2026 articles
Fish; Agnatha, Thelodonti, Placoderm, Acanthodians, Chondrichthyes, Fish, Crossopterygians, Lungfish, Coelocanths, Fish Ichnology, Fish burrows, Fish Coprolites
Amphibians; Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians), Reptilosauromorph, Lepospondyli, Amphibians
Reptilia; Lower Reptiles (“Anapsids”), Turtles, Diapsida (Lower Lepidosauromorphs), Lizards and snakes, Sphenodonts, Ichthyosaurs, Sauropterygians and Placodontians, Lower Archosauromorpha, “Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia", Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia), Pterosaurs
Dinosaurs; Dinosauromorpha Theropoda, Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda), Ornithischia, Armored dinosaurs, Dinosaurs in general, Aves (Mesozoic)
Synapsids; Pelycosaurs, Theriodontia, Deinocephalia, Mammals (Mesozoic)
Eggs, Ichnology, Palaeopathologies, Gastroliths, Stomach contents, Coprolites,Cannibalism, Regurgitalite, Fire (Mesozoic, Paleozoic), Beetle Borrings, Toothmarks, Histology, Soft tissue, Bonebed, Taphonomy, Burrows, DNA (and Blood), (suppose) Tertiary Dinosaurs, Venomous, Extinction
Species: Nova (1)
Traquairosteus prius GLINSKIY, BOLSHIYANOV, NEWMAN, ELLIOTT, BEZNOSOV, PLAX, ZAITSEV, KALABIN, KUCHER & AKIMOV, 2026
Glinskiy, V. N,. Bolshiyanov, I. P., Newman, M. J,. Elliott, D. K., Besnozov, P. A., Plax, D. P., Zaitsev, A. V., Kalabin, R. V., Kucher, D. B., and Akinmov, E. A., 2026, A review of the psammosteid genus Traquairosteus Tarlo, 1964 (Heterostachi: Pteraspidiformes) from the Givetian-Fransnian basins of Laurussia, with new data on the species composition, distribution and paleoecology: Proceedings of the Zoological iNstitue R.A. S., V. 220, n. 1, p. 145-174. (Traquairosteus prius) Link to pdf
Hagiwara, W., and Sallan, L., 2026, Mass extinction triggered the early radiations of jawed vertebrates and thier jawless relatives (Gnathotomes): Science Advances, v. 12, eaeb2297, 13pp. Link to pdf
Lei, X., Zhang, S., Cong, P., Vinther, J., Gabbott, S., Wei, F., and Xu, X., 2026, Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period: Nature, published online, 7pp.
Marsh, J., 2026, 443-million-year-old fossils reveal early vertebrate eyes: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Xian, X.-M., Mo, X., Guan, Q., Zhao, Y.-T., Xue, Q.-Y., Li, Q., LIU, J.-P., and Zhu, M., 2026, Early Devonian fish material from Posongchong Formation of Guangnan, Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Jobbins, M., Fernandez, J. M., Durkin, P., Silva, R. L., and Brink K. S., 2206, Early vertebrate diversity of the Elm Point Formation of Manitoba, Canada, and evidence of fish faunal diversification in the Middle Devonian of North America: Canadian Journal fo Zology, v. 104, 15pp. Link to pdf
Xian, X.-M., Mo, X., Guan, Q., Zhao, Y.-T., Xue, Q.-Y., Li, Q., LIU, J.-P., and Zhu, M., 2026, Early Devonian fish material from Posongchong Formation of Guangnan, Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Yan, Y., Zhao, W,. Luo, Y., Yu, H., and Xhu, M., 2026, Morphology and phylogeny of Bothriolepis yunnanensis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) from the Middle Devonian of China: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, v. 145, p. 535-551. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (2)
Lonchidionoides VULLO, FRAGOSO, BITTENCOURT, PEREZ-GARCIA, BOUCHEMIA & BENYOUCEF, 2026
Tuyuria LEBEDEV, ITANO, DUFFIN & IVANOV, 2026
Species: Nova (2)
Lonchidionoides trifurcatum VULLO, FRAGOSO, BITTENCOURT, PEREZ-GARCIA, BOUCHEMIA & BENYOUCEF, 2026
Tuyuria insolita LEBEDEV, ITANO, DUFFIN & IVANOV, 2026
Synonym: Nova (1)
Curvorudentis prorogatus (KRIWET, 2003) BEGAT, VILLALOOS-SEGURA, AMADORI, KLUG & KRIWET, 2026
= Synechodus prorognathus KRIWET, 2003
Anonymous, 2026, How an ancient seafloor turned Arkansas into 'Sharkansas,' a shark fossil hotspot: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf
Begat, A., Villalobos-Segura, E., Amadori, M, Klug, S., and Kriewet, J,. 2026, Revision of the extinct shark Synechodus prorogatus Kriwet, 2003 (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and its galemorph affiliation: Swiss Journal of Paleontology, v. 145, p. 303-311. (Curvorudentis prorogatus = Synechodus prorognathus) Link to pdf
Crothers, J., Eberle, J., Brinkman, D., Wurtz, A., Heckert, A. B., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Foster, J. R., Dirkes, I. C., and Dunn, R., 2026, An actinopterygian-dominated fish fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation, northwestern Colorado, and evidence for provinciality across Laramidia at the Campanian/Maastrhcithan boundary: Cretaceous Research, v. 182; 106313, 20pp. Link to pdf
Feichtinger, I., Beaury, B., Guinot, G., Harzhauser M., Nichter, T., Stoykova, K, and Pollerspock, J., 2026, Revealing elasmobranch diversity across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in the Central Tethys (Byala, Bulgaria): Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 11, p. 57-70. Link to pd
Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.
Lebedev, O. A., Itano, W. M., Duffin, C. J., and Ivanov, A. O., 2026, The earliest stem edestoid (Eugeneodontiformes, Chondrichthys) from the Visean (Lower Carboniferous) of Tula Region, Cenral Russia, and a revision of Edestoidea: Canadian Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 104, 24pp. (Tuyuria insolita) Link to pdf
McCormack, J, Maisch IV, H., Becker, M. A., Griffiths, M. L., Knighton, J., Eagle, R. A., Stevens, K., Muller, W, and Shimada, K., 2026, Sharks as apex predators in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway empirically revealed by zinc isotope analyses: Gondwana Research, v. 155, p. 227-239. Link to pdf
Plax, D. P., 2026, On the findings of the Carboniferous ichthyofauna in the Territory of Belarus: p. 67-72. Link to pdf
Stumpf, S., Turtscher, J., Lopez-Romero, F. A., Villalobos-Segura, E., Begat, A., Amadori, M., Dearden, R. P., Lauer, B., lauer, R., Hecker, A., and Kriwet, J., 2026, Reappriasal of the extinct barbelthroat shark +Bavarischyllium and the nebulous origin of carcharhiniform galeomorphs: Communications Biology, v. 9: 158, 17pp. Link to pdf
Vakaj, K., 2026, Prehistoric fossil poses puzzles in shark research: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Vullo, R., Fragoso, L. G. C., Bittencourt, J. S., Perez-Garcia, A., Bouchemia, I., and Benyoucef, M., 2026, A new genus of lonchidiid hybodontiform sharks from the Cretaceous of North Africa and South America: Geological Magazine, v. 163, e5, 9pp. (Lonchidionoides trifurcatum) Link to pdf
Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (3)
Gondwanacanthus BIBEIRO, de MAYRINCK, BOCKMANN & de PINNA, 2026
Ostenolepis FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026
Wadichthys ABU EL-KHEIR, MARZOUK, CAPASSO, ZAHRAN, KASEM, KAMEL, MOUSA & ELBSEBESHI, 2026
Species: Nova (6)
Gondwanacanthus decollatus BIBEIRO, de MAYRINCK, BOCKMANN & de PINNA, 2026
Ostenolepis marianii FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026
Peripeltopleurus jurassicus FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026
Pholidolepis teruzzii FRANCESCHI, MARRAMA & CARNEVALE, 2026
Ptycholepis huoae XU, LUO, MA, REN, WANG & LIAO, 2026
Wadichthys anbaawyi ABU EL-KHEIR, MARZOUK, CAPASSO, ZAHRAN, KASEM, KAMEL, MOUSA & ELBSEBESHI, 2026
Synonym: Nova (1)
Havroichthys orientalis (SU, 1959) CONEDERA, HITIJ, MONARI, GATTO, ANDREETI & TINTORI, 2025
= Peltopleurus orientalis SU, 1959
Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf
Brown, R., 2026, The fish were biting in ancient Alabama: tooth found embedded in Cretaceous apex predator’s neck: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Crothers, J., Eberle, J., Brinkman, D., Wurtz, A., Heckert, A. B., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Foster, J. R., Dirkes, I. C., and Dunn, R., 2026, An actinopterygian-dominated fish fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation, northwestern Colorado, and evidence for provinciality across Laramidia at the Campanian/Maastrhcithan boundary: Cretaceous Research, v. 182; 106313, 20pp. Link to pdf
Ebert, M,. 2026, Macromesodon Blake, 1905 and Apomesodon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz, 2002 (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Jurassic adn lowermost Cretaceous of England, France and Germany: Swiss Journal of Paleontology, v. 145, p. 97-129. Link to pdf
Genus: Apomesodon POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002
M. gibbosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2004
= Gyrodus gibbosus AGASSIZ, 1843 (nomen nudum)
= Mesodon gibbosus WAGNER, 1851
= Eomesodon gibbosus (WAGNER, 1851) WOODWARD, 1918
= Apomesodon gibbosus (WAGNER, 1851) POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002
= Mesodon comosus THIOLIERE, 1858 (nomen nudum)
= Mesodon heckeli WAGNER, 1861
= Mesodon maacropterus (AGASSIZ, 1834) ZITTEL, 1887
= Mesodon comosus THIOLLIERE, 1873
= Macromesodon gibbosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2004
= Apomesodon surgens POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002
= Macromesodon surgens (POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2002) POYATO-ARIZA & WENZ, 2004
= Mesodon gibbosus THIOLLIERE, 1873 (nomen nudum)
= Mesodon gibbosus THIOLLIERE, 1873
= Eomesodon gibbosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) WOODWARD, 1918
= Macromesodon comosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) SAINT-SEINE, 1949
\= Apomesodon gibbosus (WAGNER, 1851) POYATO-ARIZ & WENZ, 2002
\= Apomesodon comosus (THIOLLIERE, 1873) POYATO-ARIZ & WENZ, 2002
= Apomesodon surgens gibbosus (WAGNER, 1851) EBERT, KOLBL-EBERT & SCHULBERT, 2017
A. amoni (WOODWARD, 1890) EBERT, 2026
= Mesodon damoni WOODWARD, 1890
= Mesodon barnesi WOODWARD, 1906
= Eomesodon barnesi WOODWARD, 1906 WOODWARD, 1918
= Macromesodon damoni (WOODWARD, 1890) KRIWET, 2001
A. granulatus (MUNSTER, 1846) EBERT, 2026
= Pycnodus didymus AGASSIZ, 1943
= Pycnodus juggler MUNSTER, 1846
= Pycnodus granulatus MUNSTER, 1846
= Mesodon granulatus (MUNSTER, 1846) FRICKE, 1876
= Mesodon laevior RICKE, 1876\
= Eomesodon granulatus (MUNSTER, 1846) WOODWARD, 1918
A. spp
= Mesodon lingua SAUVAGE, 1902
= Mesodon combesi SAUVAGE, 1902
= Eomesodon combesi (SAUVAGE, 1902) BRIGNON, 2024
= Mesodon fourtaui SAUVAGE, 1902
= Eomesodon fourtaui (SAUVAGE, 1902) BRIGNON, 2024
Abu El-Khear, G A., Marzouk, A., Capasso, L., Zahran, E., Kasem, A. F., Kamel, A., Mousa, M. K., and Elbsebeshi, A., 2026, A new saurodontid fish from the Late Cretaceous of teh Western Desert, Egypt: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 71, n. 1, p. 85-94. (Wadichthys anbaawyi) Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Franceschi F., Marrama, G., and Carnevale, G., 2026, Bony fishes (Osteichthyes) from the Sinemurian (Jurassic) Osteno Knoservat-Lagersatatte (Como, NW Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 132, n. 1, p 9-58. (Ostenolepis marianii, Peripeltopleurus jurassicus, Pholidolepis teruzzii) Link to pdf
Friedman, M, and Giles, S., 2026, Cranial structure of Chondrosteus acipenseroides re-examined: implications from upper jaw homologies in acipenseriform fishes: Contributions from the Museum of paleontology, University of Michigan, v. 17, n. 6, p. 117-143. Link to pdf
Kellner, A. W. A., 2026, Scientific errors in paleontology - the case of Bakiribu: pterosaur or fish? Anais da Academia Brasiliera de Cienicas, v. 98, n. 2, 4pp. Link to pdf
Maksoud, S., Hossny, T. E., Cavin, L,. Saad, P. A., Azar, D., Piuz, A., and Samankassou, E., 2026, Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmetns of the Upper Cretacoeus fossil fish Konsirvat-Lagerstatten of Lebanon: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, v. 145, p. 433-474.
