2026 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

Hagiwara, W., and Sallan, L., 2026, Mass extinction triggered the early radiations of jawed vertebrates and thier jawless relatives (Gnathotomes): Science Advances, v. 12, eaeb2297, 13pp. Link to pdf

Lei, X., Zhang, S., Cong, P., Vinther, J., Gabbott, S., Wei, F., and Xu, X., 2026, Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period: Nature, published online, 7pp.

Marsh, J., 2026, 443-million-year-old fossils reveal early vertebrate eyes: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Xian, X.-M., Mo, X., Guan, Q., Zhao, Y.-T., Xue, Q.-Y., Li, Q., LIU, J.-P., and Zhu, M., 2026, Early Devonian fish material from Posongchong Formation of Guangnan, Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf


Thelodonti


Placoderm

Xian, X.-M., Mo, X., Guan, Q., Zhao, Y.-T., Xue, Q.-Y., Li, Q., LIU, J.-P., and Zhu, M., 2026, Early Devonian fish material from Posongchong Formation of Guangnan, Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf


Acanthodians


Chondrichthyes

Genus: Nova (1)

Lonchidionoides VULLO, FRAGOSO, BITTENCOURT, PEREZ-GARCIA, BOUCHEMIA & BENYOUCEF, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Lonchidionoides trifurcatum VULLO, FRAGOSO, BITTENCOURT, PEREZ-GARCIA, BOUCHEMIA & BENYOUCEF, 2026

Synonym: Nova (1)

Curvorudentis prorogatus (KRIWET, 2003) BEGAT, VILLALOOS-SEGURA, AMADORI, KLUG & KRIWET, 2026

= Synechodus prorognathus KRIWET, 2003

Anonymous, 2026, How an ancient seafloor turned Arkansas into 'Sharkansas,' a shark fossil hotspot: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf

Begat, A., Villalobos-Segura, E., Amadori, M, Klug, S., and Kriewet, J,. 2026, Revision of the extinct shark Synechodus prorogatus Kriwet, 2003 (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and its galemorph affiliation: Swiss Journal of Paleontology, v. 145, p. 303-311. (Curvorudentis prorogatus = Synechodus prorognathus) Link to pdf

Crothers, J., Eberle, J., Brinkman, D., Wurtz, A., Heckert, A. B., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Foster, J. R., Dirkes, I. C., and Dunn, R., 2026, An actinopterygian-dominated fish fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation, northwestern Colorado, and evidence for provinciality across Laramidia at the Campanian/Maastrhcithan boundary: Cretaceous Research, v. 182; 106313, 20pp. Link to pdf

Feichtinger, I., Beaury, B., Guinot, G., Harzhauser M., Nichter, T., Stoykova, K, and Pollerspock, J., 2026, Revealing elasmobranch diversity across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in the Central Tethys (Byala, Bulgaria): Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 11, p. 57-70. Link to pd

McCormack, J, Maisch IV, H., Becker, M. A., Griffiths, M. L., Knighton, J., Eagle, R. A., Stevens, K., Muller, W, and Shimada, K., 2026, Sharks as apex predators in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway empirically revealed by zinc isotope analyses: Gondwana Research, v. 155, p. 227-239. Link to pdf

Stumpf, S., Turtscher, J., Lopez-Romero, F. A., Villalobos-Segura, E., Begat, A., Amadori, M., Dearden, R. P., Lauer, B., lauer, R., Hecker, A., and Kriwet, J., 2026, Reappriasal of the extinct barbelthroat shark +Bavarischyllium and the nebulous origin of carcharhiniform galeomorphs: Communications Biology, v. 9: 158, 17pp. Link to pdf

Vakaj, K., 2026, Prehistoric fossil poses puzzles in shark research: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Vullo, R., Fragoso, L. G. C., Bittencourt, J. S., Perez-Garcia, A., Bouchemia, I., and Benyoucef, M., 2026, A new genus of lonchidiid hybodontiform sharks from the Cretaceous of North Africa and South America: Geological Magazine, v. 163, e5, 9pp. (Lonchidionoides trifurcatum) Link to pdf



Fish

Genus: Nova (2)

Gondwanacanthus decollatus BIBEIRO, de MAYRINCK, BOCKMANN & de PINNA, 2026

Ostenolepis FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026

Species: Nova (4)

Gondwanacanthus decollatus BIBEIRO, de MAYRINCK, BOCKMANN & de PINNA, 2026

Ostenolepis marianii FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026

Peripeltopleurus jurassicus FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026

Pholidolepis teruzzii FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026

Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Crothers, J., Eberle, J., Brinkman, D., Wurtz, A., Heckert, A. B., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Foster, J. R., Dirkes, I. C., and Dunn, R., 2026, An actinopterygian-dominated fish fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation, northwestern Colorado, and evidence for provinciality across Laramidia at the Campanian/Maastrhcithan boundary: Cretaceous Research, v. 182; 106313, 20pp. Link to pdf

Ebert, M,. 2026, Macromesodon Blake, 1905 and Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Jurassic adn lowermost Cretaceous of England, France and Germany: Swiss Journal of Paleontology, v. 145, p. 97-129. Link to pdf

Genus: Apomesodon POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002

M. gibbosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2004

= Gyrodus gibbosus AGASSIZ, 1843 (nomen nudum)

= Mesodon gibbosus WAGNER, 1851

= Eomesodon gibbosus (WAGNER, 1851) WOODWARD, 1918

= Apomesodon gibbosus (WAGNER, 1851) POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002

= Mesodon comosus THIOLIERE, 1858 (nomen nudum)

= Mesodon heckeli WAGNER, 1861

= Mesodon maacropterus (AGASSIZ, 1834) ZITTEL, 1887

= Mesodon comosus THIOLLIERE, 1873

= Macromesodon  gibbosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2004

= Apomesodon surgens POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002

= Macromesodon surgens (POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002) POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2004

= Mesodon gibbosus THIOLLIERE, 1873 (nomen nudum)

= Mesodon gibbosus THIOLLIERE, 1873

= Eomesodon gibbosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) WOODWARD, 1918

= Macromesodon comosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) SAINT-SEINE, 1949

\= Apomesodon gibbosus (WAGNER, 1851) POYATO-ARIZ & WENZ, 2002

\= Apomesodon comosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) POYATO-ARIZ & WENZ, 2002

= Apomesodon surgens gibbosus (WAGNER, 1851) EBERT, KOLBL-EBERT & SCHULBERT, 2017

