Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 38, Issue 5 (2018)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 38, Issue 5 (2018)

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A new species of Lasalichthys (Actinopterygii, Redfieldiiformes) from the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Howard County, Texas, with revisions to the genera Lasalichthys and Synorichthys
Sarah Z. Gibson
Article: e1513009
Published online: 29 Nov 2018
AbstractforA new species of Lasalichthys (Actinopterygii, Redfieldiiformes) from the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Howard County, Texas, with revisions to the genera Lasalichthys and Synorichthys | Full Text | References | PDF (1.7 MB)
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First pachycormiform (Actinopterygii, Pachycormiformes) remains from the Late Jurassic of the Antarctic Peninsula and remarks on bone alteration by recent bioeroders
Soledad Gouiric-Cavalli, Luciano L. Rasia, Gonzalo J. Márquez, Vilma Rosato, Roberto A. Scasso & Marcelo Reguero
Article: e1524384
Published online: 13 Feb 2019
AbstractforFirst pachycormiform (Actinopterygii, Pachycormiformes) remains from the Late Jurassic of the Antarctic Peninsula and remarks on bone alteration by recent bioeroders | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | Supplemental
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A new paraclupeid fish (Clupeomorpha: Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Sidi Aich Formation of southern Tunisia: phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic implications
Kamel Boukhalfa, Feixiang Wu, Walid Ben Ali & Gengyu Fang
Article: e1529675
Published online: 11 Feb 2019
AbstractforA new paraclupeid fish (Clupeomorpha: Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Sidi Aich Formation of southern Tunisia: phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic implications | Full Text | References | PDF (2.9 MB) | Supplemental
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A Miocene pearleye, Benthalbella praecessor, sp. nov. (Teleostei, Aulopiformes), from Sakhalin Island, Russia: the first known skeletal record for the family Scopelarchidae
Mikhail V. Nazarkin & Giorgio Carnevale
Article: e1511992
Published online: 08 Oct 2018
AbstractforA Miocene pearleye, Benthalbella praecessor, sp. nov. (Teleostei, Aulopiformes), from Sakhalin Island, Russia: the first known skeletal record for the family Scopelarchidae | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB)
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Osteology of the large dissorophid temnospondyl Anakamacops petrolicus from the Guadalupian Dashankou Fauna of China
Jun Liu
Article: e1513407
Published online: 05 Nov 2018
AbstractforOsteology of the large dissorophid temnospondyl Anakamacops petrolicus from the Guadalupian Dashankou Fauna of China | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB) | Supplemental
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Redescription and phylogenetic reassessment of the enigmatic anuran Eorubeta nevadensis (Amphibia) based on new specimens from ?latest Cretaceous–Paleocene beds of the Sheep Pass Formation, Nevada
Amy C. Henrici, Peter Druschke, Richard P. Hilton & Joshua W. Bonde
Article: e1510413
Published online: 26 Nov 2018
AbstractforRedescription and phylogenetic reassessment of the enigmatic anuran Eorubeta nevadensis (Amphibia) based on new specimens from ?latest Cretaceous–Paleocene beds of the Sheep Pass Formation, Nevada | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB) | Supplemental
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A new proteid salamander from the early Oligocene of Romania with notes on the paleobiogeography of Eurasian proteids
Márton Venczel & Vlad A. Codrea
Article: e1508027
Published online: 26 Nov 2018
AbstractforA new proteid salamander from the early Oligocene of Romania with notes on the paleobiogeography of Eurasian proteids | Full Text | References | PDF (555.2 KB) | Supplemental
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The mandible of Kronosaurus queenslandicus Longman, 1924 (Pliosauridae, Brachaucheniinae), from the Lower Cretaceous of northwest Queensland, Australia
Timothy Holland
Article: e1511569
Published online: 26 Oct 2018
AbstractforThe mandible of Kronosaurus queenslandicus Longman, 1924 (Pliosauridae, Brachaucheniinae), from the Lower Cretaceous of northwest Queensland, Australia | Full Text | References | PDF (896.7 KB)
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The smallest-known neonate individual of Tylosaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) sheds new light on the tylosaurine rostrum and heterochrony
Takuya Konishi, Paulina Jiménez-Huidobro & Michael W. Caldwell
Article: e1510835
Published online: 11 Oct 2018
AbstractforThe smallest-known neonate individual of Tylosaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) sheds new light on the tylosaurine rostrum and heterochrony | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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A new caimanine (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) species from the Solimões Formation of Brazil and the phylogeny of Caimaninae
Jonas P. Souza-Filho, Rafael G. Souza, Annie Schmaltz Hsiou, Douglas Riff, Edson Guilherme, Francisco Ricardo Negri & Giovanne M. Cidade
Article: e1528450
Published online: 29 Jan 2019
