2025

-Benito, J.*, Kuo, P., Torres, C.R., Plateau, O., Navalón, G., Clark, A.D., Steell, E.M., Field, D.J. 2025. Shouldering the challenge of interpreting avian palate evolution. PNAS (IF 9.1). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2514111123

-Clark, A.D.*, Atterholt, J., Clark, S.J., Seward, N.W. 2025. Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage-grouse). Journal of Anatomy (IF 2.4). doi: 10.1111/joa.70089

-Clark, A.D.*, Lungstrom, L., Clark, S.J., Westneat, M.W. 2025. Biomechanics of raptorial dorsiflexion and tensile material properties of the m. tibialiscranialis tendon in hindlimbs of hawks and owls. Journal of Experimental Biology (IF 2.8). doi: 10.1242/jeb.251052. *Received cover

-O’Connor, J.*, Wang, X., Clark, A.D., Kuo, P., Davila R., Wang, Y., Zheng, X. 2025. A new small-bodied longipterygid (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Aptian Jiufotang Formation. PalaeontologiaElectronica (IF 1.4). doi: 10.26879/1589

-Ksepka, D.*, Mayr, G., Clark, A.D., Grande, L. 2025. A sharp-billed stem ibis from the Green River Formation. Journal of Paleontology (IF 1.3). doi: 10.1017/jpa.2025.10196

-O’Connor, J.K.*, Clark, A.D., Kuo, P., Wang, M., Shinya, A., Van Beek, C. 2025. Avian features of Archaeopteryx feeding apparatus reflect elevated demands of flight. The Innovation (IF 33.2). doi: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.101086. *Received cover

-Clark, A.D.*, Lituma, C.M., Park, Y., Wood, P. 2025. Landscape features affect occupancy probability of Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomusvociferus) in West Virginia managed forests. Ornithological Applications. (IF 2.7). doi: 10.1093/ornithapp/duaf037

-O’Connor, J.*, Clark, A., Kuo, P., Fabbri, M., Shinya, A., Van Beek, C., Wang, M., Kiat, Y., Hu, H. 2025. Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan. Nature (IF 64.8). doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-08912-4. *Received cover

-O’Connor, J.K.*, Atterholt, J., Clark, A.D., Zhou, L., Peng, C., Zhang, X., You, H. 2025. Enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation with unusually short pubes. Geobios(IF 1.6). doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.11.003

-Steele, A.T.*, Bohus, C.P.W., Carroll, N., Stroup, A., Clark, A.D., O’Connor, J.K. (in prep). Unexpected squamate diversity yielded from a Hell Creek microsite.

-O’Connor, J.*, DeMar Jr. D.G., Carroll, N.R., Wilson Mantilla, G.P., Chin, K., Clark, A.D., Cooper, C., Kuo, P., Myhrvold, N.P., Tobin, T.S., Celestian, A.J., Bottjer, D.J., Chiappe, L.M. (In review). Exceptional preservation of avian feathers in a Late Cretaceous coprolite provide insight into evolution of modern feathers. Current Biology (IF 8.1)

-Clark, A.D.*, Wang, Y.*, Wang, X., O’Connor, J.K., Zhang, X., Wang, X., Zheng, Z., Zhou, Z. (In review). The plumage of Longipteryx (Aves: Enantiornithines). Journal of Paleontology (IF 1.3)

-Kuo, P.C.*, Clark, A.D., Wang, X., Wang, X., Zhang, X., O'Connor, J.K. (In review). The bizarre uncinate process found in an early enantiornithine showing the functional diverse of ventilation during the early Cretaceous. All Earth (IF 2.6).

-Cruz-Vega, E.J.*, O’Connor, J.K., Clark, A.D., Sertich, J.J.(In review). First Neornithine Bird from the Latest Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (IF 2.5)

-Clark, A.D.*, Park, Y., Wood, P., Lituma, C.M. (In review). Factors affecting prey diversity of Eastern whip-poor-will in West Virginia managed forests. Avian Conservation and Ecology (IF 1.11)

-Clark, A.D.*, O'Connor, J.K., Wang, X., Pruett-Jones, S., Zhang X., Wang X., Zheng X., and Zhou Z. 2026. Hyperelongate ornamental tail feathers in a new Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird. PLOS One (IF 3.7). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0347641

-Clark, S.J.*, Nicodemus, P., Clark, A.D. 2026. Semi-aquatic mammals in the face of urbanization in Illinois. Urban Ecosystems. (IF 2.4). doi: 10.1007/s11252-026-01954-0

-O’Connor, J.K.* and Clark, A.D. The ecology of Archaeopteryx. 2026. Discover Ecology. doi:10.1007/s44396-026-00026-z