Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 34, Issue 5 (2014)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 34, Issue 5 (2014)

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Huaridelphis raimondii, a new early Miocene Squalodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Chilcatay Formation, Peru
Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci & Mario Urbina
Pages: 987-1004
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforHuaridelphis raimondii, a new early Miocene Squalodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Chilcatay Formation, Peru | Full Text | References | PDF (8.4 MB)
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†Zappaichthys harzhauseri, gen. et sp. nov., a new Miocene toadfish (Teleostei, Batrachoidiformes) from the Paratethys (St. Margarethen in Burgenland, Austria), with comments on the fossil record of batrachoidiform fishes
Giorgio Carnevale & Bruce B. Collette
Pages: 1005-1017
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
Abstractfor†Zappaichthys harzhauseri, gen. et sp. nov., a new Miocene toadfish (Teleostei, Batrachoidiformes) from the Paratethys (St. Margarethen in Burgenland, Austria), with comments on the fossil record of batrachoidiform fishes | Full Text | References | PDF (4.6 MB)
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Tilefish (Teleostei, Malacanthidae) remains from the Miocene Calvert Formation, Maryland and Virginia: taxonomical and paleoecological remarks
Giorgio Carnevale & Stephen J. Godfrey
Pages: 1018-1032
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforTilefish (Teleostei, Malacanthidae) remains from the Miocene Calvert Formation, Maryland and Virginia: taxonomical and paleoecological remarks | Full Text | References | PDF (10.4 MB)
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A new species of the parareptile genus Delorhynchus, based on articulated skeletal remains from Richards Spur, Lower Permian of Oklahoma
Robert R. Reisz, Mark J. Macdougall & Sean P. Modesto
Pages: 1033-1043
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforA new species of the parareptile genus Delorhynchus, based on articulated skeletal remains from Richards Spur, Lower Permian of Oklahoma | Full Text | References | PDF (2.9 MB) | Supplemental
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The Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China
Da-Yong Jiang, Ryosuke Motani, Andrea Tintori, Olivier Rieppel, Guan-Bao Chen, Jian-Dong Huang, Rong Zhang, Zuo-Yu Sun & Cheng Ji
Pages: 1044-1052
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforThe Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China | Full Text | References | PDF (3.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Anatomy of Colymbosaurus megadeirus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the U.K., and high diversity among Late Jurassic plesiosauroids
Roger B. J. Benson & Timothy Bowdler
Pages: 1053-1071
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforAnatomy of Colymbosaurus megadeirus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the U.K., and high diversity among Late Jurassic plesiosauroids | Full Text | References | PDF (7.2 MB) | Supplemental
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Reassessment of Turonian mosasaur material from the ‘Middle Chalk’ (England, U.K.), and the status of Mosasaurus gracilis Owen, 1849
Hallie P. Street & Michael W. Caldwell
Pages: 1072-1079
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforReassessment of Turonian mosasaur material from the ‘Middle Chalk’ (England, U.K.), and the status of Mosasaurus gracilis Owen, 1849 | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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New snakes from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar
Adam C. Pritchard, Jacob A. McCartney, David W. Krause & Nathan J. Kley
Pages: 1080-1093
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforNew snakes from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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Enigmatic crocodyliforms from the early Miocene of Cuba
Christopher A. Brochu & Osvaldo Jiménez-Vázquez
Pages: 1094-1101
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforEnigmatic crocodyliforms from the early Miocene of Cuba | Full Text | References | PDF (1.7 MB)
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A new dryosaurid ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal
Fernando Escaso, Francisco Ortega, Pedro Dantas, Elisabete Malafaia, Bruno Silva, José M. Gasulla, Pedro Mocho, Iván Narváez & JosÉ L. Sanz
Pages: 1102-1112
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforA new dryosaurid ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB) | Supplemental
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Redescription of the Skull of Coloradisaurus brevis (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Union Basin, northwestern Argentina
Cecilia Apaldetti, Ricardo N. Martinez, Diego Pol & Thibaud Souter
Pages: 1113-1132
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforRedescription of the Skull of Coloradisaurus brevis (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Union Basin, northwestern Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (4.1 MB) | Supplemental
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The basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania
Eric Gorscak, Patrick M. O'Connor, Nancy J. Stevens & Eric M. Roberts
Pages: 1133-1154
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforThe basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania | Full Text | References | PDF (8.6 MB) | Supplemental
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Latest evidence of Palaeoamasia (Mammalia, Embrithopoda) in Turkish Anatolia
William J. Sanders, Wojciech Nemec, Mauro Aldinucci, Nils E. Janbu & Massimiliano Ghinassi
Pages: 1155-1164
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforLatest evidence of Palaeoamasia (Mammalia, Embrithopoda) in Turkish Anatolia | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB)
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The intertropical Brazilian species of Panochthus (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea): a reappraisal of their taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities
Kleberson de O. Porpino, Juan C. Fernicola, Laura Edith Cruz & Lílian P. Bergqvist
Pages: 1165-1179
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforThe intertropical Brazilian species of Panochthus (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontoidea): a reappraisal of their taxonomy and phylogenetic affinities | Full Text | References | PDF (4.6 MB)
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Gnathic and postcranial skeleton of the largest known arctocyonid ‘condylarth’ Arctocyon mumak (Mammalia, Procreodi) and ecomorphological diversity in Procreodi
Francois D. H. Gould & Kenneth D. Rose
Pages: 1180-1202
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforGnathic and postcranial skeleton of the largest known arctocyonid ‘condylarth’ Arctocyon mumak (Mammalia, Procreodi) and ecomorphological diversity in Procreodi | Full Text | References | PDF (4.9 MB) | Supplemental
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On the skull of Radinskya (Mammalia) and its phylogenetic position
Luke t. Holbrook
Pages: 1203-1215
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforOn the skull of Radinskya (Mammalia) and its phylogenetic position | Full Text | References | PDF (2.9 MB) | Supplemental
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A new species of Kentriodon (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the middle/late Miocene of Groß Pampau (Schleswig-Holstein, North Germany)
Emese Kazár & Oliver Hampe
Pages: 1216-1230
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforA new species of Kentriodon (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the middle/late Miocene of Groß Pampau (Schleswig-Holstein, North Germany) | Full Text | References | PDF (4.9 MB)
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Taxonomic reinterpretation of Theosodon hystatus Cabrera and Kraglievich, 1931 (Litopterna, Macraucheniidae ) and phylogenetic relationships of the family
Gabriela I. Schmidt & Brenda S. Ferrero
Pages: 1231-1238
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
AbstractforTaxonomic reinterpretation of Theosodon hystatus Cabrera and Kraglievich, 1931 (Litopterna, Macraucheniidae ) and phylogenetic relationships of the family | Full Text | References | PDF (834.3 KB) | Supplemental
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

