Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 32, Issue 2 (2012)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 32, Issue 2 (2012)

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New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins
Daniel T. Ksepka, R. Ewan Fordyce, Tatsuro Ando & Craig M. Jones
Pages: 235-254
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforNew fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins | Full Text | References | PDF (5.3 MB) | Supplemental
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New Triassic stem selachimorphs (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and their bearing on the evolution of dental enameloid in Neoselachii
Plamen S. Andreev & Gilles Cuny
Pages: 255-266
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforNew Triassic stem selachimorphs (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and their bearing on the evolution of dental enameloid in Neoselachii | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB)
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Squamation and scale microstructure evolution in the Porolepiformes (Sarcopterygii, Dipnomorpha) based on Heimenia ensis from the Devonian of Spitsbergen
Jorge Mondéjar-Fernández & Gaël Clément
Pages: 267-284
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforSquamation and scale microstructure evolution in the Porolepiformes (Sarcopterygii, Dipnomorpha) based on Heimenia ensis from the Devonian of Spitsbergen | Full Text | References | PDF (7 MB)
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First occurrence of the lungfish Sagenodus (Dipnoi, Sarcopterygii) from the Carboniferous Lagerstätte of Montceau-les-Mines, France
Sébastien Olive, Gaël Clément & Jean-Marc Pouillon
Pages: 285-295
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforFirst occurrence of the lungfish Sagenodus (Dipnoi, Sarcopterygii) from the Carboniferous Lagerstätte of Montceau-les-Mines, France | Full Text | References | PDF (6.2 MB)
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An early Oligocene elopiform fish from a new locality in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
Alison M. Murray & Izzet Hoşgör
Pages: 296-303
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforAn early Oligocene elopiform fish from a new locality in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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The archaic ilial morphology of an enigmatic pipid frog from the upper Pleistocene of the South American pampas
Ana M. Báez, Raúl O. Gómez & Matías L. Taglioretti
Pages: 304-314
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforThe archaic ilial morphology of an enigmatic pipid frog from the upper Pleistocene of the South American pampas | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Ossification sequences and associated ontogenetic changes in the bone histology of pachypleurosaurids from Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland/Italy)
Jasmina Hugi & Torsten M. Scheyer
Pages: 315-327
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforOssification sequences and associated ontogenetic changes in the bone histology of pachypleurosaurids from Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland/Italy) | Full Text | References | PDF (2.9 MB) | Supplemental
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Postcranial anatomy of Sebecus icaeorhinus (Crocodyliformes, Sebecidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia
Diego Pol, Juan M. Leardi, Agustina Lecuona & Marcelo Krause
Pages: 328-354
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforPostcranial anatomy of Sebecus icaeorhinus (Crocodyliformes, Sebecidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia | Full Text | References | PDF (3.7 MB) | Supplemental
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Biological implications of the bone microstructure of the Late Cretaceous Ornithopod Dinosaur Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis
Ignacio A. Cerda & Anusuya Chinsamy
Pages: 355-368
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforBiological implications of the bone microstructure of the Late Cretaceous Ornithopod Dinosaur Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis | Full Text | References | PDF (3.3 MB)
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New anatomical information on Rhoetosaurus brownei Longman, 1926, a gravisaurian sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Queensland, Australia
Jay P. Nair & Steven W. Salisbury
Pages: 369-394
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforNew anatomical information on Rhoetosaurus brownei Longman, 1926, a gravisaurian sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Queensland, Australia | Full Text | References | PDF (7.5 MB) | Supplemental
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A new stem parrot from the Green River Formation and the complex evolution of the grasping foot in Pan-Psittaciformes
Daniel T. Ksepka & Julia A. Clarke
Pages: 395-406
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforA new stem parrot from the Green River Formation and the complex evolution of the grasping foot in Pan-Psittaciformes | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Pseudoloris cuestai, a new microchoerine (Primates, Omomyidae) from the middle Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula
Raef Minwer-Barakat, Judit Marigó & Salvador Moyà-Solà
Pages: 407-418
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforPseudoloris cuestai, a new microchoerine (Primates, Omomyidae) from the middle Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB)
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Early Chadronian (late Eocene) rodents from the Flagstaff Rim area, central Wyoming
Robert J. Emry & William W. Korth
Pages: 419-432
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforEarly Chadronian (late Eocene) rodents from the Flagstaff Rim area, central Wyoming | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB)
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On their knees: distal femur asymmetry in ungulates and its relationship to body size and locomotion
Christine M. Janis, Boris Shoshitaishvili, Robert Kambic & Borja Figueirido
Pages: 433-445
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforOn their knees: distal femur asymmetry in ungulates and its relationship to body size and locomotion | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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The first complete skull of Hispanotherium matritense (Prado, ) (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula
Oscar Sanisidro, María Teresa Alberdi & Jorge Morales
Pages: 446-455
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforThe first complete skull of Hispanotherium matritense (Prado, ) (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula | Full Text | References | PDF (3.6 MB) | Supplemental
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New floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama
Aldo F. Rincon, Jonathan I. Bloch, Catalina Suarez, Bruce J. MacFadden & Carlos A. Jaramillo
Pages: 456-475
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforNew floridatragulines (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the early Miocene Las Cascadas Formation, Panama | Full Text | References | PDF (4.1 MB) | Supplemental
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Bohaskaia monodontoides, a new monodontid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the Pliocene of the western North Atlantic Ocean
Jorge Vélez-Juarbe & Nicholas D. Pyenson
Pages: 476-484
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
AbstractforBohaskaia monodontoides, a new monodontid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the Pliocene of the western North Atlantic Ocean | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB)
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A new proterochampsid Chanaresuchus ischigualastensis (Diapsida, Archosauriformes) in the early Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation, Argentina
María J. Trotteyn, Ricardo N. Martínez & Oscar A. Alcober
Pages: 485-489
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
First Page PreviewforA new proterochampsid Chanaresuchus ischigualastensis (Diapsida, Archosauriformes) in the early Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation, Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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The antorbital fenestra of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodyliformes, Thalattosuchia): Testing Its homology within a phylogenetic framework
Juan Martín Leardi, Diego Pol & Marta S. Fernández
Pages: 490-494
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
First Page PreviewforThe antorbital fenestra of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodyliformes, Thalattosuchia): Testing Its homology within a phylogenetic framework | Full Text | References | PDF (490.1 KB) | Supplemental
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Fluorescence provides evidence of congenital erythropoietic porphyria in 7000-year-old specimens of the eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) from the Devil's Den
Alton C. Dooley Jr. & Nancy D. Moncrief
Pages: 495-497
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
First Page PreviewforFluorescence provides evidence of congenital erythropoietic porphyria in 7000-year-old specimens of the eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) from the Devil's Den | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review
A Review of “Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: Understanding the Lives of Giants”
by Nicole Klein, Kristian Remes, Carol T. Gee, and P. Martin Sander (eds.), 2011. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 344 pp. US $59.95, ISBN 978-0-253-35508-9.
Kristi Curry Rogers
Page: 498
Published online: 28 Feb 2012
CitationforA Review of “Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: Understanding the Lives of Giants” | Full Text | PDF (27.4 KB)
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