OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Palaeontologia Electronica 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.)

Article	Citations
Wear-dependent molar morphology in hypsodont rodents: The case of the spalacine Pliospalax	20
Unveiling the histology and anatomy of the lungfish Chaoceratodus portezuelensis (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) from the Portezuelo and Cerro Lisandro formations (Upper Cretaceous) of Argentine Patagonia	12
New skeleton and associated skull of Homunculus patagonicus Ameghino, 1891 (Primates, Platyrrhini), from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina)	11
Diversification dynamics of the Mesozoic ostracod family Cyprideidae Martin, 1940: Disentangling taxonomic inflation and environmental drivers	11
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	7
A new giraffid Bramiscus micros nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) from the Miocene of northern Pakistan	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	6
Morphological insights into the lobster genus Uncina Quenstedt, 1851 based on new material from the Ya Ha Tinda Konservat-Lagerstätte, Canada (Early Jurassic)	6
Subfossil cyclostome bryozoans from Daidokutsu submarine cave, Okinawa, Japan	6
Shell anatomy and intraspecific variability of the Spanish Lutetian podocnemidid turtle Neochelys zamorensis	5
The first late middle Pleistocene Stegodon (Proboscidea, Stegodontidae) evidence found in Peninsular Malaysia	5
An analysis of the impact of Eocene climate and environmental changes on Pan-American marine mollusc assemblages	5
A taxonomic revision of the Cenomanian bothremydid turtle Algorachelus parva from Israel and morphological variation within its genus	5
Outline analysis as a new method for investigating development in fossil crabs	5
What do we know about Neogene bony fishes from Chile? Diversity and biogeographic implications	5
Reconstructing Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira): A new look for an iconic Devonian predator	4
Simulating our ability to accurately detect abrupt changes in assemblage-based paleoenvironmental proxies	4
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 small-bodied longipterygid (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Aptian Jiufotang Formation preserving unusual gastroliths	4
Dental ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns of North American Late Cretaceous metatherians	4
Evaluating the impact of a barnacle parasite (Loxothylacus texanus) on the preservation of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) with experimental taphonomy	4
Toward an interdisciplinary 3D animation design process for palaeoart: Visualising Quaternary megafauna from Sri Lanka’s Sabaragamuwa Basin	4
First fossil snake from McFaddin Beach, Texas, USA	4
Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis	4

The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland	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
Cranial anatomy of Indohyus indirae (Raoellidae), an artiodactyl from the Eocene of India, and its implications for raoellid biology	3
Fossil calibrations for molecular analyses and divergence time estimation for true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)	3
Stable isotope (ẟ13C, ẟ18O) paleoecology of the late Early Miocene mammalian fauna from Buluk, Kenya	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
A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA	3
A new genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Eocene amber of Western India	3
An intriguing new species of dabbling duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from the middle Miocene of Austria	3
Oura megale n. gen. n. sp., a large early Cambrian deuteropod with a delta-shaped tailpiece	3
First skeletal record of the pufferfish Arothron (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Early Pleistocene of southern Taiwan	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
First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico	2
Estimating the impact of erosion on a Carnian dinosaur footprint-bearing surface (Lerici, Northern Apennines, Italy)	2
New remains of Liopleurodon (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Middle Jurassic of western France and paedomorphosis within pliosaurids	2
Late Triassic small and medium-sized vertebrates from the Fleming Fjord Group of the Jameson Land Basin, central East Greenland	2
A fossil locality predictive model using weighted suitability analysis for the Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA	2
Fossil shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) reveal trends in Pleistocene wetlands at Naracoorte Caves, South Australia	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
A diverse Campanian biota from the Bozeș Formation (Petrești, Romania): Insights into the paleontology and paleoecology of a transitional sequence	2
The morphological diversity and distribution of the genus Menispermites (Magnoliopsida) in the Cretaceous of Northern Asia	2
A new goniopholidid crocodylomorph from the Late Jurassic of Portugal	2
Late Oligocene decapod crustaceans from the Trbovlje Formation of Slovenia, with a description of two new species of hymenosomatid crabs	2
New look at Concavicaris woodfordi (Euarthropoda: Pancrustacea?) using micro-computed tomography	2