A giant marine coelacanth from the Jurassic of Normandy, France
Hugo Dutel, Elisabeth Pennetier & Gérard Pennetier
Pages: 1239-1242
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
First Page PreviewforA giant marine coelacanth from the Jurassic of Normandy, France | Full Text | References | PDF (690.4 KB)
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Lakukullus anatisrostratus, gen. et sp. nov., a new massive nothrotheriid sloth (Xenarthra, Pilosa) from the middle Miocene of Bolivia
François Pujos, Gerardo De Iuliis, Bernardino Mamani Quispe & Ruben Andrade Flores
Pages: 1243-1248
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
First Page PreviewforLakukullus anatisrostratus, gen. et sp. nov., a new massive nothrotheriid sloth (Xenarthra, Pilosa) from the middle Miocene of Bolivia | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Correction to the holotype (AMNH FM 9394) of Merychippus proparvulus Osborn, 1918 (Perissodactyla, Equidae)
Nicholas A. Famoso & Samantha S. B. Hopkins
Pages: 1249-1250
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
CitationforCorrection to the holotype (AMNH FM 9394) of Merychippus proparvulus Osborn, 1918 (Perissodactyla, Equidae) | Full Text | References | PDF (552.2 KB)
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The site of Shuitangba (Yunnan, China) preserves a unique, terminal Miocene fauna
Nina G. Jablonski, Denise F. Su, Lawrence J. Flynn, Xueping Ji, Chenglong Deng, Jay Kelley, Yuguang Zhang, Jiyun Yin, Youshan You & Xin Yang
Pages: 1251-1257
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
First Page PreviewforThe site of Shuitangba (Yunnan, China) preserves a unique, terminal Miocene fauna | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review
Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods: Advancing Methods, Analysis, and Interpretation
by Kevin Padian and Ellen-Thérèse Lamm, 2013. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, 298 pp. US$75, hardcover, ISBN 978-0-520-27352-8.
Alexandra Houssaye
Page: 1258
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
CitationforBone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods: Advancing Methods, Analysis, and Interpretation | Full Text | References | PDF (27.4 KB)
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Extreme Measures: The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals
by Brian K. McNab, 2012. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 312 pp. US$35, paperback, ISBN 978-0-226-56123-3.
James O. Farlow
Page: 1259
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
CitationforExtreme Measures: The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals | Full Text | PDF (28 KB)
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Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy
by Mark P. Witton 2013. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 291 pp. US$35, hardcover, ISBN 978-0-691-15061-1.
S. Christopher Bennett
Page: 1260
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
CitationforPterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy | Full Text | References | PDF (25.1 KB)
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CORRIGENDUM

Correction
Eodelphinus kabatensis, a replacement name for Eodelphis kabatensis (Cetacea: Delphinoidea: Delphinidae)
Mizuki Murakami, Chieko Shimada, Yoshinori Hikida & Yuhji Soeda
Page: 1261
Published online: 09 Sep 2014
CitationforEodelphinus kabatensis, a replacement name for Eodelphis kabatensis (Cetacea: Delphinoidea: Delphinidae) | Full Text | References | PDF (24.7 KB)
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