Topic · Paleontology · Earth and Planetary Sciences
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4 papers
Annabel K. Hunt, Juan Benito, Olivia Plateau, Adam Dawid Urantówka, Daniel J. Field
Micro-computed tomography of 69 immature and mature bird specimens finds complete post-hatching pterygoid segmentation (hemipterygoid detaches from pterygoid, fuses to palatine) only in Neoaves, not Galloanserae or palaeognaths.
bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2026 · PreprintPaleontology✦ In-depth digest
Abi Crane, Juan Benito, Albert Chen, Daniel T. Ksepka, Daniel J. Field
Mandibular µCT reconstructions favour galliform-like, not palaeognath, affinities for Asteriornis; Vegavis and pelagornithid jaws lack key galloanseran synapomorphies and instead share features with stem bird Ichthyornis.
BMC Ecology and Evolution · Dec 25, 2025Peer-reviewedPaleontology✦ In-depth digest
Xavier A. Jenkins, Roger Benson, David P. Ford, Claire Browning, Vincent Fernández, Kathleen Dollman, Timothy Gomes, Elizabeth Griffiths, Jonah N. Choiniere, Brandon R. Peecook
Synchrotron microtomography and a 167-taxon phylogenetic matrix place Millerettidae as sister to Neodiapsida (forming Parapleurota), dismantling Parareptilia and Eureptilia while dating tympanic hearing to the middle Permian.
Peer Community Journal · Aug 28, 2025Peer-reviewedPaleontology✦ In-depth digest
Aaron M. Kufner, Max E. Deckman, Hannah R. Miller, Calvin So, Brandon R. Price, David M. Lovelace
Nobby Knob, a Carnian bonebed in Wyoming's lower Popo Agie Formation, records an autochthonous, weakly sorted mass mortality of the metoposaurid Buettnererpeton bakeri (MNI 19).
PLoS ONE · Apr 2, 2025Peer-reviewedPaleontology✦ In-depth digest