20 October 2025

Easier said than done: unexpected hurdles to preparing ∼1,000 cranial CT scans for data collection from an online digital repository

"The manuscript explores constraints and solutions to think about when preparing and/or using large CT-data sets from online repositories. Too rarely such aspects have been reported or published. A must read for everyone working with such datasets."

Kenneth De Baets, Handling Editor

17 October 2025

Remarkable dominance of myctophid otoliths in Upper Miocene Chagres Formation, Caribbean Panama

"The study shows that sound taxonomic otolith work and supporting quantitative analyses can provide crucial information to interpretation changes in paleoenvironments related with close of the Isthmus of Panama and historical contexts more generally."

Kenneth De Baets, Handling Editor

1 October 2025

The first leech body fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years

"The study re-analyses the leech-like fossil Macromyzon siluricus arguing for its assignment as a stem-leech. It will be of interest to those studying fossil or modern annelids."

Kenneth De Baets, Section Editor

16 September 2025

Digitized endocasts and brains: a perspective on measurements and historical analyses of the evolution of 172 fossil and extant amniote specimens

"The manuscript is an excellent culmination of the lead author's lifetime of work and the data are quite useful for future work."

Brandon Hedrick, Handling Editor

11 April 2025

An update on Aenocyon dirus in the interior of North America: new records, radiocarbon dates, ZooMS spectra, and isotopic data for an iconic late Pleistocene carnivore

"Multidisciplinary data and approaches will allow to better understand the extinction of the dire wolf"

Kenneth De Baets, Section Editor

2 April 2025

A new metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China

"A new species within a group requiring more in-depth descriptions."

Michela Johnson, Handling Editor

24 February 2025

The large mammal fossil fauna of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa: a review

"The paper reviews the faunal record, palaeo-environment and dating history of fossil sites in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. The region is of significance in the study of hominin evolution."

Shaw Badenhorst, Handling Editor

19 December 2024

Bone histology and growth curve of the earliest ceratopsian Yinlong downsi from the Upper Jurassic of Junggar Basin, Northwest China

"For the first time, this study examines the osteohistology, skeletochronology, and growth dynamics of an ontogenetic series of the earliest ceratopsian, Yinlong downsi, yielding outstanding results."

Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Handling Editor

19 November 2024

Klastomycter conodentatus, gen et sp. nov., a small early Permian parareptile with conical teeth from Richards Spur, Oklahoma

"The study enhances our understanding of parareptile evolution and their relationships with other Paleozoic contemporaries. Additionally, it underscores the richness of amniote fossils in the Richards Spur region, contributing valuable insights into the paleoecology of the area."

Joseph Gillespie, Handling Editor

15 November 2024

Phylogenetic relationships of Neogene hamsters (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetinae) revealed under Bayesian inference and maximum parsimony

"This article provides a strong foundation for investigating the origin and diversification of hamsters."

Mark Young, Section Editor