2015 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


Agnatha

Genus: Nova (2)

Mitraspis ELLIOTT, SCHULTZE, & BLIECK, 2015
Rhegmaspis GAI, ZHU, JIA, & ZHAO, 2015

Species: Nova (3)

Mitraspis cracens ELLIOTT, SCHULTZE, & BLIECK, 2015
Rhegmaspis ziphoidea GAI, ZHU, JIA, & ZHAO, 2015
Siyingia perlatuspinosa SI, GAI, & ZHAO, 2015

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Elliott, D. K., Schultze, H.-P., and Blieck, A., 2015, A new pteraspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian Drake Bay Formation, Price of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, and comments on environmental preferences of Pteraspids: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 6, 10pp. (Mitraspis cracens)

Gai, Z.-K., Zhu, M., Jia, L.-T., and Zhao, W.-J., 2015, A streamlined jawless fish (Galeapida) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan, China and its taxonomic and paleoecolgical implications: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 53, n. 2, p. 93-109. (Rhegmaspis ziphoidea) Link to pdf

Hirasawa, T., and Kuratani, S., 2015, Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morophology, embryology, and development: Hirasawa and Kuratani Zoological letters, 17pp. Link to pdf

Si, C.-D., Gai, Z.-K., and Zhao, W.-J., 2015, A new species of Siyingia from the Lower Devonian Xishancun Formation of Qujing, Yunnan: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 53, n. 2, p. 110-122. (Siyingia perlatuspinosa) Link to pdf


Thelodonti

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf


Placoderm

Genus: Nova (2)

Driscollaspis RÜCKLIN, LONG, & TRINAJSTIC, 2015

Pauropetalichthys PAN, ZHU, ZHU & JIA, 2015

Species: Nova (6)

Driscollaspis pankowskiorum RÜCKLIN, LONG, & TRINAJSTIC, 2015
Groenlandaspis potyi OLIVE, PRESTIANNI, & DUPRET, 2015
Grossilepis rikiki OLIVE, 2015
Pauropetalichthys magnoculus PAN, ZHU, ZHU & JIA, 2015

Remigolepis durnalensis OLIVE,  2015
Turriaspis strudensis OLIVE, CLEMENT, DASESCHLER & DUPRET, 2015

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Hirasawa, T., and Kuratani, S., 2015, Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morophology, embryology, and development: Hirasawa and Kuratani Zoological letters, 17pp. Link to pdf

Hodnett, J.-P. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Paleozoic fishes of New Mexico: a review: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 51-63.

Long, J. A., Mark-Kurik, E., Johanson, Z., Lee, M. S. Y., Young, G. C., Zhu, M., Ahlberg, P. E., Newman, M, Jones, R., den Blaauwen, J., Choo, B., and Trinajstic, K., 2015, Copulation in antiarch placoderms and teh origin of gnathostome internal fertilization: nature, v. 517, p. 196-199.

Olive, S., 2015, Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 711-731. (Grossilepis rikiki, Remigolepis durnalensis).

Olive, S., Clement, G., Dasechler, E. B., and Dupret, V., 2015, Characterization of placoderm (Gnathostomata) assemblage from the Tetrapod-bearing locality of Strud (Belgium, Upper Famennian): Palaeontology, v. 58, part 6, p. 981-1002. (Turriaspis strudensis)

Olive, S., Prestianni, C,. and Dupret, V., 2015, A new species of Groenlandaspis Heintz, 1932 (Placodermi, Arthrodira), from the Famennian (Late Devonian) of Belgium: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, 11pp. (Groenlandaspis potyi)

Pan, Z., Zhu, M., Zhu, Y., and Jia, L., 2015, A new petalichthyid placoderm from the Early Devonian of Yunnan, China: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 125-137. (Pauropetalichthys magnoculus).

Rücklin, M., and Donoghue, P. C. J., 2015, Romundina and the evolutionary origin of teeth: Biology Letters, v. 11, published online, 4 pp. Link to pdf

Rücklin, M., Long, J. A., and Trinajstic, K., 2015, A new selenosteid arthodire ('Placodermi') from the Late Devonian of Morocco: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 13 pp. (Driscollaspis pankowskiorum)

Szrek, P., Dec, M., and Niedzwiedzki, G., 2015, The first placoderm fish from the Lower Devonian of Poland: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 3, e930471, 5 pp.


Acanthodians

Genus: Nova (2)

Euryacanthus BLAIS, HERMUS & WILSON, 2015
Tricuspicanthus BLAIS, HERMUS & WILSON, 2015

Species: Nova (3)

Euryacanthus rugosus BLAIS, HERMUS & WILSON, 2015
Tricuspicanthus gannitus BLAIS, HERMUS & WILSON, 2015
Tricuspicanthus pisciculus BLAIS, HERMUS & WILSON, 2015

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Blais, S. A., Hermus, C. R., and Wilson, M. V. H., 2015, Four new early Devonian Ischnacanthid acanthodians from the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada: An early experiment in dental diversity: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 1, e948546, 13pp. (Euryacanthus rugosus, Tricuspicanthus gannitus, Tricuspicanthus pisciculus)

Burrow, C. J., Davidson, R. G., Den Blaauwen, J. L., and Newman, M. J., 2015, Revision of Climatius reticulatus Agassiz, 1844 (Acanthodii, Climatiidae), from the Lower Devonian of Scotland, based on new histological and morphological data: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 25, n. 3, e913421, 15 pp.

Carpenter, D. K., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Benton, M. J., and Grey, M., 2015, Early Pennsylvanian (Lagsettian) fish assemblages from the Joggins Formation, Canada, and thier implications for palaeoecology and palaeogeography: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 4, p. 661-690.

Hodnett, J.-P. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Paleozoic fishes of New Mexico: a review: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 51-63.


Chondrichthyes

Genus: Nova (8)

Canyonlepis ANDREEV, COATES, SHELTON, COOPER, SMITH, & SANSOM, 2015
Gogoselachus LONG, BURROW, GINTER, MAISEY, TRINAJSTIC, COATES, YOUNG & SENDNE, 2013
Kenolamna SIVERSON, LINDGREN, NEWBREY, CEDERSTROM, & COOK, 2015
Paraptychodus HAMM, 2015

Polyfaciodus KOOT, CUNY, ORCHARD, RICHOZ, HART, & TWITCHETT, 2015
Pseudomegachasma SHIMADA, POPOV, SIVERSSON, WELTON, & LONG, 2015

Safrodus KOOT, CUNY, ORCHARD, RICHOZ, HART, & TWITCHETT, 2015
Tezakia ANDREEV, COATES, SHELTON, COOPER, SMITH, & SANSOM, 2015

Species: Nova (16)

Canyonlepis smithae ANDREEV, COATES, SHELTON, COOPER, SMITH, & SANSOM, 2015
Cretalamna sarcoportheta SIVERSON, LINDGREN, NEWBREY, CEDERSTROM, & COOK, 2015
Cretalamna gertericorum SIVERSON, LINDGREN, NEWBREY, CEDERSTROM, & COOK, 2015
Cretalamna ewelli SIVERSON, LINDGREN, NEWBREY, CEDERSTROM, & COOK, 2015
Cretalamna hattini SIVERSON, LINDGREN, NEWBREY, CEDERSTROM, & COOK, 2015
Cretalamna deschutteri SIVERSON, LINDGREN, NEWBREY, CEDERSTROM, & COOK, 2015
Creatalamna catoxodon SIVERSON, LINDGREN, NEWBREY, CEDERSTROM, & COOK, 2015
Edaphodon snowhillensis GOUIRIC-CAVALLI, CABRERA, CIONE, O'GORMAN, CORIA, & FERNANDEZ, 2015
Gogoselachus lynbeazelyae LONG, BURROW, GINTER, MAISEY, TRINAJSTIC, COATES, YOUNG & SENDNE, 2013
Omanoselache halli KOOT, CUNY, ORCHARD, RICHOZ, HART, & TWITCHETT, 2015
Paraptychodus washitaensis HAMM, 2015

Polyfaciodus pandus KOOT, CUNY, ORCHARD, RICHOZ, HART, & TWITCHETT, 2015
Portalodus mannoliniae POTVIN-LEDUC, CLOUTIER, LANDING, HERNICK & MANNOLINI, 2015

Safrodus tozer KOOT, CUNY, ORCHARD, RICHOZ, HART, & TWITCHETT, 2015
Tezakia hardingensis ANDREEV, COATES, SHELTON, COOPER, SMITH, & SANSOM, 2015

Thrinacodus dziki GINTER, DUFFIN, DEAN, & KORN, 2015

Synonym: Nova (3)

Kenolamna gunsoni (SIVERSON, 1996) SIVERSON, LINDGREN, NEWBREY, CEDERSTROM, & COOK, 2015
= Cretolamna gunsoni SIVERSON, 1996
Pseudomegachasma casei (NESOV, 1999) SHIMADA, POPOV, SIVERSSON, WELTON, & LONG, 2015
= Eorhincodon casei NESOV, 1999
Pseudomegachasma comanchensis (SHIMADA, 2007) SHIMADA, POPOV, SIVERSSON, WELTON, & LONG, 2015
 = Megachasma comanchensis SHIMIDA, 2007

Andreev, P. S., Coates, M. I., Shelton, R. M., Cooper, P. R., Smith, M. P., and Sansom, I. J., 2015, Upper Ordovician Chondrichthyan-like scales from North America: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 4, p. 691-704. (Tezakia hardingensis, Canyonlepis smithae)

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Benyoucef, M., Lang, E., Cavin, L., Mebarki, K., Adaci, and M., Bensalah, M., 2015, Overabundance of piscivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) in the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa: The Algerian dilemma: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 44-55. Link to pdf

Berman, D. S., Henrici, A. C., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Pennsylvanian-Permian Red Bed vertebrate localities of New Mexico and thier assemblages: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 63-76.

Bernier, P., and Gaillard, C., 2015, Die lithographischen Kalke von Cerin: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 541-549.

Böttcher, R., 2015, Fische des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 141-202. Link to pdf

Brazeau, M. D., and Friedman, M., 2015, The origin and early phylogenetic history of jawed vertebrates: Nature, v. 520, p. 490-497.

Carpenter, D. K., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Benton, M. J., and Grey, M., 2015, Early Pennsylvanian (Lagsettian) fish assemblages from the Joggins Formation, Canada, and thier implications for palaeoecology and palaeogeography: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 4, p. 661-690.

Claybourn, T. M., 2015, A multi-evidence approach to the affinity of Tylodus deltoides Rohon, 1893: Examensarbete vid Institutionen for geovetenskaper, Degree Project at the Department of Earth Sciencs ISSN 1650-6553 Nr 319, 51pp.

Cuny, G., Suteethorn, V., and Khansubha, S., 2015, A sclerorhynchoid (Chondrichtyes: Batomorphii) in the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand? In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 15-17.

Diedrich, C. G., 2015, The vertebrates from the Lower Ladinian (Middle Triassic) bonebed of Lamerde (Germany) as palaeoenvironment indicators in the Germanic Basin: Open Geoscience, v. 7, p. 755-782.

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Frederickson, J. A., Schaefer, S. N., and Doucette-Frederickson, J. A., 2015, A gigantic shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Taxas: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 24 pp. Link to pdf

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Ginter, M., Duffin, C. J., Dean, M. T., and Korn, D., 2015, Late Visean pelagic chondrichthyans from northern Europe: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 4, p. 899-922. (Thrinacodus dziki) Link to pdf

Gouirici-Cavalli, S., Cabrera, D. A., Cione, A. L., O'Gorman, J. P., Coria, R. A., and Fernandez, M. S., 2015, The frist record of the chimaeroid genus Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Late Crtaceous, James Ross Island): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 5, 12pp. (Edaphodon snowhillensis)

Greb, S. F., Storrs, G. W., Garcia, W. J., and Eble, C. F., 2015, Late Mississippian vertebrate palaeoecology and taphonomy, Buffalo Wallow Formation, western Kentucky, USA: Lethia, v. 49, p. 199-218.

Hamm, S. A., 2015, Paraptychodus washitaensis n. gen. e n. sp., of ptychodontid shark from the Albian of Texas, USA: Cretaceous Reserch, v. 54, p. 60-67. (Paraptychodus washitaensis) Link to pdf

Harrell, T. L., Jr, and Perez-Huerta, A., 2015, Rare Earth element (REE) analysis of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate Marine Formations of Western and Central Alabama, USA: taphonomic and paleoenvironmental implications: Palaios, v. 30, p. 514-528.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Heyng, A. M., Leonhardt, U., Krautworst, U., and Pöschl, R., 2015, Die Mörnscheimer Schichten am Schaudiberg: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 137-152.

Hill, R. V., Roberts, E. M., Tapanila, L., Bouare, M. L., Sissoko, F., and O'Leary, M. A., 2015, Multispecies shark feeding in the trans-saharan seaway: evidence from Late Cretaceous Dyrosaurid (CorocyliformeS) fossils from notrheastern Mali: Palaios, v. 30, p. 589-596.

Hodnett, J.-P. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Paleozoic fishes of New Mexico: a review: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 51-63.

Hunt, A. P., Lucas, S. G., Milan, J., Lichtig, A. J., and Jagt, J. W. M., 2015, Vertebrate coprolites from Cretaceous Chalk in Europe and North America and the shark surplus paradox:  In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 63-68.

Ikejiri, T., and Everhart, M. J., 2015, Notes on the authorship and the holotype of the Late Cretaceous durophagous shark Ptychodus mortoni (Chondrichthyes, Ptychodontidae): In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 69-73.

Itano, W. M., 2015, An abraded tooth of Edestus (Chondrichthyes, Eugeneodontiformes): evidence for a unique mode of predation: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 118, n. 1-2, p. 1-9.

Koot, M. B., Cuny, G., Orchard, M. J., Richoz, S., Hart, M. B., and Twitchett, R. J,. 2015, New hybodontiform and neoselachina sharks from the Lower Triassic of Oman: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 13, n. 10, p. 891-917. (Omanoselache halli, Polyfaciodus pandus, Safrodus tozeri)

Kriwet, J., and Klug, S., 2014 (published 2015) Dental patterns of the stem-group hexanchoid shark, Notidanoides muensteri (Elasmobranchii, Hexanchiformes): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1292-1306.

Kriwet, J., and Klug, S., 2015, Knorpelfische (Chondrichthyes): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 334-359.

Long, J. A., Burrow, C. J., Ginter, M., Maisey, J. G., Trinsjstic, K. M., Coates, M. I., Young, G. C., and Senden, T. J., 2015, First shark from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia sheds new light on the development of tessellated calcified cartilage: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 24 pp. (Gogoselachus lynbeazelyae) Link to pdf

Lucas, S. G., 2015, Vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico --a brief history: In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico, Edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 68, p. 1-7.

Maüser, M., 2015, Oberjurassiche fossil-lagerstätten außerhalb der Südlichen Frankenalb: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 515-535.

Mo, J., Buffetaut, E., Tong, H., Amiot, R., Cavin, L., Cuny, G., Suteethorn, V., Suteethorn, S., and Jiang, S., 2015, Early Cretaceous vertebrates from the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi (southern China): a review: Geological Magazine, v. 153, n. 1, p. 143-159.

Newbrey, M. G., Siversson, M., Cook, T. D., Fotheringham, A. M., and Sanchez, R. L., 2015, Vertebral morphology, dentition, age, growth, and ecology of the large lamniform shark Cardabiodon ricki: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 4, p. 877-897. Link to pdf

Peyer, K., and Khalloufi, B., 2015, Die fossillagerstätte Canjures im Südoten Frankriches: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 541-549.

Potvin-Leduc, D., Cloutier, R., Landing, E., Hernick, L. V., and Mannolini, F., 2015, Givetian (Middle Devonian) sharks from Cairo, New York (USAP: evidence of early cosmopolitanism: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 1, p. 183-200. (Portalodus mannoliniae). Link to pdf Link to supplementary data

Santucci, V. L., Tweet, J., Bustos, D., von Haden, J., and Varela, P., 2015, Vertebrate paleontological resources from National Park Service areas in New Mexico:  In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 41-49.

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Schweigert, G., 2015, Der Nuspoinger Plattenkalk: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 536-540.

Schwimmer, D. R., Weems, R. E., and Sanders, A. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous shark coprolite with baby freshwater turtle vertebrae inclusions: Palaios, v. 30, p. 707-713.

Shimada, K., Popov, E. V., Siversson, M., Welton, B. J., and Long, D. J., 2015, A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States: Journal of Vertebate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 5, 13 pp. (Pseudomegachasma casei = Eorhincodon casei, Pseudomegachasma comanchensis = Megachasma comanchensis)

Siverson, M., Lindgren, J., Newbrey, M. G., Cederstrom, P., and Cook, T. D., 2015, Cenomanian-Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 2, p. 339-384. (Cretalamna sarcoportheta, Cretalamna gertericorum, Cretalamna ewelli, Cretalamna hattini, Cretalamna deschutteri, Creatalamna catoxodon, Kenolamna gunsoni = Cretolamna gunsoni) Link to pdf

Tischlinger, H., 2015, Arbeten mit ultraviolettem Licht (UV): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.

Tomita, T., 2015, Pectoral fin of the Paleozoic shark, Cladoselache: new reconstruction baed on a near-complete specimen: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 35, n. 5, 4pp.

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.


Fish

Genus: Nova (12)

Beiduyu MURRAY, XING, DIVAY, LIU & WANG, 2015
Ceneichthys TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2015

Durotayichthys TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2015

Hayolperichthys TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2015

Jonoichthys GOUIRIC-CAVALLI, 2015

Ophiopsiella LANE & EBERT, 2015
Paranursallia TAVERNE, LAYEB, LAYEB-TOUNSI & GAUDANT, 2015

Raynerius GILES, DARRAS, CLEMENT, BLIECK, & FRIEDMAN, 2015
Tricerichthys TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2015

Ursithys NEWBREY & KONISHI, 2015
Wushaichthys XU, ZHAO & SHEN, 2015

Species: Nova (14)

Altisolepis sinensis SUN, LOMBARDO & TINTORI, 2015
Apuliadercetis indeherbergei TAVERNE & GOOLAERTS, 2015

Beiduyu qijiangensis MURRAY, XING, DIVAY, LIU & WANG, 2015

Ceneichthys zambellii TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2015

Cyranichthys jagt TAVERNE & GOOLAERTS, 2015

Durotayichthys cornutus TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2015

Hayolperichthys pectospinus TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2015

Jonoichthys challwa GOUIRIC-CAVALLI, 2015

Moythomasia lineata CHOO, 2015
Paranursallia spinosa TAVERNE, LAYEB, LAYEB-TOUNSI & GAUDANT, 2015

Raynerius splendens GILES, DARRAS, CLEMENT, BLIECK, & FRIEDMAN, 2015
Saurichthys breviabdominalis MAXWELL, ROMANO, WU & FURRER, 2015

Saurichthys rieppeli MAXWELL, ROMANO, WU & FURRER, 2015

Sinamia lanzhouensis PENG, MURRAY, BRINKMAN, ZHANG, & YOU, 2015
Tricerichthys wenzi TAVERNE & CAPASSO, 2015

Ursithys longiparientalis NEWBREY & KONISHI, 2015
Wushaichthys exquisitus XU, ZHAO & SHEN, 2015

Synonym: Nova (9)

Colobodus giganteus (BELTAN, 1972) CARTGANYA, FORTUNY, BOLET, & MUTTER, 2015
= Perleidus giganteus BELTAN, 1972
Luisella feruglioi
(BORDAS, 1942) SFERCO, LOPEZ-ARBARELLO, & BAEZ, 2015

= Tharrhais ferugiloi BORDAS, 1942
Ophiopsiella procera (AGSSIZ, 1837) LANE & EBERT, 2015
= Ophiopsis procerus AGASSIZ, 1837
Ophiopsiella attenuata (AGASSIZ, 1837) LANE & EBERT, 2015
= Ophiopsis attenuata AGASSIZ, 1837
Ophiopsiella breviceps (EGERTON, 1852) LANE & EBERT, 2015
= Ophiopsis breviceps EGERTON, 1852
Ophiopsiella dorsalis (AGASSIZ, 1843) LANE & EBERT, 2015
= Ophiopsis dorsalis AGASSIZ, 1843
Ophiopsiella lepersonnei (SAINT-SEINE, 1950) LANE & EBERT, 2015
= Ophiopsis lepersonnei SAINT-SEINE, 1950
Ophiopsiella monsechensis (WENZ, 1968) LANE & EBERT, 2015
= Ophiopsis montsechensis WENZ, 1968
Ophiopsiella lepturus (BELLOTTI, 1857) LANE & EBERT, 2015
= Ophiopsis lepturus BELLOTTI, 1857

Albersdörfer, R., and Häckel, W., 2015, Die kiesleplattenkalke von Painten: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 126-133.

Arratia, G., 2015, Los peces osteictios fosiles de Chile y su importancia dn los contextos paleobiogeografico y evolutivo: Publicacion Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, v. 63, p. 35-83. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Benyoucef, M., Lang, E., Cavin, L., Mebarki, K., Adaci, and M., Bensalah, M., 2015, Overabundance of piscivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) in the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa: The Algerian dilemma: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 44-55. Link to pdf

Berman, D. S., Henrici, A. C., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Pennsylvanian-Permian Red Bed vertebrate localities of New Mexico and thier assemblages: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 63-76.

Bernier, P., and Gaillard, C., 2015, Die lithographischen Kalke von Cerin: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 541-549.

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Brazeau, M. D., and Friedman, M., 2015, The origin and early phylogenetic history of jawed vertebrates: Nature, v. 520, p. 490-497.

Carpenter, D. K., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Benton, M. J., and Grey, M., 2015, Early Pennsylvanian (Lagsettian) fish assemblages from the Joggins Formation, Canada, and thier implications for palaeoecology and palaeogeography: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 4, p. 661-690.

Cartanya, J., Fortuny, J., Bolet, A., and Mutter, R. J., 2015, Colobodus giganteus (Beltan, 1972) com. nov. from the Upper Muschelkalk facies of Catalonia (NE (berian Peninsula): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 278, n. 3, p. 323-333. (Colobodus giganteus = Perleidus giganteus)

Cavin, L., Boudad, L., Tong, H,. Lang, E., Tabouelle, J., and Vullo, R., 2015, Taxonomic composition and trophic structure of the continental bony fish assemblage from the Early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Moroco: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 32 pp. Link to pdf

Choo, B., 2015, A new species of the Devonian actinpterygian Moythomasia from Bergisch Gladbach, Germnay, and fresh observations on M. durgaringa from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, 21 pp. (Moythomasia lineata)

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Cowan, T. M., and Fielitz, C., 2015, Two three-dimensionally preserved teleost neurocrania from the Coriscana Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrischtian), Bexar County, Texas, U.S.A.: Paludicola, v. 10, n. 3, p. 137-144.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Diedrich, C. G., 2015, The vertebrates from the Lower Ladinian (Middle Triassic) bonebed of Lamerde (Germany) as palaeoenvironment indicators in the Germanic Basin: Open Geoscience, v. 7, p. 755-782.

Domingo, L., Barroso-Barcenilla, F., and Cambra-Moo, O., 2015, Seasonality and palecology of the Late Cretaceous multi-taxa vertebrate assemblage of "Lo Hueco" (Central Eastern Spain: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 3, 25 pp. Link to pdf

Ebert, M., Kölbl-Ebert, M., and Lane, J. A., 2015, Fauna and predator-prey relationships of Ettling, an actinopterygian fish-dominated konservat-lagerstätte from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 1, 33 pp. Link to pdf

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Friedman, M., 2015, The Early evolution of Ray-finned fishes, Frontiers in palaeontology, Palaeontology, v. 58, part 2, p. 213-228.

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Giles, Coates, Garwood, Brazeau, Atwood, Johanson, & Friedman, 2015, Endoskeletal structure in Cheirolepis (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii), an early ray-finned fish: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 5, p. 849-870.

Giles, S., Darras, L., Clement, G., Blieck, A., and Friedman, M., 2015, An exceptionally preserved Late Devonian actinopterygian provides a new model for primitive cranial anatomy in ray-finned fishes: Proceedings of the Roysal Society, series B., published online, 10pp. (Raynerius splendens)

Gouiric-Cavalli, S., 2015, Jonoichthys challwa gen. et sp. nov., a new Aspidorhynchiform (Osteichthyes, Neopterygii, Telesteomorpha) from the marine Upper Jurassic sediments of Argentina, with comments about paleobiogeography of Jurassic aspidorhynchids: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 291-304. (Jonoichthys challwa)

Gouiric-Cavalli, S., and Cione, A. L., 2015, Notodectes is the first endemic pachycormiform genus (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Pachycormiformes) in the southern Hemisphere: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, 11pp.

Greb, S. F., Storrs, G. W., Garcia, W. J., and Eble, C. F., 2015, Late Mississippian vertebrate palaeoecology and taphonomy, Buffalo Wallow Formation, western Kentucky, USA: Lethia, v. 49, p. 199-218.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Heyng, A. M., Leonhardt, U., Krautworst, U., and Pöschl, R., 2015, Die Mörnscheimer Schichten am Schaudiberg: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 137-152.

Heyng, A. M., Rothgaenger, M., and Röper, M., 2015, Wissenschaftliche Grabungen in der Südlichen Frankenalb, Die Grabung Brunn:  In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 114-118.

Hodnett, J.-P. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Paleozoic fishes of New Mexico: a review: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 51-63.

Iturralde-Vinent, M., and Izquierdo, Y. C., 2015, Catalogue of Late Jurassic vertebrae (Pisces, Reptilian) specimens from western Cuba: Paleontología Mexicana, v. 65, n. 3, p. 24-39 (versión impresa), n. 4, p.24-39 (versión electrónica).

Klein, C. G., Whiteside, D. I., de lucas, V. S., Viegas, P. A., and Benton, M. J., 2015, A distinctive Late Triassic microvertebrate fissure fauna and a new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from Woodleaze Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK: Proceedings of the Geological Association, (in pres) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.05.003, 15 pp.

Lane, J. A., and Ebert, M., 2015, A taxonoic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago and a ndw genus of ophiopsidae: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 35, n. 1, e883238 23pp. (Ophiopsiella procera = Ophiopsis procerus, Ophiopsiella attenuata, = Ophiopsis attenuata, Ophiopsiella breviceps, = Ophiopsis breviceps, Ophiopsiella dorsalis, = Ophiopsis dorsalis, Ophiopsiella lepersonnei, = Ophiopsis lepersonnei, Ophiopsiella monsechensis, = Ophiopsis montsechensis, Ophiopsiella lepturus, = Ophiopsis lepturus)

Liston, J. J., 2015, Leedischthys problematicus: Arthur Smith Woodward's 'most embarrassing enigma': In: Arthur Smith Woodward: His life and influence on modern vertebrate paleontology, edited by Johanson, Z., Barrett, P.M., Richter, M., and SMith, M., Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 430, p. 25pp.

Lucas, S. G., and Heckert, A. B., 2015, New Mexico's record of Jurassic fossil vertebrates: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 97-104.

Martinelli, A. G., and Teixeira, V. P. A., 2015, The Late Cretaceous vertebrate record from the Bauru Group in the Triangulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil: Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 129-158.

Maüser, M., 2015, Oberjurassiche fossil-lagerstätten außerhalb der Südlichen Frankenalb: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 515-535.

Maxwell, E. E., Romano, C., Wu, F., and Furrer, H., 2015, Two new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, with implications of character evolution in the genus: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 173, p. 887-912. (Saurichthys breviabdominalis, Saurichthys rieppeli)

Mo, J., Buffetaut, E., Tong, H., Amiot, R., Cavin, L., Cuny, G., Suteethorn, V., Suteethorn, S., and Jiang, S., 2015, Early Cretaceous vertebrates from the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi (southern China): a review: Geological Magazine, v. 153, n. 1, p. 143-159.

Murray, A. M., Xing, L., Divay, J., Liu, J., and Wang, F., 2015, A Late Jurassic freshwater fish (Ginglymodi, Lepisosteiformes) from Qijang, Chongqing, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 7 pp. (Beiduyu qijiangensis)

Murray, A. M., Xing, L., Divay, J., Liu, J., and Wang, F., 2015, Correct size of the Late Jurassic freshwater fish, Beiduyu qijiangensis (Ginglymodi, Lepisosteiformes) from Qijiang, Chongqing, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 3, e1029862, 1 pp.

Newbrey, M. G., and Konishi, T., 2015, A new lizardfish (teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada, with a revised diagnosis of Apateodus (Aulopiformes, Ichthyotringoidei): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 3, E918042, 19 pp. (Ursithys longiparientalis)

Ortega, F., Bardet, N., Barroso-Barceilla, F., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Daviero-Gomez, V., Diez Diaz, V., Dominog, L., Elvira, A., Escaso, F., Garcia-Oliva, M., Gomez, B., Houssaye, A., Knoll, E., Marcos-Fernandez, F., Martin, M., Mocho, P. Narvaez, I., Perez-Garcia, A., Peyrot, D., Segura, M., Serrano, H., Torices, A., Vidal, D., and Sanz, J. L., 2015, Thee biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca Spain): Jounal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 83-99.

Osi, A., Bodor, E. R., Makadi, L., and Rabi, M., 2016 (published 2015), Vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Ajka Coal Formation, western Hungary: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 228-238.

Pan, Y., Fursich, F. T., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., and Zheng, X., 2015, Biostratinomic analysis of Lycoptera beds from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, western Liaoning, China: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 3, p. 537-561.

Peng, C., Murray, A. M., Brinkman, D. B., Zhang, J.-Y., and You, H.-L., 2015, A new species of Sinamia (Amifformes, Sinamiidae) form the Early Cretaceous of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 11 pp. (Sinamia lanzhouensis)

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Peyer, K., and Khalloufi, B., 2015, Die fossillagerstätte Canjures im Südoten Frankriches: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 541-549.

Renesto, S., and Stockar, R., 2015, Prey content in a Saurichthys reveals the presence of advanced halecomorph fishes in the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 278, n. 1, p. 95-107.

Romano, C., Ware, D., Bruhwiler, T., Bucher, H., and Brinkmann, W., 2015, Marine Early Triassic osteichthyes from Spiti, Indian himalayas: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, published online, 20pp.

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Schultze, H.-P., and Arratia, G., 2015, Benennung von fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 157-159.

Schultze, H.-P., and Arratia, G., 2015, Knochenfische im weiteren Sinne (Osteichthyes oder Osteognathostomata): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 360-409.

Schweigert, G., 2015, Der Nuspoinger Plattenkalk: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 536-540.

Smithwick, F. M., 2015, Feeding ecology of the Deep-bodied fish Dapedium (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Sinemurian of Dorset, England: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 2, p. 293-311.

Sferco, E., Lopez-Arbarello, A., and Baex, A. M., 2015, Anatomical description and taxonomy of Luisiella feruglioi (Bordas), new combination, a freshwater teleost (Actinopterygii, teleostei) from the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 3, e924958, 20 pp. (Luisella feruglioi = Tharrhais ferugiloi)

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 105-129.

Sun, Z.-Y., Lombardo, C., and Tintori, A., 2015, A new species of Altisolepis (Peltopleuriformes, Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Southern China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 38, n. 2, 6pp. (Altisolepis sinensis)

Taverne, L., 2015, On the presence of a second osteoglossid fish (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes) in the continental Lower Cretaceous of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Cental Africa): Geo-Eco-Trop, v. 39,n . 2, p. 247-254. Link to pdf

Taverne, L., and Capasso, L., 2015, New data on the osteology and phylogeny of Gladiopycnodontidae (Pycnodontiformes), a tropical fossil fish family from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon, with description of four genera: Geo-Eco-Trop, v. 39,n . 2, p. 217-246. (Durotayichthys cornutus, Hayolperichthys pectospinus, Tricerichthys wenzi)

Taverne, L., and Capasso, L., 2015, Osteology and relationships of Ceneichthys zambellii gen. and sp. nov., (Teleostei, Pholidophoridae) from the Late Triassic of northern Italy:Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Verona, v. 39, p. 13-26. (Ceneichthys zambellii)

Taverne, L., and Goolaerts, 2015, The dercetid fishes (Teleostei, Aulopiformes) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Belgium and The Netherlands: Geologica Belgica, v. 18, n. 1, p. 21-30. (Cyranichthys jagt, Apuliadercetis indeherbergei)

Taverne, L., Layeb, M., Layeb-Tounsi, Y., and Gaudant, J., 2015, Paranursallia spinosa n. gen., n. sp., a new Upper Cretaceous pycnodontiform fish from the Eurafrican Mesogea: Geodiversitas, v. 37, n. 2, p. 215-227. (Paranursallia spinosa)

Tintori, A., and Felber, M., 2015, I vertebrati marini del Triassico Medo nel XXI secolo: Dal Monte San Giorgio Alla cina: Geol.  Insubr, v. 11, n. 1, p. 63-80.

Tischlinger, H., 2015, Arbeten mit ultraviolettem Licht (UV): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.

Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., 2015, Sammler, Sammlungen und Forscher: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 41-54.

Tischliner, H., and Völkl-Constantini, P., 2015, Bearbeitung der Fossilfunde, Fundbrgung, Präparation, Dokumentation: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.

Williams, M., Benton, M. J., and Ross, A., 2015, The Strawberry Bank Lagerstatte reveals insights into Early Jurassic life: Journal of the Geological Society, published online, 10 pp. Link to pdf

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.

Viohl, G., 2015, Die lithographischen Plattenkalke im engeren sinne: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1 edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 78-100.

Viohl, G., 2015, Die grabung Schamhaupten: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1,, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 119-125.

Viohl, G., 2015, Flora und fauna: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 153-156.

 Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Xu, G.-H., Gao, K.-Q., Coates, M I., 2015, Taxonomic revision of Plesiofuro mingshuica from the Lower Triassic of northern Gansu, China, and the relationships of early neopterygian clades: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 6, 14pp.

Xu, G.-H., Zhao, L.-J., and Shen, C.-C., 2015, A Middle Triassic thoracoptrid from China highlights the evolutionary origin of overwater gliding in early ray-finned fishes: Biology Letters, published online, 5pp. (Wushaichthys exquisitus)


Crossopterygians & Finned Tetrapods

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Brazeau, M. D., and Friedman, M., 2015, The origin and early phylogenetic history of jawed vertebrates: Nature, v. 520, p. 490-497.

