OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
New predatory beetle larvae from about 100 million years ago and possible niche differentiation effects in the Kachin amber forest	29
Massospondylus embryos and hatchling provide new insights into early sauropodomorph ontogeny	20
Middle Devonian ichnofossils from Hamar Laghdad (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)	19
Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Upper Cretaceous fossil fish Konservat-Lagerstätten of Lebanon	16
A new suction feeder and miniature teleosteomorph, Marcopoloichthys mirigioliensis, from the lower Besano Formation (late Anisian) of Monte San Giorgio	13
Cranium of Sipalocyon externus (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) with remarks on the paleoneurology of hathliacynids and insights into the Early Miocene sparassodonts of Patagonia, Argentina	12
A reappraisal of the vegetation from the dinosaur-bearing Bahariya Formation (lower Cenomanian; Cretaceous), Egypt	12
Late Miocene Tapiridae from Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula): taxonomic and paleoenvironmental implications	11
Pachycormid fish fed on octobrachian cephalopods: new evidence from the ‘Schistes bitumineux’ (early Toarcian) of southern Luxembourg	11
New data on the marine Upper Triassic palaeobiota from the Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte in Austria	11
Dental remains of ‘Parachleuastochoerus’ valentini (Suidae: Tetraconodontinae) from the early Late Miocene of Sant Quirze (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): taxonomic and phylogenetic impli	11
An almost complete cranium of Asoriculus gibberodon (Petényi, 1864) (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the early Pliocene of the Jradzor site, Armenia	11
Integrated palynology and sedimentology of the Mississippian of the Tisdafine Basin (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)	10
Upper Jurassic dinosaur tracks from the Majala Formation in the Huatacondo area (Tarapacá Basin, Chile): reappraisal of known localities and new tracksite discoveries	9
PG-18: turtles reach adult shell shapes at about 65% maximum carapace length	9
Xenarthrans of the collection of Santiago Roth from the Pampean Region of Argentina (Pleistocene), in Zurich, Switzerland	8
Correction: Impact of increasing morphological information by micro-CT scanning on the phylogenetic placement of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in amber	8
Middle Miocene (Badenian) fishes from the north-west of the Fore-Carpathian Basin	8
Triassic palynology of the Swiss Belchentunnel: a restudy of the Scheuring samples	8
A redescription of Brouffia orientalis Carroll & Baird, 1972 from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic and the status and affinities of protorothyridid amniotes	8
A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)	8
Damaged glyptodontid skulls from Late Pleistocene sites of northwestern Venezuela: evidence of hunting by humans?	7
Special issue: Proceedings of the Symposium on Turtle Evolution, June 26-28, 2024, Fribourg, Switzerland	7
The suid assemblage from the Vallesian locality of Can Llobateres 1 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula) revisited	7
Cranial and mandibular anatomy of Plastomenus thomasii and a new time-tree of trionychid evolution	7

Flying turtles in the earliest trees of life: scientific transparency in the phylogenetic works of Ernst Haeckel	7
Whorl records: book review of Raimund Albersdörfer and Kristin Erdmann (2024), Ammonite masterpieces	7
Jörn Geister: just some words for a life	6
Morphology and phylogeny of Bothriolepis yunnanensis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) from the Middle Devonian of China	6
The Mayer-Eymar collection of Cenozoic mollusks	6
A new ichnotaxonomic name for burrows in vertebrate coprolites from the Miocene Chesapeake Group of Maryland, U.S.A	6
A new species of the genus Caturus (Caturidae, Amiiformes) from the Upper Jurassic of the Solnhofen Archipelago (Germany)	6
Phylogenetics and systematics of the subfamilies Cheirurinae and Deiphoninae (Trilobita)	5
New information on the dentition of Chaohusaurus zhangjiawanensis (Reptilia, Ichthyosauriformes) from the Early Triassic of Yuan’an, Hubei Province, China	5
First evidence of Proganochelys quenstedtii (Testudinata) from the Plateosaurus bonebeds (Norian, Late Triassic) of Frick, Canton Aargau, Switzerland	5
Testudinid turtle remains from the Late Miocene palaeo-island of Gargano, Italy, and an overview of Mediterranean insular tortoises	5
Cephalopod palaeobiology: evolution and life history of the most intelligent invertebrates	5
Carnivoran fossils from the Pampean region (Argentina): Santiago Roth collections in Switzerland	5
Evolution of the rostral vasculature in turtles	5
Taxonomic reassessment of “Podocnemis” argentinensis (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Maíz Gordo Formation (late Paleocene) with a description of new specimens from the western flank of Sierra del Ma	5
The lower Miocene Scaphopoda of Chile	5
The oldest Gondwanan record of the extinct durophagous hybodontiform chondrichthyan, Strophodus from the Bajocian of Morocco	4
Neuroanatomy of Kayentachelys aprix and Eileanchelys waldmani provide insights into the early evolution of the turtle brain	4
On the occurrence of the ammonite genus Blaschkeiceras Zeiss, 2001, from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) of the Jaisalmer Basin, western India	4
The history of short-tailed whip scorpions: changes in body size and flagellum shape in Schizomida	4
