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

Species: Nova (1)

Traquairosteus prius GLINSKIY, BOLSHIYANOV, NEWMAN, ELLIOTT, BEZNOSOV, PLAX, ZAITSEV, KALABIN, KUCHER & AKIMOV, 2026

Fadelli, I., 2026, Hagfish fossils reveal stepwise eye simplification before near-total vision loss: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Glinskiy, V. N,. Bolshiyanov, I. P., Newman, M. J,. Elliott, D. K., Besnozov, P. A., Plax, D. P., Zaitsev, A. V., Kalabin, R. V., Kucher, D. B., and Akinmov, E. A., 2026, A review of the psammosteid genus Traquairosteus Tarlo, 1964 (Heterostachi: Pteraspidiformes) from the Givetian-Fransnian basins of Laurussia, with new data on the species composition, distribution and paleoecology: Proceedings of the Zoological iNstitue R.A. S., V. 220, n. 1, p. 145-174. (Traquairosteus prius) Link to pdf

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

McCoy, V. E., Pardo, J. D,. Mann, A., Young, A., Lauer, R., Lauer, B., and Miyashita, T., 2026, Stepwise loss of complexity n hagfish eyes prior to deep sea colonization: Biology Letters, v. 22: 20269127, 7pp. Link to pdf

Taian, Q., Zhao, F., Mallatt, J, Zeng, H., Zhu, M., and Jiang, B., 2026, Evidecne for aorta and other blood vessels in fossil yunanozoans from the Cambrian period: Royal Society Open Sciene, v. 13: 260043, 15pp. 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

Genus: Nova (1)

Panjiangosteus XUE, GUAN, XIAN, MO, ZHAO, LI, ZHU & ZHU, 2025 (published 2026)

Species: Nova (1)

Panjiangosteus eurycephala XUE, GUAN, XIAN, MO, ZHAO, LI, ZHU & ZHU, 2025 (published 2026)

Jobbins, M., Fernandez, J. M., Durkin, P., Silva, R. L., and Brink K. S., 2206, Early vertebrate diversity of the Elm Point Formation of Manitoba, Canada, and evidence of fish faunal diversification in the Middle Devonian of North America: Canadian Journal fo Zology, v. 104, 15pp. 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

Xue, Q., Guan, Q., Xian, Z., Mo, X., Zhao, Y., Li, Q., Zhu, Y., and Zhu, M., 2025 (published 2026), A new antarctaspid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, e2621682, 17pp. (Panjiangosteus eurycephala)

Yan, Y., Zhao, W,. Luo, Y., Yu, H., and Xhu, M., 2026, Morphology and phylogeny of Bothriolepis yunnanensis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) from the Middle Devonian of China: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, v. 145, p. 535-551. Link to pdf


Acanthodians

Plax, D. P., 2026, On the findings of the Carboniferous ichthyofauna in the Territory of Belarus: p. 67-72. Link to pdf

Chondrichthyes

Genus: Nova (2)

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

Tuyuria LEBEDEV, ITANO, DUFFIN & IVANOV, 2026

Species: Nova (2)

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

Tuyuria insolita LEBEDEV, ITANO, DUFFIN & IVANOV, 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

Cantalice, K. M,. Barrientos-Lara, J. I., Quiroz-Barragan, J., Juarez-Aguilar, E. A., and Torres-Martinez, M. A., 2026, On the presence of Hybodontiform (Euscelachii) remains in Permina outcrops from Coahuila, Mexico: Historical Biology an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 7pp. 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

Fitzpatrick, M. J, and Shimada, K, 2026, Late Cretaceous marine vertebrates from the upper half of the Pfeifer Shale Member of the Greenhorn Limestone in central Kansas, USA, and comments on the geologically oldest mosasaur remains in Kansas: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 129 n. 1-2, p. 33-46. Link to pdf

Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.

Lebedev, O. A., Itano, W. M., Duffin, C. J., and Ivanov, A. O., 2026, The earliest stem edestoid (Eugeneodontiformes, Chondrichthys) from the Visean (Lower Carboniferous) of Tula Region, Cenral Russia, and a revision of Edestoidea: Canadian Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 104, 24pp. (Tuyuria insolita) Link to pdf

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

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

Plax, D. P., 2026, On the findings of the Carboniferous ichthyofauna in the Territory of Belarus: p. 67-72. 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

Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf

Zhao, S., Li, J., Cuny, G, and Sun, Z., 2026, New euselachian teeth from the Ladinian-Carnian interval of Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces, South China: Swiss Journal fo Palaeontology, v. 145, p. 313-326. Link to pdf



Fish

Genus: Nova (4)

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

Karabayk BAKAEV & KOGAN, 2026

Ostenolepis FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026

Wadichthys ABU EL-KHEIR, MARZOUK, CAPASSO, ZAHRAN, KASEM, KAMEL, MOUSA & ELBSEBESHI, 2026

Species: Nova (7)

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

Karabayk esini BAKAEV & KOGAN, 2026

Ostenolepis marianii FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026

Peripeltopleurus jurassicus FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026

Pholidolepis teruzzii FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026

Ptycholepis huoae XU, LUO, MA, REN, WANG & LIAO, 2026

Wadichthys anbaawyi ABU EL-KHEIR, MARZOUK, CAPASSO, ZAHRAN, KASEM, KAMEL, MOUSA & ELBSEBESHI, 2026

Synonym: Nova (1)

Havroichthys orientalis (SU, 1959) CONEDERA, HITIJ, MONARI, GATTO, ANDREETI & TINTORI, 2025

= Peltopleurus orientalis SU, 1959

Bakaev, A. S., and Kogan, I., 2026, A new genus and species of basal actinopterygian fish (Osteichthyes from the Permian of European Russia: Rivisita Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 132, n. 2, p. 353-367. (Karabayk esini) 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

Beaufils, S., Vullo, R., Gendry, D., Picot, L., and Cavin, L., 2026, Composition and paleoecology of the mid-Jurassic bony fish assemblage of the Vanches Noires cliffs (Normandy, France): Plos One, v. 21, n. 5: e0344519, 41pp. Link to pdf

Brown, R., 2026, The fish were biting in ancient Alabama: tooth found embedded in Cretaceous apex predator’s neck: 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

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

Drumheller, S. K, O'Keefe, F. R., Mayhall, M. L., Stalker, E., and Brochu, C. A., 2025 (published 2026), A bite to the throat: a probable Xiphanctinus attack on a Polycotylus from the Cretaeous Mooreville Chalk of Alabama, USA: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 46, n. 6, e2625732, 7pp.

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

Synonym: Nova (1)

Protosphyraena hurleyi  (KEAR, 2007) KANARKINA, ZVERKOV, KHAPISOV & BOLSHIYANOVA, 2026

 = Australopachycormus hurleyi KEAR, 2007

Abu El-Khear, G A., Marzouk, A., Capasso, L., Zahran, E., Kasem, A. F., Kamel, A., Mousa, M. K., and Elbsebeshi, A., 2026, A new saurodontid fish from the Late Cretaceous of teh Western Desert, Egypt: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 71, n. 1, p. 85-94. (Wadichthys anbaawyi) Link to pdf

 Fitzpatrick, M. J, and Shimada, K, 2026, Late Cretaceous marine vertebrates from the upper half of the Pfeifer Shale Member of the Greenhorn Limestone in central Kansas, USA, and comments on the geologically oldest mosasaur remains in Kansas: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 129 n. 1-2, p. 33-46. 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

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

Fritzsch, B., and Yamoah, E. N., 2026, Evolution of bony fish: without a cryptic sarcopterygian, it may have evolved Actinopterygians into terrestrial animals: Divrsity, v. 18, 293, 13pp. Link to pdf

Goncalves, D., Rast, D., Delfosse-Allain, M, Durand, C., and Luccisano, V., 2025 (published 2026), Understanding the Westphalo-Stephanan ichnyofaunal turnover with the contribution of the Vaulnaeys-Le-Bas Locality (Isere, France): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, e2625733, 15pp.

Kanarkina, A., Zverkov, N. G., Khapisov, O. K, and Bolshiyanova, J. A., 2026, Endemism that never was? Australian swordfish-like pachycormiform in the Northenr Hemispehre: Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 1, p. 249-268. Link to pdf (Protosphyraena hurleyi = Australopachycormus hurleyi)

Kellner, A. W. A., 2026, Scientific errors in paleontology - the case of Bakiribu: pterosaur or fish? Anais da Academia Brasiliera de Cienicas, v. 98, n. 2, 4pp. Link to pdf

Maksoud, S., Hossny, T. E., Cavin, L,. Saad, P. A., Azar, D., Piuz, A., and Samankassou, E., 2026, Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmetns of the Upper Cretacoeus fossil fish Konsirvat-Lagerstatten of Lebanon: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, v. 145, p. 433-474.

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

Plax, D. P., 2026, On the findings of the Carboniferous ichthyofauna in the Territory of Belarus: p. 67-72. 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

Stack, J., Kligman, B T., and Stricklin, M. L., 2026, A bristle-nosed Jurassic ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii) bears true dermal odontoides on its snout: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Tintori, A., Conedera, D, Zhou, M., Tan, Y., and Jiang, D,. 2026, The minature fish Habroichthys orientalis (Su, 1959) (Peltopleuriformes) from the Ladinian Xingyi Fauna (China): new data on ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, and CT-scanned otoliths: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, v. 145, p. 327-342. (Habroichthys orientalis = Peltopleurus orientalis) Link to pdf

Unwin, D. M., 2026, Why a bizarre Brazil 'pterosaur' fossil is now being reclassified as a fish: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Unwin, D. M., Smith, R. E., Cooper, S. L. A., and Martill, D. M., 2026, Reinterpretation of Baikiribu waridza from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil: a fish not a pterosaur: Anais do Academia Brasileira de Cincias, v. 98, n. 2, 12pp. 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.

