Articles - Dino Hunter

Friedman, M., and Brazeau, M., 2008, Comment, placoderm muscles and chordate interrelationships: Biology Letters, v. 4, p. 103.

Young, G. C., 2008, Number and arrangement of extraocular muscles in prmitive gnathostomes: evidence from extinct placoderm fishes: Biology Letters, v. 4, p. 110-114.

Hairapetian, V., Blom, H., and Miller, C. G., 2008, Silurian thelodonts from the Niur Formation, Central Iran: Acata Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 53, n. 1, p. 85-95. (Niurolepis susanae)

Dupret, V., 2008, A new Wuttagoonaspid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan (South China): origin, dispersal, and paleobiogeographic significance: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 12-20. (Yiminaspis shenme)

Dupret, V., and Zhu, M., 2008, The earliest phyllolepid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Late Lochkovian (Early Devonian) of Yunnan (South China): Geological Magazine, v. 145, n. 3, p. 257-278. (Gavinaspis convergens)

Friedman, M., and Brazeau, M., 2008, Comment, placoderm muscles and chordate interrelationships: Biology Letters, v. 4, p. 103.

Sanchez-Villagra, M. R., Brinkmann, W., and Lozsan, R., 2008, The Paleozoic and Mesozoic vertebrate record of Venezuela: an overview, summary of previous discoveries and report of a mosasaur from the La Luna Formation (Cretaceous): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 82, Heft 2, p. 113-124.

Young, G. C., 2008, Number and arrangement of extraocular muscles in prmitive gnathostomes: evidence from extinct placoderm fishes: Biology Letters, v. 4, p. 110-114.

Hanke, G. F., 2008, Promesacanthus eppleri n. gen., n. sp., a mesacanthid (Acanthodii, Acanthodiformes) from the Lower Devonian of northern Canada: Geodiversitas, v. 30, n. 2, p. 287-302. (Promesacanthus eppleri)

Hanke, G. F., and Davis, S. P., 2008, Redescription of the acanthodian Gladiobranchus probaton Bernacsek & Dineley, 1977, and comments on diplacnathid relationships: Geodiversitas, v. 30, n. 2, p. 303-330.

Kriwet, J., Witzmann, F., Klug, S., and Heidtke, U. H. J., 2008, First direct evidence of a vertebrate three-level trophic chain in the fossil record: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series B, v. 275, p. 181-186.

Brinkman, D. B., 2008, The structure of Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) nonmarine aquatic communities: a guild analysis of two vertebrate microfossil localities in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 33-60.

Burrow, C. J., Hovestadt, D. C., Hovestadt-Euler, M., Turner, S., and Young, G. C., 2008, New information on the Devonian shark Mcmurdodus, based on material from western Queensland, Australia: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 155-163.

Cicimurri, D. J., Parris, D. C., and Everhart, M. J., 2008, Partial dentition of a chimaeroid fish (chondrichthyes, holocephali) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Kansas: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 34-40.

Cuny, G., 2008, Mesozoic hybodont sharks from Asia and their relationships to the genus Ptychodus: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 211-216.

Demar Jr., D. G., and Breithaupt, B. H., 2008, Terrestrial and aquatic vertebrate paleocommunities of the Mesaverde Formation Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of the Wind River and Bighorn Basins, Wyoming, USA: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 78-103.

Duffin, C. J., and Cuny, G., 2008, Carcharopsis prototypus and the adaptations of single crystallite enameloid in cutting dentitions: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 181-184.

Duffin, C. J,. and Ivanov, A., 2008, New chondrichthyan teeth from the Early Carboniferous of Britian and Russia: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 191-197. (Gintera fungiforma)

Ginter, M., 2008, Devonian filter-feeding sharks: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 147-153. (Diademodus utahensis, Lesnilomia sandbergi)

Ginter, M., Liao, J.-C., and Valenzuela-Rios, J. I., 2008, New data on chondrichthyan microremains from the Givetian of the Renaue section in the Aragonian Pyrenees (Spain): In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 165-172.

Haiparpetian, V., Ginter, M., and Yazdi, M., 2008, Early Frasnian sharks from central Iran: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 173-179. (Manberodus fortis)

Johanson, Z., Tanaka, M., Chaplin, N. and Smith, M., 2008, Early Palaeozoic dentine and patterned scales in the embryonic catshark tail: Biology Letters, v. 4, p. 87-90.

