PAPERS
Calcified cartilage in the paired fins of the osteostracan Escuminaspis laticeps (Traquair 1880), from the Late Devonian of Miguasha (Quebec, Canada), with a consideration of the early evolution of the pectoral fin endoskeleton in vertebrates.
PHILIPPE JANVIER, MARIUS ARSENAULT, and SYLVAIN DESBIENS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):773–779
[Abstract]Chondrichthyans from the Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota
MARTIN A. BECKER, JOHN A. CHAMBERLAIN, JR., and DENNIS O. TERRY, JR., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):780–793
[Abstract]A new genus of Triassic actinopterygian with an evaluation of deepened flank scales in fusiform fossil fishes
RAOUL J. MUTTER and ANNETTE HERZOG, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):794–801
[Abstract]Description and relationships of a new ichthyodectiform fish from the Tlayúa Formation (Early Cretaceous: Albian), Puebla, Mexico
JESÚS ALVARADO-ORTEGA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):802–813.
[Abstract]A new procolophonoid (Reptilia, Parareptilia) from the Upper Permian of Uruguay
GRACIELA PIÑEIRO, ALEJANDRA ROJAS, and MARTÍN UBILLA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):814–821
[Abstract]A new giant turtle of the genus Gopherus (Chelonia: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Tamaulipas, México, and a review of the phylogeny and biogeography of gopher tortoises
VÍCTOR-HUGO REYNOSO and MARISOL MONTELLANO-BALLESTEROS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):822–837
[Abstract]Giant ichthyosaurs of the Triassic—a new species of Shonisaurus from the Pardonet Formation (Norian: Late Triassic) of British Columbia
ELIZABETH L. NICHOLLS and MAKOTO MANABE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):838–849
[Abstract]New material of Mesadactylus ornithosphyos, a primitive pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado
DAVID K. SMITH, R. KENT SANDERS, and KENNETH L. STADTMAN, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):850–856
[Abstract]Alligatorine phylogeny and the status of Allognathosuchus Mook, 1921
CHRISTOPHER A. BROCHU , Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):857–873
[Abstract] [supplemental info]Histology of ankylosaur osteoderms: implications for systematics and function
TORSTEN M. SCHEYER and P. MARTIN SANDER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):874–893
[Abstract]Provenance and anatomy of Genyodectes serus, a large-toothed ceratosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Patagonia
OLIVER W. M. RAUHUT, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):894–902
[Abstract]Lower Cretaceous rebbachisaurid sauropods from Cerro Aguada del León (Lohan Cura Formation), Neuquén Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
LEONARDO SALGADO, ALBERTO GARRIDO, SERGIO E COCCA, and JUAN R COCCA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):903–912
[Abstract]Abnormal, multilayered titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) eggs from in situ clutches at the Auca Mahuevo locality, Neuquén Province, Argentina
FRANKIE D. JACKSON, ALBERTO GARRIDO, JAMES G. SCMITT, LUIS M. CHIAPPE, LOWELL DINGUS, and DAVID B. LOOPE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):913–922
[Abstract]Titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) remains from the “Continental Intercalaire” of Mali
O’LEARY, MAUREEN A., ERIC M. ROBERTS, JASON J. HEAD, FAMORY SISSOKO, and MAMADOU L. BOUARE, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):923–930
[Abstract] [Supplemental Info] [Data Matrices]A phylogenetic assessment of prismatic dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana
DAVID J. VARRICCHIO and FRANKIE D. JACKSON, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):931–937
[Abstract]A new burnetiamorph therapsid from the Teekloof Formation, Permian of South Africa
CHRISTIAN A. SIDOR, JAMES A. HOPSON, and ANDRÉW. KEYSER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):938–950
[Abstract]Skulls of the Eocene perissodactyls (Mammalia) Homogalax and Isectolophus
LUKE T. HOLBROOK, SPENCER G. LUCAS, and ROBERT J. EMRY, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):951–956
[Abstract]First known complete skulls of the scimitar-toothed cat Machairodus aphanistus (Felidae,Carnivora) from the Spanish late Miocene site of Batallones-1
MAURICIO ANTON, MANUEL J. SALESA, JORGE MORALES, and ALAN TURNER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):957–969
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Saurodektes gen. nov., a new generic name for the owenettid parareptile Saurodectes Modesto et al., 2003
SEAN MODESTO, ROSS DAMIANI, JOHANN NEVELING, and ADAM YATES, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):970
Bite marks on a crocodylomorph from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil: evidence of social behavior?
LEONARDO S. AVILLA, RONALDO FERNANDES, and DANIELA F. B. RAMOS, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):971–973
Ramphastosula (Aves, Sulidae): a new genus from the early Pliocene of the Pisco Formation, Peru
MARCELO STUCCHI and MARIO URBINA, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):974–978
Auroralestes, gen. nov., a replacement name for Eolestes Bown and Schankler, 1982, a preoccupied name
PATRICIA A. HOLROYD, THOMAS M BOWN, and DAVID M SCHANKLER, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):979
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Soft-tissue preservation in a 95 million year old marine lizard; form, function, and aquatic adaptation
MICHAEL W. CALDWELL and CRISTIANO DAL SASSO, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004, 24(4):980