2009 articles

Fish; Agnatha, Thelodonti, Placoderm, Acanthodians, Chondrichthyes, Fish, Crossopterygians, Lungfish, Coelocanths, Fish Ichnology, Fish burrows, Fish Coprolites

Amphibians; Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians), Reptilosauromorph, Lepospondyli, Amphibians

Reptilia; Lower Reptiles (“Anapsids”), Turtles, Diapsida (Lower Lepidosauromorphs), Lizards and snakes, Sphenodonts, Ichthyosaurs, Sauropterygians and Placodontians, Lower Archosauromorpha, “Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia", Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia), Pterosaurs

Dinosaurs; Dinosauromorpha Theropoda, Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda), Ornithischia, Armored dinosaurs, Dinosaurs in general, Aves (Mesozoic)

Synapsids; Pelycosaurs, Theriodontia, Deinocephalia, Mammals (Mesozoic)

Eggs, Ichnology, Palaeopathologies, Gastroliths, Stomach contents, Coprolites, Cannibalism, Regurgitalite, Fire (Mesozoic, Paleozoic), Beetle Borrings, Toothmarks, Histology, Soft tissue, Bonebed, Taphonomy, Burrows, DNA (and Blood), (suppose) Tertiary Dinosaurs, Venomous, Extinction

Integuments; Feathers, Skin, Hair

Interesting articles

JVP Astracts for the 2009 symposium in Bristol Link to pdf

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Agnatha

Genus: Nova (4)

Diploholcaspis WANG, WANG & ZHU, 2009
Oredezhosteus MOLOSHNIKOV, 2009a
Spangenhelmaspis SANSOM, 2009
Ukrainaspis SANSON, 2009

Species: Nova (4)

Diploholcaspis daleensis WANG, WANG & ZHU, 2009
Oredezhosteus kuleshovi MOLOSHNIKOV, 2009a
Sanqiaspis vietnamensis JANVIER, THANH, PHUONG, CLEMENT & PHUONG, 2009
Schizosteus shkurlatensis MOLOSHNIKOV, 2009b

Synonym: Nova (4)

Oredezhosteus livonicus (OBRUCHEV & MARK-KURIK, 1965) MOLOSHNIKOV, 2009a
= Psammosteus livonicus OBRUCHEV & MARK-KURIK, 1965
Spangenhelmaspis quadrata (WANGSJO, 1952) SANSON, 2009
= Securiaspis quadrata WANGSJO, 1952
Spangenhelmaspis staxrudi (STENSIO, 1927) SANSON, 2009
= Cephalaspis staxrudi STENSIO, 1927
Ukrainaspis kozlowskii (ZYCH, 1937) SANSON, 2009
= Cephalaspis kozlowskii ZYCH, 1937 (nomen dubium)

Janvier, P., 2009, Les premiers vertebres et les premieres etapes de l'evolution du crane: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 8, p. 209-219.

Janvier, P., Thanh, T.-D., Phuong, T. H., Clement, G., and Phong, N D., 2009, Ocurrence of Sanqiaspis, Liu, 1975 (Vertebrata, Galeaspida) in the Lower Devonian of Vietnam, with remarks on the anatomy and systematics of the Sanqiaspididae: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 8, p. 59-65. (Sanqiaspis vietnamensis)

Märss, T., and Karatajute-Talimaa, V., 2009, Late Silurian-Early Devonian tessellate heterostracan Oniscolepis Pander, 1856 from the East Baltic and North Timan: EstonianJounral of Earth Science, v. 58, n. 1, p. 43-62. Link to pdf

Moloshnikov, S. V., 2009, Oredezhosteus, a new psammosteid genus (Heterostraci, Psammosteiformes) from the Lower Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of the Main Devonian Field: Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 197-200. (Oredezhosteus livonicus = Psammosteus livonicus, Oredezhosteus kuleshovi)

Moloshnikov, S. V., 2009, A new species of Psammosteiform Heterostracan (Agnatha) from the Givetian (Middle Devonian) of the Voronezh Region: Paleontological Journal, v. 43, n. 3, p. 306-310. (Schizosteus shkuralatensis)

Sansom, I. J., Miller, C. G., Heward, A., Davies, N. S., Booth, G. A., Fortey, R. A., and Paris, F., 2009, Ordovician fish from the Arabian Peninsula: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 2, p. 337-342.

Sansom, R. S., 2009, Phylogeny, classification and character polarity of the Osteostraci (Vertebrata): Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 7, n. 1, p. 95-115. (Spangenhelmaspis staxrudi = Cephalaspis straxrudi, Spangenhelmaspis quadrata = Securiaspis quadrata, Ukrainaspis kozlowskii = Cephalaspis kozlowskii)

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf

Shu, D.-G., Morris, S. C., Zhang, Z.-F., and Han, J., 2010 (published in 2009), The earliest history of the deuterostomes: the importance of the Chengjiang fossil-Lagerstatte: Proceedings of the Royal Society, v. 277, p. 165-174, published online, May, 13, 10pp.

Thirion, F., and Blieck, A., 2009, New pteraspidiform heterostracans (Vertebrata) from the Lower Devonian of La Gileppe and Nonceveux, Belgium: Geologica Belgica, v. 12, n. 1-2, p. 31-43. Link to pdf

Wang, J.-Q., Wang, S.-T., and Zhu, M., 2009, A new galeaspid agnathan from Lower Devonian of Guangzi, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 3, p. 234-239. (Diploholcaspis daleenis)

Young, G. C., 2009, An Ordovician vertebrate from western New South Wales, with coments on Cambro-Ordovician vertebrate distribution patterns: Alcheringa, v. 33, p. 79-89.


Thelodonti

Trinajstic, K., and George, A. D., 2009, Microvertebrate biostratigraphy of Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Carbonate rocks in the Canning and Carnarvon basins of Western Australia: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 3, p. 641-659. (Emerikodus ektrapelus)

Wilson, M. V. H., and Märss, T., 2009, Thelodont phylogeny revisited, with inclusion of key scale-based taxa: Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 58, n. 4, p. 297-310. Link to pdf


Placoderm

Genus: Nova (1)

Kimbryanodus TRINAJSTIC & LONG, 2009

Species: Nova (2)

Bothriolepis dorakarasugensis MOLOSHINKOV, 2009
Kimbryanodus williamburyensis TRINAJSTIC & LONG, 2009

Anderson, P. S. L., 2009, Biomechanics, functional patterns, and disparity in Late Devonian arthrodires: Paleobiology, v. 35,n . 3, p. 321-342.

Anderson, P. S. L., and Westneat, M. W., 2009, A biomechanical model of feeding kinematics for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi): Paleobiology, v. 35, n. 2, p. 251-269.

Carr, R. K., Johanson, Z., and Ritchie, A., 2009, The phyllolepid placoderm Cowralepis mclachlani: insights into the evolution of feeding mechanisms in jawed vertebrates: Journal of Morphology, v. 270, p. 775-804.

Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 67-94. Link to pdf

Diedrich, C. G, 2009, Erratum to: Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 225. Link to pdf

Dupret, V., Zhu, M., and Wang, J.-Q., 2009, The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) form the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 157, p. 70-92.

Lelievre, H., and Carr, R. K., 2009, The occipital-synarcual complex in Nefudina qalibahensis (Placoderm): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 584-588.

Moloshnikov, S. V., 2009, New data on Late Devonian bothriolepidid Placoderms (Pisces, Antiarchi) from Tuva: Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 5, p. 558-568. (Bothriolepis dorakarasugensis)

Nagel-Myers, J., Dietl, G. P., and Brett, C. E., 2009, First report of sublethal breakage-induced predation on Devonian bivales: PalAios, v. 24, p. 460-465.

Trinajstic, K., and Long, J. A., 2009, A new genus and species of Ptychodont (Placodermi) from the Late Devonian Gneudna Formation, Western Australia, and an analysis of Ptyctodont phylogeny: Geological Magazine, v. 146,n . 5, p. 743-760. (Kimbryanodus williamburyensis)


Acanthodians

Species: Nova (1)

Pechoralepis juozasi BURROW, LONG & TRINAJSTIC, 2009

Beznosov, P., 2009, A redescription of the Early Carboniferous acanthodian Acanthodes lopatini Rohon, 1889: Acta Zoologica, v. 90, supplement 1, p. 183-193. Link to pdf

Brazeau, M. D., 2009, The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins: Nature, v. 457, p. 305-308.

Burrow, C. J., Long, J. A., and Trinajstic, K., 2009, Disarticulated acanthodian and chondrichthyan remains from the upper Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Antarctic Science, v. 21, n. 1, p. 71-88. (Pechoralepis juozasi)

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf


Chondrichthyes

Genus: Nova (5)

Arduodens HAIRAPETIAN & GINTER, 2009
Emerikodus TRINAJSTIC & GEORGE, 2009
Gansuselache WANG, ZHANG, ZHU & ZHAO, 2009

Mukdahanodus CUNY, CAVIN & SUTEETHORN, 2009
Roongodus HAIRAPETIAN & GINTER, 2009

Species: Nova (10)

Arduodens flammeus HAIRAPETIAN & GINTER, 2009
Belemnobatus aominensis CUNY, SRISUK, KHAMHA, SUTEETHORN, & TONG, 2009

Emerikodus ektrapedus TRINAJSTIC & GEORGE, 2009
Gansuselache tungshengi WANG, ZHANG, ZHU & ZHAO, 2009

Lonchidion reesunderwoodi CUNY, SRISUK, KHAMHA, SUTEETHORN, & TONG, 2009

Mukdahanodus trisivakulii CUNY, CAVIN & SUTEETHORN, 2009
Orthacanthus donnelljohnsi JOHNSON, & THAYER, 2009
Pseudodalatias henarejensis BOTELLA, PLASENCIA, MARQUEZ-ALIAGA, CUNY & DORKA, 2009
Roongodus phijani HAIRAPETIAN & GINTER, 2009
Triodus elpia JOHNSON, & THAYER, 2009

Amiot, R., Buffetaut, E., Lecuyer, C., Fernandez, V., Forel, F., Martineau, F., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Oxygen isotope composition of continental vertebrate apatites from Mesozoic formations of Thailand; environmental and ecological significance: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 271-283.

Botella, H., Plasencia, P., Marquez-Aliaga, A., Cuny, G., and Dorka, M., 2009, Pseudodalatias henarejensis nov. sp. a new pseudodalatiid (Elasmobranchii) from the Middle Triassic of Spain: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1006-1012. (Pseudodalatias henarejensis)

Burrow, C. J., Long, J. A., and Trinajstic, K., 2009, Disarticulated acanthodian and chondrichthyan remains from the upper Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Antarctic Science, v. 21, n. 1, p. 71-88. (Pechoralepis juozasi

Chalupova, B., 2009, Rhaetian Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes remains from the Fatra Fm. (Kardolina section, Belianske Tatry Mts., Slovakia): Mineralia Slovaca, v. 41, p. 283-290.

Cuny, G., Cavin, L., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, A new hybodont wiht a cutting dentition from the lower Cretaceous of Thailand: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 515-520. (Mukdahanodus trisiovakulii)

Cuny, G., Srisuk, P., Khamha, S., Suteethorn, V., and Tong, H., 2009, A new elasmobranch fauna from the Middle Jurassic of southern Thailand: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E,. Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J, and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 97-113. (Lonchidion reesunderwoodi, Belemnobatus aominensis)

Diedrich, C., 2009, The vertebrates of the Anisian/Landinian boundary (Middle Triassic) from Bissendorf (NW Germany) and their contribution to the anatomy, palaeoecology, and palaeobiogeography of the Germanic Basin reptiles: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 273, p. 1-16.

Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 67-94. Link to pdf

Diedrich, C. G, 2009, Erratum to: Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 225. Link to pdf

Hairapetian, V., and Ginter, M., 2009, Famennian chondrichthyan remains from the Chahriseh section, central Iran: Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 59, n. 2, p. 173-200. (Roongodus phijani, Arduodens flammeus) Link to pdf

Jacobs, L. L., Mateus, O., Polcyn, M. J., Schulp, A. S., Scotese, C. R., Goswami, A., Ferguson, K. M., Robbins, J. A., Vineyard, D. P., and Buto Neto, A., 2009, Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean: Bulletin of the Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 4, p. 333-341.

Johnson, G. D., and Thayer, D. W., 2009, Early Pennsylvanian xenacanth chondrichthyans from the Swisshelm Mountains, Arizona, USA: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 4, p. 649-699. (Orthacanthus donnelljohnsi, Triodus elpia) Link to pdf

Klug, S., 2009, A new palaeospinacid shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany: Jorunal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 326-335. (Synechodus ungeri)

Lane, J. A., and Maisey, J. G., 2009, Pectoral anatomy of Tribodus limae (Elasmobranchii: Hybodontiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 25-38.

Lebedev, O. A., 2009, A new specimen of Helicoprion Karpinsky, 1899 from Kazakhstanian Cisurals and a new reconstruction of its tooth whorl position and function: Acta Zoologica, v. 90, supplement 1, p. 171-182.

Maisey, J. G., 2009, The spine-brush complex in Symmoriiform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Symmorriformes), with comments on dorsal fin modulairty: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 14-24.

May, W. J., 2009, Vertebrate fauna of the Pitkin Formation (Late Mississippian) of Adair and Cherokee Counties, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 69, n. 2, p. 56-63.

Minikh, A. V., and Minikh, M. G., 2009, Main events in development of the Middle-Upper Permian ichthyofauna of Eastern Europe: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 141-157. Link to pdf

Neraudeau, D., Vullo, R., Gomez, B., Girard, V., Lak, M., Videt, B., Depre, E., and Perrichot, V., 2009, Amber, plant and vertebrate fossils from the Lower Cenomanian parallic facies of Aix Island (Charente-Maritime, SW France): Geodiversitas, v. 31, n. 1, p. 13-27.

Nagel-Myers, J., Dietl, G. P., and Brett, C. E., 2009, First report of sublethal breakage-induced predation on Devonian bivales: PalAios, v. 24, p. 460-465.

Perea, D., Soto, M., Veroslavsky, G., Martinez, S., and Ubilla, M., 2009, A Late Jurassic fossil assemblage in Gondwana: Biostratigraphy and correlations of the Tacuarembo Formation, Parana Basin, Uruguay: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 28, p. 168-179.

Pradel, A., Langer, M., Maisey J. G., Geffard-Kuriyama, D., Cloetens, P., Janvier, P., and Tafforeau, P., 2009, Skull and brain of a 300-million-year-old chimaeroid fish revealed by synchrotron holotomography: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 106, n. 13, p. 5224-5228.

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf

Shimida, K., 2009, The first associated teeth of the Late Cretaceous anacoracid shark, Pseudocroax laevis (Leriche), from the Mooreville Chalk of Alabama: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 112, no.3/4, p. 164-168.

Shimada, K., Rigsby, C. K., and Kim, S. H., 2009, Partial skull of Late Cretaceous durophagous shark, Ptychodus occidentalis (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae), from Nebrasaka, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 336-349.

Trinajstic, K., and George, A. D., 2009, Microvertebrate biostratigraphy of Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Carbonate rocks in the Canning and Carnarvon basins of Western Australia: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 3, p. 641-659. (Emerikodus ektrapelus)

Vullo, R., Bernardez, E., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2009, Vertebrates, from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabana Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenviromental and palaeobiogeogrpahic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 276, p. 120-129.

Wang, N.-Z., Zhang, X., Zhu, M., and Zhao, W.-J., 2009, A new articualted hybodontoid from Late Permian of northwestern China: Acta Zoologica, v. 90, supplement n. 1, p. 159-170. (Gansuselache tungshengi)


Fish

Genus: Nova (11)

Agoultichthys MURRAY & WILSON, 2009
Arctovitalia SYTCHEVSKAYA, 2009
Kapokichthys SYTCHEVSKAYA IN SYTCHEVSKAYA, ANDERSON, & ANDERSON, 2009
Kazanichthys MINIKH, 2009
Linegruan MICKLE, LUND & GROGAN, 2009
Moltenia SYTCHEVSKAYA IN SYTCHEVSKAYA, ANDERSON, & ANDERSON, 2009

Peia LI, 2009
Priscosturion GRANDE & HILTON, 2009
Pseudoellimma FIGUEIREDO, 2009

Uranichthys MINIKH, 2009
Varialepis MINIKH, 2009

Species: Nova (18)

Agoultichthys chattertoni MURRAY & WILSON, 2009
Apateodus busseni FIELITZ & SHIMADA, 2009
Arctovitalia ochevi SYTCHEVSKAYA, 2009

Berycopsis paucoradius DIETZE, 2009
Denwoodichthys brevispinnus SYTCHEVSKAYA IN SYTCHEVSKAYA, ANDERSON, & ANDERSON, 2009
Kapokichthys spinolepis SYTCHEVSKAYA IN SYTCHEVSKAYA, ANDERSON, & ANDERSON, 2009
Kazanichthys uralensis MINIKH, 2009
Linegruan judithi MICKLE, LUND & GROGAN, 2009
Linegruan snowyi MICKLE, LUND & GROGAN, 2009
Moltenia andersoni SYTCHEVSKAYA IN SYTCHEVSKAYA, ANDERSON, & ANDERSON, 2009
Nursallia tethysensis CAPASSO, ABI SAAD & TAVERNE, 2009

Peia jurongensis LI, 2009
Pseudoellimma gallae FIGUEIREDO, 2009

Saurichthys dawaziensis WU, SUN, HAO, JIANG, XU, SUN & TINTORI, 2009
Semionotus moltenus SYTCHEVSKAYA IN SYTCHEVSKAYA, ANDERSON, & ANDERSON, 2009
Uranichthys pretoriensis MINIKH, 2009
Varialepis stanislovi MINIKH, 2009
Varialepis vitalii MINIKH, 2009

Synonym: Nova (1)

Priscosturion longipinnis (GRANDE & HILTON, 2006) GRANDE & HILTON, 2009
= Psammorhynchus longipinnis GRANDE & HILTON, 2006

Alvarado-Ortega, J,. and Porras-Muzquiz, H., 2009, On the occurrence of Gillicus arcuatus (Cope, 1875) (Pisces, Ichthyodectiformes) in Mexico: Boletinde la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana, v. 61, n. 2, p. 215-224. Link to pdf

Alvarado-Ortega, J., Ovalles-Damian, E., and Blanco-Pinon, A., 2009, The fossil fishes from the Sierra Madre Formation, Ocozocaulta, Chiapas, Southern Mexico: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 12, issues 2, 4a, 22pp. Link to pdf

Amiot, R., Buffetaut, E., Lecuyer, C., Fernandez, V., Forel, F., Martineau, F., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Oxygen isotope composition of continental vertebrate apatites from Mesozoic formations of Thailand; environmental and ecological significance: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 271-283.

Bravo-Cuevas, V. M., Gonzalez-Rodriguez, K. A., Esquivel-Macias, C., and Fielitz, C., 2009, Advances on stratigraphy and paleontology of the Muhi Quarry from the Mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of Hidalgo, Central Mexico: Boletin de la Sociedad Geologia Mexicana, v. 61, n. 2, p. 155-165. Link to pdf

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2009, Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) from the Peiropolis Paleontological site: toward a better understanding: Earth Sciences Research Journal, v. 13, n. 1, p. 6-15.

Capasso, L. L., ABI Saad, P., and Taverne, L., 2009, Nursallia tethysensis sp. nov., a new pycnodont fish (Neopterygii: Halecostomi) from the Cenomanian of Lebanon: Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, v. 9, p. 117-116. (Nursallia tethysensis)

Cavin, L., Deesri, U., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, The Jurassic and Cretaceous bony fish record (Actinopterygii, Dipnoi) from Thailand:  In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E,. Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J, and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 125-139.

Chalupova, B., 2009, Rhaetian Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes remains from the Fatra Fm. (Kardolina section, Belianske Tatry Mts., Slovakia): Mineralia Slovaca, v. 41, p. 283-290.

Deesri, U., Cavin, L., Claude, J., Suteethorn, & Yuangdetkla, P., 2009, Morphometric and taphonomic study of a ray-finned fish assemblage (Lepidotes buddhabutrensis, Semionotidae) from the Late Jurassic--earliest Cretaceous of NE Thailand:  In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E,. Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J, and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 115-124.

Diedrich, C., 2009, The vertebrates of the Anisian/Landinian boundary (Middle Triassic) from Bissendorf (NW Germany) and their contribution to the anatomy, palaeoecology, and palaeobiogeography of the Germanic Basin reptiles: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 273, p. 1-16.

Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 67-94. Link to pdf

Diedrich, C. G, 2009, Erratum to: Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 225. Link to pdf

Dietze, K., 2009, Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certian neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 559-574. (Berycopsis paucoradius)

Duan, Y., and Zhang, L., 2009, Early Cretaceous precious fossil-bearing beds in Wejialign-Yaolugou of Jianchang Basein, western Liaoning: Global Geology, v. 12, n. 2, p. 87-93.

Ebert, M., and Kölbel-Ebert, M., 2009, Steinbruch Ettling (Markt Pförring)-Grabungsergebniesse 2009: Archaeopteryx, v. 27, p. 45-54.

Fernandez, V., Claude, J., Escarguel, G., Buffetaut, E., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Biogeographical affinites of Jurassic and Cretaceous continental vertebrate assemblages from SE Asia: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 285-300.

Fielitz, C., and Shimada, K., 2009, A new species of Apateodus (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 650-658. (Apateodus busseni)

de Figueiredo, F. J., 2009, A new clupeiform fish from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, northeastern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 993-1005. (Pseudoellimma gallae)

Friedman, M., 2009, Ecomorphological selectivity among marine teleost fishes during the end-Cretaceous extinction: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 106, n. 13, p. 5218-5223.

Gallo, V., de Carvalho, M. S. S., and Souto, A. A., 2009, A possible occurrence of Diodontidae (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes) in the Upper Cretaceous of the Paraiba Basin, northeastern Brazil: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 559-604.

Grande, L., and Hilton, E. J., 2009, A replacement name for Psammorhynchus Grande & Hilton, 2006 (Actinopterygii, Acipenseriformes, Acipenseridae): Journal of Paleontology, v. 83, n. 2, p. 317-318. (Priscosturion longipinnis = Psammorhynchus longipinnis)

Hunt-Foster, R. K., and Foster, J. R., 2009, Cooperative management of paleontological resources on Public Lands in Mesa County, Colorado: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 107.

Kocsis, L., Osi, A., Vennemann, T., Trueman, C. N., and Palmer, M. R., 2009, Geochemical study of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Czehbanya Formation (Hungary): Evidence for a freshwater habitat of mosasaurs and pycnodont fish: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 280, 522-542.

Kolosov, P. N., Ivensen, G. V., Mikhailova, T. E., Kurzanov, S. M., Efimov, M. B., and Gubin, Y. M., 2009, Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 201-207.

Li, Q., 2009, A new parasemionotid-like fish from the Lower Triassic of Jurong, Jiangsu Province, China: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 2, p. 369-384. (Peia jurongensis)

Mickle, K. E., Lund, R., and Grogan, E. D., 2009, Three new palaeoniscoid fishes from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana (USAP and the relationships of lower actinopterygians: Geodiversitas, v. 31, n. 2, p. 623-668. (Linegruan judithi, Linegruan snowyi, Beagiascus pulcherrums) Link to pdf

Minikh, A. V., 2009, New actinopterygian fishes from the Upper Permina of Eastern Europe: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 130-140. (Kazanichthys uralensis, Varialepis stanislovi, Varialepis vitalii, Uranichthys pretoriensis) Link to pdf

Minikh, A. V., and Minikh, M. G., 2009, Main events in development of the Middle-Upper Permian ichthyofauna of Eastern Europe: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 141-157. Link to pdf

Murray, A. M., and Wilosn, M. V. H., 2009, A new Late Cretaceous Macrosemiid fish (Neopterygii, Halecostomi) from Morocco, with temporal and geographical range extensions for the family: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 2, p. 429-440. (Agoultichthys chattertoni)

Neraudeau, D., Vullo, R., Gomez, B., Girard, V., Lak, M., Videt, B., Depre, E., and Perrichot, V., 2009, Amber, plant and vertebrate fossils from the Lower Cenomanian parallic facies of Aix Island (Charente-Maritime, SW France): Geodiversitas, v. 31, n. 1, p. 13-27.

Newbrey, M. G., Murray, A. M., Wilson, M. V. H., Brinkman, D. B., and Neuman, A. G., 2009, Seventy-five-million-year-old tropical tetra-like fish from Canada tracks Cretaceous global warming: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., published online, 5pp.

Nagel-Myers, J., Dietl, G. P., and Brett, C. E., 2009, First report of sublethal breakage-induced predation on Devonian bivales: PalAios, v. 24, p. 460-465.

Perea, D., Soto, M., Veroslavsky, G., Martinez, S., and Ubilla, M., 2009, A Late Jurassic fossil assemblage in Gondwana: Biostratigraphy and correlations of the Tacuarembo Formation, Parana Basin, Uruguay: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 28, p. 168-179.

Poyato-Ariza, F. J., and Bermudez-Rochas D. D., 2009, New Pycnodont fish (Arcodonichthys pasiegae gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 271-275. (Arcodonichthys pasiegae)

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.

Romano, C., and Brinkmann, W., 2009, Reappraisal of the lower actinopterygian Birgeria stensioei Aldinger, 1931 (Osteichthyes: Birgeriidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) and Besano (Italy): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 252, n. 1, p. 17-31.

Salgado, L., Canudo, J. I., Garrido, A. C., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. L., Garcia, R. A., de la Fuente, M. S., Barco, J. L., and Bollati, R., 2009, Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from El Anfiteatro area, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 767-784.

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf

Sereno, P. C., Tan, L., Brusatte, S. L., Kriegstein, H. J., Zhao, X., and Cloward, K., 2009, Tyrannosaurid skeletal design first evolved at small body size: Science, Science express, published on line, 6 pp.

Shimada, K., and Everhart, M. J. 2009, First record of Anomoeodus (Osteichthyes: Pycnodontiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas: Transacations of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 112, n. 1/2, p. 98-102.

Sytchevskaya, E. K., 2009, The first find of the Acrolepidae (Pisces, Palaeoniciformes) in the Lower Triassic of Northern Asia: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 189-196. (Arctovitalia ochevi) Link to pdf

Sytchevskaya, E. K., Anderson, H. M., and Anderson, J. M., 2009, Late Triassic fishes of South Africa: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 197-215. (Denwoodichthys brevispinnus, Semionotus moltenus, Moltenia andersoni, Kapokichthys spinolepis) Link to pdf

Vullo, R., Bernardez, E., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2009, Vertebrates, from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabana Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenviromental and palaeobiogeogrpahic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 276, p. 120-129.

Vullo, R., Buscalioni, A. D., Marugan[Lobon, J., and Moratalla, J. J., 2009, First pterosaur remains from the Early Cretaceous lagerstatte of Las Hoyas, Spain: palaeoecological significance: Geological Magazine, v. 146, n. 6, p. 931-936.

