(1) Prilepskaya NE, Belyaev RI, Burova ND, Bachura OP, Sinitsyn AA (2020) Determination of season-of-death and age-at-death by cementum increment analysis of horses Equus ferus (Boddaert, 1785) from cultural layer IVa at Upper Paleolithic site Kostenki 14 (Markina Gora) (Voronezh region, Russia). Quaternary International, Vol. 557: P. 110-120, DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.05.055.
(2) Rivals А, Prilepskaya NE, Belyaev RI, Pervushov EM (2020) Dramatic change in the diet of a late Pleistocene Elasmotherium population during its last days of life: Implications for its catastrophic mortality in the Saratov region of Russia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 556: P. 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109898.
(3) Belyaev RI, Kuznetsov AN, Prilepskaya NE (2021) A mechanistic approach for the calculation of intervertebral mobility in mammals based on vertebrae osteometry. Journal of Anatomy, Vol. 238: P. 113–130. DOI: 10.1111/joa.13300
(4) Belyaev RI, Kuznetsov AN, Prilepskaya NE (2021) How the even-toed ungulate vertebral column works: Comparison of intervertebral mobility in 33 genera. Journal of Anatomy, Vol. 239: P. 1370–1399. DOI: 10.1111/joa.13521
(5) Ramírez-Pedraza I, Baryshnikov GF, Prilepskaya NE, Belyaev RI, Pappa S, Rivals F (2022) Paleodiet and niche partitioning among the easternmost European cave bears based on tooth wear analysis. Historical Biology, Vol. 34(6): P. 1063-1071. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1960324
(6) Belyaev RI, Kuznetsov AN, Prilepskaya NE (2022) From dorsomobility to dorsostability: A study of lumbosacral joint range of motion in artiodactyls. Journal of Anatomy, Vol. 241: P. 420-436. DOI: 10.1111/joa.13688
(7) Rivals F, Baryshnikov GF, Prilepskaya NE, Belyaev RI (2022) Diet and ecological niches of the Late Pleistocene hyenas Crocuta spelaea and C. ultima ussurica based on a study of tooth microwear. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 601: 111125. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111125
(8) Belyaev RI, Kuznetsov AN, Prilepskaya NE (2023) Truly dorsostable runners: Vertebral mobility in rhinoceroses, tapirs, and horses. Journal of Anatomy, Vol. 242: P. 568–591. DOI: 10.1111/joa.13799
(9) Rivals F, Belyaev RI, Basova VB, Prilepskaya NE (2023) Hogs, hippos or bears? Paleodiet of European Oligocene anthracotheres and entelodonts. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 611: 111363. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111363
(10) Belyaev RI, Boeskorov GG, Cheprasov MY, Prilepskaya NE (2023) A new discovery in the permafrost of Yakutia sheds light on the nasal horn morphology of the woolly rhinoceros. Journal of Morphology, Vol. 284: e21626. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21626
(11) Belyaev RI, Nikolskaia P, Bushuev AV, Panyutina AA, Kozhanova DA, Prilepskaya NE (2024) Running, jumping, hunting, and scavenging: Functional analysis of vertebral mobility and backbone properties in carnivorans. Journal of Anatomy, Vol. 244(2), P. 205–231. DOI: 10.1111/joa.13955
(12) Rivals F, Belyaev RI, Basova VB, Prilepskaya NE (2024) A tale from the Neogene savanna: Paleoecology of the hipparion fauna in the northern Black Sea region during the late Miocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 642: 112133. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112133
(13) Boeskorov GG, Chernova OF, Protopopov AV, Neretina AN, Shchelchkova MV, Belyaev RI, Kotov AA (2024) Frozen Mummy of a Subadult Woolly Rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) from the Late Pleistocene of Yakutia. Doklady Earth Science, Vol. 518, p. 1527–1533. DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X24602438
(14) Duno-Iglesias P, Ramírez-Pedraza I, Rivals F, Prilepskaya NE, Belyaev RI, Baryshnikov GF (2024) Dental microwear analysis of Kudaro cave bears: Insights into dietary evolution from the Middle to Late Pleistocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 653, 112417. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112417
(15) Boeskorov GG, Shchelchkova MV, Protopopov AV, Kryukova NV, Belyaev RI (2024) Reshaping a woolly rhinoceros: Discovery of a fat hump on its back. Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 345, 109013. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109013
(16) Belyaev RI, Boeskorov GG, Kuznetsov AN, Rotonda M, Prilepskaya NE (2025) Comparative study of the body proportions in Elephantidae and other large herbivorous mammals. Journal of Anatomy, 246(1), 63–85. DOI: 10.1111/joa.14143
(17) Belyaev RI, Prilepskaya NE (2025) The elephant backbone: Morphological differences, dorsostability, and vertebral fusions. Journal of Anatomy, 1–25. DOI: 10.1111/joa.14270
(18) Boeskorov GG, Cheprasov MY, Novgorodov GP, Shchelchkova MV, Prilepskaya NE, Belyaev RI (2025) The longest known rhino horn from the permafrost of Yakutia offers insights into woolly rhinoceros morphology, palaeoecology and sexual dimorphism. Journal of Zoology, 1-12. DOI: 10.1111/jzo.70064.