AbstractforA new caimanine (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) species from the Solimões Formation of Brazil and the phylogeny of Caimaninae | Full Text | References | PDF (1.7 MB) | Supplemental
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Braincase anatomy of the early sauropodomorph Saturnalia tupiniquim (Late Triassic, Brazil)
Mario Bronzati, Max C. Langer & Oliver W. M. Rauhut
Article: e1559173
Published online: 19 Mar 2019
AbstractforBraincase anatomy of the early sauropodomorph Saturnalia tupiniquim (Late Triassic, Brazil) | Full Text | References | PDF (2.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Forelimb orientation and locomotion of sauropod dinosaurs: insights from the ?Middle Jurassic Tafaytour tracksites (Argana Basin, Morocco)
Jens N. Lallensack, Shinobu Ishigaki, Abdelouahed Lagnaoui, Michael Buchwitz & Oliver Wings
Article: e1512501
Published online: 29 Jan 2019
AbstractforForelimb orientation and locomotion of sauropod dinosaurs: insights from the ?Middle Jurassic Tafaytour tracksites (Argana Basin, Morocco) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB) | Supplemental
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A new dinosaur with theropod affinities from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation, south Brazil
Júlio C. A. Marsola, Jonathas S. Bittencourt, Richard J. Butler, Átila A. S. Da Rosa, Juliana M. Sayão & Max C. Langer
Article: e1531878
Published online: 14 Feb 2019
AbstractforA new dinosaur with theropod affinities from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation, south Brazil | Full Text | References | PDF (7.4 MB) | Supplemental
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A reexamination of Milosaurus mccordi, and the evolution of large body size in Carboniferous synapsids
Neil Brocklehurst & Jörg Fröbisch
Article: e1508026
Published online: 05 Nov 2018
AbstractforA reexamination of Milosaurus mccordi, and the evolution of large body size in Carboniferous synapsids | Full Text | References | PDF (952.7 KB) | Supplemental
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Reassessment of the postcranial anatomy of Prozostrodon brasiliensis and implications for postural evolution of non-mammaliaform cynodonts
Morgan L. Guignard, Agustin G. Martinelli & Marina B. Soares
Article: e1511570
Published online: 26 Oct 2018
AbstractforReassessment of the postcranial anatomy of Prozostrodon brasiliensis and implications for postural evolution of non-mammaliaform cynodonts | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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Late Pleistocene Glyptodontinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) from southern South America: a comprehensive review
Francisco Cuadrelli, Alfredo E. Zurita, Pablo Toriño, Ángel R. Miño-Boilini, Santiago Rodríguez-Bualó, Daniel Perea & Gabriel E. Acuña Suárez
Article: e1525390
Published online: 21 Jan 2019
AbstractforLate Pleistocene Glyptodontinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) from southern South America: a comprehensive review | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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An early Miocene dugongine (Sirenia: Dugongidae) from Panama
Jorge Velez-Juarbe & Aaron R. Wood
Article: e1511799
Published online: 15 Feb 2019
AbstractforAn early Miocene dugongine (Sirenia: Dugongidae) from Panama | Full Text | References | PDF (3.8 MB) | Supplemental
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New Eocene rodents from northwestern Oaxaca, southeastern Mexico, and their paleobiological significance
Ismael Ferrusquia-Villafranca, Lawrence J. Flynn, Jose E. Ruiz-Gonzalez, Jose Ramon Torres-Hernandez & Enrique Martinez-Hernandez
Article: e1514615
Published online: 08 Nov 2018
AbstractforNew Eocene rodents from northwestern Oaxaca, southeastern Mexico, and their paleobiological significance | Full Text | References | PDF (782.1 KB)
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A review of the genus Melissiodon (Cricetidae, Rodentia) in the Vallés-Penedès Basin (Catalonia)
Sílvia Jovells-Vaqué & Isaac Casanovas-Vilar
Article: e1520714
Published online: 27 Nov 2018
AbstractforA review of the genus Melissiodon (Cricetidae, Rodentia) in the Vallés-Penedès Basin (Catalonia) | Full Text | References | PDF (728.4 KB)
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Deciphering the isotopic niches of now-extinct Hispaniolan rodents
Siobhán B. Cooke & Brooke E. Crowley
Article: e1510414
Published online: 15 Oct 2018
AbstractforDeciphering the isotopic niches of now-extinct Hispaniolan rodents | Full Text | References | PDF (528.5 KB) | Supplemental
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Fishing in the Central Atlantic, an earliest Cenomanian ichthyodectiform from DSDP Site 367, Cape Verde Basin
Max Casson, Lionel Cavin, Jason Jeremiah, Luc G. Bulot & Jonathan Redfern
Article: e1510415
Published online: 08 Oct 2018
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Fossil prowfish, Zaprora koreana, sp. nov. (Pisces, Zaproridae), from the Neogene of South Korea
Kye-Soo Nam & Mikhail V. Nazarkin
Article: e1514616
Published online: 07 Nov 2018
First Page PreviewforFossil prowfish, Zaprora koreana, sp. nov. (Pisces, Zaproridae), from the Neogene of South Korea | Full Text | References | PDF (495.9 KB)
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