Carpenter, D. K., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Benton, M. J., and Grey, M., 2015, Early Pennsylvanian (Lagsettian) fish assemblages from the Joggins Formation, Canada, and thier implications for palaeoecology and palaeogeography: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 4, p. 661-690.

Cavin, L., Boudad, L., Tong, H,. Lang, E., Tabouelle, J., and Vullo, R., 2015, Taxonomic composition and trophic structure of the continental bony fish assemblage from the Early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Moroco: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 32 pp. Link to pdf

Greb, S. F., Storrs, G. W., Garcia, W. J., and Eble, C. F., 2015, Late Mississippian vertebrate palaeoecology and taphonomy, Buffalo Wallow Formation, western Kentucky, USA: Lethia, v. 49, p. 199-218.

Hodnett, J.-P. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Paleozoic fishes of New Mexico: a review: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 51-63.

Porro, L. B., Rayfield, E. J., and Clack, J. A., 2015, Computed tomography, anatomical description and three-dimensional reconstruction of the lower jaw of Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves, 1881 from the Upper Devonian of Canada: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 6, p. 1031-1047.


Lungfish

Genus: Nova (1)

Permoceratodus KRUPINA in LEBEDEV, SENNIKOV, GOLUBEV, KRUPINA, NIEDZWIEDZKI & SULEJ, 2015

Species: Nova (4)

Cathlorhynchus zengi QIAO, & ZHU, 2015
Equinoxiodus schultzi DE SOUSA, MEDEIROS, TOLEDO, BERTINI, PEREIRA, & KINDOSO, 2015
Permoceratodus gentilis KRUPINA in LEBEDEV, SENNIKOV, GOLUBEV, KRUPINA, NIEDZWIEDZKI & SULEJ, 2015

Ptychoceratodus roemeri SKRZYCKI, 2015

Anderson, J. S., Smithson, T., Mansky, C. F., Meyer, T., and Clack, J., 2015, A diverse tetrapod fauna at the base of 'Romer's Gap': Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 4, 27 pp. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Benyoucef, M., Lang, E., Cavin, L., Mebarki, K., Adaci, and M., Bensalah, M., 2015, Overabundance of piscivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) in the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa: The Algerian dilemma: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 44-55. Link to pdf

Carpenter, D. K., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Benton, M. J., and Grey, M., 2015, Early Pennsylvanian (Lagsettian) fish assemblages from the Joggins Formation, Canada, and thier implications for palaeoecology and palaeogeography: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 4, p. 661-690.

Cavin, L., Boudad, L., Tong, H,. Lang, E., Tabouelle, J., and Vullo, R., 2015, Taxonomic composition and trophic structure of the continental bony fish assemblage from the Early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Moroco: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 32 pp. Link to pdf

Flippi, L., Martinelli, A. G., and Garrido, A. C., 2015, Una nueva asociacion de dientes de vertebrados para la Formacion Bajo de la Carpa (Santoniensis, Cretacico Superior) en Rincon de los Sauces, Neuquen, Argentina: Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, v. 30, n. 2, p. 223-238. Link to pdf

Greb, S. F., Storrs, G. W., Garcia, W. J., and Eble, C. F., 2015, Late Mississippian vertebrate palaeoecology and taphonomy, Buffalo Wallow Formation, western Kentucky, USA: Lethia, v. 49, p. 199-218.

Hodnett, J.-P. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Paleozoic fishes of New Mexico: a review: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 51-63.

Lebedev, O. A., Sennikov, A. G., Golubev, V. K., Krupina, N. I., Niedzwiedzki, G., and Sulej, T., 2015, The first find of Permian ceratodontids (Dipnoi, Osteichthyes) in Russia: Paleontologicla Journal, v. 49, n. 10, p. 1114-1124. (Permoceratodus gentilis)

Qiao, T., and Zhu, M., 2015, A new Early Devonian lungfish from Guangxi, China, and its palaeogeographic significance: Alcheringa, v. 39, p. 428-437. (Cathlorhynchus zengi)

Skrzycki, P., 2015, New species of lungfish (Sauropterygii, dipnoi) from the Late Triassic Krasiejow site in Poland, with remarks on the ontogeny of Triassic dipnoan tooth plates: (Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 35, n. 5, 22pp. (Ptychoceratodus roemeri)

de Sousa, E. P., Medeiros, M. A., Toledo, C. E. V., Bertini, R. J., Pereira, A. A., and Lindoso, R. M., 2015, A new species of Equinoxiodus (Dipnoi: ?Neocereatodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil: Zootaxa, v. 3905, n. 3, p. 397-406. (Equinoxiodus schultzi)


Coelocanths

Genus: Nova (2)

Atacamia ARRATIA & SCHULTZE, 2015

Serenichthys GESS, & COATES, 2015

Species: Nova (2)

Atacamia solitaria ARRATIA & SCHULTZE, 2015

Serenichthys kowiensis GESS, & COATES, 2015

Arratia, G., and Schultze, H.-P., 2015, A new fossil Actinistian from the Early Jurassic of Chile and its bearing on the phylogeny of Actinistia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 5, 12pp. (Atacamia solitaria)

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Benyoucef, M., Lang, E., Cavin, L., Mebarki, K., Adaci, and M., Bensalah, M., 2015, Overabundance of piscivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) in the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa: The Algerian dilemma: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 44-55. Link to pdf

Cavin, L., Boudad, L., Tong, H,. Lang, E., Tabouelle, J., and Vullo, R., 2015, Taxonomic composition and trophic structure of the continental bony fish assemblage from the Early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Moroco: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 32 pp. Link to pdf

Dutel, H., Herbin, M., and Clement, G., 2015, First occurrence of a mawsoniid coleacanth in the Early Jurassic of Europe: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 25, n. 3, e929581 (13 pp).

Gess, R. W., and Coates, M. J., 2015, Fossil juvenile coelacanths from the Devonian of South Africa shed light on the order of character acquisition in actinistians: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 175, p. 360-383. (Serenichthys kowiensis)

Maüser, M., 2015, Oberjurassiche fossil-lagerstätten außerhalb der Südlichen Frankenalb: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 515-535.

Schultze, H.-P., 2015, Hohlstachler oder Quastenflosser (Actinistia oder Coelacanthiformes): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 410-413.

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., 2015, Sammler, Sammlungen und Forscher: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 41-54.


Fish Ichnology


Fish Burrows


Fish Coprolites

Schwimmer, D. R., Weems, R. E., and Sanders, A. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous shark coprolite with baby freshwater turtle vertebrae inclusions: Palaios, v. 30, p. 707-713.


Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians)

Genus: Nova (3)

Parapytanga STRAPASSON, PINHEIRO, & SOARES, 2015
Procuhy CISNEROS, MARSICANO, ANGIELCZYK, SMITH, RICHTER, FROBISCH, KAMMERER, & SADLEIR, 2015
Timonya CISNEROS, MARSICANO, ANGIELCZYK, SMITH, RICHTER, FROBISCH, KAMMERER, & SADLEIR, 2015

Species: Nova (5)

Eocyclotosaurus apetolatus RINEHART, LUCAS, & SCHOCH, 2015
Metoposaurus algarvensis BRUSATTE, BUTLER, MATEUS & STEYER, 2015
Parapytanga catariensis  STRAPASSON, PINHEIRO, & SOARES, 2015
Procuhy nazariensis CISNEROS, MARSICANO, ANGIELCZYK, SMITH, RICHTER, FROBISCH, KAMMERER, & SADLEIR, 2015
Timonya anneae CISNEROS, MARSICANO, ANGIELCZYK, SMITH, RICHTER, FROBISCH, KAMMERER, & SADLEIR, 2015

Anderson, J. S., Smithson, T., Mansky, C. F., Meyer, T., and Clack, J., 2015, A diverse tetrapod fauna at the base of 'Romer's Gap': Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 4, 27 pp. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Berman, D. S., Henrici, A. C., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Pennsylvanian-Permian Red Bed vertebrate localities of New Mexico and thier assemblages: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 63-76.

Bishop, P. J., Walmsley, C. W., Phillips, M. J., Quayle, M. R., Boisvert, C. A., and McHenry, C. R., 2015, Oldest pathology in a tetrapod bone illuminates the origin of terrestrial vertebrates: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 18 pp. Link to pdf

Bruasatte, S,. Butler, R. J., Mateus, O., and Steyer, J. S., 2015, A new species of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Portugal and comments on the systematics and biogeography of Metoposaurid temnospondyls: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 3, e912988, 23 pp. (Metoposaurus algarvensis)

Chaves, C. de M., Perez-Garcia, A., Cobos, A., Royo-Torres, R., Ortega, F., and Alcala, L., 2015, A diverse Late Triassic tetrapod fauna from Manzanera (Teruel, Spain): Geobios, v. 48, p. 479-490.

Cisneros, J. C., Marsicano, C., Angielczyk, K. D., Smith, R. M. H., Richter, M., Frobisch, J., Kammerer, C., and Sadleir, R. W., 2015, New Permian fauna from tropical Gondwana: Nature Communications, published online, 8 pp. (Timonya anneae, Procuhy nazariensis) Link to pdf

Clemmensen, L. B., Milan, J., Adolfssen, J. S., Estrup, E. J., Probose, N,. Klein, N., Mateus, O., and Wings, O., 2015, The vertebrate-bearing Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of central East Greenland revisited: stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and new palaeontological data: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren J., Hurum J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, A. Geological Society, London, Special publications, v. 434, 17pp.

Diedrich, C. G., 2015, The vertebrates from the Lower Ladinian (Middle Triassic) bonebed of Lamerde (Germany) as palaeoenvironment indicators in the Germanic Basin: Open Geoscience, v. 7, p. 755-782.

Dilkes, D., 2015, Carpus and tarsus of Temnospondyli: Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, v. 1, n. 1, p. 51-87 Link to pdf

Eltink, E., Dias, E. V., Dias-da-Silva, S., Schultz, C. L., and Langer, M. C., 2015, The cranial morphology of the temnospondyl Australerpeton cosgriffi (Tetrapoda: Stereospondyli) from the Middle-Late Permian of Parana Basin and the phylogenetic relationships of Rhinesuchidae: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published onlie, 26pp.

Fröbish, N. B., Brar, A., and Reisz, R. R., 2015, New specimen of Cacops woehri indicates differences in the ontogenetic trajectories among cacopine dissorophids: Fossil Record, v. 18, p. 78-80. Link to pdf

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Hirasawa, T., and Kuratani, S., 2015, Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morophology, embryology, and development: Hirasawa and Kuratani Zoological letters, 17pp. Link to pdf

Hunt, A. P., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Vertebrate trace fossils from New Mexico and thier significance: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 9-39.

Kear, B. J., Poropat, S. F., and Bazzi, M., 2015, Late Triassic capitosaurian remains from Svalbard and the palaeobiogeographical context of Scandinavian Arctic temnosponidyls: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories: edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan J., and Vajada, V., Geological Society, London, special publication, v. 434, published on line.

Konietzko-Meier, D., Shelton, C. D., and Sander, P. M., 2015, The discrepancy between morphological and microanatomical patterns of anamniotic stegocephalian postcrania from the Early Permian Briar Creek Bonebed (Texas): Comptes Rendus Palevol, published online, 12pp.

Lucas, S. G., 2015, Vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico --a brief history: In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico, Edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 68, p. 1-7.

Marce-Nogue, J., Fortuny, J., Esteban-Trivigno, S. de, Sanchez, M., Til Liuis, and Galobart, A., 2015, 3D computational mechanics elucidate the evolutionary implications of orbit position and size diversity of Early Amphibians: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 23 pp. Link to pdf

Mchugh, J. B., 2015, Paleohistology of Micropholis stowi (Dissorophoidea) and Lydekkerina huxleyi (Lydekkerinidae) humeri from the Karoo basin of South Africa, and implications for bone microstructure evolution in temnospondyl amphibians: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 35, n. 1. e902845, 9 pp.

Mondejar-Ferenadez, J., clement, G., and Sanchez, S., 2014 (published 2015) New insights into the scales of the Devonian tetrapod Tulerpeton curtum Lebedev, 1984: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1454-1459.

Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G., and Schoch, R. R., 2015, Eocyclotosaurus apetolatus, a new cyclotosaurid amphibian from the Middle Triassic (Perovkan) Moenkopi Formation of New Mexico, U.S.A.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 3, e929150, 15pp. (Eocyclotosaurus apetolatus)

Porro, L. B., Rayfield, E. J., and Clack, J. A., 2015, Descriptive anatomy and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the early tetrapod Acanthostega gunnari Jarvik, 1952: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 3, 32 pp. Link to pdf

Schoch, R. R., 2015, Amphibien und Chroniosuchier des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 203-230. Link to pdf

Strapasson, A., Pinheiro, F. L., and Soares, M. B., 2015, On a new stereospondylomorph temnospondyl from the Middle-Late Permian of southern Brazil: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 4, p. 843-855. (Parapytanga catariensis) Link to pdf

Sues, H.-D., and Olsen, P. E., 2015, Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada: Atlantic Geology, v. 51, p. 139-205. Link to pdf

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 105-129.


Reptilosauromorph

Anderson, J. S., Smithson, T., Mansky, C. F., Meyer, T., and Clack, J., 2015, A diverse tetrapod fauna at the base of 'Romer's Gap': Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 4, 27 pp. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Greb, S. F., Storrs, G. W., Garcia, W. J., and Eble, C. F., 2015, Late Mississippian vertebrate palaeoecology and taphonomy, Buffalo Wallow Formation, western Kentucky, USA: Lethia, v. 49, p. 199-218. Link to pdf

Pineiro, G., Ferigolo, J., Ribeiro, A. M., and Velozo, P., 2015, Reassessing the affinities of vertebral remains from Permo-Triassic beds of Gondwana: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 387-401. Link to pdf

Schoch, R. R., 2015, Amphibien und Chroniosuchier des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 203-230. Link to pdf


Lepospondyli

Genus: Nova (2)

Aletrimyti SZOSTAKIWSKYJ, PARDO & ANDERSON, 2015
Dvellecanus SZOSTAKIWSKYJ, PARDO & ANDERSON, 2015

Species: Nova (4)

Aletrimyti gaskillae SZOSTAKIWSKYJ, PARDO & ANDERSON, 2015
Batropetes appelensis GLIENKE, 2015
Batropetes palatinus GLIENKE, 2015
Dvellecanus carrolli SZOSTAKIWSKYJ, PAR DO & ANDERSON, 2015

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Berman, D. S., Henrici, A. C., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Pennsylvanian-Permian Red Bed vertebrate localities of New Mexico adn thier assemblages: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 63-76.

Glienke, S., 2015, Two new species of the genus Batropets (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli) from the Central European Rotliegend (Basal Permian) in Germany: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 27pp. (Batropetes palatinus, Batropetes appelensis)

Olori, J. C., 2015, Skeletal morphogensis of Microbrachis and Hylopleson (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli), and implications for the developmental patterns of extinct, early Tetrapods: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 69 pp. Link to pdf

Pardo, J. D., Szostakiwskyj, M., and Anderson, J. S., 2015 Cranial morphology of teh Brachystelechid 'Microsaur' Quasicaecilia texana Carroll provides new insights into the diveristy and evolution of braincase morphology in recumbirostran 'Microsaurs'. Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 19 pp. Link to pdf

Szostakiwskj, M., Pardo, J. D., and Anderson, J. S., 2015, Micro-CT study of Rhynchonkos stovalli (Lepospondyli, Recumbirostra), with description of two new genera: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 43 pp. (Aletrimyti gaskillae, Dvellecanus carrolli) Link to pdf


Amphibians

Genus: Nova (1)

Tyrrellbatrachus GARDNER, 2015

Species: Nova (2)

Kiyatriton kransnolutskii SKUTSCHAS, 2015
Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani GARDNER, 2015

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Gardner, J. D., 2015, An edentulous frog (Lissamphibia: Anura) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation of southeastern Alberta, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 569-580. (Tyrrellbatrachus brinkmani)

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Martinelli, A. G., and Teixeira, V. P. A., 2015, The Late Cretaceous vertebrate record from the Bauru Group in the Triangulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil: Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 129-158.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Skutschas, P. P., 2015, A new crown-group salamander from the Middle Jurassic of Western Siberia, Russia: Paleobiology, Palaeonenvironments, published online, 8pp. (Kiyatriton kransnolutskii)

Skutchas, P., and Stein, K., 2015, Long bone histology of the stem slamander Kokartus honorarius (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 14 pp.

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf


Lower Reptiles (“Anapsids”)

Genus: Nova (2)

Alveusdectes LIU & BEVER, 2015
Erpetonyx MODESTO, SCOTT, MacDOUGALL, SUES, EVANS, & REISZ, 2015

Species: Nova (2)

Alveusdectes fenestratus LIU & BEVER, 2015
Erpetonyx arsenaultorum MODESTO, SCOTT, MacDOUGALL, SUES, EVANS, & REISZ, 2015

Anonymous, 2015, Fossil find sheds newlight on evolution of reptiles: Phys Org, published online, 2 pp.

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Berman, D. S., Henrici, A. C., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Pennsylvanian-Permian Red Bed vertebrate localities of New Mexico and thier assemblages: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 63-76.

Brocklehurst, N., Ruta, M., Müller, J., and Fröbisch, J., 2015, Elevated extinction rates as a trigger for diversification rate shifts: early amniotes as as case study: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Frost, F., and Mims, A. L., 2015, Summary of vertebrate fossils from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) at Curecanti National Recreation Area, Central Colorado: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 43-50.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

LeBlanc, A. R. H., Brar, A. K., May, W., and Reisz, R. R., 2015, Multiple tooth-rowed captorhinids from the early Permian fissure fills of the Bally Mountain Locality of Oklahoma: Vertebrate Anatomy morphology Palaeontology, v. 1, n. 1, p. 35-49.

LeBlanc, A. R. H., and Reiz, R. R., 2015, Patterns of tooth development and replacement in captorhinid reptiles a comparative approach for understanding the orign of multiple tooth rows: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 3, e919928, 13 pp.

Li, X., Li, X.-W., Jia, J.-H., and Liu, J., 2015, The Jiyuan Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Permian of China: new pareiasaur material and the reestablishment of Honania complicidentata: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 689-700.

Liu, J., and Bever, G. S., 2015, The last diadectomorph sheds light on Late Palaeozoic tetrapod biogeography: Biology Letters, published online, 5 pp. (Alveusdectes fenestratus) Link to pdf

Lucas, S. G., 2015, Vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico --a brief history: In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico, Edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 68, p. 1-7.

Modesto, S. P., Scott, D. M., MacDougall, M. J., Sues, H.-D., Evans, D. C., and Reisz, R. R., 2015, The oldest parareptile and the early diversification of reptiles: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., no. 282, published online, 8pp. (Erpetonyx arsenaultorum) Link to pdf

Nyakatura, J. A., Allen, V. R., Laustroer, J, Andikfar, A., Danczak, M. Ullrich, H.-J., Hufenbach, W., Martens, T., and Fischer, M. S., 2015, A three-dimensional skeletal reconstruction of the stem amniote Orobates pabsti (Diadectidae): analyses of body mass, centre of mass position, and joint mobility: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 9, 20 pp. Link to pdf

Pineiro, G., Ferigolo, J., Ribeiro, A. M., and Velozo, P., 2015, Reassessing the affinities of vertebral remains from Permo-Triassic beds of Gondwana: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 387-401. Link to pdf

Schoch, R. R., 2015, Reptilien des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 231-249. Link to pdf

Sues, H.-D., and Olsen, P. E., 2015, Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada: Atlantic Geology, v. 51, p. 139-205. Link to pdf

Turner, M. L., Tsuji, L. A., Ide, O., and Sidor, C. A., 2015, The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger -IX. The appendicular skeleton of Bunosteogs akokanensis (Parareptilia: Pareiasauria): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 6,  15 pp.

Villamil, J., Demarco, P. N., Meneghel, M., Blanco, R. E., Jones, W., Rinderknecht, A., Laurin, M., and Pineiro, G., 2015, Optimal swimming speed estimates in the Early Permian mesosaurid Mesosaurus tenuidens (Gervais 1865) from Uruguay: Historical Biology, published online, 9pp.


Turtle

Genus: Nova (11)

Arvinachelys LIVELY, 2015
Gobiapalone DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
Jurassichelon PEREZ-GARCIA, 2015b
Kimurachelys BRINKMAN, DENSMOR
E, RABI, RYAN, & EVANS, 2015
Leyvachelys CADENA, 2015
Nemegtemys DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
Pappochelys SCHOCH & SUES, 2015
Perochelys LI, JOYCE, & LIU, 2015
Tacuarembemys PEREA, SOTO, STERLI, MESA, TORINO, ROLAND & DA SILVA, 2014 (published 2015)
Toremys PEREZ-GARCIA, ESPILEZ, MAMPEL & ALCALA, 2015

Xiaochely ZHOU & RABI, 2015

Genus: Species: Nova (22)

Arvinachelys goldeni LIVELY, 2015
Corsochelys bentleyi SCHWIMMER, SANDERS, ERICKSON, & WEEMS, 2015
Gobiapalone breviplastra DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
Gobiapalone orlovi DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
Jurassichelon oleronensis PEREZ-GARCIA, 2015b
Kimurachelys slobodae BRINKMAN, DENSMORE, RABI, RYAN, & EVANS, 2015

Khunnuchelys lophorhothon DANILOV, VITEK, AVERIANOF, & GLNSKIY, 2015
Leyvachelys cipadi CADENA, 2015

Nemegtemys conflata DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
Neurankylus hutchisoni LIVELY, 2015

Neurankylus utahensis LIVELY, 2015

Pappochelys rosinae SCHOCH & SUES, 2015
Perochelys lamadongensis LI, JOYCE, & LIU, 2015
Portlandemys gracilis ANQUETIN, PUNTENER, & BILLION-BRUYAT, 2015
Tacuarembemys kusterae PEREA, SOTO, STERLI, MESA, TORINO, ROLAND & DA SILVA, 2014 (published 2015)
Thalassemys bruntrutana PUNTENER, ANQUETIN & BILLON-BRUYAT, 2015
Toremys crassiopeia PEREZ-GARCIA, ESPILEZ, MAMPEL & ALCALA, 2015

 'Trionyx' baynshirensis DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
'Trionyx' gilbentuensis DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
'Trionyx' gobiensis DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
'Trionyx" shiluutulensis DANILOV, HIRAYAMA, SUKHANOV, SUZUKI, WATABE, & VITEK, 2015
Xiaochely sningchengensis ZHOU & RABI, 2015

Synonym: Nova (1)

Tropidemys blakii (SEELEY, 1875) PEREZ-GARCIA, 2015a
= Pelobatochelys blakii SEELEY, 1875

Albersdörfer, R., and Häckel, W., 2015, Die kiesleplattenkalke von Painten: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 126-133.

Anquetin, J., and Joyce, W. G., 2014 (published 2015), A reassessment of the Late Jurassic turtle Eurysternum wagleri (Eucryptodira, Eurysternidae): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1317-1328.

Anquetin, J., Püntener, C., and Billion-Bruyat, J.-P., 2015, Portlandemys gracilis n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland) and a rconsideration of plesiochelyid cranial anatomy:Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 49 pp. (Portlandemys gracilis) Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Benyoucef, M., Lang, E., Cavin, L., Mebarki, K., Adaci, and M., Bensalah, M., 2015, Overabundance of piscivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) in the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa: The Algerian dilemma: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 44-55. Link to pdf

Bernier, P., and Gaillard, C., 2015, Die lithographischen Kalke von Cerin: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 541-549.

Bever, G. S., Lyson, T. R., Field, D. J., and Bhullar, B.-A. S., 2015, Evolutionary origin of the turtle skull: Nature, published online, 12pp.  Link to pdf

Blanco, A., Mendez, J. M., and Marmi, J., 2015, The fossil record of the uppermost Maastrichtian Reptile Sandstone (Tremp Formation, northeastern Iberian Peninsula): Spanish Journal of Paleontology, v. 30, n. 1, p. 147-160.

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Brinkman, D. B., Densmore, M., Rabi, M., Ryan, M. J., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Marine turtles from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 581-589. (Kimurachelys slobodae)

Cadena, E., 2015, The first South American sandownid turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia: PeerJ 3:e1431: DOI 10.7717/peerj,1431, 20pp. (Leyvachelys cipadi) Link to pdf

Clemmensen, L. B., Milan, J., Adolfssen, J. S., Estrup, E. J., Probose, N,. Klein, N., Mateus, O., and Wings, O., 2015, The vertebrate-bearing Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of central East Greenland revisited: stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and new palaeontological data: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren J., Hurum J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, A. Geological Society, London, Special publications, v. 434, 17pp.

Crawford, N. G,. PArham, J. F, sellas, A. B,. Faircoloth, B C., Glenn, T. C., Papenfuss, T. J., Henderson, J. B., Hansen, M. H, and Simison, W. B., 2015, A phylogenomic analysis of turtles: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evoution, v. 83, p. 250-257.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Danise, S., and Higgs, N. D., 2015, Bone-eating Osedax worms lived on Mesozoic marine reptile deadfalls: Biology Leeters, v. 11, 20150072, 5pp.

Domingo, L., Barroso-Barcenilla, F., and Cambra-Moo, O., 2015, Seasonality and palecology of the Late Cretaceous multi-taxa vertebrate assemblage of "Lo Hueco" (Central Eastern Spain: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 3, 25 pp. Link to pdf

Danilov, I. G., Hirayama, R., Sukhanov, V. B., Suzuki, S., Watabe, M., and Vitek, N. S., 2015, Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records and a revision: Journal of Systematic Paleontology, v. 12, p. 799-832. (Nemegtemys conflata, Gobiapalone breviplastra, G. orlovi, 'Trionyx' baynshirensis, 'Trionyx' gilbentuensis, 'Trionyx' gobiensis, 'Trionyx" shiluutulensis)

Danilov, I. G., Vitek, N S., Averianov, A. O., and Glinskiy, V. N., 2015, A new shoft-shelled trionychid turtle of the genus Khunnuchelys from the Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 1, p. 155-161. (Khunnuchelys lophorhothon) Link to pdf

Dyke, G., Vremir, M. Brusatte, S. L., Befer, G. S., Buffetaut, E., Chapman, S., Csiki-Sava, Z., Kellner, A. W. A., Martin, E., Naish, D., norell, M., Osi, A., Pinheiro, F. L., Prondvai, E. Rabi, M., Rodrigues, T. Steel, L., Tong, H., Nova, B. C. V. and Witton, M., 2015, Thalassodromeus sebesensis - a new name for an old turtle. Comment on "Thalassodromeus sebesensis, an out of place and out of time Gondwanan tapejarid pterosaur", Grellett-Tinner and Codrea (online July 2014 DOI 10.1016/j.gr.2014.06.002): Gondwana research, v. 27, p. 1680-1682. Link to pdf

 de la Fuente, M. S., Maniel, I. J., Jannello, J. M., Filippi, L. S., and Cerda, I., 2015, Long-necked chelid turtles from the Campanian of northwestern Patagonia with comments on K/P survivorship of the genus Yaminuechelys: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 563-576.

de la Fuente, M. S., and Sterli, J., 2015, Estado del conocimiento de las Tortugas extintas del territorio Argentino: una prespectiva historica: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 1-19. Link to pdf

Ebert, M., Kölbl-Ebert, M., and Lane, J. A., 2015, Fauna and predator-prey relationships of Ettling, an actinopterygian fish-dominated konservat-lagerstätte from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 1, 33 pp. Link to pdf

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Fonseca, M. E. P., 2015, Estado actual del conocimiento de los reptiles marinos Cretacicos de Colombia: Ameghiniana, v. 15, n. 1, p. 40-57. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Frost, F., and Mims, A. L., 2015, Summary of vertebrate fossils from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) at Curecanti National Recreation Area, Central Colorado: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 43-50.

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Gasparini, Z., Sterli, J., Parras, A., O'Gorman, J. P., Salgado, L., Varela, J., and Pol, D., 2015, Late Cretaceous reptilian biota of the La Colonia Formation, central Patagonia, Argentina: Occurrences, preservation and paleoenvironments: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 154-168.

Harrell, T. L., Jr, and Perez-Huerta, A., 2015, Rare Earth element (REE) analysis of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate Marine Formations of Western and Central Alabama, USA: taphonomic and paleoenvironmental implications: Palaios, v. 30, p. 514-528.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Heyng, A. M., Leonhardt, U., Krautworst, U., and Pöschl, R., 2015, Die Mörnscheimer Schichten am Schaudiberg: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 137-152.

Iturralde-Vinent, M., and Izquierdo, Y. C., 2015, Catalogue of Late Jurassic vertebrae (Pisces, Reptilian) specimens from western Cuba: Paleontología Mexicana, v. 65, n. 3, p. 24-39 (versión impresa), n. 4, p.24-39 (versión electrónica).

Joyce, W. G., 2015, The origin of turtles: a paleontological perspective: Journal of Experminetal Zoology, published online, 13pp.

Joyce, W. G., 2015, Schildkroten (Testudines): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 415-421.

Kapuscinska, A., and Machalski, M., 2015, Upper Albian chelonioid from Poland: Geobios, v. 48, p. 385-395.

Kelley, N. P., and Pyenson, N. D., 2015, Evolutionary innovation and ecology in marine teterapods from the Triassic to the Anthropocene: Science, v. 348, p. 301, aaa3716-1-aaa3716-7.

Li, L., Joyce, W. G., and Liu, J,. 2015, The first soft-shelled turtle from the Jehol biota of China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 9 pp. (Perochelys lamadongensis)

Lichtig, A. J., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous turtles of New Mexico: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 129-137.

Lively, J. R, 2015, A new species of baenid turtle from the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of southern Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 6, 16 pp. (Arvinachelys goldeni)

Lively, J. R., 2015, Baenid turtles of the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of southern Utah, USA: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 28pp. (Neurankylus hutchisoni, Neurankylus utahensis)

Martinelli, A. G., and Teixeira, V. P. A., 2015, The Late Cretaceous vertebrate record from the Bauru Group in the Triangulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil: Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 129-158.

Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G., Colombi, C. E., Fernandez, E., Malnis, P. S., Pradeiro, A., Abelin, D., Benegas, L. G., Aguilar-Cameo, A., and Alcober, O. A., 2015, A new Late Triassic Vertebrate assemblage from Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 4, published online, 12pp.

Maüser, M., 2015, Oberjurassiche fossil-lagerstätten außerhalb der Südlichen Frankenalb: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 515-535.

Menegazzo, M. C., Bertini, R. J., and Manzinil, F. F., 2015,  A new turtle from Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group of Brazil, updated phylogeny and implications for age of the Santo Anastacio Formation: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 58, p. 18-32.

Mo, J., Buffetaut, E., Tong, H., Amiot, R., Cavin, L., Cuny, G., Suteethorn, V., Suteethorn, S., and Jiang, S., 2015, Early Cretaceous vertebrates from the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi (southern China): a review: Geological Magazine, v. 153, n. 1, p. 143-159.v

Nicholson, D. B., Holroyd, P. A., Benson, R. B. J., and Barrett, P. M., 2015, Climate-mediated diversification of turtles in the Cretaceous: Nature Communications, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Ortega, F., Bardet, N., Barroso-Barceilla, F., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Daviero-Gomez, V., Diez Diaz, V., Dominog, L., Elvira, A., Escaso, F., Garcia-Oliva, M., Gomez, B., Houssaye, A., Knoll, E., Marcos-Fernandez, F., Martin, M., Mocho, P. Narvaez, I., Perez-Garcia, A., Peyrot, D., Segura, M., Serrano, H., Torices, A., Vidal, D., and Sanz, J. L., 2015, Thee biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca Spain): Jounal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 83-99.

Osi, A., Bodor, E. R., Makadi, L., and Rabi, M., 2016 (published 2015), Vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Ajka Coal Formation, western Hungary: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 228-238.

Perea, D., Soto, M., Sterli, J., Mesa, V., Torino, P., Roland, G., and da Silva, J., 2014 (published 2015), Tacuarembemys kusterae, gen. sp sp. nov., a new Late Jurassic-?Earliest Cretaceous continental turtle from Western Gondwana: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1329-1341. (Tacuarembemys kusterae)

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Perez-Garcia, A., Corral, J. C., Murelaga, X., Maritn, G., Larranga, J., Bardet, N., Berreteaga, A., and Company, J,. 2015, First dinosaur and turtle remains from the latest Cretaceous Shallow marine deposits of Albaina (Lano quarry, Iberian Peninsula): Coptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 471-482. Link to pdf

Perez-Garcia, A., 2015a, Revision of the British record of Tropidemys (Testudines, Plesiochelyidae) and recognition of its presence in the Late Jurassic of Portugal: Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 11-20. (Tropidemys blakii, = Pelobatochelys blakii)

Perez-Garcia, A., 2015b, New data on the poorly-known Late Jurassic European turtles Thalassemys and Enaliochelys and description of a new basal eucryptodiran taxon: Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 42, n. 1, p. 21-30. (Jurassichelon oleronensis)

Perez-Garcia, A., 2015, Dos ejemplares ineditos de tortugas hallados en el siglo XIX en el Cretacico Inferior de Bernissart (Belgica): Geogaceta, v. 57, p. 67-70. Link to pdf

Perez-Garcia, A., 2015, Largest shell of a basal eucryptodiran turtle reveals Late Jurassic Thalassemys hugii in the British record: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 555-561. Link to pdf

Perez-Garcia, A., Espilez, E., Mampel, L., and Alcala, L., 2015, A new European Albian turtle that extends the known stratigraphic range of the Pleurosternidae (Paracryptodira): Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 74-83. (Toremys crassiopeia)

Püntener, C., Anquetin, J., and Billon-Bruyant, J.-P., 2015, Thalassemys bruntrutana n. sp., a new coastal maring turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland), and the paleobiogeography of the Thalassemydidae: PeerJ 3:e1282; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1282, 28pp. (Thalassemys bruntrutana) Link to pdf

Rothschild, B. M., and Naples, V., 2015, Decompression syndrome and diving behavior in Odontochelys, the first turtle: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 1, p. 163-167. Link to pdf

Santucci, V. L., Tweet, J., Bustos, D., von Haden, J., and Varela, P., 2015, Vertebrate paleontological resources from National Park Service areas in New Mexico:  In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 41-49.