Wu, F., Sun, Y,. Hao, W., Jiang, D., Xu, G., Sun, Z., and Tintori, A., 2009, New species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Yunnan Province, China: Acta Geologica sinica, v. 83, n. 3, p. 801-840. (Saurichthys dawaziensis)


Crossopterygians

Genus: Nova (4)

Guiyu ZHU, ZHAO, JIA, LU, QIAO, QU, 2009
Langlieria socqueti CLEMENT, SNITTING & AHLBERG, 2009

Owensia chooi HOLLAND, 2009

Qingmenodus LU & ZHU, 2010 (published in 2009)

Species: Nova (4)

Guiyu oneiros ZHU, ZHAO, JIA, LU, QIAO, QU, 2009
Langlieria socqueti CLEMENT, SNITTING & AHLBERG, 2009

Owensia chooi HOLLAND, 2009

Qingmenodus yui LU & ZHU, 2010 (published in 2009)

Clement, G., Snitting, D., and Ahlberg, P. E., 2009, A new Tristichopterid (Sacropterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Famennian Evieux Formation (Upper Devonian) of Belgium: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 4, p. 823-836. (Langlieria socqueti) Link to pdf

Holland, T., 2009, Owensia chooi: a new tetrapodomorph fish from the Middle Devonina of the South Blue Range, Victoria, Australia: Alcheringa, v. 33, p. 339-353. (Owensia chooi)

Holland, T., and Long, J. A., 2009, On the phylogenetic position of Gogonasus andrewsae Long 1985, within the Tetrapodomorpha: Acta Zoologica (Stockholme), v. 90, supplement 1, p. 285-296.

Kupriyanova, N. S., 2009, Current views of the origin and diversification of tetrapods: Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, v. 43, n. 5, p. 882-896.

Lu, J., and Zhu, M., 2010 (published in 2009), An onychodont fish (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii) from the Early Devonian of China, and the evolution of the Onychodontiformes: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 277, p. 293-299. (Qingmendous yui)

Minikh, A. V., and Minikh, M. G., 2009, Main events in development of the Middle-Upper Permian ichthyofauna of Eastern Europe: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 141-157. Link to pdf

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf

Get Snitting, D., 2009, Heddleichthys – a new tristichopterid genus from the Dura Den Formation, Midland Valley, Scotland (Famennian, Late Devonian): Acta Zoologica, v. 90, pp. 273-284. 

Witzmann, F., 2009, Comparative histology of sculptured dermal bones in basal tetrapods, and the implications for the soft tissue dermis: Palaeodiversity, v. 2, p. 233-270.

Zhu, M., and Yu, X., 2009, Stem sarcopterygians have primitive polybasal fin articulation: Biology Letters, v. 5, p. 372-375.

Zhu, M., Zhao, W., Jia, L., Lu, J., Qiao, T., and Qu, Q., 2009, The oldest articulated osteichthyan reveals mosaic gnathostome characters: Nature, v. 458, p. (Guiyu oneiros)


Lungfish

Genus: Nova (3)

Cathlorhynchus CAMPBELL, BARWICK, & SENDEN, 2009
Dipnorhynchus Subgenus: Placorhynchus CAMPBELL, BARWICK, & SENDEN, 2009

Lupaceratodus GOTTFRIED, STEVENS, ROBERTS, O'CONNOR, & CHAMI, 2009

Species: Nova (3)

Cathlorhynchus trismodipterus CAMPBELL, BARWICK, & SENDEN, 2009
Dipnorhynchus Subgenus: Placorhynchus cathlesae CAMPBELL & BARWICK, 1999

Lupaceratodus useviaensis GOTTFRIED, STEVENS, ROBERTS, O'CONNOR, & CHAMI, 2009

Campbell, K. S. W., Barwick, R. E., and Senden, T. J., 2009, Evolution of dipnoans (lungfish) in the Early Devonian of southeastern Australia: Alcheringa, v. 33, p. 59-78. (Cathlorhynchus trismodipterus, Dipnorhynchus (Placorhynchus) cathlesae)

Cavin, L., Deesri, U., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, The Jurassic and Cretaceous bony fish record (Actinopterygii, Dipnoi) from Thailand:  In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E,. Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J, and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 125-139.

Gottfried, M. D., Stevens, N. J., Roberts, E. M., O'Connor, P. M., and Chami, R., 2009, A new Cretaceous lungfish (Cipnoi: Ceratodontidae) from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania: African Natural History, v. 5, p. 21-36. (Lupaceratodus useviaensis)

Long, J A., and Clement, A. M., 2009, The postcranial anatomy of two Middle Devonian lungfishes (Osteichthyes, Dipnoi) from Mt. Howitt, Victoria, Australia: Memoires of Museum Victoria, v. 66, p. 189-202.

Nagel-Myers, J., Dietl, G. P., and Brett, C. E., 2009, First report of sublethal breakage-induced predation on Devonian bivales: PalAios, v. 24, p. 460-465.

Novikov, I. V., Lebedev, O. A., and Krupina, N. I., 2009, New data on the early Triassic sarcopterygians (Pisces: Actinistia and Dipnoi) of Eastern Europe: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 158-170. Link to pdf

Perea, D., Soto, M., Veroslavsky, G., Martinez, S., and Ubilla, M., 2009, A Late Jurassic fossil assemblage in Gondwana: Biostratigraphy and correlations of the Tacuarembo Formation, Parana Basin, Uruguay: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 28, p. 168-179.

Salgado, L., Canudo, J. I., Garrido, A. C., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. L., Garcia, R. A., de la Fuente, M. S., Barco, J. L., and Bollati, R., 2009, Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from El Anfiteatro area, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 767-784.

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf


Coelocanths

Geng, B.-H., Zhu, M., and Jin, F., 2009, A revision and phylogenetic analysis of Guizhoucoelacanthus (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from the Triassic of China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 3, p. 165-177.

Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 67-94. Link to pdf

Diedrich, C. G, 2009, Erratum to: Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 225. Link to pdf

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf


Fish Ichnology

Costeur, L., and Ezquerra, R., 2009, Early Cretaceous fish trails from La Rioja, Spain: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1027-1030.


Fish Burrows


Fish Coprolites


Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians)

Genus: Nova (2)

Capulomala WARREN, DAMIANI & SENGUPTA, 2009
Glanochthon SCHOCH & WITZMANN, 2009

Species: Nova (4)

Baphetes orientalis MILNER, MILNER, & WALSH, 2009

Cacops morrisi REISZ, SCHOCH & ANDERSON, 2009

Capulomala arcadiaensis WARREN, DAMIANI & SENGUPTA, 2009
Glanochton angusta SCHOCH & WITZMANN, 2009

Synonym: Nova (2)

Capulomala pachetensis (TRIPATHI, 1969) WARREN, DAMIANI & SENGUPTA, 2009
= Labyrinthodon panchetensis TRIPATHI, 1969
Glanochthon latirostris (JORDAN, 1849) SCHOCH & WITZMANN, 2009
= Archegosaurus latirostris JORDAN, 1849
= Actinodon latirostris (JORDAN, 1849) ROMER, 1939
= Sclerocephalus latirostris (JORDAN 1849) BOY, 1987
= Cheliderpeton latirostre (JORDAN, 1849) BOY, 1993

Cook, E., and Trueman, C., 2009, Taphonomy and geochemistry of a vertebrate microremains assemblage from the Early Triassic fissure deposits at Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 17-30.

Damiani, R., Schoch, R. R., Hellrung, H., Werneburg, R., and Gastou, S., 2009, The plagiosaurid temnospondyl Plagiosuchus pustuliferus (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) form the Middle Triassic of Germany: anatomy and functional morphology of the skull: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 155, p. 348-373. Link to pdf

Da-Rosa, A. S., Pineiro, G,. Dias-Da-Silva, S., Cisneros, J. C., Feltrin, F. F., and Neto, l. W., 2009, Bica sao tome, um novo sitio fossilifero para o Triassico inferior do sul do brasil: Rev. Bras, Paleontol., v. 12, n. 1, p. 67-76.

Dias-da-Silva, S., Dias, E. V,. and Schultz, C. L., 2009, First record of stereospondyls (Tetrapoda, Temnospondyli) in the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil: Gondwana Research, v. 15, p. 131-136.

Dias-Da-Silva, S., and Ilha, A. L. R., 2009, On the presence of a pustulated temnospondyl in the Lower Triassic of Southern Brazil: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 4, p. 609-614.

Dilkes, D. W., 2009, Comparison and biomechanical interpretations of the vertebrae and osteoderms of Cacops aspidephorus and Dissorophus multicinctus (Temnospondyli, Dissorophidae): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1013-1021.

Fröbisch, N. B., and Schoch, R. R., 2009, The largest specimen of Apateon and the life history pathway of neoteny in the Paleozoic temnosondyl family Branchiosauridae: Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 1, p. 83-90.

Gridi-Papp, M., and Narins, P. M., 2009, Environmental influences in the evolution of tetrapod hearing sensitivity and middle ear tuning: Integrative and Comparative Biology, v. 49, n. 6, p. 702-716.

Kupriyanova, N. S., 2009, Current views of the origin and diversification of tetrapods: Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, v. 43, n. 5, p. 882-896.

Langer, M. C., Eltink, E., Bittencourt, J. de S., and Rohn, R., 2009, Uma janela paleobiologica para o Permiano ontinental Sul-americano: Sitos Geologicos e Palaontologicos do Brasil, CPNM, v. 2, p. 1-12. (published online)

Maganuco, S., and Pasini, G., 2009, A new specimen of trematosaurian temnospondyl from the Lower Triassic of NW Madagsacar, with remarks on palatal anatomy and taxonomic affinities: Atti Soc. It. Sci NAt. Museo civ. Stor. Nat. milano, v. 150, n. 1, p. 91-112.

Maisch, M. W., Vega, C. S., and Schoch, R. R., 2009, No dicynodont in the Keuper--a reconsideration of the occurrence of aff. Dinodontosaurus in the Middle Triassic of Southern Germany: Palaeodiversity, v. 2, p. 271-278.

Milner, A. C., Milner, A. R., and Walsh, S. A., 2009, A new specimen of Baphetes from Nyrany, Czech Republic and the intrinsic relationships of the Baphetidae: Acta Zoologica (Stockholm), v. 90, Supplement 1, p. 318-334. (Baphetes orientalis) Link to pdf

Paszkowski, M., 2009, The Early Triassic Karst of Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 7-16.

Rayfield, E. J., Barrett, P. M., and Milner, A. R., 2009, Utility and validity of Middle and Late Triassic 'Land Vertebrate faunachrons': Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 80-87.

Reisz, R. R., Schoch, R. R., and Anderson, J. S., 2009, The armoured dissorophid Cacops from the Early Permian of Oklahoma and the exploitation of the terrestrial realm by Amphibians: Naturwissenschaften, published online, 8pp. (Cacops morrisi)

Ruta, M., 2009, Patterns of morphological evolution in major groups of Palaeozoic temnospondyli (Amphibia: tetrapoda): In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 91-120.

Schoch, R. R., and Witzmann, F., 2009, Osteology and relationships of the temnospondyl genus Sclerocephalus: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 157, p. 135-168.

Schoch, R. R., and Witzmann, F., 2009, The temnosondyl Glanochthon from the Lower Permian Meisenheim Formation of Germany: In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 121-136. (Glanochthon latirostris = Archegosaurus latirostris, = Actinodon latirostris, = Sclerocephalus latirostris, = Cheliderpeton latirostre, Glanochton angusta).

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf

Sequeira, S. E. K., 2009, The postcranium of Cochleosaurus bohemicus Fric, a primitive Upper Carboniferosu temnospondyl from the Czech Republic: In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 137-153.

Shishkin, M. A., and Sulej, T., 2009, Early Triassic Temnospondyls of the Czatkowice 1 tetrapod assemblage: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 31-77. (Parotosuchus (Parotosuchus) speleus)

Steyer, J. S., and Jalil, N.-E., 2009, First evidence of a temnospondyl in the Late Permian of the Argana Basin, Morocco: In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 155-160.

Warren, A., Damiani, R., and Sengupta, D. P., 2009, Unique stereospondyl mandibles from teh Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India and the Arcadia Formation of Australia: In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 161-173. (Capulomala arcadiaensis, Capulomala pachetensis = Labyrinthodon panchetensis).

Werneburg, R., 2009, The Permotriassic branchiosaurid Tungussogyrinus Efremov, 1939 (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from Siberia restudied: Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 2, p. 105-120.

Witzmann, F., 2009, Cannibalism in a small growth stage of the Early Permian branchiosaurid Apateon gracilis (Credner, 1881) from Saxony: Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 1, p. 7-11.

Witzmann, F., 2009, Comparative histology of sculptured dermal bones in basal tetrapods, and the implications for the soft tissue dermis: Palaeodiversity, v. 2, p. 233-270.

Witzmann, F., Scholz, H., and Ruta, M., 2009, Morphospace occupation of temnospondyl growth series: a geometric morphometric approach: Alcheringa, v. 33, p. 237-255.


Reptilosauromorph

Genus: Nova (1)

Spinarerpeton KLEMBARA, 2009

Species: Nova (1)

Spinarerpeton brevicephalum KLEMBARA, 2009

Clack, J. A., and Klembara, J., 2009, An articulated specimen of Chroniosaurus dongusensis and the morphology and relationships of the chroniosuchids: In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 15-42.

Klembara, J., 2009, The skeletal anatomy and relationships of a new discosauriscid seymouriamorph from the Lower Permian of Moravia (Czech Republic): Annals of Carnegie Museum, v. 77, n. 4, p. 451-483. (Spinarerpeton brevicephalum)

Klembara, J., 2009, New cranial and dental features of Discosauriscus austriacus (Seymouriamorpha, discosauriscidae) and the ontogenetic conditions of Discosauricus:In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 61-69.


Lepospondyli

Genus: Nova (1)

Nannaroter ANDERSON, SCOTT & REISZ, 2009

Species: Nova (1)

Nannaroter mckinziei ANDERSON, SCOTT & REISZ, 2009

Anderson, J. S., Scott, D., and Reisz, R. R., 2009, Nannaroter mckinzei, a new ostodolepid 'microsaur' (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli, Recumbirostra) from the Early Permian of Richards Spur (Ft. Sill), Oklahoma: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 379-388. (Nannaroter mckinzei)

Bolt, J. R., and Rieppel, O., 2009, The holotype skull of Llistrofus pricei Carroll and Gaskill, 1978 (Microsauria: Hapsidopareiontidae): Journal of Paleontology, v. 83, n. 3, p. 471-483.

Milner, A. C., and Ruta, M., 2009, A revision of Scincosaurus (Tetrapoda, Nectridea) from the Moscovian of Nyrany, Czech Republic, and the phylogeny and interrelationships of nectrideans: In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 71-89.

Schultze, H.-P., 2009, Interpretation of marine and freshwater paleoenvironments in Permo-Carboniferous deposits: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 281, p. 126-136. Link to pdf

Skutschas, P. P., Martin, T., and Sun, G., 2009, The co-occurrence of non-lissamphibian temnospondyls and salamanders in the Late Jurassic of the southern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, NW China): Proceedings of the Zoological Insitute RAS, v. 313, n. 2, p. 143-148. Link to pdf


Amphibians

Genus: Nova (4)

Cratia BAEZ, MOURA & GOMEZ, 2009
Eurycephalella BAEZ, MOURA & GOMEZ, 2009
Nesovtriton SKUTSCHAS, 2009
Ragalerpeton ZHANG, WANG, JONES & EVANS, 2009

Species: Nova (4)

Cratia gracilis BAEZ, MOURA & GOMEZ, 2009
= Arariphrynus placidoi LEAL & BRITO, 2006 (partim)
Eurycephalella alcinae BAEZ, MOURA & GOMEZ, 2009
= Arariphrynus placidoi LEAL & BRITO, 2006 (partim)
Nesovtriton mynbulakensis SKUTSCHAS, 2009
Ragalerpeton weichangensis ZHANG, WANG, JONES & EVANS, 2009

Baez, A. M., Moura, G. J. B., and Gomez, R. O., 2009, Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil: Implications for the early divergence of neobatachians: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 829-846. (Eurycephalella alcinae, Cratia gracilis) Link to pdf

Evans, S. E., and Borsuk-Bialynicka, M., 2009, The Early Triassic Stem-Frog Czatkobatrachus from Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 79-105.

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2009, Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) from the Peiropolis Paleontological site: toward a better understanding: Earth Sciences Research Journal, v. 13, n. 1, p. 6-15.

Cook, E., and Trueman, C., 2009, Taphonomy and geochemistry of a vertebrate microremains assemblage from the Early Triassic fissure deposits at Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 17-30.

Kolosov, P. N., Ivensen, G. V., Mikhailova, T. E., Kurzanov, S. M., Efimov, M. B., and Gubin, Y. M., 2009, Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 201-207.

Paszkowski, M., 2009, The Early Triassic Karst of Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 7-16.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Skutschas, P. P., 2009, Re-evaluation of Mynbulakia Nesov, 1981 (Lissamphibia: Caudata) and description of a new salamander genus from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan: Journal of Vertebrae Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 659-664. (Nesovtriton mybulakensis)

Skutschas, P. P., Martin, T., and Sun, G., 2009, The co-occurrence of non-lissamphibian temnospondyls and salamanders in the Late Jurassic of the southern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, NW China): Proceedings of the Zoological Insitute RAS, v. 313, n. 2, p. 143-148. Link to pdf

Zhang, G., Wang, Y., Jones, M. E. H., and Evans, S. E., 2009, A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 551-558. (Regalerpeton weichangensis)


Lower Reptiles (“Anapsids”)

Genus: Nova (2)

Australothyris MODESTO, SCOTT & REISZ, 2009
Procolina BORSUK-BIALYNICKA & LUBKA, 2009

Species: Nova (2)

Australothyris smithi MODESTO, SCOTT & REISZ, 2009
Procolina teresae BORSUK-BIALYNICKA & LUBKA, 2009

Abdala, F., Martinelli, A. G., Bento Soares, M., de la Fuente, M., and Ribeiro, A. M., 2009, South American Middle Triassic continental faunas with amniotes: biostratigraphy and correlation: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa, Palaeontolographica Africana, v. 44, p. 83-87.

Borsuk-Bialynicka, M., and Lubka, M., 2009, Procolophonids from the Early Triassic of Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 107-144. (Procolina teresae)

Cabreira, S. F., and Cisneros, J. C., 2009, Tooth histology of the parareptile Soturnia caliodon from the Upper Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 4, p. 743-748.

Cisneros, J. C., and Tsuji, L. A., 2009, Nycteroleter affinities of a Permian parareptile from the South African Karoo Basin: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 1, p. 165-169.  Link to pdf

Cook, E., and Trueman, C., 2009, Taphonomy and geochemistry of a vertebrate microremains assemblage from the Early Triassic fissure deposits at Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 17-30.

dsDa-Rosa, A. S., Pineiro, G,. Dias-Da-Silva, S., Cisneros, J. C., Feltrin, F. F., and Neto, l. W., 2009, Bica sao tome, um novo sitio fossilifero para o Triassico inferior do sul do brasil: Rev. Bras, Paleontol., v. 12, n. 1, p. 67-76.

Evans, D. C., Maddin, H. C., and Reisz, R. R., 2009, A re-evaluation of sphenacodontid synapsid material from the Lower Permian fissure fills near Richards Spur, Oklahoma: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 1, p. 219-227.

Gridi-Papp, M., and Narins, P. M., 2009, Environmental influences in the evolution of tetrapod hearing sensitivity and middle ear tuning: Integrative and Comparative Biology, v. 49, n. 6, p. 702-716.

Houssaye, A., 2009, "Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review: Intergrative Zoology, v. 4, p. 325-340.

Langer, M. C., Eltink, E., Bittencourt, J. de S., and Rohn, R., 2009, Uma janela paleobiologica para o Permiano ontinental Sul-americano: Sitos Geologicos e Palaontologicos do Brasil, CPNM, v. 2, p. 1-12. (published online)

Lucas, S. G., 2009, Timing and magnitude of tetrapod extinctions across the Permo-Triassic Boundary: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 491-502.

Modesto, S. P., Scott, D. M., and Reisz, R. R., 2009, A new parareptile with temporal fenestration from the Middle Permian of South Africa: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 46, n. 1, p. 9-20. (Australothyris smithi)

Modesto, S. P., Scott, D. M., and Reisz, R. R., 2009, Arthropod remains in the oral cavities of fossil reptiles support inference of early insectivory: Biology Letters, published on line, 3 pp. Link to pdf

Paszkowski, M., 2009, The Early Triassic Karst of Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 7-16.

Saila, L. K., 2009, Alpha taxonomy of the Russian Permian procolophonoid reptiles: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, v. 4, p. 599-608. Link to pdf

Sumin, D. L., 2009, Hibernation as a factor responsible for preservation of the Pareiasauria in the Kotelnich Locality: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 171-174. Link to pdf

Tsuji, L. A., and Müller, J., 2009, Assembling the history of the Parareptilia: phylogeny, diversification, and a new definition of the clade: Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 1, p. 71-81. Link to pdf


Turtles

Genus: Nova (6)

Angolachelys MATEUS, JACOBS, POLCYN, SCHULP, VINEYARD, NETO & ANTUNES, 2009

Aurorachelys VANDERMARK, TARDUNO, BRINKMAN, COTTRELL & MASON, 2009
Basilochelys TONG, CLAUDE, NAKSRI, SUTEETHORN, BUFFETAUT, KHANSUBHA, WONGKO, & YUANGDETKLA, 2009

Cedrobaena LYSON & JOYCE, 2009b
Kinkonychelys GAFFNEY, KRAUSE & ZALMOUT, 2009
Peckemys LYSON & JOYCE, 2009b

Species: Nova (8)

Adocus bostobensis SYROMYATNIKOVA & DANILOV, 2009
Adocus dzhurtasensis SYROMYATNIKOVA & DANILOV, 2009
Angolachelys mbaxi MATEUS, JACOBS, POLCYN, SCHULP, VINEYARD, NETO & ANTUNES, 2009

Aurorachelys gaffneyi VANDERMARK, TARDUNO, BRINKMAN, COTTRELL & MASON, 2009
Basilochelys macrobios TONG, CLAUDE, NAKSRI, SUTEETHORN, BUFFETAUT, KHANSUBHA, WONGKO, & YUANGDETKLA, 2009

Euclastes coahuliaensis BRINKMAN, AQUILLON-MARTINEZ, DE LEON DAVILA, JAMNICZKY, EBERTH & COLBERT, 2009
Kinkonychelys rogersi GAFFNEY, KRAUSE & ZALMOUT, 2009
Palatobaena cohen LYSON & JOYCE, 2009a
Peckemys brinkman LYSON & JOYCE, 2009b

Synonym: Nova (1)

Cedrobaena putorius LYSON & JOYCE, 2009b (referred material)
= Plesiobaena putorius GAFFNEY, 1972

Amiot, R., Buffetaut, E., Lecuyer, C., Fernandez, V., Forel, F., Martineau, F., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Oxygen isotope composition of continental vertebrate apatites from Mesozoic formations of Thailand; environmental and ecological significance: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 271-283.

Aquentin, J., Barrett, P. M., Jones, M. E. H., Moore-Fay, S., and Evans, S. E., 2008, A new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland: new insights into the evolution and palaeoecology of basal turtles: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., v. 276, p. 879-886 (Eileanchelys waldmani) Link to pdf

Benson, R. B. J., Butler, R. J., Lindgren, J., and Smith, A. S., 2009, Mesozoic marine tetrapod diversity: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geological megabiases affecting vertebrate: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published online, 6pp.

Brinkman, D., Aquillo-Martinez, M. C., de Leon Davila, C. A., Jamniczky, H., Eberth, D. A., and Colbert, M., 2009, Euclastes coahuilaensis sp. nov., a basal cheloniid turtle from the Late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila State, Mexico: PaleoBios, v. 28, n. 3, p. 76-88. (Euclastes coahuilaensis)

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2009, Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) from the Peiropolis Paleontological site: toward a better understanding: Earth Sciences Research Journal, v. 13, n. 1, p. 6-15.

Duan, Y., and Zhang, L., 2009, Early Cretaceous precious fossil-bearing beds in Wejialign-Yaolugou of Jianchang Basein, western Liaoning: Global Geology, v. 12, n. 2, p. 87-93.

Fernandez, V., Claude, J., Escarguel, G., Buffetaut, E., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Biogeographical affinites of Jurassic and Cretaceous continental vertebrate assemblages from SE Asia: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 285-300.

Gaffney, E. S., Hooks, G. E., III, and Schneider, V. P., 2009, New material of North American Side-Necked Turtles (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae): American Museum Novitates, n. 3655, 26pp.

Gaffney, E. S., Krause, D. W., and Zalmout, I. S., 2009, Kinkonychelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: American Museum Novitates, no. 3662, 25 pp. (Kinkonychelys rogersi)

Gaffney, E. S., and Jenkins, F. A., jr., 2009, The cranial morphology of Kayentachelys, an Early Jurassic cryptodire, and the early history of turtles: Acta Zoologica, published on line, 34pp.

Grarcia, A. P., Ortega, F., and Murelaga, X., 2009, Una probable tortuga pancryptodira del Cretacico Superior de lo Hueco (Cuenca, Espana): Paleolustiana, n. 1, p. 365-371.

Houssaye, A., 2009, "Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review: Intergrative Zoology, v. 4, p. 325-340.

Jackson, F. D., Jin, X., and Schmitt, J. G., 2009, Fungi in a Lower Cretaceous Turtle egg from China: evidence of ecological interactions: PalAios, v. 24, p. 840-845.

Jacobs, L. L., Mateus, O., Polcyn, M. J., Schulp, A. S., Scotese, C. R., Goswami, A., Ferguson, K. M., Robbins, J. A., Vineyard, D. P., and Buto Neto, A., 2009, Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean: Bulletin of the Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 4, p. 333-341.

Joyce, W. G., Lucas, S. G., Scheyer, T. M., Heckert, A. B., and Hunt, A. P., 2008, A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series B, v. 276, p. 507-513. (Chinlechelys tenertesta) Link tp pdf

Joyce, W. G., Revan, A., Lyson, T. R., and Danilov, I. G.., 2009, Two new plastomenine softshell turtles from the Paleocene of Montana and Wyoming: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 50, n. 2, p. 307-325.

Kocsis, L., Osi, A., Vennemann, T., Trueman, C. N., and Palmer, M. R., 2009, Geochemical study of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Czehbanya Formation (Hungary): Evidence for a freshwater habitat of mosasaurs and pycnodont fish: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 280, 522-542.

Lee, Y.-N., Hutchison, J. H., and Chang, K.-H., 2009, The first Mesozoic turtle from South Korea: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1287-1292.

Lyson, T. R., and Joyce, W. G., 2009a, A new species of Palatobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and a maximum parsimony and bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae: Journal of Paleontology, v. 83, n. 3, p. 457-470. (Palatobaena cohen)

Lyson, T. R., and Joyce, W. G., 2009b, A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudinoes: Baenidae) and an assessment of Baenid ecology across the K/T boundary: Journal of Paleontology, v. 83, n. 6, p. 833-853. (Peckemys brinkman) Link to pdf

Marmi, J., Vila, B., and Galobart, A., 2009, Solemys (Chelonii, Solemydidae) remains from the Maastrichtian of Pyrenees: evidence of a semi-aquatic lifestyle: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1307-1312.

