Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 33, Issue 6 (2013)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 33, Issue 6 (2013)

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A new, giant platypus, Obdurodon tharalkooschild, sp. nov. (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia
Rebecca Pian, Michael Archer & Suzanne J. Hand
Pages: 1255-1259
Published online: 05 Nov 2013
AbstractforA new, giant platypus, Obdurodon tharalkooschild, sp. nov. (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia | Full Text | References | PDF (609.3 KB)
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A new Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna from the Cauvery Basin, South India: implications for Gondwanan paleobiogeography
Guntupalli V. R. Prasad, Omkar Verma, John J. Flynn & Anjali Goswami
Pages: 1260-1268
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforA new Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna from the Cauvery Basin, South India: implications for Gondwanan paleobiogeography | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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A mid-Miocene ichthyofauna from the Wood Mountain Formation, Saskatchewan, Canada
Julien D. Divay & Alison M. Murray
Pages: 1269-1291
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforA mid-Miocene ichthyofauna from the Wood Mountain Formation, Saskatchewan, Canada | Full Text | References | PDF (6.1 MB)
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Late Miocene fishes from the Eurasian/Afro-Arabian contact zone in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
Alison M. Murray & Izzet Hoşgör
Pages: 1292-1299
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforLate Miocene fishes from the Eurasian/Afro-Arabian contact zone in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB)
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Morphometric analysis of skeletal growth in the lepospondyls Microbrachis pelikani and Hyloplesion longicostatum (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli)
Jennifer C. Olori
Pages: 1300-1320
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforMorphometric analysis of skeletal growth in the lepospondyls Microbrachis pelikani and Hyloplesion longicostatum (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli) | Full Text | References | PDF (4.1 MB) | Supplemental
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Oldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas
Raúl O. Gómez, Celeste M. Pérez Ben & M. Ignacio Stefanini
Pages: 1321-1327
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforOldest record of Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 (Anura, Leptodactylidae), from the early Pliocene of the South American Pampas | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Reevaluation of the anatomy of the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) hind-limbed marine fossil snakes Pachyrhachis, Haasiophis, and Eupodophis
Alessandro Palci, Michael W. Caldwell & Randall L. Nydam
Pages: 1328-1342
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforReevaluation of the anatomy of the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) hind-limbed marine fossil snakes Pachyrhachis, Haasiophis, and Eupodophis | Full Text | References | PDF (7.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Evidence for high bone growth rate in Euparkeria obtained using a new paleohistological inference model for the humerus
Lucas J. Legendre, Loic Segalen & Jorge Cubo
Pages: 1343-1350
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforEvidence for high bone growth rate in Euparkeria obtained using a new paleohistological inference model for the humerus | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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Katepensaurus goicoecheai, gen. et sp. nov., a Late Cretaceous rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from central Patagonia, Argentina
Lucio M. Ibiricu, Gabriel A. Casal, Rubén D. Martínez, Matthew C. Lamanna, Marcelo Luna & Leonardo Salgado
Pages: 1351-1366
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforKatepensaurus goicoecheai, gen. et sp. nov., a Late Cretaceous rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from central Patagonia, Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (3.3 MB)
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New material and phylogenetic position of Arenysaurus ardevoli, a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian of Arén (northern Spain)
Penélope Cruzado-Caballero, José Ignacio Canudo, Miguel Moreno-Azanza & José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca
Pages: 1367-1384
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforNew material and phylogenetic position of Arenysaurus ardevoli, a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian of Arén (northern Spain) | Full Text | References | PDF (6.5 MB) | Supplemental
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The evolution of squamosal shape in ceratopsid dinosaurs (Dinosauria, Ornithischia)
Leonardo Maiorino, Andrew A. Farke, Paolo Piras, Michael J. Ryan, Kevin M. Terris & Tassos Kotsakis
Pages: 1385-1393
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforThe evolution of squamosal shape in ceratopsid dinosaurs (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB) | Supplemental
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Osteology, ontogeny, and phylogenetic position of Sinophoneus yumenensis (Therapsida, Dinocephalia) from the Middle Permian Dashankou Fauna of China
Jun Liu
Pages: 1394-1407
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforOsteology, ontogeny, and phylogenetic position of Sinophoneus yumenensis (Therapsida, Dinocephalia) from the Middle Permian Dashankou Fauna of China | Full Text | References | PDF (10.1 MB) | Supplemental
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Ontogeny of the Early Triassic cynodont Thrinaxodon liorhinus (Therapsida): dental morphology and replacement
Fernando Abdala, Sandra C. Jasinoski & Vincent Fernandez
Pages: 1408-1431
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforOntogeny of the Early Triassic cynodont Thrinaxodon liorhinus (Therapsida): dental morphology and replacement | Full Text | References | PDF (8.4 MB)
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Mammalian postcranial bones from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and their implications for forelimb evolution
Thomas Martin
Pages: 1432-1441
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforMammalian postcranial bones from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and their implications for forelimb evolution | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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Miocene mystacinids (Chiroptera, Noctilionoidea) indicate a long history for endemic bats in New Zealand
Suzanne J. Hand, Trevor H. Worthy, Michael Archer, Jennifer P. Worthy, Alan J.D. Tennyson & R. Paul Scofield
Pages: 1442-1448
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforMiocene mystacinids (Chiroptera, Noctilionoidea) indicate a long history for endemic bats in New Zealand | Full Text | References | PDF (623.1 KB)
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Diversity and body size in giant caviomorphs (Rodentia) from the northern Neotropics—a study of femoral variation
M. Geiger, L. A. B. Wilson, L. Costeur, R. Sánchez & M. R. Sánchez-Villagra
Pages: 1449-1456
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforDiversity and body size in giant caviomorphs (Rodentia) from the northern Neotropics—a study of femoral variation | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB)
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A new cursorial hyena from Tibet, and analysis of biostratigraphy, paleozoogeography, and dental morphology of Chasmaporthetes (Mammalia, Carnivora)
Zhijie Jack Tseng, Qiang Li & Xiaoming Wang
Pages: 1457-1471
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforA new cursorial hyena from Tibet, and analysis of biostratigraphy, paleozoogeography, and dental morphology of Chasmaporthetes (Mammalia, Carnivora) | Full Text | References | PDF (3.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli, sp. nov. (Perissodactyla, Mammalia), from the middle Pliocene of Aramis, Ethiopia
Raymond L. Bernor, Henry Gilbert, Gina M. Semprebon, Scott Simpson & Sileshi Semaw
Pages: 1472-1485
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
AbstractforEurygnathohippus woldegabrieli, sp. nov. (Perissodactyla, Mammalia), from the middle Pliocene of Aramis, Ethiopia | Full Text | References | PDF (4.7 MB) | Supplemental
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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review
A Review of “Bones, Clones, and Biomes: The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals”
by Bruce D. Patterson and Leonora P. Costa (editors), 2012. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 419 pp., 39 figures, 17 tables, index, cloth bound, US$65.00 (£42.00), ISBN: 978-0-226-64919-1.
Gary S. Morgan
Pages: 1486-1487
Published online: 12 Nov 2013
CitationforA Review of “Bones, Clones, and Biomes: The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals” | Full Text | PDF (34.1 KB)
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