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Some recent (or not yet mentioned) vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs (some temporary):
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Palembertina deplasi gen. et sp. nov.
Romain Weppe, CÃcile Blondel, Monique Vianey-Liaud, Thierry PÃlissiÃ, and MaÃva Judith Orliac (2020)
A new Cainotherioidea (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Palembert (Quercy, SW France): Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the dental pattern of Cainotheriidae.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 23(3):a54
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1081
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2020/3216-new-species-from-cainotherioidea
zoobank.org/3C5849FC-3895-4100-8494-0ADFC2F617F7
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Paraethomys baeticus sp. nov.
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Pedro PiÃero and Diego H. Verzi (2020)
A new early Pliocene murine rodent from the Iberian Peninsula and its biostratigraphic implications
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (in press)
doi:https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00755.2020
http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app007552020.html
Free pdf:
http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app65/app007552020.pdf
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Hypodolops sapoensis gen. et sp. nov.
Amphidolops minimus sp. nov
Amphidolops intermedius sp. nov.
Pliodolops kamektsen (Simpson, 1935) comb. nov.
Pliodolops rothi (Simpson, 1936) comb. nov.
Pliodolops winecage (Simpson, 1935) comb. nov.
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Laura Chornogubsky (2020)
Interrelationships of Polydolopidae (Mammalia: Marsupialia) from South America and Antarctica.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa143 (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa143
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa143/6006233
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QIU Zhu-Ding, WANG Xiao-Ming, LI Qiang,LI Lu, WANG Hong-Jiang & CHEN Hai-Feng (2020)
Late Miocene mammalian fauna of Halajin Hushu in Nei Mongol, China.
Vertebrata PalAsiatica (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.201126
http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/pressonline/202011/t20201126_5784827.html
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http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/pressonline/202011/P020201126546080659516.pdf
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Caroline Parins-Fukuchi (2020)
Morphological and phylogeographic evidence for budding speciation: an example in hominins.
bioRxiv 2020.10.23.351114 (preprint)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.23.351114
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.23.351114v2
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Ameline Bardo, Marie-HÃlÃne Moncel, Christopher J. Dunmore, Tracy L. Kivell, Emmanuelle Pouydebat & RaphaÃl Cornette (2020)
The implications of thumb movements for Neanderthal and modern human manipulation.
Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 19323
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75694-2
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75694-2
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Christian Roos, Sascha Knauf, Idrissa S. Chuma, Audrey Maille, CÃcile Callou, Richard Sabin, Roberto Portela Miguez Â& Dietmar Zinner (2020)
New mitogenomic lineages in Papio baboons and their phylogeographic implications.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24186
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24186
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.24186
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Jennifer Botha (2020)
The paleobiology and paleoecology of South African Lystrosaurus.
PeerJ 8:e10408
doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10408
https://peerj.com/articles/10408/
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Don Arp (2020)
Developing an Assessment to Evaluate Tyrannosaurus rex Forelimb Use Cases.
Biosis: Biological Systems 1(3): 102-108
doi: https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.001.03.0060
https://eaapublishing.org/journals/biosis/article/view/60
Free pdf:
https://eaapublishing.org/journals/biosis/article/view/60/140
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MilÃn, J., Falkingham, P.L.
& Mueller-TÃwe, I. J. (2020)
Small ornithopod dinosaur tracks and crocodilian remains from the Middle Jurassic Bagà Formation, Born-holm, Denmark: Important additions to the rare Middle Jurassic vertebrate faunas of Northern Europe.
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 68: 245â253.
doi: https://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-2020-68-11
https://2dgf.dk/publikationer/bulletin/bulletin-volume-68-2020/
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ÂYukimitsu Tomida, Takanobu Tsuihiji, Haruo Saegusa, Naoki Ikegami, Ren Hirayama & Hideo Nakaya (2020)
Japanese translation of clade names in cladistic taxonomy of Dinosauria.
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OtogopterusÂhaoae gen. et sp. nov.
JI Shu'an & ZHANG Lifu (2020)
A new Early Cretaceous pterosaur from the Ordos region, Inner Mongolia.
Earth Science Frontiers 27(6): 365-370Â (in Chinese, English abstract)
DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.6.14
http://www.earthsciencefrontiers.net.cn/CN/abstract/abstract6008.shtml
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WANG Xiaolin, LI Yang, QIU Rui, JIANG Shunxing, ZHANG Xinjun, CHEN He, WANG Junxia & CHENG Xin (2020)
Comparison of biodiversity of the Early Cretaceous pterosaur faunas of China.
Earth Science Frontiers 27(6): 347-364ÂÂÂ (in Chinese, English abstract)
DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.6.19
http://www.earthsciencefrontiers.net.cn/CN/abstract/abstract6007.shtml
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JIANG Shun-Xing, ZHANG Xin-Jun, CHENG Xin & WANG Xiao-Lin (2020)
A new pteranodontoid pterosaur forelimb from the upper Yixian Formation, with a revision of Yixianopterus jingangshanensis.
