2016 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
Genus: Nova (1)
Phyllonaspis ELLIOTT, 2016
Species: Nova (3)
Phyllonaspis laevis ELLIOTT, 2016
Phyllonaspis serratus ELLIOTT, 2016
Phyllonaspis taphensis ELLIOTT, 2016
Elliott, D. K., 2016, The Boothiaspidinae, a new agnathan subfamily (Heterostraci, Cyathaspididae) from the Late Silurian and Early Devonian of the western United States and the Canadian Artic: Journal of Paleontology, published online, 13pp. (Phyllonaspis laevis, Phyllonaspis serratus, Phyllonaspis taphensis) Link to pdf
McCoy, v. E. ,Saupe, E. E., Lamsdell, J. C., Tarhan, L. G., McMahon, S., Lidgard, S., Mayer, P., Walen, C. D., Soriano, C., Finney, L., Vogt, S., Clark, E. G., Anderson, R. P., Petermann, H., Locatelli, E. R., and Briggs, D. E. G., 2016, The 'Tully monster' is a vertebrate: Letter, Nature, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Qiao, T., King, B., Long, J. A., Ahlberg, P. E., and Zhu, M., 2016, Early gnathostome phylogeny revisited: multiple method consensus: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 11, n. 9, 23 pp. Link to pdf
Randle, E., and Sansom, R. S., 2016, Exploring phylogenetic relationships of Pteraspidiformes heterostracans (stem-gnathostomes) using continuous and discrete characters: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, published online, 17pp.
Sweetman, S. C., 2016, A comparison of Barremian-early Aptian vertebrate assemblages from the Jehol Group, north-east China and the Wealden Group, southern Britian: the value of microvertebrate studies in adverse preservational settings: In: 'Contributions in Honour of Zbynek Rocek, Palaeobiology, Palaeonenvironments, v. 96, p. 149-167.
Genus: Nova (1)
Neoturinia HAIRAPETIAN, BLOM & TURNER, 2016
Synonymn: Nova (1)
Neoturinia hutkensis (BLIECK & GOUJET, 1978) HAIRAPETIAN, BLOM &
TURNER, 2016
= Turinia
hutkensis BLIECK & GOUJET, 1978
Hairapetian, V., Blom, H., and Turner, S., 2016, Early Frasnian thelondont scales from central Iran and thier immpilcations for Turiniid Taxonomy, systematics and distribution: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 36, n. 3, e1100632, 17 pp. (Neoturinia hutkensis)
Species: Nova (1)
Bothriolepis rex DOWNS, DAESCHLER, GARCIA, & SHUBIN, 2016
Chure, D. J., and Engelmann, G. F. 2016, Fossil vertebrates in drill cores: a rare but surprisingly divrse group: In: Fossil Record 5, edited by Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 74, p. 51-59.
Denayer, J., Prestianni, C., Gueriau, P., Olive, S., and Clement, G., 2016, Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Late Famennian (Late Devonian) of Southern Belgium and characterization of the Sturd locality: Geological Magazine, v. 153, n. 1, p. 112-127.
Downs, J. P., Daeschler, E. B., Garcia, V. E., and Shubin, N. H., 2016, A new large-bodied species of Bothriolepis (Antiarchi) from the Upper Devonian of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 36, n. 6, e1221833, 15pp. (Bothriolepis rex)
Dworczak, P. G., and Szrek, P., 2016, The Late Devonian placoderm Aspidichthys Newberry, 1873, from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland: Fossil Record, v. 20, p. 9-19. Link to pdf
Long, J. A., 2016, Quantifying scientific significance of a fossil site: the Gogo Fossil sites (Late Devonian, Western Australia) as a case study: In: Papers on Palaeontology Honouring Thomas H. Ric, Edited by Fitzgerald, E. M. G., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, v. 74, p. 5-15. Link to pdf
Olive, S., Clement, G., Daeschler, E. B., and Dupret, V., 2016, Placoderm assemblage from the tetrapod-bearing locality of Strud (Belgium, Upper Famennian) provides evidence for a fish nursery: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 11, n. 8, 9 pp. Link to pdf
Denayer, J., Prestianni, C., Gueriau, P., Olive, S., and Clement, G., 2016, Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Late Famennian (Late Devonian) of Southern Belgium and characterization of the Sturd locality: Geological Magazine, v. 153, n. 1, p. 112-127.
