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
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
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
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
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
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
Genus: Nova (1)
Ostenolepis FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026
Species: Nova (3)
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
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
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
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 adn Palaeoenvironments, v. 105, p. 831-846. (Martintriton septatus) Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (1)
Sauropia MULLER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA, AURELIO & KERBER, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Sauropia macrorhinus MULLER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA, AURELIO & KERBER, 2026
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
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
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
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
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
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
Species: Nova (1)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Genus: Nova (1)
Xenovenator RIVERA-SYLVA, AGUILLON-MARTINEZ, FLORES-VENTURA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, GUZMAN-GUTIERREZ & LONGRICH, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
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
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
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
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
McDavid, S. N., Marchant, C. Y., and Reid, I. J., 2026, Alickmeron Sen & Ray, 2025 is an objective junior synonoym of Alwalkeria Chatterjee & Cresiler, 1994: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontoloty, e2604988, 4pp. (Alwalkeria maleriensis = Alickmeron maleriensis)
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
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
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 (1)
Yeneen houssayi FLIPPI, BELLARDINI, CARBALLIDO, MENDEZ & GARRIDO, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Yeneen houssayi FLIPPI, BELLARDINI, CARBALLIDO, MENDEZ & GARRIDO, 2026
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
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
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): 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
Woodruff, D. C., Walker, S., Hunt, K., and Schein, J. P., 2026, The first specimen of Barosaurus (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: Eusoropoda) from East Asia: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Socity, v. 206, n. 2, zlaf201, 34pp. (Yantaloong lini) Link to pdf
Ornithischia
Genus: Nova (2)
Ferenceratops MAIDMENT, BUTLER, BRUSATTE, MEADE, AUGUSTIN, CSIKI-SAVA & OSI, 2026
Foskeia DIEUDONNE, BECERRA, ZANESCO, TORTOSA, CREZADO-CABALLERO, STEIN & FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Foskeia pelendonum DIEUDONNE, BECERRA, ZANESCO, TORTOSA, CREZADO-CABALLERO, STEIN & FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, 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
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
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
Krumenacker, L. J., Gay, R. J., Peterson, J. E., Scheetz, R., and Simon, R., 2026, Enigmatic ornithopod specimens from teh Sion Quarry of teh 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
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)
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
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
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
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
Dinosaurs in generalAnonymous, 2026, Baby dinosaurs were common prey for Late Jurassic predators, reconstructed food web suggests: Phys Org, published onlien, 5pp. 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., Jone,s 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., adn 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 fuana: 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
Genus: Nova (1)
Pujatopouli IRAZOQUI HOSPITALECHE, GELFO, CARABAJAL, BONA & BURLAILLE, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Pujatopouli soberana IRAZOQUI HOSPITALECHE, GELFO, CARABAJAL, BONA & BURLAILLE, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Complex tongue bones, fleshy teeth on the roof of earliest known birds' mouth might have leped 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)
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
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
Theriodontia
Genus: Nova (1)
Njalila GEBAUER & MAISCH, 2026
Synonym: Nova (1)
Njalila nasuta (HUENE, 1950) GEBAUER & MAISCH, 2026
= Dixeya nasuta HUENE, 1950
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
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
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
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
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
Integuments