OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
A new genus of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany	30
Individual, ontogenetic, and phylogenetic variation in the dentition of hadrosaurids (Iguanodontia: Ornithischia)	24
New material of the Early Devonian sarcopterygian Styloichthys changae illuminates the origin of cosmine	17
Revision of Romanian sauropod dinosaurs reveals high titanosaur diversity and body-size disparity on the latest Cretaceous Haţeg Island, with implications for titanosaurian biogeography	16
Unravelling the identity of the platanistoid Notocetus vanbenedeni Moreno, 1892 (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the early Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina)	15
A new entelodont (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the late Eocene of China and its phylogenetic implications	15
New material of Dolichochampsa minima (Archosauria: Crocodylia) from the Cretaceous–Palaeogene El Molino Formation of Bolivia sheds light on the early ev	12
A new aetiocetid (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Aetiocetidae) from the late Oligocene of Mexico	12
A skeletally immature specimen provides new information on the cranial osteology and intraspecific variation of Soturnia caliodon (Procolophonidae: Leptopleuroninae), Up	11
A post-hatchling rhynchosaur from the Brazilian Triassic and the ontogenetic development of key characters within Hyperodapedontinae	11
Earliest gobioid fishes were coral-reef associated dwarfs: New evidence from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy	10
TheTapirusfrom Camp dels Ninots (NE Iberia): implications for morphology, morphometry and phylogeny of Neogene Tapiridae	10
Untangling the tree or unravelling the consensus? Recent developments in the quest to resolve the broad-scale relationships within Dinosauria	9
Redescription of the Late Oligocene heterodont odontocete Eosqualodon langewieschei from the historic Doberg of Bünde, Germany	9
An earliest Paleocene squirrelfish (Teleostei: Beryciformes: Holocentroidea) and its bearing on the timescale of holocentroid evolution	9
Extended Lissamphibia: a tale of character non-independence, analytical parameters and islands of trees	9
Phylogenetic relationships of Unenlagiidae among Paraves (Dinosauria)	8
Editorial	8
Comptonatus chasei , a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England	8
The phylogeny of Macraucheniidae (Mammalia, Panperissodactyla, Litopterna) at the genus level	7
A neotype and reassessment of phylogenetic relationships of the fossil lizard C alanguban alamoi from the Crato Formation (Early Cretaceous, Brazil)	7
A new stem geomyoid helps elucidate the palaeoecology and evolutionary history of geomorph rodents	7
Phylogenetic analysis of the gastropod genus Calliotropis Seguenza, 1902 (Vetigastropoda: Calliotropidae), including fossil and living species	7
A new freshwater gobioid from the Lower Miocene of Turkey in a significantly amended total evidence phylogenetic framework	7
A new species of Elkanemys (Pleurodira: Pelomedusoides) from the Portezuelo Formation (Turonian–Coniacian) of Patagonia, Argentina	7

A new species of Plohophorus Ameghino (Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) from the latest Pliocene–earliest Pleistocene of the Pampean Region (Argentina): the last survivor of a	7
Objective identification of Lepidocyclina (Foraminifera) species from the Eocene of Cuba based on growth-invariant morphometric characters	7
Editorial	6
Towards a unifying systematic scheme of fossil and living billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoridae)	6
New material of Miotragocerus (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) from northern China and its systematic implications	6
A new proterochampsid (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsia) from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the emergence of archosaurian hind limb traits	6
Double-armoured herrings (Clupeomorpha: Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Pietraroja (Southern Italy)	5
Comment on ‘Objective identification of Lepidocyclina (Foraminifera) species from the Eocene of Cuba based on growth-invariant morphometric characters’	5
Helmetia expansa Walcott, 1918 revisited – new insights into the internal anatomy, moulting and phylogeny of Conciliterga	5
Osteology, taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities of a new pseudosuchian archosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern Brazil	5
Phylogeny of the Ordovician and Silurian members of the order Atrypida	5
A nearly complete skeleton of a new eusphenodontian from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA, provides insight into the evolution and diversity of Rhynchocephalia (Reptilia: Lepidosaur	5
A new tanystropheid (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and the biogeographical origin of Tanystropheidae	5
First Byzantinia from Afro-Arabia and the evolutionary history of extinct cricetodontine rodents investigated through Bayesian phylogenetic inference	5
First fossil evidence for a new frog from the Early Cretaceous of the Jiuquan Basin, Gansu Province, north-western China	5
The anatomy and taxonomy of the North African Early Miocene crocodylian ‘ Tomistoma ’ dowsoni and the phylogenetic relationships of gavial	5
New rodents shed light on the age and ecology of late Miocene ape locality of Tapar (Gujarat, India)	5