A. amoni (WOODWARD, 1890) EBERT, 2026

= Mesodon damoni WOODWARD, 1890

= Mesodon barnesi WOODWARD, 1906

= Eomesodon barnesi WOODWARD, 1906 WOODWARD, 1918

= Macromesodon damoni (WOODWARD, 1890) KRIWET, 2001

A. granulatus (MUNSTER, 1846) EBERT, 2026

= Pycnodus didymus AGASSIZ, 1943

= Pycnodus juggler MUNSTER, 1846

= Pycnodus granulatus MUNSTER, 1846

= Mesodon granulatus (MUNSTER, 1846) FRICKE, 1876

= Mesodon laevior RICKE, 1876\

= Eomesodon granulatus (MUNSTER, 1846) WOODWARD, 1918

A. spp

= Mesodon lingua SAUVAGE, 1902

= Mesodon combesi SAUVAGE, 1902

= Eomesodon combesi (SAUVAGE, 1902) BRIGNON, 2024

= Mesodon fourtaui SAUVAGE, 1902

= Eomesodon fourtaui (SAUVAGE, 1902) BRIGNON, 2024

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Franceschi F., Marrama, G., and Carnevale, G., 2026, Bony fishes (Osteichthyes) from the Sinemurian (Jurassic) Osteno Knoservat-Lagersatatte (Como, NW Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 132, n. 1, p 9-58. (Ostenolepis marianii, Peripeltopleurus jurassicus, Pholidolepis teruzzii) Link to pdf

Friedman, M, and Giles, S., 2026, Cranial structure of Chondrosteus acipenseroides re-examined: implications  from upper jaw homologies in acipenseriform fishes: Contributions from the Museum of paleontology, University of Michigan, v. 17, n. 6, p. 117-143. Link to pdf

Ribeiro, A. C., de Mayrinck, D., Bockmann, F. A., and de Pinna, M., 2026, The oldest acanthomorph fossil (Actnopterygii, Teleostei) from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana (Morro do Chaves Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, NE Brazil): Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 1, e70072, 16pp. (Gondwanacanthus decollatus) Link to pdf

Vanhaesebrouchke, O., and Cloutier, R., 2026, Morphological disparity and evoutionary radiation of early actinopterygians thorugh the Devonian-Carboniferous crisis: Diversity, v. 18, 83, 17pp.

 


Crossopterygians & Finned Tetrapods

Anonymous, 2026, Oldest known bony fish fossils uncover early vertebrate evolution: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Choo, B., and Lu, J., 2026, New fossil reveals the weird 'tooth cushions' of an apex predator from 425 million years ago: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Xian, X.-M., Mo, X., Guan, Q., Zhao, Y.-T., Xue, Q.-Y., Li, Q., LIU, J.-P., and Zhu, M., 2026, Early Devonian fish material from Posongchong Formation of Guangnan, Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf


Lungfish

Anonymous, 2026, High-tech scans of an enigmatic 400-million-year-old lungfish reveal new details: Phys Org, pubsliehd online, 4pp.

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Coelocanths

Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf


Fish Ichnology


Fish Burrows


Fish Coprolites

 


Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians

Genus: Nova (1)

Tanyka PARDO, MARSICANO, SMIHT, DISNEROS, ANGIELCZYK, FROBISCH, KAMMERER & RICHTER, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Tanyka amnicola PARDO, MARSICANO, SMIHT, DISNEROS, ANGIELCZYK, FROBISCH, KAMMERER & RICHTER, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, Globe-trotting ancient 'sea-salamander' fossil rediscovered from Australia's dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Ancient plant-eater with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth was a 'living fossil' in its own time: Phys Org, published onlien 7pp. Link to pdf

Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf

Hart, L, 2026, 250 million-year-old amphibina fosisls from Australia reveal global spread of 'sea-salamanders': Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Kear, B. P., Campione, N. E., Siversson, M, Bassi, M, and Hart, L. J., 2026, Revision of the trematosaurid Erythrobatrchus noonkanbahensis confirms a cryptic marine temnospondyl community from the Lower Triassic of Western Australia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2601224, 11pp.

Pardo, J. D., Marsicano, C. A,. Smith, R., Cisneros, J. C., Angielczyk, K D., Frobisch, J., kamerer, C., and Richter, M,. 2026, An aberrant stem tetrapod from the early Permian of Brazil: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 2923:20262106, 8pp. (Tanyka amnicola) Link to pdf


Reptilosauromorph

Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf


Lepospondyli

Genus: Nova (1)

Tyrannoroter MANN, ZIONG, CALTHORPE, SEUS & MADDIN, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Tyrannoroter heberti MANN, ZIONG, CALTHORPE, SEUS & MADDIN, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat plants: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf

Mann, A., Xiong, Z., Calthrope, A. S., Sues, H.-D., and Maddin, H. C., 2026, Carboniferous recumbirostran elucidates the origins of terrestrial herbivory: Nature Ecology & Evolution, v. 10, p. 193-202. (Tyrannoroter heberti)


Amphibia

Genus: Nova (2)

Nabia GUILLAUME, EVANS, JONES, PUERTOS-PASCULA & MORENO-AZANA, 2026

Speices Nova (2)

Martintriton septatus SKUTCHAS, KOLCHANOV, LANG, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2025

Nabia civiscientrix GUILLAUME, EVANS, JONES, PUERTOS-PASCULA & MORENO-AZANA, 2026

Caton, E., 2026, Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Guillaume, A. R. D., Evans, S. E., Jones, M. E. H., Puertolas-Pascual, E., and Moreno-Azanza, M., 2026, New albanerpetontid species (Lissamphibia) from the late Jurassic of Portugal: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 25, n. 1, 2680623, 42pp. (Nabia civiscientrix)

Skutschas, P. P., Kolchanov, V. V., Lang, A., Schultz, J. A., & Schwermann, A. H., 2025, Lissamphibian remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany with implications for the evolution of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous European faunas: Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, v. 105, p. 831-846. (Martintriton septatus) Link to pdf

 



Lower Reptiles (“Anapsids”)

Genus: Nova (1)

Sauropia MULLER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA, AURELIO & KERBER, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Sauropia macrorhinus MULLER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA, AURELIO & KERBER, 2026

Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf

Müller, R. T., Roberto-da-Silva, L., Aurelio, P. L. P., and Kerber, L., 2026, The smallest tetrapod from the Middle Triassic of South America: a new procolophonoid parareptile from the Ladinina of Southern Brazil: Scientific Reports, v. 16:866, published online, 20pp. (Sauropia macrorhinus) Link to pdf

Young, J. M., Maho, T., and Reisz, R. R., 2026, Earliest direct evidence of trophic interactions between terrestrial apex predators and large herbivores: Scientific Reports, v. 16:6977, 13pp. Link to pdf

 


Turtle

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Clark, B., Prall, J., Hannebaum, Z. J., Orme, D. A., Panasci, G., and Varricchio, D. J., 2026, The earliest dated Basilemys (Testudines, Nanhsiungchelyidae) in North America informs polar dispersal during middle Cretaceous Houthouse conditions: Historical Biology, publishe online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Oriozabala, C., de la Fuente, M. S., and Sterli, J., 2025 (published 2026), The meiolaniform Patagoniaemys gasparinae from the Upper Cretacoues La Colonia Formation (Chubut, Argentina), part 1: postcranial anatomy and paleoecology: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2554253, 21pp.

