Frontiers | A hundred years of dinosaur research in Mexico: skeletal completeness and phylogenetic information of the dinosaur fossil record in Mexico

The dinosaur fossil record from Mexico is sparsely documented since most of it is fragmentary remains with little taxonomic information and a lot of it conti...

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Reconstructing the major skull myology of the giant stem‐amphibian <fi>Mastodonsaurus</fi>: A case study for early tetrapods

We reconstruct the major cranial musculature of the giant stem amphibian Mastodonsaurus giganteus, revealing a differentiated jaw-adductor system, a probable sesamoid pulley, and previously unrecogni....

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The body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex

Despite an extensive history of study, quantitative constraints on the thermophysiology of Tyrannosaurus rex remain limited. Here, we derive a thermodynamically based determination of T. rex body temp...

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Cambrian fossils illuminate the ambulacrarian common ancestor

He et al. describe Yujingia, a new early Cambrian ambulacrarian with differentiated appendages that include pinnate arms with filter-feeding grooves. The morphology and phylogenetic position of Yujing...

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A macroscopic jellyfish from the early Cambrian of south China - Communications Biology

A new fossil cnidarian, Mycozoon insolitum, from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota, south China, is interpreted as a macroscopic jellyfish bearing a tough umbrella and a well-defined digestive syste...

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Sauropod teeth from the Khorat Group of Thailand suggest the faunal replacement of sauropod dinosaurs across the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous

Sauropod teeth are among the most abundant vertebrate fossils recovered from the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Khorat Group of Thailand. However, their taxonomic and palaeoecological significa...

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Benthic paleoenvironmental response to late Pleistocene climate variability at the SW Iberian Margin: an ichnofabric approach

The interval spanning Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 12 to 9 represents a key phase of the Pleistocene, marked by pronounced climatic oscillations and high‑amplitude glacial–interglacial transitions. ...

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Gastrochaenolites borings from Iran: paleoenvironmental and bioerosional implications

Gastrochaenolites is a clavate boring produced primarily by endolithic bivalves in lithic substrates. Here, we documented this trace fossil from multiple stratigraphic intervals in Iran: Upper Cret...

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Artiodactyla fossil remains from a new locality, Drebh, Sulaiman Range, South Punjab, Pakistan, and their relation with other continental deposits

This study reports artiodactyl fossil remains from a newly discovered locality near Drebh village in the Sulaiman Range, South Punjab, Pakistan. The recovered assemblage includes representatives of...

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A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Bartonian of Kazakhstan

A new species of the genus Argillochelys (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae), A. foveopalatus sp. nov. is described based on a partial skull and two dentary symphyses from the Karakeshi and Monata locali...

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Dental anomalies and malocclusion in Mammuthus columbi (Falconer, 1857) from the Basin of Mexico

Malocclusion and/or dental malformations were found in individuals of Mammuthus columbi (Falconer, 1857) from 15 Late Pleistocene localities in the Basin of Mexico. We hypothesise that malocclusion...

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Intercontinental evidence of the iconic genus Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)

The sauropod Diplodocus is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, with fossils traditionally known from the Morrison Formation (U.S.A.; Kimmeridgian–Tithonian). Here, we describe a new diplodocid specim...

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Dental remains of Tapirus arvernensis (Perissodactyla, Tapiridae) from the Upper Pliocene deposits of Ridjake, Serbia

Tapiridae remains are poorly documented in the Balkan Peninsula, leaving a significant gap in the paleobiogeographic and evolutionary record of the fa…

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First accurate record of Toxodon (Toxodontidae, Notoungulata) from the Late Pleistocene ‘pampas de altura’ of San Luis Province, Argentina, and its stratigraphic context

This study presents the first accurate record of the toxodontid Toxodon platensis in the Late Pleistocene of the San Luis Province, central-western Ar…

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Exploring the intraspecific variation in trilobite segmentation: development of an articulated proasaphiscid, a case study

We present a detailed exploration of the growth and segmentation of the proasaphiscid trilobite Maotunia iddingsi from the middle Cambrian (Miaolingian, Drumian), North China, and investigate morphol...

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The first tetrapod cololite from a middle Permian lagoon community in European Russia and its implications for palaeoecological reconstruction

The first find of a tetrapod cololite from the middle Permian (Guadalupian) Kazanian stage of European Russia (Shikhovo–Chirki locality, Kirov Region) is described. Inside the incomplete postcranial ...

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Redescription of <fi>Sorbitorhynchus deleaskitus</fi> (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Lower Devonian of China

Lungfishes first appeared in the Early Devonian and subsequently underwent a rapid radiation. They have persisted to the present day as iconic ‘living fossils’. Among Devonian lungfishes, the ‘chirod...

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Osteology, variation, and adaptations of the oldest Eurasian little owl <fi>Athene vallgornerensis</fi>, with implications for the evolutionary history of the genus <fi>Athene</fi> (Aves: Strigidae)

Extant little owl (Athene noctua) and its relatives are iconic strigiform birds (Aves: Strigiformes) with a very poorly known evolutionary history. The anatomy and adaptation of early members of this...

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First Record of Tasmanian Devils in the Pilbara: Late Quaternary Subfossils From Juukan Gorge, Puutu Kunti Kurrama Country, and Insights Into Human—Faunal Relationships and Extinction

This study presents the first unequivocal evidence for the presence of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) in the Pilbara region of northwestern Australia, based on material recovered from archae....

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A new therizinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota and ecomorphological patterns among early therizinosaurians

Therizinosauria is a highly specialized clade of maniraptoran theropods, notable for a suite of unusual traits in late-branching taxa. These paradoxical anatomical features contributed to the compl...

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Lepidosauria: history and relationships

Lepidosauria encompasses Rhynchocephalia (the New Zealand tuatara and its fossil relatives) and Squamata (lizards and snakes), lineages that diverged from one another around 240 million years ago. ...

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