This article records new taxa of fossilarchosaurs of every kind that are scheduled described during the year 2025, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2025.
A study on bone histology of Trialestes romeri, providing evidence of a rapid growth rate, is published by Ponce, Cerda & Desojo (2025).[8]
A study on the biodiversity of thalattosuchians throughout their evolutionary history, attempting to identify factors driving thalattosuchian evolution, is published by Forêt et al. (2025).[9]
A study on metabolic rates of notosuchians, providing evidence of mass-independent maximal metabolic rates that were higher than those of extant crocodilians but lower than those of monitor lizards, in published by Sena et al. (2025).[11]
The first histological study of appendicular bones of a peirosaurid is published by Navarro et al. (2025), who interpret their findings as indicative of different growth dynamics of the studied individual compared to other notosuchians.[12]
Kuzmin et al. (2025) describe the braincase osteology and neuroanatomy of Paralligator, and interpret their findings as indicative of similarity of brain modifications during ontogeny in paralligatorids and extant crocodilians.[13]
A study on the anatomy and affinities of the first specimens of Borealosuchus from earliest Paleocene of Colorado, filling temporal and geographical gaps in the fossil record of members of the genus, is published by Lessner, Petermann & Lyson (2025).[14]
Evidence from the study of the bone histology of Diplocynodon hantoniensis, interpreted as indicative of a similar growth rate in D. hantoniensis and the American alligator, is published by Hoffman et al. (2025).[15]
Description of the anatomy of the inner skull cavities of Diplocynodon tormis is published by Serrano-Martínez et al. (2025).[16]
Pligersdorffer, Burke & Mannion (2025) reconstruct the endocranial anatomy of Argochampsa krebsi, and report evidence of presence of salt glands in the studied gavialoid.[17]
Evidence of variability of the skull morphology of extant Nile crocodiles and broad-snouted crocodilians from the Paleogene strata in the Faiyum Governorate and Miocene strata from the Wadi Moghra site (Egypt) is presented by El-Degwi et al. (2025).[18]
An ornithopod belonging to the group Rhabdodontomorpha. The type species is E. alessandrii. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
An oviraptorosaurian theropod. The type species is Y. bainian. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
General non-avian dinosaur research
Heath et al. (2025) use historical biogeographic estimation methods to estimate the distribution of early dinosaurs and their relatives, and consider low-latitude Gondwana to be the most likely area of origin of dinosaurs, and possibly of archosaurs in general.[32]
Review of sources of information about dinosaur locomotion, and of studies of dinosaur locomotion from the preceding years, is published by Falkingham (2025).[33]
Review of studies of dinosaur reproduction and ontogeny, and of challenges in the studies of dinosaur reproductive biology, is published by Chapelle, Griffin & Pol (2025).[34]
Schweitzer et al. (2025) study the composition of vascular-like microstructures isolated from dinosaur fossils from the Judith River and Hell Creek formations, and interpret their findings as supporting endogeneity of the studied structures, but also report the presence of microorganismal components in the studied samples.[35]
Evidence of the presence of a strong connective tissue in the cheek region of dinosaur skulls, linking the zygoma and mandible in dinosaurs, is presented by Sharpe et al. (2025).[36]
Review of the fossil record of Triassic-Jurassic dinosaurs and other reptiles from the Connecticut Valley (Connecticut and Massachusetts, United States) is published by Galton, Regalado Fernández & Farlow (2025), who consider Ammosaurus major to be a separate taxon from Anchisaurus polyzelus.[37]
Deiques et al. (2025) report the discovery of new dinosaur tracks from the Upper Jurassic Guará Formation (Brazil), including second record of an ankylosaur track and the best preserved theropod track from the formation reported to date.[38]
A study on habitat preferences of Campanian and Maastrichtian dinosaurs from south-western Europe is published by Vázquez López et al. (2025).[39]
Saurischian research