Setterberg, D., 2026, Turtle fossil narrows timeline of Cretaceous species migration: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf


 Diapsida (Lower Lepidosauromorphs)

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf


Lizards and Snakes

Genus: Nova (1)

Xenodontolacera JIANG, DONG, XU, BI & EVANS, 2026

Speices: Nova (2)

Pluridens imelaki LONGRICH & JALIL, 2026

Xenodontolacerta fangi JIANG, DONG, XU, BI & EVANS, 2026

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Jansen, O., Garcia, G,. Otero, O., Auge, M, Gomez, B, and Valentin, X., 2026, Freshwater amphibians and squamtes from Villeveyrac (lower Campanian; Herault, France): palaeodiversity, palaeoenvironment and implications for the Late Cretaceous palaeobiogeography of the European herpetofauna: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 1, e70055, 45pp. Link to pdf

Jiang, J., Dong, L.-P., Xu, X., Bi, A., and Evans, S., 2026, A new polyglyphanodontian lizard from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China implies a complex evolutionary history of the clade: Royal Society Open Science, v. 13:262253, 17pp. (Xenodontolacerta fangi) Link to pdf

Longrich, N. R., and Jalil, N.-E., 2026, A giant halisaurine from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco: Diversity, v. 18, 159, 19pp. (Pluridens imelaki) Link to pdf

Young, G., Mannering, A, Fraser, M., and Scofield, P., 2026, Redescrition of Prognathodon waiparaensis and comments on its phylogenetic position: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, published online, 25pp.


Sphenodonts

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Haridy, Y., Frederickson, J. A., Peterson, J., Miller, J., Davis, B., Curtice, B., Hunter, R., and Cifelli, R., 2026, New material of the Late Jurassic sphenodontid Eilenodon robustus reveals transitionary adaptations to herbivory: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 171-184. Link to pdf


Ichthyosaurs

Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf

Pszczolkowski, A., Iturraled-Vinent, M. A., and Delgado Carballo, I. I., 2026, Micropaleontological dating of an Ichthyosaur-bearing site in Western Cuba: Paleontologia Mexicana, v. 15, n. 1, p. 231-235. Link to pdf

Yoshizawa, K., and Tsuihiji, T., 2026, Skeletal mrohpology of an early ichthyopterygian, cf. Utatsusaurus hataii, from Japan with an emphasis on CT scan data of the skull: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2621587, 22pp.


Sauropterygians and Placodontians

Genus: Nova (1)

Gondwanaectes OTERO, ACUNA, VARGAS, ROJAS, ORTIZ & AGUIRREZABALA, 2026

Species: Nova (2)

Gondwanaectes osvaldoi OTERO, ACUNA, VARGAS, ROJAS, ORTIZ & AGUIRREZABALA, 2026

Nothosaurus fortihumeralis LI, HU, SHEN, SANDER & LIU, 2026

Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf

Li, Q., Hu, Y.-W., Shen, Y., Sander, P. M., and Liu, J., 2026, A new large Nothosaurus (Reptlia: Eosauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of South China adn the phylogeny of Eosauropterygia: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Socity, v. 206, n. 1, zlaf179, 13pp. (Nothosaurus fortihumeralis)

Marx, M., Szasz, R.-Z., Lindgren, J., 2026, CFD modelling of the thermo- and hydrodynamic capabilities of long-necke plesiosaurs (Sauropterygia, Elasmosauridae): Technische Mechanik, v. 46, n. 1, p. 43-54. Link to pdf

Oster, S., 2026, First plesiosaurian fossil discovered in Algeria fills a Cretaceous gap: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Otero, R. A., Acuna, S. S., Vargas, A. O., Rojas, J., Ortiz, H., and Aguirrezabala, G., 2026, A new Middle Jurssic marine reptile from Gondwana clarifies the origin of Cryptoclidia, the most sucessful group of plesiosaurs: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 2, e70068, 21pp. (Gondwanaectes osvaldoi)

Sachs, S., and Madzina, D., 2026, The osteology, taxonomy, and phylogenetic affinities of the Early Jurassic plesiosaur Lusonectes sauvgei: PeerJ 14:e20611 http:.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20611, 20pp.


Lower Archosauromorpha

Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Oster, S., 2026, Brazilian fossil site yields smallest rhynchosaur fossil ever recorded: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf


“Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia"

Farias, B. D. M., Muller, R. T., de Bem, F. P, von Baczko, M. B., Desojo, J. D., and Soares, M. B., 2026, Filling a key gap in growth patterns of Pseudosuchia through the osteohistology of Dynamaosuchus collisensis (Ornithosuchidae; Archosauria): Royal Socity Open Science, v. 13:262042, 19pp. Link to pdf


Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia)

Genus: Nova (1)

Galahadosuchus BODENHAM, SPIEKMAN, MAIDMENT, UPCHURCH & MANNION, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Galahadosuchus jonesi BODENHAM, SPIEKMAN, MAIDMENT, UPCHURCH & MANNION, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, Paleontologists challenge use of bone growth rings to age crocodiles, dinosaurs: Phys Org, publihsed online, 9pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Meet Crocodylus lucivenator, a 12- to 15-foot predator that hunted iconic Lucy's species: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, 'Peculiar' crocodile ancestor started life on four legs before learing to walk on two: Phs Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Barbini, L., Burke, P. M. J., Caddeo, I., Romano, M,. and Mannion, P. D., 2026, Endocranial anatomy of the earliest cretaceous European neosuchian crocodyliform Pholidosaurus purbeckensis provides new evidence for the ecological evoluton of Pholidosauridae: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Bodenham, E. H., Spiekman, S. n. F., Maidment, S. C. R., Upchurch, P., and Mannion, P. D., 2026, A second species of non-crocodyliform crodylomorph from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of southwestern UK: implications for locomotory ecological diversityin Saltoposuchidae: The Anatomical Record, published online, 43 pp. (Galahadosuchus jonesi) Link to pdf

Candiero, C. R. A., Brusatte, S. L., Ribeiro, T. B., Pol, D., da Silva Vidal, L., de Paula, T. A. D. A., Ferreira, B. M., Lima, C. V., Da Costa Pereira, P. V. L. G. 2026, A large notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia) tooth from the Adamantina Formation of Goias state, Brazil: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Paleontology, published online, 7pp.