Xu, G.-H., Luo, B., MA, X.-Y., Ren, Y.C., Wang, Q-D., and Liao, J.-L., 2026, A new species of Ptycholepis (Ptycholepiformes Actinopterygii) from the Middle Traissic (Anisian) fo Luxi, Yunnan Province, China: Mesozoic, v. 3, n. 1, p. 66-73. (Ptycholepis huoae) Link to pdf

Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf


Crossopterygians & Finned Tetrapods

Genus: Nova (1)

Amazinyomakhulu GESS & AHLBERG, 2025 (published 2026)

Species: Nova (1)

Amazinyomakhulu mallinsonia GESS & AHLBERG, 2025 (published 2026)

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

Anonymous, 2026, Inside the skull of a Devonian fish from Gondwana, revealed by neurton imaging: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. 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

Elliott, F. M,. 2026, Recent reserch into the morphology of the megalichthyid Megalichthys pygmaeus Traquair, from the Midland Valley of Scotland: Scottish Journal of Geology, v. 62, 18pp. Link to pdf

Gess, R. W., and Ahlberg, P. E., 2025 (published 2026), High paleolatitude onychodont and rhizodont remains from the Upper Famennian (Upper Devonian) waterloo Farm Lagerstatte of South Africa: Journal of Verteberate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, e2676738, 9 pp. (Amazinyomakhulu mallinsonia)

Goncalves, D., Rast, D., Delfosse-Allain, M, Durand, C., and Luccisano, V., 2025 (published 2026), Understanding the Westphalo-Stephanan ichnyofaunal turnover with the contribution of the Vaulnaeys-Le-Bas Locality (Isere, France): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, e2625733, 15pp.

Jobbins, M., Fernandez, J. M., Durkin, P., Silva, R. L., and Brink K. S., 2206, Early vertebrate diversity of the Elm Point Formation of Manitoba, Canada, and evidence of fish faunal diversification in the Middle Devonian of North America: Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 104, 15pp. Link to pdf

Leong, D. M., and Liu, J., 2026, Taxonomic reassessment of tristichoptrid materials (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from Middle Devonian Red Hill, Nevada, USA: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, v. 24, n. 1, 2651827, 20pp. Link to pdf

Mensforth, C. L., Long, J. A., Bevitt, J. J., and Clement, A. M., 2026, New data on the sacropterygian Koharalepis jarviki (Tetrapodomorpha; Canowindridae) from the Late Devonian of Antarctica, revealed via synchrotron and neutron tomography: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, published online, 14pp. 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

Species: Nova (1)

Sinoceratous fortunus LUO, XU, REN, MA, WANG, QIAO, TAN, TAN & WEI, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, High-tech scans of an enigmatic 400-million-year-old lungfish reveal new details: Phys Org, pubslihEd 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


Jobbins, M., Fernandez, J. M., Durkin, P., Silva, R. L., and Brink K. S., 2206, Early vertebrate diversity of the Elm Point Formation of Manitoba, Canada, and evidence of fish faunal diversification in the Middle Devonian of North America: Canadian Journal fo Zology, v. 104, 15pp. Link to pdf

Luo, B., Xu, G.-H., Ren, T.-C., Ma, X.-., Wang, Q.-D., Qiao, T., Tan, F.-T., Tan, Y., and Wei, G.-B., 2026, A new lungfish (Ceratodontoidei, Dipnoi) form the Early Jurassic of Chongqing, China: Scientific Reports, v. 16: 16872, 9pp. (Sinoceratous fortunus) Link to pdf

Qiao, T., Liu, C.-X., Cui, X.-D., and Zhu, M,. 2026, Stepwise formation of autostyly in lungfishes revealed by comparative analysis of palatoquadrate: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 15pp.
Link to pdf

Coelocanths

Species: Nova (1)

Macropoma gombessae
NORTON, BERNARD, WOOD, MARTILL & COOPER, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, Ancient fish used their lungs to hear undewater, scientists reveal: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Missing link in evolution of ancient fish found in 150-year-old musuem specimen: 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


Manuelli, L., Clement, G., Herbin, M., Fritzsch, B., Ahlberg, P. E., Dollman, K,. and Cavin, L., 2026, A dual respiratory and auditory function for the coelacanth lung: Communications Biology, v. 9:400, 10pp. Link to pdf

Norton, J. L., Bernard, E. L., Wood, C., Martill, D. M., and Cooper, S. L. A., 2026, Oldest Cretaceous latimeriid elucidates cranial evolution in derived and extatn coelacanths (Actinistia, Latimeriidae): Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, Part 2, e70076, 26pp. (Macropoma gombessae)

Wilk, O., Dworczak, P. G., and Szrek, P., 2026, Upper Devonian coelacants from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland: Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 104, p. 1-9. 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

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. 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 fossils 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.

Kear, B. P., Campione, N. E., Siversson, M, Bassi, M, and Hart, L. J., 2025 (published 20260, Revision of the trematosaurid Erythrobatrchus noonkanbahensis confirms a cryptic marine temnospondyl community from the Lower Triassic of Western Australia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 4, e2601224, 11pp.

Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

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

Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. 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)

Lemierre, A., Folie, A., Bailon, S., and Laurin, M., 2026, Anurans of In Beceten (Republic of Niger): the most diverse site for amphibians in Mesozoic Africa: Geodiversitas, v. 48, n. 4, p. 51-67.  Link to pdf

Lemierre, A. J. A., Heinrich, W.-D., and Blackburn, D. C., 2-26, The oldest Jurassic anurans from continental Africa (Tendaguru Hill, Tanzania): Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 1, p. 115-133. 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 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

Anonymous, 2026, The oldest breath: a 300-million-year-old mummy reveals the origins of how amniotes breathe: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. 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

Huttenlocker, A. K., Henrici, a. C., Jenkins, X. A., Lyons-Weiler, Z., Pardo, J. D., and Small, B. J., 2025 (published 2026), New records of diverse small reptiles with thecodont implication from the Carbonifeorus-Permian Halgaito Formation (Cutler Grou) of southeastern Utah, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 4, e2656788, 9pp.

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

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

Reisz, R. R., Mooney, E. D,. Maho, T., Mazierski, D, Chu, X., Bevitt, J J,. Lee, Y.-C., Huang, P.Y., Li, X., and Chen, Y., 2026, Mummified early Permian reptile reveals ancient amnoite breathing apparatus: Nature, published online, 7pp.

Suchkova, Y. A., Bulanov, V. V., and Masyutin, V. V., 2026, The parareptile Emeroleter levis found in the abdominal cavity of the Late Permian therocephalian Viatkosuchus sumini (Kotel’nich locality, European Russia): Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 9pp.

Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. 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

Genus: Nova (2)

Cryptochersis SZCZYGIELSKI & DROZDZ, 2026

Ypomonetikochelys SZCZYGIELSKI & DROZDZ, 2026

Species: Nova (3)

Cryptochersis paraxene SZCZYGIELSKI & DROZDZ, 2026

Patagoniaemys aeschyl AGNOLIN, ROLANDO, STERLI, CHIMENTO, NOVAS & MUNOZ, 2026

Ypomonetikochelys euryaspis SZCZYGIELSKI & DROZDZ, 2026

Synonym: Nova (1)

Helopanoplia beecheri (HAY 1904) JOYCE, GIRARD & LYSON, 2026

= Aspideretes beecheri HAY, 1906

Agnolin, F. L., Rolando, M. A., Sterli, J., Chimento, N. R., novas, F. E., and Munoz, G. L., 2026, A new meiolaniform turtle from the Maastrichtian of Northern Patagonia, Argentina: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 71, n. 1 p. 173-184. (Patagoniaemys aeschyli) 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

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

Jenkens, X. A., Peecook, B. R., Choiniere, J. N., Buffa, V., Benoit, J,. Browning, C., Fernandez, V., Dollman, K,. Gomes, T. W, McGaughey, G. A,. Marchant, C. J., Fitch, A. J,. Day, M, O., Evers, S. W., and Benson, R. B. J., 2026, The phylogenetic origin of turtles: Current Biology, v. 36, 11pp. 0

Joyce, W. G., Girard, L. C., and Lyson, T. R., 2026, A reassessment of the latest Cretceous (Maastricthian) pan-trionychid turtle Helopanoplia deecheri comb. nov: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, v. 145, p. 665-677. (Helopanoplia beecheri = Aspideretes beecheri) 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

Shvets, S. D. Averianov, A. O., Skutschas, P. P., Obraztsova, E. M., and Danilov, I. G., 2026, Turtles from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia, with insights on relationships of sinemydid/macrobaenid turtles and palaeobiogeograhy of Early Cretaceous turtles of Asia: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 24, no. 1, 2642426, 48pp.

