A probable oligochaete from an Early Triassic Lagerstätte of the southern Cis-Urals and its evolutionary implications by Dmitry E. Shcherbakov, Tarmo Timm, Alexander B. Tzetlin, Olev Vinn, Andrey Y. Zhuravlev

“…Oligochaetes, despite their important role in terrestrial ecosystems and a tremendous biomass, are extremely rare fossils. The palaeontological record of these worms is restricted to some cocoons, presumable trace fossils and a few body fossils the most convincing of which are discovered in Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata. …”
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Archaeology and ichnology at Gombore II-2, Melka Kunture, Ethiopia: everyday life of a mixed-age hominin group 700,000 years ago by Flavio Altamura, Matthew R. Bennett, Kristiaan D’Août, Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Rita T. Melis, Sally C. Reynolds, Margherita Mussi

“…Furthermore, the same layers contain a rich archaeological and palaeontological record, confirming that knapping was taking place in situ and that stone tools were used for butchering hippo carcasses at the site. …”
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Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous foraminiferal biozonation of the Amran Group, eastern Sana’a Basin, Yemen by Al-Wosabi Mohammed, El-Anbaawy Mohammed, Al-Thour Khalid

“…These sections are part of a carbonate platform that extends from the city of Marib in the east to Naqil Ibn Ghailan, 20 km east of the city of Sana’a to the west. Palaeontological analysis of samples recovered has resulted in identification of 123 foraminiferal species, which are used to subdivide the sequence of the Amran Group into five biostratigraphic zones, aged between Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) and Berriasian (Early Cretaceous). …”
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CLASTS OF UPPERMOST ALBIAN (VRACONIAN) LIMESTONE IN THE EOCENE CUCCURU 'E FLORES CONGLOMERATE OF THE M. ALBO MASSIF (EASTERN SARDINIA) by IGINIO DIENI, FRANCESCO MASSARI, VLADAN RADULOVIC

“…The fossil content includes also brachiopods and abundant planktonic foraminifers of the Thalmanninella (formerly Rotalipora) appenninica Zone. In the palaeontological part the brachiopods Orbirhynchia parkinsoni and Capillithyris capillata are described and discussed. …”
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Geomagnetism, volcanoes, global climate change, and predictability. A progress report by G. P. Gregori

“…This investigation implies both theoretical studies and observational data handling on different time scales, including present day phenomena, instrumental data series, historical records, proxy data, and geological and palaeontological evidences. The state of the art is briefly outlined, mentioning some already completed achievements, investigations in progress, and future perspectives.…”
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Was there more space in the late Early Devonian for marine biodiversity to peak than in the early Late Ordovician?: A brief note by Ruban Dmitry A.

“…After the so-called “Cambrian explosion”, marine biodiversity peaked either in the early Late Ordovician (as shown by the “classical” curves based on the extensive palaeontological data compilation) or in the late Early Devonian (as shown by the “innovative” curve based on the sampling standardization). …”
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Sedimentology and vertebrate fossils of the Frasnian Ogre Formation, Gurova outcrops, eastern Latvia by Girts Stinkulis, Ervīns Lukševičs, Terēze Reķe

“…Combined sedimentological and palaeontological study of the siliciclastic sequence of the Ogre Formation in the easternmost area of its distribution in Latvia was aimed at the facies analysis of the deposits and at detailed observation of the taxonomical and taphonomical peculiarities of the fossil vertebrate assemblage. …”
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History Repeats: Large Scale Synchronous Biological Turnover in Avifauna From the Plio-Pleistocene and Late Holocene of New Zealand by Nicolas J. Rawlence, R. Paul Scofield, Matt S. McGlone, Michael Knapp

“…New Zealand's unique biodiversity is the product of at least 55 million years of geographic isolation, supplemented by persistent transoceanic migration. Palaeontological and genetic evidence suggest most New Zealand avifauna has colonized from Australia. …”
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Shark and ray diversity in the Tropical America (Neotropics)—an examination of environmental and historical factors affecting diversity by Jorge Domingo Carrillo-Briceño, Juan D. Carrillo, Orangel Antonio Aguilera, Marcelo R. Sanchez-Villagra

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A new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline and its ecomorphology by Melina Jobbins, Martin Rücklin, Martin Rücklin, Humberto G. Ferrón, Humberto G. Ferrón, Christian Klug

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Il Villaggio del Pescatore tra ricerca, tutela e valorizzazione / The Villaggio del Pescatore: research, protection, enhancement by Emanuela Murgia