Johnson, G., 2008, Ctenacanthiform Cladont teeth from the Lower Permian Wichita Group, Texas, U.S.A: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 205-209.

Kear, B. P., and Godthelp, H., 2008, Inferred vertebrate bite marks on an Early Cretaceous unionoid bivale from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia: Alcheringa, v. 32, p. 65-71.

Klug, S., 2008, The Late Jurassic neoselachian Macrourogaleus Fowler, 1947 is a palaeospinacid shark (Elasmobranchii, Synechodontiformes): In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 229-234.

Klug, S., and Kriwet, J., 2008, A new basal galemorph shark (Synechodontiformes, Neoselachii) from the Early Jurassic of Europe: Naturwissenschaften, v. 95, p. 443-448. (Palidiplospinax enniskilleni = Synechodus enniskilleni, Palidiplospinax occultidens = Synchodus occultidens, Palidiplospinax smithwoodwardi, = Synechodus smithwoodwardi = Palaeospinax smithwoodwardi )

Kriwet, J., 2008, A new species of extinct bullhead sharks, Paracestracion viohli sp. nov. (Neoselachii, Heterdontiformes, from the Upper Jurassic of South Germany: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 235-241. (Paracestracion viohli)

Lebedev, O. A., 2008, Systematics and dnetal system reconstruction of the durophagous chondrichthyan Lagarodus Jaekel, 1898: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 199-204.

Maisey, J. G., 2008, Some observations on Denaea fournieri (Chondrichthyes, Symmoriiformes) from the Lower Carboniferous of Belgium: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 185-190.

Mutter, R. J., and Neuman, A. G., 2008, Jaws and dentition in an Early Triassic, 3-dimensionally preserved eugendontid skull (Chondrichthyes): In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 223-227.

Popov, E. V., 2008, A revision of the chimeroid fishes (Holocephali, Chimaeroidei) from the British Cretaceous: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 113-247.

Rees, J., 2008, Interrelationships of Mesozoic hybodont sharks as indicated by dental morhology-preliminary results: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 217-221.

Sankey, J. T., 2008a, Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 61-77.

Shimada, K., 2008, Ontogenetic parameters and life history strategies of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, based on vertebral growth increments: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 21-33.

Turner, S., and Miller, R. F., 2008, Protodus jexi Woodward, 1892 (Chondrichthyes), from the Lower Devonian Campbellton Formation, New Brunswick, Canada: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 133-145.

Underwood, C. J., and Ward, D. J., 2008, Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes from the British Coniacian, Santonian and Campanian (Upper Cretaceous): Palaeontology, v. 51, part 3, p. 509-536. (Crassescyliorhinus germanicus = Scyliorhinus germanicus, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Palaeoscyllium striatum, Prohaploblepharus riefrafi = Scyliorhinus ?riegrafi, Pteroscyllium hermani, Paratriakis subserratus, Paratriakis tenuis, Leptocharias cretaceus)

Vullo, R., and Neraudeau, D., 2008, When the "primitive" shark Tribodus (Hybodontiformes) meets the "modern" ray Pseudohypolophus Rajiformes): the unique co-occurrence of these two durophagous Cretaceous selachians in Charentes (SW France): In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 249-255.

Whitside, D. I., and Marshall, J. E. A., 2008, The age, fauna and palaeoenvironment of the Late Triassic fisure deposits of Tytherington, South Gloucestershire, UK: Geological Magazine, v. 141, n. 1, p. 105-147.

Wilga, C. A. D., 2008, Evolutionary divergence in the feeding mechanism of fishes: In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 113-120.

Zigaite, Z., and Karatajute-Talimaa, V., 2008, New genus of chondrichthyans from the Silurian-Devonian boundary deposits of Tuva (Russia): In: Evolution and diversity of Chondrichthyans, Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 58, n. 2, p. 127-131. (Tuvalepis schultzei)

Fish

Alvarado-Ortega, J., and Espinosa-Arrubarrena, L., 2008, A new genus of Ionoscopiform fish (Halecomorphi) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) lithographic limestones of the Tlayua Quarry, Puebla, Mexico: Journal of Paleontology, v. 82, n. 1, p. 163-175. (Quetzalichthys perrillatae)

