA, ROZADILLA, AGNOLIN, GARCIA MARSA, MOTTA & NOVAS, 2024

Eousdryosaurus ROTATORI, FERRARI, SEQUERO, CAMILO, MATEUS & MORENO-AZANZA, 2024

Minqaria LONGRICH, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, BARDET & JALIL, 2024

Species: Nova (3)

Chakisaurus nekul NOGUEIRA, ROZADILLA, AGNOLIN, GARCIA MARSA, MOTTA & NOVAS, 2024

Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis ROTATORI, FERRARI, SEQUERO, CAMILO, MATEUS & MORENO-AZANZA, 2024

Minqaria bata LONGRICH, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, BARDET & JALIL, 2024

Anonymous, 2024, Research shows that five three-horned dinosaurs lived, and died, together: Phys Org, published online, 3 pp. Link to pdf

Bandeira, K. L. N., Navarro, B. A., Pegas, R. V., Brilhante, N. S., Brum, A. S., de Souza, L. G., da Silva, R. C., and Gallo, V., 2024, A reassessment of the historical fossil findings from Bahia State (Northeast Brazil) reveals a diversified dinosaur fauna in the Lower Cretaceous of South America; Historical Biology, An international Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 42pp. Link to pdf

Cross, E. G., Surette, C., and Matheson C., 2023 (published 2024), Geochemical extraction of ceratopsian remains from Ironstone: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 2, e2282650, 10pp.

Czepinski, L., and Madzia, D., 2024, Osteology, phylogenetic affinities, and palaeobiogeographic significance of the bizarre ornithischian dinosaur Ajkaceratops kozmai from the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 25pp.

Hu, J., Xu, X., Li, F., and Han, F., 2024, Tooth replacement in the early-diverging neornithischian Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis and implications for dental evolution and herbivorous adaptation in Ornithischia: BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24:46, 17pp. Link to pdf

Knoll, F., Ishikawa, A., and Kawabe, S., 2024, A proxy for brain-to-endocranial cavity index in non-neornithean dinosaurs and other extinct archosaurs: Journal of Comparative Neurology, published online, 11pp. Link to pdf

Krumenacker, L. J., Varricchio, D. J., Organ, C., Gardner, J. D., Britt, B. B., and Boyd, C., 2024, Osteology and phylogenetic relatinoships of the mid-Cretaceous neornithischian dinosaur Oryctodromeus cubicularis Varriccho, 2007: Journal of Paleontology, e233-581, 28p.

Kunz, C., and Sakamoto, M., 2024, Elevated evolutionary rates of biting biomechanics reveal patterns of extraordinary craniodental adaptations in some herbivorous dinosaurs: Palaeontology, published online, 11pp.

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawrenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., Strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallace, K. J., Whitehouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2023 (published 2024), Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2295517, 14pp.

Longrich, N. R., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Bardet, N., and Jalil, N.-E., 2024, A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North America: Scientific Reports, published online, 14pp. (Minqaria bata) Link to pdf

Maidment, S. C. R., 2024, Diversity through time and space in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Western U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, e2325027, 16pp.

Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., Narvaez, I., and Ortega, F., 2024, Taxonomic and stratigraphic update of the material historically attributed to Megalosaurus from Portugal: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, n. 2, p. 127-171. Link to pdf

Nikolov, V., Dochev, D., and Brusatte, S. L., 2024, The ontogenetic status of a small hadrosauroid dinosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous of Bulgaria, and implications for the paleobiogeography and assembly of European island faunas: Cretaceous Research, v. 157, 105819, 20pp. Link to pdf

Nogueira, R. A., Rozadilla, S., Agnolin, F. L., Garcia Marsa, J A., Motta, M. J, and Novas, F. E., 2024, A new ornithopod from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina: Implications on elasmarian postcranial anatomy: Cretaceous Research, v. 159, 22pp. (Chakisaurus nekul) Link to pdf

de Rooij, J., Lucassen, S. A. N., Furer, C, Schulp, A. S., and Sander, P. M., 2024, Exploring the ceratopsid growth record: a comprehensive osteohistological analysis of Triceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) and its implications for growth and ontogeny: Cretaceous Researcyh, v. 154, 105738, 26pp. Link to pdf

