Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is 2. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Novel record of placodont remains including a Henodus cranium from the Upper Triassic Silves Group of the Algarve, southern Portugal24
Exploring the three-dimensional vasculature of dermal hard tissues in thyestiid osteostracans using synchrotron radiation microtomography17
Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki , gen. et sp. nov., an archaic dolphin from the Central Paratethys (Early Miocene, Austria)17
Dietary tendencies of the Early Jurassic pterosaurs Campylognathoides Strand, 1928 and Dorygnathus Wagner, 1860, with additional evidence 16
A new phytosaur species (Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Jameson Land, central East Greenland16
A new predatory actinopterygian from the Tournaisian of Nova Scotia provides insight into the evolution of actinopterygian feeding15
Correction14
A new madtsoiid snake from the Paleogene of South America (northwestern Argentina), based on an articulated postcranial skeleton14
A reassessment of protoceratid vertebrarterial canal morphology14
A long-necked theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia13
Alickmeron Sen & Ray, 2025 is an objective junior synonym of Alwalkeria Chatterjee & Creisler, 199413
Anatomy of the skull and inner ear cavity of the North American Eocene turtle Echmatemys based on high-resolution computed tomography and its implication13
A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania12
Assessing predator–prey interactions during the Late Triassic of India from bite marks onHyperodapedon(Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria)12
An Upper Miocene marine turtle from Panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA12
A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar11
A re-evaluation of the notosuchian crocodyliform Eremosuchus elkoholicus from the lower Eocene of Algeria and the evolutionary and biogeographic history 11
Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, a stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications for the paleoecol11
Coelacanthiform fishes of the British Rhaetian11
Biogeographic and biostratigraphic implications of a new species of Swaindelphys (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the Paleocene (Tiffanian) Black Peaks Format11
Cranial anatomy of the hypercarnivore Bastetodon syrtos gen. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae) and a reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa10
First Neogene bat from India: implications for a possible radiation of Vespertilioninae during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum10
A new gyracanthid (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa9
A new itasuchid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Early Cretaceous of Mali and the ancient Paleo-Tegama river system of Gondwana9
Revision of the Late Miocene hornless rhinocerotids from Samos Island (Greece) with the designation of neotypes and implications for the European chilotheres8
A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles8
First records of Ischnacanthiformes (“Acanthodii”) from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in north-central Pennsylvania, U.S.A.8
The first articulated skull roof and braincase of Melvius chauliodous (Amiidae, Vidalamiinae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico8
The first geikiid dicynodont, Aulacephalodon kapoliwacela , sp. nov. (Therapsida, Anomodontia), from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zambia8
A new paratypothoracin aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dharmaram Formation of India and its biostratigraphic implications8
Intraspecific craniomandibular and dental analysis of Pseudotypotherium exiguum (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata) from Monte Hermoso, late Neogene, Buenos Aires Province, Ar8
Mammutid proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Mammutidae) from the Upper Miocene of Hayranli-Haliminhani, Sivas Basin, Türkiye8
New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae8
A bite to the throat: a probable Xiphactinus attack on a Polycotylus from the Cretaceous Mooreville Chalk 7
Oldest record of Cenozoic terrestrial vertebrates (Chiroptera) from Madagascar7
A new moradisaurine captorhinid from the Upper Permian (Lopingian) upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia7
Revised nomenclature for a Miocene giraffid: Lyrakeryx sherkana nomen novum from the Siwaliks of Pakistan7
The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia7
A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia7
New material of Hyaenictis graeca (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the Upper Miocene of Greece7
The ontogenetically youngest known pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) postcranium7
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 7
First occurrence of an acipenseriform (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England7
New enchodontoid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon7
Taxonomic reassessment of archosaurs with dinosaurian affinities from the lower fauna of the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of India and their significance6
Comparative braincase morphology ofTrilophosaurus buettneriand the early evolution of the pan-archosaurian neurocranium6
A new cryptodont dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Lopingian Usili Formation, Ruhuhu Basin, Tanzania6
A new eutherian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Bayinshire Formation of Mongolia6
