Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 41, Issue 2 (2021)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 41, Issue 2 (2021)

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Modeling scale morphogenesis in a Devonian chondrichthyan and scale growth patterns in crown gnathostomes
Xindong Cui, Qingming Qu, Plamen S. Andreev, Qiang Li, Huijuan Mai & Min Zhu
Article: e1930018
Published online: 15 Jul 2021
AbstractforModeling scale morphogenesis in a Devonian chondrichthyan and scale growth patterns in crown gnathostomes | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Scarce ctenacanthiform sharks from the Mississippian of Austria with an analysis of Carboniferous elasmobranch diversity in response to climatic and environmental changes
Iris Feichtinger, Alexander O. Ivanov, Viola Winkler, Claudia Dojen, René Kindlimann, Jürgen Kriwet, Cathrin Pfaff, Gunnar Schraut & Sebastian Stumpf
Article: e1925902
Published online: 24 Jun 2021
AbstractforScarce ctenacanthiform sharks from the Mississippian of Austria with an analysis of Carboniferous elasmobranch diversity in response to climatic and environmental changes | Full Text | References | PDF (3.5 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A new Triodus shark species (Xenacanthidae, Xenacanthiformes) from the lowermost Permian of France and its paleobiogeographic implications
Vincent Luccisano, Alan Pradel, Romain Amiot, Georges Gand, J.-Sebastien Steyer & Gilles Cuny
Article: e1926470
Published online: 25 Jun 2021
AbstractforA new Triodus shark species (Xenacanthidae, Xenacanthiformes) from the lowermost Permian of France and its paleobiogeographic implications | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB) | EPUB
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Youngest jalodontid shark from the Triassic of Europe and a revision of the Jalodontidae
Alexander O. Ivanov, Christopher J. Duffin & Martha Richter
Article: e1931259
Published online: 23 Jul 2021
AbstractforYoungest jalodontid shark from the Triassic of Europe and a revision of the Jalodontidae | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB) | EPUB
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Oligocene basking sharks (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) of the Carpathian Basin with a reconsideration of the role of gill rakers in species diagnostics
Oleksandr Kovalchuk & Zoltán Barkaszi
Article: e1929269
Published online: 25 Jun 2021
AbstractforOligocene basking sharks (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) of the Carpathian Basin with a reconsideration of the role of gill rakers in species diagnostics | Full Text | References | PDF (837 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Portentosoceros, the new genus for the Neogene fish Pentaceros sakhaliniсus Gretchina (Perciformes, Percoidei) from the western Pacific and its taxonomic position
Mikhail V. Nazarkin & Alexandre F. Bannikov
Article: e1928682
Published online: 25 Jun 2021
AbstractforPortentosoceros, the new genus for the Neogene fish Pentaceros sakhaliniсus Gretchina (Perciformes, Percoidei) from the western Pacific and its taxonomic position | Full Text | References | PDF (1,003.7 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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First record of mawsoniid coelacanths (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the marine Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) of Bonenburg, Germany
Josephina Hartung, P. Martin Sander, Matt Friedman & Tanja Wintrich
Article: e1931258
Published online: 25 Jun 2021
AbstractforFirst record of mawsoniid coelacanths (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the marine Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) of Bonenburg, Germany | Full Text | References | PDF (829.3 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Osteology and digital reconstruction of the skull of the early tetrapod Whatcheeria deltae
James R. G. Rawson, Laura B. Porro, Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone & Emily J. Rayfield
Article: e1927749
Published online: 22 Jul 2021
AbstractforOsteology and digital reconstruction of the skull of the early tetrapod Whatcheeria deltae | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A new baenid turtle, Palatobaena knellerorum sp. nov., from the lower Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A.
