Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 33, Issue 1 (2013)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 33, Issue 1 (2013)

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A new enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the first recognized avian enamel specialization
Jingmai K. O’Connor, Yuguang Zhang, Luis M. Chiappe, Qingjin Meng, Li Quanguo & Liu Di
Pages: 1-12
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforA new enantiornithine from the Yixian Formation with the first recognized avian enamel specialization | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB) | Supplemental
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INVITED ARTICLE

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From card catalogs to computers: databases in vertebrate paleontology
Mark D. Uhen, Anthony D. Barnosky, Brian Bills, Jessica Blois, Matthew T. Carrano, Marc A. Carrasco, Gregory M. Erickson, Jussi T. Eronen, Mikael Fortelius, Russell W. Graham, Eric C. Grimm, Maureen A. O’Leary, Austin Mast, William H. Piel, P. David Polly & Laura K. Säilä
Pages: 13-28
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforFrom card catalogs to computers: databases in vertebrate paleontology | Full Text | References | PDF (284 KB)
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A new cyathaspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) with an articulated oral cover from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic
David K. Elliott
Pages: 29-34
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforA new cyathaspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) with an articulated oral cover from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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Geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the Late Cretaceous suspension-feeding bony fish Bonnerichthys gladius (Teleostei, Pachycormiformes)
Matt Friedman, Kenshu Shimada, Michael J. Everhart, Kelly J. Irwin, Barbara S. Grandstaff & J. D. Stewart
Pages: 35-47
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforGeographic and stratigraphic distribution of the Late Cretaceous suspension-feeding bony fish Bonnerichthys gladius (Teleostei, Pachycormiformes) | Full Text | References | PDF (5.8 MB)
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The first record of a North American Cenomanian Trachichthyidae fish (Acanthomorpha, Acanthopterygii), Pepemkay maya, gen. et sp. nov., from El Chango Quarry (Sierra Madre Formation), Chiapas, Mexico
Jesús Alvarado-Ortega & Bruno Andrés Than-Marchese
Pages: 48-57
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforThe first record of a North American Cenomanian Trachichthyidae fish (Acanthomorpha, Acanthopterygii), Pepemkay maya, gen. et sp. nov., from El Chango Quarry (Sierra Madre Formation), Chiapas, Mexico | Full Text | References | PDF (3.7 MB)
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A new salamandrid from the Miocene Randeck Maar, Germany
Rainer R. Schoch & Michael W. Rasser
Pages: 58-66
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforA new salamandrid from the Miocene Randeck Maar, Germany | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB) | Supplemental
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Postcranial anatomy of the hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur Teyumbaita sulcognathus (Azevedo and Schultz, 1987) from the Late Triassic of Southern Brazil
Felipe Chinaglia Montefeltro, Jonathas Souza Bittencourt, Max Cardoso Langer & Cesar Leandro Schultz
Pages: 67-84
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforPostcranial anatomy of the hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur Teyumbaita sulcognathus (Azevedo and Schultz, 1987) from the Late Triassic of Southern Brazil | Full Text | References | PDF (5.6 MB) | Supplemental
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A new neosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (late Aptian) Twin Mountains Formation of North-Central Texas
Thomas L. Adams
Pages: 85-101
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforA new neosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (late Aptian) Twin Mountains Formation of North-Central Texas | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB) | Supplemental
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Reevaluation of the Lark Quarry dinosaur Tracksite (late Albian–Cenomanian Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia): no longer a stampede?
