古生物學論文是專門發表論文，記錄過去生命的多樣性及其在時間和空間上的分布。作為古生物學的姐妹出版物，它的重點是描述性研究，包括對新分類群的描述，對高等分類群的系統修訂，詳細的生物地層和生物地理文獻，以及來自特定地點或地區的植物區系和動物群的描述。大部分稿件的長度預計不超過30頁，但如果材料值得的話，會考慮更長的稿件，包括單個主題部分。

Papers in Palaeontology is devoted to the publication of papers that document the diversity of past life and its distribution in time and space. As a sister publication to Palaeontology its focus is on descriptive research, including the descriptions of new taxa, systematic revisions of higher taxa, detailed biostratigraphical and biogeographical documentation, and descriptions of floras and faunas from specific localities or regions. Most contributions are expected to be less than 30 pp long but longer contributions will be considered if the material merits it, including single topic parts.