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Predation of sea turtle eggs by rats and crabs

link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-023-04327-9

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New mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Allen Formation (Patagonia, Argentina) and reassessment of meridiolestidan diversity: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667124001083

Taxonomic revision of the late Permian dicynodont genus Endothiodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2024.2346578

New insights on the ecology and behavior of Machairodus aphanistus (Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodontinae) through the paleopathological study of the fossil sample from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain): link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-024-09721-8

Sea Turtle Eggs and Hatchlings are a Seasonally Important Food Source for the Generalist Feeding Golden Ghost Crab (Ocypode convexa): link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-023-01309-4

Small body size is associated with increased evolutionary lability of wing skeleton proportions in birds: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-023-01309-4

Skull material of an Early Cretaceous hadrosauriform dinosaur (Ornithopoda) from Salas de los Infantes (Burgos, Spain): link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41513-023-00227-5

Stable isotope analysis evidences dietary changes in toxodontids (Mammalia, Notoungulata) across the Neogene-Quaternary from Argentina : sepaleontologia.es/early-view-sanz-perez-et-al/

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Behavioral Development in the Spotted Hyena

www.jstor.org/stable/1313456?casa_token=QGI-TVUI08UAAAAA%3AtDos4yg0-cLHkmXLrvBhrbUU_rlwyHFWBfqNLjL-ca1YT27yuUMpWzYQR5Tk3odhJ68wZ-3bDorj44K-x8njV5QsO1EglzHUOTddM7DFhgzOT8_y9yuO

(Makes mention of the fact that the antelope hyenas kill solo can be 3-4 times heavier than them)

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52,000 years of woolly rhinoceros population dynamics reveal extinction mechanisms: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2316419121

Untangling the tree or unravelling the consensus? Recent developments in the quest to resolve the broad-scale relationships within Dinosauria: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2024.2345333

Shell anatomy and intraspecific variability of the Spanish Lutetian podocnemidid turtle Neochelys zamorensis: palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5220-shell-of-neochelys-zamorensis

Crocodylomorph and dinosaur tracks from the lowermost Jurassic of Le Veillon (western France): ichnotaxonomic revision of the type material (Lapparent collection): sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/46/8

The non-apodiform Strisores (potoos, nightjars and allied birds) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12549-024-00610-9

Prey size reflected in tooth wear: a comparison of two wolf populations from Sweden and Alaska: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2023.0070

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What’s in a name? Using species delimitation to inform conservation practice for Chinese giant salamanders (Andrias spp.)

academic.oup.com/evolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae007/7690816

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Morphology shapes community dynamics in early animal ecosystems: www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02422-8

Colonization of the ocean floor by jawless vertebrates across three mass extinctions: bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-024-02253-y

The virtual brain endocast of Incamys bolivianus: insight from the neurosensory system into the adaptive radiation of South American rodents: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1562

A ‘giant’ pterodactyloid pterosaur from the British Jurassic: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787824000191

Using linear measurements to diagnose the ecological habitat of Spinosaurus: peerj.com/articles/17544/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1MYhacKKskA7FAlcF7sOvPXu-nU-x7NPzmHRj6qRicKZtDDwn_D3jJCAc_aem_AZHSk5AaspIGH_WhqsBQ_gQAbV7nMTqlI60-05XeHz6wWKAGJoLWLqDvYeHguuGfKGr5Hwlp_U6y7-RX3_x7qVww

Discovery, taphonomic environments and classification of Zhucheng dinosaur fauna in Shandong Province: en.cgsjournals.com/article/doi/10.12097/j.issn.1671-2552.2023.07.006

Fossil and modern penguin tarsometatarsi: cavities, vascularity, and resilience: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1749-4877.12852

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A new species of vocalizing crocodyliform (Notosuchia, Sphagesauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2364332

A new interpretation of Pikaia reveals the origins of the chordate body plan: www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2824%2900669-9

A new Late Cretaceous reptiles bearing locality: Qarn Ganah, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt: nujbas.journals.ekb.eg/article_358602.html

A new species of mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Luxi County, Yunnan Province, South China: www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app011332024.html

Diuqin lechiguanae gen. et sp. nov., a new unenlagiine (Theropoda: Paraves) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous) of Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina: bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-024-02247-w

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A new species of the equisetalean plant Equicalastrobus from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app011302023.html

New evidence from high-resolution computed microtomography of Triassic stem-mammal skulls from South America enhances discussions on turbinates before the origin of Mammaliaformes: www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-64434-5

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Oldest southern sauropterygian reveals early marine reptile globalization: www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2824%2900375-0

Jurassic Park approached: a coccid from kimmeridgian cheirolepidiacean Aintourine Lebanese amber : academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwae200/7691274

Biomechanical skull performance in the meiolaniid Niolamia argentina (Testudinata: Meiolaniidae) using Finite Element Analysis: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2357315

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Total-evidence dating and the phylogenetic affinities of early fossil passerines: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2024.2356086

Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and extreme endemism within centrosaurine dinosaurs: peerj.com/articles/17224/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2zBSSeZ-RPosy4ZPSsRkt0hdEhoMow45rO80lSW2haRy_TmpOz65HB0W8_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

A new specimen of Dacentrurus armatus Owen, 1875 (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic of Spain and its taxonomic relevance in the European stegosaurian diversity: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae074/7696911?login=false

A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis on early ornithischian evolution (silesaurs are dinosaurs now ahhhhh!!!!!): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2024.2346577

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Description of a new specimen of Haplocanthosaurus from the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry

anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25520

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Gut contents from a Cretaceous Tyrannosaurid: Implications for theropod dinosaur digestive tracts: www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/gut-contents-from-a-cretaceous-tyrannosaurid-implications-for-theropod-dinosaur-digestive-tracts/30C9D126C3FEE979B5722ADCB2FF4C05

One or two species? Revision of fossil martens from the late Early Pleistocene sites Deutsch Altenburg 2 and 4 (Austria): palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024/5240-fossil-martens-from-austria

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Micro-CT data reveal new information on the craniomandibular and neuroanatomy of the dicynodont Gordonia (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the late Permian of Scotland

academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae065/7694288?login=false

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Rapid volcanic ash entombment reveals the 3D anatomy of Cambrian trilobites

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl4540

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Late Cretaceous ammonoids show that drivers of diversification are regionally heterogeneous: www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49462-z

Temporal dynamics of woolly mammoth genome erosion prior to extinction: www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00577-4