Mateus, O., Jacobs, L., Polcyn, M., Schulp, A S., Vineyard, D., Neto, A. B., and Antunes, M. T., 2009, The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 4, p. 581-588. (Angolachelys mbaxi) Link to pdf

Neraudeau, D., Vullo, R., Gomez, B., Girard, V., Lak, M., Videt, B., Depre, E., and Perrichot, V., 2009, Amber, plant and vertebrate fossils from the Lower Cenomanian parallic facies of Aix Island (Charente-Maritime, SW France): Geodiversitas, v. 31, n. 1, p. 13-27.

Nagashima, H., Sugahara, F,. Takechi, M,. Ericsson, R., Kawashima-Ohya, Y., Naraita, Y., and Kuratami, S., 2009, Evolution of the Turtle body plan by the folding and creation of new muscle connections: Science, v. 325, p. 193-196.

Ortega, F., Malafaia, E., Escaso, F., Garcia, A. P., and Dantas, P., 2009, Faunas de repteis do Jurassico Superior de Portugal: Paleolusitana, n. 1, p. 43-56.

Perea, D., Soto, M., Veroslavsky, G., Martinez, S., and Ubilla, M., 2009, A Late Jurassic fossil assemblage in Gondwana: Biostratigraphy and correlations of the Tacuarembo Formation, Parana Basin, Uruguay: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 28, p. 168-179.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Perez Garcia, A., 2009, Revision historica y sistematica de las primeras citas de quelonios del Cretacico Espanol: Revista Espanola de Paleontologia, v. 24, n. 1, p. 93-104. Link to pdf

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Frey, E., Palomino-Sanchez, F. J., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., and Ortiz-Mendieta, J. A., 2009, Preliminary report on a Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossil assemblage in Northwestern Coahuila, Mexico: Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana: v. 61, n. 2, p. 239-244.

Salgado, L., Canudo, J. I., Garrido, A. C., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. L., Garcia, R. A., de la Fuente, M. S., Barco, J. L., and Bollati, R., 2009, Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from El Anfiteatro area, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 767-784.

Syromyatnikova, E. V., and Danilov, I. G., 2009, New material and a revision of turtles of the genus Adocus (Adocidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, RAS, v. 313, n. 1, p. 74-94. (Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus bostobensis) Link to pdf

Tong, H., Claude, J., Naksri, W., Suteethorn, V., Buffetaut, E., Khansubha, S., Wongko, K., and Yuangdetkla, P., 2009, Basilochelys macrobios n. gen. and n. sp., a large cryptodiran turtle from the Phu Kradung Formation (latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous) of the Khorat Plateua, NE Thailand: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 153-173. (Basilochelys macrobios) Link to pdf

Tong, H., Claude, J., Suteethorn, V., Naksri, W., and Buffetaut, E., 2009, Turtle assemblages of the Khorat Group (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous) of NE Thailand and thier palaeobiogeographical significance: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 141-152.

Vandermark, D., Tarduno, J. A., Brinkman, D. B., Cottrell, R. D., and Mason, S., 2009, New Late Cretaceous macrobaenid turtle with Asian affinities from the High Canadian Arctic: dispersal via ice-free polar routes: Geology, v. 37, n. 2, p. 183-186. (Aurorachely sgaffneyi)

Vullo, R., Bernardez, E., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2009, Vertebrates, from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabana Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenviromental and palaeobiogeogrpahic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 276, p. 120-129.


Diapsida (Lower Lepidosauromorphs)

Genus: Nova (2)

Pamelina EVANS, 2009
Sophineta EVANS & BORSUK-BIALYNICKA, 2009

Species: Nova (2)

Pamelina polonica EVANS, 2009
Sophineta cracoviensis EVANS & BORSUK-BIALYNICKA, 2009

Benson, R. B. J., Butler, R. J., Lindgren, J., and Smith, A. S., 2009, Mesozoic marine tetrapod diversity: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geological megabiases affecting vertebrate: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published online, 6pp.

Bickelmann, C., Muller, J., and Reisz, R. R., 2009, The enigmatic diapsid Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui (Reptilia: Neodiapsida) from the Upper Permian of Madagascar and the paraphyly of "younginiform" reptiles: Canadian journal of Earth Sciences, v. 46, p. 651-661. Link to pdf

Evans, S. E., 2009, An early kuehneosaurid reptile from the Early Triassic of Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 145-178. (Pamelina polonica) Link to pdf

Evans, S. E., and Borsuk-Bialynicka, M., 2009. A small lepidosauromorph reptile from the Early Triassic of Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 179-202. (Sophineta cracoviensis)

Cook, E., and Trueman, C., 2009, Taphonomy and geochemistry of a vertebrate microremains assemblage from the Early Triassic fissure deposits at Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 17-30.

Gridi-Papp, M., and Narins, P. M., 2009, Environmental influences in the evolution of tetrapod hearing sensitivity and middle ear tuning: Integrative and Comparative Biology, v. 49, n. 6, p. 702-716.

Houssaye, A., 2009, "Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review: Intergrative Zoology, v. 4, p. 325-340.

Lucas, S. G., 2009, Timing and magnitude of tetrapod extinctions across the Permo-Triassic Boundary: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 491-502.

Paszkowski, M., 2009, The Early Triassic Karst of Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 7-16.

Renesto, S. C., Spielmann, J. A,. and Lucas, S. G., 2009, The oldest record of drepanosaurids (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Late Traissic (Adamanian Placerais Quarry, Arizona, USA) and the stratigraphic range of the Drepanosauridae: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 252, n. 3, p. 315-325

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.

Voigt, S., Buchwitz, M, Fischer, J, Krause, D., and Georgi, R., 2009, Feather-like development of Triassic diapsid skin appendages: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 81-86.

Wu, X.-C., Chgne, Y.-N., Sato, T., and Shan, H.-Y., 2009, Miodentosaurus brevis Cheng et al., 2007 (Diapsida: Thalattosauria): its postcranial skeleton and phylogenetic relationships: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 1, p. 1-20. Link to pdf

Renesto, S. C., Spielmann, J. A,. and Lucas, S. G., 2009, The oldest record of drepanosaurids (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Late Traissic (Adamanian Placerais Quarry, Arizona, USA) and the stratigraphic range of the Drepanosauridae: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 252, n. 3, p. 315-325


Lizards and Snakes

Genus: Nova (3)

Tenerasaurus KADDUMI, 2009
Utahgenys NYDAM & FITZPATRICK, 2009

Species: Nova (7)

Carinodens minalmamar SCHULP, BARDET & BOUYA, 2009
Globidens hisaensis KADDUMI, 2009

Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon NYDAM & FITZPATRICK, 2009
Prognathodon hudae KADDUMI, 2009

Tenerasaurus hashimi KADDUMI, 2009
Utahgenys evansi NYDAM & FITZPATRICK, 2009

Benson, R. B. J., Butler, R. J., Lindgren, J., and Smith, A. S., 2009, Mesozoic marine tetrapod diversity: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geological megabiases affecting vertebrate: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published online, 6pp.

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2009, Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) from the Peiropolis Paleontological site: toward a better understanding: Earth Sciences Research Journal, v. 13, n. 1, p. 6-15.

Candeiro, C. R. A., Nava, W., Martinelli, A. G., Forasiepi, A. M., Scanferla, C. A., and Muzzopappa, P., 2009, New lizard record (Diapsida, Lepidosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Adamantina Formation, Brazil: Bulletin of Geosciences, v. 84, n. 3, p. 573-576. Link to pdf

Consoli, C. P., and Stilwell, J. D., 2009, Late Cretaceous marine reptile (Elasmosauridae and Mosasauridae) of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 991-999.

Dutchak, A. R., and Caldwell, M. W., 2009, A redescription of Aigialosaurus (= Opetiosaurus) bucchichi (Kornhuber, 1901) (Squamata: Aigilosauridae) with comments on mosasuaroid systematics: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 437-452.

Evans, S. E., and Manabe, M., 2009, The early Cretaceous lizards of eastern Asia: new material of Sakurasaurus from Japan: In: Patterns and processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution, Edited by Ruta, M., Clack, J. A., and Milner, A. C., Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 82, p. 43-59.

Evans, S. E., and Wang, Y., 2009, A long-limbed lizard from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of Daohugou, Ningcheng, Nei Mongol, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 1, p. 21-34.

Fernandez, M., and Martin, J. E., 2009, Description and phylogenetic relationships of Taniwhasaurus antarcticus (Mosasauridae, Tylosauridae) from the upper Campanian (Cretaceous) of Antarctica: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 717-726.

Grigor'ev, D. V., Averianov, A. O., Arkhangelsky, M. S., Pervushov, E. M., and Zozyrev, N. Yu, 2009, A mosasaur from the Cenomanian of Russia: Paleontological Journal, v. 43, n. 3, p. 311-317. Link to pdf

Houssaye, A., 2009, "Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review: Intergrative Zoology, v. 4, p. 325-340.

Jacobs, L. L., Mateus, O., Polcyn, M. J., Schulp, A. S., Scotese, C. R., Goswami, A., Ferguson, K. M., Robbins, J. A., Vineyard, D. P., and Buto Neto, A., 2009, Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean: Bulletin of the Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 4, p. 333-341.

Get Tenerasaurus hashimi KADDUMI, 2009 Kaddumi, H,. 2009, a new genus and species of mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) Tenerasaurus hashimi n. gen. n. sp., from the latest Maastrichtian of Harrana: Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent areas. ERMNH, p. 125-134.

Kaddumi, H. F., 2009, A new species of Globidens (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Harrana: In: Fossiles of the Harrana Fauna and the adjacent areas Eternal River Museum of Natural History, Amman, 7 pp. (Globidens hisaensis)

Kaddumi, H., 2009, A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasaurridae) from the Maastrichtian of Harrana. In: Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the adjacent areas. Eternal River Museum of Natural History, Amman, pp. 65-71. (Prognathodon hudae) Link to pdf

Kocsis, L., Osi, A., Vennemann, T., Trueman, C. N., and Palmer, M. R., 2009, Geochemical study of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Czehbanya Formation (Hungary): Evidence for a freshwater habitat of mosasaurs and pycnodont fish: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 280, 522-542.

Kolosov, P. N., Ivensen, G. V., Mikhailova, T. E., Kurzanov, S. M., Efimov, M. B., and Gubin, Y. M., 2009, Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 201-207.

Konishi, T., and Caldwell, M. W., 2009, New material of the mosasaur Plioplatecarpus nichollsae cuthbertson et al., 2007, clarifies problematic features of the holotype specimen: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 417-436.

Lindgren, J., 2009, Cranial osteology of the giant mosasaur Plesiotylosaurus (Squamata, Mosasauridae): Journal of Paleontology, v. 83, n. 3, p. 448-456.

Lindgren, J., Alwmark, C., Caldwell, M. W., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2009, Skin of the Cretaceous mosasaur Plotosaurus: implications for aquatic adapatations in giant marine reptiles: Biology Letters, v. 5, p. 528-531. Link to pdf

Mo, J.-Y., Xu, X., and Evans, S. E., 2010 (published in 2009), The evolution of the lepidosaurian lower temporal bar: new perspectives from the Late Cretaceous of South China: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B, v. 277, p. 331-336, published on line March 18, 6pp. Link to pdf

Neraudeau, D., Vullo, R., Gomez, B., Girard, V., Lak, M., Videt, B., Depre, E., and Perrichot, V., 2009, Amber, plant and vertebrate fossils from the Lower Cenomanian parallic facies of Aix Island (Charente-Maritime, SW France): Geodiversitas, v. 31, n. 1, p. 13-27.

Nydam, R. L., and Fitzpatrick, B. M., 2009, The occurrence of Contogenys-like lizards in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the western interior of the U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 3, p. 677-701. (Palaeosincosaurus pharkidodon, Utahgenys evansi) Link to pdf

Ortega, F., Malafaia, E., Escaso, F., Garcia, A. P., and Dantas, P., 2009, Faunas de repteis do Jurassico Superior de Portugal: Paleolusitana, n. 1, p. 43-56.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Ross, M. R., 2009, Charting the Late Cretaceous seas: mosasaur richness and morphological diversification: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 409-416.

Schulp, A. S., Bardet, N., and Bouya, B., 2009, A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and additional material of Carinodens belgicus from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco: Netherlands Jounral of Geosciences, Geologie en Minjnbow, v. 88, n. 3, p. 161-167. (Carinodens minalmamar)

Vidal, N., and Hedges, S. B., 2009, The molecular evolutionary tree of lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians: Comptes Rendus Biologies, v. 332, p. 129-139. Link to pdf

Vullo, R., Bernardez, E., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2009, Vertebrates, from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabana Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenviromental and palaeobiogeogrpahic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 276, p. 120-129.


Sphenodonts

Arantes, B. de A., Soares, M. B,. and Schultz, C. L., 2009, Clevosaurus brasiliensis (Lepidosauria, Sphenodontia) do Triassico superior do Rio Grande do Sul: anaaomia pos-craniana e relacoes filogeneticas: Rev. Bras. Paleontol, v. 12, n. 1, p. 43-54. Link to pdf

Curtis, N., Jones, M. E. H., Evans, S. E., O'Higgins, P., and Fagan, M. J., 2009, Visualising muscle anatomy using three-dimensional computer models - an example using the head and neck muscles of Sphenodon: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 12, issue 3, 18pp.

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.


Ichthyosaurs

Synonym: Nova (1)

Shastasaurus tangae (CAO & LAO, 2000) SHANG & LI, 2009
= Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae CAO & LAO, 2000
= Panjiangsaurus epicharis CHEN & CHANG, 2003
= Cymbonspondylus asiaticus LI & YOU, 2002

Benson, R. B. J., Butler, R. J., Lindgren, J., and Smith, A. S., 2009, Mesozoic marine tetrapod diversity: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geological megabiases affecting vertebrate: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published online, 6pp.

Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2009, New ichthyosaurian (amniota, ?diapsida) remains in the Triassic of Friuli (NE Italy): Gortania, v. 31, p. 15-22.

Diedrich, C., 2009, The vertebrates of the Anisian/Landinian boundary (Middle Triassic) from Bissendorf (NW Germany) and their contribution to the anatomy, palaeoecology, and palaeobiogeography of the Germanic Basin reptiles: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 273, p. 1-16.

Ensom, P. C., Clements, R. G., Feist-Burkhardt, S., Milner, A. R., Chitolie, J,. Jeffery, P. A., and Jones, C., 2009, The age and identity of an ichthyosaur reputedly from the Purbeck Limestone Group, Lower Cretaceous, Dorset, southern England: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 699-709.

Glendening, J., 2009, 'The World-renowned Ichthyosaurus': a nineteenth-century problmematic and its representations: Journal of Literature and Science, v. 2, n. 1, p. 23-47.

Houssaye, A., 2009, "Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review: Intergrative Zoology, v. 4, p. 325-340.

Kolb, C., and Sander, P. M., 2009, Redescritpion of the ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus (Kuhn 1946) from the lower Cretaceous of Salzgitter (Lower Saxony, Germany): Palaeontographica, Abteilung A, band 288, Lfg, 4-6, p. 161-192. Link to pdf

Maisch, M. W., and Blomeier, D.,, 2009, Filling the gap - an ichthyosaur (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Botneheia Formation of Svalbard: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 254, n. 3, p. 379-384.

Massare, J. A., and Wahl, W. R., 2009, Paleoecology of the Sundance Seaway, Central Wyoming: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 43-44.

O'Keefe, F. R., Street, H. P., Cavigelli, J. P., Socha, J. J., and O'Keefe, R. D., 2009, A plesiosaur containing an ichthyosaur embryo as stomach contents from the Sundance Formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1306-1310.

Shang, Q.-H., and Li, C., 2009, On the occurrence of the ichthyosaur Shastasaurus in the Guanling Biota (Late Triassic), Guizhou, China: Vertebrate PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 3. p. 178-193. (Shastasaurus tangae = Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae) Link to pdf

Wahl, W. R., 2009, Taphonomy of a nose dive: bone and tooth displacement and mineral accretion in an ichthyosaur skull: Paludiola, v. 7, n. 3, p. 107-116.


Sauropterygians and Placodontians

Genus: Nova (2)

Gallardosaurus GASPARINI, 2009
Nichollsssaura DRUCKENMILLER & RUSSELL, 2009

Species: Nova (2)

Gallardosaurus iturraldei GASPARINI, 2009

Nothosaurus winkelhorsti KLEIN & ALBERS, 2009

Synonym: Nova (1)

Nichollsssaura borealis (DRUCKENMILLER & RUSSELL, 2008) DRUCKENMILLER & RUSSELL, 2009
= Nichollsia borealis DRUCKENMILLER & RUSSELL, 2008

Benson, R. B. J., Butler, R. J., Lindgren, J., and Smith, A. S., 2009, Mesozoic marine tetrapod diversity: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geological megabiases affecting vertebrate: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published online, 6pp.

Cheng, Y.-N., Holmes, R., Wu, X.-C., and Alfonso, N., 2009, Sexual dimorphism and life history of Keichousaurus hui (Reptilia: Sauropterygia): Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 401-408.

Consoli, C. P., and Stilwell, J. D., 2009, Late Cretaceous marine reptile (Elasmosauridae and Mosasauridae) of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 991-999.

Diedrich, C., 2009, The vertebrates of the Anisian/Landinian boundary (Middle Triassic) from Bissendorf (NW Germany) and their contribution to the anatomy, palaeoecology, and palaeobiogeography of the Germanic Basin reptiles: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 273, p. 1-16.

Druckenmiller, P. S., and Russell, A. P., 2009, The new plesiosaurian genus Nichollssaura from Alberta, Canada: replacement name for the preoccupied genus Nichollsia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 276. (Nichollssaura borealis = Nichollsia borealis)

Gasparini, Z., 2009, A new Oxfordian pliosaurid (Plesiosauria, Pliosauridae) in the Caribbean seaway: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 3, p. 661-669. (Gallardosaurus iturraldei) Link to pdf

Houssaye, A., 2009, "Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review: Intergrative Zoology, v. 4, p. 325-340.

Klein, N., 2009, Skull morphology of Anarosaurus heterodontus (Reptilia: Sauropterygia: Pachypleurosauria) from the Lower Muschelkalk of the Germanic basin (Winterswijk, The Netherlands): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 665-676.

Klein, N., and Albers, P. C. H., 2009, A new species of the sauropsid reptile Nothosaurus from the Lower Muschelkalk of the western Germanic Basin, Winterswijk, The Netherlands: Acta Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 54, n. 4, p. 589-598. (Nothosaurus winkelhorsti) Link to pdf

O'Keefe, F. R., and Street, H. P., 2009, Osteology of the cryptocleidoid plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis, with comments on the taxonomic status of the Cimoliasauridae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p., 48-57. Link to pdf

O'Keefe, F. R., Street, H. P., Cavigelli, J. P., Socha, J. J., and O'Keefe, R. D., 2009, A plesiosaur containing an ichthyosaur embryo as stomach contents from the Sundance Formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1306-1310.

Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., Bardet, N., Pinuela, L., Garcia-Romos, J. C., and Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, El fosil de plesiosaurio (Sauropterygia) mas antiguo de la Peninsula Iberica: una vertebra procedente del Hettangiense-Sinemuriense de Asturias: Geogaceta, v. 46, p. 79-82. Link to pdf

Schmeisser, R. L., and Gillette, D. D., 2009, Unusual occurrence of gastroliths in a polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Trophic Shale, Southern Utah: PalAios, v. 24, p. 453-459.

Vullo, R., Bernardez, E., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2009, Vertebrates, from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabana Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenviromental and palaeobiogeogrpahic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 276, p. 120-129.


Lower Archosauromorpha

Genus: Nova (1)

Czatkowiella BORSUK-BIALYNICKA, & EVANS, 2009

Species: Nova (1)

Czatkowiella harae BORSUK-BIALYNICKA, & EVANS, 2009

Borsuk-Bialynicka, M., and Evans, S. E., 2009, A long-necked archosauromorph from the Early Triassic of Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 203-234. (Czatkowiella harae)

Borsuk-Bialynicka, M., and Evans, S. E., 2009, Cranial and mandibular osteology of the Early Triassic archosauriform Osmolskina czatkowicensis from Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 235-281.

Borsuk-Bialynicka, M., and Sennikov, A. G., 2009, Archosauriform postcranial remains from the Early Triassic Karst Deposits of southern Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 283-328.

Cook, E., and Trueman, C., 2009, Taphonomy and geochemistry of a vertebrate microremains assemblage from the Early Triassic fissure deposits at Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 17-30.

Da-Rosa, A. S., Pineiro, G,. Dias-Da-Silva, S., Cisneros, J. C., Feltrin, F. F., and Neto, l. W., 2009, Bica sao tome, um novo sitio fossilifero para o Triassico inferior do sul do brasil: Rev. Bras, Paleontol., v. 12, n. 1, p. 67-76.

Diedrich, C., 2009, The vertebrates of the Anisian/Landinian boundary (Middle Triassic) from Bissendorf (NW Germany) and their contribution to the anatomy, palaeoecology, and palaeobiogeography of the Germanic Basin reptiles: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 273, p. 1-16.

Dilkes, D., and Sues, H.-D., 2009, Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Doswellia kaltenbachi (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Virgina: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 58-79.

Duan, Y., and Zhang, L., 2009, Early Cretaceous precious fossil-bearing beds in Wejialign-Yaolugou of Jianchang Basein, western Liaoning: Global Geology, v. 12, n. 2, p. 87-93.

Gottmann-Quesda, A., and Sander, P. M., 2009, A redescription of the early archosauromorph Protorosaurus speneri Meyer, 1832, and its phylogenetic relationships: Palaeotographica Abt A., v. 287, Lfg. 4-6, p. 123-220.

Hou, L.-H., Li, P.-P., Ksepak, D. T., Gao, K.-Q., and Norell, M. A., 2009, Implications of flexible-shelled eggs in a Cretaceous choristoderan reptile: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., published online, 5pp.

Houssaye, A., 2009, "Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review: Intergrative Zoology, v. 4, p. 325-340.

Kolosov, P. N., Ivensen, G. V., Mikhailova, T. E., Kurzanov, S. M., Efimov, M. B., and Gubin, Y. M., 2009, Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 201-207.

Lucas, S. G., 2009, Timing and magnitude of tetrapod extinctions across the Permo-Triassic Boundary: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 491-502.

Matsumoto, R., Suzuki, S., Tsogtbaatar, K., and Evans, S. E., 2009, New material of the enigmatic reptile Khurendukhosaurus (Diapsida: Chroistodera) from Mongolia: Naturwissenshaften, v. 96, p. 233-242.

Nesbitt, S. L., Stocker, M. R., Small, B. J., and Downs, A., 2009, The osteology and relationships of Vancleavea campi (Reptilia: Archosauriformes): Zoological Journal,v. 157, p. 814-864.

Nicolas, M., and Rubidge, B. S., 2009, Assessing content and bias in South African Permo-Triassic Karoo tetrapod fossil collections: Palaeontologica Africana, v. 44, p. 13-20.

Paszkowski, M., 2009, The Early Triassic Karst of Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 7-16.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.

Schwarz-Wings, D., Rees, J., and Lindgren, J., 2009, Lower Cretaceous mesoeucrocodylians from Scandinavia (Denmark and Sweden): Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1345-1355.

Spielmann, J. A., Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Rinehart, L. F., and Ricchards III, H. R., 2009, Redescription of Spinosuchus caseanus (Archosaurmorpha: Trilophosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of North America: Palaeondiversity, v. 2, p. 283-313. Link to pdf


“Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia"

Genus: Nova (3)

Collilongus BORSUK-BIALYNICKA, & SENNIKOV, 2009
Hypselorhachis CHARIG, 1967 emend BUTLER, BARRETT, ABEL & GOWER, 2009
Polonosuchus BRUSATTE, BUTLER, SULEJ & NIEDZWIEDZKI, 2009

Species: Nova (2)

Collilongus rarus BORSUK-BIALYNICKA, & SENNIKOV, 2009
Hypselorhachis mirabilis CHARIG, 1967 emend BUTLER, BARRETT, ABEL & GOWER, 2009
= Hypselorhachis mirabilis CHARIG, 1967 (nomen nudum)

Synonym: Nova (1)

Polonosuchus silesiacus (SULEJ, 2005) BRUSATTE, BUTLER, SULEJ & NIEDZWIEDZKI, 2009
= Teratosaurus silesiacus SULEJ, 2005

Abdala, F., Martinelli, A. G., Bento Soares, M., de la Fuente, M., and Ribeiro, A. M., 2009, South American Middle Triassic continental faunas with amniotes: biostratigraphy and correlation: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa, Palaeontolographica Africana, v. 44, p. 83-87.

Borsuk-Bialynicka, M., and Evans, S. E., 2009, Cranial and mandibular osteology of the Early Triassic archosauriform Osmolskina czatkowicensis from Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 235-281.

Borsuk-Bialynicka, M., and Sennikov, A. G., 2009, Archosauriform postcranial remains from the Early Triassic Karst Deposits of southern Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 283-328. (Collilongus rarus)

Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Sulej, T., and Niedzwiedzki, G., 2009, The taxonomy and anatomy of rauisuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic of Germany and Poland: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 2, p. 221-230. (Polonosuchus silesiacus = Teratosaurus silesiacus)

Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Abel, R. L., and Gower, D. J., 2009, A possible ctenosauriscid archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda beds of Tanzania: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1022-1031.

Cook, E., and Trueman, C., 2009, Taphonomy and geochemistry of a vertebrate microremains assemblage from the Early Triassic fissure deposits at Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 65, p. 17-30.

Desojo, J. B., and Arucci, A. B., 2009, New material of Luperosuchus fractus (Archosauria: Crurotarsi) from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: the earliest known south american 'Rauisuchian': Journal of Vertebrae Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1311-1315.

Desojo, J. B., and Vizcano, S. F., 2009, Jaw biomechanics in the South American aetosaur Neoaetosauroides engaeus: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 83, p. 499-510.

Diedrich, C., 2009, The vertebrates of the Anisian/Landinian boundary (Middle Triassic) from Bissendorf (NW Germany) and their contribution to the anatomy, palaeoecology, and palaeobiogeography of the Germanic Basin reptiles: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 273, p. 1-16.

Dilkes, D., and Sues, H.-D., 2009, Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Doswellia kaltenbachi (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Virgina: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 58-79.

Gower, J. D., and Schoch, R. R., 2009, Postcranial anatomy in the Rauisuchian archosaur Batrachotomus kupferzellensis: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 103-122.

Nesbitt, S. L., Stocker, M. R., Small, B. J., and Downs, A., 2009, The osteology and relationships of Vancleavea campi (Reptilia: Archosauriformes): Zoological Journal,v. 157, p. 814-864.

Paszkowski, M., 2009, The Early Triassic Karst of Czatkowice 1, Southern Poland: Palaeontologia Polonica, v. 65, p. 7-16.

Rayfield, E. J., Barrett, P. M., and Milner, A. R., 2009, Utility and validity of Middle and Late Triassic 'Land Vertebrate faunachrons': Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 80-87.

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.


Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia)

Genus: Nova (8)

Armadillosuchus MARINHO & CARVALHO, 2009
Barcinosuchus gradilis LEARDI & POL, 2009

Coringasuchus KELLNER, PINHEIRO, AZEVEDO, HENRIQUES, DE CARVALHO & OLIVEIRA, 2009
Kaprosuchus SERENO & LARSSON, 2009
Khoratosuchus LAUPRASERT, CUNY, THIRAKHUPT, & SUTEETHORN, 2009
Laganosuchus SERENO & LARSSON, 2009
Morrinhosuchus IORI & CARVALHO, 2009
Yacarerani NOVAS, PAIS, POL, CARVALHO, SCANFERLA, MONES & RIGLOS, 2009

Species: Nova (11)

Araripesuchus rattoides SERENO & LARSSON, 2009
Armadillosuchus arudai MARINHO & CARVALHO, 2009
Barcinosuchus gradilis LEARDI & POL, 2009

Coringasuchus anisodontis KELLNER, PINHEIRO, AZEVEDO, HENRIQUES, DE CARVALHO & OLIVEIRA, 2009
Kambara taraina BUCHANAN, 2009
Kaprosuchus saharicus SERENO & LARSSON, 2009
Khoratosuchus jintasakuli LAUPRASERT, CUNY, THIRAKHUPT, & SUTEETHORN, 2009
Laganosuchus maghrebensis SERENO & LARSSON, 2009
Laganosuchus thaumastos SERENO & LARSSON, 2009
Morrinhosuchus luziae IORI & CARVALHO, 2009

Susuchus jaguaribensis FORTIER & SCHULTZ, 2009

Yacarerani boliviensis NOVAS, PAIS, POL, CARVALHO, SCANFERLA, MONES & RIGLOS, 2009

Synonym: Nova (11)

Cricosaurus arauceansis (GASPARINI & DELLAPE, 1976) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Geosaurus arauceansis GASPARINI & DELLAPE, 1976
Cricosaurus gracilis (PHILLIPS, 1871) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Steneosaurus gracilis
PHILLIPS, 1871
= Metriorhynchus gracilis
(PHILLIPS, 1871)
Cricosaurus macrospondylus
(KOKEN, 1889) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Enaliosuchus macrospondylus
KOKEN, 1889
Cricosaurus saltillense
(BUCHY, VIGNAUD, FREY, STINNESBECK, GONZALEZ, 2006) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Geosaurus saltillense BUCHY, VIGNAUD, FREY, STINNESBECK, GONZALEZ, 2006
Cricosaurus schroderi (KUHN, 1936) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Enaliosuchus schroderi
KUHN, 1936

Cricosaurus suevicus (FRAAS, 1902) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Geosaurus suevicus FRAAS, 1902
= Gavialis priscus QUENSTEDT, 1855 non SOMMERING, 1816
= Rhachenosaurus gracilis QUENSTEDT, 1885 non SOMMERING, 1816

Cricosaurus vignaudi (FREY, BUCHY, STINNESBECK & LOPEZ-OLIVA, 2002) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Geosaurus vignaudi FREY, BUCHY, STINNESBECK & LOPEZ-OLIVA, 2002

Dakosaurus nicaeensis (AMBAYRAC, 1913) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Aggiosaurus nicaeensis AMBAYRAC, 1913
Geosaurus carpenteri (WILKINSON, YOUNG & BENTON, 2008) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Dakosaurus carpenteri WILKINSON, YOUNG & BENTON, 2008
Geosaurus lapparenti (DEBLEMAS & STRANNOLOUBSKY, 1957) YOUNG & de ANDRADE, 2009
= Dakosaurus lapparenti DEBLEMAS & STRANNOLOUBSKY, 1957
Miadanasuchus oblita (BUFFETAUT & TAQUET, 1979) SIMONS & BUCKLEY, 2009
= Trematochampsa oblita BUFFETAUT & TAQUET, 1979

Abdala, F., Martinelli, A. G., Bento Soares, M., de la Fuente, M., and Ribeiro, A. M., 2009, South American Middle Triassic continental faunas with amniotes: biostratigraphy and correlation: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa, Palaeontolographica Africana, v. 44, p. 83-87.

Allen, V., Paxton, H., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2009, Variation in center of mass etimates for extant sauropsids and its importance for reconstructing inertial properties of extinct archosaurs: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1442-1461.

Amiot, R., Buffetaut, E., Lecuyer, C., Fernandez, V., Forel, F., Martineau, F., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Oxygen isotope composition of continental vertebrate apatites from Mesozoic formations of Thailand; environmental and ecological significance: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 271-283.

Bickelmann, C., and Klein, N., 2009, The Late Pleistocene horned crocodile Voay robustus (Grandidier & Vaillant, 1872) from Madagascar in the Museum für Naturkunde Berline: Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 1, p. 13-21.

Brochu, C. A., Wagner, J. R., Jouve, S., Sumarll, C. D., and Densmore, L. D., 2009, A correction corrected: consensus over the meaning of crocodylia and why it matters: Systematic Biology, v. 58, n. 5, p. 537-543.

Buchanan, L. A., 2009, Kambara taraina sp. nov. (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea), a new Eocene Mekosuchine from Queensland, Australia, and a revision of the genus: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 473-486. (Kambara taraina)

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2009, Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) from the Peiropolis Paleontological site: toward a better understanding: Earth Sciences Research Journal, v. 13, n. 1, p. 6-15.

Classens, L. P. A. M., 2009, A cineradiographic study of lung ventilation in Alligator mississippiensis: Journal of experimental Zoology, v. 311A: p. 563-585.

Delfino, M., and Smith, T., 2009, A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of 'Crocodylus' depressifrons Blainville, 1855, (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium: Zoological Journal of Linnean Society, v. 156, p. 140-167.

Figueiredo, R. G., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2009, A new crocodylomorph specimen from the Araripe Basin (Crato Member, Santana Formation), northeastern Brazil: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 83, p. 323-331. Link to pdf

Fernandez, M. S., and Herrera, Y., 2009, Paranasal sinus system of Geosaurus araucaensis and the homology of the antorbital fenestra of metriorhynchids (Thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 702-714.

Fernandez, V., Claude, J., Escarguel, G., Buffetaut, E., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Biogeographical affinites of Jurassic and Cretaceous continental vertebrate assemblages from SE Asia: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 285-300.

Fortier, D. C., and Schultz, C.L., 2009, A new neosuchian crocodylomorph (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeurocodylia) from the Early Cretaceous of North-east Brazil: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 5, p. 991-1007. (Susisuchus jaguaribensis)

Herrera, Y., Fernandez, M. S., and Varela, J. A., 2009, Morfologie del miembro anterior de Geosaurus araucanensis Gasparini y Dellape, 1976 (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia): Ameghiniana, v. 46, no. 4, p. 657-667.

Holliday, C. M., and Witmer, L. M., 2009, The epipterygid of crocodyliformes and its significance for the evolution of the orbitotemporal region of eusuchians: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 715-733.

Iori, F. V., and Carvalho, I. de S., 2009, Morrinhosuchus luziae, um novo crocodylomorpha notosuchia da Bacia Bauru, Brazil: Revista Brasileira de Geociencias, v. 39, n. 4, p. 717-725. (Morrinhosuchus luziae)

Karl, H.-V., Gröning, E., Brauckmann, C, and Knötschke, N., 2009, First remains of the head of Stenosaurus (Crocodylomorpha: Teleosauridae) from the Late Jurassic of Oker (Lower Saxony, Germany): Studia Geologica Salmanticensia, v. 44, n. 2, p. 187-201.

Kellner, A. W. A., Pinheiro, A. E. P., Azevedo, S. A. K., Henriques, D. D. R., de Carvalho, L. B., and Oliveira, G. R., 2009, A new crocodyliform from the Alcantara Formation (Cenomanian), Cajual Island, Brazil: Zootaxa, n. 2030, p. 49-58. (Coringasuchus anisodontis)

Khosla, A., Sertich, J. J. W., Prasad, G. R., and Verma, O., 2009, Dyrosaurid remains from the intertrappean beds of India and the Late Cretaceous distribution of Dyrasauridae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1321-1326.

Kocsis, L., Osi, A., Vennemann, T., Trueman, C. N., and Palmer, M. R., 2009, Geochemical study of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Czehbanya Formation (Hungary): Evidence for a freshwater habitat of mosasaurs and pycnodont fish: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 280, 522-542.

Jouve, S., 2009, The skull of Teleosaurus cadomensis (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) and phylogenetic analysis of Thalattosuchia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 88-102.

Lauprasert, K., Cuny, G., Thirakhupt, K., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Khoratosuchus jintasakuli gen. et sp. nov., an advanced neosuchian crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of NE Thailand: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 175-187.

Leardi, J. M., and Pol, D., 2009, The first crocodyliform from the Chubut Group (Chubut Province, Argentina) and its phylogenetic position within basal Mesoeucrocodylia: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, n. 6, p. 1376–1386. (Barcinosuchus gradilis)

Marinho, T. S., and Carvalho, I. S., 2009, An armadillo-like sphagesaurid crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 27, p. 36-41. (Armadillosuchus arrudai)

Montefeltro, F. C., Laurini, C. R., and Langer, M. C., 2009, Multicusped crocodyliform teeth from the Upper Cretaceous (Sao Jose do Rio Preto Formation, Bauru Group) of Sao Paulo, Brazil: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1279-1286.

Neraudeau, D., Vullo, R., Gomez, B., Girard, V., Lak, M., Videt, B., Depre, E., and Perrichot, V., 2009, Amber, plant and vertebrate fossils from the Lower Cenomanian parallic facies of Aix Island (Charente-Maritime, SW France): Geodiversitas, v. 31, n. 1, p. 13-27.

Novas, F. E., Pais, D. F., Pol, D., de Souza Carvalho, I., Scanferla, A., Mones, A., and Riglos, M. S., 2009, Bizarre notosuchian crocodyliform with associated eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Boliva: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1316-1320. (Yacarerani boliviensis)

Ortega, F., Malafaia, E., Escaso, F., Garcia, A. P., and Dantas, P., 2009, Faunas de repteis do Jurassico Superior de Portugal: Paleolusitana, n. 1, p. 43-56.

Osi, A., and Weishampel, D. B., 2009, Jaw mechanism and dental function in the Late Cretaceous basal Eusuchian Iharkutosuchus: Journal of Morphology, v. 270, p. 903-920.

Perea, D., Soto, M., Veroslavsky, G., Martinez, S., and Ubilla, M., 2009, A Late Jurassic fossil assemblage in Gondwana: Biostratigraphy and correlations of the Tacuarembo Formation, Parana Basin, Uruguay: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 28, p. 168-179.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Pierce, S. E., Angielczyk, K. D., and Rayfield, E. J., 2009, Morphospace occutation in Thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs: skull shape variation, species delineation and temporal patterns: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 5, p. 1057-1087.

Pierce, S. E., Angielcyk, K. D., and Rayfield, E. J., 2009, Shape and mechanics in thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) skulls: implications for feeding behaviour and niche partitiong: Journal of Anatomy, v. 215, p. 555-576.

Piras, P., Teresi, L,. Buscalioni, A. D., and Cubo, J., 2009, The shadow of forgotten ancestors differently constrains the fate of Alligatoroidea and Crocodyloidea: Global Ecology adn Biogeograhpy, v. 18, p. 30-40.

Pol, D., and Gasparini, Z., 2009, Skull anatomy of Dakosaurus andiniensis (Thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) and the phylogenetic position of Thalattosuchia: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, v. 7, n. 2, p. 163-197.

Pol, D., Turner, a. H., and Norell, M. A., 2009, Morphology of the Late Cretaceous crocodylomorph Shamosuhus djadochtaensis and a discussion of neosuchian phylogeny as related to the origin of Eusuchia: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, n. 324, 103pp.

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Frey, E., and Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., 2009, Evidence of predation of the vertebra of a hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico: Notebooks on Geology, letter 2009/02, 6pp.

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Frey, E., Palomino-Sanchez, F. J., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., and Ortiz-Mendieta, J. A., 2009, Preliminary report on a Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossil assemblage in Northwestern Coahuila, Mexico: Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana: v. 61, n. 2, p. 239-244.

Salgado, L., Canudo, J. I., Garrido, A. C., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. L., Garcia, R. A., de la Fuente, M. S., Barco, J. L., and Bollati, R., 2009, Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from El Anfiteatro area, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 767-784.

Schelhorn, R., Schwarz-Wings, D., Maisch, M. W., and Wings, O., 2009, Late Jurassic Sunosuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia) from the Qigu Formation in the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, China): Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 1, p. 59-69.

Schwarz-Wings, D., Frey, E., and Martin, T., 2009, Reconstruction of the bracing system of the trunk and tail in Hyposaurine Dyrosaurids (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 453-472.

Schwarz-Wings, D., Rees, J., and Lindgren, J., 2009, Lower Cretaceous mesoeucrocodylians from Scandinavia (Denmark and Sweden): Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1345-1355.

Sereno, P. C., and Larsson, H. C. E., 2009, Cretaceous Crocodyliformes from the Sahara: ZooKeys, v. 28, p. 1-143. (Araripesuchus rattoides, Kaprosuchus saharicus, Laganosuchus thaumastos, Laganosuchus maghrebensis)

Simons, E. L. R., and Buckley, G. A., 2009, New material of "Trematochampsa" oblita (CRocodyliformes Trematochampsidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 599-604. (Miadanasuchus oblita = Trematochampsa oblita)

Tanimoto, M., 2009, The oldest crocodilian fossil in Kansai exhibited at the Exhibition of "The Age of Dinosaurs in Kansai and Fossils of Kobiwako Group" held at Ueno History and Folklore Museum in 2008 summer: Iga Basin Fossil Club Bulletin, no. 3, p. 12-13.

Vullo, R., Bernardez, E., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2009, Vertebrates, from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabana Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenviromental and palaeobiogeogrpahic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 276, p. 120-129.

White, M., 2009, When Crocs ruled: National Geographic, v. 216, no. 5, p. 128-141.

Young, M. T., and de Andrade, M. B., 2009, What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 157, p. 551-585. (Cricosaurus arauceansis = Geosaurus arauceansis, Cricosaurus gracilis = Steneosaurus gracilis, = Metriorhynchus gracilis, Cricosaurus macrospondylus = Enaliosuchus macrospondylus, Cricosaurus saltillense = Geosaurus saltillense, Cricosaurus schroderi = Enaliosuchus schroderi, Cricosaurus suevicus = Geosaurus suevicus, = Gavialis priscus, = Rhachenosaurus gracilis, Cricosaurus vignaudi = Geosaurus vignaudi, Dakosaurus nicaeensis = Aggiosaurus nicaeensis, Geosaurus carpenteri = Dakosaurus carpenteri, Geosaurus lapparenti = Dakosaurus lapparenti)


Pterosaurs

Genus: Nova (5)

Carnidactylus DALLA VECCHIA, 2009
Changchengopterus LU, 2009
Darwinopterus
LU, UNWIN, JIN, LIU, & JI, 2009
Ningchengopterus LU, 2009
Wukongopterus WANG, KELLNER, JIANG & MENG, 2009

Species: Nova (4)

Changchengopterus pani LU, 2009
Darwinopterus modularis LU, UNWIN, JIN, LIU, & JI, 2009
Ningchengopterus liuae LU, 2009
Tupuxuara deliradamus WITTON, 2009
Wukongopterus lii WANG, KELLNER, JIANG & MENG, 2009

Synonym: Nova (1)

Carnidactylus rosenfeldi (DALLA VECCHIA, 1995) DALLA VECCHIA, 2009
= Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi DALLA VECCHIA, 1995

Averianov, A. O., and Panteleyev, A. V., 2009, Coracoid fragments of a large azhdarchid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Campanian of Saratov Province: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 74-77. Link to pdf

Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., and Gower, D. J., 2009, Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity and air-sacs in the earliest pterosaurs: Biology Letters, v. 5, p. 557-560.

Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Nowbath, S., and Upchurch, P., 2009, Estimating the effects of sampling biases on pterosaur diversity patterns: implications for hypotheses of bird/pterosaur competitive replacement: Paleobiology, v. 35, n. 3, p. 432-446.

Chinsamy, A., Codorniu, L., and Chiappe, L., 2009, Palaeobiological implications of the bone histology of Pterodaustro guinazui: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1462-2477.

Classens, L. P. A. M., O'Connor, P. M., and Unwin, D. M., 2009, Respiratory evolution facilitated the origin of pterosaur flight and aerial gigantism: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 2, p. 8pp. Link to pdf

Costa, F. R., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2009, On two pterosaur humeri from the Tendaguru beds (Upper Jurassic, Tanzania): Anais de Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, v. 81, n. 4, p. 813-818. Link to pdf

Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2009, Anatomy and systematics of the pterosaur Carniadactylus gen. n. rosenfeldi (Dalla Vecchia, 1995): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 115, n. 2, p. 159-188. (Carniadactylus rosenfeldi = Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi)

Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2009, The first Italian specimen of Austriadactylus cristatus (Diapsida, Pterosauria) from the Norian (Upper Triassic) of the Carnic Prealps: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 115, n. 3, p. 291-304.

Duan, Y., and Zhang, L., 2009, Early Cretaceous precious fossil-bearing beds in Wejialign-Yaolugou of Jianchang Basein, western Liaoning: Global Geology, v. 12, n. 2, p. 87-93.

Gao, K.-Q., Li, Q., Wei, M., Pak, H., and Pak, I., 2009, Early Creaceous birds and pterosaurs from the Sinuiju Series, and geographic extension of the Jehol Biota into the Korea Peninsula: Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea, v. 25, n. 1, p. 57-61

Kellner, A. W. A., Wang, X., Tischlinger, H., Campos, D. de A., Hone, D. W. E., and Xi, M., 2009, The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathinae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published on line August 5, 9 pp.

Lü, J., 2009, A baby pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia, China: Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 83, n. 1, p. 1-8. (Ningchengopterus liuae)

Lü, J., 2009, A new non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from Qinglong County, Hebei Province of China: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 83, n. 2. p. 189-199. (Changchengopterus pani)

Lü, J., Azuma, Y., Dong, Z.-M., Barsbold, R., Kobayashi, Y, and Lee, Y.-N., 2009, New material of dsungaripterid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodacytloidea) from western Mongolia and its palaeoecological implications: Geological Magazine, v. 146, n. 5, p. 690-700.

Lü,  J., Unwin, D. M., Jin, X., Liu, Y., and Ji, Q., 2009, Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B., published online, 7pp. (Darwinopterus modulairs) Link to pdf

Mazin, J.-M., Billon-Bruyant, J.-P., and Padian, K., 2009, First record of a pterosaur landing trackway: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., published online, 6pp.

Organ, C. L., and Shedlock, A. M., 2009, Palaeogenomics of pterosaurs and the evolution of small genome size in flying vertebrates: Biology Letters, v, 5, p. 47-50.

Ortega, F., Malafaia, E., Escaso, F., Garcia, A. P., and Dantas, P., 2009, Faunas de repteis do Jurassico Superior de Portugal: Paleolusitana, n. 1, p. 43-56.

Ösi, A., and Prondvai, E., 2009, Forgotten pterosaurs in Hungarian collections: first description of Rhamphorhynchus and Pterodactylus specimens: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 252, n. 2, p. 167-180.

Palmer, C., and Dyke, G. J., 2009, Biomechanics of the unique pterosaur pteroid: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published on line, 7pp.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Peters, D., 2009, A reinterpretation of pteroid articulations in pterosaurs: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1327-1330.

Sato, K., Sakamoto, K. Q., Watanuki, W., Takahashi, A., Katsumata, N,. Bost, C.-A., and Welmerskrich, H., 2009, Scaling of soaring seabirds and implications for flight abilities of Giant Pterosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, 6pp.

Veldmeijer, A. J., Maijer, H. J. M., and Sinore, M., 2009, Description of pterosaurian (Pterodactyloidea: Anhangueridae, Brasileodactylus) remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: DEINSEA, v. 13, p. 9-40.

Vullo, R., Bernardez, E., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2009, Vertebrates, from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabana Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenviromental and palaeobiogeogrpahic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 276, p. 120-129.

Vullo, R., Buscalioni, A. D., Marugan-Lobon, J., and Moratalla, J. J., 2009, First pterosaur remains from the Early Cretaceous lagerstatte of Las Hoyas, Spain: palaeoecological significance: Geological Magazine, v. 146, n. 6, p. 931-936.

Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A., Jiang, S., and Meng, X., 2009, An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China: Anais de Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, v. 81, n. 4, p. 793-812. (Wukongopterus lii) Link to pdf

Watabe, M., Tsuihuji, T., Suzuki, S., and Tsogtbaatar, K., 2009, The first discovery of pterosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 2, p. 231-242. Link to pdf

Wintton, M. P., A new species of Tupuxuara (Thalassodromidae, Azhdarchoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil, with a note on the nomenclature of Thalassodromidae: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1293-1300. (Tupuxuara deliradamus)

Witton, M. P., Martill, D. M., and Green, M., 2009, On pterodactyloid diversity in the British Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) and a reappraisal of "Palaeornis" cliftii Mantell, 1844: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 676-686.

Vullo, R., and Neraudeau, D., 2009, Pterosaur remains from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) Paralic Deposits of Charentes, Western France: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 277-282.

Xing, L., Wu, J., Lu, Y., Lu, J., and Ji, Q., 2009, Aerodynamic characteristics of the Crest with membrane attachment on Cretaceous pterodactyloid Nyctosaurus: Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 83, n. 1, p. 25-32. Link to pdf


Dinosaur

Dinosauromorpha

Species: Nova (1)

Dromomeron gregorii NESBITT, IRMIS, PARKER, SMITH, TURNER & ROWE, 2009

Abdala, F., Martinelli, A. G., Bento Soares, M., de la Fuente, M., and Ribeiro, A. M., 2009, South American Middle Triassic continental faunas with amniotes: biostratigraphy and correlation: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa, Palaeontolographica Africana, v. 44, p. 83-87.

Langer, M. C., Ezurra, M. D., Bittencourt, J. S., and Novas, F. E., 2009, The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs: Biological Review, v. 84, p. 1-56.

Nesbitt, S. J., Irmis, R. B., Parker, W. G., Smith, N. D., Turner, A. H., and Rowe, T., 2009, Hindlimb osteology and districution of basal Dinosauromorphs from the Late Triassic of North America: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 498-516. (Dromomeron gregorii) Link to pdf

Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, N. D., Irmis, R. B., Turner, A. H., Downs, A., and Norell, M. A., 2009, A complete skeleton of a Late Triassic saurischian and the early evolution of dinosaurs: Science, v. 326, p. 1530-1533.

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.

Theropoda

Genus: Nova (17)

Australovenator HOCKNULL, WHITE, TISCHLER, COOK, CALLEJA, SLOAN & ELLIOTT, 2009
Beishanlong MAKOVICKY, LI, GAO, LEWIN, ERICKSON, & NORELL, 2009
Ceratonykus ALIFANOV & BARSBOLD, 2009
Hesperonychus LONGRICH & CURRIE, 2009
Kemkemia CAU & MAGANUCO, 2009
Kinnareemimus BUFFETAUT, SUTEETHORN & TONG, 2009

Kol TURNER, NESBITT & NORELL, 2009
Leshansaurus LI, PENG, YE, JIANG, & HUANG, 2009
Limusaurus XU, CLARK, MO, CHOINIERE, FORSTER, ERICKSON, HONE, SULLIVAN, EBERTH, NESBITT, ZHAO, JIA, HAN, & GUO, 2009
Raptorex SERENO, TAN, BRUSATTE, KRIEGSTEIN, ZHAO & CLOWARD, 2009
BRUSATTE, BENSON, CHURE, XU, SULLIVAN & HONE, 2009
Shidaisaurus WU, CURRIE, DONG, PAN & WANG, 2009
Sinotyrannus JI, JI & ZHANG, 2009
Skorpiovenator CANALE, SCANFERLA, AGNOLIN & NOVAS, 2009
Tawa NESBITT, SMITH, IRMIS, TURNER, DOWNS & NORELL, 2009
Tianyuraptor ZHENG, XU, YOU, ZHAO & DONG, 2009
Xiongguanlong LI, NORELL, GAO, SMITH & MAKOVICKY, 2009
Zanabazar NORELL, MAKOVICKEY, BEVER, BALANOFF, CLARK, BARSBOLD & ROWE, 2009

Species: Nova (18)

Alioramus altai BRUSATTE, CARR, ERICKSON, BEVER & NORELL, 2009
Australovenator wintonensis HOCKNULL, WHITE, TISCHLER, COOK, CALLEJA, SLOAN & ELLIOTT, 2009
Beishanlong grandis MAKOVICKY, LI, GAO, LEWIN, ERICKSON, & NORELL, 2009
Ceratonykus oculatus ALIVANOV & BARSBOLD, 2009
Hesperonychus elizabethae LONGRICH & CURRIE, 2009
Kemkemia auditorei CAU & MAGANUCO, 2009
Kinnareemimus khonkaenensis BUFFETAUT, SUTEETHORN & TONG, 2009

Kol ghuva TURNER, NESBITT & NORELL, 2009
Leshansaurus qianweiensis LI, PENG, YE, JIANG, & HUANG, 2009
Limusaurus inextricabilis XU, CLARK, MO, CHOINIERE, FORSTER, ERICKSON, HONE, SULLIVAN, EBERTH, NESBITT, ZHAO, JIA, HAN, & GUO, 2009
Nothronychus graffami ZANNO, GILLETTE, ALBRIGHT & TITUS, 2009
= Nothronychus nova? GILLETTE, ALBRIGHT, TITUS, & GRAFFAM, 2001, 2002
Raptorex kriegsteini SERENO, TAN, BRUSATTE, KRIEGSTEIN, ZHAO & CLOWARD, 2009
Shidaisaurus jinae WU, CURRIE, DONG, PAN & WANG, 2009
Sinotyrannus kazuoensis JI, JI & ZHANG, 2009
Skorpiovenator bustingorryi CANALE, SCANFERLA, AGNOLIN & NOVAS, 2009
Tawa hallae NESBITT, SMITH, IRMIS, TURNER, DOWNS & NORELL, 2009
Tianyuraptor ostromi ZHENG, XU, YOU, ZHAO & DONG, 2009
Xiongguanlong baimoensis LI, NORELL, GAO, SMITH & MAKOVICKY, 2009

Synonym: Nova (2)

Shaochilong maortuensis (HU, 1964) BRUSATTE, BENSON, CHURE, XU, SULLIVAN & HONE, 2009
= Chilantaisaurus maortuensis HU, 1964
= Genus: Nova CHURE, 2000
Zanabazar junior (BARSBOLD, 1974) NORELL, MAKOVICKEY, BEVER, BALANOFF, CLARK, BARSBOLD & ROWE, 2009
= Saurornithoides junior BARSBOLD, 1974

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White, M. A., 2009, The subarctometatarsus: intermediate metatarsus architecture demonstrating the evolution of the arctometatarsus and advanced agility in theropod dinosaurs: Alcheringa, v. 33, p. 1-21.

Williamson, T. E., Kues, B. S., Weissmann, G. S., Stidham, T. A., and Yurchyk, S. L., 2009, A feather from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian) Point Lookout Sandstone, San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 547-550.