Szczygielski, T,. and Drozdz, D., 2026, Triassic turtles (Testudinata: Proterochersidae and Proganochelyidae) of Greenland: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 206,n .3, zlag011, 73pp. (Cryptochersis paraxene, Ypomonetikochelys euryaspis)


 Diapsida (Lower Lepidosauromorphs)

Genus: Nova (3)

Airistagiz seegisi SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026

Hohlachia multidens SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026

Klainjosaurus staroskaljia SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026

Species: Nova (3)

Airistagiz seegisi SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026

Hohlachia multidens SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026

Klainjosaurus staroskaljia SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. 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

Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

Sobral, G., and Soch, R. R., 2026, New stem lepidosaurs from Vellbeg, Germany: implications for palaeoecology in the early diversification of Lepidosauromorph: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 24, n. 1, 35pp. (Airistagiz seegisi, Hohlachia multidens, Klainjosaurus staroskaljia)


Lizards and Snakes

Genus: Nova (1)

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

Speices: Nova (3)

Pluridens imelaki LONGRICH & JALIL, 2026

Prognathodon cipactli RIVERA-SYLVA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, BUZMAN-GUTIERREZ, RODRIGUEZ, RANGEL-MORELOS & LONGRICH, 2026

Tylosaurus rex ZIETLOW, POLCYN & TYKOSKI, 2026

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

Anonymous, 2026, Engineering the bite of ancient marine predators: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Ancient seas get a new T. rex as massive mosasaur emerges from Texas fossils: Phy Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Binfield, O., Camaiti, M, and Roberts, L., 2026, Drivers of tail evolution in squamates and their implicatiosn for the fossorial origin of snakes: The Anatomical Record, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Chudakova, S. E., 2026, A mosasaur jaw from the Middle Campanian of Russia provides evidence for the presence of Prognathodon in the Saratov region: Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrava, published online, 14pp. 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

Della Giustina, F., Gaudichon, V. F., Boman, R., Chatar, N., MaClaren, J. A., and Fischer, V., 2026, Distinct feeding biomechanics in Late Cretacoeus marine reptiles from the Western interior Seaway: Palaeontology, v. 68, part 2, 22pp.

Fitzpatrick, M. J, and Shimada, K, 2026, Late Cretaceous marine vertebrates from the upper half of the Pfeifer Shale Member of the Greenhorn Limestone in central Kansas, USA, and comments on the geologically oldest mosasaur remains in Kansas: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 129 n. 1-2, p. 33-46. 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

Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.

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

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Sanchez-Uribe, I. E., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., Rodriguez, R. L. N., Rangel-Morelos, A. A., & Longrich, N., 2026, A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Early Maastrichtian of Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, Published online, 16pp. (Prognathodon cipactli)

Tong, H., Li, L., Ke, Y., and Wang, Y., 2026, Nanhsiungchelyid turtles from the Nanxiong Basin, southern China, and the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction: Fossil Studies, v. 4, n. 6, 13pp. https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/4/1/6

Voiculescu-Holvad, C., Branson, O., Milan, J., and Field, D. J., 2026, Mosasaur remains from the Maastrichtian of Denmark: implicatiosn for the diversity, ecology, and demise of a clade (Squamata: Mosasauridae): Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 207, n. 1, zlag071, 20pp.

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.

Zietlow, A. R., Polcyn, M. J., and Tykoski, R. S., 2026, A gigantic new species of Tylosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from Texas, and a revised characer list for phylogenetic analyses of Mosasauridae: Bulletin of the Americna Museum of Natural History,  n. 482, 77pp. (Tylosaurus rex) Link to pdf


Sphenodonts

Beccari, V., Jones, M E. H., Villa, A., Martino, R., Regnault, S,. Claw, F., adn Rauhut, O. W. M., 2026, The axial skeleton of the tuatara (Rhynchocephalia: Sphenodon): insights on intraspecific variability, ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, and remaks on fossil taxa: Zoological Journal of th elinnena Society, v. 206, n. 4, zlaf135, 47pp. 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

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf


Ichthyosaurs

Anonymous, 2026, This battered Jurassic sea giant held on against the odds, and its fossil hints at an unexpected survival strategy: Phys Org, publised online, 5pp. 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

Biot, T., Lomax, D. R., Miedema, F., and Maxwell, E. E., 2026, A well-preserved specimen of Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of Yorkshire, UK adn new insights into species delineation in the genus: Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 11, p. 185-210. Link to pdf

Eggmaier, S. A., and Albert, U. E. G., 2026, A partial skeleton of Temnodontosaurus cf. trigonodon in three-eimensional bone preservation from the upper Toarcian of Mistelgau, Germany: Zitteliania, v. 100, p. 39-80. Link to pdf

Gordon, C. M., Serafini, G., and Brinkman, D. L., 2026, Punctured vertebra confirs pliosaurid predation on ichthyosaurs with implications for Thalassophonean feeding behavior in the Upper Jurassic of Europe: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural history, v. 67, n.1. p. 77-100. Link to pdf

Iturralde-Vinet, M. I., Campos, L., Pszczolkowski, A., Ceballos-Izouierdo, J., and Vinola-Lopex, L. W., 2025 (published 2026), A partial ichthyosaur (?Ophthalmosauridae) skeleton from the Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of western Cuba: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, es60917, 8pp.

Jian, A. J. Y., Schwark, L., Poropat, S. F., Holman, A. I., Brosnan, L. M., Mateus, A. D., Bootcher, M. E., adn Grice, K., 2026, Microbial oxidation and carbonate cementation led to three-dimensional preservation of ichthyosaur bones: Communications Earth & Environment, v7: 268, 12pp. Link to pdf

Miedema, F., Bindellini, G., Wolniewicz, A. S., Maxwell, E. E., and Dal Sasso, C., 2026, An in utero foetus of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Besanosaurus leptorhynchus from Monte San Giorgio, Italy: Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 1, p. 299-315. 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

Rucinski, M., Roberts, A., Hammer, O., Kear, B. P., and Hurum, J,. 2026, Taphonomy of the Lower Triassic (Spathian) Grippa Bonebed from Central Spitsbergen (Svalbard): biostratinomic, palaeonenviromental and palaeoecological prespectives: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 693, 113844, 33pp.

Yoshizawa, K., and Tsuihiji, T., 2026, Skeletal morphology 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.

Yoshizawa, K., and Tsuihiji, T., 2025 (published 2026), Skeletal morphology of an early ichthyopterygian, cf. Utatsusaurus hataii, from Japan with an emphasis on CT scan data of the skull: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, 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

Anonymous, 2026, Engineering the bite of ancient marine predators: 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

Cabezuelo-Hernandez, A,. de Miguel Cahves, C., Ortega, F, and Perez-Garcia, A., 2026, New insights into the postcranial anatomy of Paludidraco multidentatus (Sauropterygia, Simosauridae), from the Late Triassic of Spain: Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 1, p. 269-298. Link to pdf

Della Giustina, F., Gaudichon, V. F., Boman, R., Chatar, N., MaClaren, J. A., and Fischer, V., 2026, Distinct feeding biomechanics in Late Cretacoeus marine reptiles from the Western interior Seaway: Palaeontology, v. 68, part 2, 22pp.

Drumheller, S. K, O'Keefe, F. R., Mayhall, M. L., Stalker, E., and Brochu, C. A., 2025 (published 2026), A bite to the throat: a probable Xiphanctinus attack on a Polycotylus from the Cretaeous Mooreville Chalk of Alabama, USA: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 46, n. 6, e2625732, 7pp.

Gordon, C. M., Serafini, G., and Brinkman, D. L., 2026, Punctured vertebra confirs pliosaurid predation on ichthyosaurs with implications for Thalassophonean feeding behavior in the Upper Jurassic of Europe: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural history, v. 67, n.1. p. 77-100. 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.

Soto-Acuna, S., Otero, R. A., and Ortiz, H., 2026, Reapprasial of the fossil record of Polycotylidae (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Chile: Andean Geology, v. 53, n. 2, p. 379-398. Link to pdf

Tan, F.-T., Xu, G.-H., and Shang, Q.-H., 2026, Osteology and phylogeny of Panzhousaurus rotundirostris from the Middle Triassic (anisian) of Guizhou Province, China, and implicatiosn for the orign of Keichousauridae (Pachypleurosauroidea, Eosauropterygia): PeerJ 14:e21267 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21267, 20pp. Link to pdf

Tanke, D. H., Paparella, I., and Mitchell, M. T., 2026, The significant role of heavy industry in the discoveries of Cretaceous marine reptiles in Alberta: In; Alberta Palaeontological Society, Twenty-ninth Annual Symposium – Paleo 2026, Abstracts, p. 5-12.

 


Lower Archosauromorpha

Genus: Nova (1)

Isodapedon SCHIEFELBEIN, GARCIA, DOERING & MULLER, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Isodapedon varzealis SCHIEFELBEIN, GARCIA, DOERING & MULLER, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, Brazil unearths a bizarre beaked reptile with a trans-Atlantic prehistoic link: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Bateman, L.-P., Demers-Potvin, A. V., and Larsson, H. C. E., 2026, Champsosaurs, gharials, and the functional ecomorphology of resource partitioning: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 148, n. 2, blag027, 13pp. Link to pdf

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. 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.

