Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 35, Issue 5 (2015)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 35, Issue 5 (2015)

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The first record of the chimaeroid genus Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Cretaceous, James Ross Island)
Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli, Daniel A. Cabrera, Alberto L. Cione, José P. O'Gorman, Rodolfo A. Coria & Marta Fernández
Article: e981128
Published online: 31 Aug 2015
AbstractforThe first record of the chimaeroid genus Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Cretaceous, James Ross Island) | Full Text | References | PDF (3.2 MB)
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A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States
Kenshu Shimada, Evgeny V. Popov, Mikael Siversson, Bruce J. Welton & Douglas J. Long
Article: e981335
Published online: 28 Aug 2015
AbstractforA new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States | Full Text | References | PDF (3 MB) | Supplemental
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A new fossil actinistian from the Early Jurassic of Chile and its bearing on the phylogeny of Actinistia
Gloria Arratia & Hans-Peter Schultze
Article: e983524
Published online: 07 Aug 2015
AbstractforA new fossil actinistian from the Early Jurassic of Chile and its bearing on the phylogeny of Actinistia | Full Text | References | PDF (9 MB) | Supplemental
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New species of lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Late Triassic Krasiejów site in Poland, with remarks on the ontogeny of Triassic dipnoan tooth plates
Piotr Skrzycki
Article: e964357
Published online: 06 Jul 2015
AbstractforNew species of lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Late Triassic Krasiejów site in Poland, with remarks on the ontogeny of Triassic dipnoan tooth plates | Full Text | References | PDF (3.6 MB)
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New fossil species of the extant genus Lepidobatrachus (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of central Argentina
Laura Nicoli
Article: e981636
Published online: 27 Aug 2015
AbstractforNew fossil species of the extant genus Lepidobatrachus (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of central Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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New material of Ulutrionyx ninae from the Oligocene of Kazakhstan, with a review of Oligocene trionychids of Asia
Natasha S. Vitek & Igor G. Danilov
Article: e973570
Published online: 07 Aug 2015
AbstractforNew material of Ulutrionyx ninae from the Oligocene of Kazakhstan, with a review of Oligocene trionychids of Asia | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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An occurrence of fossil eggs from the Mesozoic of Madagascar and a detailed observation of eggshell microstructure
Daniel R. Lawver, Armand H. Rasoamiaramanana & Ingmar Werneburg
Article: e973030
Published online: 07 Aug 2015
AbstractforAn occurrence of fossil eggs from the Mesozoic of Madagascar and a detailed observation of eggshell microstructure | Full Text | References | PDF (4.1 MB) | Supplemental
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A second species of Eucnemesaurus Van Hoepen, 1920 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): new information on the diversity and evolution of the sauropodomorph fauna of South Africa's lower Elliot Formation (latest Triassic)
Blair W. McPhee, Jonah N. Choiniere, Adam M. Yates & Pia A. Viglietti
Article: e980504
Published online: 07 Aug 2015
AbstractforA second species of Eucnemesaurus Van Hoepen, 1920 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): new information on the diversity and evolution of the sauropodomorph fauna of South Africa's lower Elliot Formation (latest Triassic) | Full Text | References | PDF (11.5 MB) | Supplemental
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A new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia)
José L. Carballido, Diego Pol, Mary L. Parra Ruge, Santiago Padilla Bernal, María E. Páramo-Fonseca & Fernando Etayo-Serna
Article: e980505
Published online: 27 Aug 2015
AbstractforA new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia) | Full Text | References | PDF (6.6 MB) | Supplemental
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A diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Chubut, Argentina
Oliver W. M. Rauhut, José L. Carballido & Diego Pol
Article: e982798
Published online: 27 Aug 2015
AbstractforA diplodocid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Chubut, Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB) | Supplemental
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A proposed terminology of theropod teeth (Dinosauria, Saurischia)
Christophe Hendrickx, Octávio Mateus & Ricardo Araújo
Article: e982797
Published online: 01 Sep 2015
AbstractforA proposed terminology of theropod teeth (Dinosauria, Saurischia) | Full Text | References | PDF (7.3 MB) | Supplemental
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Endocranial anatomy of Antarctic Eocene stem penguins: implications for sensory system evolution in Sphenisciformes (Aves)
Claudia P. Tambussi, Federico J. Degrange & Daniel T. Ksepka
Article: e981635
Published online: 26 Aug 2015