Witmer, L. M., and Ridgely, R. C., 2009, New insights into the brain, braincase, and ear region of Tyrannosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda), with implications for sensory organization and behavior: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1266-1296.

Wolff, E. D. S., Salisbury, S. W., Horner, J. R., and Varricchio, D. J., 2009, Common Avian Infection Plagued the Tyrant Dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 9, 7pp. Link to pdf

Wu, X.-C., Currie, P. J., Dong, Z., Pan, S., and Wang., T., 2009, A new theropod Dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Lufeng, Yunnan, China: Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 83, n. 1, p. 9-24. (Shidaisaurus jinae)

Xing, L.-D., Dong, H., Peng, G.-Z., Shu, C.-K., Hu, X.-D., and Jiang, H., 2009, A scapular fracture in Yangchuanosaurus hepingensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda): Geological Bulleting of China, v. 28, n. 10, p. 1390-1395.

Xu, X., Clark, J. M., Mo, J., Choiniere, J., Forster, C. A., Erickson, G. M., Hone, D. W. E., Sullivan, C., Eberth, D. A., Nesbitt, S., Zhao, Q., hernandez, R., Jia, C.-k., Han, F.-l., and Gou, Y., 2009, A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies: Nature, v., 459, p. 5pp (Limusaurus inextricabilis)

Xu, X,. and Guo, Y., 2009, The origin and early evolution of feathers: insights from recent paleontological and neontological data: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 4, p. 311-329.

Xu, X., Zheng, X., and You, H.-L., 2009, A new feather type in a nonavian theropod and the early evolution of feathers: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 106, n. 3, p. 832-834.

Zanno, L. E., Gillette, D. D., Albright, L. B., and Titus, A. L., 2009, A new North American therizinosaurid and the role of herbivory in 'predatory' dinosaur evolution: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B, published on line, 7pp. (Nothronychus graffami)

Zanno, L. E., Gillette, D. D., Albright, L. B., and Titus, A. L., 2009, A new North American therizinosaurid and the role of herbivory in 'predatory' dinosaur evolution: Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B, v. 276, p. 3505-3511.  Link to pdf

Zheng, X., Xu, X., You, H.-L., Zhao, Q., and Dong, Z.-M., 2010 (published in 2009), A short-armed dromaeosaurid from the Jehol Group of China with implications of early dromaeosaurid evolution: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 277, p. 219-227, published on line April 22,7pp. (Tianyuraptor ostromi)

Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda)

Genus: Nova (10)

Adeopapposaurus MARTINEZ, 2009
Barrosasaurus SALGADO & CORIA, 2009
Diamantinasaurus HOCKNULL, WHITE, TISCHLER, COOK, CALLEJA, SLOAN & ELLIOTT, 2009
Qiaowanlong YOU & LI, 2009
Panphagia MARTINEZ & ALCOBER, 2009
'Probardodiplodocus' FULLER, 2009 (nomen nudum)

Ruyangosaurus LU, XU, JIA, ZHANG, ZHANG, YANG, YOU, & JI, 2009
Spinophorosaurus REMES, ORTEGA, FIERRO, JOGER, KOSMA, FERRER, IDA & MAGA, 2009
Xianshanosaurus LU, LI, JIANG, JIA, LI, YUAN, ZHANG, & JI, 2009
Wintonotitan HOCKNULL, WHITE, TISCHLER, COOK, CALLEJA, SLOAN, ELLIOTT, 2009

Species: Nova (11)

Adeopapposaurus mognai MARINEZ, 2009
Barrosasaurus casamiquelai SALGADO & CORIA, 2009
Diamantinasaurus matildae HOCKNULL, WHITE, TISCHLER, COOK, CALLEJA, SLOAN & ELLIOTT, 2009
Massospondylus kaalae BARRETT, 2009
Panphagia protos MARTINEZ & ALCOBER, 2009
'Probardodiplodocus' no species given FULLER, 2009 (nomen nudum)

Qiaowanlong kangzii YOU & LI, 2009
Ruyangosaurus giganteus LU, XU, JIA, ZHANG, ZHANG, YANG, YOU, & JI, 2009

Spinophorosaurus nigerensis REMES, ORTEGA, FIERRO, JOGER, KOSMA, FERRER, IDA & MAGA, 2009
Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis LU, LI, JIANG, JIA, LI, YUAN, ZHANG, & JI, 2009
Wintonotitan wattsi HOCKNULL, WHITE, TISCHLER, COOK, CALLEJA, SLOAN, ELLIOTT, 2009

Amiot, R., Buffetaut, E., Lecuyer, C., Fernandez, V., Forel, F., Martineau, F., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Oxygen isotope composition of continental vertebrate apatites from Mesozoic formations of Thailand; environmental and ecological significance: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 271-283.

Averianov, A. O., and Skutscahs, P. P., 2009, Additons to the Early Cretaceous Dinosaur fauna of Transbaikalia, Eastern Russia: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, v. 313, n. 4, p. 363-378. Link to pdf

Bader, K. S., Hasiotis, S. T., and Matin, L. D., 2009, Application of forensic science techniques to trace fossils on dinosaur bones from a quarry in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Northeastern Wyoming: Palaios, v. 24, p. 140-158.

Barrett, P. M., 2009, Comment on the proposed conservation of usage of Cetiosaurus Owen, 1841 by designation of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis Phillips, 1871 as the type species: Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature, v. 66, n. 2, p. 187-188.

Barrett, P. M., 2009, A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1032-1045. (Massospondylus kaalae)

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2009, Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (Late Maastrichtian) from the Peiropolis Paleontological site: toward a better understanding: Earth Sciences Research Journal, v. 13, n. 1, p. 6-15.

Canudo, J. I., Barco, J. L., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., Salgado, L., Torcida Fernandez-Baldor, F., and Gasulla, J. M., 2009, What Iberian dinosaurs reveal about the bridge said to exist between Gondwana and Laurasia in the Early Cretaceous: Bulletin of the Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 5-11.

Chinsamy, A., and Tumarkin-Deratzian, A., 2009, Pathologic bone tissues in a Turkey Vulture and a nonavian dinosaur: implications for interpreting endosteal bone and radial fibrolamellar bone in fossil dinosaurs: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1478-1484.

Currie Rogers, K., 2009, The postcranial osteology of Rapetosaurus krausei (Sauropoda: Titinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1046-1086.

D'Emic, M. D., Wilson, J. A., and Chatterjee, S., 2009, The titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) osteoderm record review and first definitive specimen from India: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 165-177.

Dingus, L., Garrido, A., Scott, G. R., Chiappe, L. M., Clarke, J., and Schmitt, J. G., 2009, The Litho-, Bio- and Magnetostratigraphy of Titanosaurian nesting sites in teh Anacleto Formation At Auca Mahuevo (Campanian, Neuquen Province, Argentina): In: Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne, edited by Albright, L. B., III, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin, n. 65, p. 237-258.

Fernandez, V., Claude, J., Escarguel, G., Buffetaut, E., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Biogeographical affinites of Jurassic and Cretaceous continental vertebrate assemblages from SE Asia: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 285-300.

Fuller, E., 2009, Dana Quarry and its dinosaurs: Dinosauria International, LLC, 32pp. ('Probardodiplodocus' no species given, nomen nudum)

Gallina, P. A., and Otero, A., 2009, Anterior caudal transverse processes in sauropod dinosaurs: morphological, phylogenetic and functional aspects: Ameghiniana, v. 46, n. 1, p. 165-176. Link to pdf

Galton, P. M., 2009, Comment on the proposed conservation of usage of Cetiosaurus Owen, 1841 by designation of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis Phillips, 1871 as the type species: Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature, v. 66, n. 2, p. 188.

Hocknull, S. A., White, M. A., Tischler, T. R., Cook, A. G., Calleja, N. D., and Sloan, T., 2009, New Mid-Cretaceous (Latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 7, p. 51pp. (Diamantinasaurus matildae, Wintonotitan wattsi) Link to pdf

Holliday, C. M., 2009, New insights into Dinosaur jaw muscle anatomy: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1246-1265.

Hunt-Foster, R. K., and Foster, J. R., 2009, Cooperative management of paleontological resources on Public Lands in Mesa County, Colorado: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 107.

Klein, N., Sander, M., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Bone histology and its implications for the life history and growth of the Early Cretaceous titanosaur Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 217-228.

Knoll, F., and Schwarz-Wings, D., 2009, Palaeoneuroanatomy of Brachiosaurus: Annales de Paleontologie, v. 95,n . 165-175.

Kolosov, P. N., Ivensen, G. V., Mikhailova, T. E., Kurzanov, S. M., Efimov, M. B., and Gubin, Y. M., 2009, Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 201-207.

Langer, M. C., Ezurra, M. D., Bittencourt, J. S., and Novas, F. E., 2009, The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs: Biological Review, v. 84, p. 1-56.

Lu, J.-C., Xu, L,. Jia, S.-H., Zhang, X.-L., Zhang, J.-M., Yang, L.-L., You, H.-L., and Ji, Q., 2009, A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Ruyang, Henan, China: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 28, n. 1, p. 1-10. (Ruyangosaurus giganteus)

Lu, J.-C., Li, X., Jiang, X., Jia, S., Li, M., Yuan, C., Zhang, X., and Ji, Q., 2009, A preliminary report of the new dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous dinosaurian fauna from the Cretaceous of the Ruyang basin, Henan Province of Central China: Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea, v. 25, n. 1, p. 43-56. (Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis) Link to pdf

Malkani, M. S., 2009, New Balochiosaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria, Sauropoda) and Vitakririnda (Theropoda) remains from Pakistan: Sindh Univ. Res. Journ. (Sci, Ser.), v. 41, n. 2, p. 65-91. Link to pdf

Manning, P. L., Margetts, L., Johnson, M. R., Withers, P. J., Sellers, W. I., Falkingham, P. L., Mummery, P. M., Barrett, P. M., and Raymont, D. R., 2009, Biomechanics of dromaeosaurid dinosaur claws: Application of X-Ray microtomography, nanoindentation, and finite element analysis: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1397-1405.

Mannion, P. D., 2009, A rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, England: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 521-526.

Mannion, P. D., 2009, Review and analysis of African sauropodomorph dinosaur diversity: Palaeontolgraphica Afracania, v. 44, p. 108-111.

Martinez, R. N., 2009, Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal sauropodomorpha: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 142-164. (Adeopapposaurus mognai)

Martinez, R. N., and Alcober, O. A., 2009, A basal sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Ischigualastro Formation (Triassic, Carnian) from the early evolution of sauropodomorpha: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 2, p. 12pp. (Panphagia protos) Link to pdf

Myers, T. S., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2009, Evidence for gregarious behavior and age segregation in sauropod dinosaurs: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 274, p. 96-104.

Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, N. D., Irmis, R. B., Turner, A. H., Downs, A., and Norell, M. A., 2009, A complete skeleton of a Late Triassic saurischian and the early evolution of dinosaurs: Science, v. 326, p. 1530-1533.

Organ, C. L., Brusatte, S. L., and Stein, K., 2009, Sauropod dinosaurs evolved moderately sized genomes unrelated to body size: Proceedings to the Royal Society, Series B, v. 276, p. 4303-4308.

Ortega, F., Malafaia, E., Escaso, F., Garcia, A. P., and Dantas, P., 2009, Faunas de repteis do Jurassico Superior de Portugal: Paleolusitana, n. 1, p. 43-56.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Perez, L. M., Otero, A., Apesteguia, S., and Gallina, P. A., 2009, Estratigrafia y analisis tafonomico de Bonitasaura salgadoi Apesteguia, en el sitio <<La Bonita>> (Cretacico superior, Rio Negro, Argentina): Rev. Mus. Argention Cienc. Nat. n.s., v. 11, n. 1, p. 39-48.

Perez Garcia, A., and Sanchez Chillon, B., 2009, Historia de Diplodocus carnegii del MNCM: primer esqueleto de Dinosaurio Montado en la Peninsula Iberica: Revista Espanola de Paleontologia, v. 24, n. 2, p. 133-148.

Perry, S. F., Christian, A., Breuer, T., Pajor, N., and Codd, J. R., 2009, Implications of an aviian-style respiratory system for gigantism in sauropod dinosaurs:Journal of Experimental Zoology, v. 311A, p. 600-610.

Pierson, D. J., 2009, The physiology of dinosaurs: circulatory and respiratory function in the largest aniamls ever to walk the earth: In: Donald F. Egan Scientific Memorial Lecture, Resporatory Care, v. 54, n. 7, p. 887-911.

Rauhut, O. W. M., and Lopez-Arbarello, A., 2009, Considerations on the age of the Tiouaren Formation (Iullemmeden Basin, Niger, Africa): implications for Gondwana Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrate faunas: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 271, p. 259-267.

Remes, K., 2009, Taxonomy of Late Jurassic diplodocid sauropods from Tendaguru (Tanzania): Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 1, p. 23-46.

Remes, K,. Ortega, F., Fierro, I., Joger, U., Kosman, R., Ferrer, J. M. M., for the project Laldes, for the Niger Project SNHM, Ida, O,. and Maga, A., 2009, A new basal sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Niger and the earl evolution of Sauropoda: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, issue 9, 13pp. (Spinophorosaurus nigerensis)

Royo-Torres, R., 2009, Los dinosaurios sauropodos en la Peninsula Iberica: Actas de las IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno Salas de los Infantes, Buros, p. 139-166. Link to pdf

Royo-Torres, R., Cobos, A., Luque, L., Aberasturi, A., Espilez, E., Fierro, I., Gonzalez, A., Mampel, L., and Alcal, L., 2009, High European sauropod dinosaur diversity during Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Riodeva (Teruel, Spain): Palaeontology, v. 52, part 5, p. 1009-1027.

Salgado, L., Canudo, J. I., Garrido, A. C., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. L., Garcia, R. A., de la Fuente, M. S., Barco, J. L., and Bollati, R., 2009, Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from El Anfiteatro area, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 767-784.

Salgado, L., and Coria, R., 2009, Barrosasaurus casamiquelai gen et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous: early Campanian) of Sierra Barrosa (Neuquen, Argentina): Zootaxa, no. 2222, p. 1-16. (Barrosasaurus casamiquelai)

Sander, P. M., Christian, A., and Gee, C. T., 2009, Response to Seymour, R. S., 2009, Sauropods kept thier heads down: Science, v. 323, p. 1671-1672.

Schwarz-Wings, D., 2009, Reconstruction of the thoracic expaxial musculature of diplodocid and dicraeosaurid sauropods: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 517-534.

Senter, P., 2009, Vestigial skeletal structures in dinosaurs: Journal of Zoology, v. 280, p. 60-71.

Seymour, R. S., 2009, Raising the sauropod neck: it costs more to get less: Biology Letters, v. 5, p. 317-319.

Seymour, R. S., 2009, Sauropods kept thier heads down: Science, v. 323, p. 1671.

Suteethorn, S., Le Loeuff, J., Buffetaut, E., Suteethorn, V., Talubmook, C., and Chonglakmani, C., 2009, A new skeleton of Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from NE Thailand: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 189-215.

Taylor, M. P., 2009, A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic sepration from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 787-806.

Taylor, M. P., Wedel, M. J., and Naish, D., 2009, Head and neck posture in sauropod dinosaurs inferred from extant animals: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 2, p. 213-220.

Upchurch, P., Martin, J., and Taylor, M. P., 2009, Cetiosaurus Owen, 1841, (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Cetiosaurus oxoniensis Phillips, 1871 as the type species: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, v. 66, n. 1, p. 51-55.

Upchurch, P., and Mannion, P. D., 2009, The first diplodocid from Asia and its implications for the evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs: Paleontology, v. 52, part 6, p. 1195-1207.

Vullo, R., Bernardez, E., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2009, Vertebrates, from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabana Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenviromental and palaeobiogeogrpahic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 276, p. 120-129.

Wedel, M. J., 2009, Evidence of bird-like air sacs in saurischian dinosaurs: Journal of Experminental Zoology, v. 311A, 18pp. Link to pdf

Wilson, J. A., D'Emic, M. D., Curry Rogers, K. A., Mohabey, D. M., and Sen, S., 2009, Reassessment of the sauropod dinosaur Jainosaurus (= "Antarctosaurus") septentrionalis from the Upper Cretaceous of India: Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, v. 32, n. 2, p. 17-40.

Wilson, J. A., and Upchurch, P., 2009, Redescription and reassessment of the phylogenetic affinities of Euhelopus zdanskyi (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, v. 7, n. 2, p. 199-239. Link to pdf

Woodward, H. N., and Lehman, T. M., 2009, Bone histology and microanatomy of Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Maastrichtian of Big Bend National Park, Texas: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 807-821.

Xing, L., Ye, Y, Shu, C,. Peng, G., and You, H., 2009, Structure, orientation and finite element analysis of the tail club of Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 83, n. 6, p. 1031-1040. Link to pdf

You, H.-L., and Li, D.-Q., 2009, The first well-preserved Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid dinosaur in Asia: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published online, 6pp. (Qiaowanlong kangxii) Link to pdf

Ornithischia

Genus: Nova (11)

Albalophosaurus OHASHI & BARRETT, 2009
Angulomastacator WAGNER & LEHMAN, 2009
Arenysaurus PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, CANUDO, CRUZADO-CABALLERO, BARCO, LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, OMS, & RUIZ-OMNACA, 2009

Elrhazosaurus GALTON, 2009
Fruitadens BUTLER, GALTON, PORRO, CHIAPPE, HENDERSON & ERICKSON, 2009
Helioceratops JIN, CHEN, ZAN & GODEFROIT, 2009

Jintasaurus YOU & LI, 2009
Levnesovia SUES & AVERIANOV, 2009
Owenodon GALTON, 2009
Tethyshadros DALLA VECCHIA 2009
Tianyulong ZHENG, YOU, XU, & DONG, 2009

Species: Nova (10)

Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum OHASHI & BARRETT, 2009
Angulomastacator daviesi WAGNER & LEHMAN, 2009
Arenysaurus ardevoli PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, CANUDO, CRUZADO-CABALLERO, BARCO, LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, OMS, & RUIZ-OMNACA, 2009

Fruitadens haagarorum BUTLER, GALTON, PORRO, CHIAPPE, HENDERSON & ERICKSON, 2009
Helioceratops brachygnathus JIN, CHEN, ZAN & GODEFROIT, 2009

Jintasaurus meniscus YOU & LI, 2009
Levnesovia transoxiana SUES & AVERIANOV, 2009
Psittacosaurus gobiensis SERENO, ZHAO & TAN, 2010 (published in 2009)
Tethyshadros insularis DALLA VECCHIA, 2009
Tianyulong confuciusi ZHENG, YOU, XU, & DONG, 2009

Synonym: Nova (3)

Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis (GALTON & TAQUET, 1982) GALTON, 2009
= Valdosaurus nigeriensis GALTON & TAQUET, 1982
Owenodon hoggii (OWEN, 1874) GALTON, 2009
= Iguanodon hoggi OWEN, 1874
= Camptosaurus hoggii (OWEN, 1874) NORMAN & BARRETT, 2002
Thescelosaurus infernalis (GALTON, 1995) emend BOYD, BROWN, SCHEETZ & CLARKE, 2009
= Bugenasaura infernalis GALTON, 1995

Averianov, A. O., and Skutscahs, P. P., 2009, Additons to the Early Cretaceous Dinosaur fauna of Transbaikalia, Eastern Russia: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, v. 313, n. 4, p. 363-378. Link to pdf

Averianov, A., and Sues, H.-D., 2009, First record of a basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Kazkhstan: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, . 3, p. 553-556.

Barrett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Wang, X.-L., and Xu, X., 2009, Cranial anatomy of the iguanodontoid ornithopod Jinzhousaurus yangi from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 1, p. 35-48.

Barrett, P. M., and Han, F.-L., 2009, Cranial anatomy of Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of China: Zootaxa, n. 2072, p. 31-55.

Bell, P. R., Snively, E., and Shychoski, 2009, A comparison of the jaw mechanics in hadrosaurid and ceratopsid dinosaurs using finite element analysis: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1338-1351.

Boyd, C. A., Brown, C. M., Scheetz, R. D., and Clarke, J. A., 2009, Taxonoic revision of the basal neornithischian taxa Thescelosaurus and Bugenasaura: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 758-770. (Thescelosaurus infernalis = Bugenasaura infernalis, Note: The authors place Bugenasaura infernalis into Thescelosaurus sp. The problem is that since Bugenasaura HAS a species name it can not be placed into Thescelosaurus sp, therefore it HAS to be referred to Thescelosaurus infernalis, they also place Thescelosaurus edmontonensis into Thescelosaurus sp, as with Bugenasaura it has a species name and can not be placed into Thescelosaurus sp)

Brown, C. M., Russell, A. P., and Ryan, M. J., 2009, Pattern and transition of surficial bone texture of the Centrosaurine frill and thier ontogenetic and taxonomic implications: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 132-141.

Brown, T., 2009, My co-worker is a dinosaur: using paleontology to reach out to children and the community: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 47.

Buffetaut, E., 2009, An additional hadrosaurid specimen (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the marine Maastrichtian deposits of the Maastricht area: Notebooks on Geology, Letter 2009/09, 4pp.

Butler, R. J., 2009, The anatomy of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Eocursor parvus from the Lower Elliot Formation (Late Triassic) of South Africal: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 37pp.

Butler, R. J., Galton, P. M., Porro, L. B., Chiappe, L. M., Henderson, D. M., and Erickson, G. M., 2009, Lower limits of ornithischian dinosaur body size inferred from a new Upper Jurassic heterodontosaurid from North America: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, pubslihed online, 7pp. (Fruitadens haagarorum)

Butler, R. J., and Sullivan, R. M., 2009, The phylogentic position of the ornithischian dinosaur Stenopelix valdensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany and the early fossil record of Pachycephalosauria: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 1, p. 21-34.

Canudo, J. I., Barco, J. L., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., Salgado, L., Torcida Fernandez-Baldor, F., and Gasulla, J. M., 2009, What Iberian dionsaurs reveal about the bridge said to exist between Gondwana and Laurasia in the Early Cretaceous: Bulletin of the Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 5-11.

Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2009, Tethyshadros insularis, a new hadrosauroid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Italy: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1100-1116. (Tethyshadros insularis)

Eberth, D. A., Kobayashi, Y., Lee, Y-N., Mateus, O., Therrien, F,. Zelenitsky, D. K., and Norrell, M. A. Assignment of Yamaceratops dorngobiensis and associated redbeds at shine US Khudag (Eastern Gobi, Dorngobi Province, Mongolia)) to the redescribed Javkhlant Formation (Upper Cretaceous): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 295-302.

Erickson, G. M., Makovicky, P. J., Inouye, B. D., Zhou, C.-F., and Gao, K.-Q., 2009, A life table for Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis: inital insights into ornithischian dinosaur population biology: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1514-1521.

Evans, D. C., Bavington, R., and Campione, N E., 2009, An unusual hadrosaurid braincase from the Dinosaur Park Formation and the biostratigraphy of Parasaurolophus (Ornithischia: Lambeosaurinae) from southern Alberta: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 46, p. 791-800.

Evans, D. C., Ridgley, R, and Witmer, L. M., 2009, Endocranial anatomy of Lambeosaurine Hadrosaurids (Dinosauria: Ornithischia): a sensorineural perspective on cranial crest function: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1315-1337.

Farke, A. A., Wolff, E. D. S., and Tanke, D. H., 2009, Evidence of combat in Triceratops: PLOS One, v. 4, Issue 1, 4pp.

Fassett, J. E., 2009, New geochronologic and stratigraphic evidence confirms the Paleocene age of dinosaur-bearing Ojo Alamo Sandstone and Animas Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado: Palaeontologica Electronica, v. 12, 155pp.

Fassett, J. E., 2009, Response to critique by Lucas et al., (2009) of paper by Fassett (2009) documenting Paleocene dinosaurs in the San Juan Basin: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 12, issue 2, 9a, 8pp.

Fernandez, V., Claude, J., Escarguel, G., Buffetaut, E., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Biogeographical affinites of Jurassic and Cretaceous continental vertebrate assemblages from SE Asia: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 285-300.

Fricke, H. C., Rogers, R. R., and Gates, T. A., 2009, Hadrosaurid migration: inferences based on stable isotope comparisons among Late Cretaceous dinosaur localities: Paleobiology, v. 35, n. 2, p. 270-288.

Fujiwara, S.-I., 2009, A reevaluation of the manus structure in Triceratops (Ceratopsian: Ceratopsidae): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1136-1147.

Fuller, E., 2009, Dana Quarry and its dinosaurs: Dinosauria International, LLC, 32pp.

Galton, P. M., 2009, Notes on Neocomian (Lower Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England - Hypsilphodon, Valdosaurus, "Camptosaurus", "Iguanodon"-and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere: Revue de Paleobiologie, v. 28, n. 1, p. 211-273. (Owenodon hoggii = Iguanodon hoggii, Elrhazosaurus nigeriensis = Valdosaurus nigeriensis)

Gates, T. A., and Farke, A. A., 2009, Biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications of a hadrosaurid (Ornitopoda: Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Almond Formation of Wyoming, USA: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1157-1163.

Godefroit, P., Codrea, V., and Weishampel, D. B., 2009, Osteology of Zalmoxes shqiperorum (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda), based on new specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of Nalat-Vad (Romania): Geodiversitas, v. 31,n. 3, p. 525-553. Link to pdf

Godefroit, P., Golovneva, L., Shchepetov, S., Garcia, G., and Alekseev, P., 2009, The last polar dinosaurs: high diversity of latest Cretaceous arctic dinosaurs in Russia: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 495-501. Link to pdf

Guenther, M. F., 2009, Influence of sequence heterochrony on hadrosaurid dinosaur postcranial development: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1427-1441.

Hieronymous, T. L,. Witmer, L. M., Tanke, D. H., and Currie, P. J., 2009, The facial integument of centrosaurine ceratopsids: morphological and histological correlates of novel skin structures: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1370-1396. Link to pdf

Holliday, C. M., 2009, New insights into Dinosaur jaw muscle anatomy: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1246-1265.

Horner, J. R., and Goodwin, M. B., 2009, Extrime cranial ontogeny in the Upper Cretaceous dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, issue 10, 11pp. Link to pdf

Horner, J. R., de Ricqles, A., Padian, K., and Scheetz, R. D., 2009, Comparative long bone histology and growth of the 'Hypsilophodontid" dinosaurs Orodromeus makelai, Dryosaurus altus, and Tenotosaurus tillettii (Ornithischia: Euornithopoda): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 734-747.

Huang, S., 2009, Molecular evidence for the hadrosaur B. canadensis as an outgroup to a calde condaining the Dinosaur T. rex and birds: Attualita Biologica, News and Views, v, p. 20-22.

Hunt-Foster, R. K., and Foster, J. R., 2009, Cooperative management of paleontological resources on Public Lands in Mesa County, Colorado: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 107.

Jin, L, Chen, J., Zan, S., and Godefroit, P., 2009, A new basal neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Middle Cretaceous of Jilin Province, China: Acta Geological Sinica, v. 83, n. 2, p. 200-206. (Helioceratops brachygnathus)

Knoll, F., 2009, On the name Stormbergia dangershoeki Butler: Annles de Paleontologie, v. 95, p. 177-180.