Ogogain, A. O., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Carpenter, D. K., Miller, R. F., Benton, M. J., Pufahl, P. K., Ruta, M., Davies, T. G., Hinds, S. J., and Stimson, M. R., 2016, Fish and tetrapod communities across a marine to brackish salinity gradient in the Pennsylvian (early Moscovian) Minto Formaiton of New Brunswick, Canada, and thier palaeoecological and palaeogeographical implications: Palaeontology, v. 59, part 5, p. 689-724.
Genus: Nova (1)
Kungurodus IVANOV, 2016
Specis: Nova (1)
Protosqualus argentiensis BOGAN, AGNOLIN, & NOVAS, 2016
Synonym: Nova (1)
Kungurodus obliquus (IVANOV, 2005) IVANOV, 2016
= Cobelodus obliquus IVANOV, 2005
Averianov, A., Danilov, I. G., Skutshas, P. P., Kuzmin, I. T., Sues, H.-D., and Dyke, G., 2016, The Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblages of western Kazakhstan:
In: Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography, edited by Khosla, A., and Lucas, S. G., 2016, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 71, p. 5-17.
Averianov, A., Martin, T., Skutschas, P., Danilov, I., Schultz, J., Schellhorn, R., Obraztsova, E., Lopatin, A., Sytchevskaya, E., Kuzmin, I., Krasnolutskii, S., and Ivantsov, S., 2016, Middle Jurassic vertebrate assemblage of Berezovsk coal mine in western Siberia (Russia): Global Geology, v. 19, n. 4, p. 187-204. Link to pdf
Beck, K. G., Soler-Gijon, R., Carlucci, J. R., and Willis, R. E., 2016, Morphology and histology of dorsal spines of the xenacanthid shark Orthacanthus platypternus from the Lower Permian of Texas, USA: palaeobiological and palaeoenvironmental implications: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 61, n. 1, 97-117. Link to pdf
Bertozzi, T., Lee, M. S. Y., and Donnellan, S. C., 2016, Stingray diversification across the end-Cretaceous extinctions: In: Papers on Palaeontology Honouring Thomas H. Rich, Edited by Fitzgerald, E. M. G., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, v. 74, p. 379-390. Link to pdf
Bogan, S., Agnolin, F. L., and Novas, F. E., 2016, New selachian records from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Patagonia: paleobiogeographical implications and the description of a new taxon: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 36, n. 3, e1105235, 9 pp. (Protosqualus argentiensis)
Capsso, L., 2016, The fossil fish of Salento: a history of their discovry and thier study: Thalassia Salentina, v. 38, p. 27-64.
Chure, D. J., and Engelmann, G. F. 2016, Fossil vertebrates in drill cores: a rare but surprisingly divrse group: In: Fossil Record 5, edited by Sullivan, R. M., and Lucas, S. G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 74, p. 51-59.
Cullen, T. M., and Evans, D. C., 2016, Palaeonenvieronmental drivers of vertebrate community composition in the Belly River Group (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, with implications for dinosaur biogeography: BioMed Central, published online, 35pp. Link to pdf
Hamad, A. A., Fischer, J., Voigt, S., Keep, H., and Schneider, J. W., 2016, First Permian occurrence of the shark egg capsule morphotype Palaeoxyris Brongniart, 1828; Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 36, n. 4, e1112290, 4pp.
Kriwet, J., & Klug, S., 2016, Crassodontidanidae, a replacement name for Crassonotidae Kriwet and Klug, 2011 (Chondrichthyes, Hexanchiformes): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 36, n. 4, e1119698, 1pp.
Jacobs, L. L., Polcyn, M. J., Mateus, O., Schulp. A. S., Goncalves, A. O., and Morais, M. L., 2016, Post-Gondwana Africa and the vertebrate history of the Angolan Atlantic Coast: In: Papers on Palaeontology Honouring Thomas H. Rich, Edited by Fitzgerald, E. M. G., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, v. 74, p. 343-362. Link to pdf
Ivanov, A. O., 2016, Chondrichthyans from the Lower Permian of Mechetlino, South Urals,Russia: Bulletin of Geosciences, v. 91, n. 4, p. 717-729. (Kungurodus obliquus = Cobelodus obliquus)
Lucas, S. G., Rinehart, L. F., Heckert, A. B., Hunt, A. P., and Spielmann, J. A., 2016, Rotten Hill: a Late Triassic bonebed in the Texas panhandle, USA: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 72, 97pp.