Garcia, Martínez & Müller (2025) identify pathological marks on the skull bones of herrerasaurid specimens representing the oldest record of pathologies in dinosaurs reported to date, and interpret those lesions as likely resulting from agonistic behaviour of the studied dinosaurs.[40]
A study on the purported swimming sauropod trail from the Mayan Dude Ranch tracksite in the Lower Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation (Texas, United States), as well as on the second manus-dominated sauropod trackway and on the theropod track from the same track horizon, is published by Adams et al. (2025), who interpret the studied tracks as unlikely to be produced by dinosaurs that buoyed in deep water.[41]
A tooth of a theropod distinct from Sinotyrannus, as well as a titanosauriform tooth representing the youngest sauropod fossil from the Jehol Biota reported to date, are described from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation (China) by Yin et al. (2025).[42]
Theropod research
A study on the shape and growth of snouts and beaks of extinct theropods and extant birds, providing evidence of a conserved growth pattern of the rostrum throughout the evolutionary history of theropods, is published by Garland et al. (2025).[43]
Marques et al. (2025) compare the performance of different machine learning models used for identification of isolated theropod teeth.[44]
Piñuela et al. (2025) report the discovery of a theropod footprint preserved with a detached sandstone undertrack from the Upper Jurassic Lastres Formation (Spain), providing evidence of foot movement through the sediment and evidence of changes of footprint morphology at different levels of sediment depth, with some of the successive footprint outlines showing similarities to footprints of members of different dinosaur groups; the authors also reevaluate the type series of the ichnotaxon Iguanodontipus, and argue that some of the studied footprints might have been produced by a theropod.[45]
A study on bone histology of Ceratosaurus, providing evidence of faster growth rate than in Late Cretaceous members of Ceratosauria, is published by Sombathy, O'Connor & D'Emic (2025).[46]
A study on the maxillary shape of abelisaurids and its relation to feeding ecology is published by Seculi Pereyra et al. (2025), who find evidence of morphological similarities between the maxillae of Spectrovenator and Late Cretaceous abelisaurids, interpreted as likely to be specialist hunters holding and killing prey with their jaws.[47]
Redescription of the anatomy of the appendicular skeleton of Piatnitzkysaurus floresi and a study on the phylogenetic affinities of this species is published by Pradelli, Pol & Ezcurra (2025).[48]
Isasmendi et al. (2025) describe new fossil material of early-branching tetanurans and baryonychinespinosaurids from the Lower Cretaceous Golmayo Formation (Spain), including a large-bodied baryonychine from the Zorralbo I locality.[49]
Evidence indicating that oxygen isotope composition in tooth dentine of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus can be used as a proxy for environmental reconstructions is presented by Liu et al. (2025), who record oxygen isotope variability in the dentine of the studied theropod, interpreted as likely reflecting seasonal environmental changes.[50]
A study on the evolution of adaptations to cursoriality in the hindlimbs of theropod dinosaurs and on the origin of arctometatarsus in members of Coelurosauria is published by Kubo & Kobayashi (2025)[53]
Warner-Cowgill et al. (2025) describe a new specimen of Daspletosaurus from the Judith River Formation (Montana, United States), report evidence of the presence of a combination of anatomical features unknown in other members of the genus, and interpret the anatomy of the specimen as weakening the case that D. wilsoni and D. torosus are distinct species.[55]
Meso et al. (2025) revise alvarezsaurid fossils from the Salitral Ojo de Agua locality (Allen Formation; Río Negro Province, Argentina) described by Salgado et al. (2009)[56] and an alvarezsaurid femur from the same locality originally described as an ornithopod femur by Coria, Cambiaso & Salgado (2007),[57] describe additional alvarezsaurid material from this locality, and interpret the studied fossils as likely bones of Bonapartenykus ultimus, providing new information on the body plan of members of Patagonykinae.[58]
Evidence indicating that digit loss and reduction of the rest of the forelimb in members of Oviraptorosauria were independent changes resulting from different evolutionary processes is presented by Mead, Funston & Brusatte (2025).[59]