Schoch, R. R., 2015, Reptilien des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 231-249. Link to pdf

Schoch, R. R., and Sues, H.-D., 2015, A Middle Triassic stem-turtle and the evolution of the turtle body plan: Nature, Letter, published online, 4pp. (Pappochelys rosinae)

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Schwimmer, D. R., Sanders, A. E., Erickson, B. R., and Weems, R. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA: Americna Philosophical Society Press, v. 105, part 2, 157pp. (Corsochelys bentleyi)

Schwimmer, D. R., Weems, R. E., and Sanders, A. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous shark coprolite with baby freshwater turtle vertebrae inclusions: Palaios, v. 30, p. 707-713.

Solomon, A., and Codera, V., 2015, Some Maastrichtian vertebrates from fluvial channel fill deposits at Pui (Hateg Basin): Muzeul Olteniei Craiova, Oltena, Studii si comunicari, Stiintele Naturi, tom, 32, n. 2, p. 26-26. Link to pdf

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 105-129.

Tischliner, H., and Völkl-Constantini, P., 2015, Bearbeitung der Fossilfunde, Fundbrgung, Präparation, Dokumentation: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.

Vitek, N. S., and Joyce, W. G., 2015, A review of the fossil record of New World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae: Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, v. 56, n. 2, p. 185-244.

Werneburg, I., 2015, Neck motion in turtles and its relation to the shape of the temporal skull region: Comptes Rendus PAlevol, v. 14, p. 527-548.

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.

Viohl, G., 2015, Die grabung Schamhaupten: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 119-125.

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Zhou, C.-F., and Rabi, M,. 2015, A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles: Scientific Reports, published online, 12pp. (Xiaochely sningchengensis)


Diapsida (Lower Lepidosauromorphs)

Genus: Nova (1)

Galurung BULANOV & SENNIKOV, 2015c

Species: Nova (1)

Galurung schneideri BULANOV & SENNIKOV, 2015c

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Berman, D. S., Henrici, A. C., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Pennsylvanian-Permian Red Bed vertebrate localities of New Mexico adn thier assemblages: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 63-76.

Brocklehurst, N., Ruta, M., Müller, J., and Fröbisch, J., 2015, Elevated extinction rates as a trigger for diversification rate shifts: early amniotes as as case study: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Brown, C. M., VanBuren, C. S., Larson, D. W., Brink, K. S., Campione, N. E., Vavrek, M J., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Tooth counts through growth in diapsid reptiles: implications for interpreting individual and size-related variation in the fossil record: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 12pp.

Bulanov, V. V., and Sennikov, A. G., 2015a, New data on the morphology of the Late Permian gliding reptile Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau: Paleontological Journal, v. 49, n. 2, p. 413-423.

Bulanov, V. V., and Sennikov, A. G., 2015b, Substantiation of validity of the Late Permian genus Weigeltisaurus Kuhn, 1939 (Reptilia, Weigeltisauridae): Paleontological Journal, v. 49, n. 10, p. 1101-1111.

Bulanov, V. V., and Sennikov, A. G., 2015c, Glaurung schneideri gen. et sp. nov., a new weigeltisaurid (Reptilia) from the Kupferschiefer (Upper Permian) of Germany: Paleontological Journal, v. 49, n. 12, p. 1353-1364. (Galurung schneideri) Link to pdf

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Kitazawa, T., Takechi, M., Hirasawa, T., Adachi, N., Narboux-Neme, N., Kume, H., Maeda, K, Hirai, T., Miyagawa-Tomita, S., Kurihara, Y., Hitomi, J., Levi, G., Kuratani, S., and Kurihara, H., 2015, Developmental genetic bases behind the independent origin of the tympanic membraie in mamals and diapsids: Nature Communications, published online, 7pp.

Lambertz, M., Grommes, K., Kohlsdorf, T., and Perry, S. F., 2015, Lungs of the first amniotes: why simple if they can be complex? Biology Letters, v. 11, p. 5pp.

Maisch, M. W., 2015, A juvenile specimen of Anshunsaurus huangguoshuensis Liu, 1999 (Diapsida: Thalattosauria) from the upper Triassic of China: Palaeodiversity, v. 7, p. 71-87. Link to pdf

Sobral, G., Sues, H.-D., and Muller, J., 2015, Anatomy of the Enigmatic Reptile Elachistosuchus huenei Janensch, 1949 (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Upper Triassic of Germany and its relevance for the orgin of Sauria: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 9, 34 pp. Link to pdf

Schoch, R. R., 2015, Reptilien des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 231-249. Link to pdf

Tischlinger, H., 2015, Arbeten mit ultraviolettem Licht (UV): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.


Lizards and Snakes

Genus: Nova (13)

Asagolacerta EVANS & MATSUMOTO, 2015
Asprosaurus PARK, EVANS & HUH, 2015
Barbatteius VENCZEL & CODREA, 2015
Diablophis CALDWELL, NYDAM, PALCI & APESTEGUIA, 2015
Dryadissector WICK, LEHMAN, & BRINK, 2015
Eophis CALDWELL, NYDAM, PALCI & APESTEGUIA, 2015
Gueragama SIMOES, WILNER, CALDWELL, WEINSCHUTZ, & KELLNER, 2015

Hakuseps EVANS & MATSUMOTO, 2015
Kuroyuriella EVANS & MATSUMOTO, 2015
Norellius CONRAD & DAZA, 2015

Phosphorosaurus KONISHI, CALDWELL, NISHIMURA, SAKURAI, & TANOUE, 2015
Portugalophis CALDWELL, NYDAM, PALCI & APESTEGUIA, 2015
Tetrapodophis MARTILL, TISCHLINGER, & LONGRICH, 2015

Species: Nova (14)

Asagolacerta tricuspidens EVANS & MATSUMOTO, 2015
Asprosaurus bibongriensis PARK, EVANS & HUH, 2015
Barbatteius vremiri VENCZEL & CODREA, 2015
Dryadissector shilleri WICK, LEHMAN, & BRINK 2015
Eophis underwoodi CALDWELL, NYDAM, PALCI & APESTEGUIA, 2015
Gueragama sulamericana SIMOES, WILNER, CALDWELL, WEINSCHUTZ, & KELLNER, 2015

Hakuseps imberis EVANS & MATSUMOTO, 2015
Kuroyuriella mikikoi EVANS & MATSUMOTO, 2015
Norellius nyctisaurops CONRAD & DAZA, 2015

Pachygenys adachii IKEDA, OTA, & SAEGUSA, 2015
Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans KONISHI, CALDWELL, NISHIMURA, SAKURAI, & TANOUE, 2015

Plioplatecarpus peckensis CUTHBERTSON & HOLMES, 2015
Portugalophis lignites CALDWELL, NYDAM, PALCI & APESTEGUIA, 2015
Tetrapodophis amplectus MARTILL, TISCHLINGER, & LONGRICH, 2015

Synonym: Nova (1)

Diablophis gilmorei (EVANS, 1996) CALDWELL, NYDAM, PALCI & APESTEGUIA, 2015
= Parviraptor gilmorei EVANS, 1996

Albino, A. M., and Brizuela, S., 2015, Avances en el conocimiento de los reptiles escamosos fosiles continentales de america del sur: Ameghiniana, v. 15, n. 1, p. 31-39. Link to pdf

Bardet, N., and Galoyer, A., 2015, The lost world of Georges Cuvier: mosasaurids from the Campanian Meudon Chalk (France): In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 58-68. Link to pdf

Bardet, N, Houssaye, A., Vincent, P., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Amaghzaz, M,. Jourani, E., and Meslouh, S., 2015, Mosasuarids (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco: biodiversity, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology based on tooth morphoguilds: Gondwana Research, v. 27, p. 1068-1078. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Brown, C. M., VanBuren, C. S., Larson, D. W., Brink, K. S., Campione, N. E., Vavrek, M J., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Tooth counts thorugh growth in diapsid reptiles: implications for interpreting individual and size-related variation in the fossil record: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 12pp.

Caldwell, M. W., Nydam, R. L., Palci, A., and Apesteguia, S., 2015, The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution: Nature Communications, published online, 11 pp. (Diablophis gilmorei = Parviraptor gilmorei, Eophis underwoodi, Portugalophis lignites) Link to pdf

Conrad, J. L., and Daza, J. D., 2015, Naming and rediagnosing the Cretaceous Gekkonomorph (Reptilia, Squamata) from Öösh (Ovorkhangai, Mongolia): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 5, 5pp. (Norellius nyctisaurops)

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Cuthbertson, R. S., and Holmes, R. B., 2015, A new species of Plioplatecarpus (Mosasauridae, Plioplatecarpinae) from the Bearpaw Formation (Campanian, upper Cretaceous) of Montana, U.S. A: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 3, e922980, 18 pp. (Plioplatecarpus peckensis)

D'Emic, M. D., Smith, K. M., and Ansley, Z. T., 2015, Unusual histology and morphology of the ribs of mosasaurs (Squamata): Palaeontology, v. 58, part 3, p. 511-520.

Evans, S. E., and Matsumoto, R., 2015, An assemblage of lizards from the Early Cretaceous of Japan: Palaeontologia Electronica 18.2.36A: 36pp. (Kuroyuriella mikikoi, Asagolacerta tricuspidens, Hakuseps imberis) Linik to pdf

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Field, D. J., Leblanc, A., Gau, A., and Behlke, A. D., 2015, Pelagic neonatal fossils support viviparity and precocial life history of Cretaceous mosasaurs: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 3, p. 401-407.

Ferenandez, V., Buffetaut, E., Suteethorn, V., Range, J.-C., Tafforeau, P., and kundrat, M,. 2015, Evidence of egg diversity in squamate evolution from Cretaceous anguimorph embryos: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 7, 20 pp. Link to pdf

Fernandez, M. S., and Talevi, M., 2015, An halisaurine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, with a preserved tympanic disk: insights into the mosasaur middle ear: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 483-493. Link to pdf

Fonseca, M. E. P., 2015, Estado actual del conocimiento de los reptiles marinos Cretacicos de Colombia: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 40-57.  Link to pdf

Garcia, G., Bardet, N., Houssaye, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Valentin, X., 2015, Mosasauroid (Squamata) discovery in the Late Cretacoeus (Early Campania) continental deposits of Villeveyrac-L'Olivet, southern France: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 495-505.

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Grigoriev, D. V., Arkhangelsky, M. S., and Merkulov, S. M., 2015, A record of Clidastes propython Cope (Squamata, Mosasauridae) in the Upper Cretaceous of the Saratov Region, Russia: Paleontological Journal, v. 49, n. 5, p. 512-520. Link to pdf

Harrell, T. L., Jr,. and Martin, J. E., 2015, A mosasaur from the Maastrichtian Fox Hills Formation of the northern Western Interior Seaway of the United States and the synonymy of Mosasaurus maximus with Mosasaurus hoffmanni (Reptilia: Mosasauridae): Netherlands Journal of Geosciences-Geologie en Mijnbouw, v. 84n. 1, p. 23-37.

Harrell, T. L., Jr, and Perez-Huerta, A., 2015, Rare Earth element (REE) analysis of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate Marine Formations of Western and Central Alabama, USA: taphonomic and paleoenvironmental implications: Palaios, v. 30, p. 514-528.

Head, J. J., 2015, Fossil calibration dates for molecular phylogenetic analysis of snakes 1: Serpentes, Alethinophidia, boidae, Pythoniddae: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.6FC, 17pp. Link to pdf

Hontecillas, D., Houssaye, A., Laplana, C., Sevilla, P., Arsuaga, J. L., Perez-Gonzalez, A., Baquedano, E., and Knoll, F., 2012, Reworked marine pythonomorph (Reptlia, Squamata) remains in Late Pleistocene cave deposits in central Spain: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 188-202.

Hornug, J. J., and Reich, M., 2015, Tylosaurine mosasaurs (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of northern Germany: Netherlands Journal of Geoscineces-Geolgie en Minbouw, v. 94, n. 1, p. 55-71. Link to pdf

Hsiang, A. Y., Field, D. J., Webster, T. H., Behlke, A. D. B., Davis, M B., Racicot, R. A., and Gauthier, J A., 2015, The origin of snakes: revealing the ecology, behavior and evolution history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15:87, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf

Ikeda, T., Ota, H., andSaegusa, H., 2015, A new fossil lizard from the Lower Cretaceous Sasayama Group of Hyogo Prefeture, western Honshu, Japan: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 35, n. 1, p. e885032, 5 pp. (Pachygenys adachii)

Ikejiri, T., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Osteology and taxonomy of Mosasaurus conodon Cope 1881 from the Late Cretaceous of North America: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences-Geologie en Mjinbouw, v. 94, n. 1, p. 39-54. Link to pdf

Jimenez-Huidobro, P., Otero, R. A., Soto-Acuna, S., and Suarez, M. E., 2015, Mosasaurios (Squamata: Mosasauroidea) del Cretacoco Superior de Chile: Publicacion Occusional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, v. 63, p. 99-111. Link to pdf

Kelley, N. P., and Pyenson, N. D., 2015, Evolutionary innovation and ecology in marine teterapods from the Triassic to the Anthropocene: Science, v. 348, p. 301, aaa3716-1-aaa3716-7.

King, B., and Lee, M S. Y., 2015, Ancestral state reconstruction, rate heterogeneity, and the evolution of Reptile viviparity: Systematic Biology, v. 64, n. 3, p. 532-544.

Konishi, T., Caldwell, M. W., Nishimura, T., Sakurai, K,. and Tanoue, K., 2015, A new halisaurine mosasaur (Squamata: Halisaurinae) from Japan: the first record in the western Pacific realm and the first documented insights into binocular vision in mosasaurs: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 31pp. (Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans) Link to pdf

Kurosu, H., Yamada, R., Hirose, K., and Matsuoka, H., 2015, Discovery of a mosasauridae tooth from the Uper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in Kugushima Island, Kamiamakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Southwestern Japan: Bulletin of the Goshoura Cretaceous Museum, n. 16, 1-7.

Martill, D. M., Tischlinger, H., and Longrich, N. R., 2015, A four-legged snake from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana: Science, v. 349, p. 416-419. (Tetrapodophis amplectus)

Martinelli, A. G., and Teixeira, V. P. A., 2015, The Late Cretaceous vertebrate record from the Bauru Group in the Triangulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil: Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 129-158.

Maüser, M., 2015, Oberjurassiche fossil-lagerstätten außerhalb der Südlichen Frankenalb: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 515-535.

Ortega, F., Bardet, N., Barroso-Barceilla, F., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Daviero-Gomez, V., Diez Diaz, V., Dominog, L., Elvira, A., Escaso, F., Garcia-Oliva, M., Gomez, B., Houssaye, A., Knoll, E., Marcos-Fernandez, F., Martin, M., Mocho, P. Narvaez, I., Perez-Garcia, A., Peyrot, D., Segura, M., Serrano, H., Torices, A., Vidal, D., and Sanz, J. L., 2015, Thee biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca Spain): Jounal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 83-99.

Osi, A., Bodor, E. R., Makadi, L., and Rabi, M., 2016 (published 2015), Vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Ajka Coal Formation, western Hungary: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 228-238.

Otero, R. A., Rubilar-Rogers, D., and Gutstein, C. S., 2015, Un nuevo mosasaurio (Squamata, Mosasauroidea) del Cretacico Superior de Antartica:

Palmer, C., and Young, M. T., 2015, Surface drag reduction and flow separation control in pelagic vertebrates, with implications for interpreting scale morhpologies in fossil taxa: Royal Society open science, published online, 5pp.

Park, J.-Y., Evans, S. E., and Huh, M., 2015, The first lizard fossil (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Mesozoic of South Korea: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 292-302. (Asprosaurus bibongriensis)

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Reeder, T. W., Townsend, T. M., Mulcahy, D. G., Noonan, B. P., Wood, jr, P. L., Sites, Jr, J. W., and Wiens, J. J., 2015, Integrated analysis resolve conflicts over squamate reptile phylogeny and revel unexpected placements for fossil taxa: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 3, 22 pp. Link to pdf

Schulp, A. S., and Jagt, J. W. M., 2015, New material of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the type Maasrichtian of the Netherlands: Netherlands Journal of Science, Geologie en Mijnbouw, p. 94, n. 1, p. 19-21. Link to pdf

Schwimmer, D. R., Sanders, A. E., Erickson, B. R., and Weems, R. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA: Americna Philosophical Society Press, v. 105, part 2, 157pp.

Simoes, T. R., Wilner, E,. Caldwell, M. W., Weinschutz, L. C., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, A stem acrodontan lizard in the Cretaceous of Brazil revises early lizard evolution in Gondwana: Nature Communications, published online, 8pp. (Gueragama sulamericana) Link to pdf

Soto-Acuna, A., Otero, R. A., and Rubilar-Rogers, D, 2015, First record of mosasaurs (Lepidosauria: Mosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of the Magallanes basin: Boletin del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, v. 64, p. 69-79. Link to pdf

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 105-129.

Talanda, M., 2015, Cretaceous roots of the amphisbaenian lizards: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, v. 45, n. 1, 8pp.

Trivino, L. N., and Albino, A. M., 2015, Hallazgo de restos de la serpiente Dinilysia patagonica Smith-Woodward 1901 en una nueva localidad del Santoniano de Patagonia, Argentina, (Record of remains of the snake Dinilysia patagonica Smith-Woodward 1901 in a new locality of the Santonian of Patagonia, Argentina: Estudios Geologicos, v. 71, n. 2, 9 pp. Link to pdf

Venczel, M., and Codrea, V. A., 2015, A new teiid lizard from the Late Cretaceous of the Hateg Basin, Romania and its phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published on line, 19 pp. (Barbatteius vremiri)

Venczel, M., Vasile, S., and Ciski-Sava, Z., 2015, A Late Cretaceous madtsoiid snake from Romania associated with a megaloolithid egg nest -- paleoecological inferences: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 152-163.

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Wick, S. L., Lehman, T. M., and Brink, A. A., 2015, A theropod tooth assemblage from the lower Aguja Formation (early Campanian) of West Texas, and the roles of small theropod and varanoid lizard mesopredators in a tropical predator guild: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 418, p. 229-244. (Dryadissector shilleri)

Yamashita, M, Konishi, T., and Sato, T., 2015, Sclerotic rings in Mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae): structure and taxonomic diversity: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 2, 16 pp. Link to pdf

Yi, H, and Norell, M. A., 2015, The burrowing origin of mdern snakes: Science, Research Article, published online, 5 pp.


Sphenodonts

Genus: Nova (1)

Clevosaurus KLEIN, WHITESIDE, DE LUCAS, VIEGAS, & BENTON, 2015

Species: Nova (1)

Clevosaurus sectumsemper KLEIN, WHITESIDE, DE LUCAS, VIEGAS, & BENTON, 2015

Albersdörfer, R., and Häckel, W., 2015, Die kiesleplattenkalke von Painten: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 126-133.

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Hsiou, A. S., de Franca, M. A. G., and Ferigolo, J., 2015, New data on the Clevosaurus (Sphenodontia: Clevosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 9, 21 pp. Link to pdf

Klein, C. G., Whiteside, D. I., de lucas, V. S., Viegas, P. A., and Benton, M. J., 2015, A distinctive Late Triassic microvertebrate fissure fauna and a new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from Woodleaze Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK: Proceedings of the Geological Association, (in pres) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.05.003, 15 pp. (Clevosaurus sectumsemper) Link to pdf

Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G., Colombi, C. E., Fernandez, E., Malnis, P. S., Pradeiro, A., Abelin, D., Benegas, L. G., Aguilar-Cameo, A., and Alcober, O. A., 2015, A new Late Triassic Vertebrate assemblage from Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 4, published online, 12pp.

Maüser, M., 2015, Oberjurassiche fossil-lagerstätten außerhalb der Südlichen Frankenalb: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 515-535.

Peyer, K., and Khalloufi, B., 2015, Die fossillagerstätte Canjures im Südoten Frankriches: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 541-549.

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Sues, H.-D., and Olsen, P. E., 2015, Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada: Atlantic Geology, v. 51, p. 139-205. Link to pdf

Tischlinger, H., and Rauhut, O., 2015, Schuppenschsen (Lepidosauria):  In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 431-447.

Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., 2015, Sammler, Sammlungen und Forscher: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 41-54.

Tischliner, H., and Völkl-Constantini, P., 2015, Bearbeitung der Fossilfunde, Fundbrgung, Präparation, Dokumentation: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.

Viohl, G., 2015, Die grabung Schamhaupten: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 119-125.


Ichthyosaurs

Genus: Nova (3)

Dearcmhara BRUSATTE, YOUNG, CHALLANDS, CLARK, FISCHER, FRASER, LISTON, MacFADYEN, ROSS, WALSH & WILKSON, 2015
Eretmorhipis CHEN, MOTANI, CHENG, JIANG, & RIEPEL, 2015
Muiscasaurus MAXWELL, DICK, PADILLA, & PARRA, 2015

Species: Nova (5)

Dearcmhara shawcrossi BRUSATTE, YOUNG, CHALLANDS, CLARK, FISCHER, FRASER, LISTON, MacFADYEN, ROSS, WALSH & WILKSON, 2015
Eretmorhipis carrolldongorum (emend carrolldongi) CHEN, MOTANI, CHENG, JIANG, & RIEPEL, 2015
Ichthyosaurus anningae LOMAX & MASSARE, 2015
Muiscasaurus catheti MAXWELL, DICK, PADILLA, & PARRA, 2015
Proterosuchus goweri EZCURRA & BUTLER, 2015

Synonyms: Nova (3)

Grendelius pseudoscythicus (EFIMOV, 1997) ZVERKOV, ARKHANGELSKY, & STENSHIN, 2015
= Brachypterygius pseudoscythius EFIMOV, 1997
= Otschevia pseudoscythicus (EFIMOV, 1997) MAISCH & MATZKE, 2000
Grendelius zhuravlevi (ARKHANGELSKY, 1998) ZVERKOV, ARKHANGELSKY, & STENSHIN, 2015
= Brachypterygius zhuravlevi ARKHANGELSKY, 1998
= Otschevia zhuravlevi (ARKHANGELSKY, 1998) ARKHANGELSKY, 2000
Grendelius alekeseevi (ARKHANGELSKY, 2001) ZVERKOV, ARKHANGELSKY, & STENSHIN, 2015
= Otschevia alekseevi ARKHANGELSKY, 2001
= Brachypterygius alekseevi (ARKHANGELSKY, 2001) MAISCH, 2010

Bardet, N., Fischer. V., and Machalski, M., 2015, Large predatory marine reptiles from the Albian-Cenomanian of Annopol, Poland: Geological Magazine, published online, 16pp.

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Brusatte, S. L., Young, M. T., Challands, T. J., Clark, N. D. L., Fischer, V., Fraer, N. C., Liston, J. J., MacFadyen, C. C. J., Ross, D. A., Walsh, S., and Wilkinson, M., 2015, Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland: Scotish Journal of Geology, Research Article, published online, 13 pp. (Dearcmhara shawcrossi) Link to pdf

Chaves, C. de M., Perez-Garcia, A., Cobos, A., Royo-Torres, R., Ortega, F., and Alcala, L., 2015, A diverse Late Triassic tetrapod fauna from Manzanera (Teruel, Spain): Geobios, v. 48, p. 479-490.

Chen, X.-h., Montani, R., Cheng, L,. Jiang, D.-y., and Rieppel, O., 2015, A new specimen of Carroll's Mystery Hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of China: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 15 pp. (Eretmorhipis carrolldongorum (emend carrolldongi)) (Note, the authors incorrectly coined the speces name, it shoudl be -orum because it was based on two people, and not -i).Link to pdf

Cleary, T. J., Moon, B. C., Dunhill, A. M., and Benton, M. J., 2015, The fossil record of ichthyosaurs, completeness metrics and sampling biases: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 3, p. 521-536.

Davidson, J. P., 2015, Misunderstood marine reptiles: Late Nineteenth-century artistic reconstructions of prehistoric marine life: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 118, n. 1-2, p. 53-67.

Delsett, L. L., Novis, L. K., Roberts, A. J., Ooeovoets, M. J., Hammer, O., Druckenmiller, P. S., and Hurum, J. H., 2015, The Slottsmoya marine reptile Lagerstatte: depositional environments, taphonomy and diagensis: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, V., Geological Society, Special Publications, 434, p. 24pp.

Dick, D. G., 2015, An ichthyosaur carcass-fall community from the Posidonia Shale (Toarcian) of Germany: Palaios, v. 30, p. 353-361.

Dick, D. G., and Maxwell, E. E., 2015, Ontogenetic tooth reduction in Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria): negative allometry, changes in growth rate, and early senescence of the dental lamina: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 11, 14 pp. Link to pdf

Druckenmiller, P. S., Kelley, N., Whalen, M. T., and Mcroberts, C., 2014 (published 2015) An Upper Triassic (Norian) Ichthyosaur (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from northern Alaska and dietary insight based on but contents: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1460-1465.

Ezcurra, M. D., and Butler, R. J., 2015, Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriformes (Diapsida: Archosauromorhpa) from the earliest Triassic of South Aferica, and implications for the Early Archosauriform radiation: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 1, p. 141-170. (Proterosuchus goveri)

Fernandez, M. S., and Campos, L., 2015, Ophthalmosaurids (Ichthyosauria: Thunnosauria): alpha taxonomy, clades and names: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 20-30. Link to pdf

Fonseca, M. E. P., 2015, Estado actual del conocimiento de los reptiles marinos Cretacicos de Colombia: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 40-57.  Link to pdf

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Iturralde-Vinent, M., and Izquierdo, Y. C., 2015, Catalogue of Late Jurassic vertebrae (Pisces, Reptilian) specimens from western Cuba: Paleontología Mexicana, v. 65, n. 3, p. 24-39 (versión impresa), n. 4, p.24-39 (versión electrónica).

Kelley, N. P., and Pyenson, N. D., 2015, Evolutionary innovation and ecology in marine teterapods from the Triassic to the Anthropocene: Science, v. 348, p. 301, aaa3716-1-aaa3716-7.

Larkin, N. R., and Lomax, D. R., 2015, An unexpected Journey: the fall and rise of Ichthyosaurus anningae, from fossil to plaster cast to holotype: The Geologicla Curator, v. 10,n. 3, p. 107-120.

Lomax, D. R., and Massare, J. D., 2015, A new species of Ichthyosaurus from the Lower Jurassic of West Dorset, England, U. K.: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 2, 14 pp. (Ichthyosaurus anningae)

Maisch, M. W., 2015, Fischechsen (Ichthyosauria): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 422-430.

Marek, R. D., Moon, B. C,. Williams, M., and Benton, M. J., 2015, The skull and endocranium of a Lower Jurassic Ichthyosaur based on digital reconstructions: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 4, p. 723-742.

Martin, J. E., Vincent, P., Suan, G., Sharpe, T., Hodges, P., Williams, M., Howells, C., and Fischer, V., 2015, A mysterious giant ichthyosaur from the lowermost Jurassic of Wales: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. v 4, p. 837-842. Link to pdf Link to supplementary information

Massare, J. D., Lomax, D. R., and Klein, A., 2015, A large forefin of Ichthyosaurus from the U.K., and estimates of thier size range of the genus: Paludicola, v. 10, n. 2, p. 119-135.

Maxwell, E. E., Dick, D., Padilla, S., and Parra, M. L., 2015, A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia: Papers in Palaeontology,  p. 1-12. (Muiscasaurus catheti)

Maxwell, E. E., and Vincent, P., 2015, Effects of the early Toarcian Oceanic anoxic event on ichthyosaur body size and faunal composition in the Southwest German Basin: Paleobiology, 10 pp.

Motani, R., Chen, X.-H., Jiang, D.-Y., Cheng, L., Tintori, A., and Rieppel, O., 2015, Lung feeding in early marine reptiles and fast evolution of marine tetrapod feeding guilds: Nature, Scientific Reports, published online, 8pp.

Montani, R., Jiang, D.-Y., Tintori, A., Rieppel, O., Chen, G.-B., and You, H., 2015, Status of Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis (Chen, 1985): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 1, e892011, 8. pp.

Montani, R., Jiang, D.-Y., Tintori, A., Rieppel, O., and Chen, G.-B., 2015, First evidence of centralia in ichthyopterygia reiterating bias from paedomorphic characters on marine reptile phylogenetic reconstruction: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, 6pp.

Perez, J. P., Otero, R. A., and Suarez, M. E., 2015, Sintesis del registro fosil de Ictiosaurios (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) en Chile: Publicacion Occasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, v. 63, p. 113-150. Link to pdf

Sachs, S., and Hornung, J. J., 2015, Marine tetrapoden aus dem Mittleren Jura (Aalenium und Bajocium) von Bielefeld (Nordwestdeutschland): Berichte Naturwiss. Verein für Bielefeld und Umgegend, v. 53, p. 52-73.

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Sissons, R. L., Caldwell, M. W., Evenchick, C. A., Brinkman, D. B., and Vavrek, M. J., 2015, An Upper Jurassic ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) from the Bowser Basin, British Columbia: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, published online, 7pp.

Tintori, A., and Felber, M., 2015, I vertebrati marini del Triassico Medo nel XXI secolo: Dal Monte San Giorgio Alla cina: Geol.  Insubr, v. 11, n. 1, p. 63-80.

Tischliner, H., and Völkl-Constantini, P., 2015, Bearbeitung der Fossilfunde, Fundbrgung, Präparation, Dokumentation: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.

Williams, M., Benton, M. J., and Ross, A., 2015, The Strawberry Bank Lagerstatte reveals insights into Early Jurassic life: Journal of the Geological Society, published online, 10 pp. Link to pdf

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.

Zakharov, Y. D., Arkhangelsky, M. S., Zverkov, N. G., Borisov, I. V., and Popov, A. M., 2015, Age of beds with Ichthyosaur Tholodus in South Primorye: Russian Journal of Pacific Geology, v. 9, n. 5, p. 390-397. Link to pdf

Zverkov, N. G., Arkhangelsky, M. S., Pardo Perez, J. M., and Beznosov, P. A., 2015, On the Upper Jurassic Ichthosaur remains from the Russian North: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, v. 319, n. 1, p. 81-97.

Zverkov, N. G., Arkhangelsky, M. S., and Stenshin, I. M., 2015 A review of Russian Upper Jurassic ichthyosaurs with an intermedium/humeral contact. Reassessing Grendelius McGowan, 1976: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, v. 318, n. 4, p. 558-588. (Grendelius zhuravlevi = Brachypterygius zhuravlevi, = Otschevia zhuravlevi, Grendelius pseudoscythicus, = Brachypterygius pseudoscythius, Grendelius alekeseevi = Otschevia alekseevi, = Brachypterygius alekseevi) Link to pdf


Sauropterygians and Placodontians

Genus: Nova (5)

Atychodracon SMITH, 2015
Dianmeisaurus SHANG & LI, 2015

Makhaira FISCHER, ARKHANGELSKY, STENSHIN, USPENSKY, ZVERKOV & BENSON, 2015
Vegasaurus O'GORMAN, SALADO, OLIVERO, & MARENSSI, 2015
Wangosaurus MA, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MOTANI, & TINTORI, 2015

Species: Nova (4)

Dianmeisaurus gracilis SHANG & LI, 2015
Makhaira rossica FISCHER, ARKHANGELSKY, STENSHIN, USPENSKY, ZVERKOV & BENSON, 2015
Vegasaurus molyi O'GORMAN, SALADO, OLIVERO, & MARENSSI, 2015
Wangosaurus brevirostris MA, JIANG, RIEPPEL, MOTANI, & TINTORI, 2015

Synonym: Nova (1)

Atychodracon megacephalus (STUTCHBURY, 1846) SMITH, 2015
= Plesiosaurus megacephalus STUTCHBURY, 1846
= Thaumatosaurus megacephalus (STUTCHBURY, 1846) LYDEKKER, 1889
= Eurycleidus megacephalus (STUTCHBURY, 1846) ANDREWS, 1922 2015
= Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus (STUTCHBURY, 1846) CRUICKSHANK, 1994

Angst, D., and Bardet, N., 2015, A new record of the pliosaur Brachauchenius lucasi Williston, 1903 (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) of Turonian (Late Cretaceous) age, Morocco: Geological Magazine, published online, p. 11pp. Link to pdf

Araujo, R., and Correia, F., 2015, Sof-tissue anatomy of the plesiosaur pectoral girdle inferred from basal Eosauropterygia taxa and the extant phylogenetic bracket: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 18, 1.8A, 32pp.

Araujo, R., Polcyn, M. J., Lindgren, J., Jacobs, L. L., Schulp, A. S., Mateus, O., Olimpio Goncalves, A., and Morais, M.-L., 2015, New aristonectine elasmosaurid plesiosaur specimens from the Early Maastrhcitian of Angola and comments on paedomorphism in plesiosaurs: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences., pubslihed online, 16pp. Link to pdf

Bardet, N., Fischer. V., and Machalski, M., 2015, Large predatory marine reptiles from the Albian-Cenomanian of Annopol, Poland: Geological Magazine, published online, 16pp.

Benson, R. B. J., Evans, M., and Taylor, M. A., 2015, The anatomy of Stratesaruus (Reptila, Plesiosauria) From the Lowermost Jurassic of Somerset, United Kingdom: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, 26pp.

Benson, R. B. J., Zverkov, N. G., and Arkhangelsky, M. S., 2015, Youngest occurrences of rhomaleosaurid plesiosaurs indicate survival of an archaic marine reptile clade at high palaeolatitudes: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 4, p. 769-780. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Chaves, C. de M., Perez-Garcia, A., Cobos, A., Royo-Torres, R., Ortega, F., and Alcala, L., 2015, A diverse Late Triassic tetrapod fauna from Manzanera (Teruel, Spain): Geobios, v. 48, p. 479-490.

Danise, S., and Higgs, N. D., 2015, Bone-eating Osedax worm lived on Mesozoic marine reptile deadfalls: Biology Letters, v. 11, 20150072, 7pp.