Alvarado-Ortega, J., and Ovalles-Damian, E., 2008, Triplomystus applegatei, sp. nov. (Teleostei: Ellimmichthyiformes), a rare "Triple armored herring" from El Espinal Quarry (Early Cretaceous), Chiapas, southeastern Mexico: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 53-60. (Triplomystus applegatei)

Bonde, J. W., Varricchio, D. J., Jackson, F. D., Loope, D. B., and Shirk, A. M., 2008, Dinosaurs and dunes! sedimentology and paleontology of the Mesozoic in the Valley of Fire State Park: In: Field Guide to plutons, volcanoes, faults, reefs, dinosaurs, and possible glaciation in selected areas of Arizona, California, and Nevada, edited by Duebendorfer, E. M., and Smith, E. I., The Geological Society of America, Field Guide, n. 11, p. 249-262.

Gupta, N. S., Cambra-Moo, O., Briggs, D. E. G., Love, G. D., Fregenal-Martinez, M. A., and Summons, R. E., 2008, Molecular taphonomy of macrofossils from the Cretaceous Las Hoyas Formation, Spain: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 1-8.

Lopez-Arbarello, A., 2008, Revision of Semionotus bergeri Agassiz, 1833 (Upper Triassic, Germany), with comments on the taxonomic status of Semionotus (Actinopterygii, Semionotiformes): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 82, Heft 1, p. 40-54.

Sankey, J. T., 2008a, Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA:In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 61-77.

Wang, X., Bachmann, G. R., Hagdorn, H., Sanders, P. M., Cuny, G., Chen, X., Wang, C., Chen, L., Chen, L., Meng, F., and Xu, G., 2008, The Late Triassic Black Sharles of Guanling area, Guizhou Province, South-West China: a unique marine reptile and pelaic crinoid fossil lagerstatte: Palaeontology, v. 51, part 1, p. 27-61.

Crossopterygians

Ahlberg, P. E., Clack, J. A., Luksevics, E., Blom, H., and Zupins, I., 2008, Ventastega curonica and the origin of tetrapod morphology: Nature, v. 453, p. 1199-1204.

Anderson, J. S., Henrici, A. C., Sumida, S. S., Martens, T,. and Berman, D. S., 2008, Georgenthalia clavinascia, a new genus and species of dissorophoid temnospondyli from the Early Permian of Germany, and the relationshps of the family Amphibamidae: Journal of Verbrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 61-75. (Georgenthalia clavinascia)

Anderson, J. S., Reisz, R. R., Scott, D., Fröbisch, N. B., and Sumida, S. S., 2008, A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders: Nature, v. 453, p. 515-518. (Gerobatrachus hottoni)

0Averianov, A. O., Martin, T., Skutschas, P. P., Rezvyi, A. S., and Bakirov, A. A., 2008, Amphibians from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgystan (Central Asia): Palaeontology, v. 51, part 2, p. 471-485.

Damiani, R., 2008, A giant skull of the temnospondyl Xenotosuchus africanus from the Middle Triassic of South Aferica and its ontogenetic implicattions: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 53, n. 1, p. 75-84.

Dias-Da-Silva, and Schultz, C. L., 2008, Early Triassic postcranial temnospondyl remians from southern Brazil (Sanga do Cabral Formation, Parana Basin): Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 51-58.

Englehorn, J., Small, B. J., and Huttenlocker, A., 2008, A redescrition of Acroplous vorax (Temnospondyli: Dvinosauria) based on new specimens from the Early Permian of Nebraska and Kansas: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 291-305.

Schoch, R. R., 2008, A new stereospondyl from the German Middle Triassic, and the origin of the Metoposauridae: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 152, p. 79-113. (Callistomordax kugleri)

Witzmann, F., and Gassner, T., 2008, Metoposaurid and mastodonsaurid stereospondyls from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary of Portugal: Alchringa, v. 32, p. 37-51.

Witzmann, F., Schoch, R. R., and Maisch, M. W., 2008, A relict basal tetrapod from Germany: first evidence of a Triassic chroniosuchian outside Russia: Naturwissenschaften, v. 95, p. 67-72. (Bystrowiella schumannorum = Bystrowiella schumanni) Note: The authors incorrectly coined the species name as -i, when honoring more than one family or person, the correct ending is -orum)

Averianov, A. O., Martin, T., Skutschas, P. P., Rezvyi, A. S., and Bakirov, A. A., 2008, Amphibians from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgystan (Central Asia): Palaeontology, v. 51, part 2, p. 471-485.

