13 August 2024

New species of Ontocetus (Pinnipedia: Odobenidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the North Atlantic shows similar feeding adaptation independent to the extant walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

"The research describes a new species of walrus (Ontocetus posti) revising historical material from England and Belgium. Some morphological characters point to suction feeding adaptation, similar to that observed in extant walrus."

Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Handling Editor

7 August 2024

Femora nutrient foramina and aerobic capacity in giant extinct xenarthrans

"This paper provides new insights into the metabolic capabilities of an extinct clade."

Haijun Song, Handling Editor

5 August 2024

Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur

"The author provide the first attempt to model different take-off scenarios of pterosaurs using moment arms."

Kenneth De Baets, Handling Editor

28 June 2024

Combined uranium-series and electron spin resonance dating from the Pliocene fossil sites of Aves and Milo’s palaeocaves, Bolt’s Farm, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

"The paper uses a combination of dating techniques to determine the age of the fossil deposits at Bolt's Farm in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa."

Shaw Badenhorst, Handling Editor

10 June 2024

A hyaena on stilts: comparison of the limb morphology of Ictitherium ebu (Mammalia: Hyaenidae) from the Late Miocene of Lothagam, Turkana Basin, Kenya with extant Canidae and Hyaenidae

"The described fossils are rare, and the new analysis offers a fresh examination into specimens into an iconic fossil locality."

Michela Johnson, Handling Editor

23 May 2024

Ultrastructure of the Jurassic serpulid tubes–phylogenetic and paleoecological implications

"This article provides new, high quality data on the structure of serpulid tube walls."

Mark Young, Section Editor

30 April 2024

Fossil-informed biogeographic analysis suggests Eurasian regionalization in crown Squamata during the early Jurassic

"This paper furthers our understanding of the early biogeography of Squamata - a major extant clade."

Mark Young, Section Editor

29 February 2024

Downsizing a heavyweight: factors and methods that revise weight estimates of the giant fossil whale Perucetus colossus

"Estimating the body size of extinct animals, such as the whale Perucetus, has important implications for understanding the evolution of ecosystems as well as the life histories and biology of individual species. This contribution advances the discussion around body size estimates for a very large whale."

Andrew Farke, Handling Editor

21 February 2024

Arthrological reconstructions of the pterosaur neck and their implications for the cervical position at rest

"Not only includes important and interesting new information on neck posture and mobility in pterosaurs, it integrates that new material with a lot of recently-published work on other archosaurs."

Mathew Wedel, Handling Editor

31 January 2024

New materials of plesiacerathere (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Early Miocene of Northern China

"A new species of a primitive acerathere rhinoceros, Plesiaceratherium tongxinense, is described on the basis of very well-preserved new remains recovered at northern China. This species lived during the late Early Miocene, and has a phylogenetic basal position within Plesiaceratherium. The data provided by this study let to understand better the variability and biodiversity of Miocene Eurasian rhinos."

Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Handling Editor