23 September 2021

A predictive model for the ichnological suitability of the Jezero crater, Mars: searching for fossilized traces of life-substrate interactions in the 2020 Rover Mission Landing Site

"Baucon et al. combine well-established archaeological methods to ichnofossil research on the Preseverance mission on Mars, opening new field of ichnological investigations."

Joseph Gillespie, Handling Editor

23 September 2021

Ontogenetic moulting behavior of the Cambrian oryctocephalid trilobite Arthricocephalites xinzhaiheensis

"This article presents an excellent fossil record of trilobite moulting behavior. These fossils play an important role in understanding the development of early arthropods."

Haijun Song, Handling Editor

26 August 2021

Computed Tomography elucidates ontogeny within the basal therapsid clade Biarmosuchia

"Papers dealing with ontogeny on fossil tetrapods are uncommon moreover on relatively rare Palaeozoic groups as biarmosuchians. In this context, this contribution is interesting because presents novel hypothesis on the development of early therapsids based on a thorough study of several specimens."

Claudia Marsicano, Handling Editor

23 August 2021

First report of leopard fossils from a limestone cave in Kenting area, southern Taiwan

"This study describes three fossil leopard (Panthera pardus) teeth uncovered from Longshia-dong Cave, a limestone cave located in the Kenting area within the Kenting National Park of southern Taiwan."

Korakot Nganvongpanit, Handling Editor

17 June 2021

A diverse Late Cretaceous vertebrate tracksite from the Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia

"This paper is very interesting, you will enjoy during reading this article."

Korakot Nganvongpanit, Handling Editor

8 June 2021

Unsupervised learning of satellite images enhances discovery of late Miocene fossil sites in the Urema Rift, Gorongosa, Mozambique

"The article is important because it elucidates what is sure to be an increasingly utilized approach to prospect for significant fossil localities."

Bruce Lieberman, Handling Editor

31 May 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

"This manuscript provides important new information on Cretaceous turtles, and the newly gathered internal anatomy data helps inform the evolutionary relationships of turtles."

Mark Young, Handling Editor

25 May 2021

Taxonomic description and phylogenetic placement of two new species of Spalangiopelta (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Ceinae) from Eocene Baltic amber

"This manuscript adds important information to a poorly known group of parasitic wasps. Considering that the described species are preserved in amber, it also provides insights into the group evolution."

Daniel Silva, Handling Editor

3 May 2021

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

"It is a welcome comprehensive analysis of a quite disparate group at the core of the early evolution of Archosauromorpha."

Claudia Marsicano, Handling Editor

7 April 2021

Feroxichthys panzhouensis sp. nov., a hump-backed colobodontid (Neopterygii, Actinopterygii) from the early Middle Triassic of Panzhou, Guizhou, China

"This manuscript describes the second species of a new genus of fossil fish"

Diogo Provete, Handling Editor