Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 34, Issue 3 (2014)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 34, Issue 3 (2014)

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Eodelphis kabatensis, a new name for the oldest true dolphin Stenella kabatensis Horikawa, 1977 (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinidae), from the upper Miocene of Japan, and the phylogeny and paleobiogeography of Delphinoidea
Mizuki Murakami, Chieko Shimada, Yoshinori Hikida, Yuhji Soeda & Hiromichi Hirano
Pages: 491-511
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforEodelphis kabatensis, a new name for the oldest true dolphin Stenella kabatensis Horikawa, 1977 (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinidae), from the upper Miocene of Japan, and the phylogeny and paleobiogeography of Delphinoidea | Full Text | References | PDF (8.8 MB) | Supplemental
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Freshwater shark teeth (Family Lonchidiidae) from the Middle-Upper Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) Paramillo Formation in the Mendoza Precordillera, Argentina
Marjorie J. Johns, Guillermo L. Albanesi & Gustavo G. Voldman
Pages: 512-523
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforFreshwater shark teeth (Family Lonchidiidae) from the Middle-Upper Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian) Paramillo Formation in the Mendoza Precordillera, Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (4.7 MB)
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A new specimen of the temnospondyl Australerpeton cosgriffi from the late Permian of Brazil (Rio do Rasto Formation, Paraná Basin): comparative anatomy and phylogenetic relationships
Estevan Eltink & Max C. Langer
Pages: 524-538
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforA new specimen of the temnospondyl Australerpeton cosgriffi from the late Permian of Brazil (Rio do Rasto Formation, Paraná Basin): comparative anatomy and phylogenetic relationships | Full Text | References | PDF (4.2 MB) | Supplemental
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A new capitosauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic upper Fremouw Formation of Antarctica
Christian A. Sidor, J. SéBastien Steyer & William R. Hammer
Pages: 539-548
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforA new capitosauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic upper Fremouw Formation of Antarctica | Full Text | References | PDF (4.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Mosasaurine mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from northern Italy
Alessandro Palci, Michael W. Caldwell, Cesare A. Papazzoni & Eliana Fornaciari
Pages: 549-559
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforMosasaurine mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from northern Italy | Full Text | References | PDF (3.2 MB) | Supplemental
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Cheirogaster bacharidisi, sp. nov., a new species of a giant tortoise from the Pliocene of Thessaloniki (Macedonia, Greece)
Evangelos Vlachos, Evangelia Tsoukala & Joseph Corsini
Pages: 560-575
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforCheirogaster bacharidisi, sp. nov., a new species of a giant tortoise from the Pliocene of Thessaloniki (Macedonia, Greece) | Full Text | References | PDF (6.7 MB) | Supplemental
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A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania
Joseph J. W. Sertich & Patrick M. O’Connor
Pages: 576-596
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforA new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania | Full Text | References | PDF (5.9 MB) | Supplemental
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Cranial morphology of a Scaphognathus-like pterosaur, Jianchangnathus robustus, based on a new fossil from the Tiaojishan Formation of western Liaoning, China
Chang-Fu Zhou
Pages: 597-605
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforCranial morphology of a Scaphognathus-like pterosaur, Jianchangnathus robustus, based on a new fossil from the Tiaojishan Formation of western Liaoning, China | Full Text | References | PDF (5.2 MB)
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Vahiny depereti, gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, Madagascar
Kristina Curry Rogers & Jeffrey A. Wilson
Pages: 606-617
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforVahiny depereti, gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, Madagascar | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB)
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Zby atlanticus, a new turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal
Octávio Mateus, Philip D. Mannion & Paul Upchurch
Pages: 618-634
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforZby atlanticus, a new turiasaurian sauropod (Dinosauria, Eusauropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal | Full Text | References | PDF (5.3 MB)
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The braincase of the North American therizinosaurian Nothronychus mckinleyi (Dinosauria, Theropoda)
David K. Smith
Pages: 635-646
