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A combined approach to identify isolated theropod teeth from the Cenomanian Kem Kem Group of Morocco: cladistic, discriminant, and machine learning analyses J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Christophe Hendrickx, Thomas H. Trapman, Simon Wills, Femke M. Holwerda, Koen H. W. Stein, Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Roland R. Melzer, Jeroen Van Woensel, Jelle W. F. Reumer
The Kem Kem Group of Southeastern Morocco, North Africa, is well known for theropod remains, especially isolated teeth. Here, a collection of isolated theropod teeth is assessed for diversity using...
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Reidentification of the holotype specimen of Trilophosaurus buettneri Case, 1928 (Archosauromorpha, Trilophosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Crosby County, Texas, U.S.A. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Adam D. Marsh, Ben T. Kligman, William A. Reyes, Adam N. Rountrey
The Late Triassic archosauromorph Trilophosaurus buettneri is known from many sites in the Dockum Group and Chinle Formation of Texas and Arizona, spanning nearly 10 Ma from the Otischalkian to the...
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The first eutriconodontan mammal from the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Sunil Bajpai, Abhay Rautela, Ravi Yadav, Gregory P. Wilson Mantilla
Eutriconodonta is a diverse group of crown mammals that are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous, mainly on the northern landmasses. Here we report a single lower molariform from the “intertrappe...
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Earliest evidence of Inostrancevia in the southern hemisphere: new data from the Usili Formation of Tanzania J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Anna J. Brant, Christian A. Sidor
Gorgonopsia is an iconic group of saber-toothed, carnivorous therapsids. They have a rich fossil record in the Karoo Basin of South Africa, but are also relatively common components of coeval Malaw...
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New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Fernando Torres, E. J. Huang, José Luis Román-Carrion, Gabriel S. Bever
The giant tortoises of the Galápagos Archipelago influenced Darwin’s early thinking on transmutation and now constitute a famous example of island-based speciation and evolutionary dynamics. Questi...
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New data on the Late Miocene chondrichthyans from the Western Mediterranean region (Alcoy Basin, Eastern Spain) J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Jose Luis Herraiz, Humberto G. Ferrón, Ángel Carbonell, Ignacio García-Sanz, Héctor Botella, Carlos Martínez-Pérez
The Mediterranean Basin has been subjected to important geological and paleogeographic events that have shaped the evolution of the faunal assemblages that inhabit it. Two main events can be highli...
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A new gyracanthid from the Mississippian of Delta, Iowa, U.S.A. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Daniel Snyder, Carole J. Burrow, Susan Turner
A new gyracanthid, Gyracanthus? jasperi, is described based on partially articulated and isolated elements from the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) lower Waugh Member of the Ste Genevieve Forma...
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Some vertebrate types (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii, and Tetrapoda) from two Paleozoic Lagerstätten of Ohio, U.S.A. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Loren E. Babcock
The type specimens of eight Paleozoic vertebrate species from Ohio, U.S.A., originally described by J. S. Newberry and subsequently reposited in the Orton Geological Museum, are reviewed and illust...
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A review of small-bodied theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of India, with description of new cranial remains of a noasaurid (Theropoda: Abelisauria) J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Dhananjay M. Mohabey, Bandana Samant, Kevin I. Vélez-Rosado, Jeffrey A. Wilson Mantilla
Small-bodied theropod dinosaurs are rare on southern landmasses but have been known from India for a century. Excavations by Charles Matley and Durgansankar Bhattacharji in uppermost Cretaceous sed...
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A new gyracanthid (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Robert W. Gess, Carole J. Burrow
A new gyracanthid Gyracanthides riniensis is described from the Famennian (latest Devonian) Waterloo Farm Lagerstätte in the Witpoort Formation, near Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa. The new spe...
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A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone, David M. Unwin, Andrew R. Cuff, Emily E. Brown, Lu Allington-Jones, Paul M. Barrett
The Middle Jurassic was a critical time in pterosaur evolution, witnessing the appearance of major morphological innovations that underpinned successive radiations by rhamphorhynchids, basally bran...
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New record of aquatic snakes (Squamata, Palaeophiidae) from the Paleocene of South America J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Fernando F. Garberoglio, Raúl O. Gómez, Michael W. Caldwell
The Paleocene deposits from the Cerrejón Formation (Colombia, South America) have provided abundant snake remains. All this material has been assigned to the giant snake Titanoboa cerrejonensis. He...