Davidson, J. P., 2015, Misunderstood marine reptiles: Late Nineteenth-century artistic reconstructions of prehistoric marine life: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 118, n. 1-2, p. 53-67.

Delsett, L. L., Novis, L. K., Roberts, A. J., Ooeovoets, M. J., Hammer, O., Druckenmiller, P. S., and Hurum, J. H., 2015, The Slottsmoya marine reptile Lagerstatte: depositional environments, taphonomy and diagensis: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, V., Geological Society, Special Publications, 434, p. 24pp.

Diedrich, C. G., 2015, Marine Lariosaurus (Sauropterygia) records from the Middle Triassic of the Germanic Basin - Stratigraphic and paleobiogeographic importance for Tethyan and Germanic basin correlations: Albertiana, v. 42, p. 22-32.

Diedrich, C. G., 2015, The vertebrates from the Lower Ladinian (Middle Triassic) bonebed of Lamerde (Germany) as palaeoenvironment indicators in the Germanic Basin: Open Geoscience, v. 7, p. 755-782. Link to pdf

Fischer, V., Arkhangelsky, M. S., Stenshin, I. M., Uspensky, G. N., Zverkov, N. G., and Benson, R. B. J., 2015, Peculiar macrophagous adaptations in a new Cretaceous pliosaurid: Royal Society Open Science, published on line, 12pp. (Makhaira rossica) Link to pdf

Fonseca, M. E. P., 2015, Estado actual del conocimiento de los reptiles marinos Cretacicos de Colombia: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 40-57. Link to pdf

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Gasparini, Z., Sterli, J., Parras, A., O'Gorman, J. P., Salgado, L., Varela, J., and Pol, D., 2015, Late Cretaceous reptilian biota of the La Colonia Formation, central Patagonia, Argentina: Occurrences, preservation and paleoenvironments: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 154-168.

Harrell, T. L., Jr, and Perez-Huerta, A., 2015, Rare Earth element (REE) analysis of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate Marine Formations of Western and Central Alabama, USA: taphonomic and paleoenvironmental implications: Palaios, v. 30, p. 514-528.

Iturralde-Vinent, M., and Izquierdo, Y. C., 2015, Catalogue of Late Jurassic vertebrae (Pisces, Reptilian) specimens from western Cuba: Paleontología Mexicana, v. 65, n. 3, p. 24-39 (versión impresa), n. 4, p.24-39 (versión electrónica).

Kelley, N. P., and Pyenson, N. D., 2015, Evolutionary innovation and ecology in marine teterapods from the Triassic to the Anthropocene: Science, v. 348, p. 301, aaa3716-1-aaa3716-7.

Klien, N., Neenan, J. M., Scheyer, T. M., and Griebeler, E. M., 2015, Growth patterns and life-history strategies in Placodontia (Diapsida: Sauropterygia): Royal Society Open Science, published on line, 27pp. Link to pdf

Liu, S., Smith, A. S., Gu, Y,. Tan, J., Liu, K, and Turk, G., 2015, Computer simulations imply forelimb-dominated underwater flight in plesiosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS), Computational Biology, v 11, n. 12, 18pp. Link to pdf

Liu, X.-Q., Lin, W.-B., Rieppel, O., Sun, Z.-Y., Li, Z.-G., Lu, H., and Jiang, D.-Y., 2015, A new specimen of Diandongosaurus acutidentatus (Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAstica, published online, 10pp.

Lomax, D. R., 2015, The first plesiosaurian (Sauropterygia, Pliosauridae) remains described from the Jurassic of Poland: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 18.2.29A, 8pp.

Ma, L.-T., Jiang, D.-Y., Rieppel, O., Motani, R., and Tintori, A., 2015, A new pistosauroid (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Late Ladinian Xingyi Marine Reptile level, southwestern China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 1, e881832, 6 pp. (Wangosaurus brevirostris)

Neenan, J. M., Li, C., Rieppel, O., and Scheyer, T. M., 2015, The cranial anatomy of Chinese placodonts and the phylogeny of Placodontia (Diapsida: Sauropterygia): Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 175, p. 415-428. Link to pdf

Novas, F. E., D'Angelo, J., S., O'Gorman, J. P., Agnolin, F. L., Lirio, J. M., and Isasi, M. P., 2015, First record of Polycotylidae (Sauropterygia, plesiosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica: Creataceous Research, V. 56, p. 563-568. Link to pdf

O'Gorman, J. P., 2015, Plesiosaurs (Diapsida, Sauropterygia) from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian) marginal marine environments from North Patagonia:  In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 187-195. Link to pdf

O'Gorman, J. P., Salgado, L., Olivero, E. B., and Marenssi, S. A., 2015, Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov. (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), from the Cape Lamb Member (Lower Maastrichtian) of the Snow Hill Island Formation, Vega Island, Antarctica, and remarks on Wedellian Elasmosauride: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 3, e931285, 21 pp. (Vegasaurus molyi)

Otero, R. A., O'Gorman, J. P., and Hiller, N., 2015, Reassessment of the upper Maastrichtian material from Chile referred to Mauisaurus Hector, 1874 (Plesiosauroidea: Elasmosauridae) and the taxonomical value of the hemispherical propodial head among austral elasmosaurids: New Zealand Journal of Geology ane Geophysics, publisehd online, 10pp.

 Otero, R. A., Soto-Acuna, S,. Alacron, J,. Ossa-Fuentes, L,. and Rojas, O., 2015, Los elasmosauridos mas antiguois hasta ahora conocidos: primer registro en el Oxfordiano de Gondawana;

Otero, R. A., Soto-Acuna, S., Salazar C. S., and Oyarzun, J. L., 2015, New elasmosaurids (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of the Magallanes Basin, Chilean Patagonia: evidence of a faunal turnover during the Maastrichtian along thw Weddellian biogeographic Province: Andea Geology, v. 42, n. 2, p. 237-267.

Parrilla-Bel, J., and Canudo, J. I,. 2015, On the presence of plesiosaurs in the Blesa Formation (Barremian) in Teruel (Spain): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 278, n. 2, p. 213-227. Link to pdf

Sachs, S., and Hornung, J. J., 2015, Marine tetrapoden aus dem Mittleren Jura (Aalenium und Bajocium) von Bielefeld (Nordwestdeutschland): Berichte Naturwiss. Verein für Bielefeld und Umgegend, v. 53, p. 52-73.

Sachs, S., Lindgren, J., and Siversson, M., 2015, A partial plesiosaurian braincase from the Upper Cretaceous of Sweden: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, V., Geological Society, Special Publications, 434, p. 9pp.

Sach, S., and Nyhuis, C., 2015, Belege für riesige Pliosaurier aus dem Jura Deutschlands: Der Steinkern, heft 21, p. 74-82.

Sassoon, J., Foffa, D., and Marek, R., 2015, Dental ontogeny and replacement in Pliosauridae: Royal Society open science, published online, 15pp. Link to pdf

Schwimmer, D. R., Sanders, A. E., Erickson, B. R., and Weems, R. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA: Americna Philosophical Society Press, v. 105, part 2, 157pp.

Sennikov, A. G., 2015, New data on the herpetofauna of the Early Triassic Donskaya Luka Locality, Volgograd Region: Palaeontological Journal, v. 49, n . 11, p. 1161-1173. Link to pdf

Shang, Q.-H., and Li, C., 2015, A new small-sized eosauropterygian (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Luoping, Yunnan, southwestern China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 53, n. 4, p. 265-280. (Dianmeisaurus gracilis)

Smith, A. S., 2015, Reassessment of 'Plesiosaurus' megacephalus (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Triassic-Jurassic boudary, UK: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 18, n. 1, 20A, p. 1-19. (Atychodracon megacephalus = Plesiosaurus megacephalus, = Thaumatosaurus megacephalus, = Eurycleidus megacephalus, = Rhomaleosaurus megacephalus) Link to pdf

Schoch, R. R., 2015, Reptilien des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 231-249. Link to pdf

Talevi, M., 2015, Microestructura osea y suministro Sanguineo de una vertebra caudal de un elasmosaurido (Plesiosauria, elasmosauridae) del Maastrichtiense (Cretacico tardio) de la Antartida: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 196-203. Link to pdf

Tintori, A., and Felber, M., 2015, I vertebrati marini del Triassico Medo nel XXI secolo: Dal Monte San Giorgio Alla cina: Geol.  Insubr, v. 11, n. 1, p. 63-80.

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.

Xue, Y., Jiang, D., Motani, R., Rieppel, O., Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Ji, C., and Yang, P., 2015, New information on sexual dimorphism and allometric growth in Keichousaurus hui, a pachypleurosaur from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, South China: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 681-687. Link to pdf Link to supplementary information

Zverkov, N. G., 2015, On a typically Late Jurassic pliosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Crimea: In: The International Scientific Converence on the Jurassic/Cretaceous Boundary, Proceedings Volume, p. 89-94.


Lower Archosauromorpha

Genus: Nova (1)

Eohyosaurus BUTLER, EZCURRA, MONTEFELTRO, SAMATHI, & SOBRAL, 2015

Species: Nova (2)

Eohyosaurus wolvaardti BUTLER, EZCURRA, MONTEFELTRO, SAMATHI, & SOBRAL, 2015
Proterosuchus goweri EZCURRA & BUTLER, 2015

Synonym: Nova (1)

Proterosuchus alexanderi (HOFFMANN, 1965) EZCURRA & BUTLER, 2015
= Chasmatosaurus alexanderi HOFFMANN, 1965

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Bernardi, M., Klein, H., Petti, F. M., and Ezcurra, M. D., 2015, The origin and early radation of Archosaurifromes: integrating the skeletal and footprint record: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 28 pp. Link to pdf

Brandt, S., Munk, H., and Munk, W., 2015, Ein fund von Protorosaurus speneri H. v. Meyer, 1832 aus dem Kupferschiefer (Ober-Perm) von Sangerhausen (Sachsen-Anhalt): Semana, band 30, p. 51-54.

Butler, R. J., Ezcurra, M. D., Montefeltro, F. C., Samathi, A., and Sobral, G., 2015, A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution of Rhynchosauria: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 174, p. 571-588. (Eohyosaurus wolvaardti) Link to pdf

Diedrich, C. G., 2015, The vertebrates from the Lower Ladinian (Middle Triassic) bonebed of Lamerde (Germany) as palaeoenvironment indicators in the Germanic Basin: Open Geoscience, v. 7, p. 755-782.

Ezcurra, M. D., and Butler, R. J., 2015, Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriformes (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the earliest Triassic of South Africa, and implications for the early archosauriform radiation: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 1, p. 141-170. (Proterosuchus alexanderi = Chasmatosaurus alexanderi, Proterosuchus goweri)

Ezcurra, M. D., Martinelli, A. G., FIorelli, L. E., Da-Rosa, A. A. S., and Desojo, J. B., 2015, Archosauromorph remains from the Tarjados Formation (Early -Middle Trassic, NW Argentina): Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 5, p. 475-486.

Farmer, C. G., 2015, Similarity of crocodilian and avian lungs indicates unidirectional flow is ancestral for archosaus: Integrative and Comparative Bioloby, symposium, p. 1-10.

Gay, R. J., and St. Aude, I., 2015, The first occurrence of the enigmatic archosauriform Crosbysaurus Heckert 2004 from the Chinle Formation of southern Utah: PeerJ 3:e905; DOI 10.7717/peerj.905, 14pp. Link to pdf

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Holgado, B., Dalla Vecchia, F. M., Fortuny, J., Bernardini, F., and Tuniz, C., 2015, A reapprasial of the purported gastric pellet with pterosaurian bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 11, 30 pp.  Link to pdf

Horn, B. L. D., Schultz, C. L., de Figueiredo, A. E. Q., and Motta, F. A., 2015, Recognition of the Hyperodapedon assemblage zone (Late Triassic) in a relictual occurrence over the Sul-Rio-Grandense Shield: Revisita Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 18, n. 1, p. 91-96.

Hutson, J. D., 2015, Quadrupedal dinosaurs did not evolve fully pronated forearms: new evidence from the ulna: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 599-610. Link to pdf

Mukherjee, D., 2015, New insights from bone microanatomy of the Late Triassic Hyperodapedon (Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria): implications for archosauromorph growth strategy: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 2, p. 313-339.

Nesbitt, S. J., Flynn, J. J., Pritchard, A. C., Parrish, J. M., Ranivoharimanana, L., and Wyss, A. R., 2015, Postcranial osteology of Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis (?Middle to Upper Triassic, Isalo Group, Madagascar) and its systematic position among stem archosaur reptiles: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin, 398, 126pp. Link to pdf

Pritchard, A. C., and Turner, A. H., Nesbitt, S. J., Irmis, R. B., and Smith N. D., 2015, Late Triassic Tanystropheids (Reptilia, Archosauromorpha) from northern New Mexico (Peterified Forest Member, Chinle Formation) and the biogeography, functional, morphology, and evolution of Tanystropheidae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 20pp.

Schoch, R. R., 2015, Reptilien des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 231-249. Link to pdf

Sennikov, A. G., 2015, New data on the herpetofauna of the Early Triassic Donskaya Luka Locality, Volgograd Region: Palaeontological Journal, v. 49, n . 11, p. 1161-1173.

Sues, H.-D., and Olsen, P. E., 2015, Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada: Atlantic Geology, v. 51, p. 139-205. Link to pdf

Tintori, A., and Felber, M., 2015, I vertebrati marini del Triassico Medo nel XXI secolo: Dal Monte San Giorgio Alla cina: Geol.  Insubr, v. 11, n. 1, p. 63-80.

Veiga, F. H., Soares, M. B., and Sayao, J. M., 2015, Osteohistology of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaurs from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 4, p. 829-836. Link to pdf

Wick, S. L., Lehman, T. M., and Brink, A. A., 2015, A theropod tooth assemblage from the lower Aguja Formation (early Campanian) of West Texas, and the roles of small theropod and varanoid lizard mesopredators in a tropical predator guild: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 418, p. 229-244.


“Thecodontia, Pseudosuchia"

Genus: Nova (3)

Dagasuchus LACERDA, SCHULTZ, & BERTONI-MACHADO, 2015
Gorgetosuchus HECKERT, SCHNEIDER, FRASER & WEBB, 2015
Nudasuchus NESBITT, SIDOR, ANGIELCYK, SMITH & TSUJI, 2014 (published 2015)

Species: Nova (3)

Dagasuchus santacruzensis LACERDA, SCHULTZ, & BERTONI-MACHADO, 2015
Gorgetosuchus pekinensis HECKERT, SCHNEIDER, FRASER & WEBB, 2015
Nudasuchus songeaensis NESBITT, SIDOR, ANGIELCYK, SMITH & TSUJI, 2014 (published 2015)

Baczko, M. B. von, Desojo, J. B., and Pol, D., 2014 (published 2015), Anatomy and phylogenetic position of Venaticosuchus rusconii Bonaparte, 1970 (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia), from the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic), La Rioja, Argentina: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1342-1356.

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Clemmensen, L. B., Milan, J., Adolfssen, J. S., Estrup, E. J., Probose, N,. Klein, N., Mateus, O., and Wings, O., 2015, The vertebrate-bearing Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of central East Greenland revisited: stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and new palaeontological data: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren J., Hurum J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, A. Geological Society, London, Special publications, v. 434, 17pp.

Diedrich, C. G., 2015, The vertebrates from the Lower Ladinian (Middle Triassic) bonebed of Lamerde (Germany) as palaeoenvironment indicators in the Germanic Basin: Open Geoscience, v. 7, p. 755-782.

Ezcurra, M. D., Velozo, P., Meneghel, M., and Pineiro, G., 2015, Early archosauromorph remains from the Permo-Triassic Buena Vista Formation of north-eatern Uruguay: PeerJ., 2:e776:DOI 10.7717/peerj.776, 26pp. Link to pdf

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Heckert, A. B., Schneider, V. P., Fraser, N. C., and Webb, R. A., 2015, A new aetosaur (Archosauria, Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina, U.S. A., and its implications for early aetosaur evolution: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 1, e881831, 13 pp. (Gorgetosuchus pekinensis)

Hutson, J. D., 2015, Quadrupedal dinosaurs did not evolve fully pronated forearms: new evidence from the ulna: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 599-610. Link to pdf

Kammerer, C. F., Butler, R. J., Bandyopadhyay, S., and Stocker, M. R., 2015, Relationships of the Indian phytosaur Parasuchus hislopi Lydekker, 1885: Papers in Paleontology, published online, 23pp.

Lacerda, M. B., Schultz, C. L,. and Bertoni-Machado, C., 2015, First 'Rauisuchian' archosaur (Pseudosuchia, Loricata) for the Middle Triassic Santacruzodon Assemblage Zone (Santa Maria Supersequence), Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 2, 12 pp. (Dagasuchus santacruzensis) Link to pdf

Liu, J., Butler, R., Sullivan, C., and Ezcurra, M., 2015, 'Chasmatosaurus ultimus,'a putative proterosuchid archosauriform from the Middle Triassic, is an indeterminate crown archosaur: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, v. 35, n. 5, 5pp.

Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G., Colombi, C. E., Fernandez, E., Malnis, P. S., Pradeiro, A., Abelin, D., Benegas, L. G., Aguilar-Cameo, A., and Alcober, O. A., 2015, A new Late Triassic Vertebrate assemblage from Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 4, published online, 12pp.

Nesbitt, S. J., Sidor, C. A., Angielczyk, K. D., Smith, R. M. H., and Tsuji, L. A., 2014 (published, 2015), A new archosaur from the Manda beds (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of southern Tanzania and its implications for character state optimizations at Archosauria and Pseudosuchia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1357-1382. (Nudasuchus songeaensis)

Schoch, R. R., 2015, Reptilien des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 231-249. Link to pdf

Sues, H.-D., and Olsen, P. E., 2015, Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada: Atlantic Geology, v. 51, p. 139-205. Link to pdf

Whiteside, J. H., Lindstrom, S., Irmis, R. B., Glasspool, I. J., Schaller, M. F., Dunlavey, M., Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, N. D., and Turner, A. H., 2015, Extreme ecosystem instability suppressed tropical dinosaur dominance for 30 million years: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 5 pp.


Crocodilia (Mesosuchia, Eusuchia)

Genus: Nova (8)

Albertosuchus WU & BRINKMAN, 2015
Carnufex ZANNO, DRYMALA, NESBITT, & SCHNEIDER, 2015
Gnatusuchus SALAS-GISMONDI, FLYNN, BABY, TEJADA-LARA, WESSELINGH, & ANTOINE, 2015

Koumpiodontosuchus SWEETMAN, PEDREIRA-SEGADE, & VIDOVIC, 2015
Kuttanacaiman SALAS-GISMONDI, FLYNN, BABY, TEJADA-LARA, WESSELINGH, & ANTOINE, 2015
Lohuecosuchus
NARVAEZ, BROCHU, ESCASO, PEREZ-GARCIA, & ORTEGA, 2015

Patagosuchus LIO, AGNOLIN, VALIERI, FILIPPI, & ROSALES, 2015
Zoneait WILBERG, 2015

Species: Nova (13)

Albertosuchus knudsenii WU & BRINKMAN, 2015
Allodaposuchus hulki BLANCO, FORTUNY VICENTE, LUJAN, GARCIA-MARCA, & SELES, 2015

Caiman wannlangstoni SALAS-GISMONDI, FLYNN, BABY, TEJADA-LARA, WESSELINGH, & ANTOINE, 2015
Carnufex carolinensis  ZANNO, DRYMALA, NESBITT, & SCHNEIDER, 2015
Gnatusuchus pebasensis SALAS-GISMONDI, FLYNN, BABY, TEJADA-LARA, WESSELINGH, & ANTOINE, 2015

Kentisuchus astrei JOUVE, 2015
Koumpiodontosuchus aprosdokiti SWEETMAN, PEDREIRA-SEGADE, & VIDOVIC, 2015

Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis SALAS-GISMONDI, FLYNN, BABY, TEJADA-LARA, WESSELINGH, & ANTOINE, 2015
Lohuecosuchus mechinorum NARVAEZ, BROCHU, ESCASO, PEREZ-GARCIA, & ORTEGA, 2015

Lohuecosuchus megadontos NARVAEZ, BROCHU, ESCASO, PEREZ-GARCIA, & ORTEGA, 2015
Machimosaurus rex FANTI, MIYASHITA, CANTELLI, MNASRI, DRIDI, CONTESSI & CAU, 2016
Patagosuchus anielensis LIO, AGNOLIN, VALIERI, FILIPPI, & ROSALES, 2015
Zoneait nargorum WILBERG, 2015

Synonym: Nova (4)

Paralligator gradilifrons KONZHUKOVA, 1954
= Paralligator ancestralis KONZHUKOVA, 1954
= Shamosuchus ancestralis (KONZHUKOV, 1954)
= Paralligator ulgicus EFIMOV, 1981
= Shamosuchus ulgicus (EFIMOV, 1981)
= Shamosuchus ulanicus EFIMOV, 1983
= Shamosuchus tersus EFIMOV, 1983

Aureliano, T., Ghilardi, A. M., Guilherme, E., Souza-Filho, J. P., Cavalcanti, M., and Riff, D., 2015, Morphometry, bite-force, and paleobiology of the Late Miocene caiman Purussaurus brasiliensis: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 2, 14 pp. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Benyoucef, M., Lang, E., Cavin, L., Mebarki, K., Adaci, and M., Bensalah, M., 2015, Overabundance of piscivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) in the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa: The Algerian dilemma: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 44-55. Link to pdf

 Bernier, P., and Gaillard, C., 2015, Die lithographischen Kalke von Cerin: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 541-549.

Blanco, A., Fortuny, J., Vicente, A., Lujan, A. H., Garcia-Marca, J. A., and Selles, A. G., 2015, A new spcies of Allodaposuchus (Eusuchia, Crocodylia) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Spain: phylogenetic and paleobiological implications: PerJ 3:e1171; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1171, 35pp. (Allodaposuchus hulki)

Blanco, A., Mendez, J. M., and Marmi, J., 2015, The fossil record of the uppermost Maastrichtian Reptile Sandstone (Tremp Formation, northeastern Iberian Peninsula): Spanish Journal of Paleontology, v. 30, n. 1, p. 147-160.

Böhmer, C., Rauhut, O. W. M., and Wörheide, G., 2015, Correlation between Hox code and vertebral morphology in archosars: Proceedings of the Royal Society, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Bona, P., and Barrios, F., 2015, The alligatoroidea of Argentina: an update of its fossil record:  In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 143-158. Link to pdf

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Brochu, C. A., and Carbot-Chanona, G., 2015, Biogeographic and systematic implications of a Caimanine from the Late Miocene of Southern Mexico: Journal of Herpetology, v. 49, n. 1, p. 138-142.

Bronzati, M, Montefeltro, F. C., and Langer, M. C., 2015, Diversification events and the effects of mass extinctions on crocodyliforms evolutionary history: Royal Society open scinece, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf

Brown, C. M., VanBuren, C. S., Larson, D. W., Brink, K. S., Campione, N. E., Vavrek, M J., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Tooth counts thorugh growth in diapsid reptiles: implications for interpreting individual and size-related variation in the fossil record: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 12pp.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Domingo, L., Barroso-Barcenilla, F., and Cambra-Moo, O., 2015, Seasonality and palecology of the Late Cretaceous multi-taxa vertebrate assemblage of "Lo Hueco" (Central Eastern Spain: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 3, 25 pp. Link to pdf

Fanti, F., Miyashita, T., Cantelli, L., Mnasri, F., Dridi, J., Contessa, M., and Cau, A., 2015, The largest thalattosuchia (Crocodylomorpha) supports teleosaurid survival across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary: Cretaceous Research, published online, 12 pp. (Machimosaurus rex)

Farmer, C. G., 2015, Similarity of crocodilian and avian lungs indicates unidirectional flow is ancestral for archosaus: Integrative and Comparative Biology, symposium, p. 1-10.

Flippi, L., Martinelli, A. G., and Garrido, A. C., 2015, Una nueva asociacion de dientes de vertebrados para la Formacion Bajo de la Carpa (Santoniensis, Cretacico Superior) en Rincon de los Sauces, Neuquen, Argentina: Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, v. 30, n. 2, p. 223-238. Link to pdf

Foffa, D., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Evidence of macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorphs in the Corallian Group (Oxfordian, Late Jurassic) of the UK: PeerJ 3:e1497:DOI 10.7717/peerj.1497, 13 pp.  Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., and Hunt-Foster, R. K., 2015, First report of a giant neosuchian (Crocodyliformes) in the Williams Fork Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Colorado: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 66-73.

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Frost, F., and Mims, A. L., 2015, Summary of vertebrate fossils from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) at Curecanti National Recreation Area, Central Colorado: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 43-50.

Frey, E., and Tischlinger, H., 2015, Krokodile (Crocodyliformes): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 448-458.

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Halliday, T. J. D., de Andrade, M. B., Benton, M. J., and Efimov, M. B., 2015, A re-evaluation of goiniopholidid crocodylomorph material from central Asia: Biogeographic and phylogenetic implications: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 2, p. 291-312. Link to pdf Link to supplimentary information

Harrell, T. L., Jr, and Perez-Huerta, A., 2015, Rare Earth element (REE) analysis of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate Marine Formations of Western and Central Alabama, USA: taphonomic and paleoenvironmental implications: Palaios, v. 30, p. 514-528.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Herrera, Y., 2015, Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Neuquen Basin (Argentina), with comments on the natural casts of the brain: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 159-171. Link to pdf

Herrera, Y., Gasparini, Z., and Ferenadez, M. S., 2015, Purranisaurus potens Rusconi, an enigmatic metriorhynchid from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous of the Neuquen Basin: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 15pp.

Heyng, A. M., Leonhardt, U., Krautworst, U., and Pöschl, R., 2015, Die Mörnscheimer Schichten am Schaudiberg: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 137-152.

Hill, R. V., Roberts, E. M., Tapanila, L., Bouare, M. L., Sissoko, F., and O'Leary, M. A., 2015, Multispecies shark feeding in the trans-saharan seaway: evidence from Late Cretaceous Dyrosaurid (CorocyliformeS) fossils from notrheastern Mali: Palaios, v. 30, p. 589-596.

Iturralde-Vinent, M., and Izquierdo, Y. C., 2015, Catalogue of Late Jurassic vertebrae (Pisces, Reptilian) specimens from western Cuba: Paleontología Mexicana, v. 65, n. 3, p. 24-39 (versión impresa), n. 4, p.24-39 (versión electrónica).

Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., Steel, L., and Lepage, Y., 2015, Stenosaurus edwardsi (Thalattosuchia: Teleosauridae), the largest known crocodylomorph of the Middle Jurassic: Biological Jounal of the Linnean Society, v. 115, p. 911-918.

Jouve, S., 2015, A new basal tomistomine (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) from Issel (Middle Eocene; France): palaeobiogeography of basal tomistomines and palaeogeographic consequences: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 18pp. (Kentisuchus astrei)

Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, O estudo dos repteis fosseis – cresce a contribuicao da ciencia Brasileira: Cienc. Cult. v. 67 n. 4, p. 32-39. Link to pdf

Leardi, J. M., Pol, D., Novas, F. E., and Riglos, M. S., 2015, The postcranial anatomy of Yacarerani bolivensis and the phylogenetic significance of the notosuchian postcranial skeleton: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 6, 32pp.

Lio, G., Agnolin, f. L., Valieri, R. J., Filippi, L., and Rosales, D., 2015, A new peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) of Patagonia, Argentina: Historical Biology, published online, 7 pp. (Patagosuchus anielensis)

Malkani, M. S., 2015, Dinosaurs, mesoeucrocodiles, pterosaurs, new fauna and flora from Pakistan: Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resource, Geological Survey of Pakistan, Information Release no. 823, 32pp.   Link to pdf

Malkani, M. S., Buzdar, M. A., Khosa, M. H., Kakar, A. S., Saeed, F., and Alyani, M. I., 2015, Closure of Tethys Sea and paleo Vitakri River systems, and the birth of Paleo Indus River systems in Pakistan; Geodynamic and Geobiological evolution of Indo-Pak subcontinent (South Asia): Lasbela, U. J. Sci. Techl., v. iv, p. 41-48. Link to pdf

Mannion, P. D., Benson, R. B. J., Carrano, M. T., Tennant, J. P., Judd, J,. and Butler, R. J., 2015, Climae constrains the evolutionary  history and biodiversity of crocodylians: Nature Communicatinos, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf

Martin, J. E., Delfino, M., Garcia, G., Godefroit, P., Berton, S., and Valentin, X., 2015, New specimens of Allodaposuchus precedens from France: interaspecific variability and the diversity of European Late Cretaceous eusuchians: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published on line, 25pp. Link to pdf

Martin, J. E., 2015, A sebecosuchian in a middle Eocene karst with comments on the dorsal shield in Crocodylomorpha: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 673-680. Link to pdf

Martin, J. E., Desseri, U., Llard, R., Wattanapituksakul, A., Suteethorn, S., Lauprasert, K., Tong, H., Buffetaut, E., Suteethorn, V., Suan, G., Telouk, P., and Balter, V., 2015, Strontium isotopes and the long-term residency of thalattosuchians in the freshwater environment: Paleobiology, published online, 14pp.

Martin, J. E., Vincent, P., and Falconnett, J., 2015, The taxonomic content of Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia): Comptes Rendus Palevol, published online, 6pp.

Martinelli, A. G., and Teixeira, V. P. A., 2015, The Late Cretaceous vertebrate record from the Bauru Group in the Triangulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil: Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 129-158.

Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G., Colombi, C. E., Fernandez, E., Malnis, P. S., Pradeiro, A., Abelin, D., Benegas, L. G., Aguilar-Cameo, A., and Alcober, O. A., 2015, A new Late Triassic Vertebrate assemblage from Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 4, published online, 12pp.

Maüser, M., 2015, Oberjurassiche fossil-lagerstätten außerhalb der Südlichen Frankenalb: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 515-535.

Mo, J., Buffetaut, E., Tong, H., Amiot, R., Cavin, L., Cuny, G., Suteethorn, V., Suteethorn, S., and Jiang, S., 2015, Early Cretaceous vertebrates from the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi (southern China): a review: Geological Magazine, v. 153, n. 1, p. 143-159.

Mannion, P. D., Benson, R. B. J., Carrano, M. T., Tennant, J. P., Judd, J., and Butler, R. J., 2015, Climate constrains the evolutionary history and biodiversity of crocodylians: Nature Communications, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf

Molnar, J. L., Pierce, S. E., Bhullar, B.-A. S., Turner, A. H., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2015, Morphological and functional changes in the vertebral column with increasing aquatic adaptation in crocodylomorphs: Royal Society open science, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf

Narvaez, I., Brochu, C. A., Escaso, F., Perez-Garcia, A., and Ortega, F., 2015, New crocodyliforms from southwestern Europe and Definition of a diverse clade of European Late Cretaceous basal Eusuchians: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 2, 39 pp. (Lohuecosuchus megadontos, Lohuecosuchus mechinorum) Link to pdf

Ortega, F., Bardet, N., Barroso-Barceilla, F., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Daviero-Gomez, V., Diez Diaz, V., Dominog, L., Elvira, A., Escaso, F., Garcia-Oliva, M., Gomez, B., Houssaye, A., Knoll, E., Marcos-Fernandez, F., Martin, M., Mocho, P. Narvaez, I., Perez-Garcia, A., Peyrot, D., Segura, M., Serrano, H., Torices, A., Vidal, D., and Sanz, J. L., 2015, Thee biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca Spain): Jounal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 83-99.

Osi, A., Bodor, E. R., Makadi, L., and Rabi, M., 2016 (published 2015), Vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Ajka Coal Formation, western Hungary: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 228-238.

Osi, A., Rabi, M., and Makadi, L., 2015, An enigmatic crocodyliform tooth from the bauxites of western Hungary suggests hidden mesoeucrocodylian diversity in the Early Cretaceous European archipelago: PeerJ 3:e1160;DOI 10.7727/peerj.1160, 17pp. Link to pdf

Parrilla-Bell, J., and Canudo, J. I., 2015, Postcranial elements of Maledictosuchus riclaensis (Thalattosuchia) from the Middle Jurassic of Spain: Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 31-40.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Pol, D., and Leardi, J. M., 2015, Diversity patterns of notosuchia (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) during the Cretaceous of Gondwana: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 172-186. Link to pdf

Puertolas-Pascual, E., Blanco, A., Brochu, C. A., and Canudo, J. I., 2015, Review of the Late Cretaceous-Early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary: Cretaceous Research, articles in press, 26pp.

Puertolas-Pascual, E., Canudo, J. I., and Sender, L. M., 2015, New Material from a huge speicmen of Anteophthalmosuchus cf. escuchae (Goniopholididae) from the Albian of Andorra (Teruel, Spain): Phylogenetic implications: Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 41-56. Link to pdf

Puertolas-Pascula, E., Rabal-Garces, R., Canudo, J. I., 2015, Exceptional crocodylomorph biodiversity of "La Cantalera" site (lower Barremian: Lower Cretaceous) in Teruel, Spain: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 18.2.28A, 16pp.

Sachs, S., and Hornung, J. J., 2015, Marine tetrapoden aus dem Mittleren Jura (Aalenium und Bajocium) von Bielefeld (Nordwestdeutschland): Berichte Naturwiss. Verein für Bielefeld und Umgegend, v. 53, p. 52-73.

Salas-Gismondi, R., Flynn, J. J., Baby, P., Tejada-Lara, J. V., Wesselingh, F. P., and Antoine, P.-O., 2015, A Miocene hyperdiverse crocodylian community reveals peculiar trophic dynamics in proto-amazonia mega-Wetlands: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B., v. 282, 10pp. (Gnatusuchus pebasensis, Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis, Caiman wannlangstoni)

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Schweigert, G., 2015, Der Nuspoinger Plattenkalk: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 536-540.

Schwimmer, D. R., Sanders, A. E., Erickson, B. R., and Weems, R. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA: Americna Philosophical Society Press, v. 105, part 2, 157pp.

