Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 33, Issue 2 (2013)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 33, Issue 2 (2013)

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Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama
Alexander K. Hastings, Jonathan I. Bloch, Carlos A. Jaramillo, Aldo F. Rincon & Bruce J. Macfadden
Pages: 239-263
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforSystematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama | Full Text | References | PDF (7.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), I: faunal composition, biogeographic relationships, and sampling
Matthew P. J. Oreska, Matthew T. Carrano & Katherine M. Dzikiewicz
Pages: 264-292
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforVertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), I: faunal composition, biogeographic relationships, and sampling | Full Text | References | PDF (4.6 MB)
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Early Turonian acanthomorphs from Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada
Alison M. Murray & Stephen L. Cumbaa
Pages: 293-300
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforEarly Turonian acanthomorphs from Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB)
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A new giant salamander (Urodela, Pancryptobrancha) from the Miocene of Eastern Europe (Grytsiv, Ukraine)
Davit Vasilyan, Madelaine Böhme, Viacheslav M. Chkhikvadze, Yuriy A. Semenov & Walter G. Joyce
Pages: 301-318
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforA new giant salamander (Urodela, Pancryptobrancha) from the Miocene of Eastern Europe (Grytsiv, Ukraine) | Full Text | References | PDF (8.4 MB) | Supplemental
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New material of the choristodere Lazarussuchus (Diapsida, Choristodera) from the Paleocene of France
Ryoko Matsumoto, Eric Buffetaut, Francois Escuillie, Sophie Hervet & Susan E. Evans
Pages: 319-339
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforNew material of the choristodere Lazarussuchus (Diapsida, Choristodera) from the Paleocene of France | Full Text | References | PDF (7.8 MB) | Supplemental
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A new juvenile specimen of Guanlingsaurus (Ichthyosauria, Shastasauridae) from the Upper Triassic of southwestern China
Cheng Ji, Da-Yong Jiang, Ryosuke Motani, Wei-Cheng Hao, Zuo-Yu Sun & Tao Cai
Pages: 340-348
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforA new juvenile specimen of Guanlingsaurus (Ichthyosauria, Shastasauridae) from the Upper Triassic of southwestern China | Full Text | References | PDF (2.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Aquatic adaptation, cranial kinesis, and the skull of the mosasaurine mosasaur Plotosaurus bennisoni
Aaron R. H. LeBlanc, Michael W. Caldwell & Johan Lindgren
Pages: 349-362
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforAquatic adaptation, cranial kinesis, and the skull of the mosasaurine mosasaur Plotosaurus bennisoni | Full Text | References | PDF (4.1 MB)
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A new species of Threskiornithidae-like bird (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming
Nathan D. Smith, Lance Grande & Julia A. Clarke
Pages: 363-381
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforA new species of Threskiornithidae-like bird (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming | Full Text | References | PDF (5.9 MB) | Supplemental
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Reinvestigation of the basicranium of Haldanodon exspectatus (Mammaliaformes, Docodonta)
Irina Ruf, Zhe-Xi Luo & Thomas Martin
Pages: 382-400
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforReinvestigation of the basicranium of Haldanodon exspectatus (Mammaliaformes, Docodonta) | Full Text | References | PDF (4.4 MB)
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What constitutes a fossil mammal community in the early Miocene Santa Cruz Formation?
Darin A. Croft
Pages: 401-409
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforWhat constitutes a fossil mammal community in the early Miocene Santa Cruz Formation? | Full Text | References | PDF (469.9 KB)
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A reevaluation of the Harrodsburg Crevice fauna (late Pleistocene of Indiana, U.S.A.) and the climatic implications of its mammals
Michael R. Smith & P. David Polly
Pages: 410-420
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforA reevaluation of the Harrodsburg Crevice fauna (late Pleistocene of Indiana, U.S.A.) and the climatic implications of its mammals | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB) | Supplemental
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First Central American record of Anthracotheriidae (Mammalia, Bothriodontinae) from the early Miocene of Panama
Aldo F. Rincon, Jonathan I. Bloch, Bruce J. Macfadden & Carlos A. Jaramillo
Pages: 421-433
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforFirst Central American record of Anthracotheriidae (Mammalia, Bothriodontinae) from the early Miocene of Panama | Full Text | References | PDF (2.1 MB) | Supplemental
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Redescription of Dasypus punctatus Lund, 1840 and considerations on the genus Propraopus Ameghino, 1881 (Xenarthra, Cingulata)
Mariela C. Castro, Ana Maria Ribeiro, Jorge Ferigolo & Max C. Langer
Pages: 434-447
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforRedescription of Dasypus punctatus Lund, 1840 and considerations on the genus Propraopus Ameghino, 1881 (Xenarthra, Cingulata) | Full Text | References | PDF (2.5 MB)
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The earliest known fisher (Mustelidae), a new species from the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon
Joshua X. Samuels & Jennifer Cavin
Pages: 448-454
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforThe earliest known fisher (Mustelidae), a new species from the Rattlesnake Formation of Oregon | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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External and internal anatomy of a petrosal from the late Paleocene of Itaboraí, Brazil, referred to Notoungulata (Placentalia)
Guillaume Billet & Christian De Muizon
Pages: 455-469
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforExternal and internal anatomy of a petrosal from the late Paleocene of Itaboraí, Brazil, referred to Notoungulata (Placentalia) | Full Text | References | PDF (3.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Pliocene Giraffidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia
Denis Geraads, Kaye Reed & Rene Bobe
Pages: 470-481
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforPliocene Giraffidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB) | Supplemental
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Teoichthys brevipina, sp. nov., a new ophiopsid fish (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayúa Formation, Central Mexico
Giselle P. Machado, Jesús Alvarado-Ortega, Lúcio Paulo Machado & Paulo M. Brito
Pages: 482-487
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
AbstractforTeoichthys brevipina, sp. nov., a new ophiopsid fish (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayúa Formation, Central Mexico | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB) | Supplemental
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Tarsal fusion and the formation of the astragalus in Hylonomus lyelli, the earliest amniote, and other early tetrapods
Taran E. Meyer & Jason S. Anderson
Pages: 488-492
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review
A Review of “Earth Before the Dinosaurs”
by Jean-Sébastien Steyer, translated by Chris Spence, illustrated by Alain Bénéteau, foreword by Carl Zimmer, 2012. University of Indiana Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 200 pp. US$35, paperback, ISBN 978-0-253-22380-7.
Michel Laurin
Pages: 493-494
Published online: 05 Mar 2013
CitationforA Review of “Earth Before the Dinosaurs” | Full Text | References | PDF (31.7 KB)
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