Rotatori, F. M., Ferrari, L., Sequero, C,. Camilo, B., Mateus, O., and Moreno-Azanza, M., 2024, An unexpected early-diverging iguanodontian dinosaur (Ornithischia, Ornithopda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2310055, 18pp. (Eousdryosaurus nanohallucis)

Sharpe, H. S., Powers, M. J., Dyer, A. D., Rhodes, M. M., McIntosh, A. P., Garros, C. W., Currie, P. J., and Funston, G. F., 2024, Craniomandibular anatomy of a juvenile specimen of Edmontosaurus regalis Lambe, 1917 clarifies issues in ontogeny and biogeography: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e 2325544, published online, 21 pp.

Tykoski, R. S., Contreras, D. L., and Noto, C., 2023 (published 2024), The first small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur from the Lewisville Formation (Middle Cenomanian) of Texas: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 2, e22527238, 10pp. (Ampelognathus coheni)

Warnock-Juteau, T. M., Ryan, M J., Patterson, R. T., and Mallon, J. C., 2024, Computed tomographic investigation of a hatchling skull reveals ontogentic changes in the dentittion and occlusal surface morhology of hadrosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia): Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, v. 11, p. 133-150. Link to pdf

Whitebone, S. A., Funston, G. F., and Currie, P. J., 2024, An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2316668, 14pp.

Wills, S., Underwood, C. J., and Barrett, P. M., 2023, A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2323646, 24pp.

Wilson, L. N., Gardner, J. D., Wilson, J. P., Farnsworth, A., Perry, Z. R., Druckenmiller, P. S., Erickson, G. M., and Organ, C. L., 2024, Global latitudinal gradients and the evolution of body size in dinosaurs and mammals: Nature Communications, publihsed online, 15:2864, 10pp. Link to pdf

Armored dinosaurs

Genus: Nova (1)

Yanbeilong JIA, LI, DONG, SHI, KANG, WANG, XU & YOU, 2024

Species: Nova (1)

Yanbeilong ultimus JIA, LI, DONG, SHI, KANG, WANG, XU & YOU, 2024

Jia, L., Li, N., Dong, L., Shi, J., Kang, Z., Wang, S., Xu, S., and You, H., 2024, A new stegosaur from the Late Early Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China: Historical Biology, An international journal of Paleobiology, published online, 10 pp. (Yanbeilong ultimus)

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawrenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., Strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallace, K. J., Whitehouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2023 (published 2024), Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 43, n. 3, e2295517, 14pp.

Maidment, S. C. R., 2024, Diversity through time and space in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Western U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, e2325027, 16pp.

Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., Narvaez, I., and Ortega, F., 2024, Taxonomic and stratigraphic update of the material historically attributed to Megalosaurus from Portugal: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 69, n. 2, p. 127-171. Link to pdf

Whitebone, S. A., Funston, G. F., and Currie, P. J., 2024, An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2316668, 14pp.

Wills, S., Underwood, C. J., and Barrett, P. M., 2023, A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2323646, 24pp.

Xing, L., Niu, K,. Mallon, J. C., and Miyashita, T., 2024, A new armored dinosaur with double cheek horns from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern China: Vertebrtae Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, v. 11, p. 113-132. (Datai yingliangis) Link to pdf

Dinosaurs in general

Anonymous, 2024, How great fossil sites shape our understanding of evolutionary relationships between fossil groups: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Doyle, P., 2024, The Victorian Geological Illustrations of Crystal Palace Park, London: cycles of conservation and neglect, 1993-2023: Geology Today, v. 40, n. 2, p. 52-57. Link to pdf

Lautenschlager, S., Aston, R. F., Baron, J. L., Boyd, J. R., Bridger, H. W. L., Carmona, V. E. T., Ducrey, T., Eccles, O., Gall, M., Jones, S. A., Laker-Mchugh, H., Lawerenson, D. J., Mascarenhas, K., McSchnutz, E., Quinn, J. D., Robson, T. E., Stohr, P. W., strahl, E. J., Tokeley, R. R., Weston, F., Wallac,e K. J., Withouse, T., Bird, C. M., Dunne, E. M., 2024, Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and thier implications for the evolution of visual capabilities: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2295517, 14pp.

