16 September 2025

Digitized endocasts and brains: a perspective on measurements and historical analyses of the evolution of 172 fossil and extant amniote specimens

"The manuscript is an excellent culmination of the lead author's lifetime of work and the data are quite useful for future work."

Brandon Hedrick, Handling Editor

11 April 2025

An update on Aenocyon dirus in the interior of North America: new records, radiocarbon dates, ZooMS spectra, and isotopic data for an iconic late Pleistocene carnivore

"Multidisciplinary data and approaches will allow to better understand the extinction of the dire wolf"

Kenneth De Baets, Section Editor

2 April 2025

A new metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China

"A new species within a group requiring more in-depth descriptions."

Michela Johnson, Handling Editor

24 February 2025

The large mammal fossil fauna of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa: a review

"The paper reviews the faunal record, palaeo-environment and dating history of fossil sites in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. The region is of significance in the study of hominin evolution."

Shaw Badenhorst, Handling Editor

19 December 2024

Bone histology and growth curve of the earliest ceratopsian Yinlong downsi from the Upper Jurassic of Junggar Basin, Northwest China

"For the first time, this study examines the osteohistology, skeletochronology, and growth dynamics of an ontogenetic series of the earliest ceratopsian, Yinlong downsi, yielding outstanding results."

Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Handling Editor

19 November 2024

Klastomycter conodentatus, gen et sp. nov., a small early Permian parareptile with conical teeth from Richards Spur, Oklahoma

"The study enhances our understanding of parareptile evolution and their relationships with other Paleozoic contemporaries. Additionally, it underscores the richness of amniote fossils in the Richards Spur region, contributing valuable insights into the paleoecology of the area."

Joseph Gillespie, Handling Editor

15 November 2024

Phylogenetic relationships of Neogene hamsters (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetinae) revealed under Bayesian inference and maximum parsimony

"This article provides a strong foundation for investigating the origin and diversification of hamsters."

Mark Young, Section Editor

31 October 2024

Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origin of the Asteriidae

Hugo Corbí, Handling Editor

14 October 2024

New insights into the Devonian sea spiders of the Hunsrück Slate (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)

"Timely, thorough and beautifully illustrated revision of the "Hunsrück Slate" sea spiders. Given, it is one of the most relevant in the Paleozoic, this will be of interest to both paleontologists and neontologists."

Kenneth De Baets, Handling Editor

14 October 2024

A small venomous reptile from the Late Triassic (Norian) of the southwestern United States

"There are few examples of venomous reptiles, aside from snakes and lizards, that we know of in the fossil record. This publication respresents one of the first documented cases of venom in Triassic-aged teeth, which is of interest in a diverse array of fields."

Michela Johnson, Handling Editor