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18 September 2020
Endocranial anatomy of the ceratopsid dinosaur Triceratops and interpretations of sensory and motor function
"Very useful to workers studying dinosaur neurobiology."
Brandon Hedrick, Handling Editor
8 September 2020
Climatic influence on the growth pattern of Panthasaurus maleriensis from the Late Triassic of India deduced from paleohistology
"An interesting study, albeit with a small sample size, on a poorly understood group of fossil tetrapods. It provides insight into growth history and distribution patterns."
Mark Young, Handling Editor
2 September 2020
Extreme dispersal or human-transport? The enigmatic case of an extralimital freshwater occurrence of a Southern elephant seal from Indiana
"Whether the elephant seal in question made it to Indiana under its own power or was transported by humans, it's an amazing find and a reminder that the world is often bigger and stranger than we realize."
Mathew Wedel, Handling Editor
24 August 2020
A new ophiacanthid brittle star (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from sublittoral crinoid and seagrass communities of late Maastrichtian age in the southeast Netherlands
"This is an important paper that presents new interpretations of ophiuroid fossil specimens."
Mark Young, Handling Editor
15 July 2020
Decomposition of dinosaurian remains inferred by invertebrate traces on vertebrate bone reveal new insights into Late Jurassic ecology, decay, and climate in western Colorado
"No-one has done an analysis on this scale for a Morrison Formation dinosaur quarry, or possibly for any dinosaur quarry. It should set a new standard for this type of study."
Mathew Wedel, Handling Editor
4 June 2020
A high-resolution growth series of Tyrannosaurus rex obtained from multiple lines of evidence
"This publication is a major step forward for investigating ontogenetic trends in a fossil animal, and will no doubt be a hallmark paper others will follow. Moreover, it will undoubtedly help those working on Tyrannosaurus rex and tyrannosaurids untangle issues surrounding 'dwarf taxa' vs ontogenetic morphs."
Mark Young, Handling Editor
26 March 2020
How many ontogenetic points are needed to accurately describe the ontogeny of a cephalopod conch? A case study of the modern nautilid Nautilus pompilius
Christopher Glasby, Handling Editor
2 March 2020
Filamentous cyanobacteria preserved in masses of fungal hyphae from the Triassic of Antarctica
"This manuscript documents the first Mesozoic cyanobacterial fossils preserved in fungal hyphal masses within a leaf-rich permineralized (silicified) peat and represents a novel finding from the Triassic of Antarctica."
Craig Moyer, Handling Editor
13 February 2020
The history of mesowear: a review
"As the reviewrs have altready pointed out the review helps others and young scientists new to the field to read condensed history of mesowear and decide which variation of the original method to use and even more important to use the right citation!!"
Clara Stefen, Handling Editor
11 February 2020
A reevaluation of the basal turtle Indochelys spatulata from the Early–Middle Jurassic (Toarcian–Aalenian) of India, with descriptions of new material
"An important contribution to our understanding of basal turtles (non-perichelydian mesochelydians)."
Mark Young, Handling Editor

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