Solomon, A., and Codera, V., 2015, Some Maastrichtian vertebrates from fluvial channel fill deposits at Pui (Hateg Basin): Muzeul Olteniei Craiova, Oltena, Studii si comunicari, Stiintele Naturi, tom, 32, n. 2, p. 26-26. Link to pdf

Soto-Acuna, S., Otero, R. A., Alarcon, J,. Ossa-Fuentes, L., and Rojas, O., 2015, Presencia de cocodrilos marinos (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) en la Formacion Cerritos Bayos (Oxfordiano), Cuenca de Tarapaca, Region de Antofagasta:

Soto-Acuna, S., Otero, R. A., Rubilar-Rogers, D., and Vargas, A. O., 2015, Arcosaurios no avianos de Chile: Publicacion Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia  Natural, Chile, v. 63, p. 209-263. Link to pdf

Souza, R. G., Riff, D., and Kellner, A. W. A. 2015, Taxonomic revision of Thoracosaurus bahiensis Marsh, 1869, a supposed gavialoidea (Reptilia, crocodylia) from Cretaceous deposits of the Reconcavo basin, Brazil: Rev. Bras. Paleontol., v. 18, n. 3, p. 565-568. Link to pdf

Srivastava, R., Patnaik, R,. Skula, U. K., and Sahni A., 2015, Crocodilian nest in a Late Cretaceous saruopod hatchery from the Type Lameta Ghat Locality, Jabalpur, India: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 13 pp.  Link to pdf

Sues, H.-D., and Olsen, P. E., 2015, Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada: Atlantic Geology, v. 51, p. 139-205. Link to pdf

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, n. 68, p. 105-129.

Sweetman, S. C., Pedreira-Segade, U., and Vidovic, S. U., 2015, A new bernissartiid crocodliform from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation (Wealden Group, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 2, p. 257-268. (Koumpiodontosuchus aprosdokiti) Link to pdf Link to supplimentary information

Tavares, S. A. S., Ricardi-Branco, F., and de Souza Carvalho, I., 2015, Osteoderms of Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi (Crocodyliformes, Peirosauridae) from the Turonian-Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Bauru Basin, Brazil: Cretaceous Research, v. 56, p. 651-661.

Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., 2015, Sammler, Sammlungen und Forscher: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 41-54.

Turner, A. H., 2015, A review of Shamosuchus and Paralligator (Crocodyliformes, Neosuchia) from the Cretaceous of Asia: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 2, 39 pp. (Paralligator gradilifrons = Shamosuchus ancestralis, = Shamosuchus ulgicus, = Shamosuchus tersus, = Shamosuchus ulanicus)

Turner, A. H., and Pritchard, A. C., 2015, The monophyly of Susisuchidae (Crocodyliformes) and its phylogenetic placement in Neosuchia: PeerJ 3:e759;DOI 10.7717/peerj.759, 18pp. Link to pdf

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Whiting, E. T., and Hastings, A. K., 2015, First fossil Alligator from the Late Eocene of Nebraska and the Late Paleogene Record of Alligators in the Great Plains: Journal of Herpetology, v. 49, n. 4, p. 560-569.

Wilberg, E. W., 2015, A new metriorhynchoid (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Middle Jurassic of Oregon and the evolutionary timing of marine adaptations in thalattosuchian Crocodylomorphs: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 2, 20 pp. (Zoneait nargorum)

Wilberg, E. W., 2015, What's in an outgroup? The impact of outgroup choice on the phylogenetic position of Thalattosuchia (Crocodylomorpha) and the origin of crocodyliformes: Systematic Biology, v. 64, n. 4, p. 621-637.

Williams, M., Benton, M. J., and Ross, A., 2015, The Strawberry Bank Lagerstatte reveals insights into Early Jurassic life: Journal of the Geological Society, published online, 10 pp. Link to pdf

Wu, X.-C., and Brinkman, D. B., 2015, A new crocodylian (Eusuchia) from the Uppermost Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 590-607. (Albertosuchus knudsenii) Link to pdf

Young, M. T., Beatty, B. L., Brusatte, S. L., and Steel, L., 2015, First evidence of denticulated dentation in teleosaurid crocodylomorphs: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 661-671. Link to pdf

Young, M. T., Tennant, J. P., Brusatte, S. L., Challands, T. J., Fraser, N. C., Clark, N. D. L., and Ross, D. A., 2015, The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 20pp. Link to pdf

Zanno, L. E., Drymala, S., Nesbitt, S. J., and Schneider, V. P., 2015, Early crocodylomorph increases top tier predator diversity during rise of dinosaurs: Scientific Reports, published online, 6pp. (Carnufex carolinensis) Link to pdf


Pterosaurs

Genus: Nova (5)

Arcticodactylus KELLNER, 2015
Austriadraco KELLNER, 2015
Bergamodactylus
KELLNER, 2015
Linlongopterus RODRIGUES, JIANG, CHENG, WANG, & KELLNER, 2015

Orientognathus LÜ, PU, XU, WEI, CHANG & KUNDRAT, 2015

Species: Nova (7)

Austriadraco dallavecchiai KELLNER, 2015
Bergamodactylus wildi KELLNER, 2015
Cimoliopterus dunni MYERS, 2015

Linlongopterus jennyae RODRIGUES, JIANG, CHENG, WANG, & KELLNER, 2015
Orientognathus chaoyngensis LÜ, PU, XU, WEI, CHANG & KUNDRAT, 2015
Rhamphorhynchus etchesi O'SULLIVAN & MARTILL, 2015

Thalassodromeus sebesensis GRELLET-TINNER & CODREA, 2015

Synonym: Nova (1)

Arcticodactylus cromptonellus (JENKINS, SHUBIN, GATESY, & PADIAN, 2001) KELLNER, 2015
= Eudimorphodon cromptonellus JENKINS, SHUBIN, GATESY, & PADIAN, 2001

Albersdörfer, R., and Häckel, W., 2015, Die kiesleplattenkalke von Painten: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 126-133.

Anonymous (The PLOS ONE staff), 2015, Correction: Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Bavaria, Germany: The problem of cryptic pterosaur taxa in early ontogeny: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 2, 1 pp. Link to pdf

Averianov, A., and Ekrt, B, 2015, Cretornis hlavaci Fric, 1881 from the Upper Cretaceous of Czech Republic (Pterosauria, Azhdarchodea): Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 164-175.

Bennett, S. C., 2015, An external mandibular fenestra and other archosauriform characters in basal pterosaurs examined: In Historical Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 796-814.

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Bonde, N., and Leal, M. E. C., 2015, The detailed anatomy of Rhamphorhynchus II: braincase, pneumatics and jaws: Historical Biology, published oneline, p 16pp.

Bonde, N., and Leal, M. E. C., 2015, The detailed anatomy of Rhamphorhynchus II: braincase, pneumatics and jaws: Historical Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 755-770.

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Buffetaut, E., Suteethorn, V., Suteethorn, S., Deesri, U., and Tong, H., 2015, An azhdarchoid pterosaur humerus from the latest Jurssic (Phu Kradung Formation) of Phu Ni, north-eastern Thaliand: Reseach & Knowledge, v. 1, p. 43-47. Link to pdf

Cheng, X,. Wang, X., Jiang, S., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, Short not on a non-pteradactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic deposits of Inner Monglia, China: Historical Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 749-754.

Clemmensen, L. B., Milan, J., Adolfssen, J. S., Estrup, E. J., Probose, N,. Klein, N., Mateus, O., and Wings, O., 2015, The vertebrate-bearing Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of central East Greenland revisited: stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and new palaeontological data: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren J., Hurum J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, A. Geological Society, London, Special publications, v. 434, 17pp.

Costa, F. R., Sayao, J. M., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, new pterosaur material from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania), Africa: Historical Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 646-655.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Dalla Vecchia, D. M., Bosch, R., Fortuny, J., and Galobart, A., 2015, The pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil at the CosmoCaixa Science Museum (Barcelona, Spain): Historical Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 729-748.

Dyke, G., Vremir, M. Brusatte, S. L., Befer, G. S., Buffetaut, E., Chapman, S., Csiki-Sava, Z., Kellner, A. W. A., Martin, E., Naish, D., norell, M., Osi, A., Pinheiro, F. L., Prondvai, E. Rabi, M., Rodrigues, T. Steel, L., Tong, H., Nova, B. C. V. and Witton, M., 2015, Thalassodromeus sebesensis - a new name for an old turtle. Comment on Thalassodromeus sebesensis, an out of place and out of time Gondwanan tapejarid pterosaur", Grellett-Tinner and Codrea (online July 2014 DOI 10.1016/j.gr.2014.06.002): Gondwana research, v. 27, p. 1680-1682. Link to pdf

Eleuteiro, L. H. de, S., Bantim, R. A., Lima, F. J. de, Andrade, R. C. L. P. de, Saraiva, A. A. F., Kellner, A. W. A., and Sayao, J. M., 2015, Biomechanical and physiological influences on the osteohistological deposition of Anhangueria (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea): Rev. bras. palaeontol., v. 18, n. 3, p. 403-412. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Frost, F., and Mims, A. L., 2015, Summary of vertebrate fossils from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) at Curecanti National Recreation Area, Central Colorado: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 43-50.

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Grellet-Tinner, G., and Codrea, V. A., 2015, Thalassodromeus sebesensis, an out of place and out of time Gondwanan tapejarid pterosaur: Gondwana Research, v. 27, p. 1673-1679. (Thalassodromeus sebesensis)

Heyng, A. M., Leonhardt, U., Krautworst, U., and Pöschl, R., 2015, Die Mörnscheimer Schichten am Schaudiberg: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 137-152.

Holgado, B., Dalla Vecchia, F. M., Fortuny, J., Bernardini, F., and Tuniz, C., 2015, A reapprasial of the purported gastric pellet with pterosaurian bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 11, 30 pp.  Link to pdf

Hone, D. W. E., and Henderson, D. M., 2014, The posture of floating pterosaurs: ecological implications for inhabiting marine and freshwater habitats: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 394, p. 89-98.

Hone, D., Henderson, D. M., Therrien, F., and Habib, M. B., 2015, A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus with soft tissue preservation, stomach contents and a putative coprolite: PeerJ 3:e1191; DOI I0.7717/peerj.1191, 19pp.

Hone, D. W. E., Rooijen, M. K, van, and Habib, M. B., 2015, The wingtips of the pterosaurs: anatomy, aeronautical function and eceological implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 440, p. 431-439.

Iturralde-Vinent, M., and Izquierdo, Y. C., 2015, Catalogue of Late Jurassic vertebrae (Pisces, Reptilian) specimens from western Cuba: Paleontología Mexicana, v. 65, n. 3, p. 24-39 (versión impresa), n. 4, p.24-39 (versión electrónica).

Jiang, S., Wang, X., Cheng, X., Costa, F. R., Juang, J., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, Short note on an anurognathid pterosaur with a long tail from the Upper Jurassic of China: Historical Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 718-722.

Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with discussion about ontogeny and description of new taxa: Anais da Academy Brasilieria de Ciencias, v. 87, n. 2, p. 669-689. (Arcticodactylus cromptonellus = Eudimorphodon cromptonellus, Austriadraco dallavecchiai, Bergamodactylus wildi) Link to pdf

Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, O estudo dos repteis fosseis – cresce a contribuicao da ciencia Brasileira: Cienc. Cult. v. 67 n. 4, p. 32-39. Link to pdf

Kellner, A. W. A., Costa, F. R., Wang, X., and Cheng, X., 2016 (published in 2015), Redescription of the first pterosaur remains from Japan: the largest flying reptile from Asia: Historical Biology, v. 28, n. 1-2, p. 304-309.

Lanser, K. P., 2015, Nachweise von pterosauriern aus diner unterkreidezeitlichen karstfullung im nordlichen Sauerland (Rheinisches Schiefergebirg, Deutschland): Geol. Palaont. Westphal, v. 87, p. 93-117.

Liu, D.-X., Zhou, C.-F., Wang, J.-Q., Li, W.-G., and Wei, Q.-W., 2015, New data on the cervical morphology of the Chinese tapejarine: Historical Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 638-645.

Lü, J.-C., 2015, The hyoid apparatus of Liaoxipterus brachycephalus (Pterosauria) and its implications for food-catching behavior: Acta Geoscientica Sinica, v. 36, n. 2, p. 363-366. Link to pdf

Lü, J., Pu, H., Xu, L., Wei, X., Chang, H., and Kundrat, M., 2015, A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur (Pterosauria) from Jurassic deposits of Liaoning Province, China: Zootaxa, n. 3911, p. 119-129. (Orientognathus chaoyngensis)

Malkani, M. S., 2015, Dinosaurs, mesoeucrocodiles, pterosaurs, new fauna and flora from Pakistan: Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resource, Geological Survey of Pakistan, Information Release no. 823, 32pp.  Link to pdf

Malkani, M. S., Buzdar, M. A., Khosa, M. H., Kakar, A. S., Saeed, F., and Alyani, M. I., 2015, Closure of Tethys Sea and paleo Vitakri River systems, and the birth of Paleo Indus River systems in Pakistan; Geodynamic and Geobiological evolution of Indo-Pak subcontinent (South Asia): Lasbela, U. J. Sci. Techl., v. iv, p. 41-48. Link to pdf

Martill, D. M., 2015, First occurrence of the pterosaur Coloborhynchus (Pterosauria, Ornithocheiridae) from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 5pp.

Martin, E. G., and Palmer, C., 2014 (published 2015), A novel method of estimating pterosaur skeletal mass using computed tomography scans: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1466-1469.

Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G., Colombi, C. E., Fernandez, E., Malnis, P. S., Pradeiro, A., Abelin, D., Benegas, L. G., Aguilar-Cameo, A., and Alcober, O. A., 2015, A new Late Triassic Vertebrate assemblage from Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 4, published online, 12pp.

Maüser, M., 2015, Oberjurassiche fossil-lagerstätten außerhalb der Südlichen Frankenalb: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 515-535.

Myers, T. S., 2015, First North American occurrence of the toothed pteranodontoid pterosaur Cimoliopterus: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 6, 9 pp. (Cimoliopterus dunni)

Nova, B. C. V., Sayao, J. M., Langer, M. C., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, Comments on the cervical vertebrae of the Tapejaridae (Pterosauria, Pterodacyloidea) with description of a new specimen: Histological Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 771-181.

O'Sullivan, M., and Martill, D. M., 2015, Evidence for the presence of Rhamphorhynchus (Pterosauria: Rhamphorhynchinae) in the Kimmeridge Clay of UK: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, published online, 12pp. (Rhamphorhynchus etchesi)

Pascual-Arribas, C., Canudo, J. I., Perez, E. S., Hernandez-Medrano, N., Castanera, D., and Barco, J. L., 2016, On the validity of Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi, Pascual Arribas and Sanz Perez 2000: new data from the Huertelles formation: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 89, p. 459-483.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Peyer, K., and Khalloufi, B., 2015, Die fossillagerstätte Canjures im Südoten Frankriches: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 541-549.

Rodrigues, T., Jiang, S., Cheng, X., Wang, X., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2015, A new toothed pteranodontoid (Pterosauria, Pterodacytloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Lower Cretacoeus, Aptian) of China and comments on Liaoningopterus gui Wang and Zhou, 2003: Histology Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 782-795. (Linlongopterus jennyae)

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Solomon, A., and Codera, V., 2015, Some Maastrichtian vertebrates from fluvial channel fill deposits at Pui (Hateg Basin): Muzeul Olteniei Craiova, Oltena, Studii si comunicari, Stiintele Naturi, tom, 32, n. 2, p. 26-26. Link to pdf

Soto-Acuna, S., Otero, R. A., Rubilar-Rogers, D., and Vargas, A. O., 2015, Arcosaurios no avianos de Chile: Publicacion Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia  Natural, Chile, v. 63, p. 209-263. Link to pdf

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 105-129.

Tischlinger, H., 2015, Arbeten mit ultraviolettem Licht (UV): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.

Tischlinger, H., and Frey, E., 2015, Flugsaurier (Pterosauria): In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 459-480.

Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., 2015, Sammler, Sammlungen und Forscher: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 41-54.

Tischliner, H., and Völkl-Constantini, P., 2015, Bearbeitung der Fossilfunde, Fundbrgung, Präparation, Dokumentation: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volme 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 101-108.

Upchurch, P., Andres, B., Butler, R. J., and Barrett, P. M., 2015, An analysis of pterosaurian biogeography: implications for the evolutionary history and fossil record quality of the first flying vertebrates: Historical Biology, v. 27, n. 6, p. 697-717.

Viohl, G., 2015, Flora und fauna: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 1, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 153-156.

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Vremir, M., Witton, M., Naish, D., Dyke, G., Brusatte, S. L., Norell, M., and Totoianu, R., 2015, A medium-sized robust-necked azhdarchid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Maastrichtian of Pui (Hateg Basiin, Transylvania, Romania): American Museum Novitates, n. 3827, 16 pp.

Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A., Cheng, X., Jiang, S.-x., Wang, Q., Sayao, J. M., Rodrigues, T., Costa, F. R., Li, N,. Meng, X., and Zhou, Z., 2015, Eggshell and histology provides insight on the life history of a pterosaur with two fuctional ovaires: Anais da Academia Brasilieria de Ciencias, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Witton, M. P., 2015, Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors? PeerJ 3:e1018:DOI 10.7717/peerj.1018, 32pp. Link to pdf

Witton, M. P., and Naish, D., 2015, Azhdarchid pterosaurs: water-trawling pelican mimics or "terrestrial stalkers"? Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n 3, p. 651-660. Link to pdf

Witton, M. P., O'Sullivan, M., and Martill, D. M., 2015, The relationships of Cuspicephalus scafi Martill and Etches, 2013 and Normannognathus wellnhoferi Buffetaut et al., 1998 to other monofenestratan pterosaurs: Contributions to Zoology, v. 84, n. 2, p. 115-127.


Dinosaur

Dinosauromorpha

Species: Nova (1)

Dromomeron gigas MARTINEZ, APALDETTI, CORREA & ABELIN, 2015

Barrett, P. M., Nesbitt, S. J., and Peecook, B. R., 2015, A large-bodied silesaurid from the Liufa Member of the Manda Beds (Middle Triassic) of Tanzania and its implications for body-size evolution in Dinosauromorpha: Gondwana Research, v. 27, p. 925-931.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G. A., and Abelin, D., 2015, A Norian lagerpetid dinosauromorph from the Quebrada del Barro Formation, Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 53, p. 1-13. (Dromomeron gigas)

Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G., Colombi, C. E., Fernandez, E., Malnis, P. S., Pradeiro, A., Abelin, D., Benegas, L. G., Aguilar-Cameo, A., and Alcober, O. A., 2015, A new Late Triassic Vertebrate assemblage from Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 4, published online, 12pp.

Piechowski, R., Talanda, M., and Dzik, J., 2014 (published 2015). Skeletal variation and ontogeny of the Late Triassic dinosauriform Silesaurus opolensis: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n.6, p. 1383-1393.

Whiteside, J. H., Lindstrom, S., Irmis, R. B., Glasspool, I. J., Schaller, M. F., Dunlavey, M., Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, N. D., and Turner, A. H., 2015, Extreme ecosystem instability suppressed tropical dinosaur dominance for 30 million years: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 5 pp.

Theropoda

Genus: Nova (8)

Chilesaurus NOVAS, SALGADO, SUAREZ, AGNOLIN, EZCURRA, CHIMENTO, CRUZ, ISASI, VARGAS, & RUBILAR-ROGERS, 2015
Dakotataraptor DePALMA, BURNHAM, MARTIN, LARSON, & BAKKER, 2015

Yi XU, ZHENG, SULLIVAN, WANG, XING, WANG, ZHANG, O'CONNOR, ZHANG, & PAN, 2015
Huanansaurus LÜ, PU, KOBAYASHI, XU, CHANG, SHANG, LIU, LEE, KUNDRAT & SHEN, 2015
Lepidocheirosaurus ALIFANOV & SAVELIEV, 2015

Lepidus NESBITT & EZCURRA, 2015
Tototlmimus SERRANO-BRANAS, TORRES-RODRIGUEZ, REYES-LUNA, GONZALEZ-RAMIREZ & GONZALEZ-LEON, 2015
Zhenyuanlong LÜ, & BRUSATTE, 2015

Species: Nova (9)

Chilesaurus diegosuarezi NOVAS, SALGADO, SUAREZ, AGNOLIN, EZCURRA, CHIMENTO, CRUZ, ISASI, VARGAS, & RUBILAR-ROGERS, 2015
Dakotataraptor steini DePALMA, BURNHAM, MARTIN, LARSON, & BAKKER, 2015

Huanansaurus ganzhouensis LÜ, PU, KOBAYASHI, XU, CHANG, SHANG, LIU, LEE, KUNDRAT & SHEN, 2015
Lepidocheirosaurus natailis ALIFANOV & SAVELIEV, 2015

Lepidus praecisio NESBITT & EZCURRA, 2015
Saurornitholestes sullivani JASINSKI, 2015
Tototlmimus packardensis SERRANO-BRANAS, TORRES-RODRIGUEZ, REYES-LUNA, GONZALEZ-RAMIREZ & GONZALEZ-LEON, 2015

Yi qi XU, ZHENG, SULLIVAN, WANG, XING, WANG, ZHANG, O'CONNOR, ZHANG, & PAN, 2015
Zhenyuanlong suni LÜ, & BRUSATTE, 2015

Albersdörfer, R., and Häckel, W., 2015, Die kiesleplattenkalke von Painten: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 126-133.

Alifanov, V. R., and Saveliev, S. V., 2015, The most ancient ornithomimosaur (Theropoda, Dinosauria), with cover imprints from the Upper Jurassic of Russia: Paleontological Journal, v. 49, n. 6, p. 636-650. (Lepidocheirosaurus natailis)

Alonso, A., and Canudo, J. I., 2015, On the spinosaurid theropod teeth from the early Barremian (Early Cretaceous) Blesa Formation (Spain): Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2015.1036751, 12pp.

Anonymous, 2015, Measurments of dinosaur body temperatures shed new light on 150-year debate: Phys Org, published online, 3pp. Link to pdf

Anonymous, 2015, Ornithomimus dinosaur with preserved tail feathers and skin tightens linkages between dinosaur and birds: Phys Org, published online, 2pp. Link to pdf

Averianov, A., and Sues, H.-D., 2016 (published 2015), Troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan: Cretaceous Research, v. 59, p. 98-110.

Anne, J., Garwood, R., Lowe, T., Wither,s P. J., and Manning, P. L., 2015, Interpreting pathologies in extant and extinct archosaurs uwing micro-CT: PeerJ3:eii30;DOI 10.7717/peerj.1130, 14pp. Link to pdfs

Balanoff, A. M., Smaers, J. B., and Turner, A. H., 2015, Brain modularity across the theropod-bird transition: testing the influence of flight on neuroanatomical variation: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 11pp.

Bell, P. R., Cau, A., Fanti, F., adn Smith, E. T., 2015, A large-clawed theropod (Dinosauria: Tetanurae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia and the Gondwana origin of megaraptorid theropods Gondwana Research, v. 36, p. 473-487.

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Benyoucef, M., Lang, E., Cavin, L., Mebarki, K., Adaci, and M., Bensalah, M., 2015, Overabundance of piscivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) in the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa: The Algerian dilemma: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 44-55. Link to pdf

 Bertazzo, S., Maidment, S. C. R., Kallepitis, C., Fearn, S., Stevens, M. M., and Xie, h.-n., 2015, Fibres and cellular structure preserved in 75-million-year-old dinosaur specimens: Nature Communications, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Blanco, A., Mendez, J. M., and Marmi, J., 2015, The fossil record of the uppermost Maastrichtian Reptile Sandstone (Tremp Formation, northeastern Iberian Peninsula): Spanish Journal of Paleontology, v. 30, n. 1, p. 147-160.

Botelho, J. F., Smith-Paredes, D,. Soto-Acuna, S., Mpodozis, J., Palma, V., and Vargas, A. O., 2015, Skeletal plasticity in response to embryonic muscular activity underlies the development and evolution of perching digit of birds: Scientific Reports, published online., 11pp. Link to pdf

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Bradley, G. J., Burns, M. E., and Currie, P. J., 2015, Missing data estimation in tyrannosaurid dinosaurs: can diameter take the place of circumference? Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 200-209.

Brink, K. S., Reisz, R. R., LeBlanc, A. R. H., Chang, R. S., Lee, . C., Chiang, C. C., Huang, T., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Developmental and evolutonary novelty in the serrated teeth of theropod dionsaurs: Scientific Reports, published online, 12pp. Link to pdf

Brown, C. M., VanBuren, C. S., Larson, D. W., Brink, K. S., Campione, N. E., Vavrek, M. J., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Tooth counts through growth in diapsid reptiles: implications for interpreting individual and size-related variation in the fossil record: Journal of Anatomp, v. 226, p. 322-333.

Brusatte, S. L., and Clark, N. D. L., 2015, Theropod dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian-Bathonian) of Skye, Scotland: Scottish Journal of Geology, Research Article, Published online first, 8pp.

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2015, Middle Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages from northern Brazil and northern Africa and thier impilcations for northern Gondwana composition: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 61, p. 147-153.

Carabajal, A. P., 2015, Guia para el estudio de la neuroanatomia de dinosaurios saurischia, con enfasis en formas Sudamericanas:  In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 108-142. Link to pdf

Cau, A., Brougham, T., and Naish, D., 2015, The phylogenetic affinities of the bizarre Late Cretaceous Romanian theropod Balaur bondoc (Dinosauria, Maniraptora): dromaeosaurid or flightless bird? PeerJ 3:e1032;DO1 10.10.7717/peerj.1032, 36pp. Link to pdf

Cisilino, A. P., Calvo, N., Mazzeta, G. V., and Blanco, R. E., 2015, FEA for understanding the cranial mechanics of a dinosaur from Patagonia: IACM Expressions, n. 26, p. 12-17.

Cobos, A., Royo-Torres, R., Torrente, M. A., and Alcala, L., 2015, Nuevos fosiles de dinosaurios en la Formacion Villar del Arzobispo de El Castellar y Formiche Alto (Teruel, Espana): Geogaceta, v. 58, p. 43-46. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Cuesta, E., Diaz-Martinez, I., Ortega, F., and Sanz, J. L., 2015, Did all theropods have chicken-like feet? First evidence of a non-avian dinosaur podotheca: Cretaceous Research, v. 56, p. 53-59.

Cuff, A. R., and Rayfield, E. J., 2015, Retrodeformation and muscular reconstruction of ornithomimosauria dinosaur crania: PeerJ 3:eI093'DOI 10.7717/peerj.1093, 21pp. Link to pdf

Currie, P. J., and Koppelhus, E. B., 2017, The significance of the theropod collections of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology to our understanding of Late Cretaceous theropod diversity: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 620-629.

Dalman, S. G., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, New data on the tyrannosaurid theropods from the Middle Campanian Lower Judith River Formation of North-Central Montana: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 19-31.

DePalma, R. A., Burnham, D. A., Martin, L. D., Larson, P. L., and Bakker, R. T., 2015, The first giant raptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Hell Creek Formation: Paleontological Contributions, n. 14, 16pp. (Dakotataraptor steini) Link to pdf

Domingo, L., Barroso-Barcenilla, F., and Cambra-Moo, O., 2015, Seasonality and palecology of the Late Cretaceous multi-taxa vertebrate assemblage of "Lo Hueco" (Central Eastern Spain: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 3, 25 pp. Link to pdf

Evans, D. C., Barrett, P. M., Brink, K. S., and Carrano, M. T., 2015, Osteology and bone microstructure of new, small theropod dinosaur material from the early Late Cretaceous of Morocco: Gondwana Research, v. 27, p. 1034-1041.

Evers, S. W., Rauhut, O. W. M., Milner, A. C., McFeeters, B., and Allain, R., 2015, A reapprasial of the morphology and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Sigilmassasaurus from the "middle" Cretaceous of Morocco: PeerJ 3:e1323:DOI 10.7717/peerj.1323, 101pp. Link to pdf

Feduccia, A., and Czerkas, S. A., 2015, Testing the neoflightless hypothesis: propatagium reveals flying ancestry of oviraptorosaurus: Journal of Ornithology, published online, 19 March, 2015, 8pp.

Fearon, J. L., and Varricchio, D. J., 2015, Morphometric analysis of the forelimb and pectoral girdle of the Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur Oryctodromeus cubicularis and implications for digging: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, 14 pp.

Flippi, L., Martinelli, A. G., and Garrido, A. C., 2015, Una nueva asociacion de dientes de vertebrados para la Formacion Bajo de la Carpa (Santoniensis, Cretacico Superior) en Rincon de los Sauces, Neuquen, Argentina: Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, v. 30, n. 2, p. 223-238. Link to pdf

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Frost, F., and Mims, A. L., 2015, Summary of vertebrate fossils from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) at Curecanti National Recreation Area, Central Colorado: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 43-50.

Foth, C., Evers, S., W., Pabst, B,. Mateus, O., Flisch, A., Patthey, M., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2015, New insights into the lifestyle of Allosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) based on another specimen with multiple pathologies: PeerJ 3:e940; DOI 10.7717/peerj.940, 26pp. Link to pdf

Funston, F. G., Persons, IV, W. S., Bradley, G. J., and Currie, P. J., 2015, New material of the large-bodied caenagnathid Caenagnathus collinsi from the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 179-187.

Galton, P. M., Carpenter, K., and Dalman, S. G., 2015, The holotype pes of the Morrison dinosaur Camptonotus amplus Marsh, 1879 (Upper Jurassic, western USA) - is it Camptosaurus, Sauropoda or Allosaurus? Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 275, n. 3, p. 317-335. Link to pdf

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Gasparini, Z., Sterli, J., Parras, A., O'Gorman, J. P., Salgado, L., Varela, J., and Pol, D., 2015, Late Cretaceous reptilian biota of the La Colonia Formation, central Patagonia, Argentina: Occurrences, preservation and paleoenvironments: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 154-168.

Gates, T. A., Zanno, L. E., and Makovicky, P. J., 2015, Theropod teeth from the Upper Maasrichtian Hell Creek Formation "Sue" Quarry: new morphotypes and faunal comparisons: Acta Palaeontological Polonica, v. 60, n. 1, p. 131-139. Link to pdf Link to supplementary informaton

Gianechini, F. A., Apesteguia, S., Landini, W., Finotti, F., Valieri, R. J., and Zandonai, F, 2015, New abelisaurid remains from the Anacleto Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 1016.

Gimsa, J., Sleigh, R., and Gimsa, U., 2015, The riddle of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus' dorsal sail: Geological Magazine, published online, 4 pp.

Guinard, G., 2015, Limusaurus inextricabilis (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) gives a hand to evolutionary teratology: a complementary view on avian manual digits identities: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 12pp.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Hedrick, B. P., Zanno, L. E., Wolfe, D. G., and Dodson, P., 2015, The slothful claw: osteology and taphonomy of Nothronychus mckinleyi and N. graffami (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and anatomical considerations for derived therizinosaurids: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 49 pp. Link to pdf

Henderson, D. M., and Nicholls, R., 2015, Balance and strength--estimating the maximum prey-lifting potential of the large predatory dinosaur Carcharodontosaurus saharicus: The Anatomical Record, v. 298, p. 1367-1375.

Hendrickx, C., Araujo, R., and Mateus, O., 2015, The non-avian theropod quadrate I: standardized terminology with an overview of the anatomy and function: PeerJ 3:e1245;DOI 10.7717/peerj.1245, 39pp. Link to pdf

Hendrickx, C., Hartman, S. A., and Mateus, O., 2015, An overview of non-avian theropod discoveries and classification: PalArch's Jounal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 12, n. 1, 73pp.

Hendrickx, C., Mateus, O., and Araujo, R., 2015, The dentition of megalosaurid theropods: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n . 3, p. 627-642. Link to pdf Link to supplementary data

Hendrickx, C., Mateus, O., and Araujo, R., 2015, A proposed terminology of theropod teeth (Dinosauria, Saurischia): Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 35, n. 5, 18pp.

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Houssaye, A., Waskow, K., Hayashi, S., Cornette, R., Lee, A. H., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2015, Biomechanical evolution of solid bones in large animals: a microanatomical investigation: Biological Journal, published online, 22pp. Link to pdf

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Sauropodomorpha (Sauropoda, Prosauropoda)

Genus: Nova (7)

Galeamopus TSCHOPP, MATEUS & BENSON, 2015
Haestasaurus UPCHURCH, MANNION & TAYLOR, 2015
Nebulasaurus XING, MIYASHITA, CURRIE, YOU, ZHANG, & DONG, 2015
Pulanesaura McPHEE, BONNAN, YATES, NEVELING & CHOINIERE, 2015

Qijanglong XING, MIYASHITA, ZHANG, LI, YE, SEKIYA, WANG, & CURRIE, 2015
Padillasaurus CARBALLIDO, POL, RUGE, BERNAL, PARAMO-FONSECA, & ETAYO-SERNA, 2015

Sefapanosaurus OTERO, KRUPANDAN, POL, CHINSAMY, & CHOINIERE, 2015

Species: Nova (6)

Eucnemesaurus entaxonis McPHEE, CHOINIERI, YATES, & VIGLIETTI, 2015
Nebulasaurus taito XING, MIYASHITA, CURRIE, YOU, ZHANG, & DONG, 2015
Padillasaurus leivaensis CARBALLIDO, POL, RUGE, BERNAL, PARAMO-FONSECA, & ETAYO-SERNA, 2015

Pulanesaura eocollum McPHEE, BONNAN, YATES, NEVELING & CHOINIERE, 2015
Qijanglong juokr XING, MIYASHITA, ZHANG, LI, YE, SEKIYA, WANG, & CURRIE, 2015
Sefapanosaurus zastronensis OTERO, KRUPANDAN, POL, CHINSAMY, & CHOINIERE, 2015

 

Synonym: Nova (5)

Brontosaurus excelsus MARSH, 1879
= Brontosaurus amplus MARSH, 1881
Brontosaurus yahnahpin (FILLA & REDMAN, 1994)
TSCHOPP, MATEUS & BENSON, 2015
= Eobrontosaurus yahnahpin (FILLA & REDMAN, 1994) BAKKER, 1998
= Apatosaurus yahnahpin FILLA & REDMAN, 1994

Galeamopus hayi (HOLLAND, 1924) TSCHOPP, MATEUS & BENSON, 2015
= Diplodocus hayi HOLLAND, 1924
Haestasaurus becklesii (MANTELL, 1852) UPCHURCH, MANNION & TAYLOR, 2015

= Pelorosaurus becklesii MANTELL, 1852
Supersaurus lourinhanensis (BONAPARTE & MATEUS, 1999) TSCHOPP, MATEUS & BENSON, 2015
= Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis
BONAPARTE & MATEUS, 1999

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Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G., Colombi, C. E., Fernandez, E., Malnis, P. S., Pradeiro, A., Abelin, D., Benegas, L. G., Aguilar-Cameo, A., and Alcober, O. A., 2015, A new Late Triassic Vertebrate assemblage from Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 4, published online, 12pp.