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A new stem-tetrapod fish from the Middle–Late Devonian of central Australia J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Brian Choo, Timothy Holland, Alice M. Clement, Benedict King, Tom Challands, Gavin Young, John A. Long
Remote Devonian exposures in central Australia have produced significant but highly fragmentary remains of fish-grade tetrapodomorphs. We describe a new tetrapodomorph from the Middle–Late Devonian...
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A new species of Lates (Perciformes, Latidae) from the Late Miocene of Ukraine and notes on the latest records of lates perches in the Eastern Paratethys J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Olga Otero, Zoltán Barkaszi, Alison M. Murray, Julien D. Divay
The family Latidae is considered to have originated in marine waters of the Tethys, and the fossil record of this group indicates a widespread occurrence of latid fishes in the past. In the Mediter...
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New ctenacanth sharks (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Ctenacanthiformes) from the Middle to Late Mississippian of Kentucky and Alabama J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 John-Paul M. Hodnett, Rickard Toomey, H. Chase Egli, Gabe Ward, John R. Wood, Rickard Olson, Kelli Tolleson, Justin S. Tweet, Vincent L. Santucci
Two new ctenacanthiform sharks representing two families, Ctenacanthidae and Heslerodidae, have been identified from the Middle to Late Mississippian marine sediments from Mammoth Cave National Par...
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Tusked walruses (Carnivora: Odobenidae) from the Miocene–Pliocene Purisima Formation of Santa Cruz, California (U.S.A.): a new species of the toothless walrus Valenictus and the oldest records of Odobeninae and Odobenini J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Robert W. Boessenecker, Ashley W. Poust, Sarah J. Boessenecker, Morgan Churchill
Currently limited to cold climates near the Arctic circle, living walruses are the sole survivors of a previously much more diverse clade that occupied coastal waters throughout the northern hemisp...
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A new thin sectioning method for observation of higher resolution images in bone histomorphology J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Daichi Nakai, Alan Boyde
Published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Vol. 43, No. 3, 2023)
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Orbit size and estimated eye size in dinosaurs and other archosaurs and their implications for the evolution of visual capabilities J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Stephan Lautenschlager, Rune F. Aston, Jessica L. Baron, John R. Boyd, Harold W. L. Bridger, Victor E. T. Carmona, Thomas Ducrey, Olive Eccles, Morgan Gall, Spencer A. Jones, Henry Laker-Mchugh, Daniel J. Lawrenson, Kyle J. Mascarenhas, Emma Mcschnutz, Joshua D. Quinn, Thomas E. Robson, Pierre W. Stöhr, Edwin J. Strahl, Ryan R. Tokeley, Fraser Weston, Klara J. Wallace, Tom Whitehouse, Charlotte M.
Vision is one of the most important senses for animals, allowing them to interact with their environment and with further implications for evolutionary histories. However, relevant soft tissues, su...
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New early and middle Eocene artiodactyls from the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Bin Bai, Jessica M. Theodor, Yuan-Qing Wang, Jin Meng
Eocene artiodactyls from Asia were considered less diverse and abundant than the contemporary perissodactyls, especially in the Eocene faunas from the Mongolia Plateau and Central Asia. By contrast...
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Cannibalism in the Early Jurassic bony fish Pachycormus macropterus (Teleosteomorpha: Pachycormiformes) and its paleoecological significance J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Samuel L. A. Cooper
Cannibalism (conspecific predation) is a surprisingly common and widespread behavior in modern ecosystems; however, direct evidence for cannibalism is strongly lacking in the fossil record. Identif...
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A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (southern Poland) J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Łukasz Czepiński, Wojciech Pawlak, Adam Rytel, Mateusz Tałanda, Tomasz Szczygielski, Tomasz Sulej
The Middle Triassic remains a poorly understood time in the evolution of land vertebrates. Here, we report a new Ladinian-age vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (southern Poland). It consists of mo...
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A new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont (Synapsida) from a Late Triassic vertebrate assemblage in west Texas, U.S.A. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Bill D. Mueller, Adam K. Huttenlocker, Bryan J. Small, James L. Pinto, Kendra Dean-Wallace, Sankar Chatterjee
A new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont is described from the Upper Triassic Tecovas Formation (Dockum Group) of west Texas, U.S.A. The taxon, Argodicynodon boreni gen. et sp. nov., is diagnosed by numer...
