Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 37, Issue 3 (2017)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 37, Issue 3 (2017)

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Neither bones nor feet: track morphological variation and ‘preservation quality’
Stephen M. Gatesy & Peter L. Falkingham
Article: e1314298
Published online: 09 Jun 2017
AbstractforNeither bones nor feet: track morphological variation and ‘preservation quality’ | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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A Pennsylvanian ‘supershark’ from Texas
John G. Maisey, Allison W. Bronson, Robert R. Williams & Mark McKinzie
Article: e1325369
Published online: 22 Jun 2017
AbstractforA Pennsylvanian ‘supershark’ from Texas | Full Text | References | PDF (3.9 MB)
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Paleogene origin of planktivory in the Batoidea
Charlie J. Underwood, Matthew A. Kolmann & David J. Ward
Article: e1293068
Published online: 08 Jun 2017
AbstractforPaleogene origin of planktivory in the Batoidea | Full Text | References | PDF (6.2 MB)
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The fishes of Bukwa, Uganda, a lower Miocene (Burdigalian) locality of East Africa
Alison M. Murray, Thodoris Argyriou, Susanne Cote & Laura MacLatchy
Article: e1324460
Published online: 22 Jun 2017
AbstractforThe fishes of Bukwa, Uganda, a lower Miocene (Burdigalian) locality of East Africa | Full Text | References | PDF (4.4 MB) | Supplemental
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Virtual reexamination of a plesiosaurian specimen (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Goulmima, Morocco, using computed tomography
Rémi Allemand, Nathalie Bardet, Alexandra Houssaye & Peggy Vincent
Article: e1325894
Published online: 22 Jun 2017
AbstractforVirtual reexamination of a plesiosaurian specimen (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Goulmima, Morocco, using computed tomography | Full Text | References | PDF (3.6 MB) | Supplemental
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A glimpse at the ectotherms of the earliest fauna from the East African Rift (Lokone, late Oligocene of Kenya)
Olga Otero, Géraldine Garcia, Xavier Valentin, Fabrice Lihoreau, Fredrick K. Manthi & Stéphanes Ducrocq
Article: e1312691
Published online: 22 May 2017
AbstractforA glimpse at the ectotherms of the earliest fauna from the East African Rift (Lokone, late Oligocene of Kenya) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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First crocodile-tailed lizard (Squamata: Pan-Shinisaurus) from the Paleogene of Europe
Krister T. Smith
Article: e1313743
Published online: 25 May 2017
AbstractforFirst crocodile-tailed lizard (Squamata: Pan-Shinisaurus) from the Paleogene of Europe | Full Text | References | PDF (2.5 MB)
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The Gobiosuchidae in the early evolution of Crocodyliformes
Ángela D. Buscalioni
Article: e1324459
Published online: 22 Jun 2017
AbstractforThe Gobiosuchidae in the early evolution of Crocodyliformes | Full Text | References | PDF (5.3 MB) | Supplemental
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Additions to the Lancian mammalian fauna from southwest North Dakota
Clint A. Boyd, Jeff J. Person & Becky Barnes
Article: e1325368
Published online: 22 Jun 2017
AbstractforAdditions to the Lancian mammalian fauna from southwest North Dakota | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB)
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The postcranial skeleton of Yanoconodon allini from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, China, and its implications for locomotor adaptation in eutriconodontan mammals
Meng Chen, Zhe-Xi Luo & Gregory P. Wilson
Article: e1315425
Published online: 09 Jun 2017
AbstractforThe postcranial skeleton of Yanoconodon allini from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, China, and its implications for locomotor adaptation in eutriconodontan mammals | Full Text | References | PDF (8.9 MB)
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A new genus of megalonychid ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene of Quintana Roo, Mexico
H. Gregory McDonald, James C. Chatters & Timothy J. Gaudin
Article: e1307206
Published online: 08 Jun 2017
AbstractforA new genus of megalonychid ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene of Quintana Roo, Mexico | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB)
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Dental eruption and growth in Hyracoidea (Mammalia, Afrotheria)
Robert J. Asher, Gregg F. Gunnell, Erik R. Seiffert, David Pattinson, Rodolphe Tabuce, Lionel Hautier & Hesham M. Sallam
Article: e1317638
Published online: 12 Jun 2017
AbstractforDental eruption and growth in Hyracoidea (Mammalia, Afrotheria) | Full Text | References | PDF (5.5 MB) | Supplemental
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A new species of Gomphotherium (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from China and the evolution of Gomphotherium in Eurasia
Shi-Qi Wang, Yu Li, Jaroon Duangkrayom, Xiang-Wen Yang, Wen He & Shan-Qin Chen
Article: e1318284
Published online: 13 Jun 2017
AbstractforA new species of Gomphotherium (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from China and the evolution of Gomphotherium in Eurasia | Full Text | References | PDF (6.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Basal hippopotamines from the upper Miocene of Chorora, Ethiopia
Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Gen Suwa, Berhane Asfaw, Fabrice Lihoreau, Raymond L. Bernor, Shigehiro Katoh & Yonas Beyene
Article: e1297718
Published online: 09 Jun 2017
AbstractforBasal hippopotamines from the upper Miocene of Chorora, Ethiopia | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB) | Supplemental
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A dolphin fossil ear bone from the northern Neotropics–insights into habitat transitions in iniid evolution
Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, Bastien Mennecart, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Rodolfo Sánchez & Loïc Costeur
Article: e1315817
Published online: 14 Jun 2017
AbstractforA dolphin fossil ear bone from the northern Neotropics–insights into habitat transitions in iniid evolution | Full Text | References | PDF (3.8 MB) | Supplemental
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Mandibles of the sea lion Proterozetes ulysses from the middle Pleistocene Port Orford Formation of Oregon
Ashley W. Poust & Robert W. Boessenecker
Article: e1317637
Published online: 12 Jun 2017
AbstractforMandibles of the sea lion Proterozetes ulysses from the middle Pleistocene Port Orford Formation of Oregon | Full Text | References | PDF (2.8 MB)
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Rediscovery of the long-lost holotype of the lacertid lizard Pseudeumeces cadurcensis (Filhol, 1877)
Arnau Bolet, Jean-Claude Rage & Jack L. Conrad
Article: e1315669
Published online: 09 Jun 2017
AbstractforRediscovery of the long-lost holotype of the lacertid lizard Pseudeumeces cadurcensis (Filhol, 1877) | Full Text | References | PDF (910.6 KB)
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First record of Hesperopetes Emry and Korth, 2007 (Rodentia, Sciuridae), from the Orellan (early Oligocene)
William W. Korth
Article: e1318890
Published online: 14 Jun 2017
AbstractforFirst record of Hesperopetes Emry and Korth, 2007 (Rodentia, Sciuridae), from the Orellan (early Oligocene) | Full Text | References | PDF (552.2 KB)
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