Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 33, Issue 5 (2013)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 33, Issue 5 (2013)

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FEATURED ARTICLE

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Long bone histology of Metoposaurus diagnosticus (Temnospondyli) from the Late Triassic of Krasiejów (Poland) and its paleobiological implications
Dorota Konietzko-Meier & P. Martin Sander
Pages: 1003-1018
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforLong bone histology of Metoposaurus diagnosticus (Temnospondyli) from the Late Triassic of Krasiejów (Poland) and its paleobiological implications | Full Text | References | PDF (8 MB) | Supplemental
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ARTICLES

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†Tingitanius tenuimandibulus, a new platyrhinid batoid from the Turonian (Cretaceous) of Morocco and the cretaceous radiation of the Platyrhinidae
Kerin M. Claeson, Charlie J. Underwood & David J. Ward
Pages: 1019-1036
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
Abstractfor†Tingitanius tenuimandibulus, a new platyrhinid batoid from the Turonian (Cretaceous) of Morocco and the cretaceous radiation of the Platyrhinidae | Full Text | References | PDF (8.9 MB)
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A new hump-backed ginglymodian fish (Neopterygii, Semionotiformes) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah
Sarah Z. Gibson
Pages: 1037-1050
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforA new hump-backed ginglymodian fish (Neopterygii, Semionotiformes) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB)
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The first fossil species of Salminus, a conspicuous South American freshwater predatory fish (Teleostei, Characiformes), found in the Miocene of Argentina
Alberto Luis Cione & María de Las Mercedes Azpelicueta
Pages: 1051-1060
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforThe first fossil species of Salminus, a conspicuous South American freshwater predatory fish (Teleostei, Characiformes), found in the Miocene of Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (3.8 MB)
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Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Calamops paludosus (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli) from the Triassic of the Newark Basin, Pennsylvania
Hans-Dieter Sues & Rainer R. Schoch
Pages: 1061-1070
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforAnatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Calamops paludosus (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli) from the Triassic of the Newark Basin, Pennsylvania | Full Text | References | PDF (2.6 MB) | Supplemental
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The first ‘true’ Adocus (Testudines, Adocidae) from the Paleogene of Asia
Igor G. Danilov, Elena V. Syromyatnikova, Pavel P. Skutschas, Tatyana M. Kodrul & Jianhua Jin
Pages: 1071-1080
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforThe first ‘true’ Adocus (Testudines, Adocidae) from the Paleogene of Asia | Full Text | References | PDF (1.7 MB) | Supplemental
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Lizards and snakes of the Terlingua Local Fauna (late Campanian), Aguja Formation, Texas, with comments on the distribution of paracontemporaneous squamates throughout the Western Interior of North America
Randall L. Nydam, Timothy B. Rowe & Richard L. Cifelli
Pages: 1081-1099
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforLizards and snakes of the Terlingua Local Fauna (late Campanian), Aguja Formation, Texas, with comments on the distribution of paracontemporaneous squamates throughout the Western Interior of North America | Full Text | References | PDF (5.3 MB) | Supplemental
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A new madtsoiid snake from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, western Romania
Ştefan Vasile, Zoltán Csiki-Sava & Márton Venczel
Pages: 1100-1119
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforA new madtsoiid snake from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, western Romania | Full Text | References | PDF (3.7 MB) | Supplemental
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A long-snouted protorosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern China
Nicholas C. Fraser, Olivier Rieppel & Li Chun
Pages: 1120-1126
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforA long-snouted protorosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern China | Full Text | References | PDF (1.7 MB)
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A new silesaurid from the upper Ntawere Formation of Zambia (Middle Triassic) demonstrates the rapid diversification of Silesauridae (Avemetatarsalia, Dinosauriformes)
Brandon R. Peecook, Christian A. Sidor, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Roger M. H. Smith, J. Sebastien Steyer & Kenneth D. Angielczyk
Pages: 1127-1137
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforA new silesaurid from the upper Ntawere Formation of Zambia (Middle Triassic) demonstrates the rapid diversification of Silesauridae (Avemetatarsalia, Dinosauriformes) | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB) | Supplemental
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Postcranial anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha)
Alejandro Otero & Diego Pol
Pages: 1138-1168
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforPostcranial anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) | Full Text | References | PDF (9 MB) | Supplemental
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An ornithomimosaurian from the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation of Alaska
Akinobu Watanabe, Gregory M. Erickson & Patrick S. Druckenmiller
Pages: 1169-1175
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforAn ornithomimosaurian from the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation of Alaska | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB)
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A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines
Zihui Zhang, Luis M. Chiappe, Gang Han & Anusuya Chinsamy
Pages: 1176-1189
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforA large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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Avian eggs from the Eocene Willwood and Chadron formations of Wyoming and Nebraska
Frankie D. Jackson, David J. Varricchio & Joseph A. Corsini
Pages: 1190-1201
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforAvian eggs from the Eocene Willwood and Chadron formations of Wyoming and Nebraska | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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Machairodont adaptations and affinities of the Holarctic late Miocene homotherin Machairodus (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae): the case of Machairodus catocopis Cope, 1887
Mauricio Antón, Manuel J. Salesa & Gema Siliceo
Pages: 1202-1213
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforMachairodont adaptations and affinities of the Holarctic late Miocene homotherin Machairodus (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae): the case of Machairodus catocopis Cope, 1887 | Full Text | References | PDF (3.9 MB)
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Catonyx cuvieri (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriinae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay, with comments regarding the systematics of the subfamily
Andrea Corona, Daniel Perea & H. Gregory McDonald
Pages: 1214-1225
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforCatonyx cuvieri (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriinae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay, with comments regarding the systematics of the subfamily | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB) | Supplemental
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A new genus of megalonychid sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene (Lujanian) of Sierra de Perija, Zulia State, Venezuela
H. Gregory McDonald, Ascanio D. RincÓN & Timothy J. Gaudin
Pages: 1226-1238
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforA new genus of megalonychid sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene (Lujanian) of Sierra de Perija, Zulia State, Venezuela | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

