Palaeontology

Papers
(The TQCC of Palaeontology is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Metamorphism as the cause of bone alteration in the Jarrow assemblage (Langsettian, Pennsylvanian) of Ireland28
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Morphological disparity of mammalian limb bones throughout the Cenozoic: the role of biotic and abiotic factors27
Oldest winged insects: first Megasecoptera from the early Carboniferous (Serpukhovian) of Argentina23
Phyllosphere fungi of Middle Jurassic gymnosperms from Poland20
Negative ontogenetic allometry of cardinal spines in the early Cambrian arthropod Isoxys volucris indicates their defensive function19
Preservational modes of some ichthyosaur soft tissues (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from the Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany19
Decoding the drivers of deep‐time wetland biodiversity: insights from an early Permian tropical lake ecosystem19
Correction to ‘Ecological novelty at the start of the Cambrian and Ordovician radiations of echinoderms’18
Plant dispersal in the Devonian world (c. 419–359 Ma)17
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Bridging the extant and fossil record of planktonic foraminifera: implications for the Globigerina lineage14
Written in bones: palaeoclimate histotaphonomic history inferred from a complete Megatherium skeleton preserved in the Atacama Desert14
Stuck in the mud: experimental taphonomy and computed tomography demonstrate the critical role of sediment in stabilizing the three‐dimensional external morphology of arthropod carcasses during early 13
Associations between trilobite intraspecific moulting variability and body proportions: Estaingia bilobata from the Cambrian Emu Bay Shale, Australia13
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Putting the F into FBD analysis: tree constraints or morphological data?12
Standing giants: a digital biomechanical model for bipedal postures in sauropod dinosaurs12
Standardizing fossil disparity metrics using sample coverage12
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Extinction risk related to functional traits in Pliocene to Holocene West Atlantic molluscs11
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The role of substrate in determining the dominance of immobile, epifaunal bivalves in the Late Cretaceous10
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How should I publish my digital fossil? Recommendations for the publication of comprehensive 3D datasets in palaeontological studies10
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The effects of sensitive environmental indicators in interpreting faunas of the past: a case study from the Jurassic of China10
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Palaeobiology and taphonomy of the rangeomorph Culmofrons plumosa9
Priapulid neoichnology, ecosystem engineering, and the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition9
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The endocast of Euparkeria sheds light on the ancestral archosaur nervous system8
Functional morphology and biomechanics of an ontogenetic series of the Triassic cynodont Brasilodon quadrangularis and bite performance in the sister tax8
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Locomotory and morphological evolution of the earliest Silurian graptolite Demirastrites selected by hydrodynamics8
The many ways toward punctuated evolution8
Machine‐learning‐based morphological analyses of leaf epidermal cells in modern and fossil ginkgo and their implications for palaeoclimate studies8
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Correction to ‘Establishing temperate crustose early Holocene coralline algae as archives for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of the shallow water habitats of the Mediterranean Sea’7
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Paradox lost: wide gape in the Ordovician brachiopod Rafinesquina explains how unattached filter‐feeding strophomenoids thrived on muddy substrates7
Cranial endocast of Anagale gobiensis (Anagalidae) and its implications for early brain evolution in Euarchontoglires7
High‐precision body mass predictors for small mammals: a case study in the Mesozoic6
Planetary‐scale change to the biosphere signalled by global species translocations can be used to identify the Anthropocene6
Microstructural and geochemical evidence offers a solution to the cephalopod cameral deposits riddle6
Developmental models shed light on the earliest dental tissues, using Astraspis as an example6
The utility of probability plotting in palaeobiology6
Relative skull size evolution in Mesozoic archosauromorphs: potential drivers and morphological uniqueness of erythrosuchid archosauriforms6
Deep origin of the crossed‐lamellar microstructure in early Cambrian molluscs6
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Climatic niche stability and lability in Holarctic non‐marine ostracods: implications for Quaternary palaeoclimate reconstruction6
Gradual warming prior to the end‐Permian mass extinction6
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