AbstractforEndocranial anatomy of Antarctic Eocene stem penguins: implications for sensory system evolution in Sphenisciformes (Aves) | Full Text | References | PDF (9.1 MB)
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A new eutherocephalian (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the upper Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia
Adam K. Huttenlocker, Christian A. Sidor & Kenneth D. Angielczyk
Article: e969400
Published online: 20 Jul 2015
AbstractforA new eutherocephalian (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the upper Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia | Full Text | References | PDF (2.9 MB) | Supplemental
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Digital cranial endocast of Pseudoplohophorus absolutus (Xenarthra, Cingulata) and its systematic and evolutionary implications
P Sebastián Tambusso & Richard A. Fariña
Article: e967853
Published online: 20 Jul 2015
AbstractforDigital cranial endocast of Pseudoplohophorus absolutus (Xenarthra, Cingulata) and its systematic and evolutionary implications | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB) | Supplemental
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New insights on the most primitive desmostylian from a partial skeleton of Behemotops (Desmostylia, Mammalia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Brian Lee Beatty & Thomas C. Cockburn
Article: e979939
Published online: 27 Aug 2015
AbstractforNew insights on the most primitive desmostylian from a partial skeleton of Behemotops (Desmostylia, Mammalia) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia | Full Text | References | PDF (10.8 MB)
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Craniodental and postcranial morphology of Indohyaenodon raoi from the early eocene of india, and its implications for ecology, phylogeny, and biogeography of hyaenodontid mammals
Rajendra S. Rana, Kishor Kumar, Shawn P. Zack, Floreal SolÉ, Kenneth D. Rose, Pieter Missiaen, Lachham Singh, Ashok Sahni & Thierry Smith
Article: e965308
Published online: 06 Jul 2015
AbstractforCraniodental and postcranial morphology of Indohyaenodon raoi from the early eocene of india, and its implications for ecology, phylogeny, and biogeography of hyaenodontid mammals | Full Text | References | PDF (4.7 MB) | Supplemental
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New early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama
Aldo F. Rincon, Jonathan I. Bloch, Bruce J. Macfadden & Carlos A. Jaramillo
Article: e970688
Published online: 24 Jul 2015
AbstractforNew early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama | Full Text | References | PDF (4.2 MB) | Supplemental
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Pectoral fin of the Paleozoic shark, Cladoselache: new reconstruction based on a near-complete specimen
Taketeru Tomita
Article: e973029
Published online: 07 Aug 2015
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Naming and rediagnosing the Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Reptilia, Squamata) from Öösh (Övörkhangai, Mongolia)
Jack L. Conrad & Juan D. Daza
Article: e980891
Published online: 28 Aug 2015
AbstractforNaming and rediagnosing the Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Reptilia, Squamata) from Öösh (Övörkhangai, Mongolia) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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‘Chasmatosaurus ultimus,’ a putative proterosuchid archosauriform from the Middle Triassic, is an indeterminate crown archosaur
Jun Liu, Richard Butler, Corwin Sullivan & Martin Ezcurra
Article: e965779
Published online: 20 Jul 2015
First Page Previewfor‘Chasmatosaurus ultimus,’ a putative proterosuchid archosauriform from the Middle Triassic, is an indeterminate crown archosaur | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB)
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A new late Miocene condor (Aves, Cathartidae) from Peru and the origin of South American Condors
Marcelo Stucchi, Steven D. Emslie, Rafael M. Varas-Malca & Mario Urbina-Schmitt
Article: e972507
Published online: 24 Jul 2015
First Page PreviewforA new late Miocene condor (Aves, Cathartidae) from Peru and the origin of South American Condors | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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Ricardocifellia, a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983, and Depaulacoutoia Cifelli and Ortiz-Jaureguizar, 2014 (Mammalia, ‘Condylarthra,’ Didolodontidae), and the status of Depaulacoutoia Kretzoi and Kretzoi, 2000 (Mammalia, Australidelphia, Polydolopimorphia)
Alvaro Mones
Article: e973571
Published online: 07 Aug 2015
CitationforRicardocifellia, a replacement name for Paulacoutoia Cifelli, 1983, and Depaulacoutoia Cifelli and Ortiz-Jaureguizar, 2014 (Mammalia, ‘Condylarthra,’ Didolodontidae), and the status of Depaulacoutoia Kretzoi and Kretzoi, 2000 (Mammalia, Australidelphia, Polydolopimorphia) | Full Text | References | PDF (29.5 KB)
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Revival of a species of the rare European Oligocene amphicyonid Goupilictis Ginsburg, 1969 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Amphicyonidae)
Louis De Bonis
Article: e969401
Published online: 24 Jul 2015
First Page PreviewforRevival of a species of the rare European Oligocene amphicyonid Goupilictis Ginsburg, 1969 (Mammalia, Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) | Full Text | References | PDF (479.4 KB)
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