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Taphonomy

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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Neotaphonomic characteristics of vertebrate site formation in underwater caves

Meg M. Walker, Joanne E. Wilkinson, Mathew Stewart, Geraldine E. Jacobsen, Shwaron Kumar, Vladimir Levchenko, Stewart Fallon, Rebecca Esmay, Rachel Wood, Justyna J. Miszkiewicz, Gilbert J. Price, Elizabeth Reed, Joseph Monks, Julien Louys

published 15 Jul 2026

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First steps towards distinguishing Mediterranean vegetation root marks on bones: An experimental approach

Alba Macho-Callejo, Dores Marin-Monfort, Aida Gutiérrez, Sara García-Morato, Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo

published 18 Jun 2026

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Identity and mobility through personal ornaments in Upper Paleolithic cantabrian hunter-gatherer societies: Insights from Llonín cave (Asturias, Spain)

Daniel Pérez-García de los Salmones, David Cuenca-Solana, Borja González-Rabanal, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo, Elsa Duarte-Matías, Marco de la Rasilla-Vives

published 08 Jun 2026

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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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Bone weathering in a Mediterranean climate region: An experimental case study from Doñana National Park (Spain)

Marcos Pizarro-Monzo, Laura Domingo, Juan José Negro, Enrique Cantero, David M. Martín-Perea, M.Soledad Domingo

published 31 Oct 2025

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Taphonomy of aquatic insects from the Crato Formation Lagerstätte (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) under an actualistic look

Arianny P. Storari, Frederico F. Salles, João Luiz Guedes da Fonseca, Antonio Álamo Feitosa Saraiva, Taissa Rodrigues

published 11 Sep 2025

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Buca della Iena and Grotta del Capriolo: New chronological, lithic, and faunal analyses of two late Mousterian sites in Central Italy

Jacopo Gennai, Tom Higham, Marco Romboni, Angelica Fiorillo, Maddalena Giannì, Laura van der Sluis, Damiano Marchi, Elisabetta Starnini

published 11 Jun 2025

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Examining the effect of post-depositional processes on the preservation and identification of stone tool residues from temperate environments: An experimental approach

Dries Cnuts, Veerle Rots

published 21 Oct 2024

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Taphonomic signatures of early scavenging by black and turkey vultures

Marian L. Wahl, Grant N. Burcham, Amanda M. Herbert, Lee A. Humberg, Patrick A. Zollner, Landon R. Jones, Brandon M. Quinby, Bryan M. Kluever

published 14 Aug 2024

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Paleobiological implications of chevron pathology in the sauropodomorph Plateosaurus trossingensis from the Upper Triassic of SW Germany

Joep Schaeffer, Ewan Wolff, Florian Witzmann, Gabriel S. Ferreira, Rainer R. Schoch, Eudald Mujal

published 31 Jul 2024

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Histotaphonomic analysis of bone bioerosion reveals a regional framework of diverse deathways in the Neolithic of Southeast Italy

Jess E. Thompson, Sofia Panella, Thomas J. Booth, Silvia Soncin, Tonko Rajkovaca, Maria Giovanna Belcastro, Eugenia Isetti, Valentina Mariotti, Italo Maria Muntoni, Francesca Radina, Sandra Sivilli, Antonella Traverso, Mary Anne Tafuri, John E. Robb

published 06 Jun 2024

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Taguatagua 3: A new late Pleistocene settlement in a highly suitable lacustrine habitat in central Chile (34°S)

Rafael Labarca, Matías Frugone-Álvarez, Liz Vilches, José Francisco Blanco, Ángela Peñaloza, Carolina Godoy-Aguirre, Álvaro Lizama-Catalán, Cristóbal Oyarzo, Carlos Tornero, Erwin González-Guarda, Ayelen Delgado, Marcela Sepúlveda, Paula Soto-Huenchuman

published 22 May 2024

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