McPhee, B. W., Bonnan, M. F., Yates, A. M., Neveling, J., and Choiniere, J. N., 2015, A new basal sauropod from the pre-Toarcian Jurassic of South Africa: evidence of niche-partitioning at the sauropodomorph-sauropod boundary? Scientific Reports, published online, 12pp. (Pulanesaura eocollum)

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Whiteside, J. H., Lindstrom, S., Irmis, R. B., Glasspool, I. J., Schaller, M. F., Dunlavey, M., Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, N. D., and Turner, A. H., 2015, Extreme ecosystem instability suppressed tropical dinosaur dominance for 30 million years: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 5 pp.

Wilson, J. A., and Allain, R., 2015, Osteology of Rebbachisaurus garasbae Lavocat, 1954, a diplodocoid (Dinosauria, sauropoda) from the Early Late Cretaceous -aged Kem Kem beds of southeastern Morocco: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, 33pp.

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Zurriaguz, V., and Powell, J., 2015, New contributions to the presacral osteology of Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Argentina: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 283-300.

Ornithischia

Genus: Nova (10)

Datonglong XU, YOU, WANG, WANG, YI, & JIA, 2016 (published 2015)
Koshisaurus SHIBATA & AZUMA, 2015
Morellodon GASULLA, ESCASEO, NARVAEZ, ORTEGA, & SANZ, 2015
Morrosaurus ROZADILLA, AGNOLIN, NOVAS, ROLANDO, MOTTA, LIRIO & ISASI, 2016 (published 2015)
Mosaiceratops ZHENG, JIN & XU, 2015
Probrachylophosaurus FOWLER, & HORNER, 2015
Regaliceratops BROWN & HENDERSON, 2015
Riabininohadros ULANSKY, 2015
Sirindhorna SHIBATA, JINTASAKUL, AZUMA & YOU, 2015

Wendiceratops EVANS & RYAN, 2015

Species: Nova (10)

Datonglong tianzhenensis XU, YOU, WANG, WANG, YI, & JIA, 2016 (published 2015)
Iguanodon galvensis VERDU, ROYO-TORRES, COBOS, & ALCALA, 2015
Koshisaurus katsuyama SHIBATA & AZUMA, 2015
Morellodon beltrani GASULLA, ESCASEO, NARVAEZ, ORTEGA, & SANZ, 2015
Morrosaurus antarcticus ROZADILLA, AGNOLIN, NOVAS, ROLANDO, MOTTA, LIRIO & ISASI, 2016 (published 2015)
Mosaiceratops azumai ZHENG, JIN & XU, 2015
Probrachylophosaurus bergei FOWLER, & HORNER, 2015
Regaliceratops peterhewsi BROWN & HENDERSON, 2015
Sirindhorna khoratensis SHIBATA, JINTASAKUL, AZUMA & YOU, 2015

Wendiceratops pinhornensis EVANS & RYAN, 2015

Synonym: Nova (3)

Camptosaurus aphanoecetes (McDONALD, 2011) CARPENTER & LAMANNA, 2015
= Uteodon aphanoecetes McDONALD, 2011
Camptosaurus prestwichii (HULKE, 1880) GILMORE, 1909
= Iguanodon prestwichii HULKE, 1880
= Cumnoria prestwichii (HULKE, 1880) SEELEY, 1888
Riabininohadros weberi (RIABININ, 1945) ULANSKY, 2015
= Ornithomerus weberi RIABININ, 1945

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Barrett, P. M., and Ohashi, T., 2016 (published in 2015), Ornithischian dinosaur material from the Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group: Lower Cretaceous) of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan: v. 28, n. 1-2, p. 280-288.

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Bertazzo, S., Maidment, S. C. R., Kallepitis, C., Fearn, S., Stevens, M. M., and Xie, h.-n., 2015, Fibres and cellular structure preserved in 75-million-year-old dinosaur specimens: Nature Communications, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Blanco, A., Prieto-Marquez, A., and Esteban-Trivigno, S. de., 2015, Diversity of hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican Island (European Archipelago) assesed from dentary morphology: Cretaceous Research, v. 56, p. 447-457.

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Boyd, C. A., 2015, The systematic relationships and biogeographic history of ornithischian dinosaurs: Peerj 3:e1523; DOI 10/7717/peerj.1523, 61pp. Link to pdf

Boyd, C. A., and Pagnac, D. C., 2015, Insight on the anatomy, systematic relationships, and age of the Early Cretaceous ankylopollexian dinosaru Dakotadon lakotaensis: PeerJ 3: e123; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1263, 52pp. Link to pdf

Brown, C. M., and Henderson, D. M,. 2015, A new horned dinosaur reveals convergent evolution in cranial ornamentation in Ceratopsidae: Current Biology, v. 25, p. 1-8. (Regaliceratops peterhewsi) Link to pdf

Brown, C. M., VanBuren, C. S., Larson, D. W., Brink, K. S., Campione, N. E., Vavrek, M. J., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Tooth counts through growth in diapsid reptiles: implications for interpreting individual and size-related variation in the fossil record: Journal of Anatomy, v. 226, p. 322-333.

Buffetaut, E., Hartman, A.-F., Al-Kindi, M., and Schulp, A. S., 2015, Hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of the Sultanate of Om: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 11, 10 pp. Link to pdf

Campbell, J. A., 2015, A reassessment of the horned dinosaur Judiceratops tigris (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Montana, USA: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 85-95.

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2015, Middle Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages from northern Brazil and northern Africa and thier impilcations for northern Gondwana composition: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 61, p. 147-153.

Carpenter, K., and Lamanna, M. C., 2015, The braincase assigned to the ornithopod dinosaur Uteodon McDonald, 2011, reassigned to Dryosaurus Marsh, 1894: implications for Iguanodontian morphology and taxonomy: Annals of Carnegie Museum, v. 83, n. 2, p. 149-165. (Camptosaurus prestwichii = Iguanodon prestwichii, = Cumnoria prestwichii, Camptosaurus aphanoecetes = Uteodon aphanoecetes Link to pdf

Chiba, K., Ryan, M. J., Braman, D. R., Eberth, D. A., Scott, E. E., Brown, C. M., Kobayashi, Y., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Taphonomy of a mondominat Centrosaurus apertus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) bonebed from the Upper Oldman Formation of southastern Alberta: Palaios, v. 30, p. 665-667.    

Cleland, T. P., Schroeter, E. R., Zamdborg, L., Zheng, W., Lee, J. E., Tran, J. C., Bern, M., Duncan, M. B., Lebleu, V. S., Ahlf, D. R., Thomas, P. M. Kalluri, R., Kelleher, N. L., and Schweitzer, M. H., 2015, Mass spectrometry and antibody-based characterization of blood vessels from Brachylophosaurus canadensis: Journal of Proeome Research, published online, 11pp.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Company, J., Cruzado-Caballero, P., and Canudo, J. I., 2015, Presence of diminutive hadrosaurids (Dinosauria: Ornithopda) in the Maastrichtian of the south-central Pyrenees (Spain): Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 71-81.

Cruzado-Caballero, P., Fortuny, J,. Llacer, S., and Canudo, J. I., 2015, Paleoneuroanatomy of the European lambeosaurine dinosaur Arenysaurus ardevoli: PeerJ 3:e8-2;DOI 10.7717/peerJ.802; 13pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Cubo, J., Woodward, H,. Wolff, E., and Horner, J. R., 2015, First reported case of biomechanically adaptive bone modeling in non-avian dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 7, 11 pp. Link to pdf

Dewaele, L., Tsogtbaatar, K., Barsbold, R., Garcia, G., Stein, K., Escuille, F., and Godefroit, P., 2015, Perinatal specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 10, 33 pp. Link to pdf

Erickson, G. M., Sidebottom, M. A., Kay, D. I., Turner, K. T,. Ip, N., Norell, M. A., Sawyer, W. G., and Krick, B. A., 2015, Wear biomechanics in the slicing dentition of the giant horned dinosaur Triceratops: Sci. Adv. 205;1"e1500055, 7 pp. Link to pdf

Evans, D. C., Eberth, D. A., and Ryan, M. J., 2015, Hadrosaurid (Edmontosaurus) bonebeds from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Horsethief Member) at Drumheller, Alberta, Canada: geology, preliminary taphonomy, and significance: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 642-654.

Evans, D. C., and Ryan, M. J., 2015, Cranial anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the evolution of Ceratopsid nasal ornamentation: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 7, 31 pp. (Wendiceratops pinhornensis) Link to pdf

Fanti, F., Currie, P. J., and Burns, M. E., 2015, Taphonomy, age, and paleoecological implication of a new Pachyrhinosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) bonebed from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Wapiti Formation of Alberta, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 250-260.

Fearon, J. L., and Varricchio, D. J., 2015, Morphometric analysis of the forelimb and pectoral girdle of the Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur Oryctodromeus cubicularis and implications for digging: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, p. 14pp.

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Frost, F., and Mims, A. L., 2015, Summary of vertebrate fossils from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) at Curecanti National Recreation Area, Central Colorado: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 43-50.

Fowler, E. A. F., and Horner, J. R., 2015, A new brachylophosaurian hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an intermediate nasal crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 11, 55 pp. (Probrachylophosaurus bergei) Link to pdf

Galton, P. M., Carpenter, K., and Dalman, S. G., 2015, The holotype pes of the Morrison dinosaur Camptonotus amplus Marsh, 1879 (Upper Jurassic, western USA) - is it Camptosaurus, Sauropoda or Allosaurus? Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 275, n. 3, p. 317-335. Link to pdf

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Gasca, J. M., Moreno-Azaza, M., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., and Canudo, J. I., 2015, New Material and phylogenetic position of the basal iguandont dinosaur Delapparentia turolensis from the Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Spain: Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 57-70.

Gasca, J. M., Rio, D. R. del, Moreno-Azanza, M., and Canudo, J. I., 2015, Fosiles aislados de dinosaurios ornitopodos (Iguanodontia) en la Formacion Mirambel (Cretacico Inferior, Teruel, Espana): Geogaceta, v. 57, p. 63-66. Link to pdf

Gasparini, Z., Sterli, J., Parras, A., O'Gorman, J. P., Salgado, L., Varela, J., and Pol, D., 2015, Late Cretaceous reptilian biota of the La Colonia Formation, central Patagonia, Argentina: Occurrences, preservation and paleoenvironments: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 154-168.

Gasulla, J. M., Escaso, F., Narvaez, I., Ortega, F,. and Sanz, J. L., 2015, A new sail-backed styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 27 pp.  (Morellodon beltrani) Link to pdf

Han, F., Forster, C. A., Clark, J. M., and Xu, X., 2015, A new taxon of basal ceratopsian from China and the early evolution of Ceratopsia: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 23 pp. (Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis) Link to pdf

He, Y., Makovicky, P. J., Wang, K., Chen, S., Sullivan, C., Han, F., and Xu, X., 2015, A new Leptoceratopsid (Ornithischia, Ceratopsia) with a unique ischium from the Upper Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 25 pp. (Ischioceratops zhuchengensis) Link to pdf

Horner, J. R., Woodward, H. N., and Bailleul, A. M., 2015, Mineralized tissues in dinosaurs interpreted as having formed throught metaplasia: a preliminary evaluation: Coptes Rendus Palevol, article in press, 21 pp.

Hutson, J. D., 2015, Quadrupedal dinosaurs did not evolve fully pronated forearms: new evidence from the ulna: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 599-610. Link to pdf

Konishi, T., 2015, Redescription of UALVP 40, an unusual specimen of Chasmosaurus Lambe, 1914 (Ceratopsidae: Chasmosaurinae) baring long postorbital horns, and its implications for ontogeny and alpha taxonomy of the genus: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 608-619.

Longrich, N. R., 2016 (published 2015), A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of eastern North America, and implications for dinosaur biogeography: Cretaceous Research, published online, p. 199-207.

Lucas, S. G., 2015, Vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico --a brief history: In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico, Edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 68, p. 1-7.

Maiorino, L., Farke, A. A., Kotsakis, T,. and Piras, P., 2015, Males resemble females: re-evaluating sexual dimorphism in Protoceratops andrewsi (Neoceratopsia, Protoceratopsidae): Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 22 pp. Link to pdf

Mallon, J. C., and Anderson, J. S., 2015, Jaw mechanics and evolutionary paleoecology of megherbivorous dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 17pp.

Mallon, J. C., Ryan, M. J., and Campbell, J. A., 2015, Skull ontogeny in Arrhinoceratops brachyops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) and other horned dinosaurs: Zoological Society of the Linnean Society, published online, 20pp.

Martinelli, A. G., and Teixeira, V. P. A., 2015, The Late Cretaceous vertebrate record from the Bauru Group in the Triangulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil: Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 129-158.

Mo, J., Buffetaut, E., Tong, H., Amiot, R., Cavin, L., Cuny, G., Suteethorn, V., Suteethorn, S., and Jiang, S., 2015, Early Cretaceous vertebrates from the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi (southern China): a review: Geological Magazine, v. 153, n. 1, p. 143-159.

Ohashi, T., Prieto-Marquez, A., Hasegawa, Y., Koda, Y., Taketani, Y., and Nemoto, M., 2015, Hadrosauroid remians from the Coniacian (Late Crtaceous) Futaba Group, Northeastern Japan: Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A, v. 13, 1-6.

Ortega, F., Bardet, N., Barroso-Barceilla, F., Callapez, P. M., Cambra-Moo, O., Daviero-Gomez, V., Diez Diaz, V., Dominog, L., Elvira, A., Escaso, F., Garcia-Oliva, M., Gomez, B., Houssaye, A., Knoll, E., Marcos-Fernandez, F., Martin, M., Mocho, P. Narvaez, I., Perez-Garcia, A., Peyrot, D., Segura, M., Serrano, H., Torices, A., Vidal, D., and Sanz, J. L., 2015, Thee biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca Spain): Jounal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 83-99.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Poropat, S. F., Einarsson, E., Lindgren, J., Bazzi, M., Lagerstam, C., and Kear, B. P., 2015, Late Cretaceous dinosaurian remains from the Kristianstad basin of southern Sweden: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories: edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan J., and Vajada, V., Geological Society, London, special publication, v. 434, published online, 8pp.

Porro, L. B., Witmer, L. M., and Barrett, P. M., 2015, Digital preparation and osteology of the skull of Lesothosaurus diagnosticus (Ornithischia: Dinosauria): PeerJ 3:e1494:DOI 10.7717/peerj. 494, 44 pp. Link to pdf

Prieto-Marquez, A., Wagner, J. R., Bell, P. R., and Chiappe, L. M., 2015, The late-surviving 'duck-billed' dinosaur Augustynolophus from the upper Maastrichtian of western North America and crest evolution in Saurolophini: Geological Magazine, v. 152, n. 2, p. 225-241.

Raia, P., Passaro F., Carotenuto, F., Maiorino, L., Piras, P., Teresi, L., Meiri, S., Itescu, Y., Novosolov, M., Baiano, M. A., Martinez, R., and Fortelius, M., 2015, Cope's rule and the universal scaling law of ornament complexity: The American Naturalist, v. 186, n. 2, published onle, 11pp. Link to pdf

Ramirez-Velasco, A. A., and Hernandez-Rivera, R., 2015, Diversity of late cretaceous dinosaurs from Mexico: Boletin Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 63-108. Link to pdf

Robinson, R. F., Jasinski, S. E., and Sullivan, R. M., 2015, Theropod bite marks on dinosaur bones: indications of a scavenger, predator or both?: and thier taphonomic implications: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 275-282.

Rozadilla, S., Agnolin, F. L., Novas, F. E., Rolando, A. M. A., Motta, M. J., Lirio, J. M., and Isasi, M. P., 2016 (published 2015), A new ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 311-324. (Morrosaurus antarcticus)

Schwimmer, D. R., Sanders, A. E., Erickson, B. R., and Weems, R. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA: Americna Philosophical Society Press, v. 105, part 2, 157pp.

Senter, P., and Robbins, J. H., 2015, Resting orientations of dinosaur scapulae and forelimbs: a numerical analysis, with implications for reconstructions and Museum mounts: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 21 pp.  Link to pdf

Shibata, M., and Azuma, Y., 2015, New basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, central Japan: Zootaxa, issue 3914, n. 4, p. 421-440. (Koshisaurus katsuyama)

Shibata, M., Jintaskul, P., Azuma, Y., and You, H.-L., 2015, A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeastern Thailand: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 28 pp. (Sirindhorna khoratensis) Link to pdf

Solomon, A., and Codera, V., 2015, Some Maastrichtian vertebrates from fluvial channel fill deposits at Pui (Hateg Basin): Muzeul Olteniei Craiova, Oltena, Studii si comunicari, Stiintele Naturi, tom, 32, n. 2, p. 26-26. Link to pdf

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 105-129.

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, C.H. Sternberg's 1921 Uppsala (Museum of evolution) Pentaceratops skeleton quarry located: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 283-288.

Sullivan, R. M., and Robinson, R. F., 2015, A complete first cervical half ring (Ankylosauridae, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (Hunter Wash Member) San Juan Basin, New Mexico: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 289-295.

Tan, Q.-W., Xing, H., Hu, Y.-G., Tan, L., and Xu, X., 2015, New hadrosauroid material from the Upper Cretaceous Majiacun Formation of Hubei Province, central China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 53, n. 3, p. 245-264. Link to pdf

Thomas, D. A., 2015, The cranial anatomy of Tenontosaurus tilletti Ostrom, 1970 (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda): Palaeontologia Electronica 18.2.37A: 99 pp. Link to pdf

Ulansky, R., 2015, Riabininohadros, a new genus of hadrosaur form Maastrichtian of Crimea, Russia: Dinologia, 2015, 10 pp. (Riabininohadros weberi = Ornithomerus weberi) Link to pdf

Varricchio, D. J., Balanoff, A. M., and Norell, M. A., 2015, Reidentification of Avian embryonic remains from the Cretaceous of Mongolia: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 12 pp. Link to pdf

Velasco, A. A. R., 2015, Los dinosaurios de Mexico: su historia contada por husos y dentes: Revista Digital universitar a v. 16, n. 11, 19pp. Link to pdf

Verdu, F. J., Cobos, A., and Alcala, L., 2015, Fosiles de un hadrosauriforme en el Barremiense inferior de Aliaga (Geoparque del Maestrazgo, Teruel, Espana): Geogaceta, v. 58, p. 47-50. Link to pdf

Verdu, F. J., Royo-Torres, R., Cobos, A., and Alcala, L., 2015, Perinates of a new species of Iguanodon (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Barremian of Galve (Teruel, Spain) Cretaceous Research, v. 56, p. 250-264. (Iguanodon galvensis)

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Wang, C.-C., Song, Y.-F., Song, S.-R., Ji, Q., Chiang, C. C., Meng, Q., Li, H., Hsiao, K., Lu, Y-C., Shew, B.-Y., Huang, T., and Reisz, R. R., 2015, Evolution and function of dinosaur teeth at ultramicrostructural level revealed using synchrotron transmission X-ray Microscopy: Scientific Reports, published on-line, 11pp.

Wang, R.-F., You, H.-L., Wang, S.-Z., Zu, S.-C., Yi, J., Xie, L.-J., Jia, L., and Xing, H., 2015, A second hadrosauroid dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province, China: Historical Biology, published online, 8pp. (Zuoyunlogn huangi)

Whiteside, J. H., Lindstrom, S., Irmis, R. B., Glasspool, I. J., Schaller, M. F., Dunlavey, M., Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, N. D., and Turner, A. H., 2015, Extreme ecosystem instability suppressed tropical dinosaur dominance for 30 million years: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 5 pp.

Woodward, H. N., Fowler, E. A. F., Farlo, J. O., and Horner, J. R., 2015, Maisaura, a model organism for extinct vertebrate population biology: a large sample statistical assessment of growth dynamics and survivorship: Paleobiology, published online, 25pp.

Xu, S.-C., You, H.-L., Wang, J.-W., Wang, S.-Z., Yi, J., and Jia, L., 2016 (published 2015), A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China: Vertebrata PalAsitaica, v. 54, n. 1, p. 67-78. (Datonglong tianzhenensis) Link to pdf

Zhang, Q., You, H., and Li, D., 2015, Dinosaurs from the late Early Cretaceous in Mazongshan area, Gansu Province: Geological Bulletin of China, v. 34, n. 5, p. 890-897. Link to pdf

Zheng, W., Jin, X., and Xu, X., 2015, A psittacosaurid-like basal neoceratopsian from the Upper Cretaceous of central China and its implications for basal ceratopsian evolution: Scientific Reports, published online, 9pp. (Mosaiceratops azumai) Link to pdf

Armored dinosaurs

Genus: Nova (3)

Crichtonpelta ARBOUR & CURRIE, 2015
Horshamosaurus BLOWS, 2015
Kunbarrasaurus LEAHY, MOLNAR, CARPENTER, WITMER & SAISBURY, 2015

Species: Nova (1)

 Kunbarrasaurus ieversi LEAHY, MOLNAR, CARPENTER, WITMER & SAISBURY, 2015

Synonym: Nova (2)

Crichtonpelta benxiensis (LÜ, JI, GAO & LI, 2007) ARBOUR & CURRIE, 2015
= Crichtonosaurus benxiensis LÜ, JI, GAO & LI, 2007

Horshamosaurus rudgwickensis (BLOWS, 1996) BLOWS, 2015
= Polacanthus rudgwickensis  BLOWS, 2015

Arbour, V. M., and Currie, P. J., 2015, Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 60 pp. (Crichtonpelta benxiensis, = Crichtonosaurus benxiensis) Link to pdf

Arbour, V. M., and Currie, P. J., 2015, Ankylosaurid dinosaur tail clubs evolved through stepwise acquisition of key features: Journal of Anatomy, v. 227, p. 514-523. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Blows, W. T., 2015, British Polacanthid Dinosaurs: Siri Scientific Press, Monograph Series, v. 7, 223 pp. (Horshamosaurus rudgwickensis, = Polacanthus rudgwickensis)

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Brassey, C. A., Maidment, S. C. R., and Barrett, P. M., 2015, Body mass estimates of an exceptionally complete Stegosaurus (Ornithischia: Thyrophora): comparing volumetric and linear bivariate mass estimation methods: Biology Letters, published online, 5 pp. Link to pdf

Burns, M. E., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Biostratigraphy of ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) osteoderms from New Mexico: In: Fossil Record 4, new Mexico Museum o fNatural History and Science Bulletin, n. 67, p. 9-13.

Burns, M. E., Tumanova, T. A., and Currie, P. J., 2015, Postcrania of juvenile Pinacosaurus grangeri (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Alagteeg Formation, Alag Teeg, Mongolia: implications for ontogenetic allometry in ankylosaurs: Journal of Paleontology, v. 89, n. 1, p. 168-182.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Foster, J. R., Trujillo, K. C., Frost, F., and Mims, A. L., 2015, Summary of vertebrate fossils from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) at Curecanti National Recreation Area, Central Colorado: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 43-50.

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Gasparini, Z., Sterli, J., Parras, A., O'Gorman, J. P., Salgado, L., Varela, J., and Pol, D., 2015, Late Cretaceous reptilian biota of the La Colonia Formation, central Patagonia, Argentina: Occurrences, preservation and paleoenvironments: Cretaceous Research, v. 54, p. 154-168.

Hill, R. V., D'Emic, M. D., and Bever, G. S., and Norell, M. A, 2015, A complex hyobranchial apparatus in a Cretaceous dinosaur and the antiquity of avian paraglossalia: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published online, 18 pp.

Horner, J. R., Woodward, H. N., and Bailleul, A. M., 2015, Mineralized tissues in dinosaurs interpreted as having formed throught metaplasia: a preliminary evaluation: Coptes Rendus Palevol, article in press, 21 pp.

Hutson, J. D., 2015, Quadrupedal dinosaurs did not evolve fully pronated forearms: new evidence from the ulna: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 3, p. 599-610. Link to pdf

Jiang, S., Peng, G.-z., and Ye, Y., 2015, The stegosaur fossil in China: Journal of Geology, v. 39 ,n. 4, p. 530-534.

Leahey, L. G., Molnar, R. E., Carpenter, K., Witmer, L. M., and Salisbury, S. W., 2015, Cranial osteology of the ankylosauiran dinosaur formerly known as Minmi sp. (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Lower Cretaceous Allaru Mudstoen of Richmond, Queensland, Australia: PeerJ 3:e1475 DOI 10.7717/peerj.1475, 39pp. (Kunbarrasaurus ieversi) Link to pdf

Lucas, S. G., 2015, Vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico --a brief history: In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico, Edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 68, p. 1-7.

Maidment, S. C. R., Brassey, C., Barrett, P. M., 2015, The postcranial skeleton of an exceptionally complete individual of the  plated dinosaur Stegosaurus stenops (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, U.S.A.: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 10, 107 pp. Link to pdf

Mallon, J. C., and Anderson, J. S., 2015, Jaw mechanics and evolutionary paleoecology of megherbivorous dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 2, 17pp.

Osi, A., Bodor, E. R., Makadi, L., and Rabi, M., 2016 (published 2015), Vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Ajka Coal Formation, western Hungary: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 228-238.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Diaz-Martinez, I., Salgado, L., and de Valais, S., 2015, Sintesis del registro fosil de dinosaurios tireoforos en Gondwana: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 90-107. Link to pdf

Poropat, S. F., Einarsson, E., Lindgren, J., Bazzi, M., Lagerstam, C., and Kear, B. P., 2015, Late Cretaceous dinosaurian remains from the Kristianstad basin of southern Sweden: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories: edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan J., and Vajada, V., Geological Society, London, special publication, v. 434, published online, 8pp.

Ramirez-Velasco, A. A., and Hernandez-Rivera, R., 2015, Diversity of late cretaceous dinosaurs from Mexico: Boletin Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 63-108. Link to pdf

Romano, M., and Whyte, M. A., 2015, Could stegosaurs swim? Suggestive evidence from the middle Jurassic tracksite of the Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire, UK: Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological society, published online first, 7pp. Link to pdf

Saitta, E. T., 2015, Evidence of sexual dimorphism in the plated dinosaur Stegosaurus mjosi (Ornithischia, Stegosauria) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Western USA: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 4, 20 pp. Link to pdf

Senter, P., and Robbins, J. H., 2015, Resting orientations of dinosaur scapulae and forelimbs: a numerical analysis, with implications for reconstructions and Museum mounts: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 21 pp.  Link to pdf

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 105-129.

Ulansky, R. E., 2015, Yingshanosaurus jichuanensis and Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis, a primitive jurassic stegosaurs from China: Dinologia, 11pp.

Ulansky, R. E., 2015, Chungkingosaurus: Dinologia, 6pp.

Velasco, A. A. R., 2015, Los dinosaurios de Mexico: su historia contada por husos y dentes: Revista Digital universitar a v. 16, n. 11, 19pp. Link to pdf

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Dinosaurs in general

Barrett, P. M., Evans, D. C., and Campione, N. E., 2015, Evolution of dinosaur epidermal structures: Biology Letters, v. 11, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Bertazzo, S., Maidment, S. C. R., Kallepitis, C., Fearn, S., Stevens, M. M., and Xie, h.-n., 2015, Fibres and cellular structure preserved in 75-million-year-old dinosaur specimens: Nature Communications, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Böhmer, C., Rauhut, O. W. M., and Wörheide, G., 2015, Correlation between Hox code and vertebral morphology in archosars: Proceedings of the Royal Society, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Brown, C. M., VanBuren, C. S., Larson, D. W., Brink, K. S., Campione, N. E., Vavrek, M J., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Tooth counts thorugh growth in diapsid reptiles: implications for interpreting individual and size-related variation in the fossil record: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 12pp.

Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Carrano, M. T., Evans, D. C., Lloyd, G. T., Mannion, P. D., Norell, M. A., Peppe, D. J., Upchurch, P. and Williamson, T. E., 2015, The extinction of the dinosaurs: Biological Reviews, v. 90, p. 628-642.

Candeiro, C. R. A., 2015, Middle Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages from northern Brazil and northern Africa and thier impilcations for northern Gondwana composition: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 61, p. 147-153.

Eberth, D. A., 2015, Origins of dinosaur bonebeds in the Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 655-681.

Erickson, G. M., Curry Rogers, K., and Yerby, S. A., 2015, Corrigendum: Dinosaurian growth patterns and rapid avian growth rates: Corrections & Amendments, Nature, published online, 1 pp.  Link to pdf

Erickson, G. M., Makovicky, P. J,. Currie, P. J., Norell, M. A., Yerby, S. A., and Brochu. C. A., 2015, Corrigendum: Gigantism and comparative life-history parameters of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs: Corrections & Amendments, Nature, published online, 1pp. Link to pdf

Farmer, C. G., 2015, Similarity of crocodilian and avian lungs indicates unidirectional flow is ancestral for archosaus: Integrative and Comparative Bioloby, symposium, p. 1-10.

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Harrell, T. L., Jr, and Perez-Huerta, A., 2015, Rare Earth element (REE) analysis of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate Marine Formations of Western and Central Alabama, USA: taphonomic and paleoenvironmental implications: Palaios, v. 30, p. 514-528.

Hao, Z., Fei, H., Hao, Q., Liu, L., and Turner, S., 2015, Distribution and collection of China's Dinosaurs: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 89, n. 5, p. 2086-2087. Link to pdf

Jacobsen, A. R., Lauridsen, H, Fiirgaard, B., Boel, L. W. T., and Hansen, K., 2015, Healed or non-healed? computed tomography (CT) visualization of morphology of bite trace ichnotaxa on a dinosaur bone: Annales Societalis Geologorum Poloninae, v. 85, p. 457-464. Link to pdf

Padian, K., Werning, S., and Horner, J. R., 2015, A hypothesis of differnetial secondary bone formation in dinosaurs: Comptes Rendus Palevol, published online, 9 pp.

Selles, A. G., and Vila, B., 2015, Re-evaluation of the age of some dinosaur localities from the southern Pyrenees by means of megaloothid oospecies: Journal of Iberian Geolgy, v. 41, n. 4, p. 125-139.

Fernandez-Baldor, F. T., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Weishampel, D. B., 2015, Preface, Dinosaur Palaeontology and Enviroment: Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 7-10.

Kaye, T. G, Falk, A., Pittman, M., Sereno, P. C., Martin, L. D,. Burnham, D. A., Gong, E,. Xu, X., and Wang, Y., 2015, Laser-stimulated fluroescence in paleontology: ublic Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 22 pp. Link to pdf

Malkani, M. S., Buzdar, M. A., Khosa, M. H., Kakar, A. S., Saeed, F., and Alyani, M. I., 2015, Closure of Tethys Sea and paleo Vitakri River systems, and the birth of Paleo Indus River systems in Pakistan; Geodynamic and Geobiological evolution of Indo-Pak subcontinent (South Asia): Lasbela, U. J. Sci. Techl., v. iv, p. 41-48. Link to pdf

Marsicano, C. A., Irmis, R. B., Mancuso, A. C., Mundil, R., and Chemale, F., 2015, The precise temporal calibration of dinosaur origins: Proceendings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 5pp. Link to pdf

Rensberger, J. M., and Martinez, R. N., 2015, Bone cells in birds show exceptional surface area, a characteristic traing back to Saurischian Dinosaurs of the Late Triassic: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 4, 19 pp. Link to pdf

Rieppel, L., 2015, Prospecting for dinosaurs on the mining frontier: the value of information in America's Gilded Age: Social Studies of Science, 26pp. Link to pdf

Suzuki, S., Shibata, M., Azuma, Y., Yukawa, H., Sekiya, T., and Masaoka, Y., 2015, Sedimentary environment of Dinosaur fossil bearing successions of the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, Katsuyama City, Fukui, Japan: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 14, p. 1-9.

Velasco, A. A. R., 2015, Los dinosaurios de Mexico: su historia contada por husos y dentes: Revista Digital universitar a v. 16, n. 11, 19pp. Link to pdf

Wang, N., Kuang, H., Liu, Y., Peng, N., and Xu, H., 2015, Taphonomic characteristics of the Late Cretaceous cluster dinosaur fossils in eastern China and comparison between domestic and abroad: Journal of Palaeogeography, v 17, n. 5, p. 593-610.

Whiteside, J. H., Lindstrom, S., Irmis, R. B., Glasspool, I. J., Schaller, M. F., Dunlavey, M., Nesbitt, S. J., Smith, N. D., and Turner, A. H., 2015, Extreme ecosystem instability suppressed tropical dinosaur dominance for 30 million years: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 5 pp.


Aves (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (10)

Archaeornithura WANG, ZHENG, O'CONNOR, LLOYD, WANG, WANG, ZHANG & ZHOU, 2015
Cratoavis CARVALHO, NOVAS, AGNOLIN, ISASI, FREITAS, & ANDRADE, 2015
Dunhuangia WANG, LI, O'CONNOR, ZHOU & YOU, 2015
Fumicollis BELL & CHIAPPE, 2015

Holbotia ZELENKOV & AVERIANOV, 2015
Houornis WANG & LIU, 2015
Juehuaornis WANG, WANG, & HU, 2015
Parapengornis HU, O'CONNOR, & ZHOU, 2015

Pterygornis WANG, HU, & LI, 2015
Yuanjiawaornis HU, LIU, LI, XU, & HOU, 2015

Species: Nova (9)

Archaeornithura meemannae WANG, ZHENG, O'CONNOR, LLOYD, WANG, WANG, ZHANG & ZHOU, 2015
Cratoavis cearensis CARVALHO, NOVAS, AGNOLIN, ISASI, FREITAS, & ANDRADE, 2015
Dunhuangia cuii WANG, LI, O'CONNOR, ZHOU & YOU, 2015
Fumicollis hoffmanorum emend BELL & CHIAPPE, 2015
= Fumicollis hoffmani BELL & CHIAPPE, 2015
Holbotia ponomarenkoi ZELENKOV & AVERIANOV, 2015
Juehuaornis zhangi WANG, WANG, & HU, 2015
Parapengornis eurycaudatus HU, O'CONNOR, & ZHOU, 2015

Pterygornis dapingfangensis WANG, HU, & LI, 2015

Yuanjiawaornis viriosus HU, LIU, LI, XU, & HOU, 2015

Synonym nova (1)

Houornis caudatus (HOU, 1997) WANG & LIU, 2015
= Cathayornis caudatus HOU, 1997

Balanoff, A. M., Smaers, J. B., and Turner, A. H., 2015, Brain modularity across the theropod-bird transition: testing the influence of flight on neuroanatomical variation: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 11pp.

