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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 6

Article: Overcoming the constraints of spiral growth: the case of shell remodelling

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2020
Page(s): 1035–1047.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12503
Authored By: Geerat J. Vermeij

Volume 63 | Part 5

Article: Potential evolutionary trade???off between feeding and stability in Cambrian cinctan echinoderms

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 689–701.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12495
Authored By: Imran A. Rahman, James O'Shea, Stephan Lautenschlager, and Samuel Zamora

Article: Multibody dynamics analysis (MDA) as a numerical modelling tool to reconstruct the function and palaeobiology of extinct organisms

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 703–715.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12501
Authored By: Stephan Lautenschlager

Article: Categorical versus geometric morphometric approaches to characterizing the evolution of morphological disparity in Osteostraci (Vertebrata, stem Gnathostomata)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 717–732.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12482
Authored By: Humberto G. Ferrón, Jenny M. Greenwood, Bradley Deline, Carlos Martínez‐Pérez, Héctor Botella, Robert S. Sansom, Marcello Ruta, and Philip C. J. Donoghue

Article: Cochleatina: an enigmatic Ediacaran???Cambrian survivor among small carbonaceous fossils (SCFs)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 733–752.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12484
Authored By: Ben J. Slater, Thomas H. P. Harvey, Andrey Bekker, and Nicholas J. Butterfield

Article: Tracing the patterns of non???marine turtle richness from the Triassic to the Palaeogene: from origin to global spread

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 753–774.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12486
Authored By: Terri J. Cleary, Roger B. J. Benson, Patricia A. Holroyd, and Paul M. Barrett

Article: An intermediate type of medusa from the early Cambrian Kuanchuanpu Formation, South China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 775–789.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12483
Authored By: Xing Wang, Jean Vannier, Xiaoguang Yang, Shin Kubota, Qiang Ou, Xiaoyong Yao, Kentaro Uesugi, Osamu Sasaki, Tsuyoshi Komiya, and Jian Han

Article: Evolutionary stasis, ecophenotypy and environmental controls on ammonite morphology in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Western Interior Seaway, USA

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 791–806.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12488
Authored By: James D. Witts, Neil H. Landman, Melanie J. Hopkins, and Corinne E. Myers

Article: Patterns of intraspecific variation through ontogeny: a case study of the Cretaceous nautilid Eutrephoceras dekayi and modern Nautilus pompilius

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 807–820.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12490
Authored By: Amane Tajika, Neil H. Landman, Naoki Morimoto, Kenji Ikuno, and Tom Linn

Article: Ediacaran macroalgal holdfasts and their evolution: a case study from China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 821–840.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12485
Authored By: Ye Wang, Yue Wang, Feng Tang, and Mingsheng Zhao

Article: Chemical preservation of tail feathers from Anchiornis huxleyi, a theropod dinosaur from the Tiaojishan Formation (Upper Jurassic, China)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2020
Page(s): 841–863.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12494
Authored By: Aude Cincotta, Thanh Thuy Nguyen Tu, Julien L. Colaux, Guy Terwagne, Sylvie Derenne, Pascal Godefroit, Robert Carleer, Christelle Anquetil, and Johan Yans

Volume 63 | Part 4

Article: Homology of posterior interray plates in crinoids: a review and new perspectives from phylogenetics, the fossil record and development

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2020
Page(s): 525–545.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12475
Authored By: William I. Ausich, David F. Wright, Selina R. Cole, and George D. Sevastopulo

Article: Dietary adaptations and palaeoecology of Lophialetidae (Mammalia, Tapiroidea) from the Eocene of the Erlian Basin, China: combined evidence from mesowear and stable isotope analyses

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2020
Page(s): 547–564.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12471
Authored By: Yanxin Gong, Yuanqing Wang, Yang Wang, Fangyuan Mao, Bin Bai, Haibing Wang, Qian Li, Xun Jin, Xu Wang, and Jin Meng

Article: Experimental investigation of insect deposition in lentic environments and??implications for formation of Konservat Lagerst??tten

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2020
Page(s): 565–578.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12472
Authored By: Qingyi Tian, Shengyu Wang, Zixiao Yang, Maria E. McNamara, Michael J. Benton, and Baoyu Jiang

Article: Uninterrupted growth in a non-polar hadrosaur explains the gigantism among duck-billed dinosaurs

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: 2020
Page(s): 579–599.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12473
Authored By: Justyna Słowiak,Tomasz Szczygielski, Michał Ginter and Łucja Fostowicz-Frelik

Article: Pelagiella exigua, an early Cambrian stem gastropod with chaetae: lophotrochozoan heritage and conchiferan novelty

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: 2020
Page(s): 601–627.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12476
Authored By: Roger D. K. Thomas, Bruce Runnegar, and Kerry Matt

Article: Moving towards a better understanding of iterative evolution: an example from the late Silurian Monograptidae (Graptolithina) of the Baltic Basin

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: 2020
Page(s): 629–649.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12477
Authored By: Misha Whittingham, Sigitas Radzevičius, and Andrej Spiridonov

Article: Silica entry and accumulation in standing trees in a hot-spring environment: cellular pathways, rapid pace and fossilization potential

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: 2020
Page(s): 651–660.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12480
Authored By: Moritz Liesegang, and Carole T. Gee

Article: Cryptic growth strategies of the Cambrian coral Cambroctoconus: flexible modes of budding and growth in immediate response to available space

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: 2020
Page(s): 661–674.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12481
Authored By: Yoichi Ezaki, Natsuko Adachi, Jianbo Liu, and Zhen Yan

Article: Did hard substrate taxa diversify prior to the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event?

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 4
Publication Date: 2020
Page(s): 675–687.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12489
Authored By: Franziska Franeck, and Lee Hsiang Liow

Volume 63 | Part 3

Article: The impact of the Pull of the Recent on extant elasmobranchs

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 369–374.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12478
Authored By: Catalina Pimiento, and Michael J. Benton

Article: The origin of the turtle body plan: evidence from fossils and embryos

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 375–393.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12460
Authored By: Rainer R. Schoch, and Hans‐Dieter Sues

Article: Exceptional preservation requires fast biodegradation: thylacocephalan specimens from La Voulte???sur???Rh??ne (Callovian, Jurassic, France)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 395–413.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12456
Authored By: Clément Jauvion, Sylvain Bernard, Pierre Gueriau, Cristian Mocuta, Sylvain Pont, Karim Benzerara, and Sylvain Charbonnier

Article: Biotic and abiotic factors driving the diversification dynamics of Crocodylia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 415–429.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12459
Authored By: Andrés Solórzano, Mónica Núñez‐Flores, Oscar Inostroza‐Michael, and Cristián E. Hernández

Article: Periodic shell decollation as an ecology???driven strategy in the early Cambrian Cupitheca

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 63
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2020
Page(s): 431–442.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12463
Authored By: Haijing Sun, Zongjun Yin, Guoxiang Li, Fangchen Zhao, Han Zeng, and Maoyan Zhu

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