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Prehistoric animals

Morphology and articular configuration of the ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) lower hindlimb as revealed by a specimen from the Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta, Canada

Brandon Theurer, Darren H. Tanke, Dylan Bastiaans, Khoi Nguyen, Philip Currie, Corwin Sullivan

published 29 Jul 2026

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Identification of tooth traces from a Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Edmontosaurus annectens bonebed in the Lance Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Bethania C. T. Siviero, Elizabeth Rega, Matthew A. McLain, Leonard R. Brand, David Nelsen, Art V. Chadwick

published 15 Jul 2026

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High precision CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb zircon age for the “Dueling Dinosaurs” locality, with implications for regional correlation, basal age and duration of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana

Eric M. Roberts, Marc S. Hendrix, Jahandar Ramezani, William C. Clyde, Pierre Zippi, Stuart Hodgson, Valerie Yuleridge, Lindsay E. Zanno

published 20 May 2026

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Braincase of Siamraptor suwati and insights into the cranial anatomy of Carcharodontosauria

Soki Hattori, Duangsuda Chokchaloemwong, Soichiro Kawabe, Elena Cuesta, Masateru Shibata, Kazunori Miyata, Yoichi Azuma

published 29 Apr 2026

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Morphotypes, preservation, and taphonomy of dinosaur footprints, tail traces, and swim tracks in the largest tracksite in the world: Carreras Pampa (Upper Cretaceous), Torotoro National Park, Bolivia

Raúl Esperante, Jeremy A. McLarty, Kevin E. Nick, Lance R. Pompe, Roberto E. Biaggi, Helen D. Baltazar Medina, Nelson A. Llempen, Ángela B. Limachi Silvestri, Lourdes Lidia Mamani Quispe, Antonio Joaquín Garre Cano, Wilson Quiroga Saavedra, Germán Rocha Rodríguez

published 03 Dec 2025

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Paleontological and paleoecological significance of the oldest highly productive Upper Cretaceous (lowermost Maastrichtian) bonebed of Haţeg Basin (western Romania; Densuş-Ciula Formation)

Gábor Botfalvai, Zoltán Csiki-Sava, János Magyar, Barna Páll-Gergely, Levente Koczó, Daniel Ţabără, Gergő Konecsni, Soma Budai

published 10 Nov 2025

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The Dino Study: Rationale and protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the Incredible Years Dinosaur Program with daily assessments

Rabia R. Chhangur, Eleonore H.M. Smalle, Gerdien van der Zwaag, Egon Dejonckheere

published 08 Sep 2025

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A ceratopsid-dominated tracksite from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada

Phil R. Bell, Brian J. Pickles, Sarah C. Ashby, Issy E. Walker, Sally Hurst, Michael Rampe, Paul Durkin, Caleb M. Brown

published 23 Jul 2025

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The evolution of bone-eating worm diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Chalk Group of the United Kingdom

Sarah Jamison-Todd, James D. Witts, Marc E. H. Jones, Deborah Tangunan, Kim Chandler, Paul Bown, Richard J. Twitchett

published 03 Apr 2025

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First unambiguous record of pneumaticity in the axial skeleton of alvarezsaurians (Theropoda: Coelurosauria)

G.J. Windholz, J.G. Meso, M.J. Wedel, M. Pittman

published 02 Apr 2025

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A new Middle Jurassic lagoon margin assemblage of theropod and sauropod dinosaur trackways from the Isle of Skye, Scotland

Tone Blakesley, Paige E. dePolo, Thomas J. Wade, Dugald A. Ross, Stephen L. Brusatte

published 02 Apr 2025

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A new metoposaurid (Temnospondyli) bonebed from the lower Popo Agie Formation (Carnian, Triassic) and an assessment of skeletal sorting

Aaron M. Kufner, Max E. Deckman, Hannah R. Miller, Calvin So, Brandon R. Price, David M. Lovelace

published 02 Apr 2025

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Fossil eggshell diversity of the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah

Joshua Hedge, Ryan T. Tucker, Peter J. Makovicky, Lindsay E. Zanno

published 26 Feb 2025

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