Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 6 (2010)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 30, Issue 6 (2010)

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FEATURED ARTICLE

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Embryonic skeletal anatomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Massospondylus from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa
Robert R. Reisz, David C. Evans, Hans-Dieter Sues & Diane Scott
Pages: 1653-1665
Published online: 17 Nov 2010
AbstractforEmbryonic skeletal anatomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Massospondylus from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (4.3 MB)
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ARTICLES

Article
The middle Paleozoic Selachian genus Thrinacodus
Michał Ginter & Susan Turner
Pages: 1666-1672
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforThe middle Paleozoic Selachian genus Thrinacodus | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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A new specimen of the hybodont shark Palaeobates polaris with three-dimensionally preserved Meckel's cartilage from the Smithian (Early Triassic) of Spitsbergen
Carlo Romano & Winand Brinkmann
Pages: 1673-1683
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforA new specimen of the hybodont shark Palaeobates polaris with three-dimensionally preserved Meckel's cartilage from the Smithian (Early Triassic) of Spitsbergen | Full Text | References | PDF (2.8 MB)
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Comparative morphology of the ilium of anurans and urodeles (Lissamphibia) and a re-assessment of the anuran affinities of Nezpercius dodsoni Blob et al., 2001
James D. Gardner, Zbyněk Roček, Tomáš Přikryl, Jeffrey G. Eaton, Richard W. Blob & Julia T. Sankey
Pages: 1684-1696
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforComparative morphology of the ilium of anurans and urodeles (Lissamphibia) and a re-assessment of the anuran affinities of Nezpercius dodsoni Blob et al., 2001 | Full Text | References | PDF (4.3 MB)
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Peculiar carapace structure of a Triassic chroniosuchian implies evolutionary shift in trunk flexibility
Michael Buchwitz & Sebastian Voigt
Pages: 1697-1708
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforPeculiar carapace structure of a Triassic chroniosuchian implies evolutionary shift in trunk flexibility | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB)
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Chupacabrachelys complexus, n. gen. n. sp. (Testudines: Bothremydidae), from the Aguja Formation (Campanian) of West Texas
Thomas M. Lehman & Steven L. Wick
Pages: 1709-1725
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforChupacabrachelys complexus, n. gen. n. sp. (Testudines: Bothremydidae), from the Aguja Formation (Campanian) of West Texas | Full Text | References | PDF (6.4 MB)
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The Australian Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius australis: a description and review of postcranial remains
Maria Zammit, Rachel M. Norris & Benjamin P. Kear
Pages: 1726-1735
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforThe Australian Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius australis: a description and review of postcranial remains | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB)
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A new partial skeleton of a cryptocleidoid plesiosaur from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation of Wyoming
Benjamin C. Wilhelm & F. Robin O'Keefe
Pages: 1736-1742
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforA new partial skeleton of a cryptocleidoid plesiosaur from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation of Wyoming | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB)
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A possible azhdarchid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Qingshan Group of Laiyang, Shandong, China
Chang-Fu Zhou
Pages: 1743-1746
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforA possible azhdarchid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Qingshan Group of Laiyang, Shandong, China | Full Text | References | PDF (515.8 KB)
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New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Queensland, Australia
Tamara L. Fletcher & Steven W. Salisbury
Pages: 1747-1759
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforNew pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Queensland, Australia | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB)
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Reassessment of the vertebral laminae in some South American titanosaurian sauropods
Leonardo Salgado & Jaime E. Powell
Pages: 1760-1772
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforReassessment of the vertebral laminae in some South American titanosaurian sauropods | Full Text | References | PDF (4.6 MB)
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A basal coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) of the Shishugou Formation in Wucaiwan, People's Republic of China
Jonah N. Choiniere, James M. Clark, Catherine A. Forster & Xing Xu
Pages: 1773-1796
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforA basal coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) of the Shishugou Formation in Wucaiwan, People's Republic of China | Full Text | References | PDF (7.5 MB) | Supplemental
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The microstructure of enamel, dentine and cementum in advanced Taeniodonta (Mammalia) with comments on their dietary adaptations
Wighart Von Koenigswald, Daniela C. Kalthoff & Gina M. Semprebon
Pages: 1797-1804
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforThe microstructure of enamel, dentine and cementum in advanced Taeniodonta (Mammalia) with comments on their dietary adaptations | Full Text | References | PDF (4.4 MB)
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Mendozahippus fierensis, gen. et sp. nov., new Notohippidae (Notoungulata) from the late Oligocene of Mendoza (Argentina)
Esperanza Cerdeño & Bárbara Vera
Pages: 1805-1817
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforMendozahippus fierensis, gen. et sp. nov., new Notohippidae (Notoungulata) from the late Oligocene of Mendoza (Argentina) | Full Text | References | PDF (2.5 MB)