Vertebrata PalAsiatica (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.201124
http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/pressonline/202011/t20201124_5778115.html
Free pdf:
http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/pressonline/202011/P020201126534508890484.pdf
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Chris Venditti, Joanna Baker, Michael J. Benton, Andrew Meade & Stuart Humphries (2020)
150 million years of sustained increase in pterosaur flight efficiency.
Nature (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2858-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2858-8
Free pdf:
https://cpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristol.ac.uk/dist/6/525/files/2020/11/2020Venditti.pdf
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Axel HÃgron, Michelle R. Stocker, Adam D. Marsh & Sterling J. Nesbitt (2020)
Archosauromorphs (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lamy Quarry, Garita Creek Formation (Adamanian, Late Triassic), New Mexico, USA.
Palaeodiversity 13(1): 135-149
doi: https://doi.org/10.18476/pale.v13.a11
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Massimo Delfino, Ãngel H. LujÃn, Juan Abella, David M. Alba, Madelaine BÃhme, Alejandro PÃrez-Ramos, Emanuel Tschopp, Jorge Morales & Plini Montoya (2020)
Late Miocene remains from Venta del Moro (Iberian Peninsula) provide further insights on the dispersal of crocodiles across the late Miocene Tethys
Journal of Paleontology (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.62
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Peter J. Bishop, Karl T. Bates, Vivian R. Allen, Donald M. Henderson, Marcela Randau & John R. Hutchinson (2020)
Relationships of mass properties and body proportions to locomotor habit in terrestrial Archosauria.
Paleobiology 46(4):550-568
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2020.47
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https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?fullDOI=10.1017%2Fpab.2020.47
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Jordan Bestwick, Andrew S. Jones, Mark A. Purnell & Richard J. Butler (2020)
Dietary constraints of phytosaurian reptiles revealed by dental microwear textural analysis.
Palaeontology (advance online publication)
doi:Â https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12515
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12515
Free pdf:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pala.12515
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Gerardo Carbot-Chanona, Gustavo Rivera-VelÃzquez, Eduardo JimÃnez-Hidalgo, and VÃctor Hugo Reynoso (2020)
The fossil record of turtles and tortoises (Testudines) of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Islands, with comments on its taxonomy and paleobiogeography: a bibliographic review.
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias GeolÃgicasÂ37(3): 269-283
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/cgeo.20072902e.2020.3.1581
http://rmcg.geociencias.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/1581/1400
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Bailey R. Fallon and Robert
W. Boessenecker (2020)
Multispecies leatherback turtle assemblage from the Oligocene Chandler Bridge and Ashley formations of South Carolina, USA.
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (in press)
doi:https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00740.2020
http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app007402020.html
Free pdf:
http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app65/app007402020.pdf
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Philip J. Bergmann, Gen Morinaga, Elyse S. Freitas, Duncan J. Irschick, GÃnter P. Wagner and Cameron D. Siler (2020)
Locomotion and palaeoclimate explain the re-evolution of quadrupedal body form in Brachymeles lizards.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287(1938): 20201994
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1994
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2020.1994
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Rodolfo OtÃvio Santos, Michel Laurin & Hussam Zaher (2020)
A review of the fossil record of caecilians (Lissamphibia: Gymnophionomorpha) with comments on its use to calibrate molecular timetrees.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blaa148 (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa148
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa148/5952892
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Bin Lu, Hong Jin & Jinzhong Fu (2020)
Molecular convergent and parallel evolution among four high-elevation anuran species from the Tibetan region.
BMC Genomics 21: 839
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-07269-4
https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-020-07269-4
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Armigatus carrenoae sp. nov.
JesÃs Alvarado-Ortega, Bruno AndrÃs Than-Marchese, and MarÃa del Pilar Melgarejo-DamiÃn (2020)
On the Albian occurrence of Armigatus (Teleostei, Clupeomorpha) in America, a new species from the TlayÃa LagerstÃtte, Mexico.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 23(3):a52.
doi: https://doi.org/10.26879/1107
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2020/3211-albian-armigatus-in-america
zoobank.org/3FE49A65-4103-407E-AA74-80E201FAE866
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Wang Jianhua, Zhao Wenjin, Zhu Min, Li Qiang, Cai Jiachen, Zhang Na, Peng Lijian & Luo Yanchao (2020)
Microvertebrate remains from the Kuanti Formation of the Liujiachong Section in Qujing, Yunnan and their stratigraphic significance.
Earth Science Frontiers 27(6): 329-340 (in Chinese, English abstract)
DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.6.7
http://www.earthsciencefrontiers.net.cn/CN/abstract/abstract6005.shtml
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Haoina elegantia gen. et sp. nov.
Guo Xianpu, Wang Shitao, Gai Zhikun, Zhao Ziran, Ding Xiaozhong, Li Tianfu
The Late Ordovician fish-like animal from Xinjiang.
