Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 41, Issue 1 (2021)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 41, Issue 1 (2021)

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Reevaluation of the holotypes of Koskinonodon princeps Branson and Mehl, 1929, and Borborophagus wyomingensis Branson and Mehl, 1929 (Temnospondyli, Metoposauridae)
Aaron M. Kufner & Bryan M. Gee
Article: e1922067
Published online: 08 Jun 2021
AbstractforReevaluation of the holotypes of Koskinonodon princeps Branson and Mehl, 1929, and Borborophagus wyomingensis Branson and Mehl, 1929 (Temnospondyli, Metoposauridae) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Brazilian Permian dvinosaurs (Amphibia, Temnospondyli): revised description and phylogeny
Claudia Marsicano, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Juan C. Cisneros, Martha Richter, Christian F. Kammerer, Jörg Fröbisch & Roger M. H. Smith
Article: e1893181
Published online: 06 May 2021
AbstractforBrazilian Permian dvinosaurs (Amphibia, Temnospondyli): revised description and phylogeny | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Reassessment of the Early Triassic trematosaurid temnospondyl Tertrema acuta from the Arctic island of Spitsbergen
Miriam A. Slodownik, Thomas Mörs & Benjamin P. Kear
Article: e1900209
Published online: 29 Apr 2021
AbstractforReassessment of the Early Triassic trematosaurid temnospondyl Tertrema acuta from the Arctic island of Spitsbergen | Full Text | References | PDF (814.3 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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First record of the amphibamiform Micropholis stowi from the lower Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica
Bryan M. Gee & Christian A. Sidor
Article: e1904251
Published online: 21 May 2021
AbstractforFirst record of the amphibamiform Micropholis stowi from the lower Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | EPUB
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An Upper Triassic terrestrial vertebrate assemblage from the forgotten Kocury locality (Poland) with a new aetosaur taxon
Łukasz Czepiński, Dawid Dróżdż, Tomasz Szczygielski, Mateusz Tałanda, Wojciech Pawlak, Antoni Lewczuk, Adam Rytel & Tomasz Sulej
Article: e1898977
Published online: 06 Apr 2021
AbstractforAn Upper Triassic terrestrial vertebrate assemblage from the forgotten Kocury locality (Poland) with a new aetosaur taxon | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A new plastomenid trionychid turtle, Plastomenus joycei , sp. nov., from the earliest Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A.
Tyler R. Lyson, Holger Petermann & Ian M. Miller
Article: e1913600
Published online: 01 Jun 2021
AbstractforA new plastomenid trionychid turtle, Plastomenus joycei , sp. nov., from the earliest Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. | Full Text | References | PDF (899.9 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Catutosaurus gaspariniae , gen. et sp. nov. (Ichthyosauria, Thunnosauria) of the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia and the evolution of the ophthalmosaurids
Marta S. Fernández, Lisandro Campos, Erin E. Maxwell & Alberto C. Garrido
Article: e1922427
Published online: 11 Jun 2021
AbstractforCatutosaurus gaspariniae , gen. et sp. nov. (Ichthyosauria, Thunnosauria) of the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia and the evolution of the ophthalmosaurids | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Panzhousaurus rotundirostris Jiang et al., 2019 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the recovery of the monophyly of Pachypleurosauridae
Wen-Bin Lin, Da-Yong Jiang, Olivier Rieppel, Ryosuke Motani, Andrea Tintori, Zuo-Yu Sun & Min Zhou
Article: e1901730
Published online: 16 Apr 2021
AbstractforPanzhousaurus rotundirostris Jiang et al., 2019 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the recovery of the monophyly of Pachypleurosauridae | Full Text | References | PDF (3.5 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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The braincase and inner ear of ‘Metriorhynchus’ cf. ‘M.’ brachyrhynchus – implications for aquatic sensory adaptations in crocodylomorphs
Julia A. Schwab, Mark T. Young, Yanina Herrera, Lawrence M. Witmer, Stig A. Walsh, Orestis L. Katsamenis & Stephen L. Brusatte
Article: e1912062
Published online: 08 Jun 2021
AbstractforThe braincase and inner ear of ‘Metriorhynchus’ cf. ‘M.’ brachyrhynchus – implications for aquatic sensory adaptations in crocodylomorphs | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Postcranial osteology of the basally branching hadrosauroid dinosaur Tanius sinensis from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group of Shandong, China
Niclas H. Borinder, Stephen F. Poropat, NicolÁs E. Campione, Tomas Wigren & Benjamin P. Kear
Article: e1914642
Published online: 03 Jun 2021
AbstractforPostcranial osteology of the basally branching hadrosauroid dinosaur Tanius sinensis from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group of Shandong, China | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A non-averostran neotheropod vertebra (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the earliest Jurassic Whitmore Point Member (Moenave Formation) in southwestern Utah
Adam D. Marsh, Andrew R. C. Milner, Jerald D. Harris, Donald D. De BLIEUX & James I. Kirkland
Article: e1897604
Published online: 04 Jun 2021
