35 The Society for Vertebrate Paleontology : Publications : Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology<br/>2008 Vol.28 No.4
Publications
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2008 Vol.28 No.4

FEATURED ARTICLE

Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding FARISH A. JENKINS, JR., NEIL H. SHUBIN, STEPHEN M. GATESY, and ANNE WARREN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):935–950
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ARTICLES

Development of the dermoskeleton in Superciliaspis gabrielsei (Agnatha: Osteostraci)
JESSICA R. HAWTHORN, MARK V. H. WILSON, and ARMIN B. FALKENBERG, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):951–960
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Shape variation between arthrodire morphotypes indicates possible feeding niches
PHILIP S. L. ANDERSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):961–969
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A basal elasmobranch, Thrinacoselache gracia n. gen & sp., (Thrinacodontidae, new family) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Serpukhovian, of Montana, USA
EILEEN D. GROGAN and RICHARD LUND, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):970–988
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The braincase anatomy of Lawrenciella schaefferi, actinopterygian from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas (USA)
MARIE-HÉLÈNE HAMEL and CÉCILE POPLIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):989–1006
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New amiid fish (Halecomorphi: Amiiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil
PAULO M. BRITO, YOSHITAKA YABUMOTO, and LANCE GRANDE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1007–1014
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A new Lower Permian amphibamid (Dissorophoidea, Temnospondyli) from the fissure fill deposits near Richards Spur, Oklahoma
NADIA B. FRÖBISCH and ROBERT R. REISZ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1015–1030
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Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Sclerosaurus armatus (Amniota: Parareptilia) from the Buntsandstein (Triassic) of Europe
HANS-DIETER SUES and ROBERT R. REISZ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1031–1042
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New data on the postcranial anatomy of the California mosasaur Plotosaurus bennisoni (Camp, 1942) (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian), and the taxonomic status of P. tuckeri (Camp, 1942)
JOHAN LINDGREN, MICHAEL W. CALDWELL, and JOHN W. M. JAGT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1043–1054
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A new Middle Triassic eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from southwestern China
DA-YONG JIANG, OLIVIER RIEPPEL, RYOSUKE MOTANI, WEI-CHENG HAO, YUAN-LIN SUN, LARS SCHMITZ, and ZUO-YU SUN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1055–1062
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The vertebrate assemblage of the Late Triassic Canjilon Quarry (Northern New Mexico, USA), and the importance of apomorphy-based assemblage comparisons
STERLING J. NESBITT and MICHELLE R. STOCKER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1063–1072
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Cranial kinesis in dinosaurs: intracranial joints, protractor muscles, and their significance for cranial evolution and function in diapsids
CASEY M. HOLLIDAY and LAWRENCE M. WITMER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1073–1088
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Ankylosaurs from the Price River Quarries, Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), east-central Utah
KENNETH CARPENTER, JEFF BARTLETT, JOHN BIRD, and REESE BARRICK, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1089–1101
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Taxonomic utility of ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) osteoderms: Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford, 2000: a test case
MICHAEL E. BURNS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1102–1109
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New oviraptorid embryos from Bugin-Tsav, Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Mongolia, with insights into their habitat and growth
DAVID B. WEISHAMPEL, DAVID E. FASTOVSKY, MAHITO WATABE, DAVID VARRICCHIO, FRANKIE JACKSON, KHISHIGJAV TSOGTBAATAR, and RINCHEN BARSBOLD, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1110–1119
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Head kinematics and feeding adaptations of the Permian and Triassic dicynodonts
MIKHAIL V. SURKOV and MICHAEL J. BENTON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1120–1129
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Late Early Jurassic mammaliaforms from Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, México
MARISOL MONTELLANO, JAMES A. HOPSON, and JAMES M. CLARK, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1130–1143
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Additional specimens of the oldest wombat Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (Vombatidae; Marsupialia) from the Wipajiri Formation, South Australia: an intermediate morphology?
PHILIPPA BREWER, MICHAEL ARCHER, and SUZANNE HAND, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1144–1148
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New endemic Eocene equoids from the Iberian Peninsula (western Europe)
AINARA BADIOLA and MIGUEL-ÁNGEL CUESTA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1149–1161
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New species of Crocuta from the early Pliocene of Kenya, with an overview of early Pliocene hyenas of eastern Africa
LARS WERDELIN and MARGARET E. LEWIS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1162–1170
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A Pleistocene giant river otter from Argentina: remarks on the fossil record and phylogenetic analysis
FRANCISCO J. PREVOSTI and BRENDA S. FERRERO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1171–1181
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A new species of Bothriodontinae, Merycopotamus thachangensis (Cetartiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand
RATTANAPHORN HANTA, BENJAVUN RATANASTHIEN, YUTAKA KUNIMATSU, HARUO SAEGUSA, HIDEO NAKAYA, SHINJI NAGAOKA, and PRATUENG JINTASAKUL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1182–1188
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

New anacoracid shark from Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, U.S.A.
KENSHU SHIMADA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1189–1194

Pipid frog from the Pleistocene of the Pampas of southern South America
ANA M. BÁEZ, CARLOS A. SCANFERLA, FEDERICO L. AGNOLIN, MARCOS CENIZO, and MARTIN DE LOS REYES, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1195–1198

The osteology and affinities of Anomoiodon liliensterni, a procolophonid reptile from the Lower Triassic Bundsandstein of Germany
LAURA K. SÄILÄ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1199–1205

New material of Chelus colombiana (Testudines; Pleurodira) from the lower Miocene of Colombia
EDWIN CADENA, CARLOS JARAMILLO, and MARIA E. PARAMO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1206–1212

Plesiosaurs from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Bornholm, Denmark
ADAM S. SMITH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1213–1217

Stratigraphic distribution of sauropods in the Upper Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, with comments on North America's Cretaceous 'sauropod hiatus'
THOMAS E. WILLIAMSON, and ANNE WEIL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1218–1223

An avian tarsometatarsus from near the K-T Boundary of New Zealand
DANIEL T. KSEPKA and JOEL CRACRAFT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1224–1227

Blickomylus (Artiodactyla, Camelidae, Stenomylinae) and the age of the Moroni Formation, central Utah
KURT N. CONSTENIUS and MARY R. DAWSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1228–1231

First record of Arctotherium (Ursidae, Tremarctinae) in northwestern Argentina and its paleobiogeographic significance
DANIEL A. GARCÍA LÓPEZ, PABLO E. ORTIZ, M. CAROLINA MADOZZO JAÉN, and M. SEBASTIÁN MOYANO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1232–1237

Dental eruption sequence in the Pliocene papionin Paradolichopithecus arvernensis (Mammalia: Primates) from Greece
ALEXANDRA A.E. VAN DER GEER and MICHAEL D. DERMITZAKIS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2008, 28(4):1238–1244

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