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Cidade, G. M,. Gody, P. L., Amavet, P., Cossette, A., Solorzano, A., Bona, P., Angulo-Bedoya, M., Balaguera-Reina, S. A., Rabi, M., Pires-Farias, I., Figueiredo, R. G., Ezcurra, M. D., Bittencourt, P. S., Brochu, C. A., and Robero, I. J., 2026, The phylogenetic nomenclature of Caimaninae (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea): Historical Biology, an International Joural of Paleobiology, published online, 24pp.

Davis, J, 2026, New species of ancient crocodile named in honor of Welsh school teacher: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Donze, G., Perrichon, G., Vincent, P., Therrien, F., and Martin, J. E., 2026, Comparative endocranial anatomy in the crocodylians Leidyosuchus canadensis and Stangerochampsa mccabei from the upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 28pp. Link to pdf

Dornis, C., 2026, Newfound terrestrial crocodile fossil redraws the map of Europe in the age of the dinosaurs: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link tp pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Herrera, Y., Spindler, F., adn Bronzati, M., 2026, A complete morphological description of Dakosaurus maximus (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia) with further insights into their palaeoecology: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 29,n . 1: a4, 116pp. Link to pdf

Szegszardi, M., Osi, A., and Rabi, M., 2026, Cretaceous crocodyliform reconciles conflicting evidence on the Mesozoic paleogeography of Europe during the Gondwana-Laurasian split: Scientific Reports, v. 16:2842, 19pp. Link to pdf


Pterosaurs

Averianov, A. O., and Gubarev, D. I., 2026, A pterosaru cervical vertebra from the Cenomanian of Russia: first diagnostic postcranial material for Targaryendraconia: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 7pp.

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf


Dinosaur

Dinosauromorpha

Breeden, B. T., Irmis, R. B., Nesbitt, S. J,. Smith, N. D., and Turne,r A. H., 2025 (pubilshed 2026), New wpecimens of Eucoelophysis baldwini from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation northern New Mexico, U.S.A., and thier implications for the evolution of silesauridae (Dinosauriformes): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552170, 23pp

Sen, S., and Ray, S., 2025 (Published 2026), Taxonomic reassessment of archosaurs with dinosaurian affinities from the lower fauna of the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of India and thier significance: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e254634, 34pp.

Theropodaspan>

Genus: Nova (1)

Xenovenator RIVERA-SYLVA, AGUILLON-MARTINEZ, FLORES-VENTURA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, GUZMAN-GUTIERREZ & LONGRICH, 2026

Species: Nova (2)

Spinosaurus mirabilis SERENO, VIDAL, MYHRVOLD, JOHNSON-RANSOM, REAL, BAUMGART, FONTELA, GREEN, SAITA, ADAMOU, BOP, KEILLOR, FRITZGARLD, DUTHEIL, LAROCHE, DEMERS-POTVIN, SIMARRO, GASCO-LLUNA, LAZARO, GAMONAL, BEIGHTOL, RENELEAU, VAUTRIN, BERTOSSO, GRANADOS, KINNEY-BRODERICK, MALLON, LINDOSO & RAMEZANI, 2026

Xenovenator espinosai RIVERA-SYLVA, AGUILLON-MARTINEZ, FLORES-VENTURA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, GUZMAN-GUTIERREZ & LONGRICH, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, T. rex grew up slowly: new study reveals 'king of dinosaurs' kept growing until age 40: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, New 'scimitar-crested' Spinosaurus species discovered in central Sahara: Phys Org, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, 'Tiny' dinosaur, big impact: a 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Arnold, P., 2026, Forget flatfooted lumbering T. rex. New research shows it walked on tiptoes: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Boeye, A. T., Atkins-Weltman, K. L., King, J. L., and Swann, S., 2026, Evidence of bird-like foot fuction in Tyrannosaurus: Royal Society Open Science, v. 13: 252139, 18pp. Link to pdf

 Buffetaut, E., 2026, The Cretaceous Dinosaur record for Normandy (NW France): a review: Fossil Studies, v. 4, n. 5, 18pp. Link to pdf

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.

Fan, Y. C., Miller, C. V., and Pittman, M., 2026, Diet of bird-like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade: Biological Reviews, published online, 19pp. Link to pdf

Farke, A. A., 2026, Not a big baby, multipronged approaches resolve the debate about the Nanotyrannus fossil species: Science, 15, january, 2026, p. 234-235. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Greenfield, T., 2026, The authorship of Spinosauria is Olshevksy, 1991: comment on Rauhut et al. (2025): Historical Biology, published online, 2pp.

Hefler, C., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Zheng, X., Kaye, T. G., Grosmougin, M., Chotard, M., Barlow, L., Qiu, H., Dececchi, A., Habib, M. B., Shyy, W., and Pitmann, M., 2026, Microraptor revels specialized gliding capabilities in multiwinged early paravians: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 6, e2618106124, 9pp. Link to pdf

Hernandez-Luna, C. A., Hendrickx, C., Martin-Leyva, A. H., and Carr, T. C., 2026, The dentition of tyrannosauroid theroopds: a review: Discover Geoscience, open access, published online, 49pp. Link to pdf

Hendrickx, C., 2026, Dental evolution in non-coelurosaur theropods: Italian Journal of Geoscience, special seciton - 200 years of Dinosaurs: state of the art and future directions, v. 145, n. 2, 34pp. Link to pdf

Johnson-Ransom, E., Gignac, P., Barta, D. E., Felice, R. N., and Snively, E., 2026, Comparative cranial biomechanics reveal macroevolutionary trends in the theropod dinosaurs, with emphasis on Tyrannosauroidea: The Anatomical Record, published online, 41pp. Link to pdf

Longrich, N. R., Dalman, S., Lucas, S. G., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2026, A large tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of North America: Scientific Reports, v. 16:8371, 11pp. Link to pdf

Longrich, N. R., Isasmendi, E, Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Jalil, N.E., 2026, New fossils of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Maastrichtian of Morocco, North Africa: Cretaceous Research, v. 152 (105677), 13pp.

Makovicky, P. J., Mitchell, J. S, Meso, J. G., Gianechini, F. A., Cerda, I., and Apesteguia, S., 2026,Argentine fossil rewries evolutionary history of a baffling dinosaru clade: Nature, published online, 5pp.