Peyre de Fabrègues et al. (2025) describe new fossil material of Leyesaurus marayensis from the Balde de Leyes Formation (Argentina) and revise the anatomy of the holotype specimen of this species, identifying the holotype as a likely juvenile specimen.[62]
Toefy, Krupandan & Chinsamy (2025) study the bone histology of two sauropodiform specimens and one early sauropod from the Elliot Formation (South Africa), providing evidence that the three studied specimens underwent rapid growth but differed in the duration of uninterrupted growth, and argue that the change of growth dynamics throughout the evolutionary history of sauropodomorphs was more complex than a simple progression from slow, interrupted growth to fast, uinterrupted growth.[63]
Description of the anatomy of the appendicular skeleton of Bagualia alba is published by Gomez et al. (2025), who also study morphological diversity of sauropodomorphs throughout their evolutionary history, and report evidence of shifts in morphospace occupation during the Jurassic related to the diversification of early sauropods and extinction of other sauropodomorphs, as well as to subsequent diversification of Neosauropoda.[64]
A revision of the known material assigned to the genus Haplocanthosaurus is published by Boisvert et al. (2025).[66]
A study on the morphology of teeth, their replacement process and possible feeding ecology of Bajadasaurus pronuspinax is published by Garderes (2025).[67]
Lerzo & Gallina (2025) redescribe the left ilium of Cathartesaura anaerobica, and interpret its anatomy as consistent with the invasion of the space within the ilium by parts of the abdominal air sac that provided resistance to the thin ilium.[68]
Fossil material of lithostrotiantitanosaurs assigned to two morphotypes, including caudal vertebrae preserved with rare pathological features, is described from the Upper Cretaceous Cambambe Basin (Brazil) by Lacerda et al. (2025).[70]
Ornithischian research
Romilio et al. (2025) describe new ornithischian footprints from the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone (Queensland, Australia), and reaffirm the prevalence of ornithischian footprints across the Early Jurassic dinosaur tracksites from Australia.[71]
Thyreophoran research
Rivera-Sylva et al. (2025) describe new fossil material of members of Ankylosauria from the Upper Cretaceous strata in Coahuila (Mexico), including fossils from the Maastrichtian Cañon del Tule Formation representing the youngest records of the group from Mexico reported to date.[72]
Álvarez Nogueira et al. (2025) report fragmentary remains of a possible parankylosaurian from the Allen Formation (Argentina), likely representing a taxon distinct from the coeval Patagopelta.[73]
A partial skeleton of a possible cerapodan dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Kilmaluag Formation (United Kingdom) is described by Panciroli et al. (2025), representing the most complete non-avian dinosaur fossil found from Scotland to date.[75]
Maíllo et al. (2025) study bone histology of a partial skeleton of a subadult ornithopod individual from the Cretaceous Maestrazgo Basin (Spain), providing evidence of variability of histology of bone elements used for studies of the skeletochronology of ornithopod specimens, depending on the studied taxon.[76]
Description of a well-preserved skull of a juvenile specimen of Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (China) and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this species is published by Bertozzo et al. (2025).[77]
Guillermo-Ochoa et al. (2025) describe a track of a small ornithopod from the Albian-Turonian Arcurquina Formation (Peru), likely produced during an underwater locomotion.[78]
A hadrosauroid humerus representing the oldest record of a member of the group from the Transylvanian Basin reported to date is described from the Campanian Sebeș Formation (Romania) by Ebner et al. (2025).[80]
Wroblewski (2025) describes fossil material of Stygimoloch spinifer from the Maastrichtian Ferris Formation (Wyoming, United States), representing the southernmost record of the species reported to date.[82]
Enriquez et al. (2025) compare scale growth in Chasmosaurus belli, Prosaurolophus maximus and extant reptiles, and find that scale shapes were mostly retained through growth in the studied taxa.[83]
A duck belonging to the subfamily Tadorninae. Genus includes new species Z. hebe.