Plax, D. P., 2026, On the findings of the Carboniferous ichthyofauna in the Territory of Belarus: p. 67-72. Link to pdf
Ribeiro, A. C., de Mayrinck, D., Bockmann, F. A., and de Pinna, M., 2026, The oldest acanthomorph fossil (Actnopterygii, Teleostei) from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana (Morro do Chaves Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, NE Brazil): Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 1, e70072, 16pp. (Gondwanacanthus decollatus) Link to pdf
Stack, J., Kligman, B T., and Stricklin, M. L., 2026, A bristle-nosed Jurassic ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii) bears true dermal odontoides on its snout: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf
Tintori, A., Conedera, D, Zhou, M., Tan, Y., and Jiang, D,. 2026, The minature fish Habroichthys orientalis (Su, 1959) (Peltopleuriformes) from the Ladinian Xingyi Fauna (China): new data on ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, and CT-scanned otoliths: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, v. 145, p. 327-342. (Habroichthys orientalis = Peltopleurus orientalis) Link to pdf
Unwin, D. M., 2026, Why a bizarre Brazil 'pterosaur' fossil is now being reclassified as a fish: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Unwin, D. M., Smith, R. E., Cooper, S. L. A., and Martill, D. M., 2026, Reinterpretation of Baikiribu waridza from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil: a fish not a pterosaur: Anais do Academia Brasileira de Cincias, v. 98, n. 2, 12pp. Link to pdf
Vanhaesebrouchke, O., and Cloutier, R., 2026, Morphological disparity and evoutionary radiation of early actinopterygians thorugh the Devonian-Carboniferous crisis: Diversity, v. 18, 83, 17pp.
Xu, G.-H., Luo, B., MA, X.-Y., Ren, Y.C., Wang, Q-D., and Liao, J.-L., 2026, A new species of Ptycholepis (Ptycholepiformes Actinopterygii) from the Middle Traissic (Anisian) fo Luxi, Yunnan Province, China: Mesozoic, v. 3, n. 1, p. 66-73. (Ptycholepis huoae) Link to pdf
Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, Oldest known bony fish fossils uncover early vertebrate evolution: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, Inside the skull of a Devonian fish from Gondwana, revealed by neurton imaging: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Choo, B., and Lu, J., 2026, New fossil reveals the weird 'tooth cushions' of an apex predator from 425 million years ago: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Elliott, F. M,. 2026, Recent reserch into the morphology of the megalichthyid Megalichthys pygmaeus Traquair, from the Midland Valley of Scotland: Scottish Journal of Geology, v. 62, 18pp. Link to pdf
Jobbins, M., Fernandez, J. M., Durkin, P., Silva, R. L., and Brink K. S., 2206, Early vertebrate diversity of the Elm Point Formation of Manitoba, Canada, and evidence of fish faunal diversification in the Middle Devonian of North America: Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 104, 15pp. Link to pdf
Mensforth, C. L., Long, J. A., Bevitt, J. J., and Clement, A. M., 2026, New data on the sacropterygian Koharalepis jarviki (Tetrapodomorpha; Canowindridae) from the Late Devonian of Antarctica, revealed via synchrotron and neutron tomography: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Xian, X.-M., Mo, X., Guan, Q., Zhao, Y.-T., Xue, Q.-Y., Li, Q., LIU, J.-P., and Zhu, M., 2026, Early Devonian fish material from Posongchong Formation of Guangnan, Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians
Genus: Nova (1)
Tanyka PARDO, MARSICANO, SMIHT, DISNEROS, ANGIELCZYK, FROBISCH, KAMMERER & RICHTER, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Tanyka amnicola PARDO, MARSICANO, SMIHT, DISNEROS, ANGIELCZYK, FROBISCH, KAMMERER & RICHTER, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Globe-trotting ancient 'sea-salamander' fossil rediscovered from Australia's dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, Ancient plant-eater with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth was a 'living fossil' in its own time: Phys Org, published onlien 7pp. Link to pdf
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf
Hart, L, 2026, 250 million-year-old amphibina fosisls from Australia reveal global spread of 'sea-salamanders': Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Kear, B. P., Campione, N. E., Siversson, M, Bassi, M, and Hart, L. J., 2026, Revision of the trematosaurid Erythrobatrchus noonkanbahensis confirms a cryptic marine temnospondyl community from the Lower Triassic of Western Australia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2601224, 11pp.
Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf
Pardo, J. D., Marsicano, C. A,. Smith, R., Cisneros, J. C., Angielczyk, K D., Frobisch, J., kamerer, C., and Richter, M,. 2026, An aberrant stem tetrapod from the early Permian of Brazil: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 2923:20262106, 8pp. (Tanyka amnicola) Link to pdf
Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (1)
Tyrannoroter MANN, ZIONG, CALTHORPE, SEUS & MADDIN, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Tyrannoroter heberti MANN, ZIONG, CALTHORPE, SEUS & MADDIN, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat plants: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf
Mann, A., Xiong, Z., Calthrope, A. S., Sues, H.-D., and Maddin, H. C., 2026, Carboniferous recumbirostran elucidates the origins of terrestrial herbivory: Nature Ecology & Evolution, v. 10, p. 193-202. (Tyrannoroter heberti)
Genus: Nova (2)
Nabia GUILLAUME, EVANS, JONES, PUERTOS-PASCULA & MORENO-AZANA, 2026
Speices Nova (2)
Martintriton septatus SKUTCHAS, KOLCHANOV, LANG, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2025
Nabia civiscientrix GUILLAUME, EVANS, JONES, PUERTOS-PASCULA & MORENO-AZANA, 2026
Caton, E., 2026, Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Guillaume, A. R. D., Evans, S. E., Jones, M. E. H., Puertolas-Pascual, E., and Moreno-Azanza, M., 2026, New albanerpetontid species (Lissamphibia) from the late Jurassic of Portugal: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 25, n. 1, 2680623, 42pp. (Nabia civiscientrix)
Lemierre, A., Folie, A., Bailon, S., and Laurin, M., 2026, Anurans of In Beceten (Republic of Niger): the most diverse site for amphibians in Mesozoic Africa: Geodiversitas, v. 48, n. 4, p. 51-67. Link to pdf
Lemierre, A. J. A., Heinrich, W.-D., and Blackburn, D. C., 2-26, The oldest Jurassic anurans from continental Africa (Tendaguru Hill, Tanzania): Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 1, p. 115-133.
Skutschas, P. P., Kolchanov, V. V., Lang, A., Schultz, J. A., & Schwermann, A. H., 2025, Lissamphibian remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany with implications for the evolution of Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous European faunas: Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, v. 105, p. 831-846. (Martintriton septatus) Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (1)
Sauropia MULLER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA, AURELIO & KERBER, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Sauropia macrorhinus MULLER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA, AURELIO & KERBER, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, The oldest breath: a 300-million-year-old mummy reveals the origins of how amniotes breathe: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf
Müller, R. T., Roberto-da-Silva, L., Aurelio, P. L. P., and Kerber, L., 2026, The smallest tetrapod from the Middle Triassic of South America: a new procolophonoid parareptile from the Ladinina of Southern Brazil: Scientific Reports, v. 16:866, published online, 20pp. (Sauropia macrorhinus) Link to pdf
Reisz, R. R., Mooney, E. D,. Maho, T., Mazierski, D, Chu, X., Bevitt, J J,. Lee, Y.-C., Huang, P.Y., Li, X., and Chen, Y., 2026, Mummified early Permian reptile reveals ancient amnoite breathing apparatus: Nature, published online, 7pp.
Suchkova, Y. A., Bulanov, V. V., and Masyutin, V. V., 2026, The parareptile Emeroleter levis found in the abdominal cavity of the Late Permian therocephalian Viatkosuchus sumini (Kotel’nich locality, European Russia): Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 9pp.
Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf
Young, J. M., Maho, T., and Reisz, R. R., 2026, Earliest direct evidence of trophic interactions between terrestrial apex predators and large herbivores: Scientific Reports, v. 16:6977, 13pp. Link to pdf
Species: Nova (1)
Patagoniaemys aeschyl AGNOLIN, ROLANDO, STERLI, CHIMENTO, NOVAS & MUNOZ, 2026
Agnolin, F. L., Rolando, M. A., Sterli, J., Chimento, N. R., novas, F. E., and Munoz, G. L., 2026, A new meiolaniform turtle from the Maastrichtian of Northern Patagonia, Argentina: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 71, n. 1 p. 173-184. (Patagoniaemys aeschyli) Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Clark, B., Prall, J., Hannebaum, Z. J., Orme, D. A., Panasci, G., and Varricchio, D. J., 2026, The earliest dated Basilemys (Testudines, Nanhsiungchelyidae) in North America informs polar dispersal during middle Cretaceous Houthouse conditions: Historical Biology, publishe online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Oriozabala, C., de la Fuente, M. S., and Sterli, J., 2025 (published 2026), The meiolaniform Patagoniaemys gasparinae from the Upper Cretacoues La Colonia Formation (Chubut, Argentina), part 1: postcranial anatomy and paleoecology: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2554253, 21pp.
Setterberg, D., 2026, Turtle fossil narrows timeline of Cretaceous species migration: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (3)
Airistagiz seegisi SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026
Hohlachia multidens SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026
Klainjosaurus staroskaljia SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026
Species: Nova (3)
Airistagiz seegisi SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026
Hohlachia multidens SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026
Klainjosaurus staroskaljia SOBRAL & SCHOCH, 2026
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf
Sobral, G., and Soch, R. R., 2026, New stem lepidosaurs from Vellbeg, Germany: implications for palaeoecology in the early diversification of Lepidosauromorph: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 24, n. 1, 35pp. (Airistagiz seegisi, Hohlachia multidens, Klainjosaurus staroskaljia)
Genus: Nova (1)
Xenodontolacera JIANG, DONG, XU, BI & EVANS, 2026
Speices: Nova (3)
Pluridens imelaki LONGRICH & JALIL, 2026
Prognathodon cipactli RIVERA-SYLVA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, BUZMAN-GUTIERREZ, RODRIGUEZ, RANGEL-MORELOS & LONGRICH, 2026
Xenodontolacerta fangi JIANG, DONG, XU, BI & EVANS, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Engineering the bite of ancient marine predators: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Chudakova, S. E., 2026, A mosasaur jaw from the Middle Campanian of Russia provides evidence for the presence of Prognathodon in the Saratov region: Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrava, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.
Jansen, O., Garcia, G,. Otero, O., Auge, M, Gomez, B, and Valentin, X., 2026, Freshwater amphibians and squamtes from Villeveyrac (lower Campanian; Herault, France): palaeodiversity, palaeoenvironment and implications for the Late Cretaceous palaeobiogeography of the European herpetofauna: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 1, e70055, 45pp. Link to pdf
Jiang, J., Dong, L.-P., Xu, X., Bi, A., and Evans, S., 2026, A new polyglyphanodontian lizard from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China implies a complex evolutionary history of the clade: Royal Society Open Science, v. 13:262253, 17pp. (Xenodontolacerta fangi) Link to pdf
Longrich, N. R., and Jalil, N.-E., 2026, A giant halisaurine from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco: Diversity, v. 18, 159, 19pp. (Pluridens imelaki) Link to pdf
Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Sanchez-Uribe, I. E., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., Rodriguez, R. L. N., Rangel-Morelos, A. A., & Longrich, N., 2026, A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Early Maastrichtian of Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, Published online, 16pp. (Prognathodon cipactli)
Tong, H., Li, L., Ke, Y., and Wang, Y., 2026, Nanhsiungchelyid turtles from the Nanxiong Basin, southern China, and the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction: Fossil Studies, v. 4, n. 6, 13pp. https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/4/1/6
Young, G., Mannering, A, Fraser, M., and Scofield, P., 2026, Redescrition of Prognathodon waiparaensis and comments on its phylogenetic position: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, published online, 25pp.
Beccari, V., Jones, M E. H., Villa, A., Martino, R., Regnault, S,. Claw, F., adn Rauhut, O. W. M., 2026, The axial skeleton of the tuatara (Rhynchocephalia: Sphenodon): insights on intraspecific variability, ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, adn remaks on fossil taxa: Zoological Journal of th elinnena Society, v. 206, n. 4, zlaf135, 47pp. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Haridy, Y., Frederickson, J. A., Peterson, J., Miller, J., Davis, B., Curtice, B., Hunter, R., and Cifelli, R., 2026, New material of the Late Jurassic sphenodontid Eilenodon robustus reveals transitionary adaptations to herbivory: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 171-184. Link to pdf
Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf
Jian, A. J. Y., Schwark, L., Poropat, S. F., Holman, A. I., Brosnan, L. M., Mateus, A. D., Bootcher, M. E., adn Grice, K., 2026, Microbial oxidation and carbonate cementation led to three-dimensional preservation of ichthyosaur bones: Communications Earth & Environment, v7: 268, 12pp. Link to pdf
Pszczolkowski, A., Iturraled-Vinent, M. A., and Delgado Carballo, I. I., 2026, Micropaleontological dating of an Ichthyosaur-bearing site in Western Cuba: Paleontologia Mexicana, v. 15, n. 1, p. 231-235. Link to pdf
Yoshizawa, K., and Tsuihiji, T., 2026, Skeletal mrohpology of an early ichthyopterygian, cf. Utatsusaurus hataii, from Japan with an emphasis on CT scan data of the skull: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2621587, 22pp.
Genus: Nova (1)
Gondwanaectes OTERO, ACUNA, VARGAS, ROJAS, ORTIZ & AGUIRREZABALA, 2026
Species: Nova (2)
Gondwanaectes osvaldoi OTERO, ACUNA, VARGAS, ROJAS, ORTIZ & AGUIRREZABALA, 2026
Nothosaurus fortihumeralis LI, HU, SHEN, SANDER & LIU, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Engineering the bite of ancient marine predators: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadia, V., Galan-Abellan, A. B., Lopez-Gomes, J., Esterle, J, McCann, T., de la Horra, R., Ronchi, A., Gianolla, P., Luque, F. J., Rossi, V. M., Paterson, N., Smith, R. M. H., Wolvaardt, D., Brookfield, M. E., Bourquin, S., and Ubide, T., 2026, Latitude affects continental acidity in the Smithian-Spathian boundary biotic crisis: Geological Magazine v. 163, e2, 8pp. Link to pdf
Li, Q., Hu, Y.-W., Shen, Y., Sander, P. M., and Liu, J., 2026, A new large Nothosaurus (Reptlia: Eosauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of South China adn the phylogeny of Eosauropterygia: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Socity, v. 206, n. 1, zlaf179, 13pp. (Nothosaurus fortihumeralis)
Marx, M., Szasz, R.-Z., Lindgren, J., 2026, CFD modelling of the thermo- and hydrodynamic capabilities of long-necke plesiosaurs (Sauropterygia, Elasmosauridae): Technische Mechanik, v. 46, n. 1, p. 43-54. Link to pdf
Oster, S., 2026, First plesiosaurian fossil discovered in Algeria fills a Cretaceous gap: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Otero, R. A., Acuna, S. S., Vargas, A. O., Rojas, J., Ortiz, H., and Aguirrezabala, G., 2026, A new Middle Jurssic marine reptile from Gondwana clarifies the origin of Cryptoclidia, the most sucessful group of plesiosaurs: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, part 2, e70068, 21pp. (Gondwanaectes osvaldoi)
Sachs, S., and Madzina, D., 2026, The osteology, taxonomy, and phylogenetic affinities of the Early Jurassic plesiosaur Lusonectes sauvgei: PeerJ 14:e20611 http:.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20611, 20pp.
Tanke, D. H., Paparella, I., and Mitchell, M. T., 2026, The significant role of heavy industry in the discoveries of Cretaceous marine reptiles in Alberta: In; Alberta Palaeontological Society, Twenty-ninth Annual Symposium – Paleo 2026, Abstracts, p. 5-12.
Genus: Nova (1)
Isodapedon SCHIEFELBEIN, GARCIA, DOERING & MULLER, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Isodapedon varzealis SCHIEFELBEIN, GARCIA, DOERING & MULLER, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Brazil unearths a bizarre beaked reptile with a trans-Atlantic prehistoic link: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Oster, S., 2026, Brazilian fossil site yields smallest rhynchosaur fossil ever recorded: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Schiefelbein, J. H., Garcia, M. S., Doering, M,. and Muller, R. T., 2026, A new hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur from a cynodont-dominated site (Upper Tirassic) of southern Brazil: Royal Society Open Science, v. 13:26-176, 28pp. (Isodapedon varzealis) Link to pdf
Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (1)
Sonselasuchus cedrus SMITH & SIDOR, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Sonselasuchus cedrus SMITH & SIDOR, 2026
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Farias, B. D. M., Muller, R. T., de Bem, F. P, von Baczko, M. B., Desojo, J. D., and Soares, M. B., 2026, Filling a key gap in growth patterns of Pseudosuchia through the osteohistology of Dynamaosuchus collisensis (Ornithosuchidae; Archosauria): Royal Socity Open Science, v. 13:262042, 19pp. Link to pdf
Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf
Ponce, D. A., Cerda, I. A., and Desojo, J. B., 2026, More diverse than expected: osteohistology of non-crocodylomorph Pseudosuchia from the Triassic of South America: Palaeontology, v 69, part 2, e70056, 28pp.
Smith, E. A., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, Osteology and relationships of a new shuvosaurid (Pseudosuchia, Poposauroidea) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2604859, 49pp. (Sonselasuchus cedrus) Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (2)
Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa MARGULIS-OHNUMA, RUEBENSTHAL, MEYER & BHULLAR, 2026
Galahadosuchus BODENHAM, SPIEKMAN, MAIDMENT, UPCHURCH & MANNION, 2026
Species: Nova (4)
Crocydylus lucivenator BROCHU, DRUMHELLER, CAMPISANO, TEKLE, GETACHEW, HEAD, PLATT & LEAPHART, 2026
Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa MARGULIS-OHNUMA, RUEBENSTHAL, MEYER & BHULLAR, 2026
Galahadosuchus jonesi BODENHAM, SPIEKMAN, MAIDMENT, UPCHURCH & MANNION, 2026
Indosinosuchus peninsularensis LAUPRASERT, NILPANAPAN, MATIN, CLAUDE, WONGKO, TRAKUNWEERAYUT, DOBUR, MANITKOON, BHUTTARCH & NONSIRACH, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Paleontologists challenge use of bone growth rings to age crocodiles, dinosaurs: Phys Org, publihsed online, 9pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, Meet Crocodylus lucivenator, a 12- to 15-foot predator that hunted iconic Lucy's species: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, 'Peculiar' crocodile ancestor started life on four legs before learing to walk on two: Phs Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Arnold, P., 2026, Museum drawer fossil reveals 200-million-year-old crocodile relatie with a powerful bite: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Barbini, L., Burke, P. M. J., Caddeo, I., Romano, M,. and Mannion, P. D., 2026, Endocranial anatomy of the earliest cretaceous European neosuchian crocodyliform Pholidosaurus purbeckensis provides new evidence for the ecological evoluton of Pholidosauridae: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Bodenham, E. H., Spiekman, S. n. F., Maidment, S. C. R., Upchurch, P., and Mannion, P. D., 2026, A second species of non-crocodyliform crodylomorph from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of southwestern UK: implications for locomotory ecological diversityin Saltoposuchidae: The Anatomical Record, published online, 43 pp. (Galahadosuchus jonesi) Link to pdf
Brochu, C. A., Drumheller, S. K., Campisano, C., Tekle, G., Getachew, T., Head, J J., Platt, N. C., and Leaphart, D., 2026, Lucy’s peril: a Pliocene crocodile from the Hadar Formation, north-eastern Ethiopia: journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 40pp. (Crocydylus lucivenator)
Candiero, C. R. A., Brusatte, S. L., Ribeiro, T. B., Pol, D., da Silva Vidal, L., de Paula, T. A. D. A., Ferreira, B. M., Lima, C. V., Da Costa Pereira, P. V. L. G. 2026, A large notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia) tooth from the Adamantina Formation of Goias state, Brazil: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Paleontology, published online, 7pp.