Wilson, L. N., Gardner, J. D., Wilson, J. P., Farnsworth, A., Perry, Z. R., Druckenmiller, P. S., Erickson, G. M., and Organ, C. L., 2024, Global latitudinal gradients and the evolution of body size in dinosaurs and mammals: Nature Communications, publihsed online, 15:2864, 10pp. Link to pdf

Woolley, C. H., Bottjer, D. J., Corsetti, F. A., and Smith, N. D., 2024, Quantifying the effects of exceptional fossil preservation on the global availability of phylogenetic data in deep time: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 19, n. 2,  22 pp. Link to pdf

Xhignesse, M.-A., 2024, Imagining Dinosaurs: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, published online, 13pp.


Aves (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (1)

Imparavis WANG, CLARK, O'CONNOR, ZHANG, WANG, ZHENG & ZHOU, 2024

Species: Nova (1)

Imparavis attenboroughi WANG, CLARK, O'CONNOR, ZHANG, WANG, ZHENG & ZHOU, 2024

Anonymous, 2024, Fossil named "Attenborough's strange bird' was teh first of its kind without teeth: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Brownstein, C. D., 2024, A juvenile bird with possible crown-group affinities from a dinosaur-rich Cretaceous ecosystem in North America: BMC Ecology adn Evolution, published onlien, 12pp. Link to pdf

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Miller, C. V., Bright, J. A., Wang, X., Zheng, X., and Pittman, M., 2024, Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution of Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaionithidae: eLife, publisehd online, 49pp. Link to pdf

Wang, X., Clark, A. D., O'Connor, J. K., Zhang, X., Wang, X., Zheng, X., and Zhou, Z., 2024, First edentulous enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) From the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Avifauna: Cretaceous Research, v. 159, 105867, 14pp. (Imparavis attenboroughi)

Wu, Q., O'Connor, J. K., Wang, S., and Zhou, Z., 2024, Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennararaptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint: PeerJ 12:e16960 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16960, 42pp. Link to pdf


Synapsids

Pelycosaurs

Faure-Brac, M. G., Woodward, H. N., Aubier, P., and Cubo, J., 2024, On the origins of endothermy in amniotes: IScience, Cell Press, Open Acess, publihsed online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Maho, T., Maho, S., Bevitt, J. J., and Reisz, R. R., 2024, Size and shape heterodonty in the early Permina synapsid Mesenosaurus efremovi: Journal of Anatomomy, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Theriodontia

Benoit, J., Araujo, R., Lund, E. S., Bolton, A., Lafferty, T., Macungo, Z., and Fernandez, V., 2024, Early synapsids neurosensory diversity revealed by CT and synchrotron scanning: The Anatomical Record, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf

Kulik, Z. T., 2023 (published 2024), Rare osteohistological evidence of skeletal maturity in the early diverging traversodontid Scalenodon angustifrons, with comments on histological sampling converage in cynodontia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, e2249964, 10pp.

Sidor, C. A., Mann, A., and Angielczyk, K. D., 2023 (published 2024), Gorgonops and Endothiodon (Synapsida: Therapsida) from the Mandumabisa Mudstone Formation: evidence of a previously unreported tetrapod biozone in the Mid-Zambezi basin of southern Zambia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, e2256812, 13pp.

Deinocephalia

Mueller, B. D., Huttenlocker, A. K., Small, B. J., Pinto, J. L., Dean-Wallace, K., and Chatterjee, S., 2023 (published 2024), A new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont (synapsida) from a Late Triassic vertebrate assemblage in West Texas, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23,n. 2, e2255236, 21pp. (Argodicynodon boreni)

Sidor, C. A., Mann, A., and Angielczyk, K. D., 2023 (published 2024), Gorgonops and Endothiodon (Synapsida: Therapsida) from the Mandumabisa Mudstone Formation: evidence of a previously unreported tetrapod biozone in the Mid-Zambezi basin of southern Zambia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 1, e2256812, 13pp.


