Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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A new species of Urva (Herpestidae, Carnivora) from late Upper Pleistocene deposits of East Fissure-Fillings, Fanchang, Anhui Province of Eastern China28
A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania27
The bony labyrinth of the Miocene boselaphin bovid Miotragocerus pannoniae: insights into ontogeny15
A reassessment of protoceratid vertebrarterial canal morphology14
A late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage13
Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of a new archosauriform reptile from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Germany12
A new beardfish (Teleostei, Polymixiiformes) from the Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark11
The galliform birds from the Lower Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, U.K.): New species suggest faunal connections to Asia11
Cannibalism in the Early Jurassic bony fish Pachycormus macropterus (Teleosteomorpha: Pachycormiformes) and its paleoecological significance11
An ecomorphological characterization of the percrocutoid hyaenids: a multivariate approach using postcanine dentition10
Why the short face? The face lengths of sthenurine kangaroos scale with negative allometry10
A new ektopodontid possum (Diprotodontia, Ektopodontidae) from the Oligocene of central Australia, and its implications for phalangeroid interrelationships10
New material and diagnosis of a new taxon of alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan10
Exploring the three-dimensional vasculature of dermal hard tissues in thyestiid osteostracans using synchrotron radiation microtomography9
A new extinct species ofMargarobyas(Strigiformes) and the evolutionary history of the endemic Cuban bare-legged owl (M. lawrencii)9
Habitat of the giant pterosaurQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea): a paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Javelina Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Big Bend National Pa9
Dental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea)8
A new phytosaur species (Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Jameson Land, central East Greenland8
Youngest Interatheriinae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from lower Pliocene Tunuyán Formation (Mendoza, Argentina)8
The osteology of Shringasaurus indicus, an archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic Denwa Formation, Satpura Gondwana Basin, Central India8
Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki , gen. et sp. nov., an archaic dolphin from the Central Paratethys (Early Miocene, Austria)7
A platypterygiid ichthyosaur from the Cenomanian of central New Zealand7
First occurrence ofDoswelliacf.D. kaltenbachi(Archosauriformes) from the Late Triassic (middle Norian) Chinle Formation of Arizona and its implications on proposed biostratigraphic corre7
Herpetofaunal diversity changes with climate: evidence from the Quaternary of McEachern’s Deathtrap Cave, southeastern Australia7
Novel record of placodont remains including a Henodus cranium from the Upper Triassic Silves Group of the Algarve, southern Portugal7
Dietary tendencies of the Early Jurassic pterosaurs Campylognathoides Strand, 1928 and Dorygnathus Wagner, 1860, with additional evidence 7
Enigmatic humerus from the mid-Permian of South Africa bridges the anatomical gap between “pelycosaurs” and therapsids7
A new madtsoiid snake from the Paleogene of South America (northwestern Argentina), based on an articulated postcranial skeleton6
A long-necked theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia6
An unexpected early-diverging iguanodontian dinosaur (Ornithischia, Ornithopoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal6
Crocodylian diversity during the early Eocene climatic optimum in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A.6
A new clevosaurid (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of India6
Revealing the diversity of Paleogene cingulates from Brazil: a new species of Parutaetus (Euphractinae) in the Guabirotuba Formation (middle–late Eocene)6
Osteological and taxonomic reassessments of Sahaliyania elunchunorum (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Yuliangzi Formation, northeast China6
New mammalian local faunas from the first ca. 80 ka of the Paleocene in northeastern Montana and a revised model of biotic recovery from the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction6
Earliest evidence of Inostrancevia in the southern hemisphere: new data from the Usili Formation of Tanzania6
Intraspecific variation in molar topography of the early Eocene stem primateMicrosyops latidens(Mammalia, ?Primates)6
Correction5
Diversity through time and space in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, western U.S.A.5
The first small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur from the Lewisville Formation (middle Cenomanian) of Texas5
A saw-toothed eel † Serrivomer glehni sp. nov. from the Miocene of Sakhalin Island, north-western Pacific5
New record of aquatic snakes (Squamata, Palaeophiidae) from the Paleocene of South America5
New fossil remains from Bang Mark locality, Krabi Basin, southern Thailand5
Recent advances in clamshell storage jacketing techniques for vertebrate fossils5
New stegosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Lower Member of the Shaximiao Formation of Chongqing, China5