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The fossil assemblage from Pontils, a middle Eocene primate-bearing locality from Northeastern Spain J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Raef Minwer-Barakat, Arnau Bolet, Pere Anadón, Laia Alegret, Ainara Badiola, Alejandro Blanco, Laura Cotton, Joan Femenias-Gual, Marc Furió, Marc Godinot, Salvador Moyà-Solà, Pablo Peláez-Campomanes, Josep Sanjuan, Judit Marigó
The Pontils fossil site (middle Eocene, Ebro Basin, Spain) includes several vertebrate-bearing levels situated in a sequence recording a continental to marine transition. Although the locality has ...
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A new hupehsuchian (Reptilia: Ichthyosauromorpha) from the Lower Triassic of South China with implications for the evolution of polydactyly J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Yu Qiao, Ryosuke Motani, Masaya Iijima, Jun Liu
Hupehsuchia, an enigmatic group of marine reptiles from the Lower Triassic of South China, is characterized by a suite of features including polydactyly in either or both fore and hind limbs. Parti...
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The evolution and diversification of growth strategies in abelisauroid theropods J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Tito Aureliano, Aline M. Ghilardi, Pedro H. M. Fonseca, Agustín G. Martinelli, Thiago S. Marinho
Theropods comprise a successful group of mostly predatory dinosaurs with varied growth rates that colonized all continents. Much research has addressed the histology of the Global North’s Mesozoic ...
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Testing hypotheses of pteraspid heterostracan feeding using computational fluid dynamics J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Madleen Grohganz, Humberto G. Ferrón, Zerina Johanson, Philip C. J. Donoghue
The ecological context of early vertebrate evolution has been characterized as a gradual shift from passive to more active feeding modes. This evolutionary scenario has been based largely on poorly...
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Patterns and function of pneumaticity in the vertebrae, ribs, and ilium of a titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 John A. Fronimos
Many sauropod dinosaurs exhibit extensive postcranial skeletal pneumaticity that may have facilitated the evolution of extreme body sizes. Among titanosauriforms, complex, irregularly branching cam...
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The origin of modern marlins (Teleostei: Istiophoridae): new fossil evidence from the Lower Miocene of Austria J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Carlos De Gracia, Björn Berning, Jürgen Kriwet
We report the oldest fossil record of Istiophoridae from the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin (Western Paratethys) in Pucking, Austria (Lower Miocene, lower Aquitanian, ∼22.4 Ma). The studied specime...
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A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Alison M. Murray, Donald B. Brinkman, Matt Friedman, David W. Krause
Isolated fossil bones from freshwater Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) deposits in the Mahajanga Basin of northwestern Madagascar are identified as belonging to a gonorynchiform fish. Multiple elem...
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The first articulated skull roof and braincase of Melvius chauliodous (Amiidae, Vidalamiinae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Robert M. Sullivan, Steven E. Jasinski, Thomas E. Williamson
A new, exceptionally well-preserved articulated skull roof and braincase of Melvius chauliodous, from the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, reveals new features that provide detailed osteological i...
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A saw-toothed eel †Serrivomer glehni sp. nov. from the Miocene of Sakhalin Island, north-western Pacific J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Mikhail V. Nazarkin
†Serrivomer glehni, a new species of the Neogene saw-toothed eel (Anguilliformes, Serrivomeridae) is described based on the 55 specimens from the Middle–Upper Miocene Kurasi Formation of Sakhalin I...
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The first small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur from the Lewisville Formation (middle Cenomanian) of Texas J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Ronald S. Tykoski, Dori L. Contreras, Christopher Noto
Sediments of the Woodbine Group exposed in northeastern Texas were deposited along the southwestern margin of Appalachia as a series of near-shore, shoreline, distal lowland swamp, lake, and fluvia...
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Reassessment of Tegehotherium burmeisteri Ameghino 1903–1904 (Notoungulata, Hegetotheriidae) and a new phylogenetic analysis of Hegetotheriidae J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Federico D. Seoane, Esperanza Cerdeño, Leandro C. Gaetano
Within the notoungulate family Hegetotheriidae, some species have not been analyzed since their original publication more than a century ago. Here we present the first re-evaluation of Tegehotheriu...
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Geochemical extraction of ceratopsian remains from ironstone J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Emily G. Cross, Clarence Surette, Carney Matheson
Ironstone surrounds many fossils and has a hardness that provides a significant challenge to fossil conservators globally. There are various forms of ironstone, with the carbonate forms of siderite...
