2018 in archosaur paleontology

• A study on the morphology of dorsal vertebrae of extant and fossil archosaurs, and on its implications for inferring lung structure in non-avian dinosauriform archosaurs, is published by Brocklehurst, Schachner & Sellers (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Robert J. Brocklehurst |author2=Emma R. Schachner |author3=William I. Sellers |year=2018 |title=Vertebral morphometrics and lung structure in non-avian dinosaurs |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=5 |issue=10 |page=180983 |doi=10.1098/rsos.180983 |pmid=30473845 |pmc=6227937 }}{{Cite journal|author=Gregory Paul |year=2019 |title=Comment on Brocklehurst et al. |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=Article ID 181872 |doi=10.1098/rsos.181872 |pmid=30891298 |pmc=6408402 |bibcode=2019RSOS....681872P }}
• A study on the hip joint mobility of the extant common quail, and its implications for inferring the hip joint range of motion in extinct ornithodirans, is published by Manafzadeh & Padian (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Armita R. Manafzadeh |author2=Kevin Padian |year=2018 |title=ROM mapping of ligamentous constraints on avian hip mobility: implications for extinct ornithodirans |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=285 |issue=1879 |page=20180727 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2018.0727 |pmid=29794053 |pmc=5998106 }}
• A study on the soft tissue anatomy of the hip joint in non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs and early dinosaurs is published by Tsai et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Henry P. Tsai |author2=Kevin M. Middleton |author3=John R. Hutchinson |author4=Casey M. Holliday |year=2018 |title=Hip joint articular soft tissues of non-dinosaurian Dinosauromorpha and early Dinosauria: evolutionary and biomechanical implications for Saurischia |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=1 |page=e1427593 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1427593 |bibcode=2018JVPal..38E7593T |s2cid=90296153 |url=https://researchonline.rvc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11413/1/11413.pdf }}
• A study on the assembly of the body plan of birds along the whole avian stem-lineage, especially in non-avian dinosaurs, reconstructing the large-scale patterns of the evolution of bird-like traits in bird ancestors, is published by Cau (2018), who names new clades Dracohors and Maniraptoromorpha.{{Cite journal |author=Andrea Cau |year=2018 |title=The assembly of the avian body plan: a 160-million-year long process |journal=Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=1–25 |doi=10.4435/BSPI.2018.01 |doi-broken-date=2024-11-20 |url=http://paleoitalia.org/media/u/archives/01_Cau_2018_BSPI_571.pdf |access-date=2018-07-30 |archive-date=2021-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701020747/http://paleoitalia.org/media/u/archives/01_Cau_2018_BSPI_571.pdf |url-status=usurped }}
• A study on the histology of limb bones of Anchiornis, Aurornis, Eosinopteryx, Serikornis and Jeholornis, and on the dynamics of skeletal growth in these taxa, is published by Prondvai et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Edina Prondvai |author2-link=Pascal Godefroit |author2=Pascal Godefroit |author3=Dominique Adriaens |author4=Dong-Yu Hu |year=2018 |title=Intraskeletal histovariability, allometric growth patterns, and their functional implications in bird-like dinosaurs |journal=Scientific Reports|volume=8|issue=1|pages=Article number 258|doi=10.1038/s41598-017-18218-9|pmid=29321475|pmc=5762864|bibcode=2018NatSR...8..258P }}
• Discovery of fossilised skin in specimens of Beipiaosaurus, Sinornithosaurus, Microraptor and Confuciusornis from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota is reported by McNamara et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Maria E. McNamara |author2=Fucheng Zhang |author3=Stuart L. Kearns |author4=Patrick J. Orr |author5=André Toulouse |author6=Tara Foley |author7=David W. E. Hone |author8=Chris S. Rogers |author9=Michael J. Benton |author10=Diane Johnson |author11=Xing Xu |author12=Zhonghe Zhou |year=2018 |title=Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 2072 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-04443-x |pmid=29802246 |pmc=5970262 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9.2072M}}
• Two theropod bones, preserving shark and crocodyliform feeding traces and invertebrate traces, are described from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Navesink Formation (New Jersey, United States) by Brownstein (2018).{{Cite journal|author=Chase D. Brownstein |year=2018 |title=Trace fossils on dinosaur bones reveal ecosystem dynamics along the coast of eastern North America during the latest Cretaceous |journal=PeerJ|volume=6|page=e4973|doi=10.7717/peerj.4973|pmid=29910985|pmc=6001717 |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the relationship between bony and muscular features of the tongue in living archosaurs, and on the evolution of the morphology of the bony elements of the tongue in bird-line archosaurs, is published by Li, Zhou & Clarke (2018).{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Zhiheng|last2=Zhou|first2=Zhonghe|author-link2=Zhou Zhonghe|last3=Clarke|first3=Julia A.|author-link3=Julia Clarke|year=2018|title=Convergent evolution of a mobile bony tongue in flighted dinosaurs and pterosaurs|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=13|issue=6|page=e0198078|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0198078|issn=1932-6203|pmc=6010247|pmid=29924798|bibcode=2018PLoSO..1398078L|doi-access=free}}
• An archosaur trackway consisting of 10 successive pes imprints is described from the Upper Triassic Irohalene Member of the Timezgadiouine Formation (Morocco) by Zouheir et al. (2018), supporting a cosmopolitan distribution of pentadactyl but functionally tridactyl chirotheres (Parachirotherium) and grallatorids across the Ladinian-Carnian boundary, and documenting the occurrence of very large Eubrontes trackmakers in the early Carnian.{{cite journal |author1=Tariq Zouheir |author2=Abdelkbir Hminna |author3=Hendrik Klein |author4=Abdelouahed Lagnaoui |author5=Hafid Saber |author6=Joerg W. Schneider |year=2018 |title=Unusual archosaur trackway and associated tetrapod ichnofauna from Irohalene member (Timezgadiouine formation, late Triassic, Carnian) of the Argana Basin, Western High Atlas, Morocco |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=589–601 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1513506 |s2cid=91315646 }}
• A large assemblage of archosaur (dinosaur, pterosaur and crocodylomorph) tracks is described from the Cretaceous Naturita Formation (Utah, United States) by Lockley, Burton & Grondel (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Martin Lockley |author2=Rhett Burton |author3=Lisa Grondel |year=2018 |title=A large assemblage of tetrapod tracks from the Cretaceous Naturita Formation, Cedar Canyon region, southwestern Utah |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=92 |pages=108–121 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.08.003 |bibcode=2018CrRes..92..108L |s2cid=135147296 }}
• A study on assemblages of nesting ring-billed gulls, California gulls, American white pelicans and double-crested cormorants at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge (Montana, United States), evaluating their utility as taphonomic models for interpreting nesting sites of fossils archosaurs, is published online by Ferguson, Varricchio & Ferguson (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Ashley L. Ferguson |author2=David J. Varricchio |author3=Alex J. Ferguson |year=2018 |title=Nest site taphonomy of colonial ground-nesting birds at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=7 |pages=902–916 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1546699 |s2cid=91578187 }}

• A study on the jaw musculature and biomechanics of Venaticosuchus rusconii based on rediscovered cranial materials is published by Von Baczko (2018).{{cite journal |author=María B. Von Baczko |year=2018 |title=Rediscovered cranial material of Venaticosuchus rusconii enables the first jaw biomechanics in Ornithosuchidae (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=365–379 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.19.03.2018.3170 |hdl=11336/99976 |s2cid=134536703 |hdl-access=free }}
• Three differently sized braincases diagnosable as belonging to Parringtonia gracilis are described from the Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania by Nesbitt et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Sterling J. Nesbitt |author2=Michelle R. Stocker |author3=William G. Parker |author4=Thomas A. Wood |author5=Christian A. Sidor |author6=Kenneth D. Angielczyk |year=2018 |title=The braincase and endocast of Parringtonia gracilis, a Middle Triassic suchian (Archosaur: Pseudosuchia) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=37 |issue=Supplement to No. 6 |pages=122–141 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1393431 |s2cid=89657063 }}
• A study on the histology of osteoderms of Late Triassic aetosaurs from South America, including Aetosauroides scagliai, Aetobarbakinoides brasiliensis and Neoaetosauroides engaeus, is published by Cerda, Desojo & Scheyer (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Ignacio A. Cerda |author2=Julia B. Desojo |author3=Torsten M. Scheyer |year=2018 |title=Novel data on aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) osteoderm microanatomy and histology: palaeobiological implications |journal=Palaeontology |volume=61 |issue=5 |pages=721–745 |doi=10.1111/pala.12363 |bibcode=2018Palgy..61..721C |s2cid=134920515 |hdl=11336/88404 |hdl-access=free }}
• Description of new skull material of Aetosauroides scagliai from the Santa Maria Supersequence (Brazil) and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this species is published by Biacchi Brust et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Ana Carolina Biacchi Brust |author2=Julia Brenda Desojo |author3=Cesar Leandro Schultz |author4=Voltaire Dutra Paes-Neto |author5=Átila Augusto Stock Da-Rosa |year=2018 |title=Osteology of the first skull of Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela 1960 (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil (Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone) and its phylogenetic importance |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=8 |page=e0201450 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0201450 |pmid=30110362 |pmc=6093665 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1301450B |doi-access=free }}
• The first known natural endocast of an aetosaur (Neoaetosauroides engaeus) is described by von Baczko, Taborda & Desojo (2018).{{cite journal |author1=M. Belen von Baczko |author2=Jeremías R.A. Taborda |author3=Julia Brenda Desojo |year=2018 |title=Paleoneuroanatomy of the aetosaur Neoaetosauroides engaeus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its paleobiological implications among archosauriforms |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e5456 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5456 |pmid=30155359 |pmc=6109373 |doi-access=free }}
