FEATURED ARTICLE
Bone lesions in hadrosaurs: guided computed tomography for paleohistologic and stable-isotopic analysis
WILLIAM H. STRAIGHT, GUSTAVE L. DAVIS, H. CATHERINE W. SKINNER, ANDREW HAIMS, BRUCE L. MCCLENNAN, and DARREN H. TANKE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):315–325
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ARTICLES
A new palaeospinacid shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany
STEFANIE KLUG, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):326–335
[Abstract]Partial skull of Late Cretaceous durophagous shark, Ptychodus occidentalis (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae), from Nebraska, U.S.A.
KENSHU SHIMADA, CYNTHIA K. RIGSBY, and SUN H. KIM, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):336–349
[Abstract]Megapiranha paranensis, a new genus and species of Serrasalmidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) from the upper Miocene of Argentina
ALBERTO LUIS CIONE, WASILA M. DAHDUL, JOHN G. LUNDBERG, and ANTONIO MACHADO-ALLISON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):350–358
[Abstract] [Supplementary Data 1 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 1 (tif)] [Supplementary Data 2 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 2 docf)]A giant early Miocene sunfish from the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Austria) and its implication for molid phylogeny
RUZENA GREGOROVA, ORTWIN SCHULTZ, MATHIAS HARZHAUSER, ANDREAS KROH, and STJEPAN ĆORIĆ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):359–371
[Abstract]The deep-sea anglerfish genus Acentrophryne (Teleostei, Ceratioidei, Linophrynidae) in the Miocene of California
GIORGIO CARNEVALE and THEODORE W. PIETSCH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):372–378
[Abstract]Nannaroter mckinziei, a new ostodolepid 'microsaur' (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli, Recumbirostra) from the Early Permian of Richards Spur (Ft. Sill), Oklahoma
JASON S. ANDERSON, DIANE SCOTT, and ROBERT R. REISZ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):379–388
[Abstract]Anatomy and relationships of the Middle Permian varanopid Heleosaurus scholtzi based on a social aggregation from the Karoo Basin of South Africa
JENNIFER BOTHA-BRINK and SEAN P. MODESTO,Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):389–400
[Abstract]Sexual dimorphism and life history of Keichousaurus hui (Reptilia: Sauropterygia)
YEN-NIEN CHENG, ROBERT HOLMES, XIAO-CHUN WU, and NOEL ALFONSO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):401–408
[Abstract]Charting the Late Cretaceous seas: mosasaur richness and morphological diversification
MARCUS R. ROSS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):409–416
[Abstract]New material of the mosasaur Plioplatecarpus nichollsae Cuthbertson et al., 2007, clarifies problematic features of the holotype specimen
TAKUYA KONISHI and MICHAEL W. CALDWELL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):417–436
[Abstract]A redescription of Aigialosaurus (= Opetiosaurus) bucchichi (Kornhuber, 1901) (Squamata: Aigialosauridae) with comments on mosasauroid systematics
ALEX R. DUTCHAK and MICHAEL W. CALDWELL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):437–452
[Abstract] [Supplementary Data 1 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 1 (nex)]Reconstruction of the bracing system of the trunk and tail in hyposaurine dyrosaurids (Crocodylomorpha; Mesoeucrocodylia)
DANIELA SCHWARZ-WINGS, EBERHARD FREY, and THOMAS MARTIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):453–472
[Abstract]Kambara taraina sp. nov. (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea), a new Eocene mekosuchine from Queensland, Australia, and a revision of the genus
LUCAS A. BUCHANAN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):473–486
[Abstract]A reassessment of the Pteraichnus ichnospecies from the Early Cretaceous of Soria Province, Spain
BÁRBARA SÁNCHEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, ANDREW G. PRZEWIESLIK, and MICHAEL J. BENTON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):487–497
[Abstract]Hindlimb osteology and distribution of basal dinosauromorphs from the Late Triassic of North America
STERLING J. NESBITT, RANDALL B. IRMIS, WILLIAM G. PARKER, NATHAN D. SMITH, ALAN H. TURNER, and TIMOTHY ROWE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):498–516
[Abstract]Reconstruction of the thoracic epaxial musculature of diplodocid and dicraeosaurid sauropods
DANIELA SCHWARZ-WINGS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):517–534
