Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 3 (2010)

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FEATURED ARTICLE

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Articulated skeletons of the aetosaur Typothorax coccinarum Cope (Archosauria: Stagonolepididae) from the Upper Triassic Bull Canyon Formation (Revueltian: early-mid Norian), eastern New Mexico, USA
Andrew B. Heckert, Spencer G. Lucas, Larry F. Rinehart, Matthew D. Celeskey, Justin A. Spielmann & Adrian P. Hunt
Pages: 619-642
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforArticulated skeletons of the aetosaur Typothorax coccinarum Cope (Archosauria: Stagonolepididae) from the Upper Triassic Bull Canyon Formation (Revueltian: early-mid Norian), eastern New Mexico, USA | Full Text | References | PDF (9.3 MB) | Supplemental
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ARTICLES

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The first record of the large Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cardabiodon ricki, from North America and a new empirical test for its presumed antitropical distribution
Todd D. Cook, Mark V. H. Wilson & Michael G. Newbrey
Pages: 643-649
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforThe first record of the large Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cardabiodon ricki, from North America and a new empirical test for its presumed antitropical distribution | Full Text | References | PDF (958.6 KB)
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Polazzodus, gen. nov., a new pycnodont fish from the Late Cretaceous of northeastern Italy
Francisco José Poyato-Ariza
Pages: 650-664
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforPolazzodus, gen. nov., a new pycnodont fish from the Late Cretaceous of northeastern Italy | Full Text | References | PDF (4.5 MB)
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A freshwater ichthyofauna from the late Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Fayum, Egypt
Alison M. Murray, Todd D. Cook, Yousry S. Attia, Prithijit Chatrath & Elwyn L. Simons
Pages: 665-680
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforA freshwater ichthyofauna from the late Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Fayum, Egypt | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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Xeradipterus hatcheri, a new dipnoan from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia, and other new holodontid material
Alice M. Clement & John A. Long
Pages: 681-695
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforXeradipterus hatcheri, a new dipnoan from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia, and other new holodontid material | Full Text | References | PDF (5.5 MB)
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Tetrapod fauna of the lowermost Usili Formation (Songea Group, Ruhuhu Basin) of southern Tanzania, with a new burnetiid record
Christian A. Sidor, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, D. Marie Weide†, Roger M. H. Smith, Sterling J. Nesbitt & Linda A. Tsuji
Pages: 696-703
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforTetrapod fauna of the lowermost Usili Formation (Songea Group, Ruhuhu Basin) of southern Tanzania, with a new burnetiid record | Full Text | References | PDF (3.7 MB)
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Reiszorhinus olsoni, a new single-tooth-rowed captorhinid reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas
Stuart S. Sumida, Jeff Dodick, Anthony Metcalf & Gavan Albright
Pages: 704-714
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforReiszorhinus olsoni, a new single-tooth-rowed captorhinid reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB)
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A new and unusual procolophonid parareptile from the Lower Triassic Katberg Formation of South Africa
Sean P. Modesto, Diane M. Scott, Jennifer Botha-Brink & Robert R. Reisz
Pages: 715-723
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforA new and unusual procolophonid parareptile from the Lower Triassic Katberg Formation of South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (3.2 MB) | Supplemental
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Varanops brevirostris (Eupelycosauria: Varanopidae) from the Lower Permian of Texas, with discussion of varanopid morphology and interrelationships
Nicolás E. Campione & Robert R. Reisz
Pages: 724-746
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforVaranops brevirostris (Eupelycosauria: Varanopidae) from the Lower Permian of Texas, with discussion of varanopid morphology and interrelationships | Full Text | References | PDF (6.1 MB)
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A new species of marine ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrbinensis, from the Upper Cretaceous of Slovenia
Michael W. Caldwell & Alessandro Palci
Pages: 747-755
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforA new species of marine ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrbinensis, from the Upper Cretaceous of Slovenia | Full Text | References | PDF (3.6 MB)
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Allodaposuchus Nopsca, 1928 (Crocodylia, Eusuchia), from the Late Cretaceous of southern France and its relationships to Alligatoroidea
Jeremy E. Martin
Pages: 756-767
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforAllodaposuchus Nopsca, 1928 (Crocodylia, Eusuchia), from the Late Cretaceous of southern France and its relationships to Alligatoroidea | Full Text | References | PDF (2.8 MB)
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Pterosaur body mass estimates from three-dimensional mathematical slicing
Donald M. Henderson
Pages: 768-785
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforPterosaur body mass estimates from three-dimensional mathematical slicing | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB) | Supplemental
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Pachycephalosauridae from the San Carlos and Aguja Formations (Upper Cretaceous) of West Texas, and observations of the frontoparietal dome
Thomas M. Lehman
Pages: 786-798
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforPachycephalosauridae from the San Carlos and Aguja Formations (Upper Cretaceous) of West Texas, and observations of the frontoparietal dome | Full Text | References | PDF (5 MB)
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A new basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Turonian of New Mexico
Andrew T. Mcdonald†, Douglas G. Wolfe & James I. Kirkland
Pages: 799-812
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforA new basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Turonian of New Mexico | Full Text | References | PDF (5.2 MB) | Supplemental
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A re-evaluation of Secernosaurus koerneri and Kritosaurus australis (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina
Albert Prieto-Marquez & Guillermo C. Salinas
Pages: 813-837
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforA re-evaluation of Secernosaurus koerneri and Kritosaurus australis (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (4.9 MB) | Supplemental
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The braincase and skull roof of Gryposaurus notabilis (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae), with a taxonomic revision of the genus
Albert Prieto-Marquez
Pages: 838-854
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforThe braincase and skull roof of Gryposaurus notabilis (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae), with a taxonomic revision of the genus | Full Text | References | PDF (5.2 MB)
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Mammals from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Formation of the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan
Thomas Martin & Alexander O. Averianov
Pages: 855-871
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforMammals from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Formation of the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan | Full Text | References | PDF (4.9 MB)
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New specimen reveals deltatheroidan affinities of the North American Late Cretaceous Mammal Nanocuris
Gregory P. Wilson & Jeremy A. Riedel
Pages: 872-884
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforNew specimen reveals deltatheroidan affinities of the North American Late Cretaceous Mammal Nanocuris | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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Mammals from the St. Mary River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Montana
John P. Hunter, Ronald E. Heinrich & David B. Weishampel
Pages: 885-898
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforMammals from the St. Mary River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Montana | Full Text | References | PDF (3.2 MB)
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A new genus and species of Mylodontidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the late Miocene of southern Uruguay, with comments on the systematics of the Mylodontinae
Andrés Rinderknecht, Enrique Bostelmann T.Daniel Perea & Gustavo Lecuona
Pages: 899-910
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforA new genus and species of Mylodontidae (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the late Miocene of southern Uruguay, with comments on the systematics of the Mylodontinae | Full Text | References | PDF (2.6 MB)
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Revisiting the intertropical Brazilian species Hoplophorus euphractus (Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea) and the phylogenetic affinities of Hoplophorus
Kleberson de O. Porpino, Juan C. Fernicola & Lílian P. Bergqvist
Pages: 911-927
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforRevisiting the intertropical Brazilian species Hoplophorus euphractus (Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea) and the phylogenetic affinities of Hoplophorus | Full Text | References | PDF (3.2 MB)
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The paleobiology of the extinct venomous shrew Beremendia (Soricidae, Insectivora, Mammalia) in relation to the geology and paleoenvironment of Dmanisi (Early Pleistocene, Georgia)
Marc Furió, Jordi Agustí, Alexander Mouskhelishvili, Óscar Sanisidro & Andrés Santos-Cubedo
Pages: 928-942
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforThe paleobiology of the extinct venomous shrew Beremendia (Soricidae, Insectivora, Mammalia) in relation to the geology and paleoenvironment of Dmanisi (Early Pleistocene, Georgia) | Full Text | References | PDF (3.5 MB)
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A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Stirone River, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)
Michelangelo Bisconti
Pages: 943-958
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforA new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Stirone River, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) | Full Text | References | PDF (5.3 MB)
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Coprolites from the Pipe Creek Sinkhole (Late Neogene, Grant County, Indiana, U.S.A.)
James O. Farlow, Karen Chin, Anne Argast & Sean Poppy
Pages: 959-969
Published online: 19 May 2010
AbstractforCoprolites from the Pipe Creek Sinkhole (Late Neogene, Grant County, Indiana, U.S.A.) | Full Text | References | PDF (7.1 MB)
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