Avian research
Review of the Mesozoic fossil record of avian soft tissue traces is published by O'Connor (2025).[92]
A study on the evolution of the ability of birds to move parts of the skull independently is published by Wilken et al. (2025), who link the appearance of this ability to changes of skeletal anatomy and musculature related to the expansion of neurocranium.[93]
Evidence from the study of moacoprolites, indicating that moa ate and likely spread truffle-like fungi that are endemic to New Zealand, is presented by Boast et al. (2025).[98]
Torres et al. (2025) report the discovery of a new, nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai, interpret its morphology as supporting phylogenetic affinities of Vegavis with Anseriformes, and report evidence of the presence of a feeding apparatus different from those of extant members of Anseriformes but similar to those of extant birds that capture prey underwater.[99]
A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the dodo and the Rodrigues solitaire is published by Parish (2025).[101]
Evidence from the fossil material of great bustards from the Taforalt cave site (Morocco), indicating that great bustards were breeding in the studied area (300 km east of the range of extant great bustards in Morocco) during the Late Pleistocene and that they were exploited by people who occupied the site, is presented by Cooper et al. (2025).[102]
The oldest plotopterid skull reported to date is described from the Eocene Lincoln Creek Formation (Washington, United States) by Mayr, Goedert & Richter (2025), who interpret the anatomy of the studied specimen as supporting the affinities of plotopterids with Suloidea.[103]
Fossil plumage of a griffon vulture preserved in three dimensions is described from the Pleistocene strata of the Colli Albani volcanic complex (Italy) by Rossi et al. (2025).[104]
Marqueta et al. (2025) describe bird assemblages from the Pleistocene levels of the Galls Carboners and Cudó caves (Spain), reporting evidence of presence of the pine grosbeak or a similar bird, which is no longer present in the study area.[107]
Hering et al. (2025) describe subfossil bird burrows from the Tibesti Mountains (Chad), interpreted as possible nesting structures of birds such as bee-eaters, swallows or kingfishers living in the area during the African humid period.[108]
Jagielska et al. (2025) describe the osteology of Dearc sgiathanach and reconstruct its cranial and antebrachial musculature.[115]
A ctenochasmatid mandible representing the first finding of a pterodactyloid pterosaur fossil from the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Portland Limestone Formation (United Kingdom) is described by Smith & Martill (2025).[116]
A sulcimentisaurian member of the possibly paraphyletic family Silesauridae. The type species is G. paraisensis. Announced in 2024; the final article version was published in 2025.
Other archosaur research
Garcia & Müller (2025) revise the fossil record of probable pterosaur precursors from the Triassic strata of the Candelária Sequence of the Santa Maria Supersequence (Brazil) and study their phylogenetic affinities, recovering lagerpetids as an evolutionary grade ancestral to pterosaurs.[122]
General research
Evidence from the study of bone pneumaticity in extant birds, indicating that studies of skeletal pneumaticity in extinct archosaurs that don't take soft tissues in the internal bone cavities into account might overestimate the volume fraction of pneumatic bones that was composed of air, is presented by Burton et al. (2025).[123]
Xu & Barrett (2025) review the research on the evolutionary history of feathers from the preceding years.[124]
Hedge et al. (2025) revise archosaur eggshells from the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Utah, United States), and identify remains of eggs produced by oviraptorosaur theropods, ornithopods and a crocodylomorph.[125]
↑ Haldar, A.; Ray, S.; Bandyopadhyay, S. (2025). "A new paratypothoracin aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dharmaram Formation of India and its biostratigraphic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2439533. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2439533.
↑ Wu, X.-C.; Witmer, L. M.; Chatterjee, S.; Cunningham, D. (2025). "A new crocodylomorph (Pseudosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Texas and its phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2446604. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2446604.
↑ Carvalho, J. C.; Santos, D. M.; Pinto, R. L.; Santucci, R. M. (2025). "Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2452947. doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2452947.
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↑ Ponce, D. A.; Cerda, I. A.; Desojo, J. B. (2025). "A fast start: Evidence of rapid growth in Trialestes romeri, an early Crocodylomorpha from the Upper Triassic continental beds of Argentina based on osteohistological analyses". Journal of Anatomy. doi:10.1111/joa.14230. PMID39887998.
↑ Navarro, T. G.; Cerda, I. A.; Filippi, L. S.; Pol, D. (2025). "Life history and growth dynamics of a peirosaurid crocodylomorph (Mesoeucrocodylia; Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina inferred from its bone histology". Journal of Anatomy. doi:10.1111/joa.14182. PMID39846495.
↑ Kuzmin, I. T.; Sichinava, E. A.; Mazur, E. V.; Gombolevskiy, V. A.; Sennikov, A. G.; Skutschas, P. P. (2025). "Neurocranial anatomy of Paralligator (Neosuchia: Paralligatoridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 203 (1). zlae177. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae177.