Mammals (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (3)

Bayshinoryctes LOPATIN & AVERIANOV, 2023 (pubslihed 2024)

Feredocodon MAO, LI, WANG, ZHANG, RICH, VICKERS-RICH & MENG, 2024

Patagomaia CHIMENTO, AGNOLIN, GARCIA-MARSA, MANABE, TSUIJIJI & NOVAS, 2024

Species: Nova (3)

Bayshinoryctes shuvalovi LOPATIN & AVERIANOV, 2023 (pubslihed 2024)

Feredocodon chowi MAO, LI, WANG, ZHANG, RICH, VICKERS-RICH & MENG, 2024

Patagomaia chainko CHIMENTO, AGNOLIN, GARCIA-MARSA, MANABE, TSUIJIJI & NOVAS, 2024

Anonymous, 2024, Two Jurassic mammaliaforms from China shed light on mammalian evolution: Phys Org, published online, 7 pp. Link to pdf

Averianov, A. O., and Voyta, L. L., 2024, Putative Triassic mammal Tikitherium copei is a Neogene shrew: Journal of Mammalian Evolution, v. 31: 10, 6pp.

Brocklehurst, N., 2024, The decline and fall of the mammalina stem: PeerJ 12:e17004 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17994, 23pp. Link to pdf

Chimento, N. R., Agnolin, F. L., Garcia-Marsa, J., Manabe, M., Tsuihiji, T., and Novas, F. E., 2024, A large therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of South America: Scientific Reports, published online, 8pp. (Patagomaia chainko) Link to pdf

Lopatin, A. V., and Averianov, A. O., 2023 (published 2024) A new eutherian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Bayinshire Formation of Mongolia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, n. 2, e2281478, 12pp. (Bayshinoryctes shuvalovi)

Mao, F., Li, Z., Wang, Z., Zhang, C., Rich, T., Vickers-Rich, P., and Meng, J., 2024, Jurassic shuotheriids show earliest dental diversification of mammaliaforms: Nature, published online, 7pp. (Feredocodon chowi)

Whitebone, S. A., Funston, G. F., and Currie, P. J., 2024, An unusual microstie from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formaton of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2316668, 14pp.


Eggs





Ichnology

Ichnogenus: Nova (1)

Fujianipus XING, NIU, LOCKLEY, ROMILIO, DENG & PERSONS IV, 2024

Ichnospecies: Nova (1)

Fujianipus yingliangi XING, NIU, LOCKLEY, ROMILIO, DENG & PERSONS IV, 2024

Fiorillo, A. R., McCarthy, P. J., Shimer, G., Suarez, M. B., Takasaki, R., Chinzorig, T,. Kobayashi, Y., O'Sullivan, P., and Orphys, E., 2024, New dinosaur ichnological, sedimentological, and geochemical data from a Cretaceous high-latitude terrestrial greenhouse ecosystem, Nanushuk Formation, North Slope, Alaska: Geosciences, v. 14, published online, 24pp. Link to pdf

Retallack, G. J,. 2024, Late Devonian fossils of New South Wales and early tetrapod habitats: Lethaia, v. 57, n. 1, 19pp. Link to pdf

Troiano, L. P., dos Santos, H. B., Aureliano, T., and Ghilardi, A. M., 2024, A remarkable assemblage of petroglyphs and dinosaur footprints in Northeast Brazil: Scientific Reports, v 14: 652B, 14pp.  Link to pdf

Xing, L., Niu, K., Lockley, M. G., Romilio, A., Deng, K., and Persons IV, W. S., 2024, Deinonychosaur trackways in southeastern China record a possible giant troodontid: iScience, CellPress, Open Acess, 19pp. (Fujianipus yingliangi) Link to pdf


Palaeopathologies


Gastroliths


Stomach contents


Coprolites


Cannibalismn


Regurgitalite


Fire (Mesozoic, Paleozoic)

 

 


Beetle Borrings


Toothmarks

 


Histology/strong>


Soft tissue


Bonebed


Taphonomy


Burrows


DNA (and Blood)


(suppose) Tertiary Dinosaurs


Venomous


Extinction


Integuments

Feathers

 

Skin

Hair


Interesting Articles

 


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