Tyler R. Lyson, Holger Petermann, Natalie Toth, Salvador Bastien & Ian M. Miller
Article: e1925558
Published online: 01 Jul 2021
AbstractforA new baenid turtle, Palatobaena knellerorum sp. nov., from the lower Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A new cranial reconstruction of Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) and its implications on the paleoecology of the first gliding vertebrates
Valentin Buffa, Eberhard Frey, J.-Sébastien Steyer & Michel Laurin
Article: e1930020
Published online: 12 Jul 2021
AbstractforA new cranial reconstruction of Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) and its implications on the paleoecology of the first gliding vertebrates | Full Text | References | PDF (6.2 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A new diapsid with a unique tooth structure from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Germany
Gabriela Sobral, Hans-Dieter Sues & Rainer Schoch
Article: e1929268
Published online: 08 Jul 2021
AbstractforA new diapsid with a unique tooth structure from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Germany | Full Text | References | PDF (656.8 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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CT-scan description of Alexandronectes zealandiensis (Elasmosauridae, Aristonectinae), with comments on the elasmosaurid internal cranial features
Jose P. O'Gorman, Rodrigo A. Otero, Norton Hiller, Robin F. O'Keefe, R. Paul Scofield & Ewan Fordyce
Article: e1923310
Published online: 25 Jun 2021
AbstractforCT-scan description of Alexandronectes zealandiensis (Elasmosauridae, Aristonectinae), with comments on the elasmosaurid internal cranial features | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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The first braincase of the basal aetosaur Aetosauroides scagliai (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of Brazil
Voltaire D. Paes Neto, Julia B. Desojo, Ana C. B. Brust, Ana M. Ribeiro, Cesar L. Schultz & Marina B. Soares
Article: e1928681
Published online: 09 Jul 2021
AbstractforThe first braincase of the basal aetosaur Aetosauroides scagliai (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of Brazil | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Osteohistology and paleobiological inferences of proterochampsids (Eucrocopoda: Proterochampsia) from the Chañares Formation (late Ladinian–early Carnian), La Rioja, Argentina
Denis A. Ponce, M. Jimena Trotteyn, Ignacio A. Cerda, Lucas E. Fiorelli & Julia B. Desojo
Article: e1926273
Published online: 09 Jul 2021
AbstractforOsteohistology and paleobiological inferences of proterochampsids (Eucrocopoda: Proterochampsia) from the Chañares Formation (late Ladinian–early Carnian), La Rioja, Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (4.5 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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First Pleistocene South American Teratornithidae (Aves): new insights into the late evolutionary history of teratorns
Marcos Cenizo, Jorge I. Noriega, RaúL I. Vezzosi, Daniel Tassara & Rodrigo Tomassini
Article: e1927064
Published online: 09 Jul 2021
AbstractforFirst Pleistocene South American Teratornithidae (Aves): new insights into the late evolutionary history of teratorns | Full Text | References | PDF (831.3 KB) | EPUB
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A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy
Frederick Tolchard, Christian F. Kammerer, Richard J. Butler, Christophe Hendrickx, Julien Benoit, Fernando Abdala & Jonah N. Choiniere
Article: e1929265
Published online: 26 Jul 2021
AbstractforA new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy | Full Text | References | PDF (1.3 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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The stapes of stem and extinct Marsupialia: implications for the ancestral condition
Charlène Gaillard, Ross D. E. MacPhee & Analía M. Forasiepi
Article: e1924761
Published online: 17 Jun 2021
AbstractforThe stapes of stem and extinct Marsupialia: implications for the ancestral condition | Full Text | References | PDF (839.9 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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New late Oligocene caviomorph rodents from Mendoza Province, central-western Argentina
Adriana M. Candela, M. Encarnación Pérez, Luciano L. Rasia & Esperanza Cerdeño
Article: e1929264
Published online: 25 Jun 2021
AbstractforNew late Oligocene caviomorph rodents from Mendoza Province, central-western Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (678.2 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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The neurocranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) and the evolution of the brain in some hyaenodontan carnivores
Therese Flink, Susanne Cote, James B. Rossie, Job M. Kibii & Lars Werdelin
Article: e1927748
Published online: 09 Jul 2021
AbstractforThe neurocranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) and the evolution of the brain in some hyaenodontan carnivores | Full Text | References | PDF (958.4 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A large predatory arthrodire (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Famennian (Upper Devonian) of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland
Piotr Szrek, Wojciech Kozłowski & Olga Wilk
Article: e1930019
Published online: 16 Jul 2021
First Page PreviewforA large predatory arthrodire (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Famennian (Upper Devonian) of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland | Full Text | References | PDF (667 KB) | EPUB
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First record of Ptychotrygon rugosum (Case, Schwimmer, Borodin, and Leggett, 2001) (Batomorphii, Sclerorhynchiformes, Ptychotrygonidae) in the United States Atlantic Coastal Plain
David J. Cicimurri & Robert E. Weems
Article: e1933996
Published online: 09 Jul 2021
First Page PreviewforFirst record of Ptychotrygon rugosum (Case, Schwimmer, Borodin, and Leggett, 2001) (Batomorphii, Sclerorhynchiformes, Ptychotrygonidae) in the United States Atlantic Coastal Plain | Full Text | References | PDF (373.5 KB) | EPUB
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The hand of Tenontosaurus tilletti (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda)
Tyler C. Hunt, Richard L. Cifelli & Kyle L. Davies
Article: e1938591
Published online: 16 Jul 2021
First Page PreviewforThe hand of Tenontosaurus tilletti (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) | Full Text | References | PDF (317.3 KB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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ERRATUM: Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of hypsodonty in the Aplodontiinae (Mammalia, Rodentia, Aplodontiidae), with the description of several new species
Samantha S. B. Hopkins
Article: e1928150
Published online: 01 Jul 2021
CitationforERRATUM: Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of hypsodonty in the Aplodontiinae (Mammalia, Rodentia, Aplodontiidae), with the description of several new species | Full Text | References | PDF (46.9 KB) | EPUB
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Article: e1952007
Published online: 09 Jul 2021
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