• Redescription of the aetosaur species Calyptosuchus wellesi is published by Parker (2018).{{cite journal |author=William G. Parker |year=2018 |title=Redescription of Calyptosuchus (Stagonolepis) wellesi (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Late Triassic of the Southwestern United States with a discussion of genera in vertebrate paleontology |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e4291 |doi=10.7717/peerj.4291 |pmid=29416953 |pmc=5798403 |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the anatomy of the skeleton of Coahomasuchus chathamensis and on the phylogenetic relationships of aetosaurs is published by Hoffman, Heckert & Zanno (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Devin K. Hoffman |author2=Andrew B. Heckert |author3=Lindsay E. Zanno |year=2018 |title=Under the armor: X-ray computed tomographic reconstruction of the internal skeleton of Coahomasuchus chathamensis (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina, USA, and a phylogenetic analysis of Aetosauria |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e4368 |doi=10.7717/peerj.4368 |pmid=29456892 |pmc=5815331 |doi-access=free }}
• A restudy of the referred material of Stagonolepis robertsoni housed at the Natural History Museum, London, evaluating the utility of this material for examining the phylogenetic relationships of S. robertsoni, is published by Parker (2018).{{cite journal |author=William G. Parker |year=2018 |title=Anatomical notes and discussion of the first described aetosaur Stagonolepis robertsoni (Archosauria: Suchia) from the Upper Triassic of Europe, and the use of plesiomorphies in aetosaur biochronology |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e5455 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5455 |pmid=30186682 |pmc=6118205 |doi-access=free }}
• Description of the forelimbs of Stagonolepis olenkae and a study on the probable use of the forelimbs by members of this species is published by Dróżdż (2018).{{cite journal |author=Dawid Dróżdż |year=2018 |title=Osteology of a forelimb of an aetosaur Stagonolepis olenkae (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Krasiejów locality in Poland and its probable adaptations for a scratch-digging behavior |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e5595 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5595 |pmid=30310738 |pmc=6173166 |doi-access=free }}
• New information on the bonebed from the Triassic Badong Formation in Sangzhi County (Hunan, China) preserving the majority of the known fossil material of Lotosaurus adentus is published by Hagen et al. (2018), who also reassess the provenance and age of the deposit.{{Cite journal|author1=Cedric J. Hagen |author2=Eric M. Roberts |author3=Corwin Sullivan |author4=Jun Liu |author5=Yanyin Wang |author6=Prince C. Owusu Agyemang |author7=Xing Xu |year=2018 |title=Taphonomy, geological age, and paleobiogeography of Lotosaurus adentus (Archosauria: Poposauroidea) from the Middle-Upper Triassic Badong Formation, Hunan, China |journal=PALAIOS |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=106–124 |doi=10.2110/palo.2017.084 |bibcode=2018Palai..33..106H |s2cid=133685832 }}
• A study on the anatomy of the best-preserved skeleton of Prestosuchus chiniquensis, as well as on the phylogenetic relationships of this species, is published online by Roberto-Da-Silva et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Lúcio Roberto-Da-Silva |author2=Rodrigo Temp Müller |author3=Marco Aurélio Gallo de França |author4=Sérgio Furtado Cabreira |author5=Sérgio Dias-Da-Silva |year=2018 |title=An impressive skeleton of the giant top predator Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Pseudosuchia: Loricata) from the Triassic of Southern Brazil, with phylogenetic remarks |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=7 |pages=976–995 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1559841 |s2cid=92517047 }}
• A study on the anatomy of the backbone of Poposaurus langstoni is published by Stefanic & Nesbitt (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Candice M. Stefanic |author2=Sterling J. Nesbitt |year=2018 |title=The axial skeleton of Poposaurus langstoni (Pseudosuchia: Poposauroidea) and its implications for accessory intervertebral articulation evolution in pseudosuchian archosaurs |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e4235 |doi=10.7717/peerj.4235 |pmid=29472991 |pmc=5816584 |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the morphology of the secondary palate in shartegosuchids, based on data from a new specimen of Shartegosuchus from the Ulan Malgait Formation (Mongolia), is published by Dollman et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Kathleen N. Dollman |author2=James M. Clark |author3=Mark A. Norell |author4=Xu Xing |author5=Jonah N. Choiniere |year=2018 |title=Convergent evolution of a eusuchian-type secondary palate within Shartegosuchidae |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3901 |pages=1–23 |doi=10.1206/3901.1 |hdl=2246/6896 |s2cid=90152090 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/262847 }}
• Description of the braincase and the brain endocast, vasculature, inner ear, and paratympanic pneumatic cavities of Steneosaurus bollensis and Cricosaurus araucanensis is published by Herrera, Leardi & Fernández (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Yanina Herrera |author2=Juan Martín Leardi |author3=Marta S. Fernández |year=2018 |title=Braincase and endocranial anatomy of two thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs and their relevance in understanding their adaptations to the marine environment|journal=PeerJ|volume=6|page=e5686 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5686 |pmid=30515353 |pmc=6263203 |doi-access=free }}
• A skull of a member of the genus Tyrannoneustes is described from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of Germany by Waskow, Grzegorczyk & Sander (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Katja Waskow |author2=Detlef Grzegorczyk |author3=P. Martin Sander |year=2018 |title=The first record of Tyrannoneustes (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae): a complete skull from the Callovian (late Middle Jurassic) of Germany |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=3 |pages=457–480 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0395-z |s2cid=134063920 }}
• New specimen of Neuquensuchus universitas, providing new information on the skeletal anatomy of members of the species, is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Argentina) by Lio et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Gabriel Lio |author2=Federico L. Agnolin |author3=Agustín G. Martinelli |author4=Martín D. Ezcurra |author5=Fernando E. Novas |year=2018 |title=New specimen of the enigmatic, Late Cretaceous crocodyliform Neuquensuchus universitas sheds light on the anatomy of the species |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=83 |pages=62–74 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.014 |bibcode=2018CrRes..83...62L |hdl=11336/94889 |hdl-access=free }}
• A redescription of the anatomy of the skull of Notosuchus terrestris is published by Barrios et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Francisco Barrios |author2=Paula Bona |author3=Ariana Paulina Carabajal |author4=Zulma Gasparini |year=2018 |title=Re-description of the cranio-mandibular anatomy of Notosuchus terrestris (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=83 |pages=3–39 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.016 |bibcode=2018CrRes..83....3B |hdl=11336/32766 |hdl-access=free }}
• A study on the anatomy of the skull of Morrinhosuchus luziae is published by Iori et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Fabiano Vidoi Iori |author2=Thiago da Silva Marinho |author3=Ismar de Souza Carvalho |author4=Luiz Augusto dos Santos Frare |year=2018 |title=Cranial morphology of Morrinhosuchus luziae (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Bauru Basin, Brazil |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=86 |pages=41–52 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.010 |bibcode=2018CrRes..86...41I |s2cid=133808234 }}
• A study on the anatomic structures and tooth wear related to mastication in Caipirasuchus is published by Iori & Carvalho (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Fabiano Vidoi Iori |author2=Ismar de Souza Carvalho |year=2018 |title=The Cretaceous crocodyliform Caipirasuchus: Behavioral feeding mechanisms |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=181–187 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.023 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..181I |hdl=11422/3392 |hdl-access=free }}
• A study on the taphonomy of the baurusuchid specimens (as well as non-avian theropods and titanosaur sauropod dinosaurs) from the Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group (Brazil) is published by Bandeira et al. (2018), who argue that low diversity of known theropods in the Bauru Group might be caused by preservational biases, and does not conclusively indicate that baurusuchids outcompeted theropods as top predators in this area.{{Cite journal|author1=Kamila L. N. Bandeira |author2=Arthur S. Brum |author3=Rodrigo V. Pêgas |author4=Giovanne M. Cidade |author5=Borja Holgado |author6=André Cidade |author7=Rafael Gomes de Souza |year=2018 |title=The Baurusuchidae vs Theropoda record in the Bauru Group (Upper Cretaceous, Brazil): a taphonomic perspective |journal=Journal of Iberian Geology |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=25–54 |doi=10.1007/s41513-018-0048-4 |s2cid=134403914 }}
• A study on the evolution of the skull morphology of baurusuchids is published by Godoy et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Pedro L. Godoy |author2=Gabriel S. Ferreira |author3=Felipe C. Montefeltro |author4=Bruno C. Vila Nova |author5=Richard J. Butler |author6=Max C. Langer |year=2018 |title=Evidence for heterochrony in the cranial evolution of fossil crocodyliforms |journal=Palaeontology |volume=61 |issue=4 |pages=543–558 |doi=10.1111/pala.12354 |bibcode=2018Palgy..61..543G |s2cid=135248030 |url=http://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/46102847/Godoy_et_al._accepted_MS.pdf }}
• New baurusuchid fossils are described from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Argentina) by Leardi, Pol & Gasparini (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Juan Martín Leardi |author2=Diego Pol |author3=Zulma Gasparini |year=2018 |title=New Patagonian baurusuchids (Crocodylomorpha; Notosuchia) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Upper Cretaceous; Neuquén, Argentina): New evidences of the early sebecosuchian diversification in Gondwana |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=17 |issue=8 |pages=504–521 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2018.02.002 |bibcode=2018CRPal..17..504L |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/98526 |hdl-access=free }}
• A study on the bone microanatomy of Pepesuchus deiseae is published by Sena et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Mariana V.A.Sena |author2=Rafael C.L.P. Andrade |author3=Juliana M. Sayão |author4=Gustavo R. Oliveira |year=2018 |title=Bone microanatomy of Pepesuchus deiseae (Mesoeucrocodylia, Peirosauridae) reveals a mature individual from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=335–348 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.008 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90..335S |s2cid=133892913 }}