Species of Inversiulidae Vigneaux, 1949 (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) in the early Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina), with a phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical analysis of the family	5
A new species of Charnia from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland reveals novel insights on the taxonomy, palaeobiology and palaeoecology of the Charnida (Rang	5
Appendicular osteology of Skorpiovenator bustingorryi (Theropoda, Abelisauridae) with comments on phylogenetic features of abelisaurids	5
Silurian phyllocarid crustaceans (Phyllocarida, Archaeostraca) from South China	4
Two new genera of killifish (Cyprinodontiformes) from the Middle Miocene of the Bugojno Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina: insights into the lost diversity of Valenciidae	4
A new radiodont from the lower Cambrian (Series 2 Stage 3) Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China informs the evolution of feeding structures in radiodonts	4
The first fossil true cricket (Grylloidea, †Baissogryllidae) from the Middle Jurassic of north-western China and its systematic implications	4
Cornualbus primus gen. et sp. nov.: a new procolophonid (Reptilia: Parareptilia) from Upper Triassic of South America, first tetrapod from the Passo das Tropas Member of the Santa M	4
A new borioteiioid lizard with large caniniform tooth from the Upper Cretaceous of South China	4
New dinosaur remains increase theropod diversity in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Lower Jurassic), Chubut Province, Argentina	4
X-ray microtomography of the late Carboniferous whip scorpions (Arachnida, Thelyphonida) Geralinura britannica and Proschizomus petrunkevitchi	4
Gujaratia indica, the oldest artiodactyl (Mammalia) from South Asia: new dental material and phylogenetic relationships	4
Galesphyrus capensis from the Permian of South Africa and the origin of Neodiapsida	4
The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Brachylepadomorpha and Verrucomorpha	3
A new tiny eutherian from the Late Cretaceous of Alaska	3
Orea leptia : discovery of a new genus and species with the slenderest metatarsal among ruminants (Giraffidae, Mammalia)	3
Taxonomic review, ontogeny and phylogeny of the aeduellids from the upper Carboniferous Decazeville Basin (Aveyron, France)	3
Redescription of Pteronisculus gunnari (Nielsen, 1942) from a juvenile specimen from the Early Triassic of East Greenland, with implications for the onto	3
Phylogenetic affinities and evolution of the Early Cambrian hexangulaconulariids	3
Why extant, why not extinct? A new extinct Latonia species (Anura: Discoglossidae) from the Early Pleistocene of the Apennine Peninsula provides clues on	3
Occurrence of Styxosaurus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) in the Cenomanian: implications for relationships of elasmosaurids of the Western Interior Seaway	3
Redescription of a Middle Devonian placoderm from Manitoba and comments on the polyphyly of Eastmanosteus (Arthrodira: Eubrachythoraci)	3
Echoes from the Miocene: tracing the anatomy and phylogeny of Prosqualodon australis (Cetacea: Odontoceti)	3
A new fossil from the Late Miocene of Piedmont (north-western Italy) sheds light on the evolution of the Cetotheriidae (Mammalia: Cetacea: Mysticeti)	2
New odonatans (Odonata: Gomphaeschnidae; Synlestidae) from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation: systematic and biogeographical implications	2
Phylogeny of the longest existing gastropod clade (Pleurotomariida) reconstructed with Bayesian and parsimony methods and its implications on gastropod shell characters	2
The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the armoured dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora)	2
Careful amendment of morphological data sets improves phylogenetic frameworks: re-evaluating placement of the fossil Amiskwia sagittiformis	2
A new platanistoid (Odontoceti: Squalodelphinidae) from the Early Miocene of Japan	2
Xinjiangchelyid turtles from the Middle Jurassic of the Berezovsk coal mine (Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia): systematics, skeletal morphology, variation, relationships and palaeobiogeographic implicat	2
A new titanosaurian sauropod, Gandititan cavocaudatus gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of southern China	2
A reappraisal of the morphology and systematics of Exutaspis megista , a brachythoracid arthrodire from the Early Devonian of Yunnan, China	2
New data on the skull of Protorosaurus speneri (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) and their phylogenetic significance	2

Silicified cupulate seed-bearing structures from the Early Cretaceous of eastern Inner Mongolia, China: rethinking the corystosperm concept	2
A new late Permian archosauromorph reptile from Germany enhances our understanding of the early diversity of the clade	2
A new pipid from the Cretaceous of Africa (In Becetèn, Niger) and early evolution of the Pipidae	2
Vectipelta barretti , a new ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, UK	2
A new polyglyphanodontian lizard with a complete lower temporal bar from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China	2
Tentacular nature of the ‘column’ of the Cambrian diploblastic Xianguangia sinica	2
Taxonomic revision of the late Permian dicynodont genus Endothiodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia)	2