Dollman, K. N., Tolchard, F. B., Choiniere, J N., Hancox, J,. Heckrt, A. B., Montgomery, C., Buffa, V., and Botha, J., 2026, Synchrotron imaging reveals diversity in archoauromorph growth strategies by the end of the early Triassic: iScience, CellPress, open access, 17pp. 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

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

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

Schiefelbein, J. H., Garcia, M. S., Doering, M,. and Muller, R. T., 2026, A new hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur from a cynodont-dominated site (Upper Tirassic) of southern Brazil: Royal Society Open Science, v. 13:26-176, 28pp. (Isodapedon varzealis) Link to pdf

Trinidad, V., Munyikwa, D., Zondo, M, Broderick, T. J., Nesbitt, S. J,. Tolan, S., and Griffin, C., 2026, Comparative histological analysis of vertebrates reveals Triassic climate variability across southern Pangea: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf


“Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia"

Genus: Nova (4)

Carinthiasuchus DALLA VECCHIA & CAU, 2026

Olkasuchus SOTOMAYOR, LEARDI, DESOJO, GAETANO, OTERO & APALDETTI, 2026

Shakajlura CARDILLO, DESOJO, von BACZKO, EZCURRA, MARTINELLI, VEGA & FIORELLI, 2026

Sonselasuchus SMITH & SIDOR, 2026

Species: Nova (4)

Carinthiasuchus kandutschi DALLA VECCHIA & CAU, 2026

Olkasuchus walasto SOTOMAYOR, LEARDI, DESOJO, GAETANO, OTERO & APALDETTI, 2026

Shakajlura riojaensis CARDILLO, DESOJO, von BACZKO, EZCURRA, MARTINELLI, VEGA & FIORELLI, 2026

Sonselasuchus cedrus SMITH & SIDOR, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, What a toothless, two-legged crocodile cousin reveals about life before dinosaurs dominated: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf

Cardillo, A. F., Desojo, J. B., von Baczko, M. B., Ezcurra, M. D., Martinelli, A. G., Vega, N., and Fiorelli, L. E., 2026, A new large paracrocodylomorph archosaurian from the Tarjadia Assemblage Zone (upper Ladinian to lower Carnian) of the Chanares Formation (Argentina) and a revision of key loricatan features: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 3, e70086 (Shakajlura riojaensis)

Dalla Vecchia, F. M., and Cau, A., 2026, Carinthiasuchus kandutschi, a new archosaur (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Triassic of Austria: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 132, n. 2, p. 409-430. (Carinthiasuchus kandutschi) Link to pdf

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

Hutchinson, J. R., Faughey, E., Humpage, M., Dupuis, T., Demuth, O. E., Pintore, R., and Clarac, F., 2026, Functional morpohlogy and biomechanics of the locomotor apparatus in the large Late Triassic carnivore Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Rauisuchidae): Journal of Anatomomy, published online, 33pp.

Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

Ponce, D. A., Cerda, I. A., and Desojo, J. B., 2026, More diverse than expected: osteohistology of non-crocodylomorph Pseudosuchia from the Triassic of South America: Palaeontology, v 69, part 2, e70056, 28pp.

Smith, E. A., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, Osteology and relationships of a new shuvosaurid (Pseudosuchia, Poposauroidea) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2604859, 49pp. (Sonselasuchus cedrus) Link to pdf

Smith, E. A., and Sidor, C. A., 2025 (published 2026), Osteology and relationships of a new shuvosaurid (Pseudosuchia, Poposauroidea) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 46,n. 6, e2604859, 49pp. (Sonselasuchus cedrus)

Sotomayor, J. C., Leardi, J. M., Desojo, J. B., Gaetano, L. C., Otero, A., and Apaldetti, C., 2026, Olkasuchus walasto, a new taxon of Aetosauria (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Los Colorados Formation (Upper Triassic), Argentina: Historical Biology, An Internation2pp. al Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 22pp. (Olkasuchus walasto)

Terras, R., Muller, R. T., Kerber, L., and Carbonera, M., 2026, Exploring the cranial morphology and possible conergences of Triassic non-crocodylomorph pseudosuchains (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) with other sauroposids through linera morphometris: The Anatomical Record, published online, 16pp.

Trinidad, V., Munyikwa, D., Zondo, M, Broderick, T. J., Nesbitt, S. J,. Tolan, S., and Griffin, C., 2026, Comparative histological analysis of vertebrates reveals Triassic climate variability across southern Pangea: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf


Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia)

Genus: Nova (2)

Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa MARGULIS-OHNUMA, RUEBENSTHAL, MEYER & BHULLAR, 2026

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

Species: Nova (4)

Crocydylus lucivenator BROCHU, DRUMHELLER, CAMPISANO, TEKLE, GETACHEW, HEAD, PLATT & LEAPHART, 2026

Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa MARGULIS-OHNUMA, RUEBENSTHAL, MEYER & BHULLAR, 2026

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

Indosinosuchus peninsularensis LAUPRASERT, NILPANAPAN, MATIN, CLAUDE, WONGKO, TRAKUNWEERAYUT, DOBUR, MANITKOON, BHUTTARCH & NONSIRACH, 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

Arnold, P., 2026, Museum drawer fossil reveals 200-million-year-old crocodile relatie with a powerful bite: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Bateman, L.-P., Demers-Potvin, A. V., and Larsson, H. C. E., 2026, Champsosaurs, gharials, and the functional ecomorphology of resource partitioning: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 148, n. 2, blag027, 13pp. 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

Barrientos-lara, J. I., and Alvarado-Ortega, J, 2026, A marine geosaurine crocodylomorph from the Kimmeridgian Sabinal Formation of Oaxaca, southern Mexico: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, publisend online, 7pp. 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

Boerman, S. A. C. M., Vellekoop, J., Jouve, S., Rabi, M,. Vallee-Gillette, N., Oudoire, T., and Smith, T. H., 2025 (published, 2026), Revision of the longirostrine crocodylian Thoracosaurus isorhynchus from the Maastrichtian-Danian of Northwestern Europe: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45,n. 6, e2604600, 27pp.

Brignon, A., 2026, Le mysterieux <<teleosaure>> de l'Aptien de Bleville (Normandie) dans la collection Meurdra enfin devoile (Crocodylomorpha, Pholidosauridae): Carnets natures, v. 13, p. 45-54. Link to pdf

Brochu, C. A., Drumheller, S. K., Campisano, C., Tekle, G., Getachew, T., Head, J J., Platt, N. C., and Leaphart, D., 2026, Lucy’s peril: a Pliocene crocodile from the Hadar Formation, north-eastern Ethiopia: journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 40pp. (Crocydylus lucivenator)

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.

Chinsamy-Turan, A., and Pereyra, M.-E., 2026, Crocodiles can have extra growth cycles in a year: why this matters for estimating the age of dinosaurs: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. 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

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

Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.

Herrera, Y., Spindler, F., and 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

Jouve, S., Young, M. T., Hastings, A. K., and Salih, K, 2026, The systematics and nomenclature of Tethysuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) under the International Code of Phylogenetic Nomencalture: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 206, n. 4, zlag045, 26pp.

Lauprasert, K., Nilpanapan, A., Martin, J. E., Claude, J, Wongko, K., Trakunweerayut, K,. Dobutr, N., Manitkoon, S., Bhuttarch, S., and Nonsrirach, T., 2026, A new teleosaurid crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Sibumasu Terrance of Southeast Asia and a taxonomic reassessment of indosinosuchus: PeerJ 14e20944 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20944, 32pp. (Indosinosuchus peninsularensis) Link to pdf

Margulis-Ohnuma, M., Ruebenstahl, A. A., Meyer, D. L., and Bhullar, B.-A. S., 2026, A short-snouted 'spheonsuchian' wiht unusual feeding anatomy demostrates that ecological specialization occured early in crocodylomorph evolution: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B., 292:20260130, 12pp. (Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa) Link to pdf

Nicholl, C. S. C., Burke, P. M. J., Marwood, E. M., Martin J. E., Mahboubi, M., Tabuce, R., and Mannion, P. D., 2025 (published 2026), A re-evaluation of the notosuchian crocodyliform Eremosuchus elkoholicsu from the lower Eocene of Algeria and the evolutionary and biogeographic history of sebecids: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 4, e267964, 39pp.

Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

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, 2025 (published 2026), Fossil evidence of exceptionally large egg-clutches sheds light on reproductive diversity in Late Cretaceous crocodyliforms from Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 45, n. 4,  10pp.

Packham, C., 2026, Saturday citations: Two T. rexes and new exercise guidance that scientists are not calling 'easy': Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Ristevski, J., Louys, J., O'Connor, S., Yates, A. M., Husdell, M., Price, G. J., Ulm, S., McNiven, I. J., Salisbury, S. W., and Boivin, N., 2026, The late Quaternary crocodylian record from Australasia: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 297, n. 1, zlag065, 21pp. Link to pdf

Shelton, J., 2026, Locked in stone for 210 million years, this newly identified crocodile cousin was built to crush larger prey: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. 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

Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf


Pterosaurs

Genus: Nova (3)

Laueropterus vitriolus HONE, 2026

Rexarthuria THOMAS & McDAVID, 2026

Tylodorhynchus PEGAS & HOLGADO, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Laueropterus vitriolus HONE, 2026

Synonymon: Nova (2)

Rexarthuria cliftii (MANTELL, 1844) THOMAS & McDAVID, 2026

= Palaeornis cliftii MANTELL, 1844

Tylodornyhcus rodriguesae  (HOLGADO & PETAS, 2020) PEGAS & HOLGADO, 2026

= Uktenadactylus rodriguesae HOLGADO & PETAS, 2020

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.