AbstractforA non-averostran neotheropod vertebra (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the earliest Jurassic Whitmore Point Member (Moenave Formation) in southwestern Utah | Full Text | References | PDF (728.3 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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First record of a giant bird (Ornithuromorpha) from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the Southern Pyrenees, northeast Spain
Manuel Pérez-Pueyo, Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual, Miguel Moreno-Azanza, Penélope Cruzado-Caballero, José Manuel Gasca, Carmen Núñez-Lahuerta & José Ignacio Canudo
Article: e1900210
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
AbstractforFirst record of a giant bird (Ornithuromorpha) from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the Southern Pyrenees, northeast Spain | Full Text | References | PDF (3.9 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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The earliest recorded fossil pelican, recovered from the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt
Joseph J. El Adli, Jeffrey A. Wilson Mantilla, Mohammed Sameh M. Antar & Philip D. Gingerich
Article: e1903910
Published online: 02 Jun 2021
AbstractforThe earliest recorded fossil pelican, recovered from the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt | Full Text | References | PDF (890.6 KB) | EPUB
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A redescription of Kunpania scopulusa, a bidentalian dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the ?Guadalupian of northwestern China
Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Jun Liu & Wan Yang
Article: e1922428
Published online: 28 May 2021
AbstractforA redescription of Kunpania scopulusa, a bidentalian dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the ?Guadalupian of northwestern China | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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New material of Bramatherium grande from the Siwaliks of Pakistan sheds light on dental intra-clade morphological variability of Late Miocene sivatheres
Muhammad Akbar Khan, Muhammad Adeeb Babar & Maria Ríos
Article: e1898976
Published online: 20 Apr 2021
AbstractforNew material of Bramatherium grande from the Siwaliks of Pakistan sheds light on dental intra-clade morphological variability of Late Miocene sivatheres | Full Text | References | PDF (485.7 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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New Leptolophus (Palaeotheriidae) species from the Iberian Peninsula and early evidence of hypsodonty in an Eocene perissodactyl
Leire Perales-Gogenola, Ainara Badiola, Asier Gómez-Olivencia & Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola
Article: e1912061
Published online: 20 May 2021
AbstractforNew Leptolophus (Palaeotheriidae) species from the Iberian Peninsula and early evidence of hypsodonty in an Eocene perissodactyl | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB) | EPUB
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A new glirid-like cricetid from the lower Oligocene of Southern China
Xiao-Yu Lu, Xijun Ni & Olivier Maridet
Article: e1917587
Published online: 15 Jun 2021
AbstractforA new glirid-like cricetid from the lower Oligocene of Southern China | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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How many sabertooths? Reevaluating the number of carnivoran sabretooth lineages with total-evidence Bayesian techniques and a novel origin of the Miocene Nimravidae
Paul Z. Barrett, Samantha S. B. Hopkins & Samantha A. Price
Article: e1923523
Published online: 08 Jun 2021
AbstractforHow many sabertooths? Reevaluating the number of carnivoran sabretooth lineages with total-evidence Bayesian techniques and a novel origin of the Miocene Nimravidae | Full Text | References | PDF (772.4 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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The fossil record of the ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora, Felidae): a new record from the southern range of its distribution and its paleoenvironmental context
Francisco J. Prevosti, Cecilia Méndez, Mauro Schiaffini, Sebastián Cirignoli, Silvina Contreras, Alfredo E. Zurita & Carlos A. Luna
Article: e1922867
Published online: 02 Jun 2021
AbstractforThe fossil record of the ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Carnivora, Felidae): a new record from the southern range of its distribution and its paleoenvironmental context | Full Text | References | PDF (729.3 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Early Eocene omomyid from the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia: first fossil primate from the Atlantic Coastal Plain
Kenneth D. Rose, Jonathan M. G. Perry, Kristen A. Prufrock & Robert E. Weems
Article: e1923340
Published online: 26 May 2021
AbstractforEarly Eocene omomyid from the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia: first fossil primate from the Atlantic Coastal Plain | Full Text | References | PDF (918.4 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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The first Early Devonian Dipnoi from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland
Piotr Szrek, Marek Dec & Olga Wilk
Article: e1923323
Published online: 01 Jun 2021
AbstractforThe first Early Devonian Dipnoi from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland | Full Text | References | PDF (541.3 KB) | EPUB
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