Pampean megamammals in Europe: the fossil collections from Santiago Roth	4
A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China and its phylogenetic and biogeographic implications	4
Convergent evolution and convergent loss in the grasping structures of immature earwigs and aphidlion-like larvae as demonstrated by about 100-million-year-old fossils	4
Cranial and endocranial comparative anatomy of the Pleistocene glyptodonts from the Santiago Roth Collection	4
Virtual endocasts of the Paleogene Ctenodactyloidea and brain evolution in ctenodactyloid rodents	4
Macromesodon Blake, 1905 and Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Jurassic and lowermost Cretaceous of England, France, and Germany	4
The first documented co-occurrence of conodonts and graptolites in Silurian (Telychian) black shales of the Prague Synform, Czech Republic, and its stratigraphical and palaeoecological significance	3
Revision of the genus Protadelomys, a middle Eocene theridomyoid rodent: evolutionary and biochronological implications	3
A new graptolite (Pterobranchia) from the early Cambrian Xiaoshiba Lagerstätte of China	3
New Odonatan oviposition ichnotaxa from the Lower Jurassic of Iran	3
A unique snake assemblage from the Early Miocene locality of Wintershof-West, Germany, with comments on the transitional period in the evolution of European snake fauna	3
A redescription of Trachelosaurus fischeri from the Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Bernburg, Germany: the first European Dinocephalosaurus-like marine reptile and its systematic implications for l	3
Coral fauna across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary at Zagros and Sistan Suture zones and Yazd Block of Iran	3
Nearctic Pleistocene ungulates from the Pampean region (Argentina) in the historical collections of Santiago Roth in Switzerland: an overview	3
Geology and stratigraphy of the Neogene section along the Oued Beth between Dar bel Hamri and El Kansera (Rharb Basin, northwestern Morocco) and its otolith-based fish fauna: a faunal inventory for th	3
Fossil ruminants from the Pliocene site of Jradzor, Armenia	3
An exceptional window into the Triassic-Jurassic boundary on the margins of the Ardenno-Rhenish Massif: stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Irrel section (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)	3
Comparative bone histology of two thalattosaurians (Diapsida: Thalattosauria): Askeptosaurus italicus from the Alpine Triassic (Middle Triassic) and a Thalattosauroidea indet. from the Carnian of Oreg	3
Application of blender modeling techniques in the restoration of 3D morphology of fossil insects reconstructed via micro-computed tomography	3
A report on palaeontological excavations and sampling in mudrocks: some guidelines	3
New or poorly known Neocomitidae (Ammonitina, Ammonoida) from the lower Hauterivian sedimentary series of the Jura platform and the Vocontian trough (France and Switzerland)	3
The research history of the Middle Triassic fishes of Monte San Giorgio: getting out of the shadow of aquatic reptiles	3
Morphological disparity in extant and extinct sepiid phragmocones: morphological adaptions for phragmocone strength compared to those related to cameral liquid emptying hypotheses	2
Revision of the Middle Triassic coelacanth Ticinepomis Rieppel 1980 (Actinistia, Latimeriidae) with paleobiological and paleoecological considerations	2
Impact of increasing morphological information by micro-CT scanning on the phylogenetic placement of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in amber	2
Santiago Roth and his scientific legacy: a reappraisal of the Swiss collections	2
New insights into the early morphological evolution of sea turtles by re-investigation of Nichollsemys baieri, a three-dimensionally preserved fossil stem chelonioid from the Campanian of Alberta, Can	2
The Hungarian fossil record of the Pliocene pig Sus arvernensis (Suidae, Mammalia)	2
Palynological evidence for floristic turnover and rising diversity in the early Burdigalian of south-western Patagonia (Argentina)	2
First neuroanatomical study of the Paleocene bothremydid turtle Taphrosphys (Pleurodira), based on a skull of the Moroccan Taphrosphys ippolitoi, and implications for the marine lifestyle in Taphrosph	2

The effects of clays on bacterial community composition during arthropod decay	2
Otoliths in situ in Pinichthys shirvanensis Bannikov, 2021 (Stromateidae) from the Tarkhanian (Langhian, Middle Miocene) of the northern Caucasus (Russia)	2
The early fossil record of Caturoidea (Halecomorphi: Amiiformes): biogeographic implications	2
Ammonite biostratigraphy on the platform–slope transition between the Vercors Urgonian platform and the Vocontian Trough (S–E France)	2
Digital skull anatomy of the Oligocene North American tortoise Stylemys nebrascensis with taxonomic comments on the species and comparisons with extant testudinids of the Gopherus–Manouria clade	2
A novel marine turtle (Pan-Chelonioidea: Ctenochelyidae) from the Maastrichtian Neylandville Marl Formation of north central Texas, U.S.A	2
The first Jurassic coelacanth from Switzerland	2
New ichthyofaunal microfossils from the Late Permian at Chaotian, Sichuan, Southwest China	2
Historical bias in palaeontological collections: Stylophora (Echinodermata) as a case study	2
The miniature fish Habroichthys orientalis (Su, 1959) (Peltopleuriformes) from the Ladinian Xingyi Fauna (China): new data on ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, and CT-scanned otoliths	2
Morphology, taxonomy and trophic interactions of rostrum-less coleoids from the Late Triassic Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte (Lower Austria)	2