McDavid, S. N., Marchant, C. Y., and Reid, I. J., 2026, em> Sen & Ray, 2025 is an objective junior synonoym of Alwalkeria Chatterjee & Cresiler, 1994: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontoloty, e2604988, 4pp. (Alwalkeria maleriensis = Alickmeron maleriensis)

Morrison, C,. Gregory, J, Jackson, C., Bestwick, J., Schroeder, K,. Gascoigne, S. J. L., Bills, P., Porro, L. B., Mannion, P. D., and Barrett, P. M., 2026, Inter- and intraspecific variation in theropod dinosaur dental microwear and its palaeoecological implications: The Anatomical Record, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Nielsen, J., Fowler, D., Wyenberg-Henzler, T., Jacobsen, A. ., and Pearce, C., 2026, Investigating size-asymmetric feeding among tyrannosaurids using tooth marks on a metatarsal from the Judith River Formation, Montana, USA: Evolving Earth v. 4, 100107, 8pp. Link to pdf

Packham, C., 2026, Saturday citations: a virus that makes its own proteins: a new Spinosaurus; exercise beasts anxiety: Phys Org, published on line, 4pp. Link to pdf

Pradelli, L. A., Pol, D., Vega, N A., and Ezcurra, M. D., 2026, The axial osteology of the theropod dinosaur Piatnitzkysaurus floresi from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina: Royal Society Open Science, v. 13: 251876, 35pp. Link to pdf

 Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Aguillon-Martinez, M. C., Flores-Ventura, J., Sanchez-Uribe, I. E., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., and Longrich, N. R., 2026, A thick-skulled troodontid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Mexico: Diversity, v. 18, 38, 26pp. (Xenovenator espinosai) Link to pdf

Rowe, A. J., Cerroni, M. A., and Rayfield, E. J., 2026, Soutehrn hemisphere ceratosaurs evolved fedding mechanics paralleling those of Northern hemisphere tyrannosaurids: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Satoh, T., 2026, Origins of avian hyperactie mitochondria, genome compaction, and air-sac physiology in early theropods during the Carnian pluvial episode: Journal of Developmental Biology, v. 14, n. 11, p. 16pp. Link to pdf

Sereno, P. C., Vidal, D., Myhrvold, N. P., Johnson-Ransom, E., Real, M. C., Baumgart, S. L., Fontela, N. S., Green, T. L., Saitta, E. T., Adamou, B., Bop, L. L., Kellior, T. M., Fitzgerald, E. C., Dutheil, D. B., Laroche, R. A. S., Demers-Potvin, A. V., Simarro, A., Gasco-Lluna, F., Lazaro, A., Gamonal, A., Beithtol, C. V., Reneleau, V., Vautrin, R., Bertozzo, F., Granados, A., Kinney-Broderik, G., Mallon, J. C., Lindoso, R. M., and Ramezani, J., 2026, Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation: Science, published online10pp. (Spinosaurus mirabilis)

Woodward, H. N., Myhrvold, N. P., and Horner, J. R., 2026, Prolonged growth and extended subadult development in the Tyrannosaurus rex species complex revealed by expanded histological sampling and statistical modeling: PeerJ, 14:e20469 DOI 10.7717/peerj.20469, 66pp. Link to pdf

Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda)

Genus: Nova (2)

Dasosasaurus tocantinensis  MAYER, JUNIOR, KERBER, NAVARRO, BANDEIRA, CISNEROS, SOUSA, PEREIRA, MEDEIROS, LINDOSO, NETO, GHILARDI, AUERELIANO, GODOY, FERREIRA & LANGER, 2026

Yeneen FLIPPI, BELLARDINI, CARBALLIDO, MENDEZ & GARRIDO, 2026

Species: Nova (2)

Dasosasaurus tocantinensis  MAYER, JUNIOR, KERBER, NAVARRO, BANDEIRA, CISNEROS, SOUSA, PEREIRA, MEDEIROS, LINDOSO, NETO, GHILARDI, AUERELIANO, GODOY, FERREIRA & LANGER, 2026

Yeneen houssayi FLIPPI, BELLARDINI, CARBALLIDO, MENDEZ & GARRIDO, 2026

 Buffetaut, E., 2026, The Cretaceous Dinosaur record for Normandy (NW France): a review: Fossil Studies, v. 4, n. 5, 18pp. Link to pdf

Carpenter, K., Ikejiri, T., and Wilson, Y., 2026, Postcranial anatomy of immature Camarasaurus specimens from Dinosaur National Monument, UTah, comapred to the holotype of Camarasaurus lentus (Marsh, 1889): In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 247-265. Link to pdf

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.

Filippi, L. S., Carballido, J. I., Mendez, A. H., and Garrido, A. C., 2026, Yeneen houssayi gen. et sp. nov. and an overviw of the sauropod titanosaurian diversity from Cerro Overo - La Invernada area (Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Santonian), North Patagonia, Argentina: Historical Biology, an international journal of Paleobiology, published online, 37pp. (Yeneen houssayi)

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Irmis, R. B., Wedel, M. J., Chamberlain, K. R., Gillett, D. D., and McMullen, S. K., 2026, History, age, and stratigraphy of the type locality of Dystrophaeus viaemalae (Sauropoda) in the Lower Morrison Formation of southeastern Utah: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 201-213. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Woodruff, D. C., and Royo-Torres, R., 2026, The first evidence of Turiasauria (Sauropoda) in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 267-282. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Fronimos, J. A.,Fronimos, J. A., and Woodward, H. N., 2025 (published 2026), Ontogenetic assessment from dorsal ribs in a mature titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas: Jounal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2559012, 14pp.

Garderes, I. P., Toledo, N., Whitlock, J. A., Militello, M, and Gallina, P. A., 2026, Head, skull-neck and extrinsic eye musculature of the dicraeosaurid sauropod Bjadasaurus pronuspinax Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 26, n. 1, p. 80-112. Link to pdf

Hullinger, A., Boisvert, C., Bivens, G. T., Curtice, B., Wilhite, R., and Foster, J. R., 2026, Redescription of Aptosaurine remains from Arches National Park, Utah, USA (Upper Jurassic, Morrison Formation): 0000" size="3"> In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 215-231. Link to pdf

van der Linden, T. T. P., Wilhite, D. R., Bivens, G. T., Woodruff, D. C., Hunter, R. J., Stecko, T., and Curtice, B. D., 2026, A case report of a pathology in the 'whip' of a flagellicaudatan sauropods: The Science of Nature, v. 113:23, 23pp. Link to pdf

Mayer, E. L., Junior, J. C. G. S., Keber, L. R., Navarro, B. A., Bandeira, K. L. N., Cisneros, J. C., Sousa, E. P., Pereira, A. A., Medeiros, M. A., Lindoso, R M., Neto, F. P. C. ,Ghilardi, A. M., Auereliano, T., Godoy, P. L. Ferreira, G. S., and Langer, M. C., 2026, A new titanosauriform with European affinities in the Early Cretaceous of Brazil: insights on Somphospondyli phylogeny, histology and biogeography: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 24, n. 1; 22601579, 33pp. (Dasosasaurus tocantinensis<) 