Cerqueira, G. M., da Silva, J. L., Werneburg, I., Bronzati, M, Aires, A. S. S., Pinheiro, F. L., and Muller, R. T., 2026, Allometric patterns in Rhamphorhynchus muensteri and thier role in the paleoecology, life habits, and taxonomic framework of pterosaurs: Journal of Anatomy, 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

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

Hone, D. W. E., 2026, A new early monofenestratan pterosaur from the Mörnsheim Formation of southern Germany: PeerJ, v .14:e29204 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21204, 31pp. (Laueropterus vitriolus) Link to pdf

Kellner, A. W. A., 2026, Scientific errors in paleontology - the case of Bakiribu: pterosaur or fish? Anais da Academia Brasiliera de Cienicas, v. 98, n. 2, 4pp. Link to pdf

Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf

Pegas, R. V., and Holgado, B., 2026, A taxonomic note on a coloborhynchine pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Wessex Formation: Tylodorhynchus rodriguesae gen. et comb. nov: Historical Biology, an international Journal of Paleobiology, 10pp. (Tylodornyhcus rodriguesae = Uktenadactylus rodriguesae)

Thomas, E. M R,. and McDavid, S. N., 2026, The earliest European Azhdarchoid: reapprasial of "Palaeornis" cliftii Mantell, 1844 from the Wealden of Cuckfield. U. K.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2664783, 10pp. (Rexarthuria cliftii = Palaeornis cliftii)

Tong, S.-D., Jiang, S.-X., Cheng, X., and Wang, X.-L., 2026, Two anurognathid pterosaur specimens from the Yanliao Biota and a new interperation of anurognathid skulls: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 30pp. Link to pdf

Unwin, D. M., 2026, Why a bizarre Brazil 'pterosaur' fossil is now being reclassified as a fish: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Unwin, D. M., Smith, R. E., Cooper, S. L. A., and Martill, D. M., 2026, Reinterpretation of Baikiribu waridza from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil: a fish not a pterosaur: Anais do Academia Brasileira de Cincias, v. 98, n. 2, 12pp. 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

Brownstein, C. D., and Griffin, C. T., 2026, An early burst of skeletal evolution at the origin of dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 293:20260102, 12pp. Link to pdf

Damke, L., V. S., Berber ,L, Bronzati, M,. Garcia, M. S., Ezcurra, M. D., Nesbitt, S. J., and Muller, R. T., 2026, Braincase anatomy and palaeoneurology of Venetoraptor gassenae, a lagerpetid pterosauromorph from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil: Palaeontology, v. 68, part 2, e70047, 16pp.

Fadelli, I., 2026, Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Müller, R. T., 2026, Widespread distribution of large silesaurids evidenced by a new record from the Middle Triassic of southwest Gondwana: The Anatomical Record, published online, 14pp. https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70190

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 (3)

Jian ZHOU, LAMANNA, POUST, LI, YOU & O'CONNOR, 2026

Ptychotherates SRIVASTAVA & NESBITT, 2026

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

Species: Nova (4)

Jian changmaensis ZHOU, LAMANNA, POUST, LI, YOU & O'CONNOR, 2026

Ptychotherates bucculentus SRIVASTAVA & NESBITT, 2026

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

Synonymon: Nova (1)

Tarbosaurus bataar MALEEV, 1955 (as per RAUN, COPPOCK, BADAMGARAV, TSOGTBAATAR & CURRIE, 2026)

= Asiatyrannus xui ZHENG, JIN, XIE & DU, 2024

= Raptorex kriegsteini SERENO, TAN, BRUSATTE, KRIEGSTEIN, ZHAO & CLOWARD, 2009

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

Anonymous, 2026, Why meat-eating dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Heron-like, fish-eating dinosaur from 70 million years ago discovered in Argentina: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Newfound velociraptor cousin probably glided on four 'wings' and hunted early birds: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

AnonArbour, V. M., Bullard, T. S., and Evans, D. C., 2026, An ornithomimosaur from the Campanian Cedar District Formation (Nanaimo Group) of Denman Island, Britishc Columbia, Canada: FACETS, v. 11, 7pp. 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

Arnold, P., 2026, Huge dinosaur bone may reveal the origins of T. rex: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Belfort, L. P., de Araujo-Junior, H. I., Paglarelli Bergqvist, L., Prado Martins, G., de Souza Barbosa, F. H., de Oliveira Porpinol K,. Nascimento Menezes, M, and Fuhr Dal'Bo, P., 2026, Vertebrate taphonomy and ichnological and sedimentological aspects from the Albian-Cenomanian Acu Formation, Potiguar Basin, Northeatern Brazil: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 25, n. 9, p. 155-172. 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

Boisvert, C., Perkins, J., Morrison, C., Gascoigne, S J. L., Holtz, T. R., and Curtice, B., 2026, Obligte faunivorous megatheropod size class patterns across the Jurassic-Cretaceous Periods: PeerJ 14:e210007 DOI 10.7717/peerj.21007, 31pp. Link to pdf

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf

Brownstein, C. D., and Griffin, C. T., 2026, An early burst of skeletal evolution at the origin of dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 293:20260102, 12pp. 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

Cau, A., Gostling, N. J., Lacerda, M. B. S., Falasca, M., and Paterna, A., 2026, Avian-like salt glands in Spinosauridae: Historical Biology, An International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 13pp.

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.

Fadelli, I., 2026, Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Fadelli, I., 2026, Tiny-armed alvarezsauroid dinosaur might have been insect eaters, fossil scans suggest: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

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

Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.

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

Hao, M., and Xu, X., 2026, A new oviraptorid theropod fossil from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern China with implications for oviraptorosaurian systematics and palaeobiogeography: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 206, n. 4, zlag049, 14pp.

Hattori, S., Chokchaloemwong, D., Kawabe, S., Cuesta, E., Shibata, M, Miyata, K, and Azuma, Y., 2026, Braincae of Siamraptor suwati and insights into the cranial anatomy of Carcharodontosauria: PLOS One, v. 21, n. 4, e043515, 24pp. Link to pdf

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

Huang, Y., Wu, W., Bolotsky, I, and Yu, K., 2026, Additional small theropod remains from the Upper Cretaceous Nenjiang Formation i Songliao Basin, Northeast China: Global Geology, v. 29, n. 1, 12pp. 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

Leedham, S., Qin, Z., Griffin, B. W., Ballell, A., Yu, Y., Xu, X., and Rayfield, E., 2026, Range of motion and myology support a digging function for the forelimbs of alvarezsauroid dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 293: 20260565, 12pp. Link to pdf

Li, A., Jiang, S.-X., Qiu, R., and Wang, X.-L., 2026, An isolated theropod tooth from the Lower Cretaceous Lianmuqin Formation of Wuerho, Xingjiang, China: Vertebrata Palasiatica, published online, 12pp. 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.

Malafaia, E., Maggia, B., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2026, Digestion corrosion marks on a hatchling Allosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda) maxilla from the Upper Jurassic of Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal): Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 3, e70100, 12pp.

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

McDavid, S. N., Marchant, C. Y., and Reid, I. J., 2025 (published 2026), Alickmeron & Ray, 2025 is an objective junior synonoym of Alwalkeria Chatterjee & Cresiler, 1994: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontoloty, v. 45, n. 6, 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

Motta, M. J., Aranciago Rolando, A. M. Rozadilla, S., Agnolin, F. L. Egil, F. B., Alvarez Herrera, G. P., Chimento, N. R., Coco, G. L., Tsuihiji, T., Manabe, M., Pol, D., and Novas, F. E., 2026, New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e3656456, 18pp. (Kank australis) 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

Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. 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

Packham, C., 2026, Saturday citations: Two T. rexes and new exercise guidance that scientists are not calling 'easy': Phys Org, published online, 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

Raun, G. S., Coppock, C. C., Badamgarav, D., Tsogtbaatar, K., and Currie, P. J., 2026, Taxonomic reassessment of juvenile tyrannosaurine specimens from Asia reveal large biogeographic ranges in tyrannosaurids: Cretaceous Research, v. 186, 106412, 11pp. (Tarbosaurus bataar = Asiatyrannus xui, = Raptorex kriegsteini) 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

Roberts, E. M., Hendrix, M. S., Ramezani, J., Clyde, W. C., Zippi, P., Hodgson, S., Yuleridge V., and Zanno, L. E., 2026, High precision CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb zircon age for the "Dueling Dinosaurs" locality, with implications for regional correlation, basal age and duration of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana: PLOS One, v. 21, n. 5: e0328862, 27pp. 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., 2026, Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from a decades-old book into the Sahara Desert: Phys Org, published online, 6pp

Scherer, C. R., Steell, E., and Upchurch, P., 2026, Driers and mechanisms of convergent forelimb reduction in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 293: 202605812pp. 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)

Srivastava, S., and Nesbitt, S. J., 2026, A new taxon of saurischian dinosaur from the Coelophysis Quarry of New Mexico, USA (Triassic: latest Norian or Rhaetian) highlights herrerasaurian diversity in the latest Triassic: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, npart 2, e70069, 35pp. (Ptychotherates bucculentus) Link to pdf

Su, C.-Y., Liao, J.-Y., Wu, H.J., Chou, K.-Y., Chen, C. Lee, M.-T., and Yang, T.-R., 2026, Heat transfer in a realistic clutch reveals a lower efficiency in incubation of oviraptorid dinosaurs than of modern birds: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, published online, 23pp.  Link to pdf

Trinidad, V., Munyikwa, D., Zondo, M, Broderick, T. J., Nesbitt, S. J,. Tolan, S., and Griffin, C., 2026, Comparative histological analysis of vertebrates reveals Triassic climate variability across southern Pangea: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Wang, R., Xing, L., Nikolov, V., Wang, T., and Xu, X., 2026, A new non-averostran neotheropod specimen from the early Jurassic of Southwestern China and its implications for early theropod evolution: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 207, n. 1, zlag062, 30pp.

Warnock-Juteau, T. M., Smith, S. M., and Cullen, T. M., 2026, Elliptic fourier analysis as a tool for the taxonomic identification of isolated theropod pedal phalanges: The Anatomical Record, published online, 22pp. 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

Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf

Zhou, L.-Q., Lamanna, M. C, Poust, A. W., Li, D.-Q., You, H.-l., and O'Connor, J. K., 2026, First non-avian theropod (Dromaeosauridae, Microraptorinae) from the bird-bearing Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin, Gansu Province, Northwestern China: Annals of Caregie Museum, v. 92, n. 2, p. 89-110. (Jian changmaensis) Link to pdf

Zurriaguz, V. L., Cerda, I. A., Citton, P., Martinelli, A., Caratelli, M., Kaluza, J., Aravena, J, Guzman, F., Pereira, L. N., and Schenardi, M., 2026, A juvenile specimen of Neuquensaurus ausralis (Dinosauria: Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Arentina: implications for sauropod ontogeny and growth dynamics: Historical Biolgy, an International Jouranl of  Paleobiology, published online, 25pp.

Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda)

Genus: Nova (5)

Bicharracosaurus REUTTER, CARBALLIDO, WINDHOLZ, POL & RAUHUT, 2026

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

Nagatitan SETHAPANICHSAKUL, KHANSUBHA, MANITKOON, HANTA, MANNION & UPCHURCH, 2026

Phosphatotitan LONGRICH, DIEZ DIAZ, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, BARDET & JALIL, 2026

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

Species: Nova (5)

Bicharracosaurus dionidei REUTTER, CARBALLIDO, WINDHOLZ, POL & RAUHUT, 2026

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

Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis SETHAPANICHSAKUL, KHANSUBHA, MANITKOON, HANTA, MANNION & UPCHURCH, 2026

Phosphatotitan khuouribgaensis LONGRICH, DIEZ DIAZ, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, BARDET & JALIL, 2026

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

Anonymous, 2026, 'Last titan': Southeast Asia's biggest dinosaur discovered: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Beeston, S. L., Schwarz, D., Upchruch, P., Poropat, S. F., Aslbach, P., and Mannion, P. D., 2026, Computed tomography reveals multiple origins of extreme caudal vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 51pp. Link to pdf

Belaustegui, Z., Narvaez, I., Ortega, F., Martin-Avila, J. A., Martin-Vega, D., and Martinell, J., 2026, The fossil record of insect bone bioerosion: Insights from titanosaur remains at Lo Hueco (Late Cretaceous, Spain) and implications for continental ichnofacies: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 280, 106651, 18pp. Link to pdf

Bertolossi, M. L. P., Bandeira, K. L. N., do Amaral, R. V., Brum, A. S., da Silva, R. C,. and Gallo, V,. 2026, Paleopathology of a putative colossosaurian caudal vertebra (Neosauropoda: Titanosauria) from teh Presidente Prudente Formation, Brazil: The Anatomical Record, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf

Brownstein, C. D., and Griffin, C. T., 2026, An early burst of skeletal evolution at the origin of dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 293:20260102, 12pp. 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

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.

Fadelli, I., 2026, Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. 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)

Fonseca, A. O., de Bem, F. P., Dalle-Laste, V. Z., Garcia, M. S,. and Müller, R. T., 2026, Osteology of the axial skeleton of Macrocollum itaquii (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) and its implications for early sauropodomorph cervicalization: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 206, n. 4, 39pp.

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.

Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.

Gil, L. M., dos Anjos Candeiro, C. R., Brusatt, S. L., Bandeira, K. L., and da Silva Vidal, L., 2026, Note on new Late Cretaceous titanosauria records from the Bauru Group (Parana Basin) of Southern Goias State,  Brazil: Estudos Geologicos, v. 36, p. 20-34. Link to pdf

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

Gomez, K. L., Carballido, J. L., and Pol, D., 2025 (published 2026), Dental replacement patterns and morphological diversity in Lower Jurassic Sauropods from the Canadon Asfalto Basin, Patagonia, Argentina: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n . 6, e2588133, 21pp.

Henßel, K., 2026, Patagonia yields 155-million-year-old long-necked dinosaurs with links to two famous lineages: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. 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

Hu, S.-B., Wang, Y.-C., Mo, X., Zhang, X.-Q., Zeng, W.-T., Wang, T., Sun, Z.-B., Dong, Q.-X., Guan, O., Liu, Y.-H., Zhang, Y.-S., Bing, Y., Wang, Y.-M,. and You, H.-L., 2026, A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation,  of Dali of Yunnan Province, China: Royal Society Open Science, v. 12: 262219, 24pp. (Xiangyunloong fengming) Link to pdf

Inuzuka, N., 2025, Reconstruction of Diplodocus (Sauropod) body shape and gait with kinesiological method: Memori of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 24, p. 1-14. Link to pdf

Lefebvre, R., Partout, L., Mallison, H,. and Houssaye, A., 2026, Partial analyses of humeral shape in sauropodomorph dinosaurs hightlight a hidden modularity and the differential evolution of sauropod bauplan-related traits: Palaeontology, v. 69, part 2, e70048, 21pp. 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

Longrich, N. R., Perez-Moreno, A., Diaz, V. D., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Bardet, N., and Jalil, N.-E., 2026, A titanosaurian sauropod with South Americna affinities (Lognkosauria: Argentinosauridae) from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco and evidence for dinosaur endemisim in Africa: Diversity, v. 18, 241, 30pp. (Phosphatotitan khuouribgaensis) Link to pdf

Mannion, P. D., and de Souza Carvalho, I., 2026, Re-evaluation of the Early Cretaceous titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur Triunfosaurus leonardii from the Triunfo Basin, Brazil: implications for the inital radiations of Somphospondyli and Titanosauria: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 207, n. 1, zlag073, 19pp. 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  (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

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

Pantelides, A., Upchurch, P., Mannion, P. D., Gravanis, E., Henderson, D. M., and Kyriakidis, P., 2026, ENHYDROSS: A new mechanistic model supports the Trans-Oceanicdispersal capablity of terrestrial vertebrates: Ecology and Evolution, v. 16:e73280, 42pp. Link to pdf

Reutter, A., Carballido, J. L., Windholz, G. J., Pol, D, and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2026, Bicharracosaurus dionidei, gen. et sp. nov., a new macronarian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from teh Late Jurassic Canadon Calcareo Formation of Argentina and the problemtaci early evolution of macronarians: PeerJ 14:e20945 http:/doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20945, 69pp. (Bicharracosaurus dionidei) Link to pdf

Saleiro, A., Tschopp, E., Daasch, A., Kaiser, T. M., Wiesinger, R., and Winkler, D. E., 2026, Acquisition of and quality assessment in a dataset for dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) of sauropod teeth: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf

Sethapanichsakul, T., Khansubha, S.-O., Manitkoon, S., Hanta, R., Mannion, P. D., and Upchurch, P., 2026, The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia: Scientific Reports, v. 16:12467, 27pp. (Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis) Link to pdf

Shah, A A. Fazal, R. M., and Malik, I. U., 2026, Comparative analysis of the Dinosaur record of Pakistan with World Dinosarus as diversity and paleobiogeography implications: Physical Education, Health and Social Sciences, v. 4 n,  1, p. 747-759. Link to pdf

Sui, Z.-X., Shao, S,. and Yin, Y.-L., 2026, The anatomy of a mamenchisaurid tooth informed by digital reconstruction: Swiss Journal of Paleontology, v. 145, P. 475-486. Link to pdf

Vicencio-Campos, O., Ghirino-Galvez, L., Alarcon-Munoz, J,. Atisha, A., and Martinelli, A. G., 2026, Historical record of a sauropod (Dinosauria: Titanosauria) specimen at the Museo Seminario Valparaiso: The first dinosaur discovery of Chile? Publicacion Electronica, v. 26, n. 1, p. 113-128. 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 (8)

Cryptarcus HOLMES, MALLON, RYAN & EVANS, 2026

Doolysaurus JUNG, KIM, JO & CLARKE, 2026

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

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

Gongshuilong YAO, QIU, YU, YANG, WANG, CAO, ZHAO, XU, SHI, LOU, ZENG, LU, WU, XU, HAN & XING, 2026

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

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

Qianjiangsaurus MA, MA, TAN, CHEN, LIN, XIAO, DAI, WEI, MALLON, WANG, YAO, ZOU & XING, 2026

Species: Nova (6)

Doolysaurus huhmini JUNG, KIM, JO & CLARKE, 2026

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

Gongshuilong fanwei YAO, QIU, YU, YANG, WANG, CAO, ZHAO, XU, SHI, LOU, ZENG, LU, WU, XU, HAN & XING, 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

Qianjiangsaurus changshengi MA, MA, TAN, CHEN, LIN, XIAO, DAI, WEI, MALLON, WANG, YAO, ZOU & XING, 2026

Synonymoum: Nova (2)

Cryptarcus russelli (STERNBERG, 1940) HOLMES, MALLON, RYAN & EVANS, 2026

= Chasmosaurus russelli

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

Anonymous, 2026, Fossil X-ray reveals new species of baby dino named for iconic Korean cartoon: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Toothy snout recasts Australia's famed Muttaburrasaurus as a picky eater: Phys Org, published online, 9pp. 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

Bateman, L.-P., and Larsson, H. C. E., 2026, On pachycephalosaurs, trade-offs, and historical genesis of sociosexual display structures: The American Naturalist, published online, 41pp.

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)  

Duarte-Bigurra, R., Vicent, A., Gutierres-Blando, Serrano-Branas, C. I., Wagner, J. R, and Prieto-Marquez, A., 2026, New hadrosaurid dinosaurs from the middle Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Sonora (Mexico) extended the south American kritosaurini lineage to southern Laramidia: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, published online, 31pp.

Fadelli, I., 2026, Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. 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

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

Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.