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforThe braincase of the North American therizinosaurian Nothronychus mckinleyi (Dinosauria, Theropoda) | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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A confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-like tarsometatarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Siberia and a discussion of the evolution of avian hind limb musculature
Jingmai K O’Connor, Alexander O. Averianov & Nikita V. Zelenkov
Pages: 647-656
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforA confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-like tarsometatarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Siberia and a discussion of the evolution of avian hind limb musculature | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB) | Supplemental
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A new robust enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China with scansorial adaptations
Min Wang, Jingmai K. O’Connor & Zhonghe Zhou
Pages: 657-671
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforA new robust enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China with scansorial adaptations | Full Text | References | PDF (9.6 MB) | Supplemental
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A new species of small-bodied sparassodont (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the middle Miocene locality of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia
Russell K. Engelman & Darin A. Croft
Pages: 672-688
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforA new species of small-bodied sparassodont (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the middle Miocene locality of Quebrada Honda, Bolivia | Full Text | References | PDF (4.3 MB) | Supplemental
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A new acaremyid rodent (Caviomorpha, Octodontoidea) from Scarritt Pocket, Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Patagonia (Argentina)
María G. Vucetich, María E. Pérez, Martín R. Ciancio, Alfredo A. Carlini, Richard H. Madden & Matthew J. Kohn
Pages: 689-698
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforA new acaremyid rodent (Caviomorpha, Octodontoidea) from Scarritt Pocket, Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Patagonia (Argentina) | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB) | Supplemental
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Machairodus aphanistus (Felidae, Machairodontinae, Homotherini) from the late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) site of Batallones-3 (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain)
Marcos F. G. Monescillo, Manuel J. Salesa, Mauricio Antón, Gema Siliceo & Jorge Morales
Pages: 699-709
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforMachairodus aphanistus (Felidae, Machairodontinae, Homotherini) from the late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) site of Batallones-3 (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain) | Full Text | References | PDF (3.5 MB)
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Juvenile skulls and other postcranial bones of Coelodonta nihowanensis from Shanshenmiaozui, Nihewan Basin, China
Hao-Wen Tong & Xiao-Min Wang
Pages: 710-724
Published online: 06 May 2014
AbstractforJuvenile skulls and other postcranial bones of Coelodonta nihowanensis from Shanshenmiaozui, Nihewan Basin, China | Full Text | References | PDF (10.4 MB) | Supplemental
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Spheroolithus europaeus, oosp. nov. (late Maastrichtian, Catalonia), the youngest oological record of hadrosauroids in Eurasia
Albert G. Sellés, Bernat Via & Àngel Galobart
Pages: 725-729
Published online: 06 May 2014
First Page PreviewforSpheroolithus europaeus, oosp. nov. (late Maastrichtian, Catalonia), the youngest oological record of hadrosauroids in Eurasia | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Depaulacoutoia, a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983, a preoccupied name
Richard L. Cifelli & Edgardo Ortiz-Jaureguizar
Page: 730
Published online: 06 May 2014
CitationforDepaulacoutoia, a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983, a preoccupied name | Full Text | References | PDF (26.8 KB)
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A new genus and species of early Eocene (Ypresian) Artiodactyla (Mammalia), Gagadon minimonstrum, from Bitter Creek, Wyoming, U.S.A.
Richard K. Stucky & Herbert H. Covert
Pages: 731-736
Published online: 06 May 2014
First Page PreviewforA new genus and species of early Eocene (Ypresian) Artiodactyla (Mammalia), Gagadon minimonstrum, from Bitter Creek, Wyoming, U.S.A. | Full Text | References | PDF (921.6 KB)
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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review
From Clone to Bone: The Synergy of Morphological and Molecular Tools in Palaeobiology
by Robert J. Asher and Johannes Müller (editors), 2012. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 396 pp. US$50, paperback, ISBN 978-0-521-17676-7.
Bhart-Anjan Singh Bhullar
Pages: 737-738
Published online: 06 May 2014
CitationforFrom Clone to Bone: The Synergy of Morphological and Molecular Tools in Palaeobiology | Full Text | References | PDF (35.3 KB)
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