, F. P., Woodruff, D. C., Walker, S., Hunt, K., and Schein, J. P., 2026, The first specimen of em> (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae) from Montana: the northernmost occurrence of the genus: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 233-246. Link to pdf

Zhang, X.-Q., Wang, Y.-M., Wang, Z.-J., Wang, Y.-C., Wang, T., Wang, G-F, Zou, Y., Dong, Q-X., Su, X., Jiang, H., Wang, Y.-J, and You, H.-L., 2026, The first turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria: Eusauropoda) from East Asia: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Socity, v. 206, n. 2, zlaf201, 34pp. (Yantaloong lini) Link to pdf

Ornithischia

Genus: Nova (4)

Ferenceratops MAIDMENT, BUTLER, BRUSATTE, MEADE, AUGUSTIN, CSIKI-SAVA & OSI, 2026

Foskeia DIEUDONNE, BECERRA, ZANESCO, TORTOSA, CREZADO-CABALLERO, STEIN & FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, 2026

Haolong HUANG, WU, MAO, BERTOZZO, DHOUAILLY, ROBIN, PITTMAN, KAYE, MANUCCI, HE, WANG & GODEFROIT, 2026

Kryptohadros MAGYAR, OSI, CSIKI-SAVA, BUDAI & BOTFALVAI, 2026

Species: Nova (3)

Foskeia pelendonum DIEUDONNE, BECERRA, ZANESCO, TORTOSA, CREZADO-CABALLERO, STEIN & FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, 2026

Haolong dongi HUANG, WU, MAO, BERTOZZO, DHOUAILLY, ROBIN, PITTMAN, KAYE, MANUCCI, HE, WANG & GODEFROIT, 2026

Kryptohadros kallaiae MAGYAR, OSI, CSIKI-SAVA, BUDAI & BOTFALVAI, 2026

Synonymoum: Nova (1)

Ferenceratops shqiperorum (WEISHAMPEL, JIANU, CSIKI & NORMAN, 2003) MAIDMENT, BUTLER, BRUSATTE, MEADE, AUGUSTIN, CSIKI-SAVA & OSI, 2026

= Zalmozes shiqperorum WEISHAMPEL, JIANU, CSIKI & NORMAN, 2003

Anonymous, 2026, Tiny new dinosaur Foskeia pelendonum fills in an evolutonary gap: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Why Triceratops has such a big nose: The first comprehensive hypothesis on soft tissue in the dinosaur: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Arnold, P., 2026, Scientist solve the mystery of Europe's missing dinosaurs. Spoiler alert! They were never actulaly missing; Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., and Rayfield, E. J., 2026, Bringing dinosaurs to life: a scientific revolution on paleobiological methods: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 690, 113684, 28pp. Link to pdf

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Dieudonne, P.E., Becerra, M. G., Zanesco, T., Tortosa, T., Cruzado-Caballero, P., Stein, K., and Fernandez-Baldor, F. T. 2026, Foskeia pelendonum, a new rhabdodontomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Salas de los Infantes (Burgos Province, Spain), and a new phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs: Papers in Palaeintoogy, v. 12, part 1, e70057, 52pp. (Foskeia pelendonum)  

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Galton, P. M., and Carpenter, K., 2026, Osteology atlas of the type materials in the Yale Peabody Museum of the Ornithopod dinosaurian Camptosaurus dispar (Marsh, 1877) from the Upper Jurassic of Wyoming: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 293-318. Link to pdf

Gonet, J., Allain, R., and Houssaye, A., 2026, Locomotor reassessment of Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus and Lurdusaurus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) using osteological correlates: Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 11, p. 71-86. Link to pdf

Harvey, A., 2026, Rare fossil at Montana museum records Tyrannosaurus attack: Phys Org, published online 5pp. Link to pdf

Huang, J., Wu, W., Mao, L., Bertozzo, F., Dhouailly, D., Robin, N., Pittman, M., Kaye, T. G., Manucci, F., He, X., Wang, X., and Godefroit, P., 2026, Cellular-level presrvation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur; Nature Ecology and Evolution, published online, 8pp.(Haolong dongi)

Krumenacker, L. J., Gay, R. J., Peterson, J. E., Scheetz, R., and Simon, R., 2026, Enigmatic ornithopod specimens from the Sion Quarry of the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, bighorn Basin, Wyoming: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 319-329. Link to pdf

Magyar, J., Osi, A., Csiki-Sava, Z., Budai, S., and Botfalvi, G., 2026, New early Maastrichtian 'duck-billed' dinosaur from Hateg Basin (Densus-Ciula Formation, Romania) documents and endemic clade of non-hadrosuarid hadrosauroids in the south-eastern Late Cretaceous European Archipelago; Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 50pp. (Kryptohadros kallaiae) Link to pdf

Maidment, S. C. R., Butler, R. J., Brusatte, S. L., Meade, L. E., Augustin, F. J., Csiki-Sava, Z., and Osi, A., 2026, A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe: Nature, published online, 7pp. (Ferenceratops shqiperorum = Zalmozes shiqperorum)

  Moore, B. R. S., Evans, D. C., Ryan, M. J., Pattrson, T., and Mallon, J. C., 2026, The ontogenetically youngest known pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) postcranium: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, e2616325, 19pp.   Link to pdf

Obuszewski, K. D., Smith, N. A., and Brown, G. R., 2025, An osteohistological analysis of Triceratops (Ronithischia: Ceratopsidae) cranial ornamentation: The Anatomical Record, published online 12pp. Link to pdf

Packham, C., 2026, Saturday citations: missing dinosaurs, quiescent blackholes and infectious fungi: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Siviero, B. C. T., Rega, E., Nick, K. E., and Chadwick, A. V., 2026, Analysis of pseudopathologies in Edmontosaurus annectens bones: taphonomic implications from biogenetic and diagenetic bone alterations from a Cretaceous bonebed in the Lance Formation, Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2600392, 15pp. Link to pdf

Tada, S., Tsuihiji, T., Ishikawa, H, Wakimizu, N., Kawabe, S., and Sakane, K., 2026, Nasal soft-tissue anatomy of Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs: The Anatomical Record, published online, 23pp. Link to pdf

Wyenberg-Henzler, T. C A., and Scannella, J. B., 2026, Behavioral implications of an embedded tyrannosaurid tooth and associated tooth marks on an articualted skull of Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek Formation, Montana: PeerJ 14:e10796 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20796, 32pp. Link to pdf

Yu, K., Wu, W., Yu, X., and Godefroit, P., 2026, First occurrence of hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) remains from the Nenjiang Formation (Early Campaninan) in the Songliao Basin Northeast China: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Armored dinosaurs

Agnolin, F. L., Rozadilla, S., Marsa, J. G., Nogueira, R. A., Miner, S., Alvarez-Herrera, G., Novas, F. E., and Pol, D., 2026, new remains of the armored dinosaur Patagopelta cristata Riguetti et al. 2022 (Ornithischia, Parankylosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, argentina: Historical Biology, An International Jouranl of Paleobiology, published online, 64pp.