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

Herne, M. C., Bevitt, j. J., Milan, l., Hocknull, S. A., Tait, A. M., allen, C. M., Rozerfields, A. C., Monar, R. E., Weisbecker, V, and Bell, P. R., 2026, Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigrahpic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaruus langdoni Bartholomai and Monar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia: PeerJ 14:e10794, 211pp. Link to pdf

Holmes, R. B., Mallon, J. C., Ryan, M. J., and Evans, D. C. 2026, New information on the holotype of "Chasmosaurus" russelli (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) necessitates the establishment of a new genus to recived the species: Canadian Journal of Earth Scineces, v. 63, 2-pp. (Cryptarcus russelli = Chasmosaurus russelli) 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)

Hunter, J. P., and Janis, C. M., 2026, Tooth wear in juvenile and adult hadrosaurs: implications for parental care in Maiasauria: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclmatoloyg, Palaeoecology, v. 690 (113707, 9pp.  Link to pdf

Jung, J., Kim, M., Jo, J., and Clarke, J. A., 2026, A new dinosaur species from Korea and its implications for early-diverging neornithischian diversity: Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 1, p. 87-113. (Doolysaurus huhmini)  Link to pdf

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

Ma, Q., Ma., Y., Tan, C., Chen, J., Lin, Y., Xioa, M., Dai, H., Wei, G., Mallon, J. C., Wang, J., Yao, H., Zou, Z., and Xing, H., 2026, First report of a hollow cranial crest in an early-diverging duck-billed dinosaur, with implications for convergent evolution of acoustic signaling: Biology, v. 15, 615, 21pp. (Qianjiangsaurus changshengi) 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., Evan,s D. C., Ryan, M. J., Patterson, T., and Mallon, J. C., 2026, The ontogenetically youngest known pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) postcranium: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2616325, 19pp.  Link to pdf

Moore, B. R. S., Evan,s D. C., Ryan, M. J., Patterson, T., and Mallon, J. C., 2025 (published 2026), The ontogenetically youngest known pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) postcranium: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, e2616325, 19pp.

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

Rocchi, R., Rotatori, F. M., Ferreira, G. S., and Fanti, F., 2026,  An exquisitely preserved young iguanodontian from the Upper Jurassic of Tanzania sheds light on skeletal fusion pattrins within Archosauria: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, Part 3, e70085, 47pp. Link to pdf

Rotatori, F. M., Chiarenza, A. A., Fanti, F., and Moreno-Azanza, M., 2026, The early origin of Iguandontia: new insights into the macroevolution, diversity and biogeography of the clade: Palaeontology, v. 69, part 2, e70057, 32pp. 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

Siviero, B. C. T., Rega, E., Nick, K. E., and Chadwick, A. V., 2025 (published 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, v. 45, n. 4, e2600392, 15pp.

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

Woodall, T,. 2026, Dinosaur dental fossils reveal bird-like parental care bonds: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. 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

Yao, H., Qu, W, You, J., Yang, L., Wang, H., Cao, S., Zhao, K, Xu, M,. Shi, G., Lou, F., Zeng, C., Lu, P., Wu, R., Xu, Z., Han, F., and Zing, H., 2026, A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Creaceous of South China, providing further support for the possible Asian origin of Brachylophosaurini: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, v. 24, n. 1, 1635560, 24pp. (Gongshuilong fanwei)

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

Genus: Nova (1)

Eopinacosaurus PENKALSKI, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Pinacosaurus hilwitnourm PENKALSKI, 2026

Synonym: Nova (1)

Eopinacosaurus mephistocephalus (GODEFROIT, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, LI & DONG, 1999) PENKALSKI, 2026

= Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus (GODEFROIT, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, LI & DONG, 1999) PENKALSKI, 2026

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

Cross, E. G., Fraass, A. J., Gates, T. A., and Arbour, V. M., 2026, Reclassification of ankylosaurs with ambiguous taxonomy using tooth morphometrics: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 206, n. 4, zlag068, 19pp. Link to pdf

 Ech-cEch-charay, K., and Oussou, A., 2026, Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought -new discovery: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. 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

Livius, M. C. H., Witmer, L. M., Ryan, M. J., Maddin, H. C., and Mallon, J. C., 2026, Redescription of the Panoplosaurus mirus (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae) holotype skull using computed tomography, and a new comparative scheme for panoplosaurin cranial ornamentation: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e 2636589, 17pp. Link to pdf

Penkalski, P., 2026, The morphology and systematics of Pinacosaurus: Historical Biology, published online, 42pp. (Pinacosaurus hilwitnourm, Eopinacosaurus mephistocephalus = Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus)

Riguetti, F. J., Apesteguia, S., Canale, J. I., and 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

Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cobos, A., and Suner, M., 2026, The plated dinosaurs (Ornithischia, Stegosauria) of eastern Iberia (Spain): Taxonomy, diversity, and ecology: Palaeontologica Electronica, v. 29, n. 1: a13, 44pp.    Link to pdf

Zheng, W., Zhao, Q., Barrett, P. M., and Xu, X., 2025 (published 2026), Bone histology of Liaonigosaurus paradoxus (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 4, e2566325, 15pp.

Zhu, Z., Yao, X., Zheng, W., and Xu, X., 2026, Cranial osteology and ontogenetic variation of the Late Cretaceous ankylosaurid dinosaur Pinacosaurus grangeri: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 207, n. 3, zlag060, 17pp.

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

Benton, M. J., and Grady, M, 2026, What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur-killing asteroid armageddon: A blow-by-blow account: Phys Org, published online, 11pp. 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

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf

Brownstein, C. D., and Griffin, C. T., 2026, An early burst of skeletal evolution at the origin of dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 293:20260102, 12pp. 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

Fadelli, I., 2026, Dinosaurs may have originated 10 million years earlier than fossils show: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. 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

Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.

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

Naish, D., 2026, The new Dinosaurs; an alternative evolution by Dougal Dixon, Breakdown Press, London,2025: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 7pp.

Naish, D., and Sweetman, S. C., 2026, A second specimen of the enigmatic Wealden reptile Yaverlandia: Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. 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

Terras, R., Borger, J,. Almeida, M. O. P., Bettin, S., Higgins, O. A., Marciani, G., Benazzi, S., Muller, R. T., Kerber, L., and Carbonera, M., 2026, Inferred presence of extraoral tissues in Triassic archosaurmorphs and the evolutionary implications for the clade Sauropsida: Palaeontology, v. 69, art 3, e70066, 26pp. Link to pdf


Aves (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (3)

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

Plumadraco bankoorum CLARK, O'CONNOR, WANG, WANG, PRUETT-JONES, ZHANG, WANG, ZHENG & ZHOU, 2026

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

Species: Nova (5)

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

Plumadraco bankoorum CLARK, O'CONNOR, WANG, WANG, PRUETT-JONES, ZHANG, WANG, ZHENG & ZHOU, 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

Anonymous, 2026, 'Feathered dragon' has some of the longest tail feathers ever found on a fossil bird: Phys Org, published online, 9pp. 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

Clark, A. D., O'Connor, J. K, Wang, X., Wang, Y., Pruett-Jones, S., Zhang, X., Wang, X., Zheng, X, and Zhou, Z, 2026, Hyperelongate ornamental tail feathers in a new early Creaceous enantiornithine bird: PLOS One, v. 21, n. 5; e0347641, 19pp. (Plumadraco bankoorum) 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., and Clarke, A. D., 2026, The ecoloyg of Archaeopteryx: Discover Ecology, v. 2:12, 17pp. 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

O'Connor, J. K., and Marugan-Lobon, J., 2026, Evaluating variation in Solnhofen avialans: Biolog Letters, v. 22: 2-260601, 10pp. 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

Wu, Q., Stidham, T. A., O'Connor, J. K., Bailleul, A. M., Zhou, Z,. and Li, Z., 2026, Critical innovations in the assembly of the modern flight apparatus in Early Cretaceous birds: iScience, Cellpress, open access, 11pp. Link to pdf

Wu, Q., Zhng, Q.-N., and Xi, D.-P., 2026, The earliest feathers from the Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation of North Hebei: implications for the early evolution of the Jehol Biota: Integrative Zoology, published online, 16pp.


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": Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2621685, 14pp.

Angielczyk, K. D., Frobisch, J., Kammerer, C. F., Smith, R. M. H., Marsicano, C. A., Pardo, J. D., Richter, M., and Cisneros, J. C., 2025 (published 2026), Early synapsids from the Disuralian (lower Permian) Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaiba Basin, Brazil: the frist definitive South Americna "pelycosaurs": Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, 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

Evers, S. W., Panigot, E., Petermann, H,. Rubidge, B. S., Bever, G. S., and Lyson, T. R., 2026, Labyrinth morphology of Eunotosaurus africanus in the context of semicircular canal shape variation across amniotes, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 22pp. 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.

Yu, Y, Xu, X., and Benson, R. B. J., 2026, Decouled phenotypic constraints framed by respiratory adaptation in the rise of land vertebrates: Science Advances, v. 12, eaeb0801, 12pp. Link to pdf

Theriodontia

Genus: Nova (1)

Jirahgorgon MACUNGO, ARAUJO, RUBIDGE, CAY, DOLLMAN & BENOIT, 2026

Njalila GEBAUER & MAISCH, 2026

Species: Nova (1)

Jirahgorgon ceto MACUNGO, ARAUJO, RUBIDGE, CAY, DOLLMAN & BENOIT, 2026

Synonym: Nova (1)

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

= Dixeya nasuta HUENE, 1950

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. 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.