Knoll, F., 2009, A large iguanodont from the Upper Barremian of the Paris Basin: Geobios, v. 42, p. 755-764.

Knoll, F., Padian, K., and de Ricqles, A,. 2009, Ontogenetic change and adult body size of the early ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus: implications for basal ornithischian taxonomy: Gondwana Research, v. 17, p .171-170.

Kubota, K., and Kobayashi, Y., 2009, Evolution of dentary diastema in iguanodontian dinosaurs: Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 83, n. 1, p. 39-45.

Langer, M. C., Ezurra, M. D., Bittencourt, J. S., and Novas, F. E., 2009, The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs: Biological Review, v. 84, p. 1-56.

Lingham-Soliar, T., 2009, Response to comments by G. Mayr to my paper "Dinosaur protofeathers: pushing back the origin of feathers into the Middle Triassic?"; Journal of Ornithology, published on line, 3pp.

Lucas, S. G., Sullivan, R. M,. Cather, S. M., Jasinski, S. E., Fowler, D. W., Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, and Hunt, A. P., 2009, No definitive evidence of Paleocene dinosaurs in the San Juan Basin: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 12, issue 2, 8A, 10pp.

Maidment, S. C. R., and Porro, L. B., 2009, Homology of the palpebral and origin of supraorbital ossifictions in ornithischian dinosaurs: Lethia, published online, 17 pp. Link to pdf

Manning, P. L., Morris, P. M., McMahon, A., Jones, E,. Gize, A., Macquaker, J. H. S., Wolff, G., Thompson, A., Marshall, J., Taylor, K. G., Lyson, T., Gaskell, S., Reamtong, O., Sellers, W. I., van Dongen, B. E., Buckley, M., and Wogelius, R. A., 2009, Mineralized soft-tissue structure and chemistry in a mummified hadrosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota (USA): Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., v. 276, p. 3429-3437.

Martin, A. J., 2009, Dinosaur burrows in the Otway Group (Albian) of Victoria, Australia, and their relation to Cretaceous polar environments: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1223-1237.

Martin, A. J., 2009, Dinosaurs Down Underground: Australian Science, October, 2009, p. 14-16.

Matthews, J. C., Brusatte, S. L., Williams, S. A., and Henderson, M. D., 2009, The first Triceratops bonebed and its implications for gregarious behavior: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 286-290.

Mayr, G., 2009, Response to Lingham-Soliar: dinosaur protofeathers: pushing back the origin of feathers into Middle Triassic? Journal of Ornithology, published on line, 2 pp.

Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, N. D., Irmis, R. B., Turner, A. H., Downs, A., and Norell, M. A., 2009, A complete skeleton of a Late Triassic saurischian and the early evolution of dinosaurs: Science, v. 326, p. 1530-1533.

Ohashi, T., and Barrett, P. M., 2009, A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation of Japan: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 748-757. (Albalophosaurus yamaguchiorum)

Ortega, F., Malafaia, E., Escaso, F., Garcia, A. P., and Dantas, P., 2009, Faunas de repteis do Jurassico Superior de Portugal: Paleolusitana, n. 1, p. 43-56.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Canudo, J. I., Cruzado-Caballero, P., Barco, J. L., lopez-Martinez, N, Oms, O., and Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., 2009, The last hadrosaurid dinosaurs of Europe: A new lambeosaurine from the Uppermost Creaceous of Arena (Huesca, Spain): Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 8, n. 6, p. 559–572. (Arenysaurus ardevoli) Link to pdf

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Canudo, J. I., Company, J., Cruzado-Caballero, P,. and Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., 2009, Hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Latest Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 946-951.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., and Company, J., 2009, Prima descripcion de restos esqueleticos de dinosaurio ornithopodo en la Formacion Villar del Arzobispo (transito Jurasico-Cretacico): yacimiento de Cerrito del Olmo (Alpuente, Valencia): Geogaceta, v. 47, p. 13-16.

Prieto-Marquez, A., and Wagner, J., 2009, Pararhabdon isonensis and Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus: a new clade of lambeosaurine hadrosaurids from Eurasia: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, n. 5, p. 1238-1246.

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Frey, E., and Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., 2009, Evidence of predation of the vertebra of a hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico: Notebooks on Geology, letter 2009/02, 6pp.

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Frey, E., Palomino-Sanchez, F. J., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., and Ortiz-Mendieta, J. A., 2009, Preliminary report on a Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossil assemblage in Northwestern Coahuila, Mexico: Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana: v. 61, n. 2, p. 239-244.

Schott, R. K., Evans, D. C., Williamson, T. E., Carr, T. D., and Goodwin, M. B., 2009, The Anatomy of Colepiocephale lambei (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauridae): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 771-780.

Sellers, W. I., Manning, P. L., Lyson, T,. Stevens, K., and Margetts, L., 2009, Virtual palaeontology: gait reconstruction of extinct vertebrates using high performance computing: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 12, issue 3, 11A, 26pp.

Senter, P., 2009, Vestigial skeletal structures in dinosaurs: Journal of Zoology, v. 280, p. 60-71.

Sereno, P. C., Zhao, X., and Tan, L., 2010 (published in 2009), A new psittacosaur from Inner Mongolia and the parrot-like structure and function of the psittacosaur skull: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. v. 277, p. 199-209, published online June 17, 11pp. (Psittacosaurus gobiensis)

Straight, W. H., Davis, G. L., Skinner, C. W., Haims, A., McClennan, B. L., and Tanke, D. H., 2009, Bone lesions in hadrosaurs: computed tomographic imaging as guide for paleohistologic and stable-isotopic analysis: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 315-325.

Sues, H.-D., and Averianov, A., 2009, A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and the early radiation of duck-billed dinosaur: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published on line, 7pp. (Levnesovia transoxiana) Link to pdf

Sues, H.-D., and Averianov, A., 2009, Turanoceratops tardabilis-the first ceratopsid dinosaur from Asia: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 645-653.

Tanoue, K., You, H.-L., and Dodson, P., 2009, Comparative anatomy of selected basal ceratopsian dentitons: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 46, p. 425-439.

Tanoue, R., Grandstaff, B. S., You, H.-L., and Dodson, P., 2009, Jaw mechanics in basal ceratopsida (Ornithischia, Dinosauria):The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1352-1369.

Tumarkin-Deratzian, A. R., 2009, Evaluation of long bone surface textures as ontogenetic indicators in centrosaurine ceratopsids: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1485-1500.

Ukrainsky, A. S., 2009, Synonymy of the Genera Nedoceratops Ukrainsky, 2007 and Diceratus Mateus, 2008 (Reptilia: Ornithischia: Ceratopidae): Palaeontological Journal v. 43, n. 1, p. 116. (Nedoceratops hatcheri = Diceratops hatcheri, = Diceratus hatcheri)

Wagner, J. R., and Lehman, T. M., 2009, An enigmatic new Lambeosaurine Hadrosaur (Reptilia: Dinosauria) from the Upper Shale Member of the Campanian Aguja Formation of Trans-Pecos Texas: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 605-611. (Angulomastacator daviesi)

Williamson, T. E., Carr, T. D., Williams, S. A., and Tremaine, K., 2009, Early ontogeny of pachycephalosaurine squamosals as revealed by juvenile specimens from the Hell Creek Formation, eastern Montana: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 291-294.

Xu, X,. and Guo, Y., 2009, The origin and early evolution of feathers: insights from recent paleontological and neontological data: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 4, p. 311-329.

You, H.-L., and LI, D.-Q., 2009, A new basal hadrosauriform dinosaur (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 46, p. 949-957. (Jintasaurus meniscus)

Zheng, X.-T., You, H.-L., Xu, X., and Dong, Z.-M., 2009, An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentos integumentary structures: Nature, v. 458, p. 333-336. (Tianyulong confuciusi)

Armored dinosaurs

Genus: Nova (3)

Minotaurasaurus MILES & MILES, 2009
Miragaia MATEUS, MAIDMENT & CHRISTIANSEN, 2009
Tatankacephalus PARSONS & PARSONS, 2009

Species: Nova (3)

Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani MILES & MILES, 2009
Miragaia longicollum MATEUS, MAIDMENT & CHRISTIANSEN, 2009
Tatankacephalus cooneyorum PARSONS & PARSONS, 2009

Arbour, V. M., 2009, Estimating impact forces of tail club strikes by ankylosaurid dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 8, 26pp. Link to pdf

Arbour, V. M., Burns, M. E., and Sissons, R. L., 2009, A redescription of the ankylosaurid dinosaur Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus Parks, 1924 (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) and a revision of the genus: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1117-1135.

Arbour, V. M., and Snively, E., 2009, Finite element analysis of ankylosaurid dinosaur tail club impacts: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1412-1426.

Averianov, A. O., 2009, Ankylosaur (Ornithischia, Ankylosauridae) humerus from the Late Cretaceous of Kazkhstan: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 78-80. Link to pdf

Averianov, A. O., and Krasnolutskii, S. A., 2009, Stegosaur remains from the Middle Jurassic of West Siberia: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, RAS, v. 313, n. 2, p. 153-167. Link to pdf

Araujo, R., Mateus, O., Walen, A., and Christiansen, N., 2009, Preparation techniques applied to a stegosaurian dinosaur from Portugal: Journal of Paleontological Techniques, n. 5, p. 1-23.

Buffetaut, E., and Moreal, N., 2009, A stegosaur vertebra (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Sarthe, western France: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 8, p. 545-549.

Fuller, E., 2009, Dana Quarry and its dinosaurs: Dinosauria International, LLC, 32pp.

Godefroit, P., Golovneva, L., Shchepetov, S., Garcia, G., and Alekseev, P., 2009, The last polar dinosaurs: high diversity of latest Cretaceous arctic dinosaurs in Russia: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 495-501.

Hayashi, S., Carpenter, K., and Suzuki, D., 2009, Different growth patterns between the skeleton and osteoderms of Stegosaurus (Ornithischia: Thyreophora): Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 29, n.1, p. 132-131.

Holliday, C. M., 2009, New insights into Dinosaur jaw muscle anatomy: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1246-1265.

Hunt-Foster, R. K., and Foster, J. R., 2009, Cooperative management of paleontological resources on Public Lands in Mesa County, Colorado: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 107.

Kocsis, L., Osi, A., Vennemann, T., Trueman, C. N., and Palmer, M. R., 2009, Geochemical study of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Czehbanya Formation (Hungary): Evidence for a freshwater habitat of mosasaurs and pycnodont fish: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 280, 522-542.

Kolosov, P. N., Ivensen, G. V., Mikhailova, T. E., Kurzanov, S. M., Efimov, M. B., and Gubin, Y. M., 2009, Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 201-207.

Mateus, O., Maidment, S. C. R., and Christiansen, N. A., 2009, A new long-necked 'sauropod-mimic' stegosaur and the evolution of the plated dinosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, published online, 7pp. (Miragaia longicollum) Link to pdf

Miles, C. A., and Miles, C. J., 2009, Skull of Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani, a new Cretaceous ankylosaur from the Gobi Desert: Current Science, v. 96, n. 1, p. 65-70. (Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani)

Ortega, F., Malafaia, E., Escaso, F., Garcia, A. P., and Dantas, P., 2009, Faunas de repteis do Jurassico Superior de Portugal: Paleolusitana, n. 1, p. 43-56.

Osi, A., and Makadi, L., 2009, New remains of Hungarosaurus tormai (Ankylosauria, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hungary: skeletal reconstruction and body mass estimation: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 83, p. 227-245.

Parson, W. L., and Parson, K. M., 2009, A new ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of central Montana: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 46, p. 721-738. (Tatankacephalus cooneyorum)

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Redelstorfe, R., and Sander, P. M., 2009, Long and girdle bone histology of Stegosaurus: implications for growth and life history: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1087-1099.

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Frey, E., Palomino-Sanchez, F. J., Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., and Ortiz-Mendieta, J. A., 2009, Preliminary report on a Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossil assemblage in Northwestern Coahuila, Mexico: Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana: v. 61, n. 2, p. 239-244.

Senter, P., 2009, Vestigial skeletal structures in dinosaurs: Journal of Zoology, v. 280, p. 60-71.

Siber, H. J,. and Möckli, U., 2009, The Stegosaurs of the Sauriermuseum Aathal: Sauriermuseum Aathal, 55pp.

Dinosaurs in general

Allen, V., Paxton, H., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2009, Variation in center of mass etimates for extant sauropsids and its importance for reconstructing inertial properties of extinct archosaurs: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1442-1461.

Amiot, R., Buffetaut, E., Lecuyer, C., Fernandez, V., Forel, F., Martineau, F., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Oxygen isotope composition of continental vertebrate apatites from Mesozoic formations of Thailand; environmental and ecological significance: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 271-283.

Barrett, P. M., McGowan, A. J., and Page, V., 2009, Dinosaur diversity and the rock record: Proceedings of the Royals Society, Seires B, v. 276, p. 2667-2674.

Bates, K. T., Manning, P. L., Hodgetts, D., and Sellers, W. L., 2009, Estimating mass properties of dinosaurs using laser imaging and 3D computer modelling: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, issue 2, 26pp.

Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., and Gower, D. J., 2009, Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity and air-sacs in the earliest pterosaurs: Biology Letters, v. 5, p. 557-560.

Currie, B. S., Colombi, C. E., Tabor, J. J., Shipman, T. C., and Montanez, I. P., 2009, Stratigraphy and architecture of the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation, Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan, Argentina: Journal of South American Earth Seciences, v. 27, p. 74-87.

Dodson, P., 2009, Darwin and the Dinosaurs: American Paleontologist, v. 17, n. 1, p. 33-36.

Dodson, P., 2009, Dinosaurs in the year of Darwin: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1240-1245.

Duan, Y., and Zhang, L., 2009, Early Cretaceous precious fossil-bearing beds in Wejialign-Yaolugou of Jianchang Basein, western Liaoning: Global Geology, v. 12, n. 2, p. 87-93.

Erickson, G. M., Rauhut, O. W. M., Zhou, Z., Turner, A. H., Inouye, B. D., Hu, D., and Norell, M. A., 2009, was dinosaurian physiology inherited by birds? reconciling slow growth in Archaeopteryx: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 10, 9pp.

Keller, G., Sahni, A., and Bajpai, 2009, Deccan volcanism, the KT mass extinction and dinosaurs: Journal of Bioscience, v. 34, n. 5, p. 709-728.

Knoll, F., Padian, K., and de Ricqles, A,. 2009, Ontogenetic change and adult body size of the early ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus: implications for basal ornithischian taxonomy: Gondwana Research, v. 17, p .171-170.

Latiman, J. T., 2009, The Real Jurassic Park: Joseph Leidy's heirs reconstruct the Anatomy of Dinosaurs: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1237-1239.

Mampel, L., Cobos, A., Alcala, L., Luque, L., and Royo-Torres, R., 2009, An integrated system of Heritage Management applied to Dinosaur sites in Teruel (Aragon, Spain): Geoheritage, v. 1, p. 53-73.

Packard, G. C., Boardman, T. J., and Birchard, G. F., 2009, Allometic equations for predicting body mass of dinosarus: Journal of Zoology, v. 279, p. 102-110.

Rauhut, O. W. M., and Lopez-Arbarello, A., 2009, Considerations on the age of the Tiouaren Formation (Iullemmeden Basin, Niger, Africa): implications for Gondwanan Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrate fauna: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 271, p. 259-267.

Redelstorff, R., Sander, P. M., and Galton, P. M., 2014, Unique bone histology in partial large bone shafts from Upper Triassic of Aust Cliff, England: an early independent experiment in gigantism: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 59, n. 3, p. 607-615. Link to pdf

Senter, P., 2009, Vestigial skeletal structures in dinosaurs: Journal of Zoology, v. 280, p. 60-71.

Shapiro, R. S., Fricke, H. C., and Fox, K., 2009, Dinosaur-bearing oncoids from ephemeral lakes of the Lower Cretaeous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah: Palaios, v. 24, p. 51-58.

Tanimoto, M., 2009, Posthumous works by Mr. Kazuya Miyaughi exhibited at the Exhibition of "The Age of Dinosaurs in Kansai and Fossils of Kobiwako Group" held at Ueno History and Floklore Museum in 2008 summer: Iga Basin Fossil Club Bulletin, no. 3, p. 10-11.

Therrien, F., Zelenitsky, D. K., and Weisphampel, D. B., 2009, Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous Sanpetru Formation (Hateg Basin, Romania) using paleosols and implications for the "dissappearance" of dinosaurs: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaecology, v. 272, p. 37-52.


Aves (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (7)

Alamitornis AGNOLIN & MARTINELLI, 2009
Elbretornis WALKER & DYKE, 2009

Hollanda BELL, CHIAPPE, ERICKSON, SUZUKI, WATABE, BARSBOLD & TSOGTBAATAR, 2009
Jianchangornis ZHOU, ZHANG & LI, 2009
Rapaxavis MORSCHHAUSER, VARRICCHIO, GAO, LIU, WANG, CHENG, & MENG, 2009
Shanweiniao O’CONNOR, WANG, CHIAPPE, GAO, MENG, CHENG, & LIU, 2009
Zhongjianornis ZHOU, ZHANG, & LI, 2009

Species: Nova (12)

Alamitornis minutus AGNOLIN & MARTINELLI, 2009
Confuciusornis feducciai ZHANG, GAO, MENG, LIU,HOU & ZHENG, 2009
Elbretornis bonapartei WALKER & DYKE, 2009

Hollanda luceria BELL, CHIAPPE, ERICKSON, SUZUKI, WATABE, BARSBOLD & TSOGTBAATAR, 2009
Jianchangornis microdonta ZHOU, ZHANG, & LI, 2009
Martinavis minor WALKER & DYKE, 2009

Martinavis saltariensis WALKER & DYKE, 2009
Martinavis whetsonei WALKER & DYKE, 2009
Rapaxavis pani MORSCHHAUSER, VARRICCHIO, GAO, LIU, WANG, CHENG, & MENG, 2009
Sapeornis angustis PROVINI, 2009
Shanweiniao cooperorum O’CONNOR, WANG, CHIAPPE, GAO, MENG, CHENG, & LIU, 2009
Zhongjianornis yangi ZHOU, ZHANG, & LI, 2009

Agnolin, F. L., and Martinelli, A. G., 2009, Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation, Rio Negro Province, Argintina: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 27, p. 42-49. (Alamitornis minutus)

Bell, A. K., Chiappe, L. M., Erickson, G. M., Suzuki, S., Watabe, M., Barsbold, R., and Tsogtbaatar, K., 2009, Description and ecologic analysis of Hollanda luceria, a Late Cretaceous brid from the Gobi desert (Mongolia): Cretaceous Research, v. 31, p. 16-26. (Hollanda luceria)

Bell, A., and Everhart, M. J., 2009, A new specimen of Parahesperornis (Aves: Hesperornithiformes) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Early Campanian) of western Kansas: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 112, n. 1/2, p. 7-14.

Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., and Gower, D. J., 2009, Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity and air-sacs in the earliest pterosaurs: Biology Letters, v. 5, p. 557-560.

Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Nowbath, S., and Upchurch, P., 2009, Estimating the effects os sampling biases on pterosaur diversity patterns: implications for hypotheses of bird/pterosaur competitive replacement: Paleobiology, v. 35, n. 3, p. 432-446.

Close, R. A., Vickers-Rich, P., Trusler, P., Chiappe, L. M., O'Connor, J., Rich, T. H., Kool, L., and Komarower, P., 2009, Earliest Gondwanan bird from the Cretaceous of Southeastern Australia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 616-619.

Dececchi, T. A., and Larsson, H. C. E., 2009, Patristic evolutionary rates suggest a puncutated pattern in forelimb evolution before and after the origin of birds: Paleobiology, v. 35, n. 1, p. 1-12.

Dhouailly, D., 2009, A new scenario for the evolutionary origin of hiar, feather, and avian scales: Journal of Anatomy, v. 214, p. 587-606.

Duan, Y., and Zhang, L., 2009, Early Cretaceous precious fossil-bearing beds in Wejialign-Yaolugou of Jianchang Basein, western Liaoning: Global Geology, v. 12, n. 2, p. 87-93.

Dyke, G. J., and Nudds, R. L., 2009, The fossil record and limb disparity of enantiornithines, the dominant flying birds of the Cretaceous: Lethaia, v. 42, p. 248-254.

Erickson, G. M., Rauhut, O. W. M., Zhou, Z., Turner, A. H., Inouye, B. D., Hu, D., and Norell, M. A., 2009, was dinosaurian physiology inherited by birds? reconciling slow growth in Archaeopteryx: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 10, 9pp. Link to pdf

Everhart, M., J., and Bell, A., 2009, A hesperornithiform limb bone from the Basal Greenhorn Formation (Late Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) of North Central Kansas: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 952-956.

Fowler, D. W., Freedman, E. A,. and Scannella, J. B., 2009, Predatory functional morphology in Raptors: interdigital variation in talon size in related to prey restraint and immobilisation technique: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, issue 11, 9pp.

Gao, K.-Q., Li, Q., Wei, M., Pak, H., and Pak, I., 2009, Early Creaceous birds and pterosaurs from the Sinuiju Series, and geographic extension of the Jehol Biota into the Korea Peninsula: Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea, v. 25, n. 1, p. 57-61.

Huang, S., 2009, Molecular evidence for the hadrosaur B. canadensis as an outgroup to a calde condaining the Dinosaur T. rex and birds: Attualita Biologica, News and Views, v, p. 20-22.

Hutchinson, J. R., and Allen, V., 2009, The evolutionary continuum of limb function from early theropods to birds: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 423-448.

James, F. C., and Pourtless IV, J. A. 2009, Cladistics and the origin of birds: a review and two new analyses: Ornithological Monographs, n. 66, 78pp.

Lingham-Soliar, T., 2009, Response to comments by G. Mayr to my paper "Dinosaur protofeathers: pushing back the origin of feathers into the Middle Triassic?"; Journal of Ornithology, published on line, 3pp.

Mayr, G., 2009, Response to Lingham-Soliar: dinosaur protofeathers: pushing back the origin of feathers into Middle Triassic? Journal of Ornithology, published on line, 2 pp.

Morschhauser, E. M., Varricchio, D. J., Gao, C., Liu,m J., Wang, X,. Cheng, X., and Meng, Q., 2009, Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Rapaxavis pani, a new species from Liaoning Province, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 545-554. (Rapaxavis pani)

O'Connor, J. K., Wang, X., Chiappe, L. M., Gao, C., Meng, Q., Cheng, X., and Liu, J., 2009, Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous Enantiornithine birds with information on a new species: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 188-204. (Shanweiniao cooperorum)

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Provini, P., 2009, A new species of the basal bird Sapeornis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 3, p. 194-207. (Sapeornis angustis) Link to pdf

Schweigert, G., Tsischlinger, H., and Dieti, G., 2009, The oldest fossil feather in Europe: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, fast track article, 6pp.

Tischlinger, H., 2009, Der achte Archaeopteryx-das Daitinger exemplar: Archaeopteryx, v. 27, p. 1-20.

Vargas, A. O., and Wagner, G. P., 2009, Frame-shifts of digit identity in bird evolution and Cyclopamine-treated wings: Evolution and Development, v. 11, n. 2, p. 163-169.

Vinther, J., Briggs, D. E. G., Clarke, J., Mayr, G., and Prum, R. O., 2009, Structural coloration in a fossil feather: Biology Letters, published online, 4pp.

Voigt, S., Buchwitz, M, Fischer, J, Krause, D., and Georgi, R., 2009, Feather-like development of Triassic diapsid skin appendages: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 81-86.

Walker, C. A., and Dyke, G. J., 2009, Euenantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous of El Brete (Argentina): Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 27, p. 15-62. (Elbretornis bonapartei, Martinavis minor, Martinavis saltariensis, Martinavis whetsonei)

Williamson, T. E., Kues, B. S., Weissmann, G. S., Stidham, T. A., and Yurchyk, S. L., 2009, A feather from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian) Point Lookout Sandstone, San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 547-550.

Wings, O., 2009, A simulated bird gastric mill and its implications for fossil gastrolith authenticity: Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 1, p. 91-97.

Xing, L., McKellar, R. C., Wang, M., Bai, M., O'Connor, J. K., Benton, M. J., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Tseng, K., Lockley, M. G., Li, G., Zhang, W., and Xu, X., 2016, Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber: Nature Communications, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

Xu, X., and Guo, Y., 2009, The origin and early evolution of feathers: insights from recent paleontological and neontological data: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 4, p. 311-329. Link to pdf

Zhang, Z., Gao, C., Meng, Q., Liu, J,. Hou, L., and Zhang, G., 2009, Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus: evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China: Journal of Ornithology, published on line, 8pp. (Confuciusornis feducciai)

Zinoviev, A. V., 2009, An attempt to reconstruct the lifestyle of Confuciusornithids (Aves, Confuciusornithiformes): Paleontological Journal, v. 43, n. 4, p. 444-452.

Zhou, Z., Zhang, F,. and Li, Z., 2010 (published in 2009), A new Lower Cretaceous bird from China and tooth reduction in early avian evolution: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 277, p. 219-227, published on line April 22, 9pp. (Zhongjianornis yangi) Link to pdf

Zhou, Z.-H., Zhang, F.-C., and Li, Z.-H., 2009, A new basal ornithurine bird (Jianchangornis microdonta gen. et sp. nov.), from the Lower Cretaceous of China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 4, p. 399-310. (Jianchangornis microdonta)


Synapsids

Pelycosaurs

Botha-Brink, J., and Modesto, S., P., 2009, Anatomy and relationships of the Middle Permian varanopid Heleosaurus scholtzi based on a social aggregation from the Karoo basin of South Africa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 389-400.

Evans, D. C., Maddin, H. C., and Reisz, R. R., 2009, A re-evaluation of sphenacodontid synapsid material from the Lower Permian fissure fills near Richards Spur, Oklahoma: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 1, p. 219-227.

Nicolas, M., and Rubidge, B. S., 2009, Assessing content and bias in South African Permo-Triassic Karoo tetrapod fossil collections: Palaeontologica Africana, v. 44, p. 13-20.

Reisz, R. R., Godfrey, S. J., and Scott, D., 2009, Eothyris and Oedaleops: do these Early Permian synapsids from Texas and New Mexico for a clade: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 39-47.

Tatarinov, L. P., 2009, Probable diphyletic formation of the mammalian middle ear: monotremata and theria: Paleontological Journal, v. 43, n. 12, p. 1578-1599.

 

Theriodontia

Genus: Nova (2)

Protuberum REICHEL, SCHULTZ & SORES, 2009
Yuanotherium HU, MENG & CLARK, 2009

Species: Nova (2)

Protuberum cabralensis REICHEL, SCHULTZ & SORES, 2009
Yuanotherium minor HU, MENG & CLARK, 2009

Abdala, F., Martinelli, A. G., Bento Soares, M., de la Fuente, M., and Ribeiro, A. M., 2009, South American Middle Triassic continental faunas with amniotes: biostratigraphy and correlation: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa, Palaeontolographica Africana, v. 44, p. 83-87.

Abdala, F., and Smith, R. M. H., 2009, A Middle Triassic cynodont fauna from Namibia and its implicaitosn for the biogeography of Gondwana: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 837-851.