The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger—XII. The osteoderms of Bunostegos akokanensis (Parareptilia: Pareiasauria)6
A new early diverging thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) from the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Dorset, U.K. and implications for the origin and evolution of the group6
The first occurrence of Cainochoerus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Suidae) from the Upper Miocene Lemudong’o Formation, Kenya6
Early synapsids from the Cisuralian (lower Permian) Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil: the first definitive South American “pelycosaurs”6
Fossil evidence of exceptionally large egg-clutches sheds light on reproductive diversity in Late Cretaceous crocodyliforms from Brazil6
Hybodontiform shark remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower Triassic of Yunnan Province, China, with comments on hybodontiform diversity across the PTB6
A doswelliid archosauriform from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stuttgart Formation of Thuringia (Germany)6
Three-dimensional anatomy of the early Eocene Whitephippus (Teleostei, Lampriformes) documents parallel conquests of the pelagic environment by multiple 6
The earliest occurrence of Equus in South Asia6
First rhynchocephalian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Cretaceous–Paleogene of India6
Patterns and function of pneumaticity in the vertebrae, ribs, and ilium of a titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas6
Pliocene Pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean Plateau5
Classification of dinosaur footprints using machine learning5
Permian origins of the Lystrosauridae (Therapsida: Dicynodontia)5
The first gravid ichthyosaur from the Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous): a complete Myobradypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 excavated from the border of the Tyndall Glac5
A new turiasaur (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) specimen from the Middle Jurassic of India5
Eco-phenotypic diversity in European Middle Pleistocene Hippopotamus populations5
A new antarctaspid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China5
Dental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea)5
New tetrapod remains help constrain the age of a peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil5
New Fossils and New Developments at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology5
Crocodylian diversity during the early Eocene climatic optimum in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A.5
The first occurrence of Cyonosaurus (Therapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the Luangwa Basin of Zambia5
A deciduous basilosaurid incisor with a split mesial carina from the upper Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctica5
Revision of the longirostrine crocodylian Thoracosaurus isorhynchus from the Maastrichtian–Danian of northwestern Europe5
Diminutive temnospondyls from the lower and middle Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica5
On the taxonomic status of Tharrhias castellanoi Duarte and Santos, 1962 (Gonorynchiformes, Chanidae)5
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil4
Computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapodCrassigyrinus scoticusWatson, 19294
New specimens of Eucoelophysis baldwini from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, northern New Mexico, U.S.A., and their implications for the evolution o4
Correction4
Cranial anatomy of Nythosaurus larvatus Owen, 1876, an Early Triassic cynodont preserving a natural endocast4
The extinct shark, Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of central-western Russia—The road to easternmost peri-Tethyan seas4
Ontogenetic assessment from dorsal ribs in a mature titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas4
A new articulated Upper Devonian (upper Famennian) groenlandaspidid fish (Arthrodira) from Belarus4
Correction4
Postcranial anatomy of Dsungaripterus weii (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, China4
New records of diverse small reptiles with thecodont implantation from the Carboniferous–Permian Halgaito Formation (Cutler Group) of southeastern Utah, U.S.A.4
A new old Budgett frog: an articulated skeleton of an Early Pliocene Lepidobatrachus (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from western Argentina4
A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand4
The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptileCoelurosauravus elivensisPiveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian of Madagascar4
The ontogenetic growth of Anhangueridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) premaxillary crests as revealed by a crestless Anhanguera specimen4
A multi-method approach to deciphering the paleobiology of a mosasaur from South Africa4
Craniomandibular osteology of Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia: Heterodontosauridae) from the upper Lower Jurassic of Argentina4
A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period4
Jurassic teleost diversity and abundance changes, recorded by otolith and cephalopod statolith assemblages4
The paleobiology of a new osmeriform fish species from Australia4
A new proterotheriid (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (upper Oligocene): phylogeny and litoptern patellar pit knee locks4
Rare osteohistological evidence of skeletal maturity in the early diverging traversodontid Scalenodon angustifrons , with comments on histological sampling coverage in C4
