OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A long-necked theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia	31
A new phytosaur species (Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Jameson Land, central East Greenland	31
Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki , gen. et sp. nov., an archaic dolphin from the Central Paratethys (Early Miocene, Austria)	15
Exploring the three-dimensional vasculature of dermal hard tissues in thyestiid osteostracans using synchrotron radiation microtomography	14
Novel record of placodont remains including a Henodus cranium from the Upper Triassic Silves Group of the Algarve, southern Portugal	14
A new predatory actinopterygian from the Tournaisian of Nova Scotia provides insight into the evolution of actinopterygian feeding	13
A new madtsoiid snake from the Paleogene of South America (northwestern Argentina), based on an articulated postcranial skeleton	13
Dietary tendencies of the Early Jurassic pterosaurs Campylognathoides Strand, 1928 and Dorygnathus Wagner, 1860, with additional evidence	13
A reassessment of protoceratid vertebrarterial canal morphology	12
New stegosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Lower Member of the Shaximiao Formation of Chongqing, China	12
A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania	11
Quantifying vascularity in the frontoparietal dome ofStegoceras validum(Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauridae) from high resolution CT scans	10
Assessing predator–prey interactions during the Late Triassic of India from bite marks onHyperodapedon(Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria)	10
An Upper Miocene marine turtle from Panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA	10
Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, a stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications for the paleoecology of stem turt	9
A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar	9
A new gyracanthid (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa	8
A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles	8
A new hypothesis of eudromaeosaurian evolution: CT scans assist in testing and constructing morphological characters	8
A new itasuchid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Early Cretaceous of Mali and the ancient Paleo-Tegama river system of Gondwana	8
Biogeographic and biostratigraphic implications of a new species of Swaindelphys (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the Paleocene (Tiffanian) Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend Na	8
A new paratypothoracin aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dharmaram Formation of India and its biostratigraphic implications	7
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
Comparative braincase morphology ofTrilophosaurus buettneriand the early evolution of the pan-archosaurian neurocranium	7
First records of Ischnacanthiformes (“Acanthodii”) from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in north-central Pennsylvania, U.S.A.	7

The first articulated skull roof and braincase of Melvius chauliodous (Amiidae, Vidalamiinae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico	7
Cranial anatomy of the hypercarnivore Bastetodon syrtos gen. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae) and a reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa	7
Revision of the Late Miocene hornless rhinocerotids from Samos Island (Greece) with the designation of neotypes and implications for the European chilotheres	7
New enchodontoid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon	7
Intraspecific craniomandibular and dental analysis of Pseudotypotherium exiguum (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata) from Monte Hermoso, late Neogene, Buenos Aires Province, Ar	7
The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia	7
New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae	7
A new early diverging thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) from the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Dorset, U.K. and implications for the origin and evolution of the group	7
First occurrence of an acipenseriform (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England	6
New material of Hyaenictis graeca (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the Upper Miocene of Greece	6
Pliocene Pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean Plateau	6
Patterns and function of pneumaticity in the vertebrae, ribs, and ilium of a titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas	6
Oldest record of Cenozoic terrestrial vertebrates (Chiroptera) from Madagascar	6
Revised nomenclature for a Miocene giraffid: Lyrakeryx sherkana nomen novum from the Siwaliks of Pakistan	6
First rhynchocephalian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Cretaceous–Paleogene of India	6
Three-dimensional anatomy of the early Eocene Whitephippus (Teleostei, Lampriformes) documents parallel conquests of the pelagic environment by multiple teleost lineages	6
A doswelliid archosauriform from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stuttgart Formation of Thuringia (Germany)	6
A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia	6
The earliest occurrence of Equus in South Asia	6
Herpetofaunal diversity changes with climate: evidence from the Quaternary of McEachern’s Deathtrap Cave, southeastern Australia	5
Habitat of the giant pterosaurQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea): a paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Javelina Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Big Bend National Pa	5
Crocodylian diversity during the early Eocene climatic optimum in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A.	5
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil	5
The extinct shark, Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of central-western Russia—The road to easternmost peri-Tethyan seas	5
Diminutive temnospondyls from the lower and middle Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica	5
Hybodontiform shark remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower Triassic of Yunnan Province, China, with comments on hybodontiform diversity across the PTB	5
Classification of dinosaur footprints using machine learning	5
A multi-method approach to deciphering the paleobiology of a mosasaur from South Africa	5
A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes	5
The ontogenetic growth of Anhangueridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) premaxillary crests as revealed by a crestless Anhanguera specimen	5
A new eutherian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Bayinshire Formation of Mongolia	5
Dental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea)	5
Two exceptionally preserved juvenile specimens of Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae, Albertosaurinae) provide new insight into the timing of ontogenetic changes in tyrannosaurids	5
Postcranial anatomy of Dsungaripterus weii (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, China	5
A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period	5
Comments on the cranial and pectoral girdle osteology of Lepidotes gigas (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteiformes) from the Lower Jurassic (lower Toarcian) of Germany	4
Computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapodCrassigyrinus scoticusWatson, 1929	4
A new proterotheriid (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (upper Oligocene): phylogeny and litoptern patellar pit knee locks	4
A new old Budgett frog: an articulated skeleton of an Early Pliocene Lepidobatrachus (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from western Argentina	4
A new anthracothere (Hippopotamoidea, Anthracotheriidae) from Oligocene deposits of southern Thailand	4
The first gravid ichthyosaur from the Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous): a complete Myobradypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 excavated from the border of the Tyndall Glac	4
Craniomandibular osteology of Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia: Heterodontosauridae) from the upper Lower Jurassic of Argentina	4
Cranial anatomy of Nythosaurus larvatus Owen, 1876, an Early Triassic cynodont preserving a natural endocast	4
An early-diverging crocodylomorph from the early Norian (Late Triassic) of Texas demonstrates a wide distribution of early members across low-latitude Pangea	4
A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the late Oligocene	4
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 Paratethys	4
New Fossils and New Developments at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology	4
Functional morphology ofQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)	4
A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand	4
The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptileCoelurosauravus elivensisPiveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian of Madagascar	4

The paleobiology of a new osmeriform fish species from Australia	4
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 Formation	4
Rare osteohistological evidence of skeletal maturity in the early diverging traversodontid Scalenodon angustifrons , with comments on histological sampling coverage in C	4