A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (southern Poland)5
Postcrania and paleobiology of Patriofelis ulta (Mammalia, Oxyaenodonta) of the Bridgerian (lower–middle Eocene) of North America5
An exquisitely preserved skeleton of Eoarctos vorax (nov. gen. et sp.) from Fitterer Ranch, North Dakota (early Oligocene) and systematics and phylogeny of North American early arctoids (Carniv5
Some vertebrate types (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii, and Tetrapoda) from two Paleozoic Lagerstätten of Ohio, U.S.A.5
Paleobiology of Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) derived from three contemporaneous, ontogenetically distinct individuals recovered from Southwestern Iowa, U.S.A.5
Geochemical extraction of ceratopsian remains from ironstone5
Nomenclature, comparative anatomy, and evolution of the reflected lamina of the angular in non-mammalian synapsids5
Testing hypotheses of pteraspid heterostracan feeding using computational fluid dynamics5
A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period4
Melanorosaurus readi Haughton, 1924 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of South Africa: osteology and designation of a lectotype4
Diminutive temnospondyls from the lower and middle Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica4
The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger—XI. Cranial material of a juvenile Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia: Captorhinidae)4
Butyrumichthys henriciigen. et sp. nov.: a new stromateiform fish from the lower Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark4
First occurrence of Sivatherium Falconer and Cautley, 1836 (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Giraffidae) in the Iberian Peninsula4
The extinct shark, Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of central-western Russia—The road to easternmost peri-Tethyan seas4
A new bauriamorph therocephalian adds a novel component to the Lower Triassic tetrapod assemblage of the Fremouw Formation (Transantarctic Basin) of Antarctica4
The oldest occurrence of Crocodylus in Madagascar and the Holocene crocodylian turnover4
A fossil sea turtle (Reptilia, Pan-Cheloniidae) with preserved soft tissues from the Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark4
Postcranial anatomy of Dsungaripterus weii (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, China4
New records of legless squamates from the lowest upper Eocene deposits of the Fayum Depression, Egypt4
Craniomandibular osteology of Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia: Heterodontosauridae) from the upper Lower Jurassic of Argentina4
The oldest articulated ranid from Europe: a Pelophylax specimen from the lowest Oligocene of Chartres-de-Bretagne (N.W. France)4
A review of small-bodied theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of India, with description of new cranial remains of a noasaurid (Theropoda: Abelisauria)4
New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs4
A remarkable Palaeoloxodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) skull from the intermontane Kashmir Valley, India4
Evolutionary convergence in a small cursorial styracosternan ornithopod dinosaur from western Europe4
A new typothoracine aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of India with insights on biostratigraphy, diversification, and paleobiogeography4
First definitive abelisaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Northwestern Argentina4
The ontogenetic growth of Anhangueridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) premaxillary crests as revealed by a crestless Anhanguera specimen4
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil3
A pathological pelagic eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Aetobatidae) tooth plate from the Neogene of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, U.S.A.3
The eldest grandmother, late Miocene †Jenynsia herbstisp. nov. (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), and the early diversification of the Anablepidae3
The osteology of Ferrodraco lentoni, an anhanguerid pterosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia3
A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar3
A juvenile specimen of Sinoconodon rigneyi with new information on pattern of tooth replacement3
Assessing predator–prey interactions during the Late Triassic of India from bite marks onHyperodapedon(Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria)3
Quantifying vascularity in the frontoparietal dome ofStegoceras validum(Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauridae) from high resolution CT scans3
New Fossils and New Developments at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology3
An Upper Miocene marine turtle from Panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA3
Computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapodCrassigyrinus scoticusWatson, 19293
Cranial anatomy of Nythosaurus larvatus Owen, 1876, an Early Triassic cynodont preserving a natural endocast3
A new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont (Synapsida) from a Late Triassic vertebrate assemblage in west Texas, U.S.A.3
A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes3
Is Bunomeryx (Artiodactyla, Homacodontidae) an early tylopod? A re-evaluation of evidence from the otic region, and a clarification of some key anatomical terms3
An unusual Pliocene arvicoline-like cricetid rodent from Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic3
Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, a stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications for the paleoecology of stem turt3
Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the mid-Cretaceous neornithischian dinosaur Oryctodromeus cubicularis Varricchio, 20073
A new Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the upper Pliocene–lower Pleistocene of Uruguay3
The first gravid ichthyosaur from the Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous): a complete Myobradypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 excavated from the border of the Tyndall Glac3
Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaurHudiesaurus sinojapanorumDong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods3
Ancestral radiation of paenungulate mammals (Paenungulatomorpha)—new evidence from the Paleocene of Morocco3
Aragonictis araid, gen. et sp. nov., a small-sized hypercarnivore (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the upper middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)3
Identity of the trilophodont gomphothere from Mixson’s Bone Bed, Florida3
Sauropod tail clubs from the Kota Formation (Lower to Middle Jurassic) of India and their implications for early sauropod evolution3
A ‘long-forgotten’ plesiosaur provides evidence of large-bodied rhomaleosaurids in the Middle Jurassic of Germany3
A yaguarasaurine mosasauroid from the upper Cenomanian−lower Turonian of Coahuila, northern Mexico3
Comments on the cranial and pectoral girdle osteology of Lepidotes gigas (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteiformes) from the Lower Jurassic (lower Toarcian) of Germany3
The first troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia3
A new Rattus species and its associated micromammals from the Pliocene Yangyi Formation in Baoshan, western Yunnan, China2
The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 9. A new species of Gansurhinus (Reptilia: Captorhinidae) and a revision of Chinese captorhinids2
The evolution and diversification of growth strategies in abelisauroid theropods2
Development and homology of the medial parietal ornamentation in centrosaurine ceratopsids (Dinosauria, Ornithischia)2
Unexpected record of the aquatic slothThalassocnus(Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora) in the upper Neogene of the Puna (Jujuy, Argentina)2
Dedication2
A stem therian mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany2
Morphology and taxonomy ofQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)2
Second species ofEusthenodon(Tristichopteridae, Sarcopterygii) from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and a review of globalEusthenodonoccurrence2
Diverse assemblage of Middle Triassic continental tetrapods from the Newark Supergroup of Nova Scotia (Canada)2
The preorbital depression and recess of antiarch placoderms (jawed stem-gnathostomes) revisited from an ontogenetic (saltatory) point of view2
A new dryolestid fossil from the Late Jurassic illuminates molar root structure of dryolestids2
The first eutriconodontan mammal from the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India2
A new hypothesis of eudromaeosaurian evolution: CT scans assist in testing and constructing morphological characters2
A new titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Quseir Formation of the Kharga Oasis, Egypt2
Late Miocene ‘οvibovin’ bovids (Mammalia, Bovidae) from Çorakyerler, Turkey2
New early and middle Eocene artiodactyls from the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China2
New species ofYuomys(Rodentia, Ctenodactyloidea) from the upper Eocene of eastern Ningxia, China2
A new species of Eusthenodon (Sarcopterygii, Tristichopteridae) from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and a review of Eusthenodon taxonomy2
Craniomandibular anatomy of a juvenile specimen of Edmontosaurus regalis Lambe, 1917 clarifies issues in ontogeny and biogeography2
A new gyracanthid (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa2
A new gyracanthid from the Mississippian of Delta, Iowa, U.S.A.2
Phylogenetic relationships of the European trilophosaurids Tricuspisaurus thomasi and Variodens inopinatus2
A new squaloziphiid-like odontocete from the Early Miocene of Patagonia expands the cetacean diversity in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean2
Functional morphology ofQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)2
Correction1
Iguanian lizards (Acrodonta and Pleurodonta) from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of Dormaal, Belgium: the first stages of these iconic reptiles in Europe1
A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the late Oligocene1
Anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of a new silesaurid assemblage from the Carnian beds of south Brazil1
Lyra sherkhana gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of giraffid from the Miocene of the Siwaliks (Pakistan)1
Cranial anatomy of the hypercarnivore Bastetodon syrtos gen. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae) and a reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa1
Correction1
Endocranial anatomy of Allosaurus supports neural trends among non-avian theropod dinosaurs1
A New paratypothoracin aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dharmaram Formation of India and its biostratigraphic implications1
