The osteology, taxonomy, and phylogenetic affinities of the Early Jurassic plesiosaur <em>Lusonectes sauvagei</em>
The transition from the Early to the Middle Jurassic was marked by significant restructuring of plesiosaur communities. While knowledge of the earliest Middle Jurassic plesiosaurs is generally limited...
Diet of bird-like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade
Troodontidae is a clade of small-to medium-sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believe...
Scimitar-crested <em>Spinosaurus</em> species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation
We describe a close relative of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, the sail-backed, fish-eating giant from nearshore deposits of northern Africa. Spinosaurus mirabilis sp. nov., discovered in the central Sahara...
Fossil ground sloth footprints: ichnotaxonomy and producers
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Freshwater amphibians and squamates from Villeveyrac (lower Campanian; Hérault, France): palaeodiversity, palaeoenvironment and implications for the Late Cretaceous palaeobiogeography of the European herpetofauna
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Caenogastropods and heterobranch gastropods from the Hettangian deposits of Luxembourg: palaeobiogeography and Early Jurassic faunal recovery in the western Tethys
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Foskeia pelendonum, a new rhabdodontomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Salas de los Infantes (Burgos Province, Spain), and a new phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Palynological response to the Late Jurassic palaeoclimate and sealevel variations in the western Tethys (Binalud Mountains, NE Iran)
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
The oldest acanthomorph fossil (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana (Morro do Chaves Formation, Sergipe–Alagoas Basin, NE Brazil)
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
Palaeoscolecids from the early Cambrian Guanshan biota, Yunnan Province, China
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
First record of Sahnioxylon Bose & Sah from South America (Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of Argentine Patagonia)
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
125 million-year-old dinosaur with never before seen hollow spikes discovered in China
A 125-million-year-old dinosaur just rewrote what we thought we knew about prehistoric life. Scientists in China have uncovered an exceptionally preserved juvenile iguanodontian with fossilized skin s...
Triceratops had a giant nose that may have cooled its massive head
Triceratops’ massive head may have been doing more than just showing off those famous horns. Using CT scans and 3D reconstructions of fossil skulls, researchers uncovered a surprisingly complex nasal ...
A giant blade-crested spinosaurus, the “hell heron,” discovered in the Sahara
Deep in the heart of the Sahara, scientists have uncovered Spinosaurus mirabilis — a spectacular new predator crowned with a massive, scimitar-shaped crest that may once have blazed with color under t...
The osteology, taxonomy, and phylogenetic affinities of the Early Jurassic plesiosaur Lusonectes sauvagei
The transition from the Early to the Middle Jurassic was marked by significant restructuring of plesiosaur communities. While knowledge of the earliest Middle Jurassic plesiosaurs is generally limited...
Pisinnocaris subconigera—a valid species of early Cambrian fuxianhuiid
Pisinnocaris subconigera was first described as a rare, small euarthropod from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota, southwestern China. The taxonomic validity of this species was later challenged due ...
Behavioral implications of an embedded tyrannosaurid tooth and associated tooth marks on an articulated skull of Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek Formation, Montana
Because teeth can be taxonomically distinct, particularly for non-mammalian carnivores such as non-avian dinosaurs, teeth that have broken off in the bone of another animal during feeding, predation o...