• Neosuchian crocodylomorph fossils are described from the Bathonian Peski locality in the Moscow Region (Russia) by Pashchenko et al. (2018), who note the similarity of Bathonian vertebrate faunas of the Moscow Region, United Kingdom, Western Siberia and Kyrgyzstan, which they interpret as indicative of faunal homogeneity on the territory of Laurasia.{{Cite journal|author1=D.I. Pashchenko |author2=I.T. Kuzmin |author3=A.G. Sennikov |author4=P.P. Skutschas |author5=M.B. Efimov |year=2018 |title=On the finding of neosuchians (Neosuchia, Crocodyliformes) in the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) deposits of the Moscow Region |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=5 |pages=550–562 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118050118 |s2cid=91494193 |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=35524944 }}
• New fossil remains of Sarcosuchus are described from the Aptian-Albian deposits of the Tataouine Basin (Tunisia) by Dridi (2018).{{Cite journal|author=Jihed Dridi |year=2018 |title=New fossils of the giant pholidosaurid genus Sarcosuchus from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |volume=147 |pages=268–280 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.06.023 |bibcode=2018JAfES.147..268D |s2cid=134954361 }}
• A revision of Trematochampsa taqueti and all fossil material assigned to the species is published by Meunier & Larsson (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Louise M. V. Meunier |author2=Hans C. E. Larsson |year=2018 |title=Trematochampsa taqueti as a nomen dubium and the crocodyliform diversity of the Upper Cretaceous In Beceten Formation of Niger |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=182 |issue=3 |pages=659–680 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx061 }}
• Description of pelvic and femoral remains of allodaposuchids from the Upper Cretaceous of the Lo Hueco fossil site (Spain) is published by de Celis, Narváez & Ortega (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=A. de Celis |author2=I. Narváez |author3=F. Ortega |year=2018 |title=Pelvic and femoral anatomy of the Allodaposuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain) |journal=Journal of Iberian Geology |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=85–98 |doi=10.1007/s41513-017-0044-0 |s2cid=133664418 |url=http://osf.io/2mj4r/ }}
• Fossils of a eusuchian crocodyliform are described from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Khok Kruat Formation (Thailand) by Kubo et al. (2018), representing the oldest record of Asian eusuchians reported so far.{{Cite journal|author1=Tai Kubo |author2=Masateru Shibata |author3=Wilailuck Naksri |author4=Pratueng Jintasakul |author5=Yoichi Azuma |year=2018 |title=The earliest record of Asian Eusuchia from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of northeastern Thailand |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=82 |pages=21–28 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.021 |bibcode=2018CrRes..82...21K }}
• Description of a new skull of Susisuchus anatoceps from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil), providing new information on the anatomy of this species, and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of Susisuchus is published by Leite & Fortier (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Karla J. Leite |author2=Daniel C. Fortier |year=2018 |title=The palate and choanae structure of the Susisuchus anatoceps (Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia): phylogenetic implications |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e5372 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5372 |pmid=30128185 |pmc=6089207 |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the taphonomic history of the holotype, paratypes and referred specimens of Isisfordia duncani is published by Syme & Salisbury (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Caitlin E. Syme |author2=Steven W. Salisbury |year=2018 |title=Taphonomy of Isisfordia duncani specimens from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Albian) portion of the Winton Formation, Isisford, central-west Queensland |journal=Royal Society Open Science|volume=5|issue=3|page=171651|doi=10.1098/rsos.171651|pmid=29657771|pmc=5882695 |bibcode=2018RSOS....571651S}}
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Thoracosaurus, Eothoracosaurus, Eosuchus, Eogavialis and Argochampsa, evaluating whether they were closely related to the gharial, is published by Lee & Yates (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Michael S. Y. Lee |author2=Adam M. Yates |year=2018 |title=Tip-dating and homoplasy: reconciling the shallow molecular divergences of modern gharials with their long fossil record |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=285 |issue=1881 |page=20181071 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2018.1071 |pmid=30051855 |pmc=6030529 }}
• A study on the length proportion of limb elements in extant and fossil alligatoroid and crocodyloid crocodylians, as well as on the correlation of limb morphology and skull shape in these groups, is published by Iijima, Kubo & Kobayashi (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Masaya Iijima |author2=Tai Kubo |author3=Yoshitsugu Kobayashi |year=2018 |title=Comparative limb proportions reveal differential locomotor morphofunctions of alligatoroids and crocodyloids |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=5 |issue=3 |page=171774 |doi=10.1098/rsos.171774 |pmid=29657781 |pmc=5882705 |bibcode=2018RSOS....571774I }}
• New specimen of Bottosaurus harlani is described from the Rowan Fossil Quarry, a Cretaceous–Paleogene locality in Mantua Township (New Jersey, United States) by Cossette & Brochu (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Adam P. Cossette |author2=Christopher A. Brochu |year=2018 |title=A new specimen of the alligatoroid Bottosaurus harlani and the early history of character evolution in alligatorids |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=(1)–(22) |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1486321 |s2cid=92801257}}
• A reassessment of the anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Asiatosuchus nanlingensis and Eoalligator chunyii is published by Wu, Li & Wang (2018), who reinstate the latter taxon as a species distinct from the former one.{{cite journal |author1=Xiao-Chun Wu |author2=Chun Li |author3=Yan-Yin Wang |year=2018 |title=Taxonomic reassessment and phylogenetic test of Asiatosuchus nanlingensis Young, 1964 and Eoalligator chunyii Young, 1964 |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=137–146 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201708/t20170803_4839361.html |doi=10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.170803 }}
• Redescription of the holotype specimen of Mourasuchus arendsi from the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela is published online by Cidade et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Giovanne M. Cidade |author2=Andrés Solórzano |author3=Ascánio Daniel Rincón |author4=Douglas Riff |author5=Annie Schmaltz Hsiou |year=2018 |title=Redescription of the holotype of the Miocene crocodylian Mourasuchus arendsi (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) and perspectives on the taxonomy of the species |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=6 |pages=733–749 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1528246 |s2cid=91716043 }}
• A study on the ontogenetic changes of the skull shape in extant caimans and its implications for the validity of the Miocene species Melanosuchus fisheri is published by Foth et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Christian Foth |author2=María Victoria Fernandez Blanco |author3=Paula Bona |author4=Torsten M. Scheyer |year=2018 |title=Cranial shape variation in jacarean caimanines (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and its implications in the taxonomic status of extinct species: The case of Melanosuchus fisheri |journal=Journal of Morphology |volume=279 |issue=2 |pages=259–273 |doi=10.1002/jmor.20769 |pmid=29139133 |s2cid=31120204 |url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/142001/9/Foth_etal_2017_MelanosuchusFisheri_GeoMorpho_DRAFT-4.pdf }}
• A study on the histology of long bones of extant yacare caiman and fossil caimans from the Upper Miocene–Pliocene Solimões Formation (Brazil) is published online by Andrade et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Rafael César Lima Pedroso de Andrade |author2=Mariana Valéria Araújo Sena |author3=Esaú Victor Araújo |author4=Renan Alfredo Machado Bantim |author5=Douglas Riff |author6=Juliana Manso Sayão |year=2018 |title=Osteohistological study on both fossil and living Caimaninae (Crocodyliformes, Crocodylia) from South America and preliminary comments on growth physiology and ecology |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=346–355 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1493475 |s2cid=91479319 }}
• A study on two fossil specimens of caimans from the late Pleistocene and early Holocene of Brazil, attempting to assign the fossils' identity to one of the extant caiman species on the basis of records of their current distribution and paleoclimatic data, is published by Eduardo et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Anderson Aires Eduardo |author2=Pablo Ariel Martinez |author3=Sidney Feitosa Gouveia |author4=Franciely da Silva Santos |author5=Wilcilene Santos de Aragão |author6=Jennifer Morales-Barbero |author7=Leonardo Kerber |author8=Alexandre Liparini |year=2018 |title=Extending the paleontology–biogeography reciprocity with SDMs: Exploring models and data in reducing fossil taxonomic uncertainty |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=3 |page=e0194725 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0194725 |pmid=29590174 |pmc=5874039 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1394725E |doi-access=free }}
• A fragment of a mandible of a member of the genus Gryposuchus is described from the Miocene (≈18 Ma) Castillo Formation (Venezuela) by Solórzano, Núñez-Flores & Rincón (2018), representing the earliest record of the genus in South America reported so far.{{Cite journal|author1=Andrés Solórzano |author2=Mónica Núñez-Flores |author3=Ascanio D. Rincón |year=2018 |title=Gryposuchus (Crocodylia, Gavialoidea) from the early Miocene of Venezuela |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=1 |pages=121–129 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0383-3 |s2cid=134454036 }}
• A revision of the type species of the genus Gryposuchus, G. jessei, is published by Souza et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Rafael Gomes de Souza |author2=Douglas Riff |author3=Jonas P. de Souza-Filho |author4=Alexander W. A. Kellner |year=2018 |title=Revisiting Gryposuchus jessei Gürich, 1912 (Crocodylia: Gavialoidea): specimen description and comments on the genus |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4457 |issue=1 |pages=167–178 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.9 |pmid=30314186 |s2cid=52976475 }}
• A revision of crocodilian fossils and taxa from the Calvert Cliffs (United States) is published by Weems (2018).{{cite journal|author=Robert E. Weems|year=2018|title=Crocodilians of the Calvert Cliffs|journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology|volume=100|pages=213–240|url=https://opensi.si.edu/index.php/smithsonian/catalog/book/107| issue=100 | doi=10.5479/si.1943-6688.100|doi-access=free}}
• Partial crocodylian skull from the Pleistocene of Taiwan, formerly regarded as lost during World War II, is rediscovered and redescribed by Ito et al. (2018), who assign this specimen to the genus Toyotamaphimeia.{{cite journal |author1=Ai Ito |author2=Riosuke Aoki |author3=Ren Hirayama |author4=Masataka Yoshida |author5=Hiroo Kon |author6=Hideki Endo |year=2018 |title=The rediscovery and taxonomical reexamination of the longirostrine crocodylian from the Pleistocene of Taiwan |journal=Paleontological Research |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=150–155 |doi=10.2517/2017PR016 |s2cid=134961600 }}