A rare window into a back-reef fish community from the middle Miocene (late Badenian) Medobory Hills barrier reef in western Ukraine, reconstructed mostly by means of otoliths	2
The paleoecology and taphonomy of a Santonian-Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) dinosaur-bearing vertebrate locality from Bulgaria: a window into an underexplored part of the Late Cretaceous European Archi	2
Bernhard Peyer and his discoveries of Triassic vertebrates in Switzerland	2
A morphometric approach to the taxonomic dilemma of Zonozoe drabowiensis Barrande, 1872 and Zonoscutum solum Chlupáč, 1999 (Upper Ordovician, Czech Republic)	2
Callovian corals from the Swiss Jura	1
A study on benthic molluscs and stable isotopes from Kutch, western India reveals early Eocene hyperthermals and pronounced transgression during ETM2 and H2 events	1
Delayed skeletal maturity in dwarf, medium and giant Pleistocene insular deer (Candiacervus) indicating a slower life history regardless size shift	1
New euselachian teeth from the Ladinian–Carnian interval of Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces, South China	1
New generic name for a small Triassic ray-finned fish from Perledo (Italy)	1
Craniomandibular osteology of a new massopodan sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic (latest Norian) of Canton Aargau, Switzerland	1
Pleistocene South American native ungulates (Notoungulata and Litopterna) of the historical Roth collections in Switzerland, from the Pampean Region of Argentina	1
Thalattosauria in time and space: a review of thalattosaur spatiotemporal occurrences, presumed evolutionary relationships and current ecological hypotheses	1
Orthoceratoid and coleoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland with an updated taxonomic framework for Triassic Orthoceratoidea	1
A new, Early Cretaceous carettochelyid turtle from South Korea provides insights into softshell evolution and aquatic ecology	1
An exceptionally well-preserved starfish fauna (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) from the Early Miocene of southeastern France	1
A reassessment of the species “Podocnemis” brasiliensis (Pleurodira, Pelomedusoides) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group	1
Olistoliths as overlooked sources of information: an example from Pliensbachian belemnites and ammonites of Lukoveček (Czechia, Western Carpathians)	1
New insights on the shell-crusher shark Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz, 1838 (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) based on the first known articulated dentition from the Upper Cretaceous of Croatia	1
The anatomy of a mamenchisaurid tooth informed by digital reconstruction	1
The first specimen with skin preserved of Lariosaurus (Eusauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) allows inferences about its swimming method	1
Caviomorph rodents from the Pampean region (Argentina) in the historical Santiago Roth Collection in Switzerland	1
Selective preservation of coleoid soft tissues in Lebanese Konservat-Lagerstätten	1
On Roth’s “human fossil” from Baradero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: morphological and genetic analysis	1
First subioblattid roachoid (Insecta: Holopandictyoptera) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland)	1
Phosphatized adductor muscle remains in a Cenomanian limid bivalve from Villers-sur-Mer (France)	1
A new hybodontiform shark (Strophodus Agassiz, 1838) from the Upper Jurassic of Switzerland	1
Kasimovian (late Pennsylvanian) cornute rugose corals from Egypt: taxonomy, facies and palaeogeography of a cool-water fauna from northern Gondwana	1
Lethal injuries on the scaphitid ammonoid Hoploscaphites nicolletii (Morton, 1842) in the Upper Cretaceous Fox Hills Formation, South Dakota, USA	1
From fossil trader to paleontologist: on Swiss-born naturalist Santiago Roth and his scientific contributions	1
A new pachypleurosaur from the Early Ladinian Prosanto Formation in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland	1
The first record of Hallucigenia-like lobopodians from the lower Jince Formation (Cambrian, Miaolingian) of the Příbram–Jince Basin	1
A new species of a bony spur-thighed tortoise from the Early Pliocene (MN15) of Jradzor site, Armenia, and the origin of the Testudo graeca (Testudines, Testudinidae) complex	1
A new stem saurian reptile from the late Permian of South Africa and insights into saurian evolution	1
The Middle Triassic palaeontomofauna of Monte San Giorgio with the description of Merithone laetitiae (†Permithonidae) gen. et sp. nov.	1
Rare Middle Triassic coleoids from the Alpine-Carpathian system: new records from Slovakia and their significance	1
Correction: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology vol 139, 140, 141, 142, 143	1
A new genus and species of Pliohyracidae (Hyracoidea, Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Jradzor, Armenia	1
First island colonisation by Hystrix subcristata (Mammalia, Rodentia): fossil evidence from Pleistocene, southern Taiwan	1
Special Issue: 100 years of scientific excavations at UNESCO World Heritage Site Monte San Giorgio and global research on Triassic marine Lagerstätten	1
A new sauropod-dominated tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous in central Ningxia, northwestern China, and the implications on palaeoenvironments	1
Correction: A new suction feeder and miniature teleosteomorph, Marcopoloichthys mirigioliensis, from the lower Besano Formation (late Anisian) of Monte San Giorgio	1