Anthony Romilio, Ryan T. Tucker & Steven W. Salisbury
Pages: 102-120
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforReevaluation of the Lark Quarry dinosaur Tracksite (late Albian–Cenomanian Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia): no longer a stampede? | Full Text | References | PDF (4.2 MB) | Supplemental
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Growth mechanisms in dinosaur eggshells: an insight from electron backscatter diffraction
Miguel Moreno-Azanza, Elisabetta Mariani, Blanca Bauluz & José I. Canudo
Pages: 121-130
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforGrowth mechanisms in dinosaur eggshells: an insight from electron backscatter diffraction | Full Text | References | PDF (5.1 MB)
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Emended diagnosis and phylogenetic relationships of the Upper Cretaceous fossil snake Najash rionegrina Apesteguía and Zaher, 2006
Alessandro Palci, Michael W. Caldwell & Adriana M. Albino
Pages: 131-140
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforEmended diagnosis and phylogenetic relationships of the Upper Cretaceous fossil snake Najash rionegrina Apesteguía and Zaher, 2006 | Full Text | References | PDF (2.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Anatomy of the basal ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China
Shuang Zhou, Zhonghe Zhou & Jingmai K. O’Connor
Pages: 141-152
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforAnatomy of the basal ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China | Full Text | References | PDF (4.2 MB)
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The genus Galadi: three new bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) from Riversleigh’s Miocene deposits, northwestern Queensland, Australia
K. J. Travouillon, Y. Gurovich, M. Archer, S. J. Hand & J. Muirhead
Pages: 153-168
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforThe genus Galadi: three new bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) from Riversleigh’s Miocene deposits, northwestern Queensland, Australia | Full Text | References | PDF (4 MB) | Supplemental
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Revision of Cricetodon soriae (Rodentia, Mammalia), new data from the middle Aragonian (middle Miocene) of the Calatayud-Daroca Basin (Zaragoza, Spain)
Paloma López-Guerrero, Israel García-Paredes & M. Ángeles Álvarez-Sierra
Pages: 169-184
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforRevision of Cricetodon soriae (Rodentia, Mammalia), new data from the middle Aragonian (middle Miocene) of the Calatayud-Daroca Basin (Zaragoza, Spain) | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB)
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A new cricetid rodent from the early Oligocene of Yunnan, China, and its evolutionary implications for early Eurasian cricetids
Olivier Maridet & Xijun Ni
Pages: 185-194
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforA new cricetid rodent from the early Oligocene of Yunnan, China, and its evolutionary implications for early Eurasian cricetids | Full Text | References | PDF (2 MB) | Supplemental
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A new Eocene locality in southern France sheds light on the basal radiation of Palaeotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equoidea)
Laure Danilo, Jean A. Remy, Monique Vianey-Liaud, Bernard Marandat, Jean Sudre & Fabrice Lihoreau
Pages: 195-215
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforA new Eocene locality in southern France sheds light on the basal radiation of Palaeotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equoidea) | Full Text | References | PDF (4.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Pinniped turnover in the South Pacific Ocean: new evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, Chile
Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro, Carolina S. Gutstein, Rafael M. Varas-Malca, Mario E. Suarez & Nicholas D. Pyenson
Pages: 216-223
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
AbstractforPinniped turnover in the South Pacific Ocean: new evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, Chile | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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A pathological tail in a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from South Africa: evidence of traumatic amputation?
Richard J. Butler, Adam M. Yates, Oliver W. M. Rauhut & Christian Foth
Pages: 224-228
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
First Page PreviewforA pathological tail in a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from South Africa: evidence of traumatic amputation? | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | Supplemental
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The first occurrence of a toxodont (Mammalia, Notoungulata) in the United States
Ernest L. Lundelius Jr., Vaughn M. Bryant, Rolfe Mandel, Kenneth J. Thies & Alston Thoms
Pages: 229-232
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
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A juvenile mandible with deciduous teeth of Ancylotherium pentelicum (Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriidae, Schizotheriinae), collected by Barnum Brown from the late Miocene of Samos (Greece)
Margery C. Coombs
Pages: 233-238
Published online: 08 Jan 2013
First Page PreviewforA juvenile mandible with deciduous teeth of Ancylotherium pentelicum (Perissodactyla, Chalicotheriidae, Schizotheriinae), collected by Barnum Brown from the late Miocene of Samos (Greece) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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