Carpenter, K., 2026, The smallest known Stegosaurus:  In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 283-285. Link to pdf

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Costa, F, 2026, Dacentrurine stegosaurs in North America: new occurrences from the Upper Jurassic of USA (Morrison Formation): Diversity, v. 18, 143, 26pp. Link to pdf

 Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Hunt-Foster, R. K., Woodruff, D. C., Sroka, S. D., and Foter, J. R., 2026, The largest reported stegosaurid from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic): In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 287-292. Link to pdf

Riguetti, F. J., Apesteguia, S., Canale, J. I., adn Gallina, P. A., 2026, New thyreophorna remains with stegosaurian affinities from the Lower Cretaceous of Argentina: Publicacion Electronisa, Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 26, n. 1, P. 56-79. Link to pdf

Dinosaurs in general

Anonymous, 2026, Baby dinosaurs were common prey for Late Jurassic predators, reconstructed food web suggests: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Bohm, L., 2026, Worlds that were: the Tendaguru Dinosarus adn the imperial past in (post) colonial Germany: Central European History, published online, 21pp. Link to pdf

Chiappone, M., Guala, M., Rogers, R., and Makovicky, P., 2026, When the levee breaks: experimentally testing dinosur and mammal bone transpot in unsteady flows: Paleobiology, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Ebel, R., 2026, A centuries-old debate on how reptiles keep evolving skin bones in finally settled: Phys Org, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Ebel, R., Melville, J., and Keogh, J. S., 2026, Lizards in chain mail: reconstructing the enigmatic past of dermal armour in squamata reptiles: Biological Journal of the Linnean Socity, v. 147, n. 1, blaf129, published online, 15pp. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

McHugh, J. B., Drumheller, S. K., 2026, Inter-stie and inter-analyst variation in reported frequences of modified bone material from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado and Wyoming: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 375-385. Link to pdf

Morrison, C., Hart, W. J., O'Callaghan, E., Boisvert, C., Van Der Linden, T. T. P., Goodchile, O. Q., Boeye, A., Scherer, C. R., Jones, H. T., Moran, T., Lewis, Z., Rayburn, K. C., Layton, C., Wasserlauf, J. Z., Bohus, C., Danison, A., Lopez-Vaca, A., Durrant, L. K., Guest, C., Gascoigne, S., and Allain, S. J. R., 2026, "Here, size is not accident": a novel food web analysis of the Dry Mesa dinosaur Quarry and ecological impact of Morrison Formation sauropod funa: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 387-426. Link to pdf

Morrison, C., Hart, W. J., Van Der Linden, T. T. P., Boeye, A., O'Callaghan, E. V., Boisvert, C., Gordon, H., Trapman, T., jones, H. T., Goodchild, O., Guest, C., Lewis, Z., Rayburn, K. C., Layton, ., Gohus, C., Danison, A., Moran, T., Byrne, P. J., Gascoigne, S., and Allain, S. J. R., 2026, A functional fauna network analysis of the Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 427-439. Link to pdf

Packham, C., 2026, Saturday citations: understanding procastatnation; delicious baby sauropods; a study on musical 'pleasure chills': Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Prondvai, E., Horvath, K., Price, S. W. T., Gutowski, O., and Beale, A. M., 2026, United by chewing: Hunter-Schreger band-like pattern and wavy enamel in a fossil crocodile suggest functional convergence with mammals and dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 293:20261992, 12pp. Link to pdf

Taylor, I. A., Lupia, R., and Hodges, C., 2026, Modeling net primary productivity in a Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem: a probabilistic approach: Catena, v. 265, 190909, 16pp. Link to pdf


Aves (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (2)

Gorgonavis NEBREDA, CHIAPPE, NAVALON, TEROL, SERRANO, BUSCALIONI & MARUGAN-LBON, 2026

Pujatopouli IRAZOQUI HOSPITALECHE, GELFO, CARABAJAL, BONA & BURLAILLE, 2026

Species: Nova (4)

Gorgonavis alcyone NEBREDA, CHIAPPE, NAVALON, TEROL, SERRANO, BUSCALIONI & MARUGAN-LBON, 2026

Pujatopouli soberana IRAZOQUI HOSPITALECHE, GELFO, CARABAJAL, BONA & BURLAILLE, 2026

Vegavis geitononesos IRAZOQUI, HOSPITALECHE, PAULINA-CARABAJAL, BONA & VEGA, 2026

Vegavis notopothousa IRAZOQUI, HOSPITALECHE, PAULINA-CARABAJAL, BONA & VEGA, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, Complex tongue bones, fleshy teeth on the roof of earliest known birds' mouth might have helped it snag food: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Benito, J., Kuo, P.-C., Torres, C. R., Navalon, G., Plateau, O., Clark, A. D., Steell, E. M., and Field, D. J., 2026, Shouldering the challenge of deciphering avian plaate evolution:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 1, e2514111123, 4pp. Link to pdf

Irazoqui, F., Hospitaleche, C. A., Gelfo, J. N., Carabajal, A. P., Bona, P., and Burlaille, L. A., 2026, Diving in the Maastrichtian of Marabio (Seymour) Island: A new member of the Neoaves in the Cretaceous Antarctic avifauna: Cretaceous Research, v. 179, 106259, 22pp. (Pujatopouli soberana)

Irazoqui, F., Hospitaleche, C. A., Paulina-Carabajal, A., Bona, P., and Vega, N., 2026, New species of Vegavis (Neornithes) from Antarctica Highlights unexpected Cretaceous Antarctic diversity: Diversity, v. 18, 82, 33. (Vegavis geitononesos, Vegavis notopothousa) Link to pdf

Nebreda, S. M., Chiappe, L. M., Navalon, G., Terol, J. C., Serrano, F. J,. Buscalioni, A. D., and Marugan-Lobon, J., 2026, An isolated skull from Las Hoyas (Early Cretaceous, Spain) informs the early evolution towards elongated rostra inenantiornithine birds (Aves, Ornithothoraces): Swiss Journal of Palaonetology, v. 125, p. 251-265. (Gorgonavis alcyone) Link to pdf

O'Connor, J. K., Clark, A. D., Kuo, P.-C., Wang, M., Shinya, A., Van Beek, C., and Chang, H,. 2026, Avian features of Archaeopteryx feeding appartus reflected elevated demands of flight: The Innovation, v. 7, n. 2 101086, 8pp. Link to pdf

Takeda, Y., Kuramoto-Ahuja, T., Yonei-Tamura, S., Shibuya, H., Tamura, M., Uesake, M., and Tamura, K., 2026, Ontogenetic development of the acrocoracoid process responsible for the evolution of Avian flapping flight: Zoological Science, v. 43, p. 61-71.