Da-Rosa, A. S., Pineiro, G,. Dias-Da-Silva, S., Cisneros, J. C., Feltrin, F. F., and Neto, l. W., 2009, Bica sao tome, um novo sitio fossilifero para o Triassico inferior do sul do brasil: Rev. Bras, Paleontol., v. 12, n. 1, p. 67-76.

Förbisch, J., and Reisz, R. R., 2009, The Late Permian herbivore Suminia and the early evolution of arboreality in terrestiral vertebrate ecosystems: Proceedings of the Royal Society, B., published on line, 8 pp.

Govender, R., and Yates, A., 2009, Dicynodont postcrania from the Triassic of Namibia and thier implication for the systematics of Kannemeyeriiforme dicynodonts: Palaeontologica africa, v. 44, p. 41-57. Link to pdf

Hu, Y., Meng, J., and Clark, J. M., 2009, A new tritylodontid from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 3, p. 385-391. (Yuanotherium minor)

Huttenlocker, A., 2009, An investigation into the cladistic relationships and monophyly of therocephalian therapsids (Amniota: Synapsida): Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 157, p. 865-891.

Ivakhnenko, M. F., 2009, Eotherapsid hypothesis for the origin of Monotremata: Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 3, p. 237-250.

Kemp, T. S., 2009, The endocranial cavity of a nonmammalian Eucynodont, Chiniquodon theotenicus, an its implications for the origin of the mammalian brain: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1188-1198.

Kemp, T. S., 2009, Phylogenetic interrelationships and pattern of evolution of the theraspids: testing for polytomy: Palaeontologica africa, v. 44, p. 1-12.

Kolosov, P. N., Ivensen, G. V., Mikhailova, T. E., Kurzanov, S. M., Efimov, M. B., and Gubin, Y. M., 2009, Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 201-207.

Langer, M. C., Eltink, E., Bittencourt, J. de S., and Rohn, R., 2009, Uma janela paleobiologica para o Permiano ontinental Sul-americano: Sitos Geologicos e Palaontologicos do Brasil, CPNM, v. 2, p. 1-12. (published online)

Liu, J., and Powell, J., 2009, Osteology of Andescynodon (Cynodontia: Traversodontidae) from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: American Museum Noviates, n. 3674, 19pp. (Andescynodon mendozensis = Rusconidon mignonei) Link to pdf

Liu, J., Rubidge, B., and Li, J., 2009, New basal synapsid supports Laurasian origin for therapsids: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 3, p. 393-400. (Raranimus dashankouensis) Link to pdf

Lucas, S. G., 2009, Timing and magnitude of tetrapod extinctions across the Permo-Triassic Boundary: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 491-502.

Martinelli, A. G., la Fuente, M., and Abdala, F., 2009, Diademodon tetragonus Seeley, 1894 (Therapsida: Cynodontia) in the Triassic of South America and its biostratigraphic implications: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 852-862.

Nicolas, M., and Rubidge, B. S., 2009, Assessing content and bias in South African Permo-Triassic Karoo tetrapod fossil collections: Palaeontologica Africana, v. 44, p. 13-20.

Oliveira, T. V. de, Schultz, C. L., and Soares, M. B., 2009, A partial skeleton of Chinquodon (Cynodontia, Chinquodontidae) from the Brazilian Middle Triassic: Rev. Bras. Palaeont, v. 12, n. 2, p.113-122.

Reichel, M., Schultz, C. L., and Soares, M. B., 2009, A new traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 1, p. 229-250. (Protuberum cabralensis)

Renesto, S., and Lucas, S. G., 2009, Cynodont teeth from the Carnian (Late Triassic) of northern Italy: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 2, p. 357-360. (Gornogomphodon caffii)

Sidor, C. A., 2009, Comment on the proposed precedence of Procynosuchus Broom, 1937 (Therapsida, Cynodontia) over Cyrbasiodon Broom, 1931 and Parathrinaxodon, 1936: Bulletin of the Zoological Nomenclature, v. 66, n. 2, p. 188.

Tatarinov, L. P., 2009, Probable diphyletic formation of the mammalian middle ear: monotremata and theria: Paleontological Journal, v. 43, n. 12, p. 1578-1599.

Deinocephalia


Species: Nova (1)

Kombuisia antarctica FROBISCH, ANGIELCZYK & SIDOR, 2009

Synonym: Nova (2)

Dicynodontoides recurvidens (OWEN, 1876) BROOM, 1940 emend ANGIELCZYK, SIDOR, NESBITT, SMITH & TSUJI, 2009
= Daptocephalus recurvidens (OWEN, 1876)
= Dicynodon recurvidens OWEN, 1876
= Kingoria recurvidens (OWEN, 1876) COX, 1959
= Udenodon gracilis BROOM, 1901
= Kingoria gracilis (BROOM, 1901)
= Oudenodon gracilis (BROOM, 1901)
= Dicynodon gracilis BROOM, 1901
= Sintocephalus gracilis (BROOM, 1901)
= Dicynodontoides parringtoni BROOM, 1940
= Dicynodon parringtoni (BROOM, 1940)
= Dicynodon duvenhagei BROOM, 1948
= Kingoria duvenhagei (BROOM, 1948)
Dicynodontoides nowacki (HUENE, 1942) ANGIELCZYK, SIDOR, NESBITT, SMITH & TSUJI, 2009
= Dicynodon nowacki HUENE, 1942
= Kingoria nowacki (HUENE, 1942) COX, 1959

Abdala, F., Martinelli, A. G., Bento Soares, M., de la Fuente, M., and Ribeiro, A. M., 2009, South American Middle Triassic continental faunas with amniotes: biostratigraphy and correlation: Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa, Palaeontolographica Africana, v. 44, p. 83-87.

Angielczyk, K. D., and Rubidge, B. S., 2009, The Permian Dicynodont Colobodectes cluveii (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with notes on its ontogeny and stratigraphic Range in the Karoo Basin, South Africa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1162-1173.

Angielczyk, K. D., Sidor, C. A., Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, R. M. H., and Tsuki, L. A., 2009, Taxonomic revision and new observations on the postcranial skeleton, biogeography, and biostratigraphy of the dicynodont genus Dicynodontoides, and senior subjective synonym of Kingoria (Therapsida, Anomodontia): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1174-1187. (Dicynodontoides recurvidens = Dicynodon recurvidens, = Kingoria recurvidens, = Dicynodontoides parringtoni, = Udenodon gracilis,= Dicynodon gracils, =Kingoria gracils, = Dicynodon howardi, = Kingoria howardi, Dicynodontoides nowacki = Dicynodon nowacki, = Kingoria nowacki)

Battail, B., 2009, Late Permian dicynodont fauna from Laos: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E,. Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J, and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 33-40.

Fröbisch, J., Angleczyk, K. D., and Sidor, C. A., 2009, The Triassic dicynodont Kombuisia (Synapsida, Anomodontia) from Antarctica, a refuge from the terrestrial Periman-Triassic mass extinction: Naturwissehschaften, published online, 10pp. (Kombuisia antarctica)

Jasinoski, S,. Rayfield, E. J., and Chinsamy, A., 2009, Comparative feeding biomechanics of Lystrosaurus and the generalized dicynodont Oudenodon: The Anatomical Record, v. 292, p. 862-874.

Kammerer, C., and Angielczyk, K. D., 2009, A proposed higher taxonomy of anomodont therapsids: Zootaxa, n. 2018, 24pp.

Kemp, T. S., 2009, Phylogenetic interrelationships and pattern of evolution of the theraspids: testing for polytomy: Palaeontologica africa, v. 44, p. 1-12.

Langer, M. C., Eltink, E., Bittencourt, J. de S., and Rohn, R., 2009, Uma janela paleobiologica para o Permiano ontinental Sul-americano: Sitos Geologicos e Palaontologicos do Brasil, CPNM, v. 2, p. 1-12. (published online)

Liu, J., Rubidge, B., and Li, J., 2009, A new specimen of Biseridens qilianicus indicaes its phylogenetic position as the most basal anomodont: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published online, 8pp.

Lucas, S. G., 2009, Timing and magnitude of tetrapod extinctions across the Permo-Triassic Boundary: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 36, p. 491-502.

Maisch, M. W., 2009, The small dicynodont Katumbia parringtoni (von Huene, 1942) (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) from the Upper Permian Kawinga Formation of Tanzania as gorgonopsian prey: Paleodiversity, v. 2, p. 279-282.

Maisch, M. W., Vega, C. S., and Schoch, R. R., 2009, No dicynodont in the Keuper--a reconsideration of the occurrence of aff. Dinodontosaurus in the Middle Triassic of Southern Germany: Palaeodiversity, v. 2, p. 271-278. Link to pdf

Nicolas, M., and Rubidge, B. S., 2009, Assessing content and bias in South African Permo-Triassic Karoo tetrapod fossil collections: Palaeontologica Africana, v. 44, p. 13-20.

Steyer, J. S., 2009, The geological and palaeontological exploration of Laos; following in the footsteps of J. B. H. Counillon and A. Paive: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E,. Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J, and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 25-32.

Tatarinov, L. P., 2009, Probable diphyletic formation of the mammalian middle ear: monotremata and theria: Paleontological Journal, v. 43, n. 12, p. 1578-1599.


Mammals (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (6)

Acristatherium HU, MENG, LI & WANG, 2010 (published in 2009)
Arcantiodelphys VULLO, GHEERBRANT, MUIZON, & NERAUDEAU, 2009
Coloniatherium ROUGIER, FORASIEPI, HILL & NOVACEK, 2009
Corriebaatar RICH, VICKERS-RICH, FLANNERY, KEAR, CANTRILL, KOMAROWER, KOOL, PICKERING, TRUSLER, MORTON, VAN KLAVEREN, & FITZGERALD, 2009
Juchilestes GAO, WILSON, LUO, MAGA, MENG & WANG, 2010 (published in 2009)
Liaobaatar KUSHUHASHI, HU, WANG, SETOGUCHI & MATSUOKA, 2009

Species: Nova (9)

Acristatherium yanensis HU, MENG, LI & WANG, 2010 (published in 2009)
Arcantiodelphys marchandorum VULLO, GHEERBRANT, MUIZON, & NERAUDEAU, 2009

(Arcantiodelphys marchandorum, emend the authors name it after its discoverer and his family and should be -orum not -i, Arcantiodelphys marchandi)
Cedaromys mimus EATON, 2009
Coloniatherium cilinskii ROUGIER, FORASIEPI, HILL & NOVACEK, 2009
Corriebaatar marywaltersae RICH, VICKERS-RICH, FLANNERY, KEAR, CANTRILL, KOMAROWER, KOOL, PICKERING, TRUSLER, MORTON, VAN KLAVEREN, & FITZGERALD, 2009
Eobaatar clemensi SWEETMAN, 2009
Eoalphadon woodburnei EATON, 2009

Juchilestes liaoningensis GAO, WILSON, LUO, MAGA, MENG & WANG, 2010 (published in 2009)
Liaobaatar change KUSHUHASHI, HU, WANG, SETOGUCHI & MATSUOKA, 2009
Maotherium asiaticus JI, LUO, ZHANG, YUAN & XU, 2009
Sinobaatar fuxinensis KUSHUHASHI, HU, WANG, SETOGUCHI & MATSUOKA, 2009
Sinobaatar xiei KUSHUHASHI, HU, WANG, SETOGUCHI & MATSUOKA, 2009

Synonym: Nova (2)

Eoalphadon clemensi (EATON, 1993) EATON, 2009
= Alphadon clemensi EATON, 1993
Eoalphadon lillegraveni (EATON, 1993) EATON, 2009
= Alphadon illegraveni EATON, 1993

Eaton, J. G., 2009, Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) mammals from Cedar Canyon, Southwestern Utah, and a revision of Cenomanian Alphadon-like Marsupials: In: Papers in Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne, Edited by L. B. Albright, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin, v. 65, p. 97-110. (Cedaromys mimus, Eoalphadon clemensi = Alphadon clemensi, Eoalphadon lillegraveni = Alphadon illegraveni, Eoalphadon woodburnei)

Foster, J. R., 2009, Preliminary body mass estimates for mammalina genera of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, North America): PaleoBios, v. 28, n. 3, p. 114-122.

Gao, C.-L., Wilson, G. P., Luo, Z.-X., Maga, A. M., Meng, Q., and Wang, X., 2010 (published in 2009), A new mammal skull from the Lower Cretaceous of China with implications for the evolution of obtuse-angled molaris and 'amphilestid' eutriconodonts: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., v. 277, p. 237-246. (Juchilestes liaoningensis)

Hu, Y., Meng, J., Li, C., and Wang, Y., 2010 (published in 2009), New basal eutherian mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol biota, Liaoning, China: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, v. 277, p. 239-236. (Acristatherium yanensis)

Ivakhnenko, M. F., 2009, Eotherapsid hypothesis for the origin of Monotremata: Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 3, p. 237-250.

Kemp, T. S., 2009, The endocranial cavity of a nonmammalian Eucynodont, Chiniquodon theotenicus, an its implications for the origin of the mammalian brain: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1188-1198.

Kusuhashi, N., Hu, Y., Wang, Y., Setoguchi, T., and Matsuoka, H., 2009, Two Eobaatarid (Multituberculata: Mammalia) genera from the Lower Cretaceous Shahaiand Fuxin Formations, northeastern China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1264-1288. (Sinobaatar xiei, Sinobaatar fuxinensis, Liaobaatar changi)

Ji, Q., Luo, Z.-X., Zhang, X., Yuan, C.-X., and Xu, L., 2009, Evolutionary development of the Middle ear in Mesozoic Therian Mammals: Science, v. 326, p. 278-281. (Maotherium asiaticus)

Lopatin, A. V., Averianov, A. O., Maschenko, E. N., and Leschchinskiy, S. V., 2009, Early Cretaceous mammals of western Siberia: 2. Tegotheriidae: Paleontological Journal, v. 43, no. 4, p. 453-462.

Martin, T., and Ruf, I., 2009, On the mammalian ear: Science, v. 326, p. 243-244.

Martin, T., Schultz, J. A., Schwermann, A. H., and Wings, O., 2016, First Jurassic Mammals of Germany: Multitubeculate teeth from Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony): Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 67, p. 171-179. (Teutonodon langenbergensis)

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., 2009, Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review: Bulletin of Geological Society of France, t. 180, n. 1, p. 57-71.

Rich, T. H., Vickers-Rich, P., Flannery, T. F., Kear, B. P., Cantrill D. J., Komarower, P., Kool, L., Pickering, D., Trusler, P., Morton, S., van Klaveren, N., and Fitzgerald, E. M. G., 2009, An Australian multituberculate and its palaeobiogeographic implications: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 1, p. 1-6. (Corriebaatar marywaltersae)

Rougier, G. W., Forasiepi, A. M., Hill, R. V., and Novacke, M., 2009, New mammalian remains from the Late Cretaceous Colonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina: Acta Palaeontographica Polonica, v. 54, n. 2, p. 195-212. (Coloniatherium cilinskii)

Sweetman, S. C., 2009, A new species of the plagiaulacoid multituberculate mammal Eobaatar from the Early Cretaceosu of southern Britain: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 3, p. 373-384. (Eobaatar clemensi)

Tatarinov, L. P., 2009, Probable diphyletic formation of the mammalian middle ear: monotremata and theria: Paleontological Journal, v. 43, n. 12, p. 1578-1599.

Vullo, R., Gheerbrant, E., Muizon C. de, and Neraudeau, D., 2009, The oldest modern therian mammal from Europe and its bearing on stem marsupial paleobiogeography: Proceendings of the National Academy of Science, v. 106, n. 47, p. 19910-19915. (Arcantiodelphys marchandorum, emend the authors name it after its discoverer and his family and should be -orum not -i, Arcantiodelphys marchandi)

Williamson, T. E., and Weil, A., 2009, "correction": Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1341.


Eggs

Godefroit, P., Golovneva, L., Shchepetov, S., Garcia, G., and Alekseev, P., 2009, The last polar dinosaurs: high diversity of latest Cretaceous arctic dinosaurs in Russia: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 495-501.

Hou, L.-H., Li, P.-P., Ksepak, D. T., Gao, K.-Q., and Norell, M. A., 2009, Implications of flexible-shelled eggs in a Cretaceous choristoderan reptile: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., published online, 5pp.

Jackson, F. D., Jin, X., and Schmitt, J. G., 2009, Fungi in a Lower Cretaceous Turtle egg from China: evidence of ecological interactions: PalAios, v. 24, p. 840-845.

Li, G., Cheng, P., Wang, D., and Batten, D. J., 2009, The spinicaudata Tylestheria and biostratigraphic significance of the age of dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous Majiacun Formation, Xixia Basin, Henan Province, China: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 477-482.

Liang, X., Wen, S., Yang, D., Zhou, S., and Wu, S., 2009, Dinosaur eggs and dinosaur egg-bearing deposits (Upper Cretaceous) of Henan Province, China: Occurrences, palaeoenvironments, taphonomy and pereservation: Progress in Natural Science, v. 19, p. 1587-1601.

Novas, F. E., Pais, D. F., Pol, D., de Souza Carvalho, I., Scanferla, A., Mones, A., and Riglos, M. S., 2009, Bizarre notosuchian crocodyliform wiht associated eggs from the Upper Cretaceous of Boliva: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 4, p. 1316-1320.

Salgado, L., Magalhaes Ribeiro, C., Garcia, R. A., and Fernandez, M. S., 2009, Late Cretaceous Megaloolithid eggs from Salitral de Santa Rosa (Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina): inferences on the titanosaurian reproductive biology: Ameghiniana, v. 46, n. 4, p. 605-620.

Xing, L.-D., Harris, J. D., Dong, Z.-M., Lin, Y.-I., Chen, W., Guo, S.-B., and Ji, Q., 2009, Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Zhutian Formation in the Nanxion basin, Guangdong, China and general observations on large Chinese ornithopoda footprints: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 28, n. 7, p. 829-843.


Ichnology

Ichnogenus: Nova (3)

Menglongipus XING, HARRIS, SUN & ZHAO, 2009
Mesosaurichnium SILVA, SEDOR & FERNADES, 2009
Neoanomoepus LOCKLEY, McREA & MATSUKAWA, 2009

Ornithopodichnus KIM, LOCKLEY, KIM, LIM, & KIM, 2009
Polyonyx SANTOS, MORATALLA & ROYO-TORRES, 2009
Titanopodus GONZALEZ RIGA & CALVO, 2009

Inchospecies: Nova (9)

Ameghinichnus manatialensis de VALAIS, 2009

Changpeipus pareschequier XING, HARRIS, TORU, MASATU & DONG, 2009
Hadrosauropodus nanxiongensis XING, HARRIS, DONG, LIN, CHEN, GUI & JI, 2009
Menglongipus sinensis XING, HARRIS, SUN & ZHAO, 2009
Mesosaurichnium natans SILVA, SEDOR & FERNADES, 2009
Neoanomoepus perigrinatus LOCKLEY, McREA & MATSUKAWA, 2009

Ornithopodichnus masanensis KIM, LOCKLEY, KIM, LIM, & KIM, 2009
Polyonyx gomesi SANTOS, MORATALLA & ROYO-TORRES, 2009
Titanopodus mendozensis GONZALEZ RIGA & CALVO, 2009

Anfinson, O. A., Lockley, M. A,. Kim, S. H., Kim, K. S., and Kim, J. Y., 2009, First report of the small bird track Koreanaornis from the Cretaceous of North America: implications of avian ichnotaxonomy and paleoecology: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 885-894.

Bates, K. T., Breithaupt, B. H., Falkingham, P. L., Matthews, N., Hodgetts, D., and Manning, P. L., 2009, Integrated lidar & photogrammetric documentation of teh Red Gulch Dnosaur Tracksite (Wyoming, USA): In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 101-103.

Boutakiout, M., Hadri, M., Nouri, J., Diaz-Martinez, I., and Perez-Lorente, F., 2009, Rastrilladas de icnitas teropodos gigantes del Jurasico Superior (Sinclinal de Iouaridene, Marruecos): Revista Espanola de Paleontologia, v. 24, n. 1, p. 31-46.

Boutakiout, M., Ladel, L., Diaz-Martinez, I., and Perez-Lorente, F., 2009, Prospecciones paleoicnologicas en el sinclinal de louaridene (Alto Atlas, Marruecos). 2: Parte orinetal: Geogaceta, v. 47, p. 33-36.

Breithaupt, B. H., 2009, Vertebrate tracks and traces on Public Lands: the management of the “overlooked stepchildren” of vertebrate paleontology: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 90-93.

Browne, G. H., 2009, First New Zealand record of probable dinosaur footprints from the Late Cretaceous North Cape Formation, northwest Nelson: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysis, v. 52, p. 367-377.

Carpenter, K., 2009, Role of lateral body bending in crocodylian track making: Ichnos, v. 16, p. 203-207.

Clark, N. D. L., and Corrance, H., 2009, New discoveries of Isochirotherium herculis (Egerton 1838) and a reassessment of chirotheriid footprints from the Triassic of the Isle of Arran, Scotland: Scottish Journal of Geology, v. 45, n. 1, p. 69-82.

Costeur, L., and Ezquerra, R., 2009, Early Cretaceous fish trails from La Rioja, Spain: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1027-1030.

Falkingham, P. L., Margetts, L., Smith, I. M., and Mannig, P. L., 2009, Reinterpretation of palmate and semi-palmate (webbed) fossil tracks: insights from finite element modelling: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 271, p. 69-76.

Fillmore, D. L., Simpson, E. L., and Lucas, S. G., 2009, Isaac Lea's Palaeosauropus (= "Sauropus") primaevus: a review of his discovery: Ichnos, v. 16, p. 220-229.

Fiorillo, A. P., Hasiotis, S. T., Kobayashi, Y., and Tomisch, C. S., 2009, A pterosaur manus track from Denali National Park, Alaska Range, Alaska, United States: PalAios, v. 24, p. 466-472.

Garcia-Ortiz de Landaluce, E., Ortega-Girela, J. M., Hurtado-Reyes, A., and Diaz-Martinez, I., 2009, Revision de las huellas teropodas, ornithopodas y sauropodas de mayor y menor tamano de la Rioja (Espana) y su comparacion con el registro mudial los Guinness world record: Paleolusitana, n. 1, p. 201-209.

Gierlinski, G. D., Lockley, M. G., and Niedzwiedzki, G., 2009, A distinctive crouching theropod trace from the Lower Jurassic of Poland: Geological Quarterly, v. 53, n. 4, p. 471-476. Link to pdf

Gierlinski, G. D., Menducki, P., Janiszewska, K., Wicik, I., and Bozcarowski, A., 2009, A preliminary report on dinosaur track assemblages from the Middle Jurassic of the Imilchl area, Morocco: Geological Quarterly, v. 53, n. 4, p. 477-482. Link to pdf

Gierlinski, G. D., Niedzwiedzkf, G., and Nowacki, P., 2009, Small theropod and ornithopod footprints in the Late Jurassic of Poland: Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 59, n. 2, p. 221-234. Link to pdf

Gonzalez Riga, B. J., and Calvo, J. O., 2009, A new wide-gauge sauropod track site from the Late Cretaceous of Mendoza, Neuquen basin, Argentina: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 3, p. 631-640. (Titanopodus mendozensis)

Hernandez, J. O., 2009, Misplaced trace fossils in unlikely environments: Geology Today, v. 25, n. 2, p. 71-74.

Hutchinson, J. R., and Allen, V., 2009, The evolutionary continuum of limb function from early theropods to brids: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 423-448.

Ishigaki, S., and Matsumoto, Y., 2009, "Off-Tracking"- like phenomenon observed in the turning sauropod trackway from the Upper Jurassic of Morocco: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 8, p. 1-10.

Ishigaki, S., and Matumoto, Y., 2009, Re-examination of manus-only and manus-dominated sauropod trackways from Morocco: Geological Quateraly, v. 53, n. 4, p. 441-448. Link to pdf

Ishigaki, S., Watabe, M., Tsogtbaatar, K., and Saneyoshi, M,. 2009, Dinosaur footprints from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia: Geological Quarterly, v. 53, n. 4, p. 449-460. Link to pdf

Jackson, S. J., Whyte, M. A., and Romano, M., 2009, Laboratory-controlled simulations of dinosaur footprints in sand: a key to understanding vertebrate track formation and preservation: Palaios, v. 24, p. 222-238. Link to pdf

Kim, J. Y., Lockley, M. G., Kim, H. M., Lim, J.-D., and Kim, K. S., 2009, New dinosaur tracks form Korea, Ornithopodichnus masanensis ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. (Jindong Formation, Lower Cretaceous): implications for polarities in ornithopod foot morphology: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1387-1397. (Ornithopodichnus masanensis)

Kubo, T., and Benton, M. J., 2009, Tetrapod postural shift estimated from Permian and Triassic trackways: Paleontology, v. 52, part 5, p. 1029-1037.

Liang, X., Wen, S., Yang, D., Zhou, S., and Wu, S., 2009, Dinosaur eggs and dinosaur egg-bearing deposits (Upper Cretaceous) of Henan Province, China: occurrencs, palaeoenvironments, taphonomy and preservation: Progress in Natural Science, v. 19, p. 1587-1601.

Le Loeuff, J., Saenyamoon, T., Souillat, C., Suteethorn, V., and Buffetaut, E., 2009, Mesozoic vertebrate footprints of Thailand and Laos: In: Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in Southeast Asia, edited by Buffetaut, E., Cunny, G., Le Loeuff, J., and Suteethorn, V., The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 315, p. 245-254.

Lockley, M. G., 2009, New prespectives on morphological variation in tridactyl footprints: clues to widespread convergence in developmental dynamica: Geological Quarterly, v. 53, n. 4, p. 415-432. Link to pdf

Lockley, M. G., Chin, K., Houck, K., Matsukawa, M., and Kukihara, R., 2009, New interpretations of Ignotornis, the first-reported Mesozoic avian footprints: implications for the paleoecology and behavior of an enigmatic Cretaceous bird: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1041-1061.

Lockley, M. G., and Gierlinski, G. D., 2009, A Grallator-dominated tracksite from the Chinle Group (Late Triassic), Moab, Utah: Geological Quarterly, v. 53, n. 4, p. 433-440. Link to pdf

Lockley, M. G., McCrea, R. T., and Matsukawa, M., 2009, Ichnological evidence for small quadrupedal ornithischians from the basal Cretacous of SE Asia and North America: implications for a global radation: In, Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia, The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, n. 315, p. 255-269. (Neoanomoepus perigrinatus)

Lucas, S. G., Spielmann, J. A., and Lerner, A. J., 2009, The Abo Pass Tracksite: A lower Permian tetrapod footproint assemblage from central New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 60th Field Conference, Geology of the Chupadera MEsa Region, p. 285-290. Link to pdf

Matthews, N. A., Breithaupt, B. H., Lockley, M., Titus, A. L., Nobel, T. A., and Milner, A. R. C., 2009, Documenting the ichnological menagerie at the north Moccasin Mountain trackiste, Utah: science, technology, and recreation meet for paleontological resource management: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 97-100.

Mazin, J.-M., Billon-Bruyant, J.-P., and Padian, K., 2009, First record of a pterosaur landing trackway: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., published online, 6pp.

Mazin, J.-M., Billon-Bruyant, J.-P., and Padian, K., 2009, First record of a pterosaur landing trackway: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., v. 276, p. 3888-3886.

Meyers, V. L., Matthews, N. A., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2009, Late Jurassic pterosaur and sauropod tracks from the Seminoe Reservoir tracksite, Wyoming: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 104-106.

Milner, A. R. C., Harris, J. D., Lockley, M. G., Kirkland, J. I., and Matthews, N. A., 2009, Bird-like anatomy, posture, and behavior revealed by an Early Jurassic theropod dinosaur resting trace: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 3, p. 14pp.

Milner, A. R. C., Spears, S. Z., Foss, S. E., Ferris-Rowley, D., and Kirkland, J. I., 2009, Urban interface paleontology in Washington County, Utah, 8th conference on fossil resources St. George, Utah, May 18, 2009, Field Trip: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, S. E., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I., and Santucci, V. I, p. 131-151.

Moratalla, J. J., and Hernan, J., 2009, Turtle and pterosaur tracks from the Los Cayos Dinosaur tracksite, Cameros Basin (Cornago, La Rioja, Spain): tracking the Lower Cretaceous bio-diversity: Revista Espanola de Paleontologia, v. 24, n. 1, p. 59-77. Link to pdf

Myers, T. S., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2009, Evidence for gregarious behavior and age segregation in sauropod dinosaurs: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 274, p. 96-104.

Petti, F. M., Avanzini, M., Nicosia, U., Girardi, S., Bernardi, M., Ferretti, P., Schirolli, P., and Dal Sasso, C., 2009, Late Triassic (Early-Middle Carnian) Chirotherian tracks from the Val Sabbia Sandstone (eastern Lombardy, Brescian Prealps, northern Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 115, n. 3, p. 277-290.

Pienkowski, G., Popa, M. E., and Kedzior, A., 2009, Early Jurassic footprints of the southern Carpathians, Romania: palaeobiological and palaeogeographical significance: Geological Quarterly, v. 53, n. 4, p. 461-470. Link to pdf

Pontzer, H., Allen, V., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2009, Biomechanics of running indiates endothermy in bipedal dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 11, 9pp.

Royo-Torres, R., 2009, Los dinosaurios sauropodos en la Peninsula Iberica: Actas de las IV Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno Salas de los INfantes, Buros, p. 139-166. Link to pdf

Royo-Torres, R., Cobos, A., Luque, L., Aberasturi, A., Espilez, E., Fierro, I., Gonzalez, A., Mampel, L., and Alcal, L., 2009, High European sauropod dinosaur diversity during Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Riodeva (Teruel, Spain): Palaeontology, v. 52, part 5, p. 1009-1027.

Sacchi, E., Conti, M. A., D'Orazi Porchetti, S., Logoluso, A., Nicosia, U., Perugini, G., and Petti, F. M., 2009, Aptian dinosaur footprints from the Apulian plateform (Bisceglie, Southern Italy) in the framework of periadriatic ichnosites: Palaeogeogrpahy, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 271, p. 104-116.

Sanchez-Hernandez, B., Prezewieslik, A. G., and Benton, M. J., 2009, A reassessment of the Pteraichnus ichnospecies from the Early Cretaceous of Soria Province, Spain: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 487-497.

Santos, V. F., Moratalla, J. J., Royo-Torres, R., 2009, New sauropod trackways from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal: Acta Palaeontologica Polonoica, v. 54, n. 3, p. 409-422. (Polyonyx gomesi)

Silva, R. C. da, Carvalho, I. de S., and Fernades, A. C. S., 2009, Pegadas de dinosauros do Triassico (Formacao Santa Maria) do Brasil: Ameghiniana, v. 45, n. 4, p. 783-790.

Silva, R. C. da., Sedor, F. A., and Fernades, A. C. S., 2009, Ichnotaxonomy, functional morphology and paleoenvironmental context of Mesosauridae tracks from Permian of Brazil: Revisita Brasileira de Geociencias, v. 39, n. 4, p. 704-715. (Mesosaurichnium natans)

Springer, K. B., Chiappe, L., Sagebiel, J. C., and Scott, E., 2009, Preserving California’s only dinosaur trackways by collection and unprecedented opportunity for public protection and interpretation of fossil specimens from federal land: In Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on fossil resources: St. Geroge, Utah, edited by Foss, SE., Cavin, J. L., Brown, T., Kirkland, J. I, and Santucci, V. I, p. 26-27.

Sullivan, C., Hone, D. W. E., Cope, T. D., Liu, Y., and Liu, J., 2009, A new occurrence of small theropod tracks in the Houcheng (Tuchengzi) Formation of Hebei Province, China: Vertebrate PalAsiatica, v. 47, n. 1, p. 35-52. Link to pdf

Surkov, M. V., Benton, M. J., Twitchett, R. J., Tverdokhlebov, V. P., Newell, A. J., and Looy, C. V., 2009, The footprints of large therapsids from Vyatkian gorizont deposits (Upper Permian) in south Urals: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 175-188. Link to pdf

de Valais, S., 2009, Ichnotaxonomic revision of Ameghinichnus, a mammalian ichnogenus from the Middle Jurassic La Matilde Formatioin, Santa Crux province, Argentina: Zootaxa, n. 2203, 21pp. (Ameghinichnus manatialensis)

Vullo, R., Buscalioni, A. D., Marugan-Lobon, J., and Moratalla, J. J., 2009, First pterosaur remains from the Early Cretaceous lagerstatte of Las Hoyas, Spain: palaeoecological significance: Geological Magazine, v. 146, n. 6, p. 931-936.

Wilson, J. A., Marsicano, C. A., and Smith, R. M. H., 2009, Dynamic locomotor capabilities revealed by early dinosaur trackmakers in Southern Africa: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 10, 8pp. Link to pdf

Xing, L.-D., Harris, J. D., Dong, Z.-M., Lin, Y.-I., Chen, W., Guo, S.-B., and Ji, Q., 2009, Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Zhutian Formation in the Nanxion basin, Guangdong, China and general observations on large Chinese ornithopoda footprints: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 28, n. 7, p. 829-843. (Hadrosauropodus nanxiongensis) Link to pdf

Xing, L.-D., Harris, J. D., Feng, X.-Y., and Zhang, Z.-J., 2009, Theropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) tracks from Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation at Sihetun Village, Liaoning Province, China and possible track makers: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 28, n. 6, p. 705-712. Link to pdf

Xing, L. D., Harris, J. D., Sun, D.-H., and Zhao, H.-Q., 2009, The earliest known deinonychosaur tracks from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in Hebei Province, China: Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 48, n. 4, p. 662-671. (Menglongipus sinensis) Link to pdf

Xing, L.-D., Harris, J. D., Toru, S, Masato, F., and Dong, Z.-M,. 2009, Discovery of dinosaur footprints from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China and new observations on Changpeipus: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 28, n. 1, p. 16-29. (Changpeipus pareschequier) Link to pdf


Palaeopathologies

Beatty, B. L., and Rothschild, B. M., 2009, Commentary, Paleopathologies are features of an organism and its interaction with the environment and should not be treated like organisms unto themselves: Historical Biology, v. 21, n. 3-4, p. 229-233.

Chinsamy, A., and Tumarkin-Deratzian, A., 2009, Pathologic bone tissues in a Turkey Vulture and a nonavian dinosaur: implications for interpreting endosteal bone and radial fibrolamellar bone in fossil dinosaurs: The Antomical Record, v. 292, p. 1478-1484.

Galton, P. M., 2009, Notes on Neocomian (Lower Cretaceous) ornithopod dinosaurs from England - Hypsilphodon, Valdosaurus, "Camptosaurus", "Iguanodon"-and referred specimens from Romania and elsewhere: Revue de Paleobiologie, v. 28, n. 1, p. 211-273.

Jackson, F. D., Jin, X., and Schmitt, J. G., 2009, Fungi in a Lower Cretaceous Turtle egg from China: evidence of ecological interactions: PalAios, v. 24, p. 840-845.

Houssaye, A., 2009, "Pachyostosis" in aquatic amniotes: a review: Intergrative Zoology, v. 4, p. 325-340.

Straight, W. H., Davis, G. L., Skinner, C. W., Haims, A., McClennan, B. L., and Tanke, D. H., 2009, Bone lesions in hadrosaurs: computed tomographic imaging as guide for paleohistologic and stable-isotopic analysis: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 315-325.

Wahl, W. R., 2009, Taphonomy of a nose dive: bone and tooth displacement and mineral accretion in an ichthyosaur skull: Paludiola, v. 7, n. 3, p. 107-116.

Wolff, E. D. S., 2009, The limitations of homology in vertebrate paleopathology: Historical Biology, v. 21, n. 3-4, p. 235-238.

Wolff, E. D. S., Salisbury, S. W., Horner, J. R., and Varricchio, D. J., 2009, Common Avian Infection Plagued the Tyrant Dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS) One, v. 4, n. 9, 7pp.

Xing, L.-D., Dong, H., Peng, G.-Z., Shu, C.-K., Hu, X.-D., and Jiang, H., 2009, A scapular fracture in Yangchuanosaurus hepingensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda): Geological Bulleting of China, v. 28, n. 10, p. 1390-1395. Link to pdf


Gastroliths

Schmeisser, R. L., and Gillette, D. D., 2009, Unusual occurrence of gastroliths in a polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Trophic Shale, Southern Utah: PalAios, v. 24, p. 453-459.

Wings, O., 2009, A simulated bird gastric mill and its implications for fossil gastrolith authenticity: Fossil Record, v. 12, n. 1, p. 91-97.


Stomach contents

Maisch, M. W., 2009, The small dicynodont Katumbia parringtoni (von Huene, 1942) (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) from the Upper Permian Kawinga Formation of Tanzania as gorgonopsian prey: Paleodiversity, v. 2, p. 279-282.


Coprolites

Chin, K., Hartman, J. H., and Roth, B., 2009, Opportunistic exploitation of dinosaur dung: fossil snails in coprolites from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana: Lethaia, v. 42, p. 185-198.

Duffin, C. J., 2009, "Records of warfare...embalmed in the everlasting hills": a history of early coprolite research: Mercian Geologist, v. 17, n. 2, p. 101-111.

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.


Cannibalism

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.


Regurgitalite

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.


Fire (Mesozoic, Paleozoic)

Belcher, C. M., 2009, Reigniting the Cretaceous-Palaeogene firestorm debate: Geology, v. 37, n. 12, p. 1147-1148.

Goldin, T. J., and Melosh, H. J., 2009, Self-shielding of thermal radiation by Chicxulub impact ejecta: Firestorm or Fizzle?, Geology, v. 37, n. 12, p. 1135-1138.

Marynowski, L., and Simoneit, B. R. T., 2009, Widespread Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic wildfire records from Poland: evidence from charcoal and pyrolytic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: PalAios, v. 24, p. 785-798.


Beetle Borrings

Bader, K. S., Hasiotis, S. T., and Matin, L. D., 2009, Application of forensic science techniques to trace fossils on dinosaur bones from a quarry in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Northeastern Wyoming: Palaios, v. 24, p. 140-158.


Toothmarks

Bader, K. S., Hasiotis, S. T., and Matin, L. D., 2009, Application of forensic science techniques to trace fossils on dinosaur bones from a quarry in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Northeastern Wyoming: Palaios, v. 24, p. 140-158.

Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Frey, E., and Guzman-Gutierrez, J. R., 2009, Evidence of predation of the vertebra of a hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico: Notebooks on Geology, letter 2009/02, 6pp.


Histology

Cabreira, S. F., and Cisneros, J. C., 2009, Tooth histology of the parareptile Soturnia caliodon from the Upper Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 54, n. 4, p. 743-748.

Garilli, V., Klein, N., Buffetaut, E., Sander, P. M., Pollina, F., Galletti, L., Cillari, A., and Guzzeta, D., 2009, First dinosaur bone from Sicily identified by histology and its palaeobiogeographical implications: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 252, n. 2, p. 207-216.

Hayashi, S., Carpenter, K., and Suzuki, D., 2009, Different growth patterns between the skeleton and osteoderms of Stegosaurus (Ornithischia: Thyreophora): Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 29, n.1, p. 132-131.

Horner, J. R., de Ricqles, A., Padian, K., and Scheetz, R. D., 2009, Comparative long bone histology and growth of the 'Hypsilophodontid" dinosaurs Orodromeus makelai, Dryosaurus altus, and Tenotosaurus tillettii (Ornithischia: Euornithopoda): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 734-747.

Marmi, J., Vila, B., and Galobart, A., 2009, Solemys (Chelonii, Solemydidae) remains from the Maastrichtian of Pyrenees: evidence of a semi-aquatic lifestyle: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1307-1312.

Organ, C. L., Brusatte, S. L., and Stein, K., 2009, Sauropod dinosaurs evolved moderately sized genomes unrelated to body size: Proceedings to the Royal Society, Series B, v. 276, p. 4303-4308.

Redelstorff, R., Sander, P. M., and Galton, P. M., 2014, Unique bone histology in partial large bone shafts from Upper Triassic of Aust Cliff, England: an early independent experiment in gigantism: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 59, n. 3, p. 607-615. Link to pdf

Woodward, H. N., and Lehman, T. M., 2009, Bone histology and microanatomy of Alamosaurus sanjuanensis (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Maastrichtian of Big Bend National Park, Texas: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 3, p. 807-821.


Soft tissue


Bonebed

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.


Taphonomy

Diedrich, C. G., 2009, A coelacanthid-rich site at Hasbergen (NW Germany): taphonomy and palaeoenvironment of a first systematic excavation in the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian, Lopingian): Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeonenvironments, v. 89, p. 67-94. Link to pdf

Kolosov, P. N., Ivensen, G. V., Mikhailova, T. E., Kurzanov, S. M., Efimov, M. B., and Gubin, Y. M., 2009, Taphonomy of the Upper Mesozoic tetrapod Teete Locality (Yakutia): Palaeontological Journal, v. 43, n. 2, p. 201-207.

Marmi, J., Vila, B., and Galobart, A., 2009, Solemys (Chelonii, Solemydidae) remains from the Maastrichtian of Pyrenees: evidence of a semi-aquatic lifestyle: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 1307-1312.

Perea, D., Soto, M., Veroslavsky, G., Martinez, S., and Ubilla, M., 2009, A Late Jurassic fossil assemblage in Gondwana: Biostratigraphy and correlations of the Tacuarembo Formation, Parana Basin, Uruguay: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 28, p. 168-179.

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G. ,Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celesky, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, a division of the Department of Cultural Affaris, Bulletin, 45, 260pp.

Shapiro, R. S., Fricke, H. C., and Fox, K., 2009, Dinosaur-bearing oncoids from ephemeral lakes of the Lower Cretaeous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah: Palaios, v. 24, p. 51-58.

Sumin, D. L., 2009, Hibernation as a factor responsible for preservation of the Pareiasauria in the Kotelnich Locality: In: Memories of Professor Vitalii G. Ochev, edited by Shishkin, M. A., and Tverdokhlebov, V. P., p. 171-174. Link to pdf

Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A., Jiang, S., and Meng, X., 2009, An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China: Anais de Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, v. 81, n. 4, p. 793-812.


Burrows


DNA (and Blood)

Bern, M., Phinney, B. S., and Goldberg, D., 2009, Reanalysis of Tyrannosaurus rex mass spectra: Journal of Proteome Research, v. 8, p. 4328-4332.


(suppose) Tertiary Dinosaurs

Fassett, J. E., 2009, New geochronologic and stratigraphic evidence confirms the Paleocene age of dinosaur-bearing Ojo Alamo Sandstone and Animas Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado: Palaeontologica Electronica, v. 12, 155pp.

Fassett, J. E., 2009, Response to critique by Lucas et al., (2009) of paper by Fassett (2009) documenting Paleocene dinosaurs in the San Juan Basin: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 12, issue 2, 9a, 8pp.

Lucas, S. G., Sullivan, R. M,. Cather, S. M., Jasinski, S. E., Fowler, D. W., Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, and Hunt, A. P., 2009, No definitive evidence of Paleocene dinosaurs in the San Juan Basin: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 12, issue 2, 8A, 10pp.


Venomous

Gong, E., Martin, L. D., Burnham, D. A., and Falk, A. R., 2009, The birdlike raptor Sinornithosaurus was venomous: Proceendings of the National Academy of Science, early editon, 3pp.

Gong, E., Martin, L. D., Burnham, D. A., and Falk, A. R., 2009, The birdlike raptor Sinornithosaurus was venomous: Proceendings of the National Academy of Science, v. 107, n. 2, p. 766-768.


Extinction

Fröbisch, J., Angleczyk, K. D., and Sidor, C. A., 2009, The Triassic dicynodont Kombuisia (Synapsida, Anomodontia) from Antarctica, a refuge from the terrestrial Periman-Triassic mass extinction: Naturwissehschaften, published online, 10pp.

Goldin, T. J., and Melosh, H. J., 2009, Self-shielding of thermal radiation by Chicxulub impact ejecta: Firestorm or Fizzle?, Geology, v. 37, n. 12, p. 1135-1138.

Johanssno, J., and Dieckmann, U., 2009, Evolutionary responses of communities to extinction: Evolutionary Ecology Research, v. 11, p. 561-588.

Keller, G., Sahni, A., and Bajpai, 2009, Deccan volcanism, the KT mass extinction and dinosaurs: Journal of Bioscience, v. 34, n. 5, p. 709-728.

Krug, A. Z., Jablonski, D., and Valentine, J. W., 2009, Signature of the End-Cretaceous mass extinction in the modern biota: Science, v. 323, p. 767-771.

McElwain, J. C., Wagner, P. J., and Hesselbo, S. P., 2009, Fossil plant relative abundances indicate sudden loss of Late Triassic biodiversity in East Greenland: Science, v. 324, p. 1554-1556.

Miler, A. I., and Foote, M., 2009, Epicontinental seas versus open-ocean settings: the kinetics of mass extinction and origination: Science, v. 326, p. 1106-1109.

Therrien, F., Zelenitsky, D. K., and Weisphampel, D. B., 2009, Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous Sanpetru Formation (Hateg Basin, Romania) using paleosols and implications for the "dissappearance" of dinosaurs: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaecology, v. 272, p. 37-52.


Integuments

Feathers

Dhouailly, D., 2009, A new scenario for the evolutionary origin of hiar, feather, and avian scales: Journal of Anatomy, v. 214, p. 587-606.

Kellner, A. W. A., Wang, X., Tischlinger, H., Campos, D. de A., Hone, D. W. E., and Xi, M., 2009, The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathinae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, published on line, 9 pp.

O'Connor, J. K., Wang, X., Chiappe, L. M., Gao, C., Meng, Q., Cheng, X., and Liu, J., 2009, Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous Enantiornithine birds with information on a new species: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 188-204.

Schweigert, G., Tsischlinger, H., and Dieti, G., 2009, The oldest fossil feather in Europe: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, fast track article, 6pp.

Vinther, J., Briggs, D. E. G., Clarke, J., Mayr, G., and Prum, R. O., 2009, Structural coloration in a fossil feather: Biology Letters, published online, 4pp.

Voigt, S., Buchwitz, M, Fischer, J, Krause, D., and Georgi, R., 2009, Feather-like development of Triassic diapsid skin appendages: Naturwissenschaften, v. 96, p. 81-86.

Williamson, T. E., Kues, B. S., Weissmann, G. S., Stidham, T. A., and Yurchyk, S. L., 2009, A feather from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian) Point Lookout Sandstone, San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 547-550.

Xu, X., Zheng, X., and You, H.-L., 2009, A new feather type in a nonavian theropod and the early evolution of feathers: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 106, n. 3, p. 832-834.

Zhang, Z., Gao, C., Meng, Q., Liu, J,. Hou, L., and Zhang, G., 2009, Diversification in an Early Cretaceous avian genus: evidence from a new species of Confuciusornis from China: Journal of Ornithology, published on line, 8pp.

Zheng, X.-T., You, H.-L., Xu, X., and Dong, Z.-M., 2009, An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentos integumentary structures: Nature, v. 458, p. 333-336.

Skin

Lindgren, J., Alwmark, C., Caldwell, M. W., and Fiorillo, A. R., 2009, Skin of the Cretaceous mosasaur Plotosaurus: implications for aquatic adapatations in giant marine reptiles: Biology Letters, v. 5, p. 528-531.

Manning, P. L., Morris, P. M., McMahon, A., Jones, E,. Gize, A., Macquaker, J. H. S., Wolff, G., Thompson, A., Marshall, J., Taylor, K. G., Lyson, T., Gaskell, S., Reamtong, O., Sellers, W. I., van Dongen, B. E., Buckley, M., and Wogelius, R. A., 2009, Mineralized soft-tissue structure and chemistry in a mummified hadrosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota (USA): Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., v. 276, p. 3429-3437.

Niedzwiedzki, G., and Bojanowski, M., 2009, A supposed eupelycosaur body impression from the Early Permian of the Intra-Sudetic Basin, Poland: Ichnos, v. 19, p. 150-155.

Hair

Dhouailly, D., 2009, A new scenario for the evolutionary origin of hiar, feather, and avian scales: Journal of Anatomy, v. 214, p. 587-606.


Interesting Articles

Alfaro, M. E., Santini, F., Brock, C., Alamilo, H., Dornburg, A., Rabosky, D. L., Carnevale, G., adn Harmon, L. J., 2009, Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jaws vertebrates: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, early edition, 5pp.

Bader, K. S., Hasiotis, S. T., and Matin, L. D., 2009, Application of forensic science techniques to trace fossils on dinosaur bones from a quarry in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Northeastern Wyoming: Palaios, v. 24, p. 140-158.

Bergwall, L., 2009, Fossil preparation test: an indication of manual skils: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 35-40.

Bordy, E. M., Bumby, A. J., Catuneanu, O., and Eriksson, P. G., 2009, Possible trace fossils of putative terminate origin in theLower Jurassic (Karoo Supergroup) of South Africa and Lesotho: South African Journal of Science, v. 105, p. 356-362.

Brinkman, P. D., 2009, Dinosaurs, museums, and the modernization of American fossil preparation at the turn of the 20th century: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 21-34.

Brown, M. A., and Parker, W. G., 2009, Rapid in-house design, construction, and installation of a Triassic paleontology exhibit hall at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 103-110.

Cavigelli, J.-P., 2009, Micropreparation...one sand grain at a time: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 41-52.

Cherney, M. D., 2009, Creating a multi-use polyurethane mold with a replaceable pour spout: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 81-86.

Davidson, A. R., 2009, A report on a mini-seminar on adhesives for fossil preparation: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 111-122.

Davidson, A., and Alderson, S., 2009, An introduction to solution and reaction adhesives for fossil preparation: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 53-62.

Davies, A., Kemp, A. E. S., and Pike, J., 2009, Late Cretaceous seasonal ocean variability from the Arctic: Nature, v. 460, p. 254-258.

Erickson, D., 2009, Inexpensive and simple construction of a manual centrifuge for resin casting: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 93-96.

Freudenthal, M., Martin-Suarez, E., Gallardo, J. A., Garcia-Alix Daroca, A,. and Minwer-Barakat, R., 2009, The application of correspondence analysis in paleontology: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 8, p. 1-8.

Fuchs, D., Bracchi, G,. and Weis, R., 2009, New octopods (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Late Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian) of Hakel and Hadjoula, Lebanon: Palaeontology, v. 52, part 1, p. 65-81. (Keuppia levate, Keuppia hyperbolaris, Styletoctopus annae)

Gavigan, A. M., 2009, Working fossil laboratories as public exhibitions: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 13-20.

Hasegawa H., Tada, R., Ichinnorov, N., and Minjin, C., 2009, Lithostratigraphy and depositonal environment of the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ulan Nuur Basin, southern Mongolia, and its paleoclimatic implication: Journal of Asian Earth Sciene, v. 35, p. 13-26.

Houg, C., Haug, J. T., Waloszek, D, Maas, A., Frattigiani, R, and Liebau, S., 2009, New methods to document fossils from Lithographic limestoens of southern Germany and Lebanon: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 12, issue 3, 12pp.

Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2009, Packing methods for domestic and international fossil shipping: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 97-102.

Kalmar, A., and Currie, D. J., 2010, The completeness of the continental fossil record and its impact on patterns of diversification: Paleobiology, v. 36, n. 1, p. 51-60.

Li, G., Cheng, P., Wang, D., and Batten, D. J., 2009, The spinicaudata Tylestheria and biostratigraphic significance of the age of dinosaur eggs in the Upper Cretaceous Majiacun Formation, Xixia Basin, Henan Province, China: Cretaceous Research, v. 30, p. 477-482.

Maltese, A. E., 2009, Difficult excavation and preparation of a large Daspletosaurus specimen: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 63-68.

Martino, R. L., and Greb, S. F., 2009, Walking trails of the giant terrestrial arthropd Arthropleura from the Upper Carboniferous of Kentucky: Journal of Paleontology, v. 83, n. 1, p. 140-146.

Montellano-Ballestros, M., and Carbot-Chanona, G., 2009, Panthera leo atrox (Mammalia: Carnivora: felidae) in Chiapas, Mexico: The Southwestern Naturalist, v. 54, n. 2, p. 217-222.

Mutterlose, J., Bornemann, A., and Herrle, J., 2009, The Aptian-Albian cold snap: evidence for "mid" Cretaceous icehouse interludes: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 252, n. 2, p. 217-225.

Nolan, T. C., Atkinson, R., and Small, B. J., 2009, The use of linear collasible foam for molding icnhofossils in the field: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 87-92.

Peters, S. E., and Heim, N. A., 2010, The geological completeness of paleontoogical sampling in North America: Paleobiology, v. 36, n. 1, p. 61-79.

Rayfield, E. J., Barrett, P. M., and Milner, A. R., 2009, Utility and validity of Middle and Late Triassic 'Land Vertebrate faunachrons': Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 80-87.

Roberts, E. M., Deino, A. L., and Chan, M. A., 2009, 40Ar/39Ar age of the Kaiparowits Formation, southern Utah, and correlation of contemporaneous Campanian strata and vertebrate faunas along the margin of the margin of the Western Interior Basin: Cretaceous Research, v. 26, p. 307-318.

Snitting, D., and Blom, H., 2009, Correcting taxon names containind diacritics-examples from Paleozoic vertebrates: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 269-270.

Stein, K., and Sander, P. M., 2009, Histological core drilling: a less desctructive method for studying bone histology: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 68-80.

Taylor, M. P., 2009, Electronic publication of nomenclatural acts is inevitable, and will be accepted by the taxonomic community with or without the endorsement of the Code: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, v. 66, n. 3, p. 205-214.

Wang, Y.-l., Guo, Q., Li, X.-H,. Wei, H.-F., and Wei, W., 2009, Subdivision of the Jiufotang Formation and related issues in the Kazuo Basin: Journal of Stratigraphy, v. 33, n. 2, p 147-154.

Wylie, C. D., 2009, Preparation in action: Paleontological skill and the role of the fossil preparator: In: Methods in Fossil Preparation: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and collections symposium, edited by Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., p. 3-12.


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