Historical photogrammetry: Bird's Paluxy River dinosaur chase sequence digitally reconstructed as it was prior to excavation 70 years ago. by Peter L Falkingham, Karl T Bates, James O Farlow

“…More broadly, this work demonstrates the exciting potential for digitally recreating palaeontological, geological, or archaeological specimens that have been lost to science, but for which photographic documentation exists.…”
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Metrological analysis of additively manufactured copies of a fossil skull by Mirosław Rucki, Yaroslav Garashchenko, Ilja Kogan, Tomasz Ryba

“…This fossil represents the unique remains of an extinct “reptiliomorph amphibian” of high importance for palaeontological science. For this research, the surface was scanned and twelve different copies were 3D-printed using various devices, materials, and AM techniques. …”
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UPPER OLENEKIAN (SPATHIAN) AMMONOIDS FROM CHIOS (LOWER TRIASSIC, GREECE): TAXONOMY AND STRATIGRAPHIC POSITIONS by DOROTHEE MERTMANN, VOLKER JACOBSHAGEN

“…Here, we present a palaeontological description of Spathian ammonoids, which have been collected during two field campaigns by Italian-German teams (Assereto et al. 1980; Gaetani et al. 1992). …”
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State of the art of Triassic palynostratigraphical knowledge of the Cantabrian Mountains (N Spain) by Juncal, Manuel A., Diez, José B., De la Horra, Raúl, Barrenechea, José F., Borruel-Abadía, Violeta, López-Gómez, José

“…The early Alpine sedimentary record of the Cantabrian basin is represented by the latest Carboniferous-Permian and Triassic rocks, mostly of continental origin. A lack of palaeontological data has led, until recently, to erroneous interpretations of the stratigraphic position of this sedimentary record. …”
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Reconstructing sea-level changes on the Eastern Adriatic Sea (Croatia) – an overview by Maša Surić

“…Rocky karstified coast, low tidal range, indented shoreline with numerous islands, diverse coastal biocenoses, abundant palaeontological, archaeological and historical evidence, relatively dense tide-gauge stations and developing GPS network – all these facts offer optimal prerequisite for the sea-level changes studies on the Croatian coast. …”
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Charnia at 50: Developmental models for Ediacaran fronds by Antcliffe, J, Brasier, M

“…The traditional paradigm of translating Phanerozoic animal phyla back into the Ediacaran is therefore questioned. © 2008 The Palaeontological Association.…”

An assessment of variability in theropod dinosaur remains from the bathonian (middle jurassic) of stonesfield and new park quarry, UK and taxonomic implications for megalosaurus bu... by Benson, R

“…However, other remains of small-bodied theropods from Stonesfield indicate a minimum of two small-bodied taxa that are distinct from M. bucklandii. © The Palaeontological Association, 2009.…”

Vetulicolians from the Lower Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstatte, North Greenland, and the polarity of morphological characters in basal deuterostomes by Vinther, J, Smith, M, Harper, D

“…The presence of a voluminous, sediment-filled anterior chamber suggests that the atrium may be a synapomorphy of deuterostomes. © The Palaeontological Association.…”

Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time. by Demarchi, B, Hall, S, Roncal-Herrero, T, Freeman, C, Woolley, J, Crisp, M, Wilson, J, Fotakis, A, Fischer, R, Kessler, B, Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, R, Olsen, J, Haile, J, Thomas, J, Marean, C, Parkington, J, Presslee, S, Lee-Thorp, J, Ditchfield, P, Hamilton, J, Ward, M, Wang, C, Shaw, M, Harrison, T, Domínguez-Rodrigo, M, MacPhee, R, Kwekason, A, Ecker, M, Kolska Horwitz, L, Chazan, M, Kröger, R, Thomas-Oates, J, Harding, J, Cappellini, E, Penkman, K, Collins, M

“…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. …”

AMMONOID SUCCESSION AT THE BAJOCIAN-BATHONIAN TRANSITION IN THE BAS AURAN AREA, DIGNE DISTRICT, SOUTH-EAST FRANCE by GIULIO PAVIA, SIXTO R. FERNÁNDEZ-LÓPEZ, CHARLES MANGOLD

“…Features of the ammonoid succession indicate relatively homogeneous and good record quality, gradual biostratigraphic change and high degree of taxonomic similarity between the Bomfordi and Convergens subzones. Palaeontological criteria also indicate relatively high values of palaeontological and stratigraphic completeness at the base of levels RB070-RB071 (= level 23 in Sturani 1967) which corresponds to the Bajocian/Bathonian boundary. …”
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Mind the gap! The mitochondrial control region and its power as a phylogenetic marker in echinoids by Omri Bronstein, Andreas Kroh, Elisabeth Haring

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Taphonomic implications from Upper Triassic mass flow deposits: 2-dimensional reconstructions of an ammonoid mass occurrence (Carnian, Taurus Mountains, Turkey) by Mayrhofer Susanne, Mayrhofer Susanne

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Extreme abundance of ammonoids in mass accumulations from the Late Devonian of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas by MERLE GREIF, JAMES H. NEBELSICK, CHRISTIAN KLUG

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L’intelligenza delle mani by CATENA, MARIA TERESA

“…The Intelligence of Hands Attributing artificiality solely to technological intelligences certainly means distinguishing their capabilities from those of the human mind, whose biological origin, however, runs the risk of becoming synonymous with an immutable nature. Adopting a palaeontological perspective, the contribution, conversely, seeks to draw attention to the close evolutionary link between our brains and the practices of the living body. …”
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The regional stratotype section and point for the base of the Hirnantian Stage (the uppermost Ordovician) at Mirny Creek, Omulev Mountains, Northeast Russia by Koren, Tatyana N., Sobolevskaya, Rimma F.

“…Due to the completeness of the sedimentary and palaeontological record, the Mirny Creek section can be considered as a reference section for the Hirnantian Stage. …”
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Tuberculosis-like respiratory infection in 245-million-year-old marine reptile suggested by bone pathologies by Dawid Surmik, Tomasz Szczygielski, Katarzyna Janiszewska, Bruce M. Rothschild

“…An absence of ancient archaeological and palaeontological evidence of pneumonia contrasts with its recognition in the more recent archaeological record. …”
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On the history of the names Lingula, anatina, and on the confusion of the forms assigned them among the Brachiopoda by Emig Christian C.

“…Although denounced as scientifically incorrect for more than two decades, the concept still remains in many books, publications and Web sites, perhaps a witness to palaeontological conservatism.…”
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Acoustic communication at the water's edge: evolutionary insights from a mudskipper. by Gianluca Polgar, Stefano Malavasi, Giacomo Cipolato, Vyron Georgalas, Jennifer A Clack, Patrizia Torricelli

“…These observations were used to support an "exaptation hypothesis", i.e. the maintenance of key adaptations during the first stages of water-to-land vertebrate eco-evolutionary transitions (based on eco-evolutionary and palaeontological considerations), through a comparative bioacoustic analysis of aquatic and semiterrestrial gobiid taxa. …”
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Revision of the first Carboniferous palaeofloristic locality discovered in Argentina. by GUSTAVO CORREA, SILVIA N. CÉSARI

“…Subsequent studies of this outcrop and its palaeontological content have been few, and a new interdisciplinary approach is needed. …”
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Analysis of the modern distribution of South African Gerbilliscus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) with implications for Plio-Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental reconstruction by Timothy Lee Campbell, Patrick J. Lewis, Justin K. Williams

“…These species are also routinely reported from many of the palaeontological and archaeological sites in the region. …”
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