Lucas, S. G., Sullivan, R. M,. Lichtig, A J., Dalman, S. B., and Jasinski, S. E., 2016, Late Cretaceous dinosaur biogeography and endemism in the Western Interior Basin, North America: a critical re-evaluation: In: Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography, edited by Khosla, A., and Lucas, S. G., 2016, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 71, p. 195-213.
Martin, J. E., 2016, A hexanchid shark from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group of the Western Interior Seaway of North America: Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, v. 95, p. 69-72. Link to pdf
McIntosh, A. P., Shimada, K., and Everhart, M. J., 2016, Late Cretaceous marine vertebrate fauna from the Fairport Chalk Member of the Carlile Shale in southern Ellis County, Kansas, U.S.A.; Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 119, n. 2, p. 222-230.
Mo, J., Buffetaut, E., Tong, H., Amiot, R., Cavin, L., Cuny, G., Suttethorn, V., Suteethorn, S., and Jiang, S., 2016, Early Cretaceous vertebrates from the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi (southern China): a review: Geologial Magazine, v. 153, n. 1, p. 143-159.
Montgomery, H., and Clark, S., 2016, Paleoecology of the Gaddis site in the Upper Cretaceous Aguja Formation, Terlingua, Texas: Palaios, v. 31, p. 347-357.
Murray, A. M., and Cook, T. D., 2016, Overview of the Late Cretaceous fishes of the northern Western Interior Seaway: In: Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography, edited by Khosla, A., and Lucas, S. G., 2016, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 71, p. 255-261.
Ogogain, A. O., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Carpenter, D. K., Miller, R. F., Benton, M. J., Pufahl, P. K., Ruta, M., Davies, T. G., Hinds, S. J., and Stimson, M. R., 2016, Fish and tetrapod communities across a marine to brackish salinity gradient in the Pennsylvian (early Moscovian) Minto Formaiton of New Brunswick, Canada, and thier palaeoecological and palaeogeographical implications: Palaeontology, v. 59, part 5, p. 689-724.
Oman, L. D., Manning, E. M., Badger, R. F., and Whitley, J. B., 2016, A close examination of an aragonitic Upper Woodbury Formation fauna: The Mosasaur, v. 9, p. 83-126.
Ouroumova, O., Shimada, K., and Kirkland, J. I., 2016, Fossil marine vertebrates from the Blue Hill Shale Member (Middle Turonian) of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale in northeastern Nebraska: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 119, n. 2, p. 221-221.
Sander, P. M., Wintrich, T., Schwermann, A. H., and Kindlimann, R., 2016, Die paläontologische Grabung in der Rhät-Lias-Tongrube der Fa. Lückin bei Warburg-Boneburg (Kr. Höxter) im Frühjar, 2015: Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen, Heft 88, p. 11-37.
Soler-Gjon, R., Poyato-Ariza, J., Maisey, j. G., and Lane, J. A., 2016, Chondrichthyes: In Las Hoyas: A cretaceous wetland, a multidisplinary synthesis after 25 years of research on an exceptional fossil Lagersatätte from Spain, edited by Poyato-Ariza, F. J., and Buscalioni, A. D., Verlag Der. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 103-113.
Titus, A. L., Eaton, J. G., and Sertich, J., 2016, Late Cretaceous stratigraphy and vertebrate faunas of the Markagunt, Paunsaugunt, and Kaiparowits Plateaus, Southern Utah: Geology of the Intermountain West, an open-access journal of the Utah Geological Association, v. 3, p. 229-291.
Trikolidi, F. A., and Nazarkin, M. V., 2016, New data on the cow shark teeth (Hexanchiformes) from the Cretaceous deposits of Sakhalin Island (Russia): Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, v. 320, n. 1, p. 66-70. Link to pdf
Verma, O., Khosla, A,. Goin, F. J., and Kaup, J., 2016, Historical biogeography of the Late Cretaceous Vertebrates of India: comparison of geophysical and paleontological data: In: Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography, edited by Khosla, A., and Lucas, S. G., 2016, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 71, p. 317-330.