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)

Lund, E. S., Wolvaardt, F. P., Smith, R. M. H., 2026, Jooder, J,. and Benoit, J., 2026, Redescritption of the Traissic cynodont Cistecynodon parvus and reassessment of its phylogeny: The Anatomical Record, published online, 28pp. Link to pdf

Macungo, Z., Araujo, R., Rubidge, B. S., Day, M. O., Dollman, K. N, and Benoit, J., 2026, Evolutionary radiation of large-bodied gorgonopsians from the lower Abranhamskraal formation of South Africa: The Anatomical Record, published online, 38pp. (Jirahgorgon ceto) Link to pdf

Oster, S,. 2026, Ancient predator species discovered in South Africa challenges what weknown about gorgonopsians: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

Suchkova, Y. A., Bulanov, V. V., and Masyutin, V. V., 2026, The parareptile Emeroleter levis found in the abdominal cavity of the Late Permian therocephalian Viatkosuchus sumini (Kotel’nich locality, European Russia): Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 9pp.

Trinidad, V., Munyikwa, D., Zondo, M, Broderick, T. J., Nesbitt, S. J,. Tolan, S., and Griffin, C., 2026, Comparative histological analysis of vertebrates reveals Triassic climate variability across southern Pangea: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebrate assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf

Deinocephalia

Anonymous, 2026, Mammal ancestors laid eggs--and this 250-million-year-old fossil proves it: Phys Org, published online 7pp. Link to pdf

Benoit, J., Fernandez, V., and Botha, J., 2026, The first non-mammalian synapsid embryo from the Triassic of South Africa: PLOS One, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal .pone.0245016, 14pp. Link to pdf

Benoit, J., Botha, J, and Fernandez, V., 2026, Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world's oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf


 Mammals (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (4)

Angrivarodon MARTIN, AVERIANOV, LANG, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2026

Camurodon SHELLEY, EBERLE, ERICKSON & DRUCKENMILLER, 2026

Kaniqisqcosmodon SHELLEY, EBERLE, ERICKSON & DRUCKENMILLER, 2026

Qayagruk SHELLEY, EBERLE, ERICKSON & DRUCKENMILLER, 2026

Species: Nova (9)

Amblotherium apiarium CONNELLY, ROUGIER & DAIVS, 2026

Angrivarodon goresi MARTIN, AVERIANOV, LANG, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2026

Azilestes yvettae GHEERBRANT, ALLAIN & LAURENT, 2026

Camurodon borealis SHELLEY, EBERLE, ERICKSON & DRUCKENMILLER, 2026

Cimolodon desosai WILSON MONTILLA, NEWBINS, FASTOVSKY, ZHANG, MONTELLANO0-BALLESTEROS, ALCANTARA & CHEN, 2026

Gobiconodon gongzhulingensis WU, MAO, CHEN & MENG, 2026

Hainia cassagnauensis GHEERBRANT, ALLAIN & LAURENT, 2026

Kaniqisqcosmodon polaris SHELLEY, EBERLE, ERICKSON & DRUCKENMILLER, 2026

Qayagruk peregrinus SHELLEY, EBERLE, ERICKSON & DRUCKENMILLER, 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

Gheerbrant, E., Allain, R., and Laurent, Y., 2026, First evidence of co-occurrence of multituberculate and eutherian mammals in the Cretaceous of Western Europe - palaeobiogeographical implications: Geological Magazine, v. 163 (e25), 25pp. (Azilestes yvettae, Hainia cassagnauensis) 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.

Lopatin, A. V., and Averianov, A. O., 2026, Multituberculate mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia: Cretaceous Research, v. 186, 106407, 6pp.

Lopatin, A. V., and Averanov, A. O., 2025 (published 2026), Reapprasial of multituberculate mammal Buginbaatar transaltaiensis from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 6, e2601790, 13pp.

Martin, T., Averianov, A. O., Lang, A. J., Schultz, J. A., and Schwermann, A. H., 2026, A new paulchoffatid and additional multituberculate (Mammalia) remains from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) of Germany: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, published online, 23pp. (Angrivarodon goresi) Link to pdf

McQuate, S., 2026, Before dinosaurs vanisehd, a hamster-sized mammal was already shaping what survied next on the Pacific Coast: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Shelley, S. L., Eberle, J. J., Erickson, G. M., and Druckenmiller, P. S., 2026, Arctic ecosystems shaped mammalian dispersal and diversification before the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction: Proceedings of the Natinoal Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 22, e2601794123, 11pp (Camurodon borealis, Kaniqisqcosmodon polaris & Qayagruk peregrinus)

Wilson Mantilla, G. P., Newbins, I. R., Fastovsky, D. E., Zhang, Y., Montellano-Ballesteros, M., Alcantara, D. G., adn Chen, M., 2026, Cranial and postcranial remains of a new species of Cimolodon (Mammalia, Multituberculata, Cimolodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) El Gallo Formation of Baja California, Mexico: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontologye2641109, 19pp. (Cimolodon desosai) Link to pdf

Wu, W., Mao, F., Chen, J., and Meng, J., 2026, A new gobiconodontid mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of China and reassessment of dentition in Gobiconodon: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 71, n. 2, p. 193-210. (Gobiconodon gongzhulingensis) Link to pdf

Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf


Egg

Species: Nova (1)
Mosaicoolithus busanensis CHOI, PAIK, KIM, KIM, ZHANG, PARK & LEE, 2026

Anonymous, 2026, Dinos hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds, researchers show: Phys Org, published online, 9pp.  Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2026, Smuggled dinosaur fossils return to Mongolia after two decades: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf

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.

Choi, S., Paik, I., Kim, H., Kim, Y., Zhang, S., Park, Y., and Lee, S., 2025, Preservation and palaeobiogeography of dinosaur eggs from the Dadaepo Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Cenomanian), Korea: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 3, e70084, 28pp. (Mosaicoolithus busanensis) Link to pdf

Wang, Q., Du, Y.-L., Huang, Z-Q., Yan, C.-W., Jiang, A.-C., Zhu, X.-F., Fang, K.-Y., and Yang, X.-L., 2026, First egg fossil record (Elongatoolithus elongatus) from the Dengtan Basin of Heyuan, Guangdong: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

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.

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, 2025 (published 2026), Fossil evidence of exceptionally large egg-clutches sheds light on reproductive diversity in Late Cretaceous crocodyliforms from Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 45, n. 4,  published online, 10pp.



Ichnology

Ichnogenus: Nova (2)

Cabarzichnus MARCHETTI, LOGGHE, BUCHWITZ, MACDOUGALL, REBILLARD, MARTENS & FROBISCH, 2026

Jinjuichnus procerus JUNG, KIM, XING & CHOI, 2026

Ichnospecies: Nova (2)

Cabarzichnus pulchrus MARCHETTI, LOGGHE, BUCHWITZ, MACDOUGALL, REBILLARD, MARTENS & FROBISCH, 2026

Jinjuichnus procerus JUNG, KIM, XING & CHOI, 2026

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.  

Craig, J. A., davies, N. S,. and Marchetti, L,. 2026, Life in a Permian dryland: evidence from plant and trace fossils of the fluvio-aeolian Cap-aux-Meules Formation (Iles-de-laMadeleine, Quebec): Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 698, 113961, 23pp. 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

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

Jung, J., Kim, K. S., Xing, L., and Choi, B.-D., 2026, New large pterosaur trakcs from Korea and thier implications on terrestrial behavoir: Scientific Reports, v. 16: 12363, 10pp. (Jinjuichnus procerus) Link to pdf

Liard, T., Liard, R., and Buffetaut, E., 2026, A review of vertebrate footprints from the Mesozoic of Thailand and their palaeobiogeographical significance: Fossil Studies, v. 4, n. 10, 37pp. Link to pdf

Lkebir, N., Zeng, X., Cheng, L., and Niu, Z., 2026, New dinosaur tracks from the Upper Cretaceous of Xiakou Village, (Nanzhang County) and Jiuxian Town (Yuan'an County), Hubei Province, China: Geosciences, v. 16, 164, p. 7pp. 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

Marchetti, L., Logghe, A., Buchwitz, M,. MacDougall,  M. J., Rebillard, A., Martens, T., and Frobisch, J., 2026, The earliest reptile body impressions with scaly skin: Current Biology, v. 36, 10pp. (Cabarzichnus pulchrus)

Olsen, P. E., and McDonald, N. G., 2026, Environmental context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstatten in Newark Sueprgroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with special reference to footprint assemblages: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 67, n. 1, p. 101-185. Link to pdf

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

Prescott, T. L., Griffin, B. W., jannel, A,. and Falkingham, P. L., 2026, Micro-CT scanning tracks: a means for non-destructively explring volumetric track formation: Fossil Studies, v. 4, n.14, 10pp. Link to pdf

Romillo, A., 2026, A quanatitative framework for assessing locomotor asymmetry in dinosaur trackways: testing the evidence for limping and lateral preference: Fossil Studies, v. 4, 9, 11pp. 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

Mungarro-Gonzalez, P. E., Serrano-Branas, C. I., Espinosa-Chavez, B., Penalba, M C., Espinoza-Encias, I. R., and Varela-Romero, A., 2026, Exploring the paleoecology and taphonomy of upper cretaceous bromalites from the cerro del pueblo formation, Northern Mexico: Ichnos, an international Journal of Plant and Animal Traces, published online, 25pp.

Siviero, B. C. T., Rega, E., Nick, K. E., and Chadwick, A. V., 2025 (published 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.


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)

Lu, M,. Sun, Y, Duan, G., Ikejiri, T, Liu, N, Luo, Q., Lv, D., Carroll, R., and Lu, Y., 2026, Massive wildfires followed oceanic anoxic events during the Late Devonian Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction: Science Advances, v. 12, eady4534, 11pp.

 


Beetle Borrings


Toothmarks

 


Histology Soft tissue


Bonebed


Taphonomy


Burrows

Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf


DNA (and Blood)


(suppose) Tertiary Dinosaurs


Venomous


Extinction


Integuments

Feathers

 

Skin

Hair


Interesting Articles

 


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