Candeiro, C. R. A., Santos, A. R., Bergqvist, L. P., Ribeiro, L. C. B., and Apesteguia, S., 2008, The Late Cretaceous fauna and flora of the Uberaba area (Minas Gerais State, Brazil): Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 25, p. 203-216.

Baez, A. M., and Nicole, L., 2008, A new species of Notobatrachus (Amphibia, Salientia) from the Middle Jurassic of northwstern Patagonia: Journal of Paleontology, v. 82, v. 2, p. 372-376. (Notobatrachus reigi)

Evans, S. E., Hones, M. E. H., and Krause, D. W., 2008, A giant frog with South American affinities from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 105, n. 8, p. 2951-1956. (Beelzebufo ampinga)\

Gardner, J. D., 2008, New information on frogs (Lissamphibia: Anura) from the Lance Formation (Late Maastrichtian) and Bug Creek Anthills (Late Maastrichtian and Early Paleocene), Hell Creek Formation, USA: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 219-249.

Gardner, J. D., and Bohme, M., 2008, Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary Albanerpetontids: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 178-218.

Sankey, J. T., 2008a, Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA:In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 61-77.

Schweigert, G., and Etter, W., 2008, On the true nature of the supposed urodelan amphibian Boomgarrdia v. Huene, 1948 from the Middle Jurassic of SW Germany - a tanaidacean! Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 247, n. 1, p. 123-127.

Cisneros, J. C., 2008, Taxonomic status of the reptile genus Procolophon from the Gondwanana Triassic: Palaeontographic Africana, v. 43, p. 7-17.

Sidor, C., Miller, M., and Isbell J., 2008, Tetrapod burrows from the Triassic of Antarctica: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 277-284.

Danilov, I. G., and Parham, J. F., 2008, A reassessment of some poorly known turtles from the Middle Jurassic of China, with comments on the antiquity of extant turtles: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 306-318.

Jackson, F. D., Jin, X., Varricchio, D. J., Azuma, Y., and Jiang, Y., 2008, The first in situ turtle clutch from the Cretaceous Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 319-325.

Scheyer, T. M., and Anquetin, J., 2008, Bone histology of the Middle Jurassic turtle shell remains from Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England: Lethaia, v. 41, p. 85-96.

Sterli, J., 2008, A new, nearly complete stem turtle from the Jurassic of South America with implications for turtle evolution: Biology Letters, v. 4, p. 286-289. (Condorchelys antiqua)

Arkhangel’sky, M. S., Averianov, A. O., Pervushov, E. M., Ratnikov, V. Yu, and Zozyrev, N. Yu., 2008, On ichthyosaur remains from the Cretaceous of the Voronezh region: Palaeontological Journal, v. 42, n. 3, p. 287-291. (Platypterygius ochevi)

Bardet, N., Fernandez, M., Garcia-Ramos, J. C., Pereda Suberbiola, X., Pinuela, L., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., and Vincent, P., 2008, A juvenile plesiosaur from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Asturias, Spain: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 258-263.

Bicklemann, C., and Sander, P. M., 2008, A partial skeleton and isolated humeri of Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) from Winterswijk, The Netherlands: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 326-338.

Druckenmiller, P. S., and Russell, A. P., 2008, Skeletal anatomy of an exceptionally complete specimen of a new genus of plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Early Albian) of northeastern Alberta, Canada: Palaeontographica, Abt. A., v. 283, lfg. 1-3, p. 1-33. (Nichollsia borealis)

Holmes, R., Cheng, Y.-N., and Wu, X.-C., 2008, New information on the skull of Keichuosaurus hui (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) with comments on sauropterygian interrelationships: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 76-84.

Kaim, A., Kobayashi, Y., Echizenya, H., Jenkins, R. G., and Tanabe, K., 2008, Chemosynthesis-based associations on Cretaceous plesiosaurid carcasses: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 53, n. 1, p. 97-104.

Kear, B. P., and Godthelp, H., 2008, Inferred vertebrate bite marks on an Early Cretaceous unionoid bivale from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia: Alcheringa, v. 32, p. 65-71.

Sato, T., and Wu, X.-C, 2008, A new Jurassic pliosaur from Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 45, p. 303-320. (Borealonectes russelli)

Smith, A. S., 2008, Fossils explained 54, plesiosaurs: Geology Today, v. 24, n. 2, p. 71-75.