Chinsamy-Turan, A., and Pereyra, M.-E., 2026, Crocodiles can have extra growth cycles in a year: why this matters for estimating the age of dinosaurs: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Cidade, G. M,. Gody, P. L., Amavet, P., Cossette, A., Solorzano, A., Bona, P., Angulo-Bedoya, M., Balaguera-Reina, S. A., Rabi, M., Pires-Farias, I., Figueiredo, R. G., Ezcurra, M. D., Bittencourt, P. S., Brochu, C. A., and Robero, I. J., 2026, The phylogenetic nomenclature of Caimaninae (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea): Historical Biology, an International Joural of Paleobiology, published online, 24pp.
Davis, J, 2026, New species of ancient crocodile named in honor of Welsh school teacher: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Donze, G., Perrichon, G., Vincent, P., Therrien, F., and Martin, J. E., 2026, Comparative endocranial anatomy in the crocodylians Leidyosuchus canadensis and Stangerochampsa mccabei from the upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 28pp. Link to pdf
Dornis, C., 2026, Newfound terrestrial crocodile fossil redraws the map of Europe in the age of the dinosaurs: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link tp pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.
Herrera, Y., Spindler, F., and Bronzati, M., 2026, A complete morphological description of Dakosaurus maximus (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia) with further insights into their palaeoecology: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 29,n . 1: a4, 116pp. Link to pdf
Lauprasert, K., Nilpanapan, A., Martin, J. E., Claude, J, Wongko, K., Trakunweerayut, K,. Dobutr, N., Manitkoon, S., Bhuttarch, S., and Nonsrirach, T., 2026, A new teleosaurid crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Sibumasu Terrance of Southeast Asia and a taxonomic reassessment of indosinosuchus: PeerJ 14e20944 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20944, 32pp. (Indosinosuchus peninsularensis) Link to pdf
Margulis-Ohnuma, M., Ruebenstahl, A. A., Meyer, D. L., and Bhullar, B.-A. S., 2026, A short-snouted 'spheonsuchian' wiht unusual feeding anatomy demostrates that ecological specialization occured early in crocodylomorph evolution: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B., 292:20260130, 12pp. (Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa) Link to pdf
Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf
Szegszardi, M., Osi, A., and Rabi, M., 2026, Cretaceous crocodyliform reconciles conflicting evidence on the Mesozoic paleogeography of Europe during the Gondwana-Laurasian split: Scientific Reports, v. 16:2842, 19pp. Link to pdf
Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Averianov, A. O., and Gubarev, D. I., 2026, A pterosaru cervical vertebra from the Cenomanian of Russia: first diagnostic postcranial material for Targaryendraconia: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 7pp.
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Kellner, A. W. A., 2026, Scientific errors in paleontology - the case of Bakiribu: pterosaur or fish? Anais da Academia Brasiliera de Cienicas, v. 98, n. 2, 4pp. Link to pdf
Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf
Tong, S.-D., Jiang, S.-X., Cheng, X., and Wang, X.-L., 2026, Two anurognathid pterosaur specimens from the Yanliao Biota and a new interperation of anurognathid skulls: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 30pp. Link to pdf
Unwin, D. M., 2026, Why a bizarre Brazil 'pterosaur' fossil is now being reclassified as a fish: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Unwin, D. M., Smith, R. E., Cooper, S. L. A., and Martill, D. M., 2026, Reinterpretation of Baikiribu waridza from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil: a fish not a pterosaur: Anais do Academia Brasileira de Cincias, v. 98, n. 2, 12pp. Link to pdf
Breeden, B. T., Irmis, R. B., Nesbitt, S. J,. Smith, N. D., and Turne,r A. H., 2025 (pubilshed 2026), New wpecimens of Eucoelophysis baldwini from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation northern New Mexico, U.S.A., and thier implications for the evolution of silesauridae (Dinosauriformes): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552170, 23pp
Damke, L., V. S., Berber ,L, Bronzati, M,. Garcia, M. S., Ezcurra, M. D., Nesbitt, S. J., and Muller, R. T., 2026, Braincase anatomy and palaeoneurology of Venetoraptor gassenae, a lagerpetid pterosauromorph from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil: Palaeontology, v. 68, part 2, e70047, 16pp.
Müller, R. T., 2026, Widespread distribution of large silesaurids evidenced by a new record from the Middle Triassic of southwest Gondwana: The Anatomical Record, published online, 14pp. https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70190
Sen, S., and Ray, S., 2025 (Published 2026), Taxonomic reassessment of archosaurs with dinosaurian affinities from the lower fauna of the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of India and thier significance: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e254634, 34pp.
Genus: Nova (2)
Ptychotherates SRIVASTAVA & NESBITT, 2026
Xenovenator RIVERA-SYLVA, AGUILLON-MARTINEZ, FLORES-VENTURA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, GUZMAN-GUTIERREZ & LONGRICH, 2026
Species: Nova (3)
Ptychotherates bucculentus SRIVASTAVA & NESBITT, 2026
Spinosaurus mirabilis SERENO, VIDAL, MYHRVOLD, JOHNSON-RANSOM, REAL, BAUMGART, FONTELA, GREEN, SAITA, ADAMOU, BOP, KEILLOR, FRITZGARLD, DUTHEIL, LAROCHE, DEMERS-POTVIN, SIMARRO, GASCO-LLUNA, LAZARO, GAMONAL, BEIGHTOL, RENELEAU, VAUTRIN, BERTOSSO, GRANADOS, KINNEY-BRODERICK, MALLON, LINDOSO & RAMEZANI, 2026
Xenovenator espinosai RIVERA-SYLVA, AGUILLON-MARTINEZ, FLORES-VENTURA, SANCHEZ-URIBE, GUZMAN-GUTIERREZ & LONGRICH, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, T. rex grew up slowly: new study reveals 'king of dinosaurs' kept growing until age 40: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, New 'scimitar-crested' Spinosaurus species discovered in central Sahara: Phys Org, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, 'Tiny' dinosaur, big impact: a 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Arbour, V. M., Bullard, T. S., and Evans, D. C., 2026, An ornithomimosaur from the Campanian Cedar District Formation (Nanaimo Group) of Denman Island, Britishc Columbia, Canada: FACETS, v. 11, 7pp. Link to pdf
Arnold, P., 2026, Forget flatfooted lumbering T. rex. New research shows it walked on tiptoes: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Arnold, P., 2026, Huge dinosaur bone may reveal the origins of T. rex: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Boeye, A. T., Atkins-Weltman, K. L., King, J. L., and Swann, S., 2026, Evidence of bird-like foot fuction in Tyrannosaurus: Royal Society Open Science, v. 13: 252139, 18pp. Link to pdf
Boisvert, C., Perkins, J., Morrison, C., Gascoigne, S J. L., Holtz, T. R., and Curtice, B., 2026, Obligte faunivorous megatheropod size class patterns across the Jurassic-Cretaceous Periods: PeerJ 14:e210007 DOI 10.7717/peerj.21007, 31pp. Link to pdf
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Buffetaut, E., 2026, The Cretaceous Dinosaur record for Normandy (NW France): a review: Fossil Studies, v. 4, n. 5, 18pp. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.
Fan, Y. C., Miller, C. V., and Pittman, M., 2026, Diet of bird-like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade: Biological Reviews, published online, 19pp. Link to pdf
Farke, A. A., 2026, Not a big baby, multipronged approaches resolve the debate about the Nanotyrannus fossil species: Science, 15, january, 2026, p. 234-235. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.
Greenfield, T., 2026, The authorship of Spinosauria is Olshevksy, 1991: comment on Rauhut et al. (2025): Historical Biology, published online, 2pp.
Hao, M., and Xu, X., 2026, A new oviraptorid theropod fossil from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern China with implications for oviraptorosaurian systematics and palaeobiogeography: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 206, n. 4, zlag049, 14pp.
Hefler, C., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Zheng, X., Kaye, T. G., Grosmougin, M., Chotard, M., Barlow, L., Qiu, H., Dececchi, A., Habib, M. B., Shyy, W., and Pitmann, M., 2026, Microraptor revels specialized gliding capabilities in multiwinged early paravians: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 6, e2618106124, 9pp. Link to pdf
Hernandez-Luna, C. A., Hendrickx, C., Martin-Leyva, A. H., and Carr, T. C., 2026, The dentition of tyrannosauroid theroopds: a review: Discover Geoscience, open access, published online, 49pp. Link to pdf
Hendrickx, C., 2026, Dental evolution in non-coelurosaur theropods: Italian Journal of Geoscience, special seciton - 200 years of Dinosaurs: state of the art and future directions, v. 145, n. 2, 34pp. Link to pdf
Johnson-Ransom, E., Gignac, P., Barta, D. E., Felice, R. N., and Snively, E., 2026, Comparative cranial biomechanics reveal macroevolutionary trends in the theropod dinosaurs, with emphasis on Tyrannosauroidea: The Anatomical Record, published online, 41pp. Link to pdf
Li, A., Jiang, S.-X., Qiu, R., and Wang, X.-L., 2026, An isolated theropod tooth from the Lower Cretaceous Lianmuqin Formation of Wuerho, Xingjiang, China: Vertebrata Palasiatica, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf
Longrich, N. R., Dalman, S., Lucas, S. G., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2026, A large tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of North America: Scientific Reports, v. 16:8371, 11pp. Link to pdf
Longrich, N. R., Isasmendi, E, Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Jalil, N.E., 2026, New fossils of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Maastrichtian of Morocco, North Africa: Cretaceous Research, v. 152 (105677), 13pp.
