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Kundrata, R., Packova, G., Li, Y.D., Hsiao, Y., Shaw, J.J., Ferreira, V.S., Bai, M. and Cai, C.Y. 2024. Further mysteries solved in Mysteriomorphidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar: Discovery of female specimens, and synonymy of Trapezioceps recently described as Cantharidae. Cretaceous Research, 154, 105756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105756
Molina‐Solís, A., Cleal, C.J., Monnet, C. and Cascales‐Miñana, B., 2024. Macrofloral biostratigraphy reflects late Carboniferous vegetation dynamics in the Nord‐Pas‐de‐Calais Coalfield, France. Papers in Palaeontology, 10, e1551. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1551
Saitta, E.T., Vinther, J., Crisp, M.K., Abbott, G.D., Wheeler, L., Presslee, S., Kaye, T.G., Bull, I., Fletcher, I., Chen, X. and Vidal, D. 2024. Non-avian dinosaur eggshell calcite can contain ancient, endogenous amino acids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 365, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.016
Song, H.Y., Hu, S.X.,, Benton, M.J. and Jiang, D.Y. Editorial preface to special issue: Recovery of marine ecosystem after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction: New progress from South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 633, 111899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111899
Yan, H., Jin, S., Sun, X., Han, Z., Wang, H., Woo, J., Meng, L., Chi, X., Han, C., Zhao, Y. and Tucker, M.E. 2024. Mn2+ recycling in hypersaline wastewater: unnoticed intracellular biomineralization and pre-cultivation of immobilized bacteria. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 40, p.57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03879-8
Zhao, Y., Wu, F., Fang, X., Song, Y. and Benton, M.J. 2024. Mid-Miocene terrestrial carbon isotope shift driven by atmospheric CO2 in the Xining Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 633, 111877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111877
Research contributions: online first [XX]
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Benton, M.J. 2024. The dinosaur boom in the Cretaceous. Special Publications, Geological Society of London 544, online first. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP544-2023-7
Benton, M.J., Gill, P.G. and Whiteside, D.I. 2024. Finding the world’s oldest mammals: sieving, dialectical materialism, and squabbles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society online first. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad089
Bolet, A. 2024. Lizards and amphisbaenians (Reptilia, Squamata) from the middle Eocene of Mazaterón (Soria, Spain). The Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25271
Cammies, C., Cunningham, J.A., and Pike, R.K. 2024. Not all bloom and gloom: assessing constructive alignment, higher order cognitive skills, and their influence on students’ perceived learning within the practical components of an undergraduate biology course. Journal of Biological Education online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2022.2092191
Cope, J.C. and Ebbestad, J.O.R. 2024. Tergomyan molluscs from the Early Ordovician of the Llangynog Inlier, South Wales, UK. PalZ pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00667-5
Fleming, J.F., Pisani, D. and Arakawa, K. 2024. The evolution of temperature and desiccation-related protein families in Tardigrada reveals the complex acquisition of extremotolerance. Genome Biology and Evolution evad217. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad217
Grohganz, M., Ferrón, H.G., Johanson, Z. and Donoghue, P.C. 2024. Testing hypotheses of pteraspid heterostracan feeding using computational fluid dynamics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2272974. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2272974
Kruft Welton, R.A., Hoppit, G., Schmidt, D.N., Witts, J. D. and Moon, B.C. 2024. The clam before the storm: a meta analysis showing the effect of combined climate change stressors on bivalves. EGUsphere 2023, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-287
Macdonald, R.X., Sheard, C., Howell, N. and Caro, T. 2024. Primate coloration and colour vision: a comparative approach. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society blad089 https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad089
Minwer-Barakat, R., Bolet, A., Anadón, P., Alegret, L., Badiola, A., Blanco, A., Cotton, L., Femenias-Gual, J., Furió, M., Godinot, M. and Moyà-Solà, S. 2024. The fossil assemblage from Pontils, a middle Eocene primate-bearing locality from Northeastern Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2259970. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2259970
Molina-Solís, A., Cleal, C.J., Capel, E. and Cascales-Miñana, B. 2024. Vegetation dynamics in the Early–Middle Pennsylvanian coal swamps of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Coalfield, France. Palaeoworld, online first.
Sheard, C., Street, S.E., Healy, S.D., Troisi, C.A., Clark, A.D., Yovcheva, A., Trebaol, A., Vanadzina, K. and Lala, K.N. 2024. Nest traits for the world’s birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography . https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13783
Xuan, Q., Cai, C.Y., Zhang, Z. and Huang, D., 2024. A new species of Cretaceoushormiops from the mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Arachnida: Scorpiones: Protoischnuridae). PalZ, pp.1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00673-7
Yan, H., Liu, Y., Zhang, H., Jin, S., Han, Z., Woo, J., Tucker, M.E., Meng, L., Chi, X., Han, C., Zhao, Y., Zhao, Y. and Zhao, H. 2023. Interaction of Ca2+ and Fe3+ in co-precipitation induced by Virgibacillus dokdonensis and its application. Journal of Environmental Sciences https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2023.10.014
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