• Fossils of large crocodylians, as well as tortoise fossils with feeding traces on them, are described from the Pleistocene of Aldabra (Seychelles) by Scheyer et al. (2018), who interpret their findings as indicating the occurrence of a predator–prey interaction between crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra during the Late Pleistocene.{{Cite journal|author1=Torsten M. Scheyer |author2=Massimo Delfino |author3=Nicole Klein |author4=Nancy Bunbury |author5=Frauke Fleischer-Dogley |author6=Dennis M. Hansen |year=2018 |title=Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=171800 |doi=10.1098/rsos.171800 |pmid=29410873 |pmc=5792950 }}
• Late Quaternary fossils representing a locally extinct population of the Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) are reported from two underwater caves in the Dominican Republic by Morgan et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Gary S. Morgan |author2=Nancy A. Albury |author3=Renato Rímoli |author4=Phillip Lehman |author5=Alfred L. Rosenberger |author6=Siobhán B. Cooke |year=2018 |title=The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from Late Quaternary underwater cave deposits in the Dominican Republic |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3916 |pages=1–56 |doi=10.1206/3916.1 |hdl=2246/6920 |s2cid=92375498 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/262751 }}
• A new large and well-preserved specimen of Prestosuchus chiniquensis is published by Roberto-da-Silva et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|last1=Roberto-Da-Silva|first1=Lúcio|last2=Müller|first2=Rodrigo Temp|last3=França|first3=Marco Aurélio Gallo de|last4=Cabreira|first4=Sérgio Furtado|last5=Dias-Da-Silva|first5=Sérgio|date=2018-12-24|title=An impressive skeleton of the giant top predator Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Pseudosuchia: Loricata) from the Triassic of Southern Brazil, with phylogenetic remarks|journal=Historical Biology|volume=32|issue=7|pages=976–995|doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1559841|s2cid=92517047|issn=0891-2963}}

{{Main|2018 in non-avian dinosaur archosaur paleontology}}

• Dinosaur-like ossification pattern of skull bones (formation of the ossification centres of the prefrontal and postorbital) is reported in bird embryos by Smith-Paredes et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Daniel Smith-Paredes |author2=Daniel Núñez-León |author3=Sergio Soto-Acuña |author4=Jingmai O'Connor |author5=João Francisco Botelho |author6=Alexander O. Vargas |year=2018 |title=Dinosaur ossification centres in embryonic birds uncover developmental evolution of the skull |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |volume=2 |issue=12 |pages=1966–1973 |doi=10.1038/s41559-018-0713-1 |pmid=30455438 |s2cid=53720280 }}
• A study evaluating whether eggs of early birds from the Mesozoic could have borne the weight of incubating adults is published by Deeming & Mayr (2018).{{cite journal |author1=D. C. Deeming |author2=G. Mayr |year=2018 |title=Pelvis morphology suggests that early Mesozoic birds were too heavy to contact incubate their eggs |journal=Journal of Evolutionary Biology |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=701–709 |doi=10.1111/jeb.13256 |pmid=29485191 |s2cid=3588317 |url=http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/31436/13/31436%2031291%20Deeming_et_al-2018-Journal_of_Evolutionary_Biology.pdf |access-date=2021-01-14 |archive-date=2020-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602094641/http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/31436/13/31436%2031291%20Deeming_et_al-2018-Journal_of_Evolutionary_Biology.pdf |url-status=dead }}
• A study on the formation of the pygostyle in extant birds and its evolution in Mesozoic birds is published by Rashid et al. (2018), who interpret their findings as indicating that the lack of pygostyle in Zhongornis haoae and other juvenile Mesozoic birds does not necessarily indicate that they are intermediate species in the long- to short-tailed evolutionary transition, and that feathered coelurosaur tail preserved in Burmese amber which was described by Xing et al. (2016){{cite journal |author1=Lida Xing |author2=Ryan C. McKellar |author3=Xing Xu |author4=Gang Li |author5=Ming Bai |author6=W. Scott Persons IV |author7=Tetsuto Miyashita |author8=Michael J. Benton |author9=Jianping Zhang |author10=Alexander P. Wolfe |author11=Qiru Yi |author12=Kuowei Tseng |author13=Hao Ran |author14=Philip J. Currie |year=2016 |title=A feathered dinosaur tail with primitive plumage trapped in mid-Cretaceous amber |journal=Current Biology |volume=26 |issue=24 |pages=3352–3360 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.008 |pmid=27939315|s2cid=31580099 |doi-access=free |hdl=1983/d3a169c7-b776-4be5-96af-6053c23fa52b |hdl-access=free }} might be avian.{{cite journal |author1=Dana J. Rashid |author2=Kevin Surya |author3=Luis M. Chiappe |author4=Nathan Carroll |author5=Kimball L. Garrett |author6=Bino Varghese |author7=Alida Bailleul |author8=Jingmai K. O'Connor |author9=Susan C. Chapman |author10=John R. Horner |year=2018 |title=Avian tail ontogeny, pygostyle formation, and interpretation of juvenile Mesozoic specimens |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 9014 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-27336-x |pmid=29899503 |pmc=5997987 |bibcode=2018NatSR...8.9014R }}
• A study on the anatomy of the braincase of birds and non-avian dinosaurs, evaluating whether there is a link between changes in brain anatomy and loss of flight, is published by Gold & Watanabe (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Maria Eugenia Leone Gold |author2=Akinobu Watanabe |year=2018 |title=Flightless birds are not neuroanatomical analogs of non-avian dinosaurs |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=18 |issue=1 |page=190 |doi=10.1186/s12862-018-1312-0 |pmid=30545287 |pmc=6293530 |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the preservation potential of feather keratin in the fossil record is published by Schweitzer et al. (2018);{{cite journal |author1=Mary Higby Schweitzer |author2=Wenxia Zheng |author3=Alison E. Moyer |author4=Peter Sjövall |author5=Johan Lindgren |year=2018 |title=Preservation potential of keratin in deep time |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=11 |page=e0206569 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0206569 |pmid=30485294 |pmc=6261410 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1306569S |doi-access=free }} the study is subsequently criticized by Saitta & Vinther (2019).{{cite journal |author1=Evan T. Saitta |author2=Jakob Vinther |year=2019 |title=A perspective on the evidence for keratin protein preservation in fossils: An issue of replication versus validation |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 22.3.2E |doi=10.26879/1017E |s2cid=213903998 |doi-access=free }}
• Description of 31 samples of Cretaceous amber from Myanmar that contain feathers, providing new information on the morphology and variability of rachis-dominated feathers of Cretaceous birds, is published by Xing et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Lida Xing |author2=Pierre Cockx |author3=Ryan C. McKellar |author4=Jingmai O'Connor |year=2018 |title=Ornamental feathers in Cretaceous Burmese amber: resolving the enigma of rachis-dominated feather structure |journal=Journal of Palaeogeography |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 13 |doi=10.1186/s42501-018-0014-2 |bibcode=2018JPalG...7...13X |s2cid=91693606 |doi-access=free }}
• A pseudoscorpion attached to barbules of a contour feather, possibly documenting a phoretic association between pseudoscorpions and Mesozoic birds, is described from the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar by Xing, McKellar & Gao (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Lida Xing |author2=Ryan C. McKellar |author3=Zhizhong Gao |year=2018 |title=Cretaceous hitchhikers: a possible phoretic association between a pseudoscorpion and bird in Burmese amber |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) |volume=92 |issue=6 |pages=2434–2435 |doi=10.1111/1755-6724.13739 |s2cid=219884097 |url=http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=2018endzxb06038&flag=1 }}
• A redescription of the bird trackway originally labeled Aquatilavipes anhuiensis from the Lower Cretaceous Qiuzhuang Formation (Anhui, China) is published by Xing et al. (2018), who transfer this ichnospecies to the ichnogenus Koreanaornis.{{Cite journal|author1=Li-Da Xing |author2=Yuan-Chao Hu |author3=Jian-Dong Huang |author4=Qing He |author5=Martin G. Lockley |author6=Michael E. Burns |author7=Jun Fang |year=2018 |title=A redescription of the ichnospecies Koreanaornis anhuiensis (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Qiuzhuang Formation at Mingguang city, Anhui Province, China |journal=Journal of Palaeogeography |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=58–65 |doi=10.1016/j.jop.2017.10.003 |bibcode=2018JPalG...7...58X |doi-access=free }}
• Early Cretaceous (Aptian) bird footprints are described from the Kitadani Formation (Japan) by Imai, Tsukiji & Azuma (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Takuya Imai |author2=Yuta Tsukiji |author3=Yoichi Azuma |year=2018 |title=Description of bird tracks from the Kitadani Formation (Aptian), Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan with three-dimensional imaging techniques |journal=Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum |volume=17 |pages=1–8 |url=https://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/archive/memoir/memoir017-001.pdf }}
• New avian ichnospecies Ignotornis canadensis is described from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Gates Formation (Canada) by Buckley, McCrea & Xing (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Lisa G. Buckley |author2=Richard T. McCrea |author3=Lida Xing |year=2018 |title=First report of Ignotornidae (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Gates Formation (Albian) of western Canada, with description of a new ichnospecies of Ignotornis, Ignotornis canadensis ichnosp. nov. |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=209–222 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.021 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..209B }}
• Ignotornid tracks are described from the Lower Cretaceous of Jiangsu (China) by Xing et al. (2018), representing the first known record of the ichnogenus Goseongornipes from China.{{Cite journal|author1=Lida Xing |author2=Lisa G. Buckley |author3=Martin G. Lockley |author4=Richard T. McCrea |author5=Yonggang Tang |year=2018 |title=Lower Cretaceous avian tracks from Jiangsu Province, China: A first Chinese report for ichnogenus Goseongornipes (Ignotornidae) |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=571–577 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.016 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..571X }}
• The twelfth specimen of Archaeopteryx, the oldest reported so far, is described by Rauhut, Foth & Tischlinger (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Oliver W.M. Rauhut |author2=Christian Foth |author3=Helmut Tischlinger |year=2018 |title=The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria |journal=PeerJ|volume=6|page=e4191|doi=10.7717/peerj.4191|pmid=29383285|pmc=5788062 |doi-access=free }} This was named as the new genus Alcmonavis in 2019.