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Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, a stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications for the paleoecology of stem turtles J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Ekaterina M. Obraztsova, Vladimir B. Sukhanov, Igor G. Danilov
The detailed morphological description of the skull of the stem turtle Heckerochelys romani from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of the Peski locality, Moscow Region, Russia, is provided herein. Al...
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A new eutherian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Bayinshire Formation of Mongolia J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Alexey V. Lopatin, Alexander O. Averianov
Bayshinoryctes shuvalovi gen. et sp. nov. is based on a fragmentary skull including right maxilla associated with right and left dentaries with partially preserved dentition from the Upper Cretaceo...
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Unraveling the diversity of early felines: a new genus of Felinae (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Middle Miocene of Madrid (Spain) J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Manuel J. Salesa, JEsús Gamarra, Gema Siliceo, Mauricio Antón, Jorge Morales
We describe a hemimandible of a medium-sized feline from the Middle Miocene (middle Aragonian, MN 5, local biozone Dc, around 15.5 Ma) site of Príncipe Pío-2, a recently discovered fossil locality ...
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Three-dimensional anatomy of the early Eocene Whitephippus (Teleostei, Lampriformes) documents parallel conquests of the pelagic environment by multiple teleost lineages J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Donald Davesne, James V. Andrews, Hermione T. Beckett, Sam Giles, Matt Friedman
The early Eocene fossil assemblage of the London Clay (Southeastern England) is a key window to the early Paleogene diversification of teleost fishes in the open ocean. Despite their three-dimensio...
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Oldest record of Apatemyidae (Mammalia, Apatotheria) from Spain and the taxonomic status of Spanish paromomyids (Mammalia, Primatomorpha) J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 K. Christopher Beard, Grégoire Métais
A new species of the paromomyid genus Arcius was recently described from the early Eocene locality of Masia de l’Hereuet in northeastern Spain. Reassessment of the holotype of this species reveals ...
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An Upper Miocene marine turtle from Panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Edwin-Alberto Cadena, Carlos De Gracia, Diego A. Combita-Romero
Lepidochelys is a genus of extant marine turtles that includes the critically endangered Kemp's Ridley turtle. The evolutionary history of this genus is poorly understood due to the lack of an undi...
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A new typothoracine aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of India with insights on biostratigraphy, diversification, and paleobiogeography J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Atrayee Haldar, Sanghamitra Ray, Saswati Bandyopadhyay
A new typothoracine aetosaur is described based on multiple isolated and articulated left paramedian and lateral osteoderms recovered from the Upper Triassic lower Dharmaram Formation of India. The...
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Gorgonops and Endothiodon (Synapsida: Therapsida) from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation: evidence of a previously unreported tetrapod biozone in the Mid-Zambezi Basin of southern Zambia J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Christian A. Sidor, Arjan Mann, Kenneth D. Angielczyk
Fossils referable to the gorgonopsian Gorgonops sp. and to the dicynodont Endothiodon sp. are described from the Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of the Mid-Zambezi Basin of southern Zambia. S...
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Rare osteohistological evidence of skeletal maturity in the early diverging traversodontid Scalenodon angustifrons, with comments on histological sampling coverage in Cynodontia J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Zoe T. Kulik
To date, 25 species of non-mammalian cynodonts have been histologically sampled, but few record a definitive and well-developed external fundamental system (EFS) indicative of skeletal maturity. He...
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Revision of the Late Miocene hornless rhinocerotids from Samos Island (Greece) with the designation of neotypes and implications for the European chilotheres J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Panagiotis Kampouridis, Georgia Svorligkou, Nikolaos Kargopoulos, Nikolai Spassov, Madelaine Böhme
Extant rhinoceroses are represented only by five species and are characterized by the presence of a nasal horn. In the past, they were much more diverse, with one of the best-known groups being the...
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Implications of discoveries of the shovel-tusked gomphothere Konobelodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) in Eurasia for the status of Amebelodon with a new genus of shovel-tusked gomphothere, Stenobelodon J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 W. David Lambert
Amebelodon and Konobelodon are two members of a group of proboscideans called shovel-tusked gomphotheres. The phylogenetic relationship between them is uncertain, with some authors considering them...
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A new Rattus species and its associated micromammals from the Pliocene Yangyi Formation in Baoshan, western Yunnan, China J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Meijing Chang, Chunxia Zhang, Xueping Ji, Qiang Li, Xijun Ni
Rattus (sensu stricto) is one of the groups of rodents and is most closely related to human activities. The diversity of extant Rattus species is the highest among rodents, but fossil species are r...
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New fossils, new ideas: selected contributions of vertebrate paleontology to scientific knowledge J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Adriana López-Arbarello, Michael Daniel D’Emic
Published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Vol. 42, No. 6, 2022)
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Kansastega, nom. nov., a replacement name for Microstega Hooks, preoccupied by Meyrick J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Skye N. McDavid, G. E. Hooks III
The genus name of the Cretaceous protostegid turtle Microstega Hooks, 1998 (type species Microstega copei Wieland, 1909) is preoccupied by Microstega Meyrick, 1890 (type species Microstega pandalis...
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Correction J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-09-04
Published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Vol. 43, No. 1, 2023)
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Pliocene Pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean Plateau J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi, Diana Ochoa, Jorge Gamarra, François Pujos, David A. Foster, Julia V. Tejada
Pliocene South American mammals prior to the Great American Biotic Interchange comprise the evolutionary pinnacle of a long-lasting process of continental isolation, in which large-scale orogeny an...
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First report of “Mammut” (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Upper Miocene of Turkey J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 George E. Konidaris, Ahmet I. Aytek, Alper Y. Yavuz, Erhan Tarhan, M. Cihat Alçiçek
Mammutidae comprise a proboscidean family that originated in Africa during the late Oligocene, dispersed across the Holarctic during the Miocene, and survived in North America until the end of the ...
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Anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of a new silesaurid assemblage from the Carnian beds of south Brazil J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Gabriel Mestriner, Júlio C. A. Marsola, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Átila Augusto Stock Da-Rosa, Max Langer
New specimens and the reassessment of many silesaurids have recently shed light on the origin and early evolution of dinosaurs and their close relatives. Yet, the group is relatively poorly represe...
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Endocranial anatomy of Allosaurus supports neural trends among non-avian theropod dinosaurs J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Emily J. Lessner, Corrine Cranor, Rebecca Hunt-Foster, Casey M. Holliday
Endocranial cavities preserve a record of neural anatomy often used for hypotheses of behavior in extinct organisms. Two reconstructions of cranial endocasts of Allosaurus fragilis and A. jimmadsen...
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A new squaloziphiid-like odontocete from the Early Miocene of Patagonia expands the cetacean diversity in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 C. Maximiliano Gaetán, Florencia Paolucci, Mónica R. Buono
The Early Miocene Gaiman Formation, from Argentina, houses a taxonomic variety of odontocetes, mainly dominated by platanistoids and physeteroids. In this work, we describe a new medium-sized odont...
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Late Miocene ‘οvibovin’ bovids (Mammalia, Bovidae) from Çorakyerler, Turkey J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Dimitris S. Kostopoulos, Ayla Sevim Erol, Serdar Mayda
Fossil ‘ovibovin’ bovids are described from the Upper Miocene of Çorakyerler (north-central Anatolia). Two taxa have been recognized: the predominant Criotherium argalioides, known by several crani...
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First occurrence of pterosaurs in Ukraine from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Burim Formation, Kaniv Natural Reserve J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Tymofii Sokolskyi
Published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Vol. 43, No. 1, 2023)
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A new sturgeon from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation in central Alberta, Canada J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Alison M. Murray, Luke E. Nelson, Donald B. Brinkman
The posterior portion of a sturgeon skull preserved in a nodule was recovered from the latest Campanian sediments of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is d...
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A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Lachlan J. Hart, Bryan M. Gee, Patrick M. Smith, Matthew R. McCurry
Compared with other Mesozoic tetrapod groups, chigutisaurid fossils from Australia are rare, with only three named taxa described from the continent. From Queensland, Keratobrachyops australis is k...
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A new clevosaurid (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of India J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Mohd Shafi Bhat, Debajit Datta, Sanghamitra Ray, P. M. Datta
A new clevosaurid rhynchocephalian is described from the Upper Triassic Tiki Formation of the Rewa Gondwana Basin of India. The material is based on several partial craniomandibular elements contai...
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A new amphibamiform (Temnospondyli: Branchiosauridae) from the lower Permian of the Czech Boskovice Basin J. Vertebr. Paleontol. (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Ralf Werneburg, Joerg W. Schneider, Stanislav Štamberg, Berit Legler, Rainer R. Schoch
The temnospondyl clade Amphibamiformes includes small newt-like forms that dwelled in freshwater lakes in the Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian of Europe and North America. Here we report a new genus...