Genus: Nova (10)
,Becerra, M. G., Pol, D., Rauhut, O. W. M., and Cerda, I. A.,
2016, New heterodontosaurid remains from the Canadon Asfalto Formation:
cursoriality and the functional importance of the pes in small
heterodontosaurids: Journal of Paleontology, published online, 23pp.
Gruntmejer, K., Konietzko-Meier, D., and Bodzioch, A.,
2016, Cranial bone histology of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis (Amphibia,
Temnospondyli) from the Late Triassic of Poland: PeerJ 4:e2685: DOI
10.7717/peerj.2685, 25pp.
Link to pdf Klein, N., Sander, P. M., Krahl, A., Scheyer, T. M., and Houssaye, A., 2016,
Diverse aquatic adaptations in Nothosaurus spp.
(Sauropterygia)--inferences form humeral histology and microanatomy:
Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 11, n. 7, 30 pp.
Link to pdf
Jerve, A., Qu, Q., Sanchez, S., Blom, H., and Ahlberg, P. E., 2016, Three-dimensional paleohistology of the scale and median fin spine of Lophosteus superbus (Pande 1856): PeerJ 4"e2521;DOI 10.7717/peerj.2521 29pp. Link to pdf
Laurin, M., and de Buffrenil, v. de, 2016, Microstructural features of the femur in early ophiacodonts: a reappraisal of ancestral habitat use and lifestyle of amniotes: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 15, p. 115-127.
O'Gorman, J. P., Talevi, M., and Fernandez, M. S., 2016, Osteology of a perinatal aristonectine (Plesiosauria; Elasmosauridae): Antarctic Science, published online, 12pp.
Prieto-Marquez, A., Erickson, G. M., and Ebersole, J. A., 2016, Anatomy
and osteohistology of the basal hadrosaurid dinosaur Eotrachodon from
the uppermost Santonian (Cretaceous) of southern Appalachia: PeerJ 4:e1872; DOI
10.7717/peerj.1872, 66pp.
Link to pdf
Mancuso, A. C., krapovickas, V., Mariscano, C., Benavente, C., Benedito, D., de la Fuente, M., and Ottone, E. G., 2016, Tetrapod tracks taphonomy in eolian facies from the Permian of Argentina: Palaios, v. 31, p. 374-388.
Vogt, M., Stinnesbeck, W., Zell, P., Kober, B., Kontny, J, Herzer, N., Frey, E., Rivera-Sylva, H. E., Gutierrez, J. M. P., Amezcua, N., and Huerta, D. F., 2016, Age and depositional environment of the "dinosaur graveyard" at Las Aguilas, southern Coahuila, NE Mexico: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 441, p. 758-769.
Bordy, E. M., and Krummeck, W. D., 2016, Enigmatic continental burrows from the Early Triassic transition of the Katberg and Burgersdorp Formations in the main Karoo Basin, South Africa: Palaios, v. 31, p. 389-403.
Fischer, V., Bardet, N, Benson, R. B. J., Arkhangelsky, M. S., and Friedman, M., 2016, Extinction of fish-shpaed marine reptiles asociated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility: Nature Communications; published online, 11pp. Link to pdf
Kaiho, K., oshima, N., Adachi, K., Adachi, Y., Mizukami, T., Fujibayashi, M., and Saito, R., 2016, Global climate change drivine by soot at the K-Pg boundary as the cause of the mass extinction: Scientific Reports, published online, 13pp.
Niedzwiedzki, G., Bajdek, P., Qvarnström, M., Sulej, T., Sennikov, A. G., and Golubev, V. K., 2016, Reduction of vertebrate coprolite diversity associated with the end-Permian extinction event in Vyazniki region, European Russia: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 450, p. 77-90.
Onoue, T., Sato, H., Yamashita, D., Ikehara, M., Yasukawa, K., Fujinaga, K., Kato, Y., and Matsuoka, A., 2016, Bolid impact triggered the Late Triassic extinction event in equatorial Panthalassa: Scientific Reports, published online, 8pp.