Makovicky, P. J., Mitchell, J. S, Meso, J. G., Gianechini, F. A., Cerda, I., and Apesteguia, S., 2026,Argentine fossil rewries evolutionary history of a baffling dinosaru clade: Nature, published online, 5pp.
McDavid, S. N., Marchant, C. Y., and Reid, I. J., 2026, em> Sen & Ray, 2025 is an objective junior synonoym of Alwalkeria Chatterjee & Cresiler, 1994: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontoloty, e2604988, 4pp. (Alwalkeria maleriensis = Alickmeron maleriensis)
Morrison, C,. Gregory, J, Jackson, C., Bestwick, J., Schroeder, K,. Gascoigne, S. J. L., Bills, P., Porro, L. B., Mannion, P. D., and Barrett, P. M., 2026, Inter- and intraspecific variation in theropod dinosaur dental microwear and its palaeoecological implications: The Anatomical Record, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Nielsen, J., Fowler, D., Wyenberg-Henzler, T., Jacobsen, A. ., and Pearce, C., 2026, Investigating size-asymmetric feeding among tyrannosaurids using tooth marks on a metatarsal from the Judith River Formation, Montana, USA: Evolving Earth v. 4, 100107, 8pp. Link to pdf
Numberger-Thuy, l. D., Delsate, D., Hanker, P., Kronfield, A., Brokmann, M A., and Thuy, B., 2026, An unusual tetrapod assemblage from the latest Traissic of the South Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen,published online, 26pp. Link to pdf
Packham, C., 2026, Saturday citations: a virus that makes its own proteins: a new Spinosaurus; exercise beasts anxiety: Phys Org, published on line, 4pp. Link to pdf
Pradelli, L. A., Pol, D., Vega, N A., and Ezcurra, M. D., 2026, The axial osteology of the theropod dinosaur Piatnitzkysaurus floresi from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina: Royal Society Open Science, v. 13: 251876, 35pp. L
ink to pdfRivera-Sylva, H. E., Aguillon-Martinez, M. C., Flores-Ventura, J., Sanchez-Uribe, I. E., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., and Longrich, N. R., 2026, A thick-skulled troodontid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Mexico: Diversity, v. 18, 38, 26pp. (Xenovenator espinosai) Link to pdf
Rowe, A. J., Cerroni, M. A., and Rayfield, E. J., 2026, Soutehrn hemisphere ceratosaurs evolved fedding mechanics paralleling those of Northern hemisphere tyrannosaurids: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Satoh, T., 2026, Origins of avian hyperactie mitochondria, genome compaction, and air-sac physiology in early theropods during the Carnian pluvial episode: Journal of Developmental Biology, v. 14, n. 11, p. 16pp. Link to pdf
Sereno, P. C., 2026, Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from a decades-old book into the Sahara Desert: Phys Org, published online, 6pp
Sereno, P. C., Vidal, D., Myhrvold, N. P., Johnson-Ransom, E., Real, M. C., Baumgart, S. L., Fontela, N. S., Green, T. L., Saitta, E. T., Adamou, B., Bop, L. L., Kellior, T. M., Fitzgerald, E. C., Dutheil, D. B., Laroche, R. A. S., Demers-Potvin, A. V., Simarro, A., Gasco-Lluna, F., Lazaro, A., Gamonal, A., Beithtol, C. V., Reneleau, V., Vautrin, R., Bertozzo, F., Granados, A., Kinney-Broderik, G., Mallon, J. C., Lindoso, R. M., and Ramezani, J., 2026, Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation: Science, published online10pp. (Spinosaurus mirabilis)
Srivastava, S., and Nesbitt, S. J., 2026, A new taxon of saurischian dinosaur from the Coelophysis Quarry of New Mexico, USA (Triassic: latest Norian or Rhaetian) highlights herrerasaurian diversity in the latest Triassic: Papers in Palaeontology, v. 12, npart 2, e70069, 35pp. (Ptychotherates bucculentus) Link to pdf
Su, C.-Y., Liao, J.-Y., Wu, H.J., Chou, K.-Y., Chen, C. Lee, M.-T., and Yang, T.-R., 2026, Heat transfer in a realistic clutch reveals a lower efficiency in incubation of oviraptorid dinosaurs than of modern birds: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, published online, 23pp.
Woodward, H. N., Myhrvold, N. P., and Horner, J. R., 2026, Prolonged growth and extended subadult development in the Tyrannosaurus rex species complex revealed by expanded histological sampling and statistical modeling: PeerJ, 14:e20469 DOI 10.7717/peerj.20469, 66pp. Link to pdf
Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda)Genus: Nova (4)
Bicharracosaurus
REUTTER, CARBALLIDO, WINDHOLZ, POL & RAUHUT, 2026Dasosasaurus MAYER, JUNIOR, KERBER, NAVARRO, BANDEIRA, CISNEROS, SOUSA, PEREIRA, MEDEIROS, LINDOSO, NETO, GHILARDI, AUERELIANO, GODOY, FERREIRA & LANGER, 2026
Phosphatotitan LONGRICH, DIEZ DIAZ, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, BARDET & JALIL, 2026
Yeneen FLIPPI, BELLARDINI, CARBALLIDO, MENDEZ & GARRIDO, 2026
Species: Nova (4)
Bicharracosaurus dionidei REUTTER, CARBALLIDO, WINDHOLZ, POL & RAUHUT, 2026
Dasosasaurus tocantinensis MAYER, JUNIOR, KERBER, NAVARRO, BANDEIRA, CISNEROS, SOUSA, PEREIRA, MEDEIROS, LINDOSO, NETO, GHILARDI, AUERELIANO, GODOY, FERREIRA & LANGER, 2026
Phosphatotitan khuouribgaensis LONGRICH, DIEZ DIAZ, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, BARDET & JALIL, 2026
Yeneen houssayi FLIPPI, BELLARDINI, CARBALLIDO, MENDEZ & GARRIDO, 2026
Bertolossi, M. L. P., Bandeira, K. L. N., do Amaral, R. V., Brum, A. S., da Silva, R. C,. and Gallo, V,. 2026, Paleopathology of a putative colossosaurian caudal vertebra (Neosauropoda: Titanosauria) from teh Presidente Prudente Formation, Brazil: The Anatomical Record, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Buffetaut, E., 2026, The Cretaceous Dinosaur record for Normandy (NW France): a review: Fossil Studies, v. 4, n. 5, 18pp. Link to pdf
Carpenter, K., Ikejiri, T., and Wilson, Y., 2026, Postcranial anatomy of immature Camarasaurus specimens from Dinosaur National Monument, UTah, comapred to the holotype of Camarasaurus lentus (Marsh, 1889): In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 247-265. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.
Filippi, L. S., Carballido, J. I., Mendez, A. H., and Garrido, A. C., 2026, Yeneen houssayi gen. et sp. nov. and an overviw of the sauropod titanosaurian diversity from Cerro Overo - La Invernada area (Bajo de la Carpa Formation, Santonian), North Patagonia, Argentina: Historical Biology, an international journal of Paleobiology, published online, 37pp. (Yeneen houssayi)
Fonseca, A. O., de Bem, F. P., Dalle-Laste, V. Z., Garcia, M. S,. and Müller, R. T., 2026, Osteology of the axial skeleton of Macrocollum itaquii (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) and its implications for early sauropodomorph cervicalization: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 206, n. 4, 39pp.
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Irmis, R. B., Wedel, M. J., Chamberlain, K. R., Gillett, D. D., and McMullen, S. K., 2026, History, age, and stratigraphy of the type locality of Dystrophaeus viaemalae (Sauropoda) in the Lower Morrison Formation of southeastern Utah: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 201-213. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Woodruff, D. C., and Royo-Torres, R., 2026, The first evidence of Turiasauria (Sauropoda) in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 267-282. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Fronimos, J. A.,Fronimos, J. A., and Woodward, H. N., 2025 (published 2026), Ontogenetic assessment from dorsal ribs in a mature titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas: Jounal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2559012, 14pp.
Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.
Gil, L. M., dos Anjos Candeiro, C. R., Brusatt, S. L., Bandeira, K. L., and da Silva Vidal, L., 2026, Note on new Late Cretaceous titanosauria records from the Bauru Group (Parana Basin) of Southern Goias State, Brazil: Estudos Geologicos, v. 36, p. 20-34. Link to pdf
Garderes, I. P., Toledo, N., Whitlock, J. A., Militello, M, and Gallina, P. A., 2026, Head, skull-neck and extrinsic eye musculature of the dicraeosaurid sauropod Bjadasaurus pronuspinax Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 26, n. 1, p. 80-112. Link to pdf
Henßel, K., 2026, Patagonia yields 155-million-year-old long-necked dinosaurs with links to two famous lineages: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf
Hullinger, A., Boisvert, C., Bivens, G. T., Curtice, B., Wilhite, R., and Foster, J. R., 2026, Redescription of Aptosaurine remains from Arches National Park, Utah, USA (Upper Jurassic, Morrison Formation): 0000" size="3"> In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 215-231. Link to pdf
Hu, S.-B., Wang, Y.-C., Mo, X., Zhang, X.-Q., Zeng, W.-T., Wang, T., Sun, Z.-B., Dong, Q.-X., Guan, O., Liu, Y.-H., Zhang, Y.-S., Bing, Y., Wang, Y.-M,. and You, H.-L., 2026, A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation, of Dali of Yunnan Province, China: Royal Society Open Science, v. 12: 262219, 24pp. (Xiangyunloong fengming) Link to pdf
Inuzuka, N., 2025, Reconstruction of Diplodocus (Sauropod) body shape and gait with kinesiological method: Memori of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 24, p. 1-14.