Earth Science Frontiers 27(6): 341-346 (in Chinese, English abstract)
DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.6.17
http://www.earthsciencefrontiers.net.cn/CN/abstract/abstract6006.shtml
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Lu Liwu, Tan Kai & Wang Xi (2020)
Redescription of Eochondrosteus sinensis (Acipenseriformes, Actinopterygii) and its geological age
Earth Science Frontiers 27(6): 371-381Â Â(in Chinese, English abstract)
DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2020.6.6
http://www.earthsciencefrontiers.net.cn/CN/abstract/abstract6009.shtml
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Manuel Amadori, Jacopo Amalfitano, Luca Giusberti, Eliana Fornaciari, Giorgio Carnevale & Juergen Kriwet (2020)
The Italian record of the Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus latissimus Agassiz, 1835 (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii)
PeerJ 8:e10167
doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10167
https://peerj.com/articles/10167/
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Jose L. Herraiz, Joan RibÃ, HÃctor Botella, Carlos MartÃnez-PÃrez and Humberto G. FerrÃn (2020)
Use of nursery areas by the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes).
Biology Letters 16(11): 20200746.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0746
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0746
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https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0746
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Christiane Denys, Olga Otero, Ottmar Kullmer, Oliver Sandrock, Timothy G. Bromage, Friedemann Schrenk and Yannicke Dauphin (2020)
Biominerals Fossilisation: Fish Bone Diagenesis in PlioâPleistocene African Hominid Sites of Malawi.
Minerals 2020, 10(12): 1049
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/min10121049
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/12/1049
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Girts Stinkulis, ErvÄns
LukÅeviÄs & TerÄze ReÄe (2020)
Sedimentology and vertebrate fossils of the Frasnian Ogre Formation, Gurova outcrops, eastern Latvia.
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 69(4): 248â261
doi: https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2020.18
https://kirj.ee/wp-content/plugins/kirj/pub/earth-4-2020-248-261_20201111121342.pdf
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Alexander Lukeneder, Dawid Surmik, PrzemysÅaw Gorzelak, Robert NiedÅwiedzki, Tomasz Brachaniec & Mariusz A. Salamon (2020)
Bromalites from the Upper Triassic Polzberg section (Austria); insights into trophic interactions and food chains of the Polzberg palaeobiota.
Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 20545
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77017-x
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77017-x
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Antczak, M., RuciÅski, M. R., Stachacz, M., Matysik, M. & KrÃl, J. J., 202x.
Diversity of vertebrate remains from the Lower Gogolin Beds (Anisian) of southern Poland.
Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.14241/asgp.2020.22
Free pdf:
http://www.asgp.pl/sites/default/files/in_press_90_Antczak_et_al.pdf
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Junki Yoshida & Kenneth Carpenter (2020)
Burrows of small animals from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA.
Fossils 108: 11-21 (in Japanese, English abstract)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14825/kaseki.108.0_11
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kaseki/108/0/108_11/_article/-char/en
Free pdf:
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kaseki/108/0/108_11/_pdf/-char/en
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JoÃlle Barido-Sottani, Erin E. Saupe, Tara M. Smiley, Laura C. Soul, April M. Wright & Rachel C. M. Warnock (2020)
Seven rules for simulations in paleobiology.
Paleobiology 46(4): 435-444
doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2020.30
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Marco Romano & Raffaele Sardella (2020)
Tyrannosaurus rex it is not a prehistoric animal: roaring in a semantic prehistoric jungle.
Biosis:Biological Systems 1(3): 96-101.
doi: https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.001.03.0061
https://eaapublishing.org/journals/biosis/article/view/61
Free pdf:
https://eaapublishing.org/journals/biosis/article/view/61/139
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Tomoki Karasawa & Kumiko Matsui (2020)
Interacting with the inaccessible: utilization of multimedia-based visual contents of Japanâs National Monument, the Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis (Mosasauridae) holotype for educational workshops at Mikasa City Museum.
Fossils 108: 3-10 (in Japanese, English abstract )
DOI https://doi.org/10.14825/kaseki.108.0_3
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kaseki/108/0/108_3/_article/-char/en
Free pdf:
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kaseki/108/0/108_3/_pdf/-char/en
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Richard Norris (2020)
Whump, Slosh, Slosh, Slosh--Filling the Crater That Did in the Dinosaurs
AGU Advances (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000306
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020AV000306
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https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2020AV000306
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Fredric M. Menger (2020)
An Alternative Molecular View of Evolution: How DNA was Altered over Geological Time
Molecules 2020, 25(21), 5081;
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25215081
https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/21/5081
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Bernard Wood (2020)
Birth of Homo erectus.
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21873
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/evan.21873
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/evan.21873
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Harald LÃtzner, Marion Tichomirowa, Alexandra KÃÃner & Reinhard Gaupp (2020)
Latest Carboniferous to early Permian volcano-stratigraphic evolution in Central Europe: UâPb CAâIDâTIMS ages of volcanic rocks in the Thuringian Forest Basin (Germany).
International Journal of Earth Sciences (advance online publication)
doi:Â https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01957-y
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00531-020-01957-y
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