Petersen, S. V., Dutton, A., and Lohmann, K. C., 2016, End-Cretaceous extinction in Antarctica linked to both Deccan volcanism and meteorite impace via climate change: Nature Communications, published online, 9 pp. Link to pdf
Integuments
Falk, A. R., Kaye, T. G., Zhou, Z., and Burnham, D. A., 2016, Laser fluroescence illuminates the soft tissue and life habits of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 11, n. 12, 15 pp. Link to pdf
Mayr, G., Pttiman, J., Saitta, E., Kaye, T. G., and Vinther, J., 2016, Strucutre and homology of Psittacosaurus tail bristles: Palaeontology, v. 59, part 6, p. 793-802.
Xing, L., McKellar, R. C., Xu, X., Li, G., Bai, M., Persons IV, W. S., Miyashita, T., Benton, M. J., Zhang, J., Wolfe, A. P., Yi, Q., Tseng, K., Ran, H., and Currie, P. J., 2016, A feathered dinosaur tail with primitive plumage trapped in Mid-Cretaceous amber: Current Biology, v. 26, p. 1-9. Link to pdf
Currie, P. J., Holmes, R. B., Ryan, M. J., and Coy, C., 2016, A juvenile chasmosaurine ceratopsid (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 36, n. 2, e1048348, 22pp.
Edwards, N. P., van Veelen, A., Anne, J., Manning, P. L. Gergmann, U., Sellers, W. I., Egerton, V. M., Sokaras, D., Alonso-Mori, R., Wakamatsu, K., Ito, S., and Wogleius, R. A., 2016, Elemental characterisation of melanin in feathers via synchrotron X-ray imaging and absorption spectroscopy: Scientific Reports, published online, 10pp. Link to pdf
Falk, A. R., Kaye, T. G., Zhou, Z., and Burnham, D. A., 2016, Laser fluroescence illuminates the soft tissue and life habits of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis: Public Library of Science (PLOS), One, v. 11, n. 12, 15 pp. Link to pdf
Fondevilla, V., Vila, B., Oms, O., and Galobart, A., 2016, Skin impressions of the last European dinosrus: Geological Magazine, published online, 6pp.
Lund, E. K., Sampson, S. D., and Loewen, M. A., 2016, Nasutoceratops titusi (Ornithischia, Ceratopsidae), a basal Centrosaurine Ceratopsid from the Kaiparowits Formation, southern Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 36, n. 2, e1054936. 26 pp.
Albright III, L. B., and Titus, A. L., 2016, Magnetostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous strata in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah: The Santonian-Campanian Stage boundary, reassessment of the C33N/C33R magnetochron boundary, and implications for regional sedimentation patterns within the Sevier Foreland Basin: Cretaceous Research, v. 63, p. 77-94.
Benton, M. J., 2016, Primer, The Triassic: Current Biology, v. 26, p., R1205-R1225. Link to pdf
Carrano, M. T., Oreska, M. P. J., and Lockwood, R., 2016, Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), II: Paleoecology: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 36, n. 3, e1071265, 12pp.
Dittmar, K., Zhu, O., Hastriter, M. W., and Whiting, M. F., 2016, On the probablity of dinosaur fleas: BMC Evolutionary Biology, published online, 4pp. Link to pdf
Fiorillo, A. R., McCarthy, P. J., Hasiotis, S. T., 2016, Crayfish burrows from the latest Cretaceous lower Cantwell Formation (Denali National Park, Alaska): Their morphology and paleoclimate significance: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 441, p. 352-359.
Golovneva, L. B., 2016, The Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) climate in the Northern hemisphere: In: Climates, Past and Present, Geological Society, London, Special publications, v. 181, p. 43-54. Link to pdf
Klug, C., Schweigert, G., Fuchs, D., Kruta, I., and Tischlinger, H., 2016, Adaptations to squid-style high-speed swimming in Jurassic belemnitids: Biology Leters, published on line, 5pp.
Ladant, J.-B., and Donnadieu, Y., 2016, Palaeogeographic regulation of glacial events during the Cretaceous supergreenhouse: Nature Communications, published online, 9pp. Link to pdf