• A study on the geometric properties of the wing bones of Archaeopteryx is published by Voeten et al. (2018), who interpret their findings as indicating that Archaeopteryx was able to actively use its wings to take to the air (using a different flight stroke than used by extant birds).{{Cite journal|author1=Dennis F. A. E. Voeten |author2=Jorge Cubo |author3=Emmanuel de Margerie |author4=Martin Röper |author5=Vincent Beyrand |author6=Stanislav Bureš |author7=Paul Tafforeau |author8=Sophie Sanchez |year=2018 |title=Wing bone geometry reveals active flight in Archaeopteryx |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 923 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-03296-8 |pmid=29535376 |pmc=5849612 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9..923V }}
• Gastrolith masses preserved in five specimens of Jeholornis will be described by O'Connor et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Jingmai O'Connor |author2=Xiaoli Wang |author3=Corwin Sullivan |author4=Yan Wang |author5=Xiaoting Zheng |author6=Han Hu |author7=Xiaomei Zhang |author8=Zhonghe Zhou |year=2018 |title=First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=200–208 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.031 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..200O |doi-access=free }}
• A new confuciusornithid specimen, most similar to Eoconfuciusornis zhengi but also sharing traits with Confuciusornis, will be described from the Upper Cretaceous Huajiying Formation (China) by Navalón et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Guillermo Navalón |author2=Qingjin Meng |author3=Jesús Marugán-Lobón |author4=Yuguang Zhang |author5=Baopeng Wang |author6=Hai Xing |author7=Di Liu |author8=Luis M. Chiappe |year=2018 |title=Diversity and evolution of the Confuciusornithidae: Evidence from a new 131-million-year-old specimen from the Huajiying Formation in NE China |journal=Journal of Asian Earth Sciences |volume=152 |pages=12–22 |doi=10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.11.005 |bibcode=2018JAESc.152...12N |hdl=10486/684666 |s2cid=135238078 |hdl-access=free }}
• A study on the morphology of the skull of Confuciusornis sanctus is published by Elżanowski, Peters & Mayr (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Andrzej Elżanowski |author2=D. Stefan Peters |author3=Gerald Mayr |year=2018 |title=Cranial morphology of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=2 |page=e1439832 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1439832 |bibcode=2018JVPal..38E9832E |s2cid=90118265 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324375428 }}
• An exceptionally-preserved specimen of Confuciusornis, preserving elaborate plumage patterning, is described from the Lower Cretaceous deposits in Fengning County (Hebei Province, China) estimated to be equivalent with the Dawangzhangzi Member of the Yixian Formation by Li et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Quanguo Li |author2=Julia A. Clarke |author3=Ke-Qin Gao |author4=Jennifer A. Peteya |author5=Matthew D. Shawkey |year=2018 |title=Elaborate plumage patterning in a Cretaceous bird |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e5831 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5831 |pmid=30405969 |pmc=6216952 |doi-access=free }}
• An articulated skeleton of an enantiornithine bird preserved in the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar is described by Xing et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Lida Xing |author2=Jingmai K. O'Connor |author3=Ryan C. McKellar |author4=Luis M. Chiappe |author5=Ming Bai |author6=Kuowei Tseng |author7=Jie Zhang |author8=Haidong Yang |author9=Jun Fang |author10=Gang Li |year=2018 |title=A flattened enantiornithine in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber: morphology and preservation |journal=Science Bulletin |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=235–243 |doi=10.1016/j.scib.2018.01.019 |pmid=36659012 |bibcode=2018SciBu..63..235X |doi-access=free }}
• An early juvenile enantiornithine specimen, providing new information on the osteogenesis in members of Enantiornithes, is described from the Lower Cretaceous Las Hoyas deposits of Spain by Knoll et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Fabien Knoll |author2=Luis M. Chiappe |author3=Sophie Sanchez |author4=Russell J. Garwood |author5=Nicholas P. Edwards |author6=Roy A. Wogelius |author7=William I. Sellers |author8=Phillip L. Manning |author9=Francisco Ortega |author10=Francisco J. Serrano |author11=Jesús Marugán-Lobón |author12=Elena Cuesta |author13=Fernando Escaso |author14=Jose Luis Sanz |year=2018 |title=A diminutive perinate European Enantiornithes reveals an asynchronous ossification pattern in early birds |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 937 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-03295-9 |pmid=29507288 |pmc=5838198 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9..937K }}
• A study evaluating the capacity of the enantiornithines Concornis lacustris and Eoalulavis hoyasi to use intermittent flight (alternating flapping and gliding phases) is published by Serrano et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Francisco J. Serrano |author2=Luis M. Chiappe |author3=Paul Palmqvist |author4=Borja Figueirido |author5=Jesús Marugán-Lobón |author6=José L. Sanz |year=2018 |title=Flight reconstruction of two European enantiornithines (Aves, Pygostylia) and the achievement of bounding flight in Early Cretaceous birds |journal=Palaeontology |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=359–368 |doi=10.1111/pala.12351 |bibcode=2018Palgy..61..359S |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the morphology and diversity of enantiornithine coracoids from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation (Dzharakuduk locality, Uzbekistan) is published by Panteleev (2018).{{Cite journal|author=A. V. Panteleev |year=2018 |title=Morphology of the coracoid of Late Cretaceous enantiornithines (Aves: Enantiornithes) from Dzharakuduk (Uzbekistan) |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=201–207 |doi=10.1134/S0031030118020089 |s2cid=91039471 }}
• O'Connor et al. (2018) propose criteria for identifying medullary bone in fossils, and report probable medullary bone from a pengornithid enantiornithine specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation (China).{{Cite journal|author1=Jingmai O'Connor |author2=Gregory M. Erickson |author3=Mark Norell |author4=Alida M. Bailleul |author5=Han Hu |author6=Zhonghe Zhou |year=2018 |title=Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils |journal=Nature Communications |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 5169 |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-07621-z |pmid=30518763 |pmc=6281594 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9.5169O }}
• A specimen of Archaeorhynchus spathula with extensive soft tissue preservation, revealing a tail morphology previously unknown in Mesozoic birds and an exceptional occurrence of fossilized lung tissue, is described from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation (China) by Wang et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Xiaoli Wang |author2=Jingmai K. O'Connor |author3=John N. Maina |author4=Yanhong Pan |author5=Min Wang |author6=Yan Wang |author7=Xiaoting Zheng |author8=Zhonghe Zhou |year=2018 |title=Archaeorhynchus preserving significant soft tissue including probable fossilized lungs |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=115 |issue=45 |pages=11555–11560 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1805803115 |pmid=30348768 |pmc=6233124 |bibcode=2018PNAS..11511555W |doi-access=free }}
• Wang et al. (2018) report the presence of distinct salt gland fossa on the frontal of a bird similar to Iteravis huchzermeyeri and Gansus zheni from the Lower Cretaceous Sihedang locality (Jiufotang Formation, China); the authors also consider I. huchzermeyeri and G. zheni to be probably synonymous.{{Cite journal|author1=Xia Wang |author2=Jiandong Huang |author3=Yuanchao Hu |author4=Xiaoyu Liu |author5=Jennifer Peteya |author6=Julia A. Clarke |year=2018 |title=The earliest evidence for a supraorbital salt gland in dinosaurs in new Early Cretaceous ornithurines |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 3969 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-22412-8 |pmid=29507398 |pmc=5838252 |bibcode=2018NatSR...8.3969W }}
• Abundant black flies, thought to have inhabited the same environments as Cretaceous ornithurine birds and most likely fed on them, are described from the Santonian Taimyr amber (Russia) by Perkovsky, Sukhomlin & Zelenkov (2018), who use these insects as an indicator of a bird community, and argue that advanced ornithuromorph birds might have originated at higher latitudes.{{cite journal |author1=Evgeny E. Perkovsky |author2=Ekaterina B. Sukhomlin |author3=Nikita V. Zelenkov |year=2018 |title=An unexpectedly abundant new genus of black flies (Diptera, Simuliidae) from Upper Cretaceous Taimyr amber of Ugolyak, with discussion of the early evolution of birds at high latitudes |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=90 |pages=80–89 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.002 |bibcode=2018CrRes..90...80P |s2cid=134500301 |url=http://osf.io/eynka/ }}
• Field et al. (2018) report new specimens and previously overlooked elements of the holotype of Ichthyornis dispar, and generate a nearly complete three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of this species.{{Cite journal|author1=Daniel J. Field |author2=Michael Hanson |author3=David Burnham |author4=Laura E. Wilson |author5=Kristopher Super |author6=Dana Ehret |author7=Jun A. Ebersole |author8=Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar |year=2018 |title=Complete Ichthyornis skull illuminates mosaic assembly of the avian head |journal=Nature |volume=557 |issue=7703 |pages=96–100 |doi=10.1038/s41586-018-0053-y |pmid=29720636 |bibcode=2018Natur.557...96F |s2cid=13678775 |url=https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/7e1fb8f7-27b1-422c-8ce3-8124902d93e5 }}
• A study on the impact of the widespread destruction of forests during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event on bird evolution, as indicated by ancestral state reconstructions of neornithine ecology and inferences about enantiornithine ecology, is published by Field et al. (2018), who interpret their findings as indicating that the global forest collapse at the end of the Cretaceous caused extinction of predominantly tree-dwelling birds, while bird groups that survived the extinction and gave rise to extant birds were non-arboreal.{{Cite journal|author1=Daniel J. Field |author2=Antoine Bercovici |author3=Jacob S. Berv |author4=Regan Dunn |author5=David E. Fastovsky |author6=Tyler R. Lyson |author7=Vivi Vajda |author8=Jacques A. Gauthier |year=2018 |title=Early evolution of modern birds structured by global forest collapse at the end-Cretaceous mass extinction |journal=Current Biology |volume=28 |issue=11 |pages=1825–1831.e2 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.062 |pmid=29804807 |s2cid=44075214 |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the evolution of the anatomy of the crown-bird skull is published by Felice & Goswami (2018), who also present a hypothetical reconstruction of the ancestral crown-bird skull.{{Cite journal|author1=Ryan N. Felice |author2=Anjali Goswami |year=2018 |title=Developmental origins of mosaic evolution in the avian cranium |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=115 |issue=3 |pages=555–560 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1716437115 |pmid=29279399 |pmc=5776993 |bibcode=2018PNAS..115..555F |doi-access=free }}
• A fossil tinamou belonging to the genus Eudromia, exceeding the size range of living species of the genus, is described from the Lujanian sediments in Marcos Paz County (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) by Cenizo et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Marcos Cenizo |author2=Jorge Noriega |author3=Juan Diederle |author4=Esteban Soibelzon |author5=Leopoldo Soibelzon |author6=Sergio Rodriguez |author7=Elisa Beilinson |year=2018 |title=An unexpected large Crested Tinamou (Eudromia, Tinamidae, Aves) near to Last Glacial Maximum (MIS 2, late Pleistocene) of the Argentine Pampas |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=330–338 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1491568 |s2cid=91851921 |hdl=11336/84901 |hdl-access=free }}
• A study on the dietary behavior of four species of the moa and their interactions with parasites based on data from their coprolites is published by Boast et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Alexander P. Boast |author2=Laura S. Weyrich |author3=Jamie R. Wood |author4=Jessica L. Metcalf |author5=Rob Knight |author6=Alan Cooper |year=2018 |title=Coprolites reveal ecological interactions lost with the extinction of New Zealand birds |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=115 |issue=7 |pages=1546–1551 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1712337115 |pmid=29440415 |pmc=5816151 |bibcode=2018PNAS..115.1546B |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the seeds preserved in moa coprolites is published by Carpenter et al. (2018), who question the hypothesis that some of the largest-seeded plants of New Zealand were dispersed by moas.{{Cite journal|author1=Joanna K. Carpenter |author2=Jamie R. Wood |author3=Janet M. Wilmshurst |author4=Dave Kelly |year=2018 |title=An avian seed dispersal paradox: New Zealand's extinct megafaunal birds did not disperse large seeds |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=285 |issue=1877 |page=20180352 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2018.0352 |pmid=29669903 |pmc=5936733 }}
• A study on the genetic and morphological diversity of the emus, including extinct island populations, is published by Thomson et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Vicki A. Thomson |author2=Kieren J. Mitchell |author3=Rolan Eberhard |author4=Joe Dortch |author5=Jeremy J. Austin |author6=Alan Cooper |year=2018 |title=Genetic diversity and drivers of dwarfism in extinct island emu populations |journal=Biology Letters |volume=14 |issue=4|page=20170617|doi=10.1098/rsbl.2017.0617|pmid=29618519|pmc=5938559}}
• A study on the timing of first human arrival in Madagascar, as indicated by evidence of prehistoric human modification of multiple elephant bird postcranial elements, is published by Hansford et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=James Hansford |author2=Patricia C. Wright |author3=Armand Rasoamiaramanana |author4=Ventura R. Pérez |author5=Laurie R. Godfrey |author6=David Errickson |author7=Tim Thompson |author8=Samuel T. Turvey |year=2018 |title=Early Holocene human presence in Madagascar evidenced by exploitation of avian megafauna |journal=Science Advances |volume=4 |issue=9 |page=eaat6925 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.aat6925 |pmid=30214938 |pmc=6135541 |bibcode=2018SciA....4.6925H }}
• A study on the anatomy of the brains of elephant birds Aepyornis maximus and A. hildebrandti, and on its implications for inferring the ecology and behaviour of these birds, is published by Torres & Clarke (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Christopher R. Torres |author2=Julia A. Clarke |year=2018 |title=Nocturnal giants: evolution of the sensory ecology in elephant birds and other palaeognaths inferred from digital brain reconstructions |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=285 |issue=1890 |page=20181540 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2018.1540 |pmid=30381378 |pmc=6235046 }}
• A model of development of bony pseudoteeth of the odontopterygiform birds is proposed by Louchart et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Antoine Louchart |author2=Vivian de Buffrénil |author3=Estelle Bourdon |author4=Maïtena Dumont |author5=Laurent Viriot |author6=Jean-Yves Sire |year=2018 |title=Bony pseudoteeth of extinct pelagic birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) formed through a response of bone cells to tooth-specific epithelial signals under unique conditions |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article number 12952 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-31022-3 |pmid=30154516 |pmc=6113277 |bibcode=2018NatSR...812952L }}
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the taxa assigned to the family Vegaviidae by Agnolín et al. (2017){{Cite journal|author1=Federico L. Agnolín |author2=Federico Brissón Egli |author3=Sankar Chatterjee |author4=Jordi Alexis Garcia Marsà |author5=Fernando E. Novas |year=2017 |title=Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=104 |issue=11–12 |pages=Article number 87 |doi=10.1007/s00114-017-1508-y |pmid=28988276 |bibcode=2017SciNa.104...87A |s2cid=13246547 |hdl=11336/50697 |hdl-access=free }} is published by Mayr et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Vanesa L. De Pietri |author3=R. Paul Scofield |author4=Trevor H. Worthy |year=2018 |title=On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al., 2017 ‒ neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=86 |pages=178–185 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2018.02.013 |hdl=2328/37887 |s2cid=134876425 |hdl-access=free }}
• A study on the adaptations for filter-feeding (other than beak shape) in the feeding apparatus of modern ducks, evaluating whether they could be also found in the skull of Presbyornis, is published by Zelenkov & Stidham (2018), who argue that Presbyornis most likely was a poorly specialized filter-feeder.{{Cite journal|author1=N. V. Zelenkov |author2=T. A. Stidham |year=2018 |title=Possible filter-feeding in the extinct Presbyornis and the evolution of Anseriformes (Aves) |journal=Zoologicheskii Zhurnal |volume=97 |issue=8 |pages=943–956 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327238956 |doi=10.1134/s0044513418080159}}
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species Chendytes lawi and the Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is published by Buckner et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Janet C. Buckner |author2=Ryan Ellingson |author3=David A. Gold |author4=Terry L. Jones |author5=David K. Jacobs |year=2018 |title=Mitogenomics supports an unexpected taxonomic relationship for the extinct diving duck Chendytes lawi and definitively places the extinct Labrador Duck |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=122 |pages=102–109 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.008 |pmid=29247849 |url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/83878/1/1-s2.0-S1055790317304621-main.pdf }}
• Schmidt (2018) interprets more than 1000 large, near-circular gravel mounds from western New South Wales (Australia) as likely to be nest mounds constructed by an extinct bird, similar to the malleefowl but larger.{{Cite journal|author=L. Schmidt |year=2018 |title=A biological origin for gravel mounds in inland Australia |journal=Australian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=65 |issue=5 |pages=607–617 |doi=10.1080/08120099.2018.1460865 |bibcode=2018AuJES..65..607S |s2cid=133805084 }}
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Foro panarium is published by Field & Hsiang (2018), who consider this species to be a stem-turaco.{{Cite journal|author1=Daniel J. Field |author2=Allison Y. Hsiang |year=2018 |title=A North American stem turaco, and the complex biogeographic history of modern birds |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |volume=18 |issue=1 |page=102 |doi=10.1186/s12862-018-1212-3 |pmid=29936914 |pmc=6016133 |doi-access=free }}
• Petralca austriaca, originally thought to be an auk, is reinterpreted as a member of Gaviiformes by Göhlich & Mayr (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Ursula B. Göhlich |author2=Gerald Mayr |year=2018 |title=The alleged early Miocene Auk Petralca austriaca is a Loon (Aves, Gaviiformes): restudy of a controversial fossil bird |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=30 |issue=8 |pages=1076–1083 |doi= 10.1080/08912963.2017.1333610 |s2cid=90729728 }}
• Globuli ossei (subspherical structures of endochondral origin, inserted in the hypertrophic cartilage of long bones) are reported for the first time in a bird (a fossil penguin Delphinornis arctowskii from Antarctica) by Garcia Marsà, Tambussi & Cerda (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Jordi Alexis Garcia Marsà |author2=Claudia P. Tambussi |author3=Ignacio A. Cerda |year=2018 |title=First evidence of globuli ossei in bird (Aves, Spheniciformes). Implications on paleohistology and bird behaviour |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=570–573 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1508288 |s2cid=91883191 |hdl=11336/183848 |hdl-access=free }}
• Redescription of the anatomy of the fossil penguin Madrynornis mirandus and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of this species is published by Degrange, Ksepka & Tambussi (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Federico J. Degrange |author2=Daniel T. Ksepka |author3=Claudia P. Tambussi |year=2018 |title=Redescription of the oldest crown clade penguin: cranial osteology, jaw myology, neuroanatomy, and phylogenetic affinities of Madrynornis mirandus |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=2 |page=e1445636 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1445636 |bibcode=2018JVPal..38E5636D |s2cid=90452580 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324657795 |hdl=11336/183611 |hdl-access=free }}
• Fossil material attributed to the extinct Hunter Island penguin (Tasidyptes hunteri) is reinterpreted as assemblage of remains from three extant penguin species by Cole et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Theresa L. Cole |author2=Jonathan M. Waters |author3=Lara D. Shepherd |author4=Nicolas J. Rawlence |author5=Leo Joseph |author6=Jamie R. Wood |year=2018 |title=Ancient DNA reveals that the 'extinct' Hunter Island penguin (Tasidyptes hunteri) is not a distinct taxon |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=182 |issue=2 |pages=459–464 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx043 }}
• A study on the history of penguin colonization of the Vestfold Hills (Antarctica), indicating that penguins started colonizing the northern Vestfold Hills around 14.6 thousand years before present, is published by Gao et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Yuesong Gao |author2=Lianjiao Yang |author3=Jianjun Wang |author4=Zhouqing Xie |author5=Yuhong Wang |author6=Liguang Sun |year=2018 |title=Penguin colonization following the last glacial-interglacial transition in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |volume=490 |pages=629–639 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.053 |bibcode=2018PPP...490..629G }}
• A study on the history of active and abandoned Adélie penguin colonies at Cape Adare (Antarctica), based on new excavations and radiocarbon dating, is published by Emslie, McKenzie & Patterson (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Steven D. Emslie |author2=Ashley McKenzie |author3=William P. Patterson |year=2018 |title=The rise and fall of an ancient Adélie penguin 'supercolony' at Cape Adare, Antarctica |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=5 |issue=4 |page=172032 |doi=10.1098/rsos.172032 |pmid=29765656 |pmc=5936921 |bibcode=2018RSOS....572032E }}
• A study on the mummified Adélie penguin carcasses and associated sediments from the Long Peninsula (East Antarctica), and on their implications for inferring the causes of the abandonment of numerous penguin sub-colonies in this area during the 2nd millennium, is published by Gao et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Yuesong Gao |author2=Lianjiao Yang |author3=Zhouqing Xie |author4=Louise Emmerson |author5=Colin Southwell |author6=Yuhong Wang |author7=Liguang Sun |year=2018 |title=Last millennium Adélie penguin mortality and colony abandonment events on Long Peninsula, East Antarctica |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences |volume=123 |issue=9 |pages=2878–2889 |doi=10.1029/2018JG004550 |bibcode=2018JGRG..123.2878G|s2cid=135026839 |doi-access=free }}
• New bird fossils, including the first reported tarsometatarsus of the plotopterid Tonsala hildegardae are described from the late Eocene/early Oligocene Makah Formation and the Oligocene Pysht Formation (Washington state, United States) by Mayr & Goedert (2018), who name a new plotopterid subfamily Tonsalinae.{{cite journal |author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=James L. Goedert |year=2018 |title=First record of a tarsometatarsus of Tonsala hildegardae (Plotopteridae) and other avian remains from the late Eocene/early Oligocene of Washington State (USA) |journal=Geobios |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=51–59 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2017.12.006 |bibcode=2018Geobi..51...51M }}
• A well-preserved scapula of a plotopterid, enabling the reconstruction of the triosseal canal in plotopterids, is described from the Oligocene Jinnobaru Formation (Japan) by Ando & Fukata (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Tatsuro Ando |author2=Keisaku Fukata |year=2018 |title=A well-preserved partial scapula from Japan and the reconstruction of the triosseal canal of plotopterids |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e5391 |doi=10.7717/peerj.5391 |pmid=30155348 |pmc=6112113 |doi-access=free }}
• Fossil remains of the spectacled cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) are described from the upper Pleistocene of Shiriya (northeast Japan) by Watanabe, Matsuoka & Hasegawa (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Junya Watanabe |author2=Hiroshige Matsuoka |author3=Yoshikazu Hasegawa |year=2018 |title=Pleistocene fossils from Japan show that the recently extinct Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) was a relict |journal=The Auk |volume=135 |issue=4 |pages=895–907 |doi=10.1642/AUK-18-54.1 |hdl=2433/233910 |s2cid=91465582 |hdl-access=free }}
• Extinct lowland kagu (Rhynochetos orarius) is reinterpreted as synonymous with extant kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) by Theuerkauf & Gula (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Jörn Theuerkauf |author2=Roman Gula |year=2018 |title=Indirect evidence for body size reduction in a flightless island bird after human colonisation |journal=Journal of Ornithology |volume=159 |issue=3 |pages=823–826 |doi=10.1007/s10336-018-1545-0 |s2cid=3521115 |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the Rodrigues scops owl and Mauritius scops owl is published by Louchart et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Antoine Louchart |author2=Fabiola Bastian |author3=Marilia Baptista |author4=Perle Guarino-Vignon |author5=Julian P. Hume |author6=Cécile Jacot-des-Combes |author7=Cécile Mourer-Chauviré |author8=Catherine Hänni |author9=Morgane Ollivier |year=2018 |title=Ancient DNA reveals the origins, colonization histories, and evolutionary pathways of two recently extinct species of giant scops owl from Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands (Mascarene Islands, south-western Indian Ocean) |journal=Journal of Biogeography |volume=45 |issue=12 |pages=2678–2689 |doi=10.1111/jbi.13450 |s2cid=91541852 }}
• Fossils of the barn owl (Tyto alba) are described from the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave system (South Africa) by Kruger & Badenhorst (2018), who also evaluate how these bird bones were introduced into the Dinaledi Chamber.{{Cite journal|author1=Ashley Kruger |author2=Shaw Badenhorst |year=2018 |title=Remains of a barn owl (Tyto alba) from the Dinaledi Chamber, Rising Star Cave, South Africa |journal=South African Journal of Science |volume=114 |issue=11/12 |pages=Article number 5152 |doi=10.17159/sajs.2018/5152 |doi-access=free }}
• New fossils of stem-mousebirds belonging to the family Sandcoleidae, providing new information on the anatomy of members of this family, are described from the Eocene of the Messel pit (Germany) by Mayr (2018).{{cite journal |author=Gerald Mayr |year=2018 |title=New data on the anatomy and palaeobiology of sandcoleid mousebirds (Aves, Coliiformes) from the early Eocene of Messel |journal=Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |volume=98 |issue=4 |pages=639–651 |doi=10.1007/s12549-018-0328-1 |s2cid=134450324 }}
• Partial skeleton of an early member of Coraciiformes of uncertain generic and specific assignment, showing several previously unknown features of the skull and vertebral column of early coraciiforms, is described from the Lower Eocene (53.5–51.5 million years old) London Clay (United Kingdom) by Mayr & Walsh (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Stig A. Walsh |year=2018 |title=Exceptionally well-preserved early Eocene fossil reveals cranial and vertebral features of a stem group roller (Aves: Coraciiformes) |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=715–726 |doi=10.1007/s12542-018-0424-6 |s2cid=92362059 }}
• New phorusrhacid fossils are described from the Pleistocene of Uruguay by Jones et al. (2018), providing evidence of survival of phorusrhacids until the end of the Pleistocene.{{cite journal |author1=Washington Jones |author2=Andrés Rinderknecht |author3=Herculano Alvarenga |author4=Felipe Montenegro |author5=Martín Ubilla |year=2018 |title=The last terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae): new evidence from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay |journal=PalZ |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=365–372 |doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0388-y |s2cid=134344096 }}
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of the extinct Cuban macaw (Ara tricolor) is published by Johansson et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Ulf S. Johansson |author2=Per G. P. Ericson |author3=Mozes P. K. Blom |author4=Martin Irestedt |year=2018 |title=The phylogenetic position of the extinct Cuban Macaw Ara tricolor based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences |journal=Ibis |volume=160 |issue=3 |pages=666–672 |doi=10.1111/ibi.12591 }}
• A study on an ancient DNA of scarlet macaws recovered from archaeological sites in Chaco Canyon and the contemporaneous Mimbres area of New Mexico is published by George et al. (2018), who report low genetic diversity in this sample, and interpret their findings as indicating that people at an undiscovered Pre-Hispanic settlement dating between 900 and 1200 CE managed a macaw breeding colony outside their endemic range.{{Cite journal|author1=Richard J. George |author2=Stephen Plog |author3=Adam S. Watson |author4=Kari L. Schmidt |author5=Brendan J. Culleton |author6=Thomas K. Harper |author7=Patricia A. Gilman |author8=Steven A. LeBlanc |author9=George Amato |author10=Peter Whiteley |author11=Logan Kistler |author12=Douglas J. Kennett |year=2018 |title=Archaeogenomic evidence from the southwestern US points to a Pre-Hispanic scarlet macaw breeding colony |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=115 |issue=35 |pages=8740–8745 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1805856115 |pmid=30104352 |pmc=6126748 |bibcode=2018PNAS..115.8740G |doi-access=free }}
• A study on the bird fossils from the Olduvai Gorge site (Tanzania) and their implications for inferring the environmental context of the site during the Oldowan-Acheulean transitional period is published by Prassack et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Kari A. Prassack |author2=Michael C. Pante |author3=Jackson K. Njau |author4=Ignacio de la Torre |year=2018 |title=The paleoecology of Pleistocene birds from Middle Bed II, at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and the environmental context of the Oldowan-Acheulean transition |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |volume=120 |pages=32–47 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.11.003 |pmid=29458978 |s2cid=3411642 |url=http://iu.tind.io/record/1124 |doi-access=free |hdl=10261/357100 |hdl-access=free }}
• A study on the bird fossil assemblage from the Pleistocene of the Rio Secco Cave (north-eastern Italy) and its implications for the palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of the site is published by Carrera et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Lisa Carrera |author2=Marco Pavia |author3=Matteo Romandini |author4=Marco Peresani |year=2018 |title=Avian fossil assemblages at the onset of the LGM in the eastern Alps: A palaecological contribution from the Rio Secco Cave (Italy) |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=166–177 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2017.10.006 |bibcode=2018CRPal..17..166C |doi-access=free |hdl=11392/2396672 |hdl-access=free }}
• Oswald & Steadman (2018) report nearly 500 (probably late Pleistocene) bird fossils collected on New Providence (The Bahamas) in 1958 and 1960.{{cite journal |author1=Jessica A. Oswald |author2=David W. Steadman |year=2018 |title=The late Quaternary bird community of New Providence, Bahamas |journal=The Auk |volume=135 |issue=2 |pages=359–377 |doi=10.1642/AUK-17-185.1 |s2cid=90808935 }}
• A study on the fossils of Pleistocene birds collected on Picard Island (Seychelles) in 1987 is published by Hume, Martill & Hing (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Julian P. Hume |author2=David Martill |author3=Richard Hing |year=2018 |title=A terrestrial vertebrate palaeontological review of Aldabra Atoll, Aldabra Group, Seychelles |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=3 |page=e0192675 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0192675 |pmid=29590117 |pmc=5873930 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1392675H |doi-access=free }}
• A revision of non-passeriform landbird fossils from the Pleistocene of Shiriya (northeast Japan) is published by Watanabe, Matsuoka & Hasegawa (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Junya Watanabe |author2=Hiroshige Matsuoka |author3=Yoshikazu Hasegawa |year=2018 |title=Pleistocene non-passeriform landbirds from Shiriya, northeast Japan |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=469–491 |doi=10.4202/app.00509.2018 |doi-access=free |hdl=2433/234713 |hdl-access=free }}
• Remains of 32 species of seabirds and related taxa are reported from the middle–late Pleistocene Shiriya local fauna (northeastern Japan) by Watanabe, Matsuoka & Hasegawa (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Junya Watanabe |author2=Hiroshige Matsuoka |author3=Yoshikazu Hasegawa |year=2018 |title=Pleistocene seabirds from Shiriya, northeast Japan: systematics and oceanographic context |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=671–729 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2018.1529764 |s2cid=91318600 }}
• Description of Late Pleistocene bird fauna from Buso Doppio del Broion Cave (Berici Hills, Italy), including fossils of the snowy owl and the northern hawk-owl (considered to be markers of a colder climate than the present one) and the first Italian Pleistocene fossil remains of the Eurasian wren and the black redstart, is published by Carrera et al. (2018).{{Cite journal |author1=Lisa Carrera |author2=Marco Pavia |author3=Marco Peresani |author4=Matteo Romandini |year=2018 |title=Late Pleistocene fossil birds from Buso Doppio del Broion Cave (North-Eastern Italy): implications for palaeoecology, palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate |journal=Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=145–174 |doi=10.4435/BSPI.2018.10 |doi-broken-date=2024-11-20 |url=http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/100/vol-57-2-2018/ |access-date=2018-09-22 |archive-date=2018-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922173606/http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/100/vol-57-2-2018/ |url-status=usurped }}
• Bird eggshell fragments are described from the Fitterer Ranch locality within the Oligocene Brule Formation (North Dakota, United States) by Lawver & Boyd (2018), who name a new ootaxon Metoolithus jacksonae.{{Cite journal|author1=Daniel R. Lawver |author2=Clint A. Boyd |year=2018 |title=An avian eggshell from the Brule Formation (Oligocene) of North Dakota |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=(1)–(9) |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1486848 |s2cid=92011080 }}

• A study on the morphological diversity of the mandibular shapes in pterosaurs is published by Navarro, Martin-Silverstone & Stubbs (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Charlie A. Navarro |author2=Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone |author3=Thomas L. Stubbs |year=2018 |title=Morphometric assessment of pterosaur jaw disparity |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=5 |issue=4 |page=172130 |doi=10.1098/rsos.172130 |pmid=29765665 |pmc=5936930 |bibcode=2018RSOS....572130N }}
• A synthesis of pterosaur dietary interpretations, evaluating how robustly supported different dietary interpretations are within, and between, key pterosaur groups, is published by Bestwick et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Jordan Bestwick |author2=David M. Unwin |author3=Richard J. Butler |author4=Donald M. Henderson |author5=Mark A. Purnell |year=2018 |title=Pterosaur dietary hypotheses: a review of ideas and approaches |journal=Biological Reviews |volume=93 |issue=4 |pages=2021–2048 |doi=10.1111/brv.12431 |pmid=29877021 |pmc=6849529 }}
• A study on the validity of six ontogenetic stages in pterosaur life history proposed by Kellner (2015){{Cite journal|author =Alexander W.A. Kellner |year=2015 |title=Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with discussion about ontogeny and description of new taxa |journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=669–689 |doi=10.1590/0001-3765201520150307 |pmid=26131631 |doi-access=free }} is published by Dalla Vecchia (2018), who also considers Bergamodactylus wildi to be a junior synonym of Carniadactylus rosenfeldi.{{Cite journal|author=Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia |year=2018 |title=Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with a commentary on the "ontogenetic stages" of Kellner (2015) and the validity of Bergamodactylus wildi |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=124 |issue=2 |pages=317–341 |doi=10.13130/2039-4942/10099 }}
• A pterosaur humerus from the Late Jurassic of Thailand, originally assigned to the group Azhdarchoidea, is reassigned to the family Rhamphorhynchidae by Unwin & Martill (2018).{{cite book |author1=David M. Unwin |author2=David M. Martill |year=2018 |chapter=Systematic reassessment of the first Jurassic pterosaur from Thailand |editor1=D. W. E. Hone |editor2=M. P. Witton |editor3=D. M. Martill |title=New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology |publisher=The Geological Society of London |pages=181–186 |isbn=978-1-78620-317-5 |doi=10.1144/SP455.13 |s2cid=133811716 }}
• Description of soft parts preserved in the holotype specimen of Scaphognathus crassirostris is published by Jäger et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Kai R.K. Jäger |author2=Helmut Tischlinger |author3=Georg Oleschinski |author4=P. Martin Sander |year=2018 |title=Goldfuß was right: Soft part preservation in the Late Jurassic pterosaur Scaphognathus crassirostris revealed by reflectance transformation imaging (RTI) and UV light and the auspicious beginnings of paleo-art |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=Article number 21.3.4T |doi=10.26879/713 |doi-access=free }}
• A tooth of a large pterodactyloid pterosaur, most similar to the teeth of Coloborhynchus and Ludodactylus, is described from the Cretaceous (Albian) Aïn el Guettar Formation (Tunisia) by Martill, Ibrahim & Bouaziz (2018).{{Cite journal|last1=Martill|first1=David M.|last2=Ibrahim|first2=Nizar|author-link2=Nizar Ibrahim|last3=Bouaziz|first3=Samir|year=2018|title=A giant pterosaur in the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Tunisia|journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences|language=en|volume=147|pages=331–337|doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.05.008|bibcode=2018JAfES.147..331M|s2cid=135248088|issn=1464-343X}}
• A new juvenile specimen of Pteranodon (the smallest reported so far) is described from the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Formation (Kansas, United States) by Bennett (2018).{{Cite journal|author=S. Christopher Bennett |year=2018 |title=New smallest specimen of the pterosaur Pteranodon and ontogenetic niches in pterosaurs |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=254–271 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2017.84 |bibcode=2018JPal...92..254B |s2cid=90893067 }}
• A metacarpal bone of a specimen of Pteranodon, bearing teeth marks likely produced by a shark and by a saurodontid fish, is described from the Campanian Mooreville Chalk (Alabama, United States) by Ehret & Harrell (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Dana J. Ehret |author2=T. Lynn Harrell, Jr. |year=2018 |title=Feeding traces on a Pteranodon (Reptilia: Pterosauria) bone from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Mooreville Chalk in Alabama, USA |journal=PALAIOS |volume=33 |issue=9 |pages=414–418 |doi=10.2110/palo.2018.024 |bibcode=2018Palai..33..414E |s2cid=135332458 }}
• A series of neck vertebrae of Pteranodon associated with a tooth of the lamniform shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli is described from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Formation (Kansas, United States) by Hone, Witton & Habib (2018), who interpret the specimen as evidence of Cretoxyrhina biting Pteranodon.{{Cite journal|author1=David W.E. Hone |author2=Mark P. Witton |author3=Michael B. Habib |year=2018 |title=Evidence for the Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli feeding on the pterosaur Pteranodon from the Niobrara Formation |journal=PeerJ |volume=6 |page=e6031 |doi=10.7717/peerj.6031 |pmid=30581660 |pmc=6296329 |doi-access=free }}
• A giant humerus of a tapejaroid pterosaur is described from the Upper Cretaceous Plottier Formation (Argentina) by Ortiz David, González Riga & Kellner (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Leonardo D. Ortiz David |author2=Bernardo J. González Riga |author3=Alexander W.A. Kellner |year=2018 |title=Discovery of the largest pterosaur from South America |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=83 |pages=40–46 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.004 |bibcode=2018CrRes..83...40O |hdl=11336/41234 |hdl-access=free }}
• A revision of the taxonomy of Noripterus and other Asian members of the family Dsungaripteridae is published by Hone, Jiang & Xu (2018).{{cite book |author1=D. W. E. Hone |author2=S. Jiang |author3=X. Xu |year=2018 |chapter=A taxonomic revision of Noripterus complicidens and Asian members of the Dsungaripteridae |editor1=D. W. E. Hone |editor2=M. P. Witton |editor3=D. M. Martill |title=New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology |publisher=The Geological Society of London |pages=149–157 |isbn=978-1-78620-317-5 |doi=10.1144/SP455.8 |s2cid=131992645 }}
• A new thalassodromine specimen is described from the Lower Cretaceous Romualdo Formation (Brazil) by Buchmann et al. (2018), providing new information on the anatomy of the postcranial skeleton of members of the group.{{Cite journal|author1=Richard Buchmann |author2=Taissa Rodrigues |author3=Sabrina Polegario |author4=Alexander W.A. Kellner |year=2018 |title=New information on the postcranial skeleton of the Thalassodrominae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=30 |issue=8 |pages=1139–1149 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2017.1343314 |s2cid=133637418 }}
• Redescription of the holotype of Thalassodromeus sethi is published by Pêgas, Costa & Kellner (2018), who transfer the species Banguela oberlii to the genus Thalassodromeus.{{Cite journal|author1=Rodrigo V. Pêgas |author2=Fabiana R. Costa |author3=Alexander W.A. Kellner |year=2018 |title=New information on the osteology and a taxonomic revision of the genus Thalassodromeus (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae, Thalassodrominae) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=38 |issue=2 |page=e1443273 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2018.1443273 |bibcode=2018JVPal..38E3273P |s2cid=90477315 }}
• Purported pterosaur pelvis from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation (Canada) described by Funston, Martin-Silverstone & Currie (2017){{cite journal |author1=Gregory F. Funston |author2=Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone |author3=Philip J. Currie |year=2017 |title=The first pterosaur pelvic material from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) and implications for azhdarchid locomotion |journal=FACETS |volume=2 |pages=559–574 |doi=10.1139/facets-2016-0067 |doi-access=free }} is reinterpreted as a broken tyrannosaurid squamosal by Funston, Martin-Silverstone & Currie (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Gregory F. Funston |author2=Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone |author3=Philip J. Currie |year=2018 |title=Correction: The first pterosaur pelvic material from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) and implications for azhdarchid locomotion |journal=FACETS |volume=3 |pages=192–194 |doi=10.1139/facets-2018-0006 |doi-access=free }}
• Partial mandible of a giant azhdarchid pterosaur, representing the largest pterosaur mandible reported so far, is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hațeg Basin (Romania) by Vremir et al. (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Mátyás Vremir |author2=Gareth Dyke |author3=Zoltán Csiki-Sava |author4=Dan Grigorescu |author5=Eric Buffetaut |year=2018 |title=Partial mandible of a giant pterosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of the Hațeg Basin, Romania |journal=Lethaia |volume=51 |issue=4 |pages=493–503 |doi=10.1111/let.12268 }}

• A study on the anatomy of Teleocrater rhadinus is published by Nesbitt et al. (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Sterling J. Nesbitt |author2=Richard J. Butler |author3=Martín D. Ezcurra |author4=Alan J. Charig |author5=Paul M. Barrett |year=2018 |title=The anatomy of Teleocrater rhadinus, an early avemetatarsalian from the lower portion of the Lifua Member of the Manda Beds (Middle Triassic) |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=37 |issue=Supplement to No. 6 |pages=142–177 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1396539 |hdl=11336/56718 |s2cid=90421480 |url=http://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/43363581/Nesbitt_et_al._in_press.pdf }}
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of lagerpetid dinosauromorphs is published by Müller, Langer & Dias-da-Silva (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Rodrigo Temp Müller |author2=Max Cardoso Langer |author3=Sérgio Dias-da-Silva |year=2018 |title=Ingroup relationships of Lagerpetidae (Avemetatarsalia: Dinosauromorpha): a further phylogenetic investigation on the understanding of dinosaur relatives |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4392 |issue=1 |pages=149–158 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4392.1.7 |pmid=29690420 }}
• New specimen of Dromomeron romeri (potentially representing the youngest known lagerpetid in North America, if not worldwide) is described from the Owl Rock Member of the Chinle Formation (Arizona, United States) by Marsh (2018).{{Cite journal|author=Adam D. Marsh |year=2018 |title=A new record of Dromomeron romeri Irmis et al., 2007 (Lagerpetidae) from the Chinle Formation of Arizona, U.S.A. |journal=PaleoBios |volume=35 |pages=ucmp_paleobios_42075 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8w5755sg }}
• A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Pisanosaurus mertii is published by Agnolín & Rozadilla (2018), who interpret the taxon as a likely silesaurid.{{Cite journal|author1=Federico L. Agnolín |author2=Sebastián Rozadilla |year=2018 |title=Phylogenetic reassessment of Pisanosaurus mertii Casamiquela, 1967, a basal dinosauriform from the Late Triassic of Argentina |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=10 |pages=853–879 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1352623 |s2cid=90655527 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/5277811 |hdl=11336/47253 |hdl-access=free }}
• Reevaluation of Caseosaurus crosbyensis and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by Baron & Williams (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Matthew G. Baron |author2=Megan E. Williams |year=2018 |title=A re-evaluation of the enigmatic dinosauriform Caseosaurus crosbyensis from the Late Triassic of Texas, USA and its implications for early dinosaur evolution |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=129–145 |doi=10.4202/app.00372.2017 |doi-access=free }}
• Fossils of a member of the genus Smok of uncertain specific assignment are described from the Upper Triassic Marciszów site (southern Poland) by Niedźwiedzki & Budziszewska-Karwowska (2018).{{cite journal |author1=Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki |author2=Ewa Budziszewska-Karwowska |year=2018 |title=A new occurrence of the Late Triassic archosaur Smok in southern Poland |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=703–712 |doi=10.4202/app.00505.2018 |doi-access=free }}

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