A new amphibamiform (Temnospondyli: Branchiosauridae) from the lower Permian of the Czech Boskovice Basin1
Rare osteohistological evidence of skeletal maturity in the early diverging traversodontid Scalenodon angustifrons , with comments on histological sampling coverage in C1
Taxonomic revision of the giant marine snake genus Pterosphenus Lucas, 1898, based on new fossil material from the middle Eocene (Bartonian) Harudi Formation of Kachchh 1
New sivatheriine giraffid (Ruminantia, Mammalia) craniodental material from the Siwaliks of Pakistan1
A new pelican (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the Upper Miocene of Argentina: new clues about the origin of the New World lineages1
A new species of Pinnarctidion from the Pysht Formation of Washington State (U.S.A.) and a phylogenetic analysis of basal pan-pinnipeds (Eutheria, Carnivora)1
Correction1
New ctenacanth sharks (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Ctenacanthiformes) from the Middle to Late Mississippian of Kentucky and Alabama1
New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae1
Preface1
Correction1
A new species of claroteid catfish (Siluriformes: Claroteidae) from the Eocene of Egypt, (Africa) indicates continental differences in tempo of catfish evolution1
Morphology of the toothed mysticete Fucaia goedertorum and a reassessment of Aetiocetidae (Cetacea, Mysticeti)1
Correction1
A replacement name for Sullivania Čerňanský et al., 2023, non Sullivania Palmer, 19471
A combined approach to identify isolated theropod teeth from the Cenomanian Kem Kem Group of Morocco: cladistic, discriminant, and machine learning analyses1
On the alleged perissodactyl affinities of the “condylarth”Escribania chubutensisand other endemic South American ungulate-like placentals1
Limb bone histology of theropod dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic of South Africa1
Turtle eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Hasandong Formation (South Korea) with relict aragonite under significant thermal maturity1
A new proterotheriid (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (upper Oligocene): phylogeny and litoptern patellar pit knee locks1
First taeniodonts (Mammalia, Taeniodonta) from the Paleocene of Canada1
A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand1
Fossil frogs from the upper Miocene of southwestern Brazilian Amazonia (Solimões Formation, Acre Basin).1
A new ornithomimid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan1
First records of Ischnacanthiformes (“Acanthodii”) from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in north-central Pennsylvania, U.S.A.1
An early-diverging crocodylomorph from the early Norian (Late Triassic) of Texas demonstrates a wide distribution of early members across low-latitude Pangea1
Implications of discoveries of the shovel-tusked gomphothere Konobelodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) in Eurasia for the status of Amebelodon 1
Giant Late Triassic ichthyosaurs from the Kössen Formation of the Swiss Alps and their paleobiological implications1
Fossil vertebrates from a unique marine bonebed of the Upper Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas, U.S.A.: new insights into the paleoecology of the Niobrara Formation1
New fossils from the London Clay show that the Eocene Masillaraptoridae are stem group representatives of falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)1
Evaluation of the photosensory characteristics of the lateral and pineal eyes of Plioplatecarpus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) based on an exceptionally preserved specimen fr1
New Early Cretaceous zalambdalestid stem placental mammal from Mongolia and evolution of Zalambdalestidae1
A new ornithuromorph bird from the Lower Cretaceous of South America1
Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and their implications for the evolution of visual capabilities1
First occurrence of pterosaurs in Ukraine from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Burim Formation, Kaniv Natural Reserve1
An anatomical reappraisal of the dwarf crocodylian Arambourgia gaudryi from the Eocene of Quercy (France) using CT data and its implications for the phylogeny and paleoe1
Integumentary impressions on hadrosaurid specimens from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada: implications for integument patterns and hand morphology1
A sauropodomorph (Dinosauria, Saurischia) specimen from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil and the early increase in size in Sauropodomorpha1
A new drepanosauromorph (Diapsida) from East–Central New Mexico and diversity of drepanosaur morphology and ecology at the Upper Triassic Homestead Site at Garita Creek (Triassic: mid-Norian)1
Protocol for electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of fossil eggshells1
The first report of cf.Zygolophodon(Mammalia, Proboscidea, Mammutidae) from the Upper Miocene of Kutch, India1
A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles1
Intraspecific craniomandibular and dental analysis of Pseudotypotherium exiguum (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata) from Monte Hermoso, late Neogene, Buenos Aires Province, Ar1
A new thin sectioning method for observation of higher resolution images in bone histomorphology1
Revision of the Late Miocene hornless rhinocerotids from Samos Island (Greece) with the designation of neotypes and implications for the European chilotheres1
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