[Abstract]Constraint-based exclusion of limb poses for reconstructing theropod dinosaur locomotion
STEPHEN M. GATESY, MARTIN BÄKER, and JOHN R. HUTCHINSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):535–544
[Abstract]Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Rapaxavis pani, a new species from Liaoning Province, China
ERIC M. MORSCHHAUSER, DAVID J. VARRICCHIO, GAO CHUNLING, LIU JINYUAN, WANG XURI, CHENG XIADONG, and MENG QINGJIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):545–554
[Abstract] [Supplementary Data 1 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 1 (doc)]Systematic revision of tropical Brazilian scelidotheriine sloths (Xenarthra, Mylodontoidea)
CÁSTOR CARTELLE, GERARDO DE IULIIS, and RODRIGO LOPES FERREIRA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):555–566
[Abstract]New data on the Moschidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the upper Miocene of Spain (Mn 10–Mn 11)
ISRAEL M. SÁNCHEZ, M. SOLEDAD DOMINGO, and JORGE MORALES, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):567–575
[Abstract] [Supplementary Data 1 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 1 (doc)] [Supplementary Data 2 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 2 (doc)] [Supplementary Data 3 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 3 (doc)] [Supplementary Data 4 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 4 (doc)] [Supplementary Data 5 (pdf)] [Supplementary Data 5 (doc)]Gomphos ellae, a new mimotonid from the middle Eocene of Mongolia and its implications for the origin of Lagomorpha
BRIAN P. KRAATZ, DEMCHIG BADAMGARAV, and FAYSAL BIBI, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):576–583
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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
The occipital-synarcual complex in Nefudina qalibahensis
HERVÉ LELIÈVRE and ROBERT K. CARR, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):584–588
A second and more complete rostrum of Xiphiorhynchus aegyptiacus Weiler, 1929, (Perciformes: Xiphioidei: Xiphiidae: Xiphiorhynchinae), from the Birket Qarun Formation, Upper Eocene, Egypt
HARRY L. FIERSTINE and PHILIP D. GINGERICH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):589–593
Presence of the extinct lizard Paradracaena (Teiidae) in the middle Miocene of the Peruvian Amazon
FRANÇOIS PUJOS, ADRIANA M. ALBINO, PATRICE BABY, and JEAN-LOUP GUYOT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):594–598
New material of "Trematochampsa" oblita (Crocodyliformes, Trematochampsidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar
ERIN L. RASMUSSON SIMONS and GREGORY A. BUCKLEY, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):599–604
An enigmatic new lambeosaurine hadrosaur (Reptilia: Dinosauria) from the Upper Shale Member of the Campanian Aguja Formation of Trans-Pecos Texas
JONATHAN R. WAGNER and THOMAS M. LEHMAN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):605–611
A new large basal tetanuran (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wessex Formation (Barremian) of the Isle Of Wight, England
ROGER B. J. BENSON, STEPHEN L. BRUSATTE, STEPHEN HUTT, and DARREN NAISH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):612–615
Earliest Gondwanan bird from the Cretaceous of southeastern Australia
ROGER A. CLOSE, PATRICIA VICKERS-RICH, PETER TRUSLER, LUIS M. CHIAPPE, JINGMAI O'CONNOR, THOMAS H. RICH, LESLEY KOOL, and PATRICIA KOMAROWER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):616–619First record and a new species of seriema (Aves: Ralliformes: Cariamidae) from Santacrucian (early–middle Miocene) Beds of Patagonia
JORGE I. NORIEGA, SERGIO F. VIZCAÍNO, and M. SUSANA BARGO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):620–626A new primitive bat from the earliest Eocene of Europe
RODOLPHE TABUCE, MIGUEL TELLES ANTUNES, and BERNARD SIGÉ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):627–630Kahawamys mbeyaensis (n. gen., n. sp.) (Rodentia: Thryonomyoidea) from the late Oligocene Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania
NANCY J. STEVENS, PATRICIA A. HOLROYD, ERIC M. ROBERTS, PATRICK M. O'CONNOR, and MICHAEL D. GOTTFRIED, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):631–634
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Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous enantiornithine birds with information from a new species
JINGMAI K. O'CONNOR, XURI WANG, LUIS M. CHIAPPE, CHUNLING GAO, QINGJIN MENG, XIAODONG CHENG, AND JINYUAN LIU, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009, 29(2):635