Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 3, 2021

A new phylogenetic hypothesis of Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and other “protorosaurs”, and its implications for the early evolution of stem archosaurs

Stephan N.F. Spiekman, Nicholas C. Fraser, Torsten M. Scheyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11143 PubMed 33986981

May 4, 2021

Braincase anatomy of the Paleocene crocodyliform Rhabdognathus revealed through high resolution computed tomography

Arthur Erb, Alan H. Turner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11253 PubMed 33986990

May 6, 2021

Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland: taxonomic and palaeobiological implications

Gabriele Bindellini, Andrzej S. Wolniewicz, Feiko Miedema, Torsten M. Scheyer, Cristiano Dal Sasso

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11179 PubMed 33996277

May 28, 2021

Lower cretaceous avian-dominated, theropod, thyreophoran, pterosaur and turtle track assemblages from the Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, China: ichnotaxonomy and palaeoecology

Lida Xing, Martin G. Lockley, Chengkai Jia, Hendrik Klein, Kecheng Niu, Lijun Zhang, Liqi Qi, Chunyong Chou, Anthony Romilio, Donghao Wang, Yu Zhang, W Scott Persons, Miaoyan Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11476 PubMed 34123592

May 20, 2021

Osteology, relationships and functional morphology of Weigeltisaurus jaekeli (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) based on a complete skeleton from the Upper Permian Kupferschiefer of Germany

Adam C. Pritchard, Hans-Dieter Sues, Diane Scott, Robert R. Reisz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11413 PubMed 34055483

May 11, 2021

Durnonovariaodus maiseyi gen. et sp. nov., a new hybodontiform shark-like chondrichthyan from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England

Sebastian Stumpf, Steve Etches, Charlie J. Underwood, Jürgen Kriwet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11362 PubMed 34026354

May 31, 2021

New interpretation of the cranial osteology of the Early Cretaceous turtle Arundelemys dardeni (Paracryptodira) based on a CT-based re-evaluation of the holotype

Serjoscha W. Evers, Yann Rollot, Walter G. Joyce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11495 PubMed 34131522

May 20, 2021

Accessory cusp expression at the enamel-dentine junction of hominin mandibular molars

Thomas W. Davies, Zeresenay Alemseged, Agness Gidna, Jean-Jacques Hublin, William H. Kimbel, Ottmar Kullmer, Fred Spoor, Clément Zanolli, Matthew M. Skinner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11415 PubMed 34055484

May 4, 2021

Taphonomy and taxonomy of a juvenile lambeosaurine (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) bonebed from the late Campanian Wapiti Formation of northwestern Alberta, Canada

Brayden Holland, Phil R. Bell, Federico Fanti, Samantha M. Hamilton, Derek W. Larson, Robin Sissons, Corwin Sullivan, Matthew J. Vavrek, Yanyin Wang, Nicolás E. Campione

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11290 PubMed 33987001

May 3, 2021

Sphenofontis velserae gen. et sp. nov., a new rhynchocephalian from the Late Jurassic of Brunn (Solnhofen Archipelago, southern Germany)

Andrea Villa, Roel Montie, Martin Röper, Monika Rothgaenger, Oliver W.M. Rauhut

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11363 PubMed 33987027

May 10, 2021

The postcranial skeleton of Cerrejonisuchus improcerus (Crocodyliformes: Dyrosauridae) and the unusual anatomy of dyrosaurids

Isaure Scavezzoni, Valentin Fischer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11222 PubMed 34026348

May 7, 2021

Nostolepis scale remains (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Lower Devonian of Qujing, Yunnan, China

Qiang Li, Xindong Cui, Plamen Stanislavov Andreev, Wenjin Zhao, Jianhua Wang, Lijian Peng, Min Zhu