“…Distinguished by palaeontological, archaeological and historical evidence, this area coexists with an infrastructural and industrial zone. …”
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The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography by Stephan N.F. Spiekman, James M. Neenan, Nicholas C. Fraser, Vincent Fernandez, Olivier Rieppel, Stefania Nosotti, Torsten M. Scheyer

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Lizards and snakes from the earliest Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France: an anatomical and histological approach of some of the oldest Neogene squamates from Europe by Georgios L. Georgalis, Torsten M. Scheyer

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Taphonomy of the vertebrate bone beds from the Klūnas fossil site, Upper Devonian Tērvete Formation of Latvia by Jeļena Vasiļkova, Ervīns Lukševičs, Ģirts Stinkulis, Ivars Zupiņš

“…Combined sedimentological and taphonomical study of the siliciclastic sequence of the Tērvete Formation in the stratotypical area was aimed at revealing the formation of the three oryctocoenoses discovered and related structural and textural features of the deposits, as well as at detailed observation of the taphonomical peculiarities of the obtained palaeontological material. The fossil vertebrate assemblage is represented by 14 taxa comprising placoderms, acanthodians, sarcopterygians and actinopterygians. …”
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Reproducible, portable, and efficient ancient genome reconstruction with nf-core/eager by James A. Fellows Yates, Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Maxime Borry, Aida Andrades Valtueña, Zandra Fagernäs, Stephen Clayton, Maxime U. Garcia, Judith Neukamm, Alexander Peltzer

“…The broadening utilisation of ancient DNA to address archaeological, palaeontological, and biological questions is resulting in a rising diversity in the size of laboratories and scale of analyses being performed. …”
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The Former Geiseltal Museum (1934-2011), the Eocene Geiseltal Fossilagerstätte (Germany) and the Scientific Meaning of Ben Barnes as a Pioneer of Systematic Quantitative Vertebrate... by Meinolf Hellmund

“…With his successful work, undertaken using with modern scientific aspects of his time, he gave rise for many other researchers to do so in the same way and to contribute step by step in reconstructing the geological and palaeontological history of fauna, flora and palaeoenvironment etc. in the Geiseltal.…”
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The Missing Late Pleistocene Ostrich Femur from Zhoukoudian (China): New Information Provided by a Rediscovered Old Cast by Eric Buffetaut

“…The importance of old palaeontological casts is emphasized, as well as the need to preserve and curate them properly.…”
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Assessing canalisation of intraspecific variation on a macroevolutionary scale: the case of crinoid arms through the Phanerozoic by Catalina Pimiento, Kit Lam Tang, Samuel Zamora, Christian Klug, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra

“…It is also an example on the challenges and limitations of palaeontological studies of macroevolutionary processes.…”
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On the occurrence of Iphiculus eliasi Hyžný & Gross, 2016 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Leucosioidea) from the Miocene of Catalonia (northeastern Iberian Peninsula) by Àlex OSSÓ, Matúš HYŽNÝ, Manu GÓMEZ, David ALBALAT, Fernando A. FERRATGES

“…Recovery of two specimens of leucosioid crabs in Langhian (middle Miocene) strata at Vilafranca del Penedès (Alt Penedès, Catalonia) and a re-examination of another leucosioid from the palaeontological collections of the Vinseum (Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia) have led us to consider all of these as conspecific with Iphiculus eliasi Hyžný & Gross, 2016, described first from the middle Miocene of Austria. …”
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Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time by Beatrice Demarchi, Shaun Hall, Teresa Roncal-Herrero, Colin L Freeman, Jos Woolley, Molly K Crisp, Julie Wilson, Anna Fotakis, Roman Fischer, Benedikt M Kessler, Rosa Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, Jesper V Olsen, James Haile, Jessica Thomas, Curtis W Marean, John Parkington, Samantha Presslee, Julia Lee-Thorp, Peter Ditchfield, Jacqueline F Hamilton, Martyn W Ward, Chunting Michelle Wang, Marvin D Shaw, Terry Harrison, Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Ross DE MacPhee, Amandus Kwekason, Michaela Ecker, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Michael Chazan, Roland Kröger, Jane Thomas-Oates, John H Harding, Enrico Cappellini, Kirsty Penkman, Matthew J Collins

“…Here, we demonstrate the role of mineral binding in preserving the protein sequence in ostrich (Struthionidae) eggshell, including from the palaeontological sites of Laetoli (3.8 Ma) and Olduvai Gorge (1.3 Ma) in Tanzania. …”
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