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Oldest records of stingray spines (Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes)
Josep Marmi, Bernat Vila#, Oriol Oms, Àngel Galobart & Henri Cappetta
Pages: 970-974
Published online: 19 May 2010
First Page PreviewforOldest records of stingray spines (Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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On the systematics of Ortotherium Ameghino (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megalonychidae) from the ‘Conglomerado osífero’ (late Miocene) of Argentina
Diego Brandoni
Pages: 975-980
Published online: 19 May 2010
First Page PreviewforOn the systematics of Ortotherium Ameghino (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megalonychidae) from the ‘Conglomerado osífero’ (late Miocene) of Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB)
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Nyctereutes lockwoodi, n. sp., a new canid (Carnivora: Mammalia) from the middle Pliocene of Dikika, Lower Awash, Ethiopia
Denis Geraads, Zeresenay Alemseged, René Bobe & Denné Reed
Pages: 981-987
Published online: 19 May 2010
First Page PreviewforNyctereutes lockwoodi, n. sp., a new canid (Carnivora: Mammalia) from the middle Pliocene of Dikika, Lower Awash, Ethiopia | Full Text | References | PDF (960.7 KB)
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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review
A Review of “Islands in the Cosmos”
by Dale A. Russell, 2009. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana, xxi + 453 pp., US$34.95. ISBN 978-0-253-35273-6.
Ralph E. Molnar
Pages: 988-989
Published online: 19 May 2010
CitationforA Review of “Islands in the Cosmos” | Full Text | References | PDF (34.9 KB)
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ERRATUM

Correction
Erratum
Alessandro Palci & Michael W. Caldwell
Pages: 990-991
Published online: 19 May 2010
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