Balter, M., 2015, When modern birds took flight: Science, v. 348, p. 617.

Balter, M., 2015, True nature Flight School: Audubon, v, 17, n. 1, p. 22-29.

Bell, A., and Chiappe, L. M., 2015, A species-level phylogeny of the Cretaceous Hesperornithiformes (Aves: Ornithuromorpha): implications for body size evolution amongst the earliest diving birds: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 13pp.

Bell, A., and Chiappe, L. M., 2015, Identificaiton of a new hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and implications for ecologic diversity among early diving birds: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 11, 34 pp. (Fumicollis hoffmani, note the  authors named the species after two people, and incorrectly used 'i' when they should have used 'orum') Link to pdf

Bell, A., Irwin, K. J., and Davis, L. C., 2015, Hesperornithiform birds from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian of Arkansas, USA: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 118, n. 304, p. 219-229.

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Böhmer, C., Rauhut, O. W. M., and Wörheide, G., 2015, Correlation between Hox code and vertebral morphology in archosars: Proceedings of the Royal Society, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Botelho, J. F., Smith-Paredes, D,. Soto-Acuna, S., Mpodozis, J., Palma, V., and Vargas, A. O., 2015, Skeletal plasticity in response to embryonic muscular activity underlies the development and evolution of perching digit of birds: Scientific Reports, published online., 11pp. Link to pdf

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Brusatte, S. L., O'Connor, J. K., and Jarvis, E. D., 2015, The origin and diversification of birds: Current Biology Review, v. 25, R888-R898.

Carvalho, I. de S., Novas, F. E., Agnolin, F. L., Isasi, M. P., Freitas, F. I., and Andrade, J. A., 2015, A Mesozoic bird from Gondwana preserving feathers: Nature Communications, puslibhed online, 5 pp. Link to pdf

Carvalho, I. de S., Novas, F. E., Agnolin, F. L., Isasi, M. P., Freitas, F. I., and Andrade, J. A., 2015, A new genus and species of enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil: Brazilian Journal of Geology, v. 45, n. 2, p. 161-171. (Cratoavis cearensis) Link to pdf

Claramunt, S., and Cracraft, J., 2015, A new time tree reveals Earth history's imprint on the evolution of modern birds: Scince Advance, published online, 13pp.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Osi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L., 2015, Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago: ZooKeys, n. 469, 161pp. Link to pdf

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Feo, T. J., Field, D. J., and Prum, R. O., 2015, Barb geometry of asymetrical feathers reveals a transitional morphology in the evolution of avian flight: Royal Society, Proceedings B, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf

Farmer, C. G., 2015, Similarity of crocodilian and avian lungs indicates unidirectional flow is ancestral for archosaus: Integrative and Comparative Biology, symposium, p. 1-10.

Foth, C., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2015, Des kaisers neue kleider: neues vom Urvogel Archaeopteryx: Freude der Bayerischen Staastssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie München, E. v., Jahresbericht 2014 und Mitteilungen, p. 655-77.

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Hospitaleche, C. A., and Gelfo, J. N., 2015, New Antarctic findings of Upper Cretaceous and lower Eocene loons, (Aves: Gaviformes): Annales de Palaeontologie, published online, 10pp.

Hu, D., Liu, Y., Li, J., Xu, X., and Hou, L., 2015, Yuanjiawaornis viriosus, gen. et sp. nov., a large enantiornithine bird from the lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 210-219. (Yuanjiawaornis viriosus)

Hu, H., O'Connor, J. K., and Zhou, Z., 2015, A new species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China suggests a specialized scansorial habitat previously unknown in early birds: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 21 pp. (Parapengornis eurycaudatus) Link to pdf

Martinelli, A. G., and Teixeira, V. P. A., 2015, The Late Cretaceous vertebrate record from the Bauru Group in the Triangulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil: Geologico y Minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 129-158.

Navalon, G., Marugan-Lobon, J., Chiappe, L. M., Sanz, J. L., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2015, Soft -tissue and dermal arrangement in the wing of an Early Cretaceous bird: implications for the evolution of avian flight: Scientific Reports, published online, 7pp. Link to pdf

O'Connor, J. K., and Chang, H., 2015, Hindlimb feathers in paravians: primarily "wings" or ornaments?: Biology Bulletin, v. 42, n. 7 p. 616-621.

O'Connor, J. K., Zheng, X.-T., Wang, X.-L., Zhang, X.-M, and Zhoug, Z.-H., 2015, The gastral basket in basal birds and their close relativies: size and possible function: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 53, n. 2, p. 133-152. Link to pdf

O'Connor, J. K., Wang, M., Zhou, S., and Zhou, Z., 2015, Osteohistology of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation ornithuromorph (Aves) Iteravis huchzermeyeri: Palaeontologia Electornica, 18.2.35A, pp. 1-11. Link to pdf

O'Connor, J. K., and Zhou, Z., 2015, Early evolution of the biological bird: perspectives from new fossils discoveries in China; Journal of Ornithology, v. 156, supplement 1, S333-S342.

Ossa-Fuentes, L., Mpodozis, J., and Vargas, A. O., 2015, Bird embryos uncover homology and evolution of the dinosaur ankle: Nature communications, published online, 7pp.

Rensberger, J. M., and Martinez, R. N., 2015, Bone cells in birds show exceptional surface area, a characteristic traing back to Saurischian Dinosaurs of the Late Triassic: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 4, 19 pp. Link to pdf

Rauhut, O. W. M., and Tischlinger, H., 2015, Archaeopteryx:  In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 491-507.

Russell, A. P., and Bentley, A. D., 2015, Opisthotonic head displacement in the domestic chicken and its bearing on the 'dead bird' posture of non-avialan dinosaurs: Journal of Zoology, published online, 10pp.

Schultze, H.-P., Liste der Fossilien: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 560-573.

Schweigert, G., 2015, Der Nuspoinger Plattenkalk: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, Volume 2, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 536-540.

Senter, P., and Robbins, J. H., 2015, Resting orientations of dinosaur scapulae and forelimbs: a numerical analysis, with implications for reconstructions and Museum mounts: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 21 pp.  Link to pdf

Serrano, F. J., Palmqvist, P., and Sanz, J. L., 2015, Multivariate enalysis of neognath skeletal measurements: implications for body mass estimation in Mesozoic Birds: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, published on line, 27pp.

Strasser, B., Miltz, V., Hermann, M., Tschachler, E., and Eckhart, L., 2015, Convergnent evolution of cysteine-rich proteins in feathers and hair: BMC Evoutionary Biology, v. 15, n. 82, published on line, 11pp. Link to pdf

Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., 2015, Sammler, Sammlungen und Forscher: In: Solnhofen, Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit, edited by Arratia, G., Schultze, H.-P., Tischlinger, H., and Viohl, G., Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 41-54.

Varricchio, D. J., Balanoff, A. M., and Norell, M. A., 2015, Reidentification of Avian embryonic remains from the Cretaceous of Mongolia: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 12 pp. Link to pdf

Velasco, A. A. R., 2015, Los dinosaurios de Mexico: su historia contada por husos y dentes: Revista Digital universitar a v. 16, n. 11, 19pp. Link to pdf

Walsh, S. A., Milner, A. C., and Bourdon, E., 2015, A reappraisal of Cerebavis cenomanica (Aves, Ornithurae), from Melovatka, Russia: Journal of Anatomy, published online, 13pp.

Wang, M., Hu, H., and Li, Z., 2015, A new small enantiornithine bird from the Jehol biota, with implications for early evolution of avian skull morphology: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published on line, 17pp. (Pterygornis dapingfangensis)

Wang, M., Li, D., O'Connor, J. K., Zhou, Z., and You, H., 2015, Second species of enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Changma Basin, northwetern China with implications for the taxonomic diversity of the Changma avifauna: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 56-65. (Dunhuangia cuii)

Wang, M., Zheng, X., O'Connor, J. K., Lloyd, G. T., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., and Zhou, Z., 2015, The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early Cretaceous of China: Nature Communications, published online, 9pp. ( Archaeornithura meemannae) Link to pdf

Wang, M., and Liu, D., 2015, Taxonomical reappraisal of Cathayornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes): Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published on line, 19pp. (Houornis caudatus = Cathayornis caudatus)

Wang, R.F., Wang, Y., and Hu, D.-y., 2015, Discovery of a new ornithuromorph genus' Juehuaornis gen. nov. from Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning' China: Global Geology, v. 34, n. 1, 7-11. (Juehuaornis zhangi) Link to pdf

Wang, X., and Clarke, J. A., 2015, The evolution of avian wing shape and previously unrecognized trends in covert feathering: Proceedings B, The Royal Society, 9pp.

Wang, X., Zhao, B. ,Shen, C., Liu, S., Gao, C., Cheng, X., and Zhang, F,. 2015, New material of Longipteryx (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China wiht the first recognized avian tooth crenulations: ZooTaxa, n. 2941, (4), p. 565-578.

Wang, Y.-M., O'Connor, J. K., Li, D.-Q., and You, H.-L., 2015, New information on postcranial skeleton of the Early Cretaceous Gansus yumenensis (Aves: Ornithuromoprha): Historical Biology, published online, 14pp.

Zelenkov, N., and Averianov, A. O., 2015, A historical specimen of enantiornihine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia representing a new taxon with specialized neck morphology: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 20 pp. (Holbotia ponomarenkoi)

Zinoviev, A. V., 2015, Comparative anatomy of the intertarsal joint in the extant and fossil birds: inferences for the locomotion of Hesperornis regalis (Hesperornithiformes) and Emeus crassus (Dinornithiformes): Journal of Ornithology, v. 156, supplement 1, S317-S323.


Synapsids

Pelycosaurs

Synonym:  Nova. (1)

Dimetrodon borealis (LEIDY, 1853) BRINK, MADDIN, EVANS, & REISZ, 2015
= Bathygnathus borealis LEIDY, 1853
Note: This combination is not valid, Bathygnathus has priority over Dimetrodon and you can not state that due to taxonomic stability, Dimetrodon has priority. This has to be petitioned to the ICZN, and have an ICZN ruling on the name priority. 

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Berman, D. S., Henrici, A. C., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Pennsylvanian-Permian Red Bed vertebrate localities of New Mexico and thier assemblages: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 63-76.

Brink, K. S., Maddin, H. C., Evans, D. C., and Reisz, R. R., 2015, Re-evaluation of the historic Canadian fossil Bathygnathus borealis from the Early Permian of Prince Edward Island: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, published online, 12pp.  Link to pdf

Falconnet, J., 2015, The sphenacodontid synapsid Neosaurus cynodus, and related material, from the Permo-Carboniferous of France: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 1, p. 169-182. Link to pdf

Romano, M., and Nicosia, U., 2015, Cladistic analysis of Caseidae (Caseasauria, Synapsida): using the gap-weighting method to include taxa based on incomplete specimens: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 6, p. 1109-1130.

Spindler, F., Scott, D., and Reisz, R. R., 2015, New information on the cranial and postcranial anatomy of the early synapsid Ianthodon schultzei (Sphenacomorpha: Sphenacodontia), and its evolutionary significance: Fossil Record, v. 18, p. 17-30.

Theriodontia

Genus: (3)

Ichibengops HUTTENLOCKER, SIDOR & ANGIELCZYK, 2015
Lende KRUGER, RUBIDGE, ABDALA, CHINDEBVU, & JACOBS, 2015
Ruberodon RAY, 2015

Species: Nova (4)

Ichibengops munyamadziensis HUTTENLOCKER, SIDOR & ANGIELCZYK, 2015
Lende chiweta KRUGER, RUBIDGE, ABDALA, CHINDEBVU, & JACOBS, 2015
Nothogomphodon sanjiaoensis LIU & ABDALA, 2015
Ruberodon roychowdhurii RAY, 2015

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Brocklehurst, N., Ruta, M., Müller, J., and Fröbisch, J., 2015, Elevated extinction rates as a trigger for diversification rate shifts: early amniotes as as case study: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Fedak, T. J., Sues, H.-D., and Olsen, P. E., 2015, First record of the tritylodontid cynodont Oligokyphus and cynodont postcranial bones from the McCoy Brook Formation of Nova Scotia, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 244-249. Link to pdf

Gaetano, L. C., and Abdala, F., 2015, The stapes of gomphodont cynodonts: insights into the middle ear structure of non-mammaliaform cynodonts: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 7, 25 pp. Link to pdf

Gastaldo, R. A., Kamo, S. L., Neveling, J,. Geissman, J. W., Bamford, M,. and Looy, C. V., 2015, Is the Vertebrate-defined Permian-Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin, south Africa, the terrestrial expression of the end-Permian marine event? Geology, published online, 4pp.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Horn, B. L. D., Schultz, C. L., de Figueiredo, A. E. Q., and Motta, F. A., 2015, Recognition of the Hyperodapedon assemblage zone (Late Triassic) in a relictual occurrence over the Sul-Rio-Grandense Shield: Revisita Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 18, n. 1, p. 91-96.

Huttenlocker, A. K., Sidor, C. A., and Agielczyk, K. D., 2015, A new eutherocehpalian (Therapsida, Therocephalia) from the Upper Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 5, 13pp. (Ichibengops munyamadziensis)

Jasinoski, S. C., Abdala, F., and Fernandez, V., 2015, Ontogeny of the Early Triassic cynodont Thrinaxodon liorhinus (Theraspida): Cranial morphology: The Anatomical Record, v. 298, p. 1440-1464.

Kammerer, C. F., Smith, R. M. H., Day, M. O., and Rubidge, B. S., 2015, New information on the morphology and stratigraphic range of the Mid-Permian gorgonopsian Eriphostoma microdon Broom, 1911: Papers in Paleontology, published on-line, et al., 1-21.

Kruger, A., Rubidge, B. S., Abdala, F., Chindebvu, E. G., adn Jacobs, L. L., 2015, Lende chiweta, a new therapsid from Malawi, and its influence on Burnetiamorph phylogeny and biogeograpy: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 6, 10 pp. (Lende chiweta)

Laaß, M., and Schillinger, B., 2015, Reconstructing the auditory apparatus of therapsids by means of neutron tomography: Physics Procedia, v. 69, p. 628-635.

Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2015, New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage zone: 2. A new species of Nothogomphodon (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Ermaying Formation of Shanxi, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 43, n. 2, p. 123-132. (Nothogomphodon sanjiaoensis) Link to pdf

Martinez, R. N., Apaldetti, C., Correa, G., Colombi, C. E., Fernandez, E., Malnis, P. S., Pradeiro, A., Abelin, D., Benegas, L. G., Aguilar-Cameo, A., and Alcober, O. A., 2015, A new Late Triassic Vertebrate assemblage from Northwestern Argentina: Ameghiniana, v. 52, n. 4, published online, 12pp.

Melo, T. P., Abdala, F., and Soares, M. B., 2015, The Malagasy cynodont Menadon besairiei (Cynodonta: Traversodontidae) in the Middle-Upper Triassic of Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate, v. 35, n. 6, 13 pp.

Müller, R. T., de Araujo-Junior, H. I., Aires, A. S. S., Roberto-da-Silva, L., and Dias-da-Silva, S., 2015, Biogenic control on the origin of a vertebrate monotypic accumulation from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil: Geobios, v. 48, p. 331-340.

Ray, S., 2015, A new Late Triassic traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from India: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, n. 3, e930472, 15 pp. (Ruberodon roychowdhurii)

Sidor, C. A., 2015, The first biarmosuchian from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia: Palaeontologica africana, v. 49, p. 1-7, published online. Link to pdf

Sues, H.-D., and Olsen, P. E., 2015, Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada: Atlantic Geology, v. 51, p. 139-205. Link to pdf

Tweet, J. S., and Santucci, V. L., 2015, An inventory of Mesozoic mammals and non-mammalian therapsids in National Park service areas: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 297-302.

Ziegler, R., and Schoch, R. R., 2015, Synapsiden (Säugerähnliche) im Lettenkeuper: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 265-266. Link to pdf

Deinocephalia

Genus: Nova (1)

Abajudon ANGIELCZK, HUERTAIS, SMITH, TABOR, SIDOR, STEYER, TSUJI & GOSTLING, 2014 (published 2015)

Species: Nova (3)

Abajudon kaayai ANGIELCZK, HUERTAIS, SMITH, TABOR, SIDOR, STEYER, TSUJI & GOSTLING, 2014 (published 2015)
Endothiodon tolani COX & ANGIELCYK, 2015
Sinokannemeyeria baidaoyuensis LIU, 2015

Angielczyk, K. D., and Cox, B., 2015, Distinctive emydopoid dicynodont (Theraspida, Anomodontia) mandibles from the Permian Ruhuhu and Usili Formations (Songea Group), Ruhu Basin, Tanzania: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 6, 9 pp.

Angielczyk, K. D., Huertas, S., Smith, R. M. H., Tabor, N. J., Sidor, C. A., Steyer, J.-S., Tsuji, L. A., and Gostling, N. J., 2014 (published, 2015), New dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and updated Tetrapod stratigraphy of the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group, Ruhuhu Basin) of southern Tanzania: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1408-1426. (Abajudon kaayai)

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Brocklehurst, N., Ruta, M., Müller, J., and Fröbisch, J., 2015, Elevated extinction rates as a trigger for diversification rate shifts: early amniotes as as case study: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Cisneros, J. C., Abdala, F., Jashashvili, T., Bueno, A. de O., and Dentzien-Dias, P., 2015, Tiarajudens eccentricus and Anomocephalus africanus, two bizarre anomodonts (Synapsida, Therapsida) with dental occlusion from the Permian of Gondwana: Royal Society Open Science, Published online, 27pp. Link to pdf

Cox. C. B., and Angielczuk, K. D., 2015, A new endothiodont dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group) of Tanzania and its feeding system: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 4, 25pp. (Endothiodon tolani)

Day, M. O., Güven, S., Abdala, F., Jirah, S., Rubidge, B., and Almond, J., 2015, Youngest dinocephalian fossils extend the Tapinocephalus Zone, Karoo Basi, South Africa: Sough African Journal of Science, v. 111, n. 2/3, 5pp.

Gastaldo, R. A., Kamo, S. L., Neveling, J,. Geissman, J. W., Bamford, M,. and Looy, C. V., 2015, Is the Vertebrate-defined Permian-Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin, south AFrica, the terrestrial expression of the end-Permian marine event? Geology, published online, 4pp.

Golubev, V. K., 2015, Dinocephalian stage in the history of the Permian tetrapod fauna of eastern Europe: Paleontological Journal, v. 49, n. 12, p 1346-1352.

Gubin, Y. M., 2015, Vertebrates. In: Upper Jurassic Lagerstatte Shar Teg, Southwestern Mongolia, Ponomarenkov, A. G., Aristov, D. S., Bashkuev, A. S., Gubin, Y. M., Khramov, A. V., Lukashevich, E. D., Popov, Y. A., Pritykina, L. N., Sinista, S. M., Sinitshenkova, N. D., Sukatsheva, I. D., Vassilenko, D. V., and Yan, E. V., Paleontological Journal, v. 48, p. 1631-1635.

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Kammerer, C. F., Angielczyk, K. D., and Fröbish, J., 2015, Redescription of Digalodon rubidgei, an emydopoid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Late Permian of South Africa: Fossil Record, v. 18, p. 43-55. Link to pdf

Liu, J., 2015, New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 1. Kannemeyeriiformes from Shanxi, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 53, n. 1, po. 16-28. (Sinokannemeyeria baidaoyuensis) Link to pdf

Müller, R. T., de Araujo-Junior, H. I., Aires, A. S. S., Roberto-da-Silva, L., and Dias-da-Silva, S., 2015, Biogenic control on the origin of a vertebrate monotypic accumulation from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil: Geobios, v. 48, p. 331-340.

Tweet, J. S., and Santucci, V. L., 2015, An inventory of Mesozoic mammals and non-mammalian therapsids in National Park service areas: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 297-302.


Mammals (Mesozoic)

Genus: Nova (10)

Agilodocodon MENG, JI, ZHANG, LIU, GROSSNICKLE, & LUO, 2015
Aliaga CUENCA-BESCOS, CAUNDO, GASCA, MORENO-AZANZA & CIFELLI, 2014 (published 2015)
Ambilestes FOX, 2015
Argaliatherium CIFELLI & DAVIS, 2015

Carinalestes CIFELLI & DAVIS, 2015

Lotheridium BI, JIN, LI & DU, 2015
Scollardius FOX, 2015
Spinolestes MARTIN, MARUGAN-LOBON, VULLO, MARTIN-ABAD, LUO, & BUSCALIONI, 2015

Tirotherium MONTELLANO-BALLESTEROS, & FOX, 2015
Yubaatar  XU, ZHANG, PU, JIA, ZHANG,  LÜ, & MENG, 2015

Species: Nova (12)

Agilodocodon scansorius MENG, JI, ZHANG, LIU, GROSSNICKLE, & LUO, 2015
Aliaga moliensi CUENCA-BESCOS, CAUNDO, GASCA, MORENO-AZANZA & CIFELLI, 2014 (published 2015)
Argaliatherium robustum CIFELLI & DAVIS, 2015

Carinalestes murensis CIFELLI & DAVIS, 2015

Gobiconodon haizhouensis KUSUHASI, WANG, LI & JIN, 2016 (published in 2015)
Gobiconodon tomidai KUSUHASI, WANG, LI & JIN, 2016 (published in 2015)
Lotheridium mengi BI, JIN, LI & DU, 2015
Oklatheridium wibeli CIFELLI & DAVIS, 2015

Spinolestes xenarthrosus MARTIN, MARUGAN-LOBON, VULLO, MARTIN-ABAD, LUO, & BUSCALIONI, 2015
Tirotherium aptum MONTELLANO-BALLESTEROS, & FOX, 2015
Yubaatar zhongyuanensis XU, ZHANG, PU, JIA, ZHANG,  LÜ, & MENG, 2015

Synonym: Nova (4)

Aliaga henkeli (KREBS, 1985) CUENCA-BESCOS, CAUNDO, GASCA, MORENO-AZANZA & CIFELLI, 2014 (published 2015)
= Spalacotherium henkeli KREBS, 1985

Ambilestes cerberoides (LILLEGRAVEN, 1969) FOX, 2015
= Cimolestes cerberoides LILLEGRAVEN, 1969
Paurodon valens MARSH, 1887
= Archaetrigon brevimaxillus SIMPSON, 1927
= Pelicopsis dubius SIMPSON, 1927
= Archaeotrigon distagmus SIMPSON, 1929
= Araeodon intermissus SIMPSON, 1937
= Foxraptor atrox BAKKER & CARPENTER, 1990
Scollardius propalaeoryctes (LILLEGRAVEN, 1969) FOX, 2015
= Cimolestes propalaeoryctes LILLEGRAVEN, 1969

Averianov, A. O., 2015, Taxonomic revisions of tribosphenic mammals from the Lower Cretaceous Antlers Formation of Texas and Oklahoma, USA: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, v. 319, n. 2, p. 141-181.

Averianov, A. O., Lopatin, A., Skutschas, P., and Leshchinskiy, S., 2015, Two new mammal localities within the Lower Cretaceous Ilek Formation of West Siberia, Russia: Geobios, v. 48, p. 131-136.

Averianov, A. O., and Martin, T., 2015, Ontogeny and taxonomy of Paurodon valens (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of USA: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, v. 319, n. 3, p. 326-340. (Paurodon valens = Archaeotrigon brevimaxillus, = Pelicopsis dubius, = Archaeotrigon distagmus, = Araeodon intermissus, = Foxraptor atrox) Link to pdf

Benton, M. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Asher, R. J., Friedman, M., Near, T. J., and Vinther, J., 2015, Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC, 106pp. Link to pdf

Bi, S., Jin, X., Li, S., and DU, T., 2015, A new Cretaceous metatherian mamal from Henan, China: PeerJ, 3:e896;DOI 10.7717/peerj.896, 18pp. (Lotheridium mengi)

Ballesteros, M. M., 2015, Sintesis sobre el registro fosil de los mamiferous mesozoicos mexicanos (Overview of the fossil record of the Mexian Mesozoic Mammals): Boletin Geologico y minero, v. 126, n. 1, p. 7-20.

Cifelli, R. L., and Davis, B. M., 2015, Tribosphenic mammals from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana and Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, n. 3, e920848, 18pp. (Argaliatherium robustum, Carinalestes murensis, Oklatheridium wibeli)

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Cuenca-Bescos, G., Canudo, J. I., Gasca, J. M., Moreno-Azanza, M., and Cifelli, R. L., 2014 (published 2015), Spalacotheriid 'Symmetrodonts' from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 34, n. 6, p. 1427-1436. (Aliaga moliensis, Aliaga henkeli = Spalacotherium henkeli)

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2016 (published in 2015), The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 368-390.

Fox, R. C., 2015, A revision of the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene eutherian mammal Cimolestes Marsh, 1889: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 1-13 (published online) (Ambilestes cerberoides = Cimolestes cerberoides, Scollardius propalaeoryctes = Cimolestes propalaeoryctes)

Gardner, J. D., Henderson, D. M., and Therrien, F., 2015, Introduction to the Special Issue commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, with a summary of the museum's early history and its research contributions: Canadanian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, published online, v-xxxiii. Link to pdf

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Hoffman, S., O'Connor, P. M., Kirk, E. C., Wible, J. R., and Krause, D. W., 2014 (published 2015),Endocranial and inner ear morphology of Vintana sertichii (Mammalia, Gondwantheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 14, v. 34, supplement to number 6, p. 110-136.

Hughes, E. M., Wible, J. R., Spaulding, M., and Luo, Z.-X., 2015, Mammalian petrosal from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Fruita, Colorado: Annals of the Carnegie Museum, v. 83, n. 1, p. 1-17.

Kirk, E. C., Hoffmann, S., Kemp, A. D., Krause, D. W., an dO'Conner, P. M., 2014 (published 2015),Sensory anatomy and sensory ecology of Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 14, v. 34, supplement to number 6, p. 203-222.

Kitazawa, T., Takechi, M., Hirasawa, T., Adachi, N., Narboux-Neme, N., Kume, H., Maeda, K, Hirai, T., Miyagawa-Tomita, S., Kurihara, Y., Hitomi, J., Levi, G., Kuratani, S., and Kurihara, H., 2015, Developmental genetic bases behind the independent origin of the tympanic membraie in mamals and diapsids: Nature Communications, published online, 7pp.

Koenigswald, W. von, and Krause, D. W., 2014 (published 2015), Enamel microstructre of Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 14, v. 34, supplement to number 6, p. 166-181.

Krause, D. W., 2014 (published 2015), Preface: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 14, v. 34, supplement to number 6, p. 1-3.

Krause, D. W., 2014 (published 2015), Dental morphology of Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 14, v. 34, supplement to number 6, p. 137-165.

Krause, D. W., Rogers, R. R., Rahantariosa, L. J., Groenke, J. R., and Adriamialison, H., 2014 (published 2015),Introduction, systematic paleontology, and geological context of Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 14, v. 34, supplement to number 6, p. 4-13.

Krause, D. W., Wible, J. R., Hoffmann, S., Groenke, J. R. O'Connor, P. M., Holloway, W. L., and Rossie, J. B., 2014 (published 2015), Craniofacial morphology of Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 14, v. 34, supplement to number 6, p. 14-109.

Kusuhashi, N., Wang, Y.-Q., Li, C.-K., & Jin, X., 2016 (published in 2015), Two new species of Gobiconodon (Mammalia, Eutricodonta, Gobiconodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin Formations, northeastern China: Historical Biology, v. 28, n. 1-2, p. 14-26. (Gobiconodon tomidai, Gobiconodon haizhouensis)

Luo, Z.-X., Gatsey, S. M., Jenkens Jr, F. A., Amaral, W. A., and Shubin, N. H., 2015, Mandibular and dental characteristics of the Late Triassic mammaliaform Haramiyavia and their ramifications for basal mammal evolution: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Early Edition, 9 pp. Link to pdf

Martin, T., Marugan-Lobon, M., Vullo, R., Martin-Abad, H., Luo, Z.-X., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2015, A Cretaceous eutriconodont and integument evolution in early mammals: Nature, v. 526, p. 380-385. (Spinolestes xenarthrosus)

Meng, J., 2014, Mesozoic mammals of China: implications for phylgeny and early evolution of mammals: National Science Review, v. 1, p. 521-542.

Meng, Q.-J., Ji, Q., Zhang, Y.-G., Liu, D., Grossnickle, D. M., and Luo, Z.-X., 2015, An arboreal docodont from the Jurassic and mammaliaform ecological diversification: Science, v. 347, p. 764-768. (Agilodocodon scansorius)

Miyata, K., Azuma, Y., and Shibata, M., 2016 (published in 2015), New mammalian specimens from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, Fukui, Japan: Historical Biology, v. 28, n. 1-2, p. 139-150.

Montellano-Ballesteros, M., and Fox, R. C., 2015, A new tribotherian (Mammalia, Boresphenida) from the late Santonian to early Campanian upper Milk River Formation, Alberta: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 7-83. (Tirotherium aptum)

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Corral, J. C., Astibia, H., Badiola, A., Berreteaga, A., Buffetaut, E., Buscalioni, A. D., Cappetta, H., Cavin, L., Diez Diaz, V., Gheerbrant, E., Murelaga, X., Ortega, F., Perez-Garcia, A., Poyato-Ariza, F., Rage, J.-C., Sanz, J. L., and Torices, A., 2015, Late Cretaeous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 101-124.

Scott, C. S., and Fox, R. C., 2015, Review of Stagodontidae (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the Judith (Late Cretaceous) Belly River Group of southeastern Alberta, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 682-695.

Schultz, J. A., Krause, D. W., Koenigswald, W. von, and Dumont, E. R., 2014 (published 2015),Dental function and diet of Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Memoir 14, v. 34, supplement to number 6, p. 4-13.

Smith, T., and Codrea, V., 2015, Red Iron-pigmented tooth enamel in a multituberculate mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian "Hateg Island": Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 7, 16 pp. Link to pdf

Strasser, B., Miltz, V., Hermann, M., Tschachler, E., and Eckhart, L., 2015, Convergnent evolution of cysteine-rich proteins in feathers and hair: BMC Evoutionary Biology, v. 15, n. 82, published on line, 11pp. Link to pdf

Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 105-129.

Tweet, J. S., and Santucci, V. L., 2015, An inventory of Mesozoic mammals and non-mammalian therapsids in National Park service areas: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 297-302.

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Xu, L., Zhang, X., Pu, H., Jia, S., Zhang, J., Lu, J., and Meng, J., 2015, Largest known Mesozoic multituberculate from Eurasia and implications for multituberculate evolution and biology: Scientific Reports, published online, 11pp. (Yubaatar zhongyuanensis) Link to pdf


Eggs

Oogenus: (Nova) 2

Polyclonoolithus XIE, ZHANG, JIN, LI, & ZHOU, 2016 (published 2015)
Styloolithus VARRICCHIO & BARTA, 2015

Oospecies (Nova) 2

Polyclonoolithus yangjiagouensis XIE, ZHANG, JIN, LI, & ZHOU, 2016 (published 2015)
Styloolithus sabathi VARRICCHIO & BARTA, 2015

Bravo, A. M., and Gaete, R., 2015, Titanosaur eggshells from the Tremp Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Soutehrn Pyrenees, Spain): Historical biology, v. 27, n. 8, p. 1079-1089.

Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R., 2015, The East Side Story-The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary events: Cretaceous Research, published online, 37pp.

Eagle, R. A., Enriquez, M., Grellet-Tinner, G., Perez-Huerta, A,. Hu, D., Tutken, T., Montanari, S., Loyd, S. J., Ramirez, P., Tripati, A. K., Kohn, M. J.,  Cerling, T. E., Chiappe, L. M., & Eiler, J. M., 2015, Isotopic ordering in eggshells reflects body temperatures and suggests differing thermophysiology in two Cretaceous Dinosaurs: Nature Communications, published online, 11pp.

Ferenandez, V., Buffetaut, E., Suteethorn, V., Range, J.-C., Tafforeau, P., and kundrat, M,. 2015, Evidence of egg diversity in squamate evolution from Cretaceous anguimorph embryos: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 7, 20 pp. Link to pdf

Jackson, F. D., Schaf, R. J., Varricchio, D. J., and Schmitt, J. G., 2015, A theropod nesting trace with eggs from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Two Medicine Formation of Montana: PalAios, v. 30, p. 362-372.

Lawver, D. R., Rasoamiaramanana, A. H., and Werneburg, I., 2015, An occurrence of fossil eggs from the Mesozoic of Madagascar and a detailed obeservation of eggshell microstructure: Journal of Vertebrtae Paleontology, v. 35, n. 5, , e973030, 6pp.

Prasad, G. V. R., Sharma, A., Verma, O., Khosla, A., Singh, L. R., and Priyadarshini, R., 2015, Testudoid and crocodiloid eggshells from the Upper Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Central India: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 14, p. 513-526.

Selles, A. G., and Vila, B., 2015, Re-evaluation of the age of some dinosaur localities from the southern Pyrenees by means of megaloothid oospecies: Journal of Iberian Geolgy, v. 41, n. 4, p. 125-139.

