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Papers

(The median citation count of Palaeontologia Electronica 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Wear-dependent molar morphology in hypsodont rodents: The case of the spalacine Pliospalax	24
Unveiling the histology and anatomy of the lungfish Chaoceratodus portezuelensis (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) from the Portezuelo and Cerro Lisandro formations (Upper Cretaceous) of Argentine Patagonia	13
Diversification dynamics of the Mesozoic ostracod family Cyprideidae Martin, 1940: Disentangling taxonomic inflation and environmental drivers	12
New skeleton and associated skull of Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 (Primates, Platyrrhini), from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina)	11
A new giraffid Bramiscus micros nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) from the Miocene of northern Pakistan	8
High species richness of decapod assemblage in the lower Kimmeridgian sponge-rich deposits at Lisowice (Kraków-Wieluń Upland, southern Poland)	8
First butterfly (Papilionoidea) from Baltic amber by a characteristic egg pinpoints an Eocene minimal age of admirals (Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) — a distinct step in the rise of the Papilionoidea	8
Twenty-five well-justified fossil calibrations for primate divergences	8
Morphological insights into the lobster genus Uncina Quenstedt, 1851 based on new material from the Ya Ha Tinda Konservat-Lagerstätte, Canada (Early Jurassic)	7
A new member of a large and archaic balaenid from the Late Miocene of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan partly fills a gap of right whale evolution	7
Subfossil cyclostome bryozoans from Daidokutsu submarine cave, Okinawa, Japan	6
Shell anatomy and intraspecific variability of the Spanish Lutetian podocnemidid turtle Neochelys zamorensis	6
Outline analysis as a new method for investigating development in fossil crabs	6
An analysis of the impact of Eocene climate and environmental changes on Pan-American marine mollusc assemblages	6
A taxonomic revision of the Cenomanian bothremydid turtle Algorachelus parva from Israel and morphological variation within its genus	5
Dental ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns of North American Late Cretaceous metatherians	5
What do we know about Neogene bony fishes from Chile? Diversity and biogeographic implications	5
The first late middle Pleistocene Stegodon (Proboscidea, Stegodontidae) evidence found in Peninsular Malaysia	5
Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into i	4
A new genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Eocene amber of Western India	4
Evaluating the impact of a barnacle parasite (Loxothylacus texanus) on the preservation of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) with experimental taphonomy	4
Simulating our ability to accurately detect abrupt changes in assemblage-based paleoenvironmental proxies	4
A new small-bodied longipterygid (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Aptian Jiufotang Formation preserving unusual gastroliths	4
Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis	4
First fossil snake from McFaddin Beach, Texas, USA	4

Toward an interdisciplinary 3D animation design process for palaeoart: Visualising Quaternary megafauna from Sri Lanka’s Sabaragamuwa Basin	3
The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland	3
Fossil calibrations for molecular analyses and divergence time estimation for true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)	3
An intriguing new species of dabbling duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from the middle Miocene of Austria	3
Stable isotope (ẟ13C, ẟ18O) paleoecology of the late Early Miocene mammalian fauna from Buluk, Kenya	3
Fossil snakes of the Penny Creek Local Fauna from Webster County, Nebraska, USA, and the first record of snakes from the Early Clarendonian (12.5-12 Ma) of North America	3
Oura megale n. gen. n. sp., a large early Cambrian deuteropod with a delta-shaped tailpiece	3
A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA	3
Reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira): A new look for an iconic Devonian predator	3
Leaf trait data of two Miocene floras from eastern China and its palaeoclimate implications	3
Lopingian (Late Permian) trilobites from the North Caucasus, Russia, with an overview of their distribution worldwide	3
Cranial anatomy of Indohyus indirae (Raoellidae), an artiodactyl from the Eocene of India, and its implications for raoellid biology	3
New look at Concavicaris woodfordi (Euarthropoda: Pancrustacea?) using micro-computed tomography	2
Comparison of Miocene to early Pleistocene-aged Castor californicus (Rodentia: Castoridae) to extant beavers and implications for the evolution of Castor in North America	2
Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany	2
Estimating the impact of erosion on a Carnian dinosaur footprint-bearing surface (Lerici, Northern Apennines, Italy)	2
First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico	2
A fossil locality predictive model using weighted suitability analysis for the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA	2
A diverse Campanian biota from the Bozeș Formation (Petrești, Romania): Insights into the paleontology and paleoecology of a transitional sequence	2
Late Triassic small and medium-sized vertebrates from the Fleming Fjord Group of the Jameson Land Basin, central East Greenland	2
First skeletal record of the pufferfish Arothron (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Early Pleistocene of southern Taiwan	2
New remains of Liopleurodon (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Middle Jurassic of western France and paedomorphosis within pliosaurids	2
The morphological diversity and distribution of the genus Menispermites (Magnoliopsida) in the Cretaceous of Northern Asia	2
Bayesian inference reveals a complex evolutionary history of belemnites	2
The first record of Lower Cretaceous otoliths from the Kimigahama Formation (Barremian) of the Choshi Group, Chiba Prefecture, Japan	2
The last glassfish (Teleostei: Ambassidae: Neodapalis n. gen.) from Europe	2
Fossil shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) reveal trends in Pleistocene wetlands at Naracoorte Caves, South Australia	2
Two exceptional Balaenomorpha (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Biemenhorst Subformation (middle/late Miocene) of Bocholt (W Münsterland, Germany) with a critical appraisal on the anatomy of the periotic	2
Late Oligocene decapod crustaceans from the Trbovlje Formation of Slovenia, with a description of two new species of hymenosomatid crabs	2
A new goniopholidid crocodylomorph from the Late Jurassic of Portugal	2
Middle Eocene archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Pyvykha Mountain, Ukraine	1
Biostratigraphy and biochronology of late Cenozoic North American rodent assemblages	1
Sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Peace River and Tamiami formations (Late Miocene–Early Pliocene) on the submerged continental shelf	1
Termite activity in the mid-Cretaceous of Australia	1
An Early Cretaceous Sphenophyllum or a hatchling turtle?	1
Ethological interpretation of making the pellet designs by the bubbler crab Dotilla on the modern intertidal beaches: A study from the Bay of Bengal coast, Eastern India	1
A novel distance that reduces information loss in continuous characters with few observations	1
Morphometric investigation of Tribrachidium from Nilpena Ediacara National Park, South Australia	1
New Plio-Pleistocene flora from the Central Highlands of Vietnam—ancient analog of southern Indochina’s tropical monsoon forests	1
New insights on the anatomy, paleobiology, and biostratigraphy of Xenungulata (Mammalia) from the Paleogene of South America	1
First occurrence of a †coccolepidid fish (?Chondrostei: †Coccolepididae) from the Upper Lias (Toarcian, Early Jurassic) of southern Germany	1
Diversification events of the shield morphology in shore crabs and their relatives through development and time	1
One or two species? Revision of fossil martens from the late Early Pleistocene sites Deutsch Altenburg 2 and 4 (Austria)	1
A new non-pterodactyloid monofenestratan pterosaur from the Mörnsheim Formation of southern Germany	1
First data on the carnivoran from the Early Miocene of Mokrá-Quarry sites (Moravia, Czech Republic)	1
Accurate specimen digitization through glass achieved and validated using 3D surface scanning	1
Resurrecting the taxon Diatryma: A review of the giant flightless Eocene Gastornithiformes (Aves), with a report of the first skull of Diatryma	1
Rediscovery of the associated gigantic vertebrae of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, from the Upper Miocene Gram Formation in Denmark, and comments on its paleobiological significance an	1
Unveiling the cheilostome bryozoan fauna of Daidokutsu submarine cave (Okinawa, Japan) over the last 7,000 years	1
Miocene decapod crustacean faunas from Cyprus – Part 1. Geographical-stratigraphical setting and Anomura	1