Lefebvre, R., Partout, L., Mallison, H,. and Houssaye, A., 2026, Partial analyses of humeral shape in sauropodomorph dinosaurs hightlight a hidden modularity and the differential evolution of sauropod bauplan-related traits: Palaeontology, v. 69, part 2, e70048, 21pp. Link to pdf
van der Linden, T. T. P., Wilhite, D. R., Bivens, G. T., Woodruff, D. C., Hunter, R. J., Stecko, T., and Curtice, B. D., 2026, A case report of a pathology in the 'whip' of a flagellicaudatan sauropods: The Science of Nature, v. 113:23, 23pp. Link to pdf
Longrich, N. R., Perez-Moreno, A., Diaz, V. D., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Bardet, N., and Jalil, N.-E., 2026, A titanosaurian sauropod with South Americna affinities (Lognkosauria: Argentinosauridae) from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco and evidence for dinosaur endemisim in Africa: Diversity, v. 18, 241, 30pp. (Phosphatotitan khuouribgaensis) Link to pdf
Mayer, E. L., Junior, J. C. G. S., Keber, L. R., Navarro, B. A., Bandeira, K. L. N., Cisneros, J. C., Sousa, E. P., Pereira, A. A., Medeiros, M. A., Lindoso, R M., Neto, F. P. C. ,Ghilardi, A. M., Auereliano, T., Godoy, P. L. Ferreira, G. S., and Langer, M. C., 2026, A new titanosauriform with European affinities in the Early Cretaceous of Brazil: insights on Somphospondyli phylogeny, histology and biogeography: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 24, n. 1; 22601579, 33pp. (Dasosasaurus tocantinensis) <)
, F. P., Woodruff, D. C., Walker, S., Hunt, K., and Schein, J. P., 2026, The first specimen of (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae) from Montana: the northernmost occurrence of the genus: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 233-246. Link to pdf
Pantelides, A., Upchurch, P., Mannion, P. D., Gravanis, E., Henderson, D. M., and Kyriakidis, P., 2026, ENHYDROSS: A new mechanistic model supports the Trans-Oceanicdispersal capablity of terrestrial vertebrates: Ecology and Evolution, v. 16:e73280, 42pp. Link to pdf
Reutter, A., Carballido, J. L., Windholz, G. J., Pol, D, and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2026, Bicharracosaurus dionidei, gen. et sp. nov., a new macronarian (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from teh Late Jurassic Canadon Calcareo Formation of Argentina and the problemtaci early evolution of macronarians: PeerJ 14:e20945 http:/doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20945, 69pp. (Bicharracosaurus dionidei) Link to pdf
Saleiro, A., Tschopp, E., Daasch, A., Kaiser, T. M., Wiesinger, R., and Winkler, D. E., 2026, Acquisition of and quality assessment in a dataset for dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) of sauropod teeth: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 13pp. Link to pdf
Sui, Z.-X., Shao, S,. and Yin, Y.-L., 2026, The anatomy of a mamenchisaurid tooth informed by digital reconstruction: Swiss Journal of Paleontology, v. 145, P. 475-486. Link to pdf
Vicencio-Campos, O., Ghirino-Galvez, L., Alarcon-Munoz, J,. Atisha, A., and Martinelli, A. G., 2026, Historical record of a sauropod (Dinosauria: Titanosauria) specimen at the Museo Seminario Valparaiso: The first dinosaur discovery of Chile? Publicacion Electronica, v. 26, n. 1, p. 113-128. Link to pdf
Zhang, X.-Q., Wang, Y.-M., Wang, Z.-J., Wang, Y.-C., Wang, T., Wang, G-F, Zou, Y., Dong, Q-X., Su, X., Jiang, H., Wang, Y.-J, and You, H.-L., 2026, The first turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria: Eusauropoda) from East Asia: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Socity, v. 206, n. 2, zlaf201, 34pp. (Yantaloong lini) Link to pdf
Ornithischia
Genus: Nova (8)
Cryptarcus HOLMES, MALLON, RYAN & EVANS, 2026
Doolysaurus JUNG, KIM, JO & CLARKE, 2026
Ferenceratops MAIDMENT, BUTLER, BRUSATTE, MEADE, AUGUSTIN, CSIKI-SAVA & OSI, 2026
Foskeia DIEUDONNE, BECERRA, ZANESCO, TORTOSA, CREZADO-CABALLERO, STEIN & FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, 2026
Gongshuilong YAO, QIU, YU, YANG, WANG, CAO, ZHAO, XU, SHI, LOU, ZENG, LU, WU, XU, HAN & XING, 2026
Haolong HUANG, WU, MAO, BERTOZZO, DHOUAILLY, ROBIN, PITTMAN, KAYE, MANUCCI, HE, WANG & GODEFROIT, 2026
Kryptohadros MAGYAR, OSI, CSIKI-SAVA, BUDAI & BOTFALVAI, 2026
Qianjiangsaurus MA, MA, TAN, CHEN, LIN, XIAO, DAI, WEI, MALLON, WANG, YAO, ZOU & XING, 2026
Species: Nova (6)
Doolysaurus huhmini JUNG, KIM, JO & CLARKE, 2026
Foskeia pelendonum DIEUDONNE, BECERRA, ZANESCO, TORTOSA, CREZADO-CABALLERO, STEIN & FERNANDEZ-BALDOR, 2026
Gongshuilong fanwei YAO, QIU, YU, YANG, WANG, CAO, ZHAO, XU, SHI, LOU, ZENG, LU, WU, XU, HAN & XING, 2026
Haolong dongi HUANG, WU, MAO, BERTOZZO, DHOUAILLY, ROBIN, PITTMAN, KAYE, MANUCCI, HE, WANG & GODEFROIT, 2026
Kryptohadros kallaiae MAGYAR, OSI, CSIKI-SAVA, BUDAI & BOTFALVAI, 2026
Qianjiangsaurus changshengi MA, MA, TAN, CHEN, LIN, XIAO, DAI, WEI, MALLON, WANG, YAO, ZOU & XING, 2026
Synonymoum: Nova (2)
Cryptarcus russelli (STERNBERG, 1940) HOLMES, MALLON, RYAN & EVANS, 2026
= Chasmosaurus russelli
Ferenceratops shqiperorum (WEISHAMPEL, JIANU, CSIKI & NORMAN, 2003) MAIDMENT, BUTLER, BRUSATTE, MEADE, AUGUSTIN, CSIKI-SAVA & OSI, 2026
= Zalmozes shiqperorum WEISHAMPEL, JIANU, CSIKI & NORMAN, 2003
Anonymous, 2026, Tiny new dinosaur Foskeia pelendonum fills in an evolutonary gap: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, Why Triceratops has such a big nose: The first comprehensive hypothesis on soft tissue in the dinosaur: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, Fossil X-ray reveals new species of baby dino named for iconic Korean cartoon: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, Toothy snout recasts Australia's famed Muttaburrasaurus as a picky eater: Phys Org, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf
Arnold, P., 2026, Scientist solve the mystery of Europe's missing dinosaurs. Spoiler alert! They were never actulaly missing; Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf
Benton, M. J., and Rayfield, E. J., 2026, Bringing dinosaurs to life: a scientific revolution on paleobiological methods: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 690, 113684, 28pp. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Dieudonne, P.E., Becerra, M. G., Zanesco, T., Tortosa, T., Cruzado-Caballero, P., Stein, K., and Fernandez-Baldor, F. T. 2026, Foskeia pelendonum, a new rhabdodontomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Salas de los Infantes (Burgos Province, Spain), and a new phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs: Papers in Palaeintoogy, v. 12, part 1, e70057, 52pp. (Foskeia pelendonum)
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Galton, P. M., and Carpenter, K., 2026, Osteology atlas of the type materials in the Yale Peabody Museum of the Ornithopod dinosaurian Camptosaurus dispar (Marsh, 1877) from the Upper Jurassic of Wyoming: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 293-318. Link to pdf
Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.
Gonet, J., Allain, R., and Houssaye, A., 2026, Locomotor reassessment of Iguanodon, Ouranosaurus and Lurdusaurus (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) using osteological correlates: Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 11, p. 71-86. Link to pdf
Harvey, A., 2026, Rare fossil at Montana museum records Tyrannosaurus attack: Phys Org, published online 5pp. Link to pdf
Herne, M. C., Bevitt, j. J., Milan, l., Hocknull, S. A., Tait, A. M., allen, C. M., Rozerfields, A. C., Monar, R. E., Weisbecker, V, and Bell, P. R., 2026, Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigrahpic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaruus langdoni Bartholomai and Monar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia: PeerJ 14:e10794, 211pp. Link to pdf
Holmes, R. B., Mallon, J. C., Ryan, M. J., and Evans, D. C. 2026, New information on the holotype of "Chasmosaurus" russelli (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) necessitates the establishment of a new genus to recived the species: Canadian Journal of Earth Scineces, v. 63, 2-pp. (Cryptarcus russelli = Chasmosaurus russelli) Link to pdf
Huang, J., Wu, W., Mao, L., Bertozzo, F., Dhouailly, D., Robin, N., Pittman, M., Kaye, T. G., Manucci, F., He, X., Wang, X., and Godefroit, P., 2026, Cellular-level presrvation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur; Nature Ecology and Evolution, published online, 8pp.(Haolong dongi)
Hunter, J. P., and Janis, C. M., 2026, Tooth wear in juvenile and adult hadrosaurs: implications for parental care in Maiasauria: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclmatoloyg, Palaeoecology, v. 690 (113707, 9pp. Link to pdf
Jung, J., Kim, M., Jo, J., and Clarke, J. A., 2026, A new dinosaur species from Korea and its implications for early-diverging neornithischian diversity: Fossil Record, v. 29, n. 1, p. 87-113. (Doolysaurus huhmini) Link to pdf
Krumenacker, L. J., Gay, R. J., Peterson, J. E., Scheetz, R., and Simon, R., 2026, Enigmatic ornithopod specimens from the Sion Quarry of the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, bighorn Basin, Wyoming: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 319-329. Link to pdf
Magyar, J., Osi, A., Csiki-Sava, Z., Budai, S., and Botfalvi, G., 2026, New early Maastrichtian 'duck-billed' dinosaur from Hateg Basin (Densus-Ciula Formation, Romania) documents and endemic clade of non-hadrosuarid hadrosauroids in the south-eastern Late Cretaceous European Archipelago; Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 50pp. (Kryptohadros kallaiae) Link to pdf
Ma, Q., Ma., Y., Tan, C., Chen, J., Lin, Y., Xioa, M., Dai, H., Wei, G., Mallon, J. C., Wang, J., Yao, H., Zou, Z., and Xing, H., 2026, First report of a hollow cranial crest in an early-diverging duck-billed dinosaur, with implications for convergent evolution of acoustic signaling: Biology, v. 15, 615, 21pp. (Qianjiangsaurus changshengi) Link to pdf
Maidment, S. C. R., Butler, R. J., Brusatte, S. L., Meade, L. E., Augustin, F. J., Csiki-Sava, Z., and Osi, A., 2026, A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe: Nature, published online, 7pp. (Ferenceratops shqiperorum = Zalmozes shiqperorum)
Moore, B. R. S., Evans, D. C., Ryan, M. J., Pattrson, T., and Mallon, J. C., 2026, The ontogenetically youngest known pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) postcranium: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, e2616325, 19pp. Link to pdf
Obuszewski, K. D., Smith, N. A., and Brown, G. R., 2025, An osteohistological analysis of Triceratops (Ronithischia: Ceratopsidae) cranial ornamentation: The Anatomical Record, published online 12pp. Link to pdf
Packham, C., 2026, Saturday citations: missing dinosaurs, quiescent blackholes and infectious fungi: Phys Org, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Rotatori, F. M., Chiarenza, A. A., Fanti, F., and Moreno-Azanza, M., 2026, The early origin of Iguandontia: new insights into the macroevolution, diversity and biogeography of the clade: Palaeontology, v. 69, part 2, e70057, 32pp. Link to pdf
Siviero, B. C. T., Rega, E., Nick, K. E., and Chadwick, A. V., 2026, Analysis of pseudopathologies in Edmontosaurus annectens bones: taphonomic implications from biogenetic and diagenetic bone alterations from a Cretaceous bonebed in the Lance Formation, Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2600392, 15pp. Link to pdf
Tada, S., Tsuihiji, T., Ishikawa, H, Wakimizu, N., Kawabe, S., and Sakane, K., 2026, Nasal soft-tissue anatomy of Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs: The Anatomical Record, published online, 23pp. Link to pdf
Wyenberg-Henzler, T. C A., and Scannella, J. B., 2026, Behavioral implications of an embedded tyrannosaurid tooth and associated tooth marks on an articualted skull of Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek Formation, Montana: PeerJ 14:e10796 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20796, 32pp. Link to pdf
Yao, H., Qu, W, You, J., Yang, L., Wang, H., Cao, S., Zhao, K, Xu, M,. Shi, G., Lou, F., Zeng, C., Lu, P., Wu, R., Xu, Z., Han, F., and Zing, H., 2026, A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Creaceous of South China, providing further support for the possible Asian origin of Brachylophosaurini: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, v. 24, n. 1, 1635560, 24pp. (Gongshuilong fanwei)
Yu, K., Wu, W., Yu, X., and Godefroit, P., 2026, First occurrence of hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) remains from the Nenjiang Formation (Early Campaninan) in the Songliao Basin Northeast China: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Agnolin, F. L., Rozadilla, S., Marsa, J. G., Nogueira, R. A., Miner, S., Alvarez-Herrera, G., Novas, F. E., and Pol, D., 2026, new remains of the armored dinosaur Patagopelta cristata Riguetti et al. 2022 (Ornithischia, Parankylosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, argentina: Historical Biology, An International Jouranl of Paleobiology, published online, 64pp.