Srivastava, R., Patnaik, R,. Skula, U. K., and Sahni A., 2015, Crocodilian nest in a Late Cretaceous saruopod hatchery from the Type Lameta Ghat Locality, Jabalpur, India: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 12, 13 pp.  Link to pdf

Tanaka, K., Zelenitsky, D. K., and Therrien, F., 2015, Eggshell porosity provides insight on evolution of nesting in dinosaurs:  Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 11, 23 pp. Link to pdf

Varricchio, D. J., and Barta, D. E., 2015, Revisiting Sabath's "Larger Avian Eggs" from the Gobi Cretaceous: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 1, p. 11-25. (Styloolithus sabathi) Link to pdf

Venczel, M., Vasile, S., and Ciski-Sava, Z., 2015, A Late Cretaceous madtsoiid snake from Romania associated with a megaloolithid egg nest -- paleoecological inferences: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 152-163.

Verma, O., 2015, Cretaceous vertebrate fauna of the Cauvery Basin, southern India: palaeodiversity and palaeobiogeographic implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 431, p. 53-67.

Vremir, M., Dyke, G., and Totoianu, R, 2015, Repertoire of the Late Cretaceous vertebrate localities from Sebes Area, Alba County (Romania): Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, v. 7, p. 695-724. Link to pdf

Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A., Cheng, X., Jiang, S.-x., Wang, Q., Sayao, J. M., Rodrigues, T., Costa, F. R., Li, N,. Meng, X., and Zhou, Z., 2015, Eggshell and histology provides insight on the life history of a pterosaur with two fuctional ovaires: Anais da Academia Brasilieria de Ciencias, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Xie, J.-F., Zhang, S.-K., Jin, X.-S., Li, D.-Q., and Zhou, L.-Q., 2016 (published 2015), A new type of dinosaur eggs from Early Cretaceous of Gansu Province, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatic, v. 54, n. 1, p. 1-10. (Polyclonoolithus yangjiagouensis)


Ichnology

Ichnogenus: Nova (2)

Paxavipes  McCREA, BUCKLEY, PLINT, LOCKLEY, MATTHEWS, NOBLE, XING, & KRAWETZ, 2014

Shenmuichnus XING, LOCKLEY, ZHANG, YOU, KLEIN, PERSONS IV, DAI & DONG, 2015

 Ichnospecies: Nova (2)

Paxavipes babcockensi McCREA, BUCKLEY, PLINT, LOCKLEY, MATTHEWS, NOBLE, XING, & KRAWETZ, 2014

Shenmuichnus wangi XING, LOCKLEY, ZHANG, YOU, KLEIN, PERSONS IV, DAI & DONG, 2015

Synonym: Nova (5)

Caririchnium billsarjeanti (MEYER, & THÜRING, 2003) DIAZ-MARTINEZ, PERDA-SUBERBIOLA, PEREZ-LORENTE, & CANUDO, 2015
= Iguanodontipus billsarjeanti MEYER, & THÜRING, 2003
Caririchnium kortmeyeri (CURRIE, & SARJEANT, 1979) DIAZ-MARTINEZ, PERDA-SUBERBIOLA, PEREZ-LORENTE, & CANUDO, 2015
= Amblydactylus kortmeyeri CURRIE, & SARJEANT, 1979
Caririchnium magnificum LEONARDI, 1984
= Brachyguanodonipus prejanensis DIAZ-MARTINEZ, PEREZ-LORENTE, PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, & CANUDO, 2009
Hadrosauropodus kyoungsookimi (LIM, LOCKLEY, & KONG, 2012) DIAZ-MARTINEZ, PERDA-SUBERBIOLA, PEREZ-LORENTE, & CANUDO, 2015
= Caririchnium kyoungsookim LIM, LOCKLEY, & KONG, 2012
Hadrosauropodus leonardii (LOCKLEY, 1987) DIAZ-MARTINEZ, PERDA-SUBERBIOLA, PEREZ-LORENTE, & CANUDO, 2015
= Caririchnium leonardii LOCKLEY, 1987

Abbassi, N., D'Orazi Porchetti, S., Wagensommer, A., and Dehnavi, M. G., 2015, Dinosaur and crocodylomorph footprints from the Hojedk Formation (Bajocian, Middle Jurassic) of north Kerman, Central Iran: Italian Journal of Science, v. 134, n. 1, p, 86-94.

Alcala, L., Mampel, L., Royo-Torres, R., and Cobos, A., 2015, On small quadrupedal ornithopod tracks in Jurassic-Cretaceous transition intertidal deposits (El Castellar, Teruel, Spain): Spanish Jounral of Paleontology, v. 29, n. 2, p. 183-190. Link to pdf

Bernardi, M., Klein, H., Petti, F. M., and Ezcurra, M. D., 2015, The origin and early radation of Archosaurifromes: integrating the skeletal and footprint record: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 28 pp. Link to pdf

Brusatte, S. L., Challands, T. J., Ross, D. A., and Wilkinson, M., 2015, Sauropod dinosaur trackways in a Middle Jurassic lagoon on the Isle of Skye, Scotland: Scottish Journal of Geology, published online first, 9 pp.  Link to pdf

Castanera, D., Colmenar, J., Sauque, V., and Canudo, J. I., 2015, Geometric morphometric analysis applied to theropod tracks and from the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Spain: Palaeontology, v. 58, part 1, p. 183-200.

Citton, P., Nicosia, U., Nicolosi, I., Carluccio, R., and Romano, M., 2015, Elongted theropod tracks from the Cretaceous Apenninic Carbonate Platform of southern Latium (central Italy): Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 18.3.49A, 12pp.

Clemmensen, L. B., Milan, J., Adolfssen, J. S., Estrup, E. J., Probose, N,. Klein, N., Mateus, O., and Wings, O., 2015, The vertebrate-bearing Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of central East Greenland revisited: stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and new palaeontological data: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren J., Hurum J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, A. Geological Society, London, Special publications, v. 434, 17pp.

Cobos, A., Royo-Torres, R., Torrente, M. A., and Alcala, L., 2015, Nuevos fosiles de dinosaurios en la Formacion Villar del Arzobispo de El Castellar y Formiche Alto (Teruel, Espana): Geogaceta, v. 58, p. 43-46. Link to pdf

Diaz-Martinez, I., Garcia-Ortiz, E., and Perez-Lorente, F., 2015, A new dinosaur tracksite with small footproints in the Urbion Group (Cameros Basin, Lower Cretaceous, La Rioja, Spain): Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n. 1, p. 167-175. Link to pdf

Diaz-Martinez, I., Pereda-Suberbila, X., Perez-Lorente, F., and Canudo, J. I., 2016, Ichnotaxonomic review of large ornithopod dinosur tracks: temporal and geographic implications: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 2, 50 pp. (Caririchnium magnificum = Brachyguanodonipus prejanensis, Caririchnium kortmeyeri = Amblydactylus kortmeyeri, Caririchnium billsarjeanti = Iguanodontipus billsarjeanti, Hadrosauropodus leonardii = Caririchnium leonardii, Hadrosauropodus kyoungsookimi = Caririchnium kyoungsookimi) Link to pdf

D'Orazi, Porchetti, S., Mocke, H. B., Latiano, M., and Wagensommer, A., 2015, First record of Otozouma from Nambiaia: Lethaia, v. 48, p. 72-82.

Fernandez-Baldor, T. D., Diaz-Martinez, I., Conreras, R., Huerta, P., Montero, D., and Urien, V., 2015, Unsual suaropod tracks in the Jurassic-Cretaceous interval of the Cameros Basin (Burgos, Spain): Journal of Iberian Geolgy, v. 41, n. 1, p. 141-154.

Fillmore, D. L., Lucas, S. G., and Simpson, E. L., 2015, Vertebrate ichnofossils from coal mine tailings of the Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation, eastern Pennsylvania:  In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 33-42.

Foster, J. R., 2015, Theropod dinosaur ichnogenus Hispanosauropus identified from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Western North America: Ichnos, v. 22, p. 183-191.

Hadri, M., Boutakiout, M., Gomez, F., and Perez-Lorente, F., 2015, Crocodyliform footprints from "les couches rouges" of the Middle Jurassic of Msemrir, High Atlas, Morocco: Geogaceta, v. 58, p. 43-46. Link to pdf

Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Triassic vertebrate paleontology in New Mexico: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 77-95.

Hunt, A. P., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Vertebrate trace fossils from New Mexico and thier significance: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 9-39.

Hurum, J. O., Druckenmiller, P. S., Hammer, O., Nakrem, H. A., and Olaussen, S., 2016 (published 2015), The theropod that wasn't: an ornithopod tracksite from the Helvetiafjellet Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Boltodden, Svalbard:  In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories: edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan J., and Vajada, V., Geological Society, London, special publication, v. 434, published on line, 15pp.

Klein, H., Milan, J., Clemmensen, L. B., Frobose, N., Mateus, O., Klein, N., Adolfssen, J. S., Estrup, E. J., and Wings, O., 2015, Archosaur footprints (cf. Brachychirotherium) with unusual morphology from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation (Norian-Rhaetian) of East Greeland: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories: edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan J., and Vajada, V., Geological Society, London, special publication, v. 434,  published on line, 15pp.

Klein, H., and Kneidl, V., 2015, Tetrapodenfährten aus den Estherienschichten (Obertrias, Grabfeld-Formation) der Tongrube Barbaraberg (Speinshart, NO-Bayern) - Profilneuaufnahme, Bildungsmilieu und Hinweise zur Palökologie: Geologische Blätter für Nordost-Bayernv. 65, heft 2-4, p. 93-130. Link to pdf

Lallensack, J. N., Sander, P. M., Knötschke, N,. and Wings, O., 2015, Dinosaur tracks from the Langenberg Quarry (Late Jurassic, Germany) reconstructed with historical photogrammetry: evidence for large theropods soon after insular dwarfism: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 18.2.31A: 34pp. Link to pdf

Lawver, D. R., Rasoamiararamanana, A. H., and Werneburg, I., 2015, An occurrence of fossil eggs from the Mesozoic of Madagascar and a detailed obeservation of eggshell microstructure: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 35, n. 5, p. 6pp.

Lerner, A. J., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, A Selenichnites ichnoassociaton from Early Permian tidal flats of the Prehistoric trackways National Monument of south-central New Mexico: In: Carboniferous-Permian transition in the Robledo Mountains, Southern New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and DiMichele, W. A., New Mexico Museum of Natural history & Science, Bulletin 65, p. 141-152.

Li., D., Xing, L., Lockley, M. G., Pinuela, L., Zhang, J., Dai, H., Kim, J. Y., Persons IV, W. S., and Kong, D., 2015, A manus domianted pterosaur track assemblage from Gansu, China: implications for behavior: Science Bulleting, published online, p. 9 pp.

Li, R., Lockley, M. G., Matsukawa, M., and Liu, M, 2015, Important dinosaur-dominated footprint assemblages from the Lower Cretaceous Tianjialou Formation at the Houzuoshan Dinosaur Park, Junan County, Shandong Province, China: Cretaceous Research, v. 52, p. 83-100.

Lockley, M. G., Buckley, L. G., Foster, J. R., Kirkland, J. I., and DeBlieux, D., 2015, First report of bird tracks (Aquatilavipes) from the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous), eastern Utah: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 420, p. 150-162.

Lockley, M. G., McCrea, R., Alcala, L., Cart, K., Martin, J., and Hadden, G., 2015, A preliminary report on an assemblage of large theropod tracks from the Cretaceous Dakota Group, western Colorado: evidence for gregarious behavior: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 179-183.

Malkani, M. S., Buzdar, M. A., Khosa, M. H., Kakar, A. S., Saeed, F., and Alyani, M. I., 2015, Closure of Tethys Sea and paleo Vitakri River systems, and the birth of Paleo Indus River systems in Pakistan; Geodynamic and Geobiological evolution of Indo-Pak subcontinent (South Asia): Lasbela, U. J. Sci. Techl., v. iv, p. 41-48. Link to pdf

Masrour, M., Ladel, L., and Perez-Lorente, F., 2015, New theropod and prosauropod ichnites from Issil-n-Ait Arbi (Lower Jurassic, Central High Atlas, Morocco): Geogaceta, v. 57, p. 55-58. Link to pdf

McCrea, R. T., Buckley, L. G., Plint, A. G., Lockley, M. G., Matthews, N. A., Nobel, T. A., Xing, L., and Krawetz, J. R., 2015, Vertebrate ichnites from the Boulder Creek Formation (Lower Cretaceous: middle to ?upper Albian) of northeastern British Columbia, with a description of a new avian ichnotaxon, Paxavipes babcockensis ichnogen. et isp. nov: Cretaceous Research, v. 55, p. 1-18. (Paxavipes babcockensi)

McCrea, R. T., Tanke, D. H., Buckley, L. G., Lockley, M. G., Farlow, J. O., Xing, L., Matthews, N. A., Helm, C. W., Pemberton, S. G., and Breithaupt, B H., 2015, Vertebrate ichnopathology: Pathologies inferred from dinosaur tracks and trackways from the Mesozoic: Ichnos, v. 22, p. 235-260.

Milan, J., Chiappe, L. M., Loope, D. B., Kirkland, J. I., and Lockley, M. G., 2015, First report on dinosaur tracks from the Burro Canyon Formation, San Juan County, Utah, USA - Evidence of a diverse, hitherto unknown Lower Cretaceous dinosaur fauna: Annales Societatis Geologorium Poloniae, v. 85, p. 515-525. Link to pdf

Milan, J., and Surlyk, F., 2015, An enigmatic, diminutive theropod footprint in the shallow marine Pliensbachian Hasle Formation, Bornholm, Denmark: Lethia, v. 48, p. 429-435.

Mujal, E., Fortuny, J., Rodriguez-Salgado, P., Diviu, M,. Oms, O., and Galobart, A., 2015, First footprints occurrence from the Muschelkalk detritical unit of the CatalanBasin: 3D analyses and palaeoichnological implications: Spanish  Journal of Paleontology, v. 30, n. 1, p. 97-108.

Niedzwiedzki, G., Brusatte, S. L., adn Butler R. J., 2016, Prorotodactylus and Rotodactylus tracks: an ichnology record of dinosauromorphs from the Early-Middle Triassic of Poland: In, Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs adn thier Kin: Editedy by Nesbitt, S. J., Desojo, J. B., adn Irmis, R. B., Geological Societ, London, Special Publications, 379.

Pascual-Arribas, C., Canudo, J. I., Perez, E. S., Hernandez-Mderano, N., Castanera, D., and Barco, J. L., 2015, On the validity of Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi, Pascual Arribas and Sanz Perez 2000: new data from the Huerteles formation: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 89, p. 459-483.

Pascual-Arribas, C., and Hernandez-Medrano, N, 2015, Las huellas de tortuga del grupo Oncala (Berriasiense, Cuenca de Cameros, Espana): Estudios Geologicos, v. 71, n. 1, published online, 24pp.

Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Diaz-Martinez, I., Salgado, L., and de Valais, S., 2015, Sintesis del registro fosil de dinosaurios tireoforos en Gondwana: In: Volumen en homenaje A Zulma Gasparini, edited by Fernandez M., and Herrera, Y., Publicacion Electronica de la Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina, v. 15, n. 1, p. 90-107.

Pienkowski, G., Branski, P., Pandey, D. K., Schlogl, J., Alberti, M., and Furisch, F. T., 2015, Dinosaur footprints from the Thaiat ridge and thier palaeoenvironmental background, Jaisalmer Basin, Rajastan, India: Volumina Jurassica, v. 8, n. 1, p. 17-26. Link to pdf

Porchetti, D.)., Mocke, H. B., Latiano, M, and Wagensommer, A., 2015, First record of Otozoum from Nambia: Lethaia, v .48, p. 72-82.

Razzolini, N. L., Vila, B., Diaz-Martinez, I., Manning, P. L., and Galobart, A., 2016 (published in 2015), Pes shape variation in an ornithopod dinosaur trackway (Lower Cretaceous, NW Spain): new evidencee of an antalgic gait in the fossil track reord: Cretaceosu Research, v. 58, p. 125-134. Link to pdf

Romano, M., and Whyte, M. A., 2015, Could stegosaurs swim? Suggestive evidence from the middle Jurassic tracksite of the Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire, UK: Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological society, published online first, 7pp. Link to pdf

Santos, V. G., Callapez, P. M., Castanera, D., Barroso-Barcenilla, F., Rodrigues, N. P. C., and Cupeto, C. A., 2015, Dinosaur tracks from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Parede (Cascais, Portugal): new contributions for the sauropod palaeobiology of the Iberian Peninsula: Journal of Iberian Geology, v. 41, n 1, p. 155-166.

Tanaka, I., 2015, Estimating body weight and habitat type from extinct avian and avian-like theorpod footprints: Lethia, v. 48, p. 188-195.

Tweet, J. S., and Santucci, V. L., 2015, An inventory of Mesozoic mammals and non-mammalian therapsids in National Park service areas: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 297-302.

Vallon, L. H., Rindsberg, A. K., and Martin, A. J., 2015, The use of the terms trace, mark and structure: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, v. 85, publised online.

Vila, B., Castanera, D., Marmi, J., Canudo, J. I., and Galobart, A., 2015, Crocodile swim tracks from the Latest Cretaceous of Europe: Lethia, v. 48, p. 256-266.

Voigt, S., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Permian tetrapod ichnodiversity of the Prehistoric Trackways National Mounument (South-Central New Mexico, U.S.A.):  In: Carboniferous-Permian transition in the Robledo Mountains, Southern New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and DiMichele, W. A., New Mexico Museum of Natural history & Science, Bulletin 65, p. 152-167.

Witton, M. P., 2015, Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors? PeerJ 3:e1018:DOI 10.7717/peerj.1018, 32pp. Link to pdf

Xing, L., Buckley, L. G., McCrea, R. T., Lockley, M. G. Zhang, J., Pinuela, L., Klein, H,. and Wang, F., 2015, Reanalysis of Wupus agilis (Early Cretaceous) of Chongqing, China as a large avian trace: differntiating between large bird and small non-avian theropod tracks: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 19 pp. Link to pdf

Xing, L., Lockley, M. G., Marty, D., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Klein, H, McCrea, R. T., Buckley, L. G., Belvedere, M., Mateus, O., Gierlinski, G. D., Pinuela, L., Parsons, IV, W. S., Wang, F., Ran, H., Dai, H, and Xie, X., 2015, An ornithopod-dominated tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China: new discoveries, ichnotaxonomy, preservation and palaeoecology: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 10, 44 pp. Link to pdf

Xing, L., Lockley, M. G., Tang, Y., Klein, H, Zhang, J, Persons IV, W. S., Dai, H., and Ye, Y., 2015, Theropod and ornithischian footprints from teh Middle Jurassic Yanan Formation of Zizhou County, Shaanxi, China: Ichnos, v. 23, p. 1-11.

Xing, L., Lockley, M. G., Zhang, J., You, H., Klein, H,. Persons IV, W. S., Dia, H., & Dong, Z-M., 2015, First Early Jurassic ornithischian and theropod footprint assemblage and a new ichnotaxon Shenmuichnus wangi ichnosp. nov. from Yunnan Province, southwestern China: Historical biology, published online, 13pp. (Shenmuichnus wangi)

Xing, L., Peng, G., Lockley, M. G., Ye, Y., Klein, H,. Zhang, J., and Persons IV, W. S., 2015, Early Cretaceous sauropod and ornithopod trackways from a stream course in Sichuan Basin, southwest China:  In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 319-325.

Xing, L., Zhang, J., Lockley, M. G., McCrea, R. T., Klein, H, Alcala, L., Buckley, L. G., Burns, M. E., Kummell, S. B., and He, Q., 2015, Hints of the Early Jehol Biota: Important Dinosaur Footprint Assemblages from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary Tuchengzi Formation in Beijing, China: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 4, 34 pp. Link to pdf


Palaeopathologies

Anne, J., Garwood, R., Lowe, T., Wither,s P. J., and Manning, P. L., 2015, Interpreting pathologies in extant and extinct archosaurs uwing micro-CT: PeerJ3:eii30;DOI 10.7717/peerj.1130, 14pp. Link to pdfs

Bishop, P. J., Walmsley, C. W., Phillips, M. J., Quayle, M. R., Boisvert, C. A., and McHenry, C. R., 2015, Oldest pathology in a tetrapod bone illuminates the origin of terrestrial vertebrates: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 5, 18 pp. Link to pdf

Foth, C., Evers, S., W., Pabst, B,. Mateus, O., Flisch, A., Patthey, M., and Rauhut, O. W. M., 2015, New insights into the lifestyle of Allosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) based on another specimen with multiple pathologies: PeerJ 3:e940; DOI 10.7717/peerj.940, 26pp. Link to pdf

Hone, D. W. E., and Tanke, D. H., 2015, Pre- and postmortem tyrannosaurid bite marks on the remains of Daspletosaurus (Tyrannosaurinae: Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Provincal Park, Alberta, Canada: PeerJ, 3:e885; DOI 10.7717/peerj.885, 30pp. Link to pdf

Jacobsen, A. R., Lauridsen, H, Fiirgaard, B., Boel, L. W. T., and Hansen, K., 2015, Healed or non-healed? computed tomography (CT) visualization of morphology of bite trace ichnotaxa on a dinosaur bone: Annales Societalis Geologorum Poloninae, v. 85, p. 457-464.

Klein, C. G., Whiteside, D. I., de lucas, V. S., Viegas, P. A., and Benton, M. J., 2015, A distinctive Late Triassic microvertebrate fissure fauna and a new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from Woodleaze Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK: Proceedings of the Geological Association, (in pres) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.05.003, 15 pp.

Martinelli, A. G., Teixeira, V. P. A., Marinho, T. S., Fonseca, P. H. M., Cavellani, C. L., Araujo, A. J. G., Ribeiro, L. C. B., and Ferraz, M. L. F., 2015, Fused mid-caudal vertebrae in the titanosaur Uberabatitan ribeiroi from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and other bone lesions: Lethaia, v. 48, p. 456-462.

McCrea, R. T., Tanke, D. H., Buckley, L. G., Lockley, M. G., Farlow, J. O., Xing, L., Matthews, N. A., Helm, C. W., Pemberton, S. G., and Breithaupt, B H., 2015, Vertebrate ichnopathology: Pathologies inferred from dinosaur tracks and trackways from the Mesozoic: Ichnos, v. 22, p. 235-260.

Xing, L., Rothschild, B. M,. Ran, H., Miyashita, T., Persons IV, W. S., Sekiya, T., Zhang, J., Wang, T., and Dong, Z.-M., 2015, Vertebral fusion in two Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60,n. 3, p. 643-649. Link to pdf


Gastroliths


Stomach contents

Hone, D., Henderson, D. M., Therrien, F., and Habib, M. B., 2015, A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus with soft tissue preservation, stomach contents and a putative coprolite: PeerJ 3:e1191; DOI I0.7717/peerj.1191, 19pp.


Coprolites

Hone, D., Henderson, D. M., Therrien, F., and Habib, M. B., 2015, A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus with soft tissue preservation, stomach contents and a putative coprolite: PeerJ 3:e1191; DOI I0.7717/peerj.1191, 19pp.

Hunt, A. P., and Lucas, S. G., 2015, Vertebrate trace fossils from New Mexico and thier significance: In: Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico, edited by Lucas, S. G., and Sullivan, R. M., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 68, 9-39.

Hunt, A. P., Lucas, S. G., Milan, J., Lichtig, A. J., and Jagt, J. W. M., 2015, Vertebrate coprolites from Cretaceous Chalk in Europe and North America and the shark surplus paradox:  In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 63-68.

Schwimmer, D. R., Sanders, A. E., Erickson, B. R., and Weems, R. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA: Americna Philosophical Society Press, v. 105, part 2, 157pp.


Cannibalism


Regurgitalite


Fire (Mesozoic, Paleozoic)


Beetle Borrings

Xing, L., Parkinson, A. H., Ran, H., Pirrone, C. A., Roberts, E. M., Zhang, J., Burns, M. E., Wang, T., and Choiniere, J., 2015, The earliest fossil evidence of bone boring by terrestrial invertebrates, examples from China and South Africa; Historical Biology, published online, 10pp.


Toothmarks

Hill, R. V., Roberts, E. M., Tapanila, L., Bouare, M. L., Sissoko, F., and O'Leary, M. A., 2015, Multispecies shark feeding in the trans-saharan seaway: evidence from Late Cretaceous Dyrosaurid (CorocyliformeS) fossils from notrheastern Mali: Palaios, v. 30, p. 589-596.

Hone, D. W. E., and Tanke, D. H., 2015, Pre- and postmortem tyrannosaurid bite marks on the remains of Daspletosaurus (Tyrannosaurinae: Theropoda) from the Dinosaur Provincal Park, Alberta, Canada: PeerJ, 3:e885; DOI 10.7717/peerj.885, 30pp. Link to pdf

Schwimmer, D. R., Sanders, A. E., Erickson, B. R., and Weems, R. E., 2015, A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and reptile assemblage from South Carolina, USA: Americna Philosophical Society Press, v. 105, part 2, 157pp.


Histology

Bertazzo, S., Maidment, S. C. R., Kallepitis, C., Fearn, S., Stevens, M. M., and Xie, h.-n., 2015, Fibres and cellular structure preserved in 75-million-year-old dinosaur specimens: Nature Communications, published online, 8pp. Link to pdf

Burrow, C. J., Davidson, R. G., Den Blaauwen, J. L., and Newman, M. J., 2015, Revision of Climatius reticulatus Agassiz, 1844 (Acanthodii, Climatiidae), from the Lower Devonian of Scotland, based on new histological and morphological data: Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, v. 25, n. 3, e913421, 15 pp.

Cubo, J., Woodward, H,. Wolff, E., and Horner, J. R., 2015, First reported case of biomechanically adaptive bone modeling in non-avian dinosaurs: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 7, 11 pp. Link to pdf

D'Emic, M. D., Smith, K. M., and Ansley, Z. T., 2015, Unusual histology and morphology of the ribs of mosasaurs (Squamata): Palaeontology, v. 58, part 3, p. 511-520.

Garcia, R. A., and Zurriaguz, V., 2016 (published 2015), Histology of teeth and tooth attachment in titanosaurs (Dinosauria: Sauropoda: Cretaceous Research, v. 57, p. 248-256.

Horner, J. R., Woodward, H. N., and Bailleul, A. M., 2015, Mineralized tissues in dinosaurs interpreted as having formed throught metaplasia: a preliminary evaluation: Coptes Rendus Palevol, article in press, 21 pp.

O'Connor, J. K., Wang, M., Zhou, S., and Zhou, Z., 2015, Osteohistology of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation ornithuromorph (Aves) Iteravis huchzermeyeri: Palaeontologia Electornica, 18.2.35A, pp. 1-11. Link to pdf

Shibata, M., and Azuma, Y., 2015, New basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, central Japan: Zootaxa, issue 3914, n. 4, p. 421-440.

Veiga, F. H., Soares, M. B., and Sayao, J. M., 2015, Osteohistology of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaurs from the Upper Triassic of Southern Brazil: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, n. 4, p. 829-836. Link to pdf

Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A., Cheng, X., Jiang, S.-x., Wang, Q., Sayao, J. M., Rodrigues, T., Costa, F. R., Li, N,. Meng, X., and Zhou, Z., 2015, Eggshell and histology provides insight on the life history of a pterosaur with two fuctional ovaires: Anais da Academia Brasilieria de Ciencias, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf


Soft tissue

Hone, D., Henderson, D. M., Therrien, F., and Habib, M. B., 2015, A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus with soft tissue preservation, stomach contents and a putative coprolite: PeerJ 3:e1191; DOI I0.7717/peerj.1191, 19pp.

Martin, T., Marugan-Lobon, M., Vullo, R., Martin-Abad, H., Luo, Z.-X., and Buscalioni, A. D., 2015, A Cretaceous eutriconodont and integument evolution in early mammals: Nature, v. 526, p. 380-385.


Bonebed

Eberth, D. A., 2015, Origins of dinosaur bonebeds in the Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 655-681.

Evans, D. C., Eberth, D. A., and Ryan, M. J., 2015, Hadrosaurid (Edmontosaurus) bonebeds from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Horsethief Member) at Drumheller, Alberta, Canada: geology, preliminary taphonomy, and significance: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 642-654.


Taphonomy

Botfalvai, G., Osi, A., and Mindszenty, A., 2015, Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous Santonian) Iharkut vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary): Palaeogeography, Palaeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 417, p. 379-405.

Chiba, K., Ryan, M. J., Braman, D. R., Eberth, D. A., Scott, E. E., Brown, C. M., Kobayashi, Y., and Evans, D. C., 2015, Taphonomy of a mondominat Centrosaurus apertus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) bonebed from the Upper Oldman Formation of southastern Alberta: Palaios, v. 30, p. 665-667.  

Delsett, L. L., Novis, L. K., Roberts, A. J., Ooeovoets, M. J., Hammer, O., Druckenmiller, P. S., and Hurum, J. H., 2015, The Slottsmoya marine reptile Lagerstatte: depositional environments, taphonomy and diagensis: In: Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories, edited by Kear, B. P., Lindgren, J., Hurum, J. H., Milan, J., and Vajda, V., Geological Society, Special Publications, 434, p. 24pp.

Evans, D. C., Eberth, D. A., and Ryan, M. J., 2015, Hadrosaurid (Edmontosaurus) bonebeds from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Horsethief Member) at Drumheller, Alberta, Canada: geology, preliminary taphonomy, and significance: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 52, p. 642-654.

Hedrick, B. P., Zanno, L. E., Wolfe, D. G., and Dodson, P., 2015, The slothful claw: osteology and taphonomy of Nothronychus mckinleyi and N. graffami (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and anatomical considerations for derived therizinosaurids: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 10, n. 6, 49 pp. Link to pdf

Robinson, R. F., Jasinski, S. E., and Sullivan, R. M., 2015, Theropod bite marks on dinosaur bones: indications of a scavenger, predator or both?: and thier taphonomic implications: In: Fossil Record 4, edited by Sullivan R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 67, p. 275-282.


Burrows


DNA (and Blood)

Cleland, T. P., Schroeter, E. R., Zamdborg, L., Zheng, W., Lee, J. E., Tran, J. C., Bern, M., Duncan, M. B., Lebleu, V. S., Ahlf, D. R., Thomas, P. M. Kalluri, R., Kelleher, N. L., and Schweitzer, M. H., 2015, Mass spectrometry and antibody-based characterization of blood vessels from Brachylophosaurus canadensis: Journal of Proeome Research, published online, 11pp.


(suppose) Tertiary Dinosaurs


Venomous


Extinction

Brocklehurst, N., Ruta, M., Müller, J., and Fröbisch, J., 2015, Elevated extinction rates as a trigger for diversification rate shifts: early amniotes as as case study: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf

Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Carrano, M. T., Evans, D. C., Lloyd, G. T., Mannion, P. D., Norell, M. A., Peppe, D. J., Upchurch, P. and Williamson, T. E., 2015, The extinction of the dionsaurs: Biological Reviews, v. 90, p. 628-642.

Fastovsky, D. E., and Bercovici, A., 2015, The Hell Creek Formation and its contribution to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction: a short primer: Cretaceous Research, article in press, 23pp.

Richards, M. A., Alvarez, W., Self, S., Karlstrom, L., Renne, P. R., Manga, M., Sprain, C. J., Smith, J., Vanderkluysen, L., and Gibson, S. A., 2015, Triggering of the largest Deccan eruptions by the Chicxulub impact: GSA Bulletion, published online, 14 pp. Link to pdf


Integuments

Feathers

Lindgrten, J., Sjovall, P., Carney, R. M., Cicotta, A., Uvdal, P., Hutcheson, S. W., Gustafsson, O., Lefevre, U., Escuillie, F., Heimdal, J., Engdhal, A., Gren, J. A., Kear, B. P., Wakamatsu, K., Yans, J., and Godefroit, P., 2015, Molecular composition and ultrastructure of Jurassic paravian feathers: Scientific Reports, published online, 13pp.

Skin

Alifanov, V. R., and Saveliev, S. V., 2015, The most ancient ornithomimosaur (Theropoda, Dinosauria), with cover imprints from the Upper Jurassic of Russia: Paleontological Journal, v. 49, n. 6, p. 636-650.

Barrett, P. M., Evans, D. C., and Campione, N. E., 2015, Evolution of dinosaur epidermal structures: Biology Letters, v. 11, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf

Cuesta, E., Diaz-Martinez, I., Ortega, F., and Sanz, J. L., 2015, Did all theropods have chicken-like feet? First evidence of a non-avian dinosaur podotheca: Cretaceous Research, v. 56, p. 53-59.

Jiang, S., Peng, G.-z., and Ye, Y., 2015, The stegosaur fossil in China: Journal of Geology, v. 39 ,n. 4, p. 530-534.

Hair


Interesting Articles

Brasier, M. D., Antcliffe, J., Saunders, M., and Wacey, D., 2015, Changing the picture of Earth's earliest fossils (3.5-1.9 Ga) with new approaches and new discoveries: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 112, n. 16, p. 4859-4864.

Callaway, E., 2015, Computers read the fossil record: Nature, v. 523, p. 115-116. Link to pdf

Hagdorn, H., Heunisch C., and Schoc, R., 2015, Biostratigraphie und alter des Lettenkeupers: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 41-47. Link to pdf

Hagdorn, H., Schoch, R., Seegis, D., and Werneburg, R., 2015, Wirbeltierlagerstätten im Lettenkeuper: Palaeodiversity Special Issue: Der Lettenkeuper - ein Fenster in die Zeit vor den Dinosauriern [The Letternkeuper-- a Window into the Time Before the Dinosaurs], p. 325-358. Link to pdf

Kent, A., 2015, Tackling supervolcanoes: big and fast? Geology, v. 43, n. 11, p. 1039-1040. Link to pdf

Ludvigson, G. A., Joeckel, R. M., Murphy, L. R., Stockli, D. F., Gonzalez, L. A., C. A. Suarez, Kirkland, J. I., and Al-Suwaidi, A., 2015, The emerging terrestrial record of Aptian-Albian global change: Cretaceous Research, v. 56, p. 1-24.

Smith, M. R., and Caron, J.-B., 2015, Hallucigenia's head and the pharyngeal armature of early ecdysozoans: Nature, Letter, published online, 4pp.

Trujillo, K. C., and Kowallis, B. J., 2015, Recalibrated legacy 40Ar/39Ar ages for the Upper jurassic Morrison Formation, Western Interior, U.S.A.: Geology of the intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 2, p. 1-8. Link to pdf


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