Publications
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2005 Vol.25 No.4

PAPERS

Histology of the Galeaspid dermoskeleton and endoskeleton, and the origin and early evolution of the vertebrate cranial endoskeleton
WANG NIAN-ZHONG, PHILIP C. J. DONOGHUE, MOYA M. SMITH, and IVAN J. SANSOM, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):745-756
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Redescription of Lepidotes piauhyensis Roxo and Löfgren, 1936
(Neopterygii, Semionotiformes, Semionotidae) from the ?Late Jurassic–early Cretaceous of Brazil
VALÉRIA GALLO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):757-769
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A new species of Mene (Perciformes: Menidae) from the Paleocene of South America, with notes on paleoenvironment and a brief review of Menid fishes
MATT FRIEDMAN and G. DAVID JOHNSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):770-783
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A reassessment of the referral of an isolated skull from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan to the stem-testudinoid turtle genus Lindholmemys
IGOR G. DANILOV and JAMES F. PARHAM, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):784-791
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A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia
BENJAMIN P. KEAR, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):792-805
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Cranial osteology of Lufengosaurus huenei Young (Dinosauria: Prosauropoda) from the Lower Jurassic of Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
PAUL M. BARRETT, PAUL UPCHURCH and WANG XIAO-LIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):806-822
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Small-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic of
Sichuan, China
PAUL M. BARRETT, RICHARD J. BUTLER, and FABIEN KNOLL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):823-834
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New information on Segisaurus halli, a small theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Arizona
MATTHEW T. CARRANO, JOHN R. HUTCHINSON, and SCOTT D. SAMPSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):835-849
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The postcranial anatomy of the megalosaur Dubreuillosaurus
valesdunensis
(Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Normandy, France
RONAN ALLAIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):850-858
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Cranial endocast of the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
JONATHAN FRANZOSA and TIMOTHY ROWE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):859-864
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Heterodonty in Tyrannosaurus rex: implications for the taxonomic and systematic utility of theropod dentitions
JOSHUA B. SMITH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):865-887
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New information on the skull of the enigmatic theropod Spinosaurus, with remarks on its size and affinities
CRISTIANO DAL SASSO, SIMONE MAGANUCO, ERIC BUFFETAUT, and MARCO A. MENDEZ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):888-896
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A new Oviraptorosaur (Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Late
Cretaceous (Campanian) of Utah
LINDSAY E. ZANNO and SCOTT D. SAMPSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):897-904
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Oromycter, a new Caseid from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma ROBERT R. REISZ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):905-910
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New material of Centetodon (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) and the importance of (missing) DNA sequences in systematic paleontology
ROBERT J. ASHER, ROBERT J. EMRY, and MALCOLM C. McKENNA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):911-923
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Enamel structure of Paleocene mammals of the São José de Itaboraí Basin, Brazil. ‘Condylarthra’, Litopterna, Notoungulata, Xenungulata, and Astrapotheria
SÉRGIO ROBERTO PERES LINE and LÍLIAN PAGLARELLI BERGQVIST, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):924-928
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Revision of Sarmatodelphis moldavicus Kirpichnikov, 1954 (Cetacea: Delphinoidea), from the Miocene of Kishinev, Republic of Moldavia
EMESE KAZÁR and DAN GRIGORESCU, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):929-935
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A new basal skunk Martinogale (Carnivora, Mephitinae) from Late
Miocene Dove Spring formation, california, and origin of New
World Mephitines
XIAOMING WANG, DAVID P. WHISTLER, and GARY T. TAKEUCHI, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):936-949
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The difficulties of identifying flying squirrels (Sciuridae: Pteromyini) in the fossil record
RICHARD W. THORINGTON, JR, CHAD E. SCHENNUM, LINDSAY A. PAPPAS, and DIANE PITASSY, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):950-961
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New populations and biogeographic patterns of the geomyid rodents Lignimus and Mojavemys from the Barstovian of western Montana
ROBERT S. FERANEC, ANTHONY D. BARNOSKY, and CHI N. QUANG, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):962-975
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NOTES

The first Mesozoic caribbean shark is from the Turonian of Cuba: Ptychodus cyclodontis Sp. Nov. (?Neoselachii)
RAOUL J. MUTTER, MANUEL ITURRALDE-VINENT, and JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ CARMONA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):976-978
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A reappraisal of some Paleogene turtles from the southeastern United States
PATRICIA A. HOLROYD, JAMES F. PARHAM and J. HOWARD HUTCHISON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):979-982
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The taxonomic status of Mixosaurus nordenskioeldii (Ichthyosauria)
LARS SCHMITZ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):983-985
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An anthropoid primate humerus from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Paleogene of southwestern Tanzania
NANCY J. STEVENS, PATRICK M. O’CONNOR, MICHAEL D. GOTTFRIED, ERIC M. ROBERTS, SIFAEL NGASALA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):986-989
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The oldest record of South American bats
MARCELO F. TEJEDOR, NICHOLAS J. CZAPLEWSKI, FRANCISCO J. GOIN, and EUGENIO ARAGÓN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):990-993
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A new Bunoselenodont artiodactyl from the Middle Eocene of China and the early record of Selenodont artiodactyls in Asia
GRÉGOIRE MÉTAIS, TAO QI, JIANWEI GUO, and K. CHRISTOPHER BEARD, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(4):994-997
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