A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes4
Comments on the cranial and pectoral girdle osteology of Lepidotes gigas (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteiformes) from the Lower Jurassic (lower Toarcian) of Germany4
Overabundance of abelisaurid teeth in the Açu Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Potiguar Basin, Northeastern Brazil: morphometric, cladistic and machine learning approaches3
The earliest known North American bovid, Neotragocerus3
New specimen and redescription of Anisodontosaurus greeri (Moenkopi Formation: Middle Triassic) and the spatiotemporal origins of Trilophosauridae3
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 (Carniv3
Patterns of postcranial fusion in the emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae ) and Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus3
A new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont (Synapsida) from a Late Triassic vertebrate assemblage in west Texas, U.S.A.3
A juvenile specimen of Sinoconodon rigneyi with new information on pattern of tooth replacement3
The earliest European Azhdarchoid: reappraisal of “ Palaeorniscliftii Mantell, 1844 from the Wealden of3
Gorgonops and Endothiodon (Synapsida: Therapsida) from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation: evidence of a previously unreported tetrapod biozone in the 3
New fossils, new ideas: selected contributions of vertebrate paleontology to scientific knowledge3
The reproducibility crisis in phylogenetic analyses3
A new species of Lates (Perciformes, Latidae) from the Late Miocene of Ukraine and notes on the latest records of lates perches in the Eastern Paratethys3
A continental Messinian vertebrate fauna from the Ouedhref area, Southeast Tunisia3
The first southern hemisphere occurrence of the extinct Cretaceous sclerorhynchoid sawfish Ptychotrygon (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea), with a review of Ptychotrygon taxonomy3
Ancestral radiation of paenungulate mammals (Paenungulatomorpha)—new evidence from the Paleocene of Morocco3
The oldest articulated ranid from Europe: a Pelophylax specimen from the lowest Oligocene of Chartres-de-Bretagne (N.W. France)3
A new typothoracine aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of India with insights on biostratigraphy, diversification, and paleobiogeography3
A platypterygiid ichthyosaur from the Cenomanian of central New Zealand3
A new large species of weakfish (Acanthuriformes: Sciaenidae: Cynoscion ) from the Upper Miocene of Argentina3
The skull and pectoral girdle of a large gar that lived ∼2000 years after the Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction event3
A new lizard-like reptile with unusual mandibular neurovasculature from the Upper Triassic of Virginia3
A new anthracothere (Hippopotamoidea, Anthracotheriidae) from Oligocene deposits of southern Thailand3
New fossil mammal remains from the Chorrillo Formation (Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina3
New well-preserved materials ofGlossotherium chapadmalense(Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pliocene of Argentina shed light on the origin and evolution of the genus3
Evolutionary convergence in a small cursorial styracosternan ornithopod dinosaur from western Europe3
A new clevosaurid (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of India3
Gigantic burrfish (Tetraodontiformes: Diodontidae) tooth plate batteries from the Pliocene Yorktown Formation on the submerged continental shelf, North Carolina, U.S.A.3
New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs3
A new onychodontid (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii) from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of Devon Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada3
Sauropod tail clubs from the Kota Formation (Lower to Middle Jurassic) of India and their implications for early sauropod evolution3
High paleolatitude onychodont and rhizodont remains from the upper Famennian (Upper Devonian) Waterloo Farm lagerstätte of South Africa3
Paleoecological implications of the large mammals from a late glacial hyena den at Besaansklip (southwestern Cape, South Africa)3
Taxonomic revision and type specimens’ location of jianghanichthyids (Ostariophysii: Cypriniformes) from Buxin Formation, Sanshui Basin, China3
New record of aquatic snakes (Squamata, Palaeophiidae) from the Paleocene of South America2
Earliest evidence of Inostrancevia in the southern hemisphere: new data from the Usili Formation of Tanzania2
Testing hypotheses of pteraspid heterostracan feeding using computational fluid dynamics2
Biomechanical skull performance in the meiolaniid Niolamia argentina (Testudinata: Meiolaniidae) using finite element analysis2
A new pan-shinisaur lizard (Anguimorpha) from the lower Campanian of Villeveyrac (Hérault, France)2
Assignment of nomen protectum status to Eugnathus [ =  Furo ] orthostomus Agassiz, 18422
First report of “ Mammut ” (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Upper Miocene of Turkey2
New species and records of Kowalskia (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from Lufengpithecus hominoid locality of Yuanm2
A latest Paleocene mammal fauna from the Great Divide Basin in southern Wyoming and a revised biozonation of the Clarkforkian land mammal age2
Integumentary impressions on hadrosaurid specimens from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada: implications for integument patterns and hand morphology2
A previously unreported form of dorsal rib pneumaticity in Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and implications for pneumatic variation among diplodocid dorsal ribs2