Carpenter, K., 2026, The smallest known Stegosaurus: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 283-285. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Costa, F, 2026, Dacentrurine stegosaurs in North America: new occurrences from the Upper Jurassic of USA (Morrison Formation): Diversity, v. 18, 143, 26pp. Link to pdf
Ech-charay, K., and Oussou, A., 2026, Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought -new discovery: Phy sOrg, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Hunt-Foster, R. K., Woodruff, D. C., Sroka, S. D., and Foter, J. R., 2026, The largest reported stegosaurid from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic): In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 287-292. Link to pdf
Livius, M. C. H., Witmer, L. M., Ryan, M. J., Maddin, H. C., and Mallon, J. C., 2026, Redescription of the Panoplosaurus mirus (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae) holotype skull using computed tomography, and a new comparative scheme for panoplosaurin cranial ornamentation: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e 2636589, 17pp. Link to pdf
Riguetti, F. J., Apesteguia, S., Canale, J. I., and Gallina, P. A., 2026, New thyreophorna remains with stegosaurian affinities from the Lower Cretaceous of Argentina: Publicacion Electronisa, Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 26, n. 1, P. 56-79. Link to pdf
Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cobos, A., and Suner, M., 2026, The plated dinosaurs (Ornithischia, Stegosauria) of eastern Iberia (Spain): Taxonomy, diversity, and ecology: Palaeontologica Electronica, v. 29, n. 1: a13, 44pp. Link to pdf
Dinosaurs in generalAnonymous, 2026, Baby dinosaurs were common prey for Late Jurassic predators, reconstructed food web suggests: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Bohm, L., 2026, Worlds that were: the Tendaguru Dinosarus adn the imperial past in (post) colonial Germany: Central European History, published online, 21pp. Link to pdf
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Chiappone, M., Guala, M., Rogers, R., and Makovicky, P., 2026, When the levee breaks: experimentally testing dinosur and mammal bone transpot in unsteady flows: Paleobiology, published online, 16pp. Link to pdf
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Ebel, R., 2026, A centuries-old debate on how reptiles keep evolving skin bones in finally settled: Phys Org, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Ebel, R., Melville, J., and Keogh, J. S., 2026, Lizards in chain mail: reconstructing the enigmatic past of dermal armour in squamata reptiles: Biological Journal of the Linnean Socity, v. 147, n. 1, blaf129, published online, 15pp. Link to pdf
Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Hunt-Foster, R. K., Lucas, S. G., Carpenter, K., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2026, An introduction to new developments in the geology and paleontology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
Garcia-Cobena, J., Sanchez-Fenollosa, S., Cabrera-Argudo, P., and Cobos, A., 2026, The oldest dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Cretaceous of the southwestern Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain): Cretaceous Research, v. 184, 106362, 18pp.
McHugh, J. B., Drumheller, S. K., 2026, Inter-stie and inter-analyst variation in reported frequences of modified bone material from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado and Wyoming: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 375-385. Link to pdf
Morrison, C., Hart, W. J., O'Callaghan, E., Boisvert, C., Van Der Linden, T. T. P., Goodchile, O. Q., Boeye, A., Scherer, C. R., Jones, H. T., Moran, T., Lewis, Z., Rayburn, K. C., Layton, C., Wasserlauf, J. Z., Bohus, C., Danison, A., Lopez-Vaca, A., Durrant, L. K., Guest, C., Gascoigne, S., and Allain, S. J. R., 2026, "Here, size is not accident": a novel food web analysis of the Dry Mesa dinosaur Quarry and ecological impact of Morrison Formation sauropod funa: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 387-426. Link to pdf
Morrison, C., Hart, W. J., Van Der Linden, T. T. P., Boeye, A., O'Callaghan, E. V., Boisvert, C., Gordon, H., Trapman, T., jones, H. T., Goodchild, O., Guest, C., Lewis, Z., Rayburn, K. C., Layton, ., Gohus, C., Danison, A., Moran, T., Byrne, P. J., Gascoigne, S., and Allain, S. J. R., 2026, A functional fauna network analysis of the Morrison Formation: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 427-439. Link to pdf
Naish, D., 2026, The new Dinosaurs; an alternative evolution by Dougal Dixon, Breakdown Press, London,2025: Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 7pp.
Naish, D., and Sweetman, S. C., 2026, A second specimen of the enigmatic Wealden reptile Yaverlandia: Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, published online, 6pp.
Packham, C., 2026, Saturday citations: understanding procastatnation; delicious baby sauropods; a study on musical 'pleasure chills': Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Prondvai, E., Horvath, K., Price, S. W. T., Gutowski, O., and Beale, A. M., 2026, United by chewing: Hunter-Schreger band-like pattern and wavy enamel in a fossil crocodile suggest functional convergence with mammals and dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 293:20261992, 12pp. Link to pdf
Taylor, I. A., Lupia, R., and Hodges, C., 2026, Modeling net primary productivity in a Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem: a probabilistic approach: Catena, v. 265, 190909, 16pp. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (2)
Gorgonavis NEBREDA, CHIAPPE, NAVALON, TEROL, SERRANO, BUSCALIONI & MARUGAN-LBON, 2026
Pujatopouli IRAZOQUI HOSPITALECHE, GELFO, CARABAJAL, BONA & BURLAILLE, 2026
Species: Nova (4)
Gorgonavis alcyone NEBREDA, CHIAPPE, NAVALON, TEROL, SERRANO, BUSCALIONI & MARUGAN-LBON, 2026
Pujatopouli soberana IRAZOQUI HOSPITALECHE, GELFO, CARABAJAL, BONA & BURLAILLE, 2026
Vegavis geitononesos IRAZOQUI, HOSPITALECHE, PAULINA-CARABAJAL, BONA & VEGA, 2026
Vegavis notopothousa IRAZOQUI, HOSPITALECHE, PAULINA-CARABAJAL, BONA & VEGA, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Complex tongue bones, fleshy teeth on the roof of earliest known birds' mouth might have helped it snag food: Phys Org, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf
Benito, J., Kuo, P.-C., Torres, C. R., Navalon, G., Plateau, O., Clark, A. D., Steell, E. M., and Field, D. J., 2026, Shouldering the challenge of deciphering avian plaate evolution: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 1, e2514111123, 4pp. Link to pdf
Irazoqui, F., Hospitaleche, C. A., Gelfo, J. N., Carabajal, A. P., Bona, P., and Burlaille, L. A., 2026, Diving in the Maastrichtian of Marabio (Seymour) Island: A new member of the Neoaves in the Cretaceous Antarctic avifauna: Cretaceous Research, v. 179, 106259, 22pp. (Pujatopouli soberana)
Irazoqui, F., Hospitaleche, C. A., Paulina-Carabajal, A., Bona, P., and Vega, N., 2026, New species of Vegavis (Neornithes) from Antarctica Highlights unexpected Cretaceous Antarctic diversity: Diversity, v. 18, 82, 33. (Vegavis geitononesos, Vegavis notopothousa) Link to pdf
Nebreda, S. M., Chiappe, L. M., Navalon, G., Terol, J. C., Serrano, F. J,. Buscalioni, A. D., and Marugan-Lobon, J., 2026, An isolated skull from Las Hoyas (Early Cretaceous, Spain) informs the early evolution towards elongated rostra inenantiornithine birds (Aves, Ornithothoraces): Swiss Journal of Palaonetology, v. 125, p. 251-265. (Gorgonavis alcyone) Link to pdf
O'Connor, J. K., and Clarke, A. D., 2026, The ecoloyg of Archaeopteryx: Discover Ecology, v. 2:12, 17pp. Link to pdf
O'Connor, J. K., Clark, A. D., Kuo, P.-C., Wang, M., Shinya, A., Van Beek, C., and Chang, H,. 2026, Avian features of Archaeopteryx feeding appartus reflected elevated demands of flight: The Innovation, v. 7, n. 2 101086, 8pp. Link to pdf
O'Connor, J. K., and Marugan-Lobon, J., 2026, Evaluating variation in Solnhofen avialans: Biolog Letters, v. 22: 2-260601, 10pp. Link to pdf
Takeda, Y., Kuramoto-Ahuja, T., Yonei-Tamura, S., Shibuya, H., Tamura, M., Uesake, M., and Tamura, K., 2026, Ontogenetic development of the acrocoracoid process responsible for the evolution of Avian flapping flight: Zoological Science, v. 43, p. 61-71.
Wilken, A. T., Sellers, K. C., Davis, J. L., Witmer, L. M., and Holliday, C. M., 2026, Reply to Benito et al.: Problems in the Cretaceous evolution of the avian palatobasal joint: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 1, e2520865123, 4pp. Link to pdf
Angielczyk, K. D., Frobisch, J., Kammerer, C. F., Smith, R. M. H., Marsicano, C. A., Pardo, J. D., Richter, M,. and Cisneros, J. C., 2026, Early synapsids from the Disuralian (lower Permian) Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaiba Basin, Brazil: the frist definitive South Americna "pelycosaurs": Journla of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2621685, 14pp.