Zhao, L., Sato, T., and Li, C., 2008, The most complete psitosauroid skeleton from the Triassic of Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 82, n. 2, p. 283-286.

Stein, K., Palmer, C., Gill, P. G., and Benton, M. J., 2008, The aerodynamics of the British Late Triassic Kuehneosauridae: Palaeontology, v. 51, part 4, p. 967-981.

de Buffrenil, V., Bardet, N., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Bouya, B., 2008, Specialization of bone structure in Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, an aquatic squamate from the Late Cretaceous of the southern Tethyan margin: Lethia, v. 41, p. 59-69.

Caldwell, M. W., and Calvo, J., 2008, Details of a new skull and articulated cervical column of Dinilysia patagonica Woodward, 1901: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 349-362.

Caldwell, M. W., Konishi, T., Obata, I., and Muramoto, K., 2008, A new species of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28 , n. 2, p. 339-348. (Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis)

Evans, S. E., and Manabe, M., 2008, An early herbivorous lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan: Palaeontology, v. 51, part 2, p. 487-498. (Kuwajimalla kagaensis)

Fernandez, M., Martin, J., and Casadio, S., 2008, Mosasaurs (Reptilia) from the Late Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of northern Patagonia (Rio Negro, Argentina): Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 25, p. 176-186.

Gomez, R. O., Baez, A. M., and Rougier, G. W., 2008, An anilioid snake from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Patagonia: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 481-488. (Australophis anilioides)

Norell, M. A., Gao, K.-Q., and Conrad, J., 2008, A new platynotan lizard (Diapsida: Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous Gobi Desert (Ömnögov), Mongolia: American Museum Novitates, n. 3605, 22pp. (Ovoo gurval)

Sankey, J. T., 2008a, Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA:In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 61-77.

Smith, K. T., and Buchy, M.-C., 2008, A new aigialosaur (Squamata: Anguimorpha) with soft tissue remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 85-94. (Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi)

Archosauromorphs

Galton, P. M., 2008 (for december 2007), Notes on the remains of archosaurian reptiles, mostly basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs, from the 1834 fissure fill (Rhaetian, Upper Triassic) at Clifton in Bristol, southwest England: Revue de Paleobiologie, v. 26, n. 2, p. 505-591.

Gao, K.-Q., and Ksepka, D. T., 2008, Osteology and taxonomic revision of Hyphalosaurus (Diapsida: Choristodera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning, China: Journal of Anatomy, v. 212, p. 747-768.

Hone, D. W. E., and Benton, M. J., 2008, A new genus of rhynchosuar from the Middle Triassic of South-West England: Palaeontology, v. 51, part 1, p. 95-115. (Fodonyx spenceri = Rhynchosaurus spenceri)

de Ricqles, A., Padian, K., Knoll, F., and Horner, J. R., 2008, On the origin of high growth rates in archosaurs and thier ancient relatives: complementary histological studies on Triassic archosauriforms and the problem of a "phylogenetic signial" in bone histology: Annales de Paleontologie, v. 94, p. 57-76.

Rieppel, O., Li, C., and Fraser, N. C., 2008, The skeletal anatomy of the Triassic protosaur Dinocephalosaurus orientalis Li from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, Southern China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 95-110.

Skutschas, P. P., 2008, A choristoderan reptile from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 247, n. 1, p. 63-78.

Dalton, R., 2008, Fossil reptiles mired in controveresy: Nature, v. 451, p. 510.

Parker, W. G., 2008, Description of new material of the aetosaur Desmatosuchus spurensis (Archosauria: Suchia) from the Chinle Formation of Arizona and a revision of the genus Desmatosuchus: PaleoBios, v. 28, n. 1, p. 1-40.

Peyer, K., Carter, J. G., Sues, H.-D., Noak, S. E., and Olsen, P. E., 2008, A new suchian archosaur from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 363-381. (Postosuchus alisonae)

Renesto, S., 2008, Remains of a juvenile phytosaur from the Late Triassic of northern Italy: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 114, n. 1, p. 155-160.

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Bardett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Novas, F. E., Moore-Fay, S. C., Moody, J. M., Clark, J. M., and Sanchez-Villagra, M. R., 2008, Dinosaur remains from the La Quinta Formation (Lower or Middle Jurassic) of the Venezuelan Andes: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 82, Heft 2, p. 163-177.

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Godefroit, P., Currie, P. J., