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* Bochaton ''et al.'' (2019) present equations producing estimations of size and weight of [[monitor lizard]]s on the basis of measurements of their bones, and use them to determine body size and weight of Late Pleistocene monitor lizards known from remains from the Doi Pha Kan rock shelter ([[Thailand]]).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Corentin Bochaton |author2=Pauline Hanot |author3=Stéphane Frère |author4=Julien Claude |author5=Wilailuck Naksri |author6=Prasit Auetrakulvit |author7=Valéry Zeitoun |year=2019 |title=Size and weight estimations of subfossil monitor lizards (''Varanus'' sp. Merrem 1820) with an application to the Hoabinhian assemblage of Doi Pha Kan (Late Pleistocene, Lampang province, Thailand) |journal=Annales de Paléontologie |volume=105 |issue=4 |pages=295–304 |doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2019.05.003 }}</ref>
* A study evaluating the fossil record of [[mosasaur]]s in terms of fossil completeness as a measure of fossil quality is published by Driscoll ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Daniel A. Driscoll |author2=Alexander M. Dunhill |author3=Thomas L. Stubbs |author4=Michael J. Benton |year=2019 |title=The mosasaur fossil record through the lens of fossil completeness |journal=Palaeontology |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=51–75 |doi=10.1111/pala.12381 }}</ref>
* A study on the morphology of the marginal teeth of ''[[Mosasaurus]] lemonnieri'', and on their implications for the distinguishability of this species on the basis of fossil teeth, is published online by Madzia (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Daniel Madzia |year=2019 |title=Dental variability and distinguishability in ''Mosasaurus lemonnieri'' (Mosasauridae) from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of Belgium, and implications for taxonomic assessments of mosasaurid dentitions |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |volume=in press32 |issue=10 |pages=1340–1354 1–15|doi=10.1080/08912963.2019.1588892 }}</ref>
* A skull of a member of the genus ''Mosasaurus'' is reported from the upper [[Maastrichtian]] [[Lopez de Bertodano Formation]] ([[Seymour Island]], [[Antarctica]]) by Ruiz ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Pablo González Ruiz |author2=Marta S. Fernández |author3=Marianella Talevi |author4=Juan M. Leardi |author5=Marcelo A. Reguero |year=2019 |title=A new Plotosaurini mosasaur skull from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica. Plotosaurini paleogeographic occurrences |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=103 |pages=Article 104166 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2019.06.012 }}</ref>
* A study on the anatomy of the inner ear of ''[[Platecarpus]]'' is published by Yi & [[Mark Norell|Norell]] (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Hongyu Yi |author2=Mark Norell |year=2019 |title=The bony labyrinth of ''Platecarpus'' (Squamata: Mosasauria) and aquatic adaptations in squamate reptiles |journal=Palaeoworld |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=550–561 |doi=10.1016/j.palwor.2018.12.001 }}</ref>