 Wilken, A. T., Sellers, K. C., Davis, J. L., Witmer, L. M., and Holliday, C. M., 2026, Reply to Benito et al.: Problems in the Cretaceous evolution of the avian palatobasal joint: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 1, e2520865123, 4pp. Link to pdf


Synapsids

Pelycosaurs

Angielczyk, K. D., Frobisch, J., Kammerer, C. F., Smith, R. M. H., Marsicano, C. A., Pardo, J. D., Richter, M,. and Cisneros, J. C., 2026, Early synapsids from the Disuralian (lower Permian) Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaiba Basin, Brazil: the frist definitive South Americna "pelycosaurs": Journla of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2621685, 14pp.

Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf

Rebillard, A., Jannel, A., Marchetti, L., MacDougall, M. J., Hamann, C., Steyer, j-S., and Frobisch, J., 2026, Early Permian terrestrial apex predator regurgitalite indicates opportunistic feeding behaviour: Scientific Reports, v. 16: 1087, 11 pp.

Steiner, G., 2026, Bromacker regurgitalite reveals what an early land predator spit up 290 million years ago: Phys Org, published online, 5pp.

Theriodontia

Genus: Nova (1)

Njalila GEBAUER & MAISCH, 2026

Synonym: Nova (1)

Njalila nasuta (HUENE, 1950) GEBAUER & MAISCH, 2026

= Dixeya nasuta HUENE, 1950

Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.

Gebauer, E. V. I., and Maisch, M. W., 2026, Njalila gen. nov. (Therapsida. Gorgonopsia): a new genus for Dixeya nasuta v. Huene, 1950 from the Late Permian Usili Formation of the Ruhuhu Basin, SW Tanzania: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, publshed online, 22pp. (Njalila nausta = Dixeya nasuta)

Deinocephalia


 Mammals (Mesozoic)

Species: Nova (1)

Amblotherium apiarium CONNELLY, ROUGIER & DAIVS, 2026

Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Connelly, B. E., Rougier, G. W., and Davis, D. M., 2026, Associated upper and lower dentition of a new speceis of the Dryolestid mammal Amblotherium from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation (Utah, USA): In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. (Amblotherium apiarium) Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf

Lopatin, A. V., and Averianov, A. O., 2026, Earlist eutherian ear region revisited: a new Prokennalestes petrosal from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia: Journal fo Mammalian Evolution, v. 32:1, 13pp.


Egg

Egg

Blas, X. P. I., Galobart, A., Archer, M., Stein, M., HAnd, Z., and Selles, A., 2025 (published 2026), Australia's oldest crocodylian eggshell: insights into the reproductive paleoecology of mekosuchines: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2560010, 10pp.

Paixao, G. M. X., Martinelli, A. G., Marsola, J. C. A., Hechenleitner, E. M., Nava, W. R., Chiappe, L. M., Jussiani, E. I., Rozadilla, S., Kaluza, J., and Pinheiro, 2026, Fossil evidence of exceptionally large egg-clutches sheds light on reproductive diversity in Late Cretaceous crocodyliforms from Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, published online, 10pp.



Ichnology

Anonymous, 2026, Teen's 1958 find becomes Australia's oldest dinosaur fossil: Phys Og, published online 5pp.

Anonymous, 2026, Scientists document Europe's first Jurassic lizard trackways in Asturias: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Calbkova, G., Brezina, J., and Nadaskay, R., 2026, A highly diverse Pennsylvanian tetrapod ichnoassemblage from the Semily Formation (Krkonose Piedmount Basin, Czechia): PeerJ v4::e20437 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20437, 40pp. Link to pdf

Charles, J. P., Polet, D. T., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2026, Form-function relatinoships determining optimal jumping performance in an early bipedal dinosaur: Journal of the Royal Socity Interface, v. 23:20250918, 13pp.  

dePolo, P., 2026, Identifying dinosaurs from thier footprints is difficult, but AI can help: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Falkingham, P. L., and Gates, S. M., 2026, Formation, preservation, and interpretation of dinosaur tracks: Palaeontology, v. 69, part 2, e70040, 21pp. Link to pdf

Granata, V., Belvedere, M., Collareta, A., Molli, G., Landini, W., and Marchetti, L., 2026, Estimating the impact of erosian on a Carnian dinosaur footprint-bearing surface (Lerici, Northern Apennines, Italy): Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 29, n. 1; a3, 15pp. Link to pdf

Hartmann, G., Blakesley, T., dePolo, P. E., and Brusatte, S. L., 2026, Identifying variation in dinosaur footprints and classifying problemenatic specimens via unbiased unsupervised machine learning: Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 5, e2627222122, 7pp. Link to pdf

Helm, C. W., Dixon, M. G., Stear, W. M., and van Berkel, F., 2026, Cretaceous dinosaur tracks in the Benton Formation, Western Cape: South Africa Journal of science, .v 122, n. 1/2, 10pp.

Jacobs, M. L., 2026, The historiography of dinosaur footprints of the lower Cretaceous Wealden Group on the Isle of Wight, UK Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf

Lockley, M. G., Farlow, J. O., Milner, A. R. C., and Davidson, J., 2026, Eubrontes out west (and beyond)-distribution, morphology, ichnotaxonomy, and associated ichnofauna of footprints of large, Early Jurassic theropod trackmakers: Geology of the Intermountain West, and open-access journalf o the UTah Geological Association, v. 13, p 1-51, A-1 to H-6. Link to pdf

Oster, S., 2026, Largest known Mesozoic crocodyliform egg clutch discovered in Brazil: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Romillo, A., and Runnegar, B,. 2026, Earliest Australian dnosaur: ichnofossils from the Carnian Aspley Formation of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Steiner, G., 2026, Oldest known reptile skin impressions dated to 298 million years found in Germany: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Xing, L., Lallensack, J. N., Yin, H, Klein, H, Romilio, A., Gao, J., and Qi, Q., 2026, New Middle Jurassic mammaliaform tracks from northern Shaanxi Province, China: Fossil Record, v 29, n. 1, p. 37-56. Link to pdf


Palaeopathologies


Gastroliths


Stomach contents


Coprolites

Simonsen, V,. Roberts, A. J., Engelschion, V. S., Hammer, O., and Hurum, J. H., 2026, Digesting an ancient ecosystem: coprolites from the Grippia bonebed, Lower Triassic, Svalbard: PeerJ 14e:20746 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20746, 27pp. Link to pdf


Cannibalismn


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

 


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