35 The Society for Vertebrate Paleontology : The Society : Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology<br/>2004 Vol.24 No.2
The Society
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2004 Vol.24 No.2

PAPERS

A redescription of Atopacanthus dentatus Hussakof and Bryant, 1918 (Acanthodii, Ischnacanthidae)
CAROLE J. BURROW, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):257–267
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Chondrichthyans from the Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Naco Formation of central Arizona
DAVID K. ELLIOTT, RANDALL B. IRMIS, MICHAEL C. HANSEN, AND THOMAS J. OLSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):268–280
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A New World macrosemiid (Pisces: Neopterygii&8212;–Halecostomi) from the Albian of Mexico
KATIA GONZÁLEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, SHELTON P. APPLEGATE, AND LUIS ESPINOSA-ARRUBARRENA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):281–289
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A peculiar diplospondylous actinopterygian fish from the Cretaceous of Morocco
ARNAUD FILLEUL AND DIDIER B. DUTHEIL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):290–298.
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A new species of Lates (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Lower Oligocene of Egypt
ALISON M. MURRAY AND YOUSRY S. ATTIA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):299–308
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Skeleton formation in the Branchiosauridae: a case study in comparing ontogenetic trajectories
RAINER R. SCHOCH, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):309–319
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Slaugenhopia texensis (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Permian of Texas is a primitive tupilakosaurid
ANDREW R. MILNER AND SANDRA E. K. SEQUEIRA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):320–325
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On the cranial anatomy of the polycotylid plesiosaurs, including new material of Polycotylus latipinnis, Cope, from Alabama
F. ROBIN O’KEEFE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):326–340
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A primitive marine gavialoid from the Paleocene of Morocco
STEPHANE HUA AND STEPHANE JOUVE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):341–350
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A new hadrosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Far Eastern Russia
YURI L. BOLOTSKY AND PASCAL GODEFROIT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):351–365
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Unusual tarsometatarsus of a mousebird from the Paleogene of France and the relationships of Selmes Peters, 1999
GERALD MAYR AND CÉCILE MOURER-CHAUVIRÉ, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):366–372
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Redescription and phylogenetic position of the Adriatic (Upper Cretaceous; Cenomanian) dolichosaur Pontosaurus lesinensis (Kornhuber, 1873)
STEPHANIE E. PIERCE AND MICHAEL W. CALDWELL, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):373–386
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The youngest species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus and a reassessment of the relationships of the nothrothere sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra)
CHRISTIAN DE MUIZON, H. GREGORY MCDONALD, RODOLFO SALAS, AND MARIO URBINA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):387–397
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The evolution of feeding adaptations of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus
CHRISTIAN DE MUIZON, H. GREGORY MCDONALD, RODOLFO SALAS, AND MARIO URBINA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):398–410
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Evolution of incisor enamel microstructure in Lagomorpha
THOMAS MARTIN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):411–426
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The diets of the Dromomerycidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) and their response to Miocene vegetational change
GINA SEMPREBON, CHRISTINE JANIS, AND NIKOS SOLOUNIAS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):427–444
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A new species of Aelurodon (Carnivora, Canidae) from the Barstovian of Montana
XIAOMING WANG, BENJAMIN C. WIDEMAN, RALPH NICHOLS, AND DEBRA L. HANNEMAN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):445–452
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The earliest known member of the rorqual—gray whale clade (Mammalia, Cetacea)
ALTON C. DOOLEY, JR., NICHOLAS C. FRASER, AND ZHE-XI LUO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):453–463
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A new species of Pliocene Hippopotamidae from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
JEAN-RENAUD BOISSERIE AND TIM D. WHITE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):464–473
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A new species of Notochoerus (Artiodactyla, Suidae) from the Pliocene of Ethiopia
TIM D. WHTE AND GEN SUWA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):474–480
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Pyrotherium macfaddeni, sp. nov. (late Oligocene, Bolivia) and the pedal morphology of pyrotheres
BRUCE J. SHOCKEY AND FEDERICO ANAYA DAZA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):481–488
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The first cyprinid fish and small mammal fossils from the Korean Peninsula
YUONG-NAM LEE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):489–493

Dinosaur eggshell from the Red Sandstone Group of Tanzania
MICHAEL D. GOTTFRIED, PATRICK M. O&8217;CONNOR, FRANKIE D. JACKSON, ERIC M. ROBERTS, AND REMEGIUS CHAMI, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):494–497

An Early Eocene arctostylopid (Mammalia: Arctostylopida) from the Green River Basin, Wyoming
SHAWN P. ZACK, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):498–501

A new genus and species of hyaenodontid creodont from the Pondaung Formation (Eocene, Myanmar)
NAOKO EGI, PATRICIA A. HOLROYD, TAKEHISA TSUBAMOTO, NOBUO SHIGEHARA, MASANARU TAKAI, SOE THURA TUN, AYE KO AUNG, AND AUNG NAING SOE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(2):502–506

A new Early Eocene palaeothere (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from northeastern Spain
LLUIS CHECA AND FERRAN COLOMBO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004,24(2):507–512

BOOK REVIEW

Chiappe and Witmer: Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs
GARETH J. DYKE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004,24(2):513