Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 35, Issue 1 (2015)

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Four new Early Devonian ischnacanthid acanthodians from the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada: an early experiment in dental diversity
Stephanie A. Blais, Chelsea R. Hermus & Mark V. H. Wilson
Article: e948546
Published online: 03 Feb 2015
AbstractforFour new Early Devonian ischnacanthid acanthodians from the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada: an early experiment in dental diversity | Full Text | References | PDF (6.6 MB)
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A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae
Jennifer A. Lane & Martin Ebert
Article: e883238
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
AbstractforA taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae | Full Text | References | PDF (21.7 MB)
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Paleohistology of Micropholis stowi (Dissorophoidea) and Lydekkerina huxleyi (Lydekkerinidae) humeri from the Karoo Basin of South Africa, and implications for bone microstructure evolution in temnospondyl amphibians
Julia B. Mchugh
Article: e902845
Published online: 29 Jan 2015
AbstractforPaleohistology of Micropholis stowi (Dissorophoidea) and Lydekkerina huxleyi (Lydekkerinidae) humeri from the Karoo Basin of South Africa, and implications for bone microstructure evolution in temnospondyl amphibians | Full Text | References | PDF (5 MB) | Supplemental
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A new fossil lizard from the Lower Cretaceous Sasayama Group of Hyogo Prefecture, western Honshu, Japan
Tadahiro Ikeda, Hidetoshi Ota & Haruo Saegusa
Article: e885032
Published online: 23 Jan 2015
AbstractforA new fossil lizard from the Lower Cretaceous Sasayama Group of Hyogo Prefecture, western Honshu, Japan | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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A complete mandible of a new amphisbaenian reptile (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from the late middle eocene (Bartonian, Mp 16) of France
Andrej čerňanský, Marc louis Augé & Jean-claude Rage
Article: e902379
Published online: 03 Feb 2015
AbstractforA complete mandible of a new amphisbaenian reptile (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) from the late middle eocene (Bartonian, Mp 16) of France | Full Text | References | PDF (947.7 KB) | Supplemental
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Fossil musk turtles (Kinosternidae, Sternotherus) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of Tennessee and Florida
Jason R. Bourque & Blaine W. Schubert
Article: e885441
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
AbstractforFossil musk turtles (Kinosternidae, Sternotherus) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of Tennessee and Florida | Full Text | References | PDF (7.8 MB) | Supplemental
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Status of Chaohusaurus Chaoxianensis (Chen, 1985)
Ryosuke Motani, Da-Yong Jiang, Andrea Tintori, Olivier Rieppel, Guan-Bao Chen & Hailu You
Article: e892011
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
AbstractforStatus of Chaohusaurus Chaoxianensis (Chen, 1985) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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A new aetosaur (Archosauria, Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its implications for early aetosaur evolution
Andrew B. Heckert, Vincent P. Schneider, Nicholas C. Fraser & Richard A. Webb
Article: e881831
Published online: 23 Jan 2015
AbstractforA new aetosaur (Archosauria, Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its implications for early aetosaur evolution | Full Text | References | PDF (6.8 MB) | Supplemental
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A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China and the diversity, distribution, and relationships of mamenchisaurids
Lida Xing, Tetsuto Miyashita, Jianping Zhang, Daqing Li, Yong Ye, Toru Sekiya, Fengping Wang & Philip J. Currie
Article: e889701
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
AbstractforA new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China and the diversity, distribution, and relationships of mamenchisaurids | Full Text | References | PDF (6 MB) | Supplemental
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Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan
Hans-Dieter Sues, Alexander Averianov, Ryan C. Ridgely & Lawrence M. Witmer
Article: e889145
Published online: 28 Jan 2015
AbstractforTitanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan | Full Text | References | PDF (5.5 MB)
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Morphology, microanatomy, and histology of titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia
Ignacio A. Cerda, Rodolfo A. García, Jaime E. Powell & Oscar Lopez
Article: e905791
Published online: 02 Feb 2015
AbstractforMorphology, microanatomy, and histology of titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia | Full Text | References | PDF (17.7 MB)
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A skull of the immigrant Eurasian beardog Cynelos (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the early Miocene of southern California
Robert M. Hunt JR. & Ellen Stepleton
Article: e891229
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
AbstractforA skull of the immigrant Eurasian beardog Cynelos (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the early Miocene of southern California | Full Text | References | PDF (7.2 MB)
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A Reevaluation of Pliophoca Etrusca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Pliocene of Italy: Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications
Annalisa Berta, Sarah Kienle, Giovanni Bianucci & Silvia Sorbi
Article: e889144
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
AbstractforA Reevaluation of Pliophoca Etrusca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Pliocene of Italy: Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications | Full Text | References | PDF (14.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Evolution of Protanancus (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in East Asia
Shiqi Wang, Tao Deng, Tao Tang, Guangpu Xie, Yuguang Zhang & Duoqing Wang
Article: e881830
Published online: 23 Jan 2015
AbstractforEvolution of Protanancus (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in East Asia | Full Text | References | PDF (5.3 MB) | Supplemental
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Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. xi. Callistosiren boriquensis, gen. et sp. nov.
Jorge Vélez-Juarbe & Daryl P. Domning
Article: e885034
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
AbstractforFossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. xi. Callistosiren boriquensis, gen. et sp. nov. | Full Text | References | PDF (9.3 MB)
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A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of Xenorophus and Mirocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea)
Albert E. Sanders & Jonathan H. Geisler
Article: e890107
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
AbstractforA new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of Xenorophus and Mirocetus (Mammalia, Cetacea) | Full Text | References | PDF (6.9 MB) | Supplemental
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

A new pistosauroid (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the late Ladinian Xingyi marine reptile level, southwestern China
Le-Tian Ma, Da-Yong Jiang, Olivier Rieppel, Ryosuke Motani & Andrea Tintori
Article: e881832
Published online: 23 Jan 2015
AbstractforA new pistosauroid (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the late Ladinian Xingyi marine reptile level, southwestern China | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB) | Supplemental
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Osteoderms of the titanosaur sauropod dinosaur Alamosaurus sanjuanensis Gilmore, 1922
Matthew T. Carrano & Michael D. D’Emic
Article: e901334
Published online: 03 Feb 2015
AbstractforOsteoderms of the titanosaur sauropod dinosaur Alamosaurus sanjuanensis Gilmore, 1922 | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB) | Supplemental
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First record of supernumerary teeth in Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata)
Laureano R. González-Ruiz, Martin R. Ciancio, Gabriel M. Martin & Alfredo E. Zurita
Article: e885033
Published online: 23 Jan 2015
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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review
A Review of “The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time”
by Lance Grande, 2013. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 425 pp. $45.00, hardcover, ISBN 978–0–226–92296–6.
Michael D. Gottfried
Article: e893888
Published online: 03 Feb 2015
CitationforA Review of “The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time” | Full Text | PDF (25.6 KB)
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