PAPERS
Protopsephurus liui, a well-preserved primitive paddlefish (Acipenseriformes: Polyodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China
LANCE GRANDE, FAN JIN, YOSHITAKA YABUMOTO, and WILLIAM E. BEMIS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):209–237
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Nearly complete skull of Lesothosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic: Hettangian) of Lesotho
FABIEN KNOLL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):238–243
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Owenetta kitchingorum, sp. nov., a small parareptile (Procolophonia: Owenettidae) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa
ROBERT R. REISZ and DIANE SCOTT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):244–256
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]On the cranial morphology of the basal therapsids Burnetia and Proburnetia (Therapsida: Burnetiidae)
BRUCE S. RUBIDGE and CHRISTIAN A. SIDOR, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):257–267
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Terminal fusions of skeletal elements as indicators of maturity in squamates
JESSICA ANDERSON MAISANO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):268–275
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]A new teiid lizard from the Cedar Mountain Formation (Albian-Cenomanian boundary) of Utah
RANDALL L. NYDAM and RICHARD L. CIFELLI, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):276–285
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Lizards from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Antlers and Cloverly Formations
RANDALL L. NYDAM and RICHARD L. CIFELLI, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):286–298
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Fossil lizards from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India
SUSAN E. EVANS, G.V.R. PRASAD, and B.K. MANHAS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):299–312
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]A new species of the traversodontid cynodont Exaeretodon from the Santa Maria Formation (Middle/Late Triassic) of southern Brazil
FERNANDO ABDALA, MARIO COSTA BARBERENA, and JOS DORNELLES, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):313–325
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]A new species of swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the Late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania
DAVID W. STEADMAN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):326–331
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]New stem-lineage representatives of Zatheria (Mammalia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal
THOMAS MARTIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):332–348
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere from the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru)
H. GREGORY MCDONALD and CHRISTIAN DE MUIZON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):349–365
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]New primitive paromomyid from the Clarkforkian of Wyoming and dental eruption in Plesiadapiformes JONATHAN I. BLOCH, DOUG M. BOYER, PHILIP D. GINGERICH, and GREGG GUNNELL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):366–379
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]The oldest African molossid bat cranium (Chiroptera: Molossidae)
JOAQUIN ARROYO-CABRALES, RENATO GREGORIN, DUANE A. SCHLITTER, and ALAN WALKER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):380–387
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]New proboscideans from the Early Miocene of Wadi Moghara, Egypt
WILLIAM J. SANDERS and ELLEN R. MILLER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):388–404
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Additional holotype remains of Ambulocetus natans (Cetacea, Ambulocetidae), and their implications for locomotion in early whales
S.I. MADAR, J.G.M. THEWISSEN, and S.T. HUSSAIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):405–422
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Temporal variation in tooth fracture among Rancho La Brea dire wolves
WENDY J. BINDER, ELICIA N. THOMPSON, and BLAIRE VAN VALKENBURGH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):423–428
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Recognition of the Hemphillian/Blancan boundary in Nevada
EVERETT LINDSAY, YUN MOU, WILL DOWNS, JOEL PEDERSON, THOMAS S. KELLEY, CHRIS HENRY, and JIM TREXLER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):429–442
[Abstract] [Full Text PDF (members only)]Pliocene Leporidae (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from the Upper Siwaliks of India: Implications for phylogenetic relationships
RAJEEV PATNAIK, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):443–452
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Lower pharyngeal jaw of a cichlid fish (Actinopterygii; Labroidei) from an Early Oligocene site in the Fayum, Egypt
ALISON M. MURRAY, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):453–455
[Full Text PDF (members only)]The oldest Cenozoic mammal?
RICHARD C. FOX, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):456–459
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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
A new close relative of Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte 1985 (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the late Cretaceous of Patagonia
RODOLFO A. CORIA, LUIS M. CHIAPPE, and LOWELL DINGUS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2) 460–465
[Full Text PDF (members only)]Evidence that monotremes and ausktribosphenids are not sistergroups
THOMAS H. RICH, TIMOTHY F. FLANNERY, PETER TRUSLER, LESLEY KOOL, NICHOLAS A. VAN KLAVEREN, and PATRICIA VICKERS-RICH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):466–469
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The first Cenozoic mammal fauna from the Chilean Altiplano
JOHN J. FLYNN, DARIN A. CROFT, REYNALDO CHARRIER, GÉRARD HÉRAIL, and ANDRÉ R. WYSS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(2):470
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