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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Wear-dependent molar morphology in hypsodont rodents: The case of the spalacine Pliospalax	22
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
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
A new giraffid Bramiscus micros nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ruminantia, Giraffidae) from the Miocene of northern Pakistan	7
High species richness of decapod assemblage in the lower Kimmeridgian sponge-rich deposits at Lisowice (Kraków-Wieluń Upland, southern Poland)	7
Twenty-five well-justified fossil calibrations for primate divergences	7
Shell anatomy and intraspecific variability of the Spanish Lutetian podocnemidid turtle Neochelys zamorensis	6
Subfossil cyclostome bryozoans from Daidokutsu submarine cave, Okinawa, Japan	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
An analysis of the impact of Eocene climate and environmental changes on Pan-American marine mollusc assemblages	6
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
Dental ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns of North American Late Cretaceous metatherians	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
The first late middle Pleistocene Stegodon (Proboscidea, Stegodontidae) evidence found in Peninsular Malaysia	5
A taxonomic revision of the Cenomanian bothremydid turtle Algorachelus parva from Israel and morphological variation within its genus	5
Simulating our ability to accurately detect abrupt changes in assemblage-based paleoenvironmental proxies	4
Late Pleistocene and Holocene pikas (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Europe and the validity of Ochotona spelaea: New insights based on mtDNA analysis	4
Stable isotope (ẟ13C, ẟ18O) paleoecology of the late Early Miocene mammalian fauna from Buluk, Kenya	4
Evaluating the impact of a barnacle parasite (Loxothylacus texanus) on the preservation of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) with experimental taphonomy	4
First fossil snake from McFaddin Beach, Texas, USA	4
A new small-bodied longipterygid (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Aptian Jiufotang Formation preserving unusual gastroliths	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 genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Eocene amber of Western India	4
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
The Middle Devonian acanthodian Orcadacanthus n. gen. from the Orcadian Basin of Scotland	3
Cranial anatomy of Indohyus indirae (Raoellidae), an artiodactyl from the Eocene of India, and its implications for raoellid biology	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
Fossil calibrations for molecular analyses and divergence time estimation for true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura)	3
Lopingian (Late Permian) trilobites from the North Caucasus, Russia, with an overview of their distribution worldwide	3
Toward an interdisciplinary 3D animation design process for palaeoart: Visualising Quaternary megafauna from Sri Lanka’s Sabaragamuwa Basin	3
An intriguing new species of dabbling duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from the middle Miocene of Austria	3
A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA	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
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
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
A diverse Campanian biota from the Bozeș Formation (Petrești, Romania): Insights into the paleontology and paleoecology of a transitional sequence	2
New remains of Liopleurodon (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Middle Jurassic of western France and paedomorphosis within pliosaurids	2
New look at Concavicaris woodfordi (Euarthropoda: Pancrustacea?) using micro-computed tomography	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
Bayesian inference reveals a complex evolutionary history of belemnites	2
Fossil shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) reveal trends in Pleistocene wetlands at Naracoorte Caves, South Australia	2
The last glassfish (Teleostei: Ambassidae: Neodapalis n. gen.) from Europe	2
First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico	2
The first record of Lower Cretaceous otoliths from the Kimigahama Formation (Barremian) of the Choshi Group, Chiba Prefecture, Japan	2
The morphological diversity and distribution of the genus Menispermites (Magnoliopsida) in the Cretaceous of Northern Asia	2
Estimating the impact of erosion on a Carnian dinosaur footprint-bearing surface (Lerici, Northern Apennines, Italy)	2