A new diminutive fossil ziphiid from the deep-sea floor off northern Chile and some remarks on the body size evolution and palaeobiogeography of the beaked whales by Giovanni Bianucci, Walter Sielfeld, Nicole A. Olguin, Guillermo Guzmán

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New Late Cretaceous microvertebrate assemblage from the Campanian–Maastrichtian Williams Fork Formation, northwestern Colorado, USA, and its paleoenvironmental implications by NICKOLAS A. BRAND, ANDREW B. HECKERT, ISRAEL SANCHEZ, JOHN R. FOSTER, REBECCA K. HUNT-FOSTER, JAELYN J. EBERLE

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Enamel microstructure and dental histology in a heterodontosaurid dinosaur: Heterodontosaurus tucki by CECILIA E. CALVERT, TYLER C. HUNT, NIALL S. WHALEN, JONAH N. CHOINIERE, MARK A. NORELL, GREGORY M. ERICKSON

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A new plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Portugal and the early radiation of Plesiosauroidea by EDUARDO PUÉRTOLAS-PASCUAL, MIGUEL MARX, OCTÁVIO MATEUS, ANDRÉ SALEIRO, ALEXANDRA E. FERNANDES, JOÃO MARINHEIRO, CARLA TOMÁS, SIMÃO MATEUS

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Post-collection taphonomy, sampling effects and the role of the collector in palaeontological collections: A case study from an early Late Triassic bone accumulation in southernmos... by FRANCESCO BATTISTA, ANA MARIA RIBEIRO, FERNANDO ERTHAL, CESAR L. SCHULTZ

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An armoured marine reptile from the Early Triassic of South China and its phylogenetic and evolutionary implications by Andrzej S Wolniewicz, Yuefeng Shen, Qiang Li, Yuanyuan Sun, Yu Qiao, Yajie Chen, Yi-Wei Hu, Jun Liu

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Middle Triassic dipterid ferns from west-central Argentina and their relationship to palaeoclimatic changes by Josefina Bodnar, Juan Martín Drovandi, Eduardo Manuel Morel, Daniel Gustavo Ganuza

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A redescription of Trachelosaurus fischeri from the Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Bernburg, Germany: the first European Dinocephalosaurus-like marine reptile and its systemati... by Stephan N. F. Spiekman, Martín D. Ezcurra, Adam Rytel, Wei Wang, Eudald Mujal, Michael Buchwitz, Rainer R. Schoch

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Cranial Anatomy and Paleoneurology of the Extinct Sloth Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) From the Late Pleistocene of Oruro, Southwestern Bolivia by Alberto Boscaini, Dawid A. Iurino, Dawid A. Iurino, Bernardino Mamani Quispe, Rubén Andrade Flores, Raffaele Sardella, Raffaele Sardella, François Pujos, Timothy J. Gaudin

“…The new morphological information recovered from this extinct sloth is compared with the available information for both extant and extinct forms, providing insights in the paleobiology of the extinct species. The present study reveals the importance of applying these novel non-destructive techniques to elucidate the evolutionary history of sloths.…”
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Feeding habits and habitat of herbivorous mammals from the Early–Late Hemphillian (Miocene) of Costa Rica by Víctor Adrián Pérez-Crespo, César A. Laurito, Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales, Ana L. Valerio, Pedro Morales-Puente, Edith Cienfuegos-Alvarado, Francisco J. Otero

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Evolution of Early Equus in Italy, Georgia, the Indian Subcontinent, East Africa, and the Origins of African Zebras by Raymond L. Bernor, Raymond L. Bernor, Omar Cirilli, Omar Cirilli, Advait M. Jukar, Richard Potts, Maia Buskianidze, Lorenzo Rook

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Constraining Morphologies of Soft Tissues in Extinct Vertebrates Using Multibody Dynamic Simulations: A Case Study on Articular Cartilage of the Sauropod Dreadnoughtus by Kristyn K. Voegele, Matthew F. Bonnan, Sorin Siegler, Christopher R. Langel, Kenneth J. Lacovara, Kenneth J. Lacovara

“…Moreover, applying our methods within a quantitative hypothesis-testing framework can advance the field of paleobiology by testing hypotheses relating shape and kinematics that are not possible with prescribed joint motions.…”
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Identifying the oldest larva of a myrmeleontiformian lacewing—a morphometric approach by Andrés F. Herrera-Flórez, Florian Braig, Carolin Haug, Christian Neumann, Jörg Wunderlich, Marie K. Hörnig, Joachim T. Haug

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Taxonomic, biogeographic, and taphonomic reassessment of a large extinct species of paca from the Quaternary of Brazil by Elver Luiz Mayer, Alex Hubbe, Leonardo Kerber, Paulo Miguel Haddad-Martim, Walter Neves

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Osteology, relationships and functional morphology of Weigeltisaurus jaekeli (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) based on a complete skeleton from the Upper Permian Kupferschiefer of Germ... by Adam C. Pritchard, Hans-Dieter Sues, Diane Scott, Robert R. Reisz

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Mode of life and hydrostatic stability of orthoconic ectocochleate cephalopods: Hydrodynamic analyses of restoring moments from 3D printed, neutrally buoyant models by David J. Peterman, Charles N. Ciampaglio, Ryan C. Shell, Margaret M. Yacobucci

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Accessory cusp expression at the enamel-dentine junction of hominin mandibular molars by Thomas W. Davies, Zeresenay Alemseged, Agness Gidna, Jean-Jacques Hublin, William H. Kimbel, Ottmar Kullmer, Fred Spoor, Clément Zanolli, Matthew M. Skinner

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First phylogenetic analysis of the Miocene armadillo Vetelia reveals novel affinities with Tolypeutinae by Daniel Barasoain, Laureano R. González Ruiz, Rodrigo L. Tomassini, Afredo E. Zurita, Víctor H. Contreras, Claudia I. Montalvo

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A new species of the “condylarth” Hyopsodus from the middle Eocene of the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China, and its biostratigraphic implications by BIN BAI, YUAN-QING WANG, XIN-YUE ZHANG, JIN MENG

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Aging: What We Can Learn From Elephants by Daniella E. Chusyd, Nicole L. Ackermans, Nicole L. Ackermans, Steven N. Austad, Steven N. Austad, Patrick R. Hof, Michelle M. Mielke, Chet C. Sherwood, David B. Allison

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