A new genus and species of aquatic snake (Squamata: Alethinophidia) from the Paleocene (upper Danian) Porters Creek Formation of Alabama, U.S.A.2
A new species of Palacrodon and a unique form of tooth attachment in reptiles2
A new gyracanthid from the Mississippian of Delta, Iowa, U.S.A.2
Fossil evidence for earlier radiation in istiophorid billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoriformes) uncovered by comparative morphology of the caudal vertebrae2
A new squaloziphiid-like odontocete from the Early Miocene of Patagonia expands the cetacean diversity in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean2
Morphology of the toothed mysticete Fucaia goedertorum and a reassessment of Aetiocetidae (Cetacea, Mysticeti)2
A new assemblage of Lower Triassic neoselachians (Chondrichthyes) from the Grippia Bonebed of Spitsbergen, Norway2
Nomenclature, comparative anatomy, and evolution of the reflected lamina of the angular in non-mammalian synapsids2
Revealing the diversity of Paleogene cingulates from Brazil: a new species of Parutaetus (Euphractinae) in the Guabirotuba Formation (middle–late Eocene)2
Reassessment of Tegehotherium burmeisteri Ameghino 1903–1904 ( Notoungulata , Hegetotheriidae ) and a new p2
New data on the early Badenian (Middle Miocene) bony fishes of the Forecarpathian Basin2
Wild South American camelids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): a review of their evolutionary and biogeographic history2
A new freshwater lonchidiid hybodontiform shark (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Triassic Momonoki Formation in Yamaguchi, Japan2
First record of cf. Aenocyon dirus (Leidy, 1858) (Carnivora, Canidae), from the Upper Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile2
A reappraisal of tyrannosauroid fossils from the Iren Dabasu Formation (Coniacian–Campanian), Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China2
A new thyreophoran ichnotaxon from British Columbia, Canada confirms the presence of ankylosaurid dinosaurs in the mid Cretaceous of North America2
The paleohistology of †Araripichthys castilhoifrom the Lower Cretaceous of Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil: a typical case of basal teleost2
Second species ofEusthenodon(Tristichopteridae, Sarcopterygii) from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and a review of globalEusthenodonoccurrence2
Early Eocene pelodryadid from the Tingamarra Local Fauna, Murgon, southeastern Queensland, Australia, and a new fossil calibration for molecular phylogenies of frogs2
A new Rattus species and its associated micromammals from the Pliocene Yangyi Formation in Baoshan, western Yunnan, China2
First occurrence of the eutherian mammal Asioryctes nemegtensis from the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, and a revised alpha taxonomy based on the skull and dentiti2
Taxonomic status of ‘Palaeoniscum delessei’ (early Permian, Bourbon-l’Archambault Basin, Allier, France)2
Skeletal morphology of an early ichthyopterygian, cf. Utatsusaurus hataii , from Japan with an emphasis on CT scan data of the skull2
A new species of Urva (Herpestidae, Carnivora) from late Upper Pleistocene deposits of East Fissure-Fillings, Fanchang, Anhui Province of Eastern China2
Cranial and postcranial remains of a new species of Cimolodon (Mammalia, Multituberculata, Cimolodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) El Gallo2
New Early Cretaceous zalambdalestid stem placental mammal from Mongolia and evolution of Zalambdalestidae2
The first small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur from the Lewisville Formation (middle Cenomanian) of Texas2
A saw-toothed eel † Serrivomer glehni sp. nov. from the Miocene of Sakhalin Island, north-western Pacific2
Reidentification of the holotype specimen of Trilophosaurus buettneri Case, 1928 (Archosauromorpha, Trilophosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Crosby County, Texas, U.2
Paleobiology of Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) derived from three contemporaneous, ontogenetically distinct individuals recovered from Southwestern Iowa, U.S.A.2
Correction2
Astrapotheria from the Las Flores Formation (?lower Eocene) and the dawn of astrapotheres in Patagonia2
Dicynodontoides kubwa , sp. nov. (Synapsida: Anomodontia), a new large emydopoid from the base of the Usili Formation (Ruhuhu Basin, Tanzania)2
A new lungfish from the Upper Triassic of the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe2
Lyra sherkhana gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of giraffid from the Miocene of the Siwaliks (Pakistan)2
The first Paleozoic temnospondyl from Zambia: a new species of Rhineceps from the Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Mid-Zambezi Basin2
Dental replacement patterns and morphological diversity in lower Jurassic sauropods from the Cañadón Asfalto Basin, Patagonia, Argentina2
Early Cretaceous radiation of teleosts recorded by the otolith-based ichthyofauna from the Valanginian of Wąwał, central Poland2
New rhizodontid (Tetrapodomorpha, Sarcopterygii) material from Romer’s Gap (Tournaisian) of the Ballagan Formation (Scotland, U.K.)2
Evolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of new carcharodontosaurian, megaraptorid, and unenlagiine theropod remains from the upper Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, southeast Australia2
Enigmatic humerus from the mid-Permian of South Africa bridges the anatomical gap between “pelycosaurs” and therapsids2
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