Calder, J. H., Scott, A. C., hebert, B. L., Milner, A. C., and Stimson, M. R., 2026, Carboniferous tetrapod fauna of the fossil lycopsid trees at Joggins and the origin of the hollow tree guild: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 18pp. Link to pdf
Evers, S. W., Panigot, E., Petermann, H,. Rubidge, B. S., Bever, G. S., and Lyson, T. R., 2026, Labyrinth morphology of Eunotosaurus africanus in the context of semicircular canal shape variation across amniotes, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf
Rebillard, A., Jannel, A., Marchetti, L., MacDougall, M. J., Hamann, C., Steyer, j-S., and Frobisch, J., 2026, Early Permian terrestrial apex predator regurgitalite indicates opportunistic feeding behaviour: Scientific Reports, v. 16: 1087, 11 pp.
Steiner, G., 2026, Bromacker regurgitalite reveals what an early land predator spit up 290 million years ago: Phys Org, published online, 5pp.
Yu, Y, Xu, X., and Benson, R. B. J., 2026, Decouled phenotypic constraints framed by respiratory adaptation in the rise of land vertebrates: Science Advances, v. 12, eaeb0801, 12pp. Link to pdf
Theriodontia
Genus: Nova (1)
Jirahgorgon MACUNGO, ARAUJO, RUBIDGE, CAY, DOLLMAN & BENOIT, 2026
Njalila GEBAUER & MAISCH, 2026
Species: Nova (1)
Jirahgorgon ceto MACUNGO, ARAUJO, RUBIDGE, CAY, DOLLMAN & BENOIT, 2026
Synonym: Nova (1)
Njalila nasuta (HUENE, 1950) GEBAUER & MAISCH, 2026
= Dixeya nasuta HUENE, 1950
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Doering, M, Garcia, M. S., Schiefelbein, J. H, Kerber, L., and Muller, R. T., 2025 (published 2026), New tetrapod remains help consrain the age of peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 45, n. 3, e2552552, 21pp.
Gebauer, E. V. I., and Maisch, M. W., 2026, Njalila gen. nov. (Therapsida. Gorgonopsia): a new genus for Dixeya nasuta v. Huene, 1950 from the Late Permian Usili Formation of the Ruhuhu Basin, SW Tanzania: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, publshed online, 22pp. (Njalila nausta = Dixeya nasuta)
Lund, E. S., Wolvaardt, F. P., Smith, R. M. H., 2026, Jooder, J,. and Benoit, J., 2026, Redescritption of the Traissic cynodont Cistecynodon parvus and reassessment of its phylogeny: The Anatomical Record, published online, 28pp. Link to pdf
Macungo, Z., Araujo, R., Rubidge, B. S., Day, M. O., Dollman, K. N, and Benoit, J., 2026, Evolutionary radiation of large-bodied gorgonopsians from the lower Abranhamskraal formation of South Africa: The Anatomical Record, published online, 38pp. (Jirahgorgon ceto) Link to pdf
Oster, S,. 2026, Ancient predator species discovered in South Africa challenges what weknown about gorgonopsians: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Suchkova, Y. A., Bulanov, V. V., and Masyutin, V. V., 2026, The parareptile Emeroleter levis found in the abdominal cavity of the Late Permian therocephalian Viatkosuchus sumini (Kotel’nich locality, European Russia): Historical Biology, an International Journal of Paleobiology, published online, 9pp.
Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf
Deinocephalia
Anonymous, 2026, Mammal ancestors laid eggs--and this 250-million-year-old fossil proves it: Phys Org, published online 7pp. Link to pdf
Benoit, J., Fernandez, V., and Botha, J., 2026, The first non-mammalian synapsid embryo from the Triassic of South Africa: PLOS One, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal .pone.0245016, 14pp. Link to pdf
Benoit, J., Botha, J, and Fernandez, V., 2026, Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world's oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs: Phys Org, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf
Bordy, E. M, and Groenewald, D. P., 2026, The Karoo Supergroup: modern insights from the ancient archive of Gondwana: The Geology of South Aferica, v. 129, n. 1, p. 83-108. Link to pdf
Genus: Nova (1)
Angrivarodon MARTIN, AVERIANOV, LANG, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2026
Species: Nova (2)
Amblotherium apiarium CONNELLY, ROUGIER & DAIVS, 2026
Angrivarodon goresi MARTIN, AVERIANOV, LANG, SCHULTZ & SCHWERMANN, 2026
Chure, D. J., 2026, The Fauna and flora of the Morrison Formation: 2026: In: New Developments in the Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 102, p. 453-470. Link to pdf
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Martin, T., Averianov, A. O., Lang, A. J., Schultz, J. A., and Schwermann, A. H., 2026, A new paulchoffatid and additional multituberculate (Mammalia) remains from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) of Germany: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, published online, 23pp. (Angrivarodon goresi) Link to pdf
Yamahuchi, J. C., Cook, E., Duffin, C. J., Austen, P. A., Sweetman, S. C., Gill, P. G., Hilderbarndt, C., Tomkinson, T., and Benton, M. J., 2026, Microvertebrates from the Cliff End Bone Bed (Wealden, Lower Cretaceous), East Sussex, UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 17pp. Link to pdf
Anonymous, 2026, Dinos hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds, researchers show: Phys Org, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf
Blas, X. P. I., Galobart, A., Archer, M., Stein, M., HAnd, Z., and Selles, A., 2025 (published 2026), Australia's oldest crocodylian eggshell: insights into the reproductive paleoecology of mekosuchines: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2560010, 10pp.
Wang, Q., Du, Y.-L., Huang, Z-Q., Yan, C.-W., Jiang, A.-C., Zhu, X.-F., Fang, K.-Y., and Yang, X.-L., 2026, First egg fossil record (Elongatoolithus elongatus) from the Dengtan Basin of Heyuan, Guangdong: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Paixao, G. M. X., Martinelli, A. G., Marsola, J. C. A., Hechenleitner, E. M., Nava, W. R., Chiappe, L. M., Jussiani, E. I., Rozadilla, S., Kaluza, J., and Pinheiro, 2026, Fossil evidence of exceptionally large egg-clutches sheds light on reproductive diversity in Late Cretaceous crocodyliforms from Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, published online, 10pp.
Ichnogenus: Nova (2)
Cabarzichnus MARCHETTI, LOGGHE, BUCHWITZ, MACDOUGALL, REBILLARD, MARTENS & FROBISCH, 2026
Jinjuichnus procerus JUNG, KIM, XING & CHOI, 2026
Ichnospecies: Nova (2)
Cabarzichnus pulchrus MARCHETTI, LOGGHE, BUCHWITZ, MACDOUGALL, REBILLARD, MARTENS & FROBISCH, 2026
Jinjuichnus procerus JUNG, KIM, XING & CHOI, 2026
Anonymous, 2026, Teen's 1958 find becomes Australia's oldest dinosaur fossil: Phys Og, published online 5pp.
Anonymous, 2026, Scientists document Europe's first Jurassic lizard trackways in Asturias: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf
Calbkova, G., Brezina, J., and Nadaskay, R., 2026, A highly diverse Pennsylvanian tetrapod ichnoassemblage from the Semily Formation (Krkonose Piedmount Basin, Czechia): PeerJ v4::e20437 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20437, 40pp. Link to pdf
Charles, J. P., Polet, D. T., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2026, Form-function relatinoships determining optimal jumping performance in an early bipedal dinosaur: Journal of the Royal Socity Interface, v. 23:20250918, 13pp.
dePolo, P., 2026, Identifying dinosaurs from thier footprints is difficult, but AI can help: Phys Org, published online, 5pp. Link to pdf
Falkingham, P. L., and Gates, S. M., 2026, Formation, preservation, and interpretation of dinosaur tracks: Palaeontology, v. 69, part 2, e70040, 21pp. Link to pdf
Granata, V., Belvedere, M., Collareta, A., Molli, G., Landini, W., and Marchetti, L., 2026, Estimating the impact of erosian on a Carnian dinosaur footprint-bearing surface (Lerici, Northern Apennines, Italy): Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 29, n. 1; a3, 15pp. Link to pdf
Hartmann, G., Blakesley, T., dePolo, P. E., and Brusatte, S. L., 2026, Identifying variation in dinosaur footprints and classifying problemenatic specimens via unbiased unsupervised machine learning: Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, v. 123, n. 5, e2627222122, 7pp. Link to pdf
Helm, C. W., Dixon, M. G., Stear, W. M., and van Berkel, F., 2026, Cretaceous dinosaur tracks in the Benton Formation, Western Cape: South Africa Journal of science, .v 122, n. 1/2, 10pp.
Jacobs, M. L., 2026, The historiography of dinosaur footprints of the lower Cretaceous Wealden Group on the Isle of Wight, UK Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 14pp. Link to pdf
Jung, J., Kim, K. S., Xing, L., and Choi, B.-D., 2026, New large pterosaur trakcs from Korea and thier implications on terrestrial behavoir: Scientific Reports, v. 16: 12363, 10pp. (Jinjuichnus procerus) Link to pdf
Lockley, M. G., Farlow, J. O., Milner, A. R. C., and Davidson, J., 2026, Eubrontes out west (and beyond)-distribution, morphology, ichnotaxonomy, and associated ichnofauna of footprints of large, Early Jurassic theropod trackmakers: Geology of the Intermountain West, and open-access journalf o the UTah Geological Association, v. 13, p 1-51, A-1 to H-6. Link to pdf
Marchetti, L., Logghe, A., Buchwitz, M,. MacDougall, M. J., Rebillard, A., Martens, T., and Frobisch, J., 2026, The earliest reptile body impressions with scaly skin: Current Biology, v. 36, 10pp. (Cabarzichnus pulchrus)
Oster, S., 2026, Largest known Mesozoic crocodyliform egg clutch discovered in Brazil: Phys Org, published online, 6pp. Link to pdf
Romillo, A., and Runnegar, B,. 2026, Earliest Australian dnosaur: ichnofossils from the Carnian Aspley Formation of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf
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Xing, L., Lallensack, J. N., Yin, H, Klein, H, Romilio, A., Gao, J., and Qi, Q., 2026, New Middle Jurassic mammaliaform tracks from northern Shaanxi Province, China: Fossil Record, v 29, n. 1, p. 37-56. Link to pdf
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Woolley, C. H., Mcintosh, J. A., Smith, R. M. H., and Sidor, C. A., 2026, First vertebraet assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Tirassic) of Antarctica: Antarctic Science, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf
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