Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 18, Issue 1 (1998)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 18, Issue 1 (1998)

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The Phylogenetic Position Of Pachyrhachis Within Snakes (Squamata, Lepidosauria)
Hussam Zaher
Pages: 1-3
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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Megaraptor namunhuaiquii, gen. et sp. nov., a large-clawed, Late Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia
Fernando E. Novas
Pages: 4-9
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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The Furcacaudiformes: a new order of jawless vertebrates with thelodont scales, based on articulated Silurian and Devonian fossils from northern Canada
Mark V. H. Wilson & Michael W. Caldwell
Pages: 10-29
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforThe Furcacaudiformes: a new order of jawless vertebrates with thelodont scales, based on articulated Silurian and Devonian fossils from northern Canada | References | PDF (4.2 MB)
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Makaira sp., cf. M. Nigricans Lacépède, 1802 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae) from the Eastover Formation, late Miocene, Virginia, and a reexamination of †Istiophorus calvertensis Berry, 1917
Harry L. Fierstine
Pages: 30-42
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforMakaira sp., cf. M. Nigricans Lacépède, 1802 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae) from the Eastover Formation, late Miocene, Virginia, and a reexamination of †Istiophorus calvertensis Berry, 1917 | References | PDF (8.7 MB)
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Skull structure in post-Paleozoic lungfish
A. Kemp
Pages: 43-63
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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The first articulated skeleton of Dendrerpeton acadianum (Temnospondyli, Dendrerpetontidae) from the Lower Pennsylvanian locality of Joggins, Nova Scotia, and a review of its relationships
Robert B. Holmes, Robert L. Carroll & Robert R. Reisz
Pages: 64-79
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforThe first articulated skeleton of Dendrerpeton acadianum (Temnospondyli, Dendrerpetontidae) from the Lower Pennsylvanian locality of Joggins, Nova Scotia, and a review of its relationships | References | PDF (3.3 MB)
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Amphibian eggs from the Lower Permian of north-central Texas
Sergius H. Mamay, Robert W. Hook & Nicholas Hotton III
Pages: 80-84
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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Systematic revision of the Protostegidae, with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953
G. E. Hooks III
Pages: 85-98
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforSystematic revision of the Protostegidae, with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953 | References | PDF (9.1 MB)
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Paramacellodid lizard skulls from the Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Susan E. Evans & Daniel C. Chure
Pages: 99-114
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforParamacellodid lizard skulls from the Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah | References | PDF (2.3 MB)
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An unusual braincase (?Stokesosaurus clevelandi) from the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Utah (Morrison Formation; Late Jurassic)
Daniel J. Chure & James H. Madsen
Pages: 115-125
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforAn unusual braincase (?Stokesosaurus clevelandi) from the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Utah (Morrison Formation; Late Jurassic) | References | PDF (7.4 MB)
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A morphometric analysis of Allosaurus
David K. Smith
Pages: 126-142
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforA morphometric analysis of Allosaurus | References | PDF (8.5 MB)
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The presence of a furcula in tyrannosaurid theropods, and its phylogenetic and functional implications
Peter J. Makovicky & Philip J. Currie
Pages: 143-149
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforThe presence of a furcula in tyrannosaurid theropods, and its phylogenetic and functional implications | References | PDF (5.2 MB)
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Fossil datum and paleobiological event terms, paleontostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, and the definition of Land Mammal “Age” boundaries
Stephen L. Walsh
Pages: 150-179
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforFossil datum and paleobiological event terms, paleontostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, and the definition of Land Mammal “Age” boundaries | References | PDF (6.5 MB)
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Exploring the health of late Pleistocene mammals: the use of Harris lines
Geordie L. Duckler & Blaire Van Valkenburgh
Pages: 180-188
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforExploring the health of late Pleistocene mammals: the use of Harris lines | References | PDF (5.8 MB)
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Revised age of the Salla beds, Bolivia, and its bearing on the age of the Deseadan South American Land Mammal “Age”
Richard F. Kay, Bruce J. Macfadden, Richard H. Madden, Hamish Sandeman & Federico Anaya
Pages: 189-199
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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New genus of tapir (Mammalia: Tapiridae) from the Arikareean (earliest Miocene) of the Texas Coastal Plain
L. Barry Albright
Pages: 200-217
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
AbstractforNew genus of tapir (Mammalia: Tapiridae) from the Arikareean (earliest Miocene) of the Texas Coastal Plain | References | PDF (3 MB)
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Article
Rodents of the middle Eocene Shinzhaly fauna of Eastern Kazakstan
Robert J. Emry, Lyubov A. Tyutkova, Spencer G. Lucas & Banyue Wang
Pages: 218-227
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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A distinctive new archosaur from the Middle Triassic (Los Chañares Formation) of Argentina
Andrea Arcucci & Claudia A. Marsicano
Pages: 228-232
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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Jurassic sauropod dinosaur from the Republic of Georgia
Leo K. Gabunia, Guram Mchedlidze, Viacheslav M. Chkhikvadze & Spencer G. Lucas
Pages: 233-236
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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Triconodont mammals from the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Montana and Wyoming
Richard L. Cifelli, John R. Wible & Farish A. Jenkins Jr.
Pages: 237-241
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review
David E. Fastovsky and David B. Weishampel: The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs
Louis L. Jacobs
Page: 242
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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Jane Pierce Davidson: The Bone Sharp: The Life of Edward Drinker Cope
Kevin Padian
Pages: 243-246
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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Jack M. Callaway and Elizabeth L. Nicholls (eds.): Ancient Marine Reptiles
Hans-Dieter Sues
Pages: 246-247
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
CitationforJack M. Callaway and Elizabeth L. Nicholls (eds.): Ancient Marine Reptiles | References | PDF (1.7 MB)
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Qiu Zhuding: Middle Miocene Micromammalian Fauna from Tunggur, Nei Mongol
Xiaoming Wang
Page: 248
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
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Kathlyn M. Stewart and Kevin L. Seymour (eds.): Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic Mammals
Richard C. Hulbert Jr.
Pages: 249-250
Published online: 24 Aug 2010
CitationforKathlyn M. Stewart and Kevin L. Seymour (eds.): Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic Mammals | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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