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12 August 2020
A new balaenopterid species from the Southern North Sea Basin informs about phylogeny and taxonomy of Burtinopsis and Protororqualus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae)
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9 April 2020
Revision of the mollisoniid chelicerate(?) Thelxiope, with a new species from the middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation of Utah
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18 May 2018
A quantitative approach to determine the taxonomic identity and ontogeny of the pycnodontiform fish Pycnodus (Neopterygii, Actinopterygii) from the Eocene of Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy
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30 November 2018
First occurrence of the enigmatic peccaries Mylohyus elmorei and Prosthennops serus from the Appalachians: latest Hemphillian to Early Blancan of Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee
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16 June 2020
Keraphyton gen. nov., a new Late Devonian fern-like plant from Australia
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28 May 2020
The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 5. Caodeyao liuyufengi gen. et sp. nov., a new peculiar therocephalian
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11 April 2019
A small caseid synapsid, Arisierpeton simplex gen. et sp. nov., from the early Permian of Oklahoma, with a discussion of synapsid diversity at the classic Richards Spur locality
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17 February 2021
The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 6. Turfanodon jiufengensis sp. nov. (Dicynodontia)
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11 December 2019
Soil and plant phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania)
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15 May 2018
An examination of the impact of Olson’s extinction on tetrapods from Texas

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Everything Dinosaur blog: Fossil “Stick” Proves to be New Species of Ancient Plant
https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2020/06/20/fossil-stick-proves-to-be-new-species-of-ancient-plant.html

Fossil Discovered in the 1960s Finally Reveals Its Secrets: New Plant Species That Lived About 365 Million Years Ago
https://scitechdaily.com/fossil-discovered-in-the-1960s-finally-reveals-its-secrets-new-plant-species-that-lived-about-365-million-years-ago/

360-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Extinct Species of Fern-Like Plant
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/keraphyton-mawsoniae-08545.html

350 million-year-old fossil of a fern-like plant unearthed in Australia over 50 years ago is finally identified as a new species
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8426051/Fossil-fern-like-plant-lived-372-359-million-years-ago-identified-new-species.html

Fossil “Stick” Proves to be New Species of Ancient Plant
https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2020/06/20/fossil-stick-proves-to-be-new-species-of-ancient-plant.html

Australian fossil reveals species
https://phys.org/news/2020-06-australian-fossil-reveals-species.html