10 April 2023

An integrated leaf trait analysis of two Paleogene leaf floras

"The study presents and applies a novel methodology comparing leaf trait and insect damage data."

Kenneth De Baets, Handling Editor

22 March 2023

A new juvenile sauropod specimen from the Middle Jurassic Dongdaqiao Formation of East Tibet

"This article provides important new data on juvenile sauropod morphology at an early evolutionary stage of this successful group."

Emanuel Tschopp, Handling Editor

10 February 2023

Rapid growth in Late Cretaceous sea turtles reveals life history strategies similar to extant leatherbacks

"Using long bone histology, this study reveals that Protostega, a large Cretaceous protostegid sea turtle, was characterized by a sustained rapid growth in early ontogeny, which is similar to what is seen in the modern leatherback sea turtle."

Jérémy Anquetin, Handling Editor

9 February 2023

A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complex (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with the new genus Huaxiadraco

"An excellent contribution to the literature, one that delves into disputed Chinese Cretaceous pterosaurs. New specimens are described therein, there is an overview of the taxonomic issues surrounding this issue."

Mark Young, Handling Editor

13 January 2023

A new genus of dance fly (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) from Cretaceous Spanish ambers and introduction to the fossiliferous amber outcrop of La Hoya (Castellón Province, Spain)

"The authors provide new evidence of hybotids in Cretaceous ambers, highlights their bearing on hybotid evolution and review the La Hoya amber outcrop."

Kenneth De Baets, Handling Editor

13 January 2023

A redescription of Palaeogekko risgoviensis (Squamata, Gekkota) from the Middle Miocene of Germany, with new data on its morphology

"The study offer an in-depth study of Palaeogekko risgoviensis which is of great interest to constrain the evolutionary history of geckos (Gekkota)."

Kenneth De Baets, Handling Editor

16 December 2022

Guttigomphus avilionis gen. et sp. nov., a trirachodontid cynodont from the upper Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa

"This Ms provides a new redescription of trirachodontid material from the Triassic Karoo Basin of southern Africa and a new comprehensive phylogenetic analysis on gomphodont cynodonts."

Claudia Marsicano, Handling Editor

12 December 2022

Miocene Cupressinoxylon from Gökçeada (Imbros), Turkey with Protophytobia cambium mining and the study of ecological signals of wood anatomy

"The paper provides a highly detailed reconstruction of an ancient conifer and its cambium borers using wood anatomy, providing new insights into the evolution of a biogeographically and paleoclimatically complex region."

Peter Wilf, Handling Editor

9 December 2022

Biomechanical analyses of pterygotid sea scorpion chelicerae uncover predatory specialisation within eurypterids

"The study takes a nice, detailed, and analytical approach to investigate how a fascinating extinct organism may have interacted with their prey."

Bruce Lieberman, Handling Editor

15 November 2022

New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil

"This is a thorough systematic and phylogenetic study of Brazilian titanosaur sauropods, with extensive illustration of several key specimens, and detailed descriptions. These will be very useful for future titanosaur research."

Emanuel Tschopp, Handling Editor