A revision of “Trinitichelys” maini (Testudinata: Baenidae) and additional material of its new genus from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group, Cenomanian), Texas, USA	1
Adding to the diversity of Katlasidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridoidea) – a new genus and species from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar	1
Forelimb motion and orientation in the ornithischian dinosaurs Styracosaurus and Thescelosaurus, and its implications for locomotion and other behavior	1
Revision of the theropod dinosaur Camarillasaurus cirugedae from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of Teruel province, Spain	1
On the cutting edge: Otodus megalodon strengthened tooth edges through zinc incorporation in enameloid	1
The Sumidero Quarry, an Albian fossil fish site in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico	1
Limited-angle computed tomography: a simple approach to improve scan quality for high aspect-ratio fossils	1
A new name for old bones: A reassessment of Early Jurassic theropod remains from Dorset, England	1
The challenge of hard-to-reach spaces in mechanical fossil preparation: Development of the Wada air scribe, a novel short-bodied air scribe with an adjustable handle	1
Canidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from Niedźwiedzia Cave (Silesia, southwest Poland)	1
A complete morphological description of Dakosaurus maximus (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia) with further insights into their palaeoecology	1
The first fossil bird from the Miocene swamps of Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina: A novel and very unique duck	1
A review of the genus Palaeomedeterus Meunier, 1895 from Eocene Baltic amber with the description of three new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)	1
Oldest record of Alligator in southeastern North America	1
Investigating colour in marine Miocene molluscs: UV fluorescence patterns and pigment EDX spectroscopy in shells from the Murbko Marl, Murray Basin (South Australia)	1
Insights on the evolution of the tribe Pliomyini (Arvicolinae, Rodentia): Ancient DNA from the extinct Pliomys lenki	1
Redescription of soft tissue preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuß, 1831) using reflectance transformation imaging	1
A reinterpretation and taxonomic revision of Ultrastenos willisi Stein, Hand and Archer, 2016, a short-snouted mekosuchine crocodylian from the Oligocene of northern Australia	1
Multivariate analysis of ecological diversity in Asian Rodentia in the context of tectonism and environmental change	1
Life on a Miocene barrier reef – fish communities and environments in the Medobory backreef	1
Report from the 8th Symposium on Fossil Decapod Crustaceans, Zaragoza (Spain), June 2022	1
Heteractinid, hexactinellid and sphaeroclonid sponges as rare components of anthaspidellid-dominated reefs from the Ordovician of the Precordillera, western Argentina	1
Numerical taxonomy and genus-species identification of Czekanowskiales in China based on machine learning	1
A new approach to the systematics of Laeviprosopon (Brachyura: Homolidae), with remarks on molting process of the early brachyurans	1