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Albuliform fish remains (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) Wadhurst Clay Formation of the Wealden Supergroup of southeast England
Steven C. Sweetman
Pages: 1239-1243
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
First Page PreviewforAlbuliform fish remains (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) Wadhurst Clay Formation of the Wealden Supergroup of southeast England | Full Text | References | PDF (955.8 KB)
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The latest European painted dog
Joan Madurell-Malapeira, Lorenzo Rook, Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro, David M. Alba, Josep Aurell-Garrido & Salvador Moyà-solà
Pages: 1244-1249
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
First Page PreviewforThe latest European painted dog | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review
A Review of “Forerunners of Mammals: Radiation, Histology, Biology”
edited by Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, 2012. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 330 + xvi pp. US$60, hardcover, ISBN 978-0-253-35697-0.
Kevin Padian
Pages: 1250-1251
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
CitationforA Review of “Forerunners of Mammals: Radiation, Histology, Biology” | Full Text | References | PDF (35.1 KB)
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Book Review
A Review of “Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands”
by Alexandra van der Geer, George Lyras, John de Vos, and Michael Dermitzakis, 2010. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K., 479 pp. US$109.95, ISBN 978-1-4051-9009-1.
H. Gregory McDonald
Page: 1252
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
CitationforA Review of “Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands” | Full Text | PDF (27.2 KB)
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Book Review
A Review of “Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals“
by Annalisa Berta, 2012. The University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 224 pp. $44.95 hardback, ISBN 978-0-520-27057-2.
Jorge Vélez-Juarbe
Page: 1253
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
CitationforA Review of “Return to the Sea: The Life and Evolutionary Times of Marine Mammals“ | Full Text | References | PDF (26.9 KB)
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