Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 42, Issue 1 (2022)

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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 42, Issue 1 (2022)

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The preorbital depression and recess of antiarch placoderms (jawed stem-gnathostomes) revisited from an ontogenetic (saltatory) point of view
France Charest, Zerina Johanson & Richard Cloutier
Article: e2116335
Published online: 18 Oct 2022
AbstractforThe preorbital depression and recess of antiarch placoderms (jawed stem-gnathostomes) revisited from an ontogenetic (saltatory) point of view | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Hybodontiform shark remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower Triassic of Yunnan Province, China, with comments on hybodontiform diversity across the PTB
Wen Wen, JüRgen Kriwet, Qiyue Zhang, Michael J. Benton, Christopher J. Duffin, Jingyuan Huang, Changyong Zhou, Shixue Hu & Zhixin Ma
Article: e2108712
Published online: 06 Sep 2022
AbstractforHybodontiform shark remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower Triassic of Yunnan Province, China, with comments on hybodontiform diversity across the PTB | Full Text | References | PDF (3.8 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Fossil evidence for earlier radiation in istiophorid billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoriformes) uncovered by comparative morphology of the caudal vertebrae
Carlos De Gracia, Félix Rodriguez, Orangel Aguilera, Carlos Jaramillo & Jürgen Kriwet
Article: e2100709
Published online: 23 Aug 2022
AbstractforFossil evidence for earlier radiation in istiophorid billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoriformes) uncovered by comparative morphology of the caudal vertebrae | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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New enchodontoid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon
Alison M. Murray, Mori Chida & Robert B. Holmes
Article: e2101370
Published online: 18 Aug 2022
AbstractforNew enchodontoid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A new lanternfish (Myctophiformes, Myctophidae) from the Middle Miocene Duho Formation, South Korea
Gi-Soo Nam & Mikhail V. Nazarkin
Article: e2121924
Published online: 01 Nov 2022
AbstractforA new lanternfish (Myctophiformes, Myctophidae) from the Middle Miocene Duho Formation, South Korea | Full Text | References | PDF (3 MB) | EPUB
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An enigmatic large mawsoniid coelacanth (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England
Pablo Toriño, Shane F. Gausden, Steve Etches, Kathryn Rankin, John E. A. Marshall & Neil J. Gostling
Article: e2125813
Published online: 24 Oct 2022
AbstractforAn enigmatic large mawsoniid coelacanth (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England | Full Text | References | PDF (2.9 MB) | EPUB
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The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptile Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian of Madagascar
Valentin Buffa, Eberhard Frey, J.-Sébastien Steyer & Michel Laurin
Article: e2108713
Published online: 08 Sep 2022
AbstractforThe postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptile Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian of Madagascar | Full Text | References | PDF (7.1 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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First rhynchocephalian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Cretaceous–Paleogene of India
S. Anantharaman, David G. DeMar Jr., R. Sivakumar, Dilip Chandra Dassarma, Gregory P. Wilson Mantilla & Jeffrey A. Wilson Mantilla
Article: e2118059
Published online: 26 Sep 2022
AbstractforFirst rhynchocephalian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Cretaceous–Paleogene of India | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB) | EPUB
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Comparative braincase morphology of Trilophosaurus buettneri and the early evolution of the pan-archosaurian neurocranium
Jacob D. Wilson, Anna Wisniewski, Sterling Nesbitt & Gabriel S. Bever
Article: e2123712
Published online: 01 Nov 2022
AbstractforComparative braincase morphology of Trilophosaurus buettneri and the early evolution of the pan-archosaurian neurocranium | Full Text | References | PDF (3.2 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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The ontogenetic growth of Anhangueridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) premaxillary crests as revealed by a crestless Anhanguera specimen
Rudah Ruano C. Duque, Felipe L. Pinheiro & Alcina Magnólia Franca Barreto
Article: e2116984
Published online: 11 Oct 2022
AbstractforThe ontogenetic growth of Anhangueridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) premaxillary crests as revealed by a crestless Anhanguera specimen | Full Text | References | PDF (2 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes
Aldo F. Rincón, Daniel A. Raad Pájaro, Harold F. Jiménez Velandia, Martín D. Ezcurra & Jeffrey A. Wilson Mantilla
Article: e2077112
Published online: 10 Aug 2022
AbstractforA sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes | Full Text | References | PDF (3.3 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Nomenclature, comparative anatomy, and evolution of the reflected lamina of the angular in non-mammalian synapsids
Savannah L. Olroyd & Christian A. Sidor
Article: e2101923
Published online: 31 Aug 2022
AbstractforNomenclature, comparative anatomy, and evolution of the reflected lamina of the angular in non-mammalian synapsids | Full Text | References | PDF (3.6 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Unexpected record of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora) in the upper Neogene of the Puna (Jujuy, Argentina)
Sofía I. Quiñones, Alfredo E. Zurita, Ángel R. Miño-Boilini, Adriana M. Candela & Carlos A. Luna
Article: e2109973
Published online: 15 Sep 2022
AbstractforUnexpected record of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Folivora) in the upper Neogene of the Puna (Jujuy, Argentina) | Full Text | References | PDF (3.4 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Paleobiology of Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) derived from three contemporaneous, ontogenetically distinct individuals recovered from Southwestern Iowa, U.S.A.
Holmes A. Semken Jr., H. Gregory McDonald, Russell W. Graham, Tiffany Adrain, Joe Alan Artz, Richard G. Baker, Alexander B. Bryk, David J. Brenzel, E. Arthur Bettis, Andrew A. Clack, Brittany L. Grimm, Adel Haj, Sarah E. Horgen, Meghann C. Mahoney, Harold A. Ray & James L. Theler
Article: e2124115
Published online: 01 Nov 2022
AbstractforPaleobiology of Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) derived from three contemporaneous, ontogenetically distinct individuals recovered from Southwestern Iowa, U.S.A. | Full Text | References | PDF (3.8 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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A late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage
Qigao Jiangzuo & Nikolai Spassov
Article: e2054718
Published online: 31 Jul 2022
AbstractforA late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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First fossil record (Middle Miocene) of the viper shark Trigonognathus Mochizuki and Ohe, 1990, in the Mediterranean realm
Jose Luis Herraiz, Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Humberto G. Ferrón, Sylvain Adnet, Héctor Botella & Carlos Martínez-Pérez
Article: e2114360
Published online: 21 Oct 2022
First Page PreviewforFirst fossil record (Middle Miocene) of the viper shark Trigonognathus Mochizuki and Ohe, 1990, in the Mediterranean realm | Full Text | References | PDF (715.9 KB) | EPUB
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Dental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea)
John R. Price & John A. Whitlock
Article: e2099745
Published online: 04 Aug 2022
First Page PreviewforDental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) | Full Text | References | PDF (510.3 KB) | EPUB
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Persistent similarities among hoofed mammal tracks across the Cenozoic revealed through Fourier outline shape analysis
Shannon Hsieh & Alfred Uchman
Article: e2119148
Published online: 11 Oct 2022
First Page PreviewforPersistent similarities among hoofed mammal tracks across the Cenozoic revealed through Fourier outline shape analysis | Full Text | References | PDF (627.8 KB) | EPUB
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