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First skull and associated postcranial bones of Macraucheniidae (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Deseadan SALMA (late Oligocene) of Cabeza Blanca (Chubut, Argentina)
María Teresa Dozo & Bárbara Vera
Pages: 1818-1826
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforFirst skull and associated postcranial bones of Macraucheniidae (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Deseadan SALMA (late Oligocene) of Cabeza Blanca (Chubut, Argentina) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.7 MB)
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The evolution of the unguligrade manus in artiodactyls
Andrew B. Clifford
Pages: 1827-1839
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforThe evolution of the unguligrade manus in artiodactyls | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB)
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Morphology and metrics, isotopes and dates: determining the validity of Equus laurentius Hay, 1913
Eric Scott, Thomas W. Stafford Jr., Russell W. Graham & Larry D. Martin
Pages: 1840-1847
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforMorphology and metrics, isotopes and dates: determining the validity of Equus laurentius Hay, 1913 | Full Text | References | PDF (943.7 KB)
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A new rodent (Cavioidea, Hystricognathi) from the middle Miocene of Patagonia, mandibular homologies, and the origin of the crown group Cavioidea sensu stricto
María E. Pérez
Pages: 1848-1859
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforA new rodent (Cavioidea, Hystricognathi) from the middle Miocene of Patagonia, mandibular homologies, and the origin of the crown group Cavioidea sensu stricto | Full Text | References | PDF (1.7 MB)
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New material of dipodid rodents (Dipodidae, Rodentia) from the early Miocene of Gashunyinadege, Nei Mongol, China
Yuri Kimura
Pages: 1860-1873
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
AbstractforNew material of dipodid rodents (Dipodidae, Rodentia) from the early Miocene of Gashunyinadege, Nei Mongol, China | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Article
A new species of Ariaspis (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic
David K. Elliott & Sandra Swift
Pages: 1874-1878
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
First Page PreviewforA new species of Ariaspis (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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Fossil frogs from the Clarendonian (late Miocene) of Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Dennis Parmley, Katie Beth Hunter & J. Alan Holman
Pages: 1879-1883
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
First Page PreviewforFossil frogs from the Clarendonian (late Miocene) of Oklahoma, U.S.A. | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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On Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon
Max C. Langer, Felipe C. Montefeltro, David E. Hone, Robin Whatley & Cesar L. Schultz
Pages: 1884-1888
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
First Page PreviewforOn Fodonyx spenceri and a new rhynchosaur from the Middle Triassic of Devon | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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The first record of a probainognathian (Cynodontia: Chiniquodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar
Christian F. Kammerer, John J. Flynn, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana & André R. Wyss
Pages: 1889-1894
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
First Page PreviewforThe first record of a probainognathian (Cynodontia: Chiniquodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | Supplemental
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Suture closure as a paradigm to study late growth in Recent and fossil mammals: a case study with giant deer and dwarf deer skulls
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Pages: 1895-1898
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
First Page PreviewforSuture closure as a paradigm to study late growth in Recent and fossil mammals: a case study with giant deer and dwarf deer skulls | Full Text | References | PDF (969 KB)
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Anchitheriomys Roger, 1898 or Amblycastor Matthew, 1918 (Rodentia, Castoridae)? Taxonomic implications of a mandible from the Miocene of Florida
Thomas Mörs & Richard C. Hulbert
Pages: 1899-1902
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
First Page PreviewforAnchitheriomys Roger, 1898 or Amblycastor Matthew, 1918 (Rodentia, Castoridae)? Taxonomic implications of a mandible from the Miocene of Florida | Full Text | References | PDF (421.6 KB)
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Neurotrichus skoczeni, new name for Neurotrichus minor Skoczen, 1993, preoccupied
Jelle S. Zijlstra
Page: 1903
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
CitationforNeurotrichus skoczeni, new name for Neurotrichus minor Skoczen, 1993, preoccupied | Full Text | References | PDF (24.5 KB)
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BOOK REVIEWS

Article
A Review of “Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates”
by John R. Merrick, Michael Archer, Georgina M. Hickey, and Michael S. Y. Lee (editors). 2006. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, 942 + xxviii pp. $A207.00 hardback, $A153.00 paperback, ISBN 0 9757790 1 X (hardback), 0 9757790 0 1 (paperback)
Ralph E. Molnar
Pages: 1904-1905
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
CitationforA Review of “Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates” | Full Text | References | PDF (32.3 KB)
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Book Review
A Review of “Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne”
by l. Barry Albright III (editor), 2009. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65, Flagstaff, Arizona, 681 pp
Everett H. Lindsay
Pages: 1906-1907
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
CitationforA Review of “Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne” | Full Text | PDF (39 KB)
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MISCELLANY

INDEX TO VOLUME 30
Pages: 1909-1923
Published online: 02 Dec 2010
First Page PreviewforINDEX TO VOLUME 30 | Full Text | PDF (108.7 KB)
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