↑ Lessner, E. J.; Petermann, H.; Lyson, T. R. (2025). "First record of Borealosuchus sternbergii from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation (lower Danian), Colorado (Denver Basin)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2434214. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2434214.
↑ Averianov, A. O.; Sues, H.-D. (2025). "A new ornithomimid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e2433759. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2433759.
↑ Coria, R. A.; Cerda, A. A.; Escaso, F.; Baiano, M. A.; Bellardini, F.; Braun, A.; Coria, L. M.; Gutierrez, J. M.; Pino, D.; Windholz, G. J.; Currie, P. J.; Ortega, F. (2025). "First Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from Patagonia". Cretaceous Research. 166. 106027. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106027.
↑ Chen, X.-Y.; Wang, Y.-M.; Zhang, Q.-N.; Wang, T.; You, H.-L. (2025). "A new species of Xingxiulong (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the lower Jurassic Lufeng formation of Yunnan Province, China". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2458130.
↑ Hao, M.; Li, Z.; Wang, Z.; Wang, S.; Ma, F.; Qinggele; King, J. L.; Pei, R.; Zhao, Q.; Xu, X. (March 2025). "A new oviraptorosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Miaogou Formation of western Inner Mongolia, China". Cretaceous Research. 167. 106023. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106023.
↑ Deiques, D.; Barcelos-Silveira, A.; Dentzien-Dias, P.; Francischini, H. (2025). "Dinosaur tracks from the Guará Formation (Brazil) shed light on the biodiversity of a South American Late Jurassic humid desert". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 105364. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105364.
↑ Garcia, M. S.; Martínez, R. N.; Müller, R. T. (2025). "Craniofacial lesions in the earliest predatory dinosaurs indicate intraspecific agonistic behaviour at the dawn of the dinosaur era". The Science of Nature. 112 (2). 30. doi:10.1007/s00114-025-01978-0.
↑ Pradelli, L. A.; Pol, D.; Ezcurra, M. D. (2025). "The appendicular osteology of the Early Jurassic theropod Piatnitzkysaurus floresi and its implications on the morphological disparity of non-coelurosaurian tetanurans". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 203 (1). zlae176. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae176.
↑ Isasmendi, E.; Chesta, E.; Páramo, A.; Pereda-Suberbiola, X. (2025). "A giant spinosaurid from the Iberian Peninsula and new data on the Early Cretaceous Iberian non-avian theropod palaeodiversity". Cretaceous Research. 106134. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106134.
↑ Calvo, J. O.; Porfiri, J. D.; Aranciaga Rolando, A. M.; Novas, F. E.; Dos Santos, D. D.; Wessel, D. E.; Lamanna, M. C. (2025). "Morphological and Phylogenetic Significance of the First Adult Humerus of the Patagonian Cretaceous Theropod Megaraptor namunhuaiquii Novas, 1998". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 90 (3): 161–181. doi:10.2992/007.090.0301.
↑ Scherer, C. R. (2025). "Multiple lines of evidence support anagenesis in Daspletosaurus and cladogenesis in derived tyrannosaurines". Cretaceous Research. 169. 106080. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106080.
↑ Foster, W.; Norell, M. A.; Balanoff, A. M. (2025). "Two new specimens of Conchoraptor gracilis (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia". American Museum Novitates. 4033: 1–66. hdl:2246/7397.
↑ Peyre de Fabrègues, C.; Apaldetti, C.; Cerda, I. A.; Abelín, D.; Martínez, R. N. (2025). "Leyesaurus marayensis (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from northwestern Argentina: an update". Ameghiniana. doi:10.5710/AMGH.11.12.2024.3622.
↑ Gomez, K. L.; Pol, D.; Ezcurra, M. D.; Carballido, J. L. (2025). "Osteology of the appendicular skeleton of Bagualia alba (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia and the macroevolutionary history of early eusauropods". Cladistics. doi:10.1111/cla.12607. PMID39887763.
↑ Saleiro, A.; Tschopp, E. (2025). "New sauropod teeth from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal and their implications for sauropod dental evolution". Papers in Palaeontology. 11 (1). e70001. doi:10.1002/spp2.70001.
↑ Garderes, J. P. (2025). "Morphology, development and ecological implications of the dentition of Bajadasaurus pronuspinax". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2472157.
↑ Lerzo, L. N.; Gallina, P. A. (2025). "The extremely thin ilium of the sauropod dinosaur Cathartesaura anaerobica Gallina and Apesteguía 2005 (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) with comments on the pneumatization of the rebbachisaurid hip". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2482168.
↑ Lacerda, L.; Bandeira, K. L. N.; Navarro, B. A.; Bertolossi, M. L. P.; Gallo, V.; Silva, R. C.; Campos, D. A.; Kellner, A. W. A. (2025). "New lithostrotian specimens (Neosauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Mato Grosso State (Western Brazil) and comments about tail injuries in sauropod dinosaurs". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 105336. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105336.
↑ Maíllo, J.; Hidalgo-Sanz, J.; Gasca, J. M.; Canudo, J. I.; Moreno-Azanza, M. (2025). "Intraskeletal histovariability and skeletochronology in an ornithopod dinosaur from the Maestrazgo Basin (Teruel, Spain)". Journal of Anatomy. doi:10.1111/joa.14225. PMID39876055.
↑ Wang, D.; Xing, L.; Mallon, J. C.; Miyashita, T.; Liang, Z.; Zhang, X.; Ren, Z.; Liang, Z.; Xian, M. (2025). "First occurrence of the duck-billed dinosaur tribe Lambeosaurini (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) in South China". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2454652.
↑ Pavia, M.; Louchart, A.; Govender, R.; Delfino, M. (2025). "A new species of swift (Aves, Apodidae) from the Early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00711-y.
1 2 3 Agnolín, F. L.; Álvarez Herrera, G.; Rozadilla, S.; Contreras, V. (2025). "First late Miocene bird assemblage from central Argentina, with the description of new taxa". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2475538.
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↑ Lockley, M. G.; Plint, A. G.; Helm, C. W. (2025). "Heron-like tracks from the Dunvegan Formation (Cenomanian), British Columbia: evidence for convergence in avian foot morphology". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2477201.
↑ Boast, A. P.; Wood, J. R.; Cooper, J.; Bolstridge, N.; Perry, G. L. W.; Wilmshurst, J. M. (2025). "DNA and spores from coprolites reveal that colourful truffle-like fungi endemic to New Zealand were consumed by extinct moa (Dinornithiformes)". Biology Letters. 21 (1). 20240440. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2024.0440. PMC11732427. PMID39809323.
↑ Torres, C.; Clarke, J. A.; Groenke, J. R.; Lamanna, M. C.; MacPhee, R. D. E.; Musser, G. M.; Roberts, E. M.; O'Connor, P. M. (2025). "Cretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity". Nature. 638 (8049): 146–151. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08390-0. PMID39910387.
↑ Parish, J. C. (2025). "The phylogenetic relationships of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and the Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) within Columbidae (Aves: Columbiformes), including other large extinct taxa, based on morphological data". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2473546.
↑ Rossi, V.; Slater, T.; Unitt, R.; Carazo del Hoyo, B.; Terranova, E.; Gaeta, M.; McNamara, M. E.; Sardella, R.; Iurino, D. A. (2025). "Fossil feathers from the Colli Albani volcanic complex (Late Pleistocene, Central Italy) preserved in zeolites". Geology. doi:10.1130/G52971.1.
↑ Agnolin, F. L.; Chafrat, P.; Álvarez-Herrera, G. P. (2025). "New specimens of Patagorhacos terrificus Agnolín and Chafrat, 2015 (Aves) shed light on the phylogeny and evolution of the Phorusrhacidae". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2458127.
↑ Marqueta, M.; Núñez-Lahuerta, C.; Huguet, R.; Vergès, J. M. (2025). "The end of the Pleistocene in south-western Europe: the avian assemblages from Heinrich event 3 to the Last Glacial Maximum in the Prades mountains (north-eastern Iberian Peninsula)". Geobios. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2024.11.004.
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