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Palaeontology Archive

The Association has made issues of the journal Palaeontology from volume 1 (1957) to volume 41 (1998) available to the palaeontological community, without restriction or charge, through our online portal. Issues from volume 42 (1999) to the present time can be obtained though the Wiley Online Library portal where they are free to Members of the Association and subscribing institutions, and available for purchase by non-members and non-subscribing institutions on an individual basis.

In addition to the articles hosted by the Association (below) many can also be found on the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Palaeontology@BHL.

Volume 63

Volume 63 | Part 3

Article: Unravelling the distinctive craniomandibular morphology of the Plio???Pleistocene Eumysops in the evolutionary setting of South American octodontoid rodents (Hystricomorpha)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 443–458.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12464
Authored By: A. Itatí Olivares, Alicia Álvarez, Diego H. Verzi, S. Ivan Perez, and Nahuel A. De Santi

Article: Knee function through finite element analysis and the role of Miocene hominoids in our understanding of the origin of antipronograde behaviours: the Pierolapithecus catalaunicus patella as a case study

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 459–475.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12466
Authored By: Marta Pina, Daniel DeMiguel, Francesc Puigvert, Jordi Marcé‐Nogué, and Salvador Moyà‐Solà

Article: Is Cyclocardia (Conrad) a wastebasket taxon? Exploring the phylogeny of the most diverse genus of the Carditidae (Archiheterodonta, Bivalvia)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 477–495.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12467
Authored By: Damián E. Pérez, and Luciana M. Giachetti

Article: A large testudinid with African affinities in the post???Messinian (lower Pliocene) record of south???eastern Spain

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 497–512.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12468
Authored By: Adán Pérez‐García, Evangelos Vlachos, and Xabier Murelaga

Article: Fullerene???like structures of Cretaceous crinoids reveal topologically limited skeletal possibilities

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 513–524.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12474
Authored By: Jennifer F. Hoyal Cuthill, and Aaron W. Hunter

Volume 63 | Part 2

Article: Three???dimensional soft tissue preservation revealed in the skin of a non???avian dinosaur

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 185–193.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12470
Authored By: Matteo Fabbri, Jasmina Wiemann, Fabio Manucci, and Derek E. G. Briggs

Article: Chemical evidence of preserved collagen in??54???million???year???old fish vertebrae

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 195–202.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12469
Authored By: Suryendu Dutta, Sumit Kumar, Hukam Singh, Mahasin A. Khan, Amlan Barai, Anuradha Tewari, Rajendra S. Rana, Subir Bera, Shamik Sen, and Ashok Sahni

Article: Shape variability in tridactyl dinosaur footprints: the significance of size and function

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 203–228.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12449
Authored By: Jens N. Lallensack, Thomas Engler, and H. JONAS Barthel

Article: A quantitative method for inferring locomotory shifts in amniotes during ontogeny, its application to dinosaurs and its bearing on the evolution of posture

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 229–242.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12451
Authored By: Kimberley E. J. Chapelle, Roger B. J. Benson, Josef Stiegler, Alejandro Otero, Qi Zhao, and Jonah N. Choiniere

Article: The nervous and circulatory systems of a Cretaceous crinoid: preservation, palaeobiology and evolutionary significance

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 243–253.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12452
Authored By: James Saulsbury, and Samuel Zamora

Article: Endocranial anatomy and life habits of the Early Triassic archosauriform Proterosuchus fergusi

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 255–282.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12454
Authored By: Emily E. Brown, Richard J. Butler, Martín D. Ezcurra, Bhart‐Anjan S. Bhullar, and Stephan Lautenschlager

Article: Morphological disparity in theropod jaws: comparing discrete characters and geometric morphometrics

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 283–299.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12455
Authored By: Joep Schaeffer, Michael J. Benton, Emily J. Rayfield, and Thomas L. Stubbs

Article: Enigmatic hook???like structures in Cretaceous ammonites (Scaphitidae)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 301–312.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12457
Authored By: Isabelle Kruta, Jérémie Bardin, Christopher P. A. Smith, Paul Tafforeau, and Neil H. Landman

Article: Variable preservation potential and richness in the fossil record of vertebrates

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 313–329.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12458
Authored By: Fiona M. Walker, Alexander M. Dunhill, and Michael J. Benton

Article: Unique preservation of siliceous dinoflagellate motile cells from the Oligocene fossil Lagerst??tte of Sieblos, Germany

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 331–348.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12461
Authored By: Ian C. Harding

Article: Type???Maastrichtian gastropod faunas show rapid ecosystem recovery following the Cretaceous???Palaeogene boundary catastrophe

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2020
Page(s): 349–367.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12462
Authored By: Johan Vellekoop, Kris H. Van Tilborgh, Paul Van Knippenberg, John W. M. Jagt, Peter Stassen, Stijn Goolaerts, and Robert P. Speijer

Volume 63 | Part 1

Article: What is macroevolution?

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 1–11.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12465
Authored By: Michael Hautmann

Article: The evolution of the modern avian digestive system: insights from paravian fossils from the Yanliao and Jehol biotas

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 13–27.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12453
Authored By: Jingmai K. O'Connor, and Zhonghe Zhou

Article: Euconodont hard tissue: preservation patterns of the basal body

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 29–49.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12438
Authored By: Thomas J. Suttner, and Erika Kido

Article: From limb to fin: an Eocene protocetid forelimb from Senegal sheds new light on the early locomotor evolution of cetaceans

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 51–66.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12442
Authored By: Quentin Vautrin, Fabrice Lihoreau, Bernard Sambou, Moustapha Thiam, Jeremy E. Martin, Rodolphe Tabuce, Sylvain Adnet, Renaud Lebrun, Anne‐Lise Charruault, Raphaël Sarr, and Lionel Hautier

Article: The impact of fossil stratigraphic ranges on tip???calibration, and the accuracy and precision of divergence time estimates

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 67–83.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12443
Authored By: Hans P. Püschel, Joseph E. O'Reilly, Davide Pisani, and Philip C. J. Donoghue

Article: Fossil liberation: a model to explain high biodiversity in the Triassic Cassian Formation

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 85–102.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12441
Authored By: Vanessa Julie Roden, Imelda M. Hausmann, Alexander Nützel, Barbara Seuss, Mike Reich, Max Urlichs, Hans Hagdorn, and Wolfgang Kiessling

Article: Taphonomic experiments resolve controls on the preservation of melanosomes and keratinous tissues in feathers

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 103–115.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12445
Authored By: Tiffany S. Slater, Maria E. McNamara, Patrick J. Orr, Tara B. Foley, Shosuke Ito, and Kazumasa Wakamatsu

Article: Peculiar tooth renewal in a Jurassic ray???finned fish (Lepisosteiformes, ???Scheenstia sp.)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 117–129.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12446
Authored By: Léa Leuzinger, Lionel Cavin, Adriana López‐Arbarello, and Jean‐Paul Billon‐Bruyat

Article: Inner ear morphology of diadectomorphs and seymouriamorphs (Tetrapoda) uncovered by high???resolution x???ray microcomputed tomography, and the origin of the amniote crown group

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2020
Page(s): 131–154.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12448
Authored By: Jozef Klembara, Miroslav Hain, Marcello Ruta, David S Berman, Stephanie E. Pierce, and Amy C. Henrici

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