Publications
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2002 Vol.22 No.3

PAPERS

The status of the shark genus Lissodus Brough, 1935, and the position of nominal Lissodus species within the Hybodontoidea (Selachii)
JAN REES and CHARLIE J. UNDERWOOD, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):471–479
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Cladistic analysis of the relationships of the tarrasiids (Lower Carboniferous actinopterygians)
RICHARD LUND and CÉCILE POPLIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):480–486
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Vertebral development in the Devonian sarcopterygian fish Eusthenopteron foordi and the polarity of vertebral evolution in non-amniote tetrapods
S. COTE, R. CARROLL, R. CLOUTIER, and L. BAR-SAGI, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):487–502
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A new iguanodontian ornithopod from Neuquen Basin, Patagonia, Argentina
RODOLFO A. CORIA and JORGE A. CALVO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):503–509
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The osteology of Masiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar
MATTHEW T. CARRANO, SCOTT D. SAMPSON, and CATHERINE A. FORSTER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):510–534
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Irritator challengeri, a spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil
HANS-DIETER SUES, EBERHARD FREY, DAVID M. MARTILL, and DIANE M. SCOTT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):535–547
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Discovery of megalosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) in the middle Bathonian of Normandy (France) and its implications for the phylogeny of basal Tetanurae
RONAN ALLAIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):548–563
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Embryos and eggs for the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus
DAVID J. VARRICCHIO, JOHN R. HORNER, and FRANKIE D. JACKSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):564–576
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The skull of the pistosaur Augustasaurus from the Middle Triassic of northwestern Nevada
OLIVIER RIEPPEL, P. MARTIN SANDER, and GLENN W. STORRS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):577–592
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Calsoyasuchus valliceps, a new crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona
RONALD S. TYKOSKI, TIMOTHY B. ROWE, RICHARD A. KETCHAM, and MATTHEW W. COLBERT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):593–611
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An extinct endemic Pleistocene mekosuchine crocodilian from Fiji
R.E. MOLNAR, T. WORTHY, and P.M.A. WILLIS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):612–628
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A new species of gigantic mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel
PER CHRISTIANSEN and NIELS BONDE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):629–644
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Lizards of the Mussentuchit Local Fauna (Albian-Cenomanian boundary) and comments on the evolution of the Cretaceous lizard fauna of North America
RANDALL L. NYDAM, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):645–660
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An early Paleogene trogon (Aves: Trogoniformes) from the Fur Formation, Denmark
ANETTE V. KRISTOFFERSEN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):661–666
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Petrel-like birds with a peculiar foot morphology from the Oligocene of Germany and Belgium (Aves: Procellariiformes)
GERALD MAYR, D. STEFAN PETERS, and SIEGFRIED RIETSCHEL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):667–676
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The large scelidothere Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pleistocene of Uruguay
H. GREGORY MACDONALD and DANIEL PEREA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):677–683
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A new cetothere (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the early Miocene of Japan
TOSHIYUKI KIMURA and TOMOWO OZAWA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):684–702 
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NOTES

Knerialepis, a new generic name to replace Kneria Karatajute-Talimaa 1997
GAVIN HANKE and VALENTINA KARATAJUTE-TALIMAA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):703
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Revised taxonomy, age, and geographic range of the large lamniform shark Cretodus semiplicatus
DAVID R. SCHWIMMER, G.E. HOOKS III, and BRETT JOHNSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):704–707
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Lower Devonian fish remains from the Falkland Islands
JOHN G. MAISEY, LEONARDO BORGHI, and MARIA G.P. DE CARVALHO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):708–711
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The first mosasaur (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of Turkey
NATHALIE BARDET and CEMAL TUNOGLU, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):712–715
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Rich dinosaur nesting site from the Cretaceous of Bosung County, Chullanam-do Province, South Korea
MIN HUH and DARLA K. ZELENITSKY, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):716–718
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An avian egg from the Campanian of Bayn Dzak, Mongolia
GERALD GRELLET-TINNER and MARK NORELL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):719–721
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Earliest Pacific Basin record of the Pelagornithidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes)
GERARDO GONZÁLEZ-BARBA, TOBIAS SCHWENNICKE, JAMES L. GOEDERT, and LAWRENCE G. BARNES Gerardo Gonzlez-Barba, Tobias Scwennicke, James L. Goedert, and Lawrence G. Barnes, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):722–725
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BOOK REVIEWS

Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Perspectives from the Fossil Record, edited by Hans-Dieter Sues
JOHN P. HUNTER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):726–727
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Mammoth: The Resurrection of an Ice-Age Giant, by Richard Stone
S. DAVID WEBB and JULIE MEACHEN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):727
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RAPID COMMUNICATION

A furcula in the coelophysid theropod Syntarsus
RONALD S. TYKOSKI, CATHERINE A. FORSTER, TIMOTHY ROWE, SCOTT D. SAMPSON, and DARLINGTON MUNYIKWA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):728–733
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CORRECTION

Churcheria, new name for Anonymus Storer, 1988 (Vertebrata, Mammalia, Rodentia), not Anonymus Lang, 1884 (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Polycladida)
JOHN E. STORER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002, 22(3):734
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