Publications
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2003 Vol.23 No.4

PAPERS

Vertebrate microsite sampling: how much is enough?
HEATHER A. JAMNICZKY, DONALD B. BRINKMAN, and ANTHONY P. RUSSELL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):725–734
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Placoderm branchial and hypobranchial muscles and origins in jawed vertebrates
ZERINA JOHANSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):735–749
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Larval ontogeny of Micromelerpeton credneri (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea)
FLORIAN WITZMANN and HANS-ULRICH PFRETZSCHNER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):750–768
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The fossil salamander Proamphiuma cretacea Estes (Caudata: Amphiumidae) and relationships within the Amphiumidae
JAMES D. GARDNER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):769–782.
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A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada)
JAMES FORD PARHAM and J. HOWARD HUTCHINSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):783–798
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The Triassic marine reptile Omphalosaurus: osteology, jaw anatomy, and evidence for ichthyosaurian affinities
P. MARTIN SANDER and CHRISTIANE FABER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):799–816
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New remains of Sphagesaurus huenei (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil
DIEGO POL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):817–831
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Brachychampsa montana Gilmore (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Kirtland Formation (Upper Campanian), San Juan Basin, New Mexico
ROBERT M. SULLIVAN and SPENCER G. LUCAS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):832–841
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First definitive record of Mesozoic lizards from Madagascar
DAVID W. KRAUSE, SUSAN E. EVANS, and KE-QIN GAO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):842–856
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Postcranial skeleton of Ukhaatherium nessovi (Eutheria, Mammalia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia
INÉS HOROVITZ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):857–868
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The affinities of Roberthoffstetteria nationalgeographica (Marsupialia) and the origin of the polydolopine molar pattern
FRANCISCO J. GOIN, ADRIANA M. CANDELA, and CHRISTIAN DE MUIZON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):869–876
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A new species of Archaeohippus (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Arikareean of central Florida
JAY A. O'SULLIVAN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):877–885
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A new early species of the squatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of Peru
CHRISTIAN DE MUIZON, H. GREGORY MCDONALD, RODOLFO SALAS, and MARIO URBINA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):886–894
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Discovery of the extinct red pands Parailurus (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Japan
ICHIRO SASAGAWA, KEIICHI TAKAHASHI, TATSUYA SAKUMOTO, HIDEAKI NAGAMORI, HIDEO YABE, and IWAO KOBAYASHI, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):895–900
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Plio-Pleistocene terrestrial mammal assemblage from Konso, southern Ethiopia
GEN SUWA, HIDEO NAKAYA, BERHANE ASFAW, HARUO SAEGUSA, AWOKE AMZAYE, REIKO T. KONO, YONAS BEYENE, and SHIGEHIRO KATOH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):901–916
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A new species of Early Pleistocene Synaptomys (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Florida and its relevance to southern bog lemming origins
ROBERT A. MARTIN, DUOBINIS-GRAY LEON, and CHRISTOPHER P. CROCKETT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):917–936
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NOTES

Dental characters and phylogeny of pycnodontiform fishes
FRANCISCO JOSÉ POYATO-ARIZA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):937–940
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Longiscitula houghae Demar, 1966 (Amphibia: Temnospondyli), a junior synonym of Dissorophus multicinctus Cope, 1895
ANDREW R. MILNER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):941–944
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A leatherback sea turtle from the Eocene of Antarctica: implications for antiquity of gigantothermy in Dermochelyidae
L. BARRY ALBRIGHT III, MICHAEL O. WOODBURNE, JUDD A. CASE, and DAN S. CHANEY, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):945–949
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A new specimen of Excalibosaurus from the English Lower Jurassic
CHRIS MCGOWAN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):950–956
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Nothosaurid embryos from t he Middle Triassic of northern Italy: an insight into the viviparity of nothosaurs?
SILVIO RENESTO, CRISTINA LOMBARDO, ANDREA TINTORI, and GIANLUCA DANINI, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):957–960
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Taxonomic status of the specimens of Archaeopteryx
PHIL SENTER and JAMES H. ROBINS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):961–965
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Vermiform bones and the evolution of gigantism in Megalania&151;how a reptilian fox became a lion
GREGORY M. ERICKSON, ARMAND DE RICPLÈS, VIVIAN DE BUFFRÉNIL, RALPH E. MOLNAR, and MARK K. BAYLESS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):966–970
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The basicranial morphology of madtsoiid snakes (Squamata, Ophidia) and the earliest Alethinophidia (Serpentes)
JOHN D. SCANLON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):971–976
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First record of Paleogene Elephantoidea (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Bugti Hills of Pakistan
PIERRE-OLIVIER ANTOINE, JEAN-JOUP WELCOMME, LAURENT MARIVAUX, IBRAHIM BALOCH, LOULOUD BENAMMI, and PASCAL TASSY, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):977–980
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An enigmatic Cingulata (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of Uruguay
SERGIO F. VIZCAÍNO, ANDRÉS RINDERKNECHT, and ADA CZERWONOGORAa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):981–983
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BOOK REVIEW

Cladistics: A Practical Primer on CD-ROM, by P. Skelton, A. Smith, and N. Monk
DAVID K. ELLIOT, RANDALL B. IRMIS, and JAMES H. WITTKE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):984.
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CORRECTIONS

A new species of Struthiosaurus (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Villeveyrac (southern France)
GERALDINE GARCIA and XABIER PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):985
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A new crocodylomorph archosaur from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina
HANS-DIETER SUES, PAUL E. OLSEN, JOSEPH G. CARTER abd DIANE M. SCOTT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):986
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Missing entries and multiple trees: instability, relationships, and support in parsimony analysis
MARK WILKINSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):987
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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Did placoderm fish have teeth?
GAVIN C. YOUNG, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):987–990
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Morphological support for a close relationship between hippos and whales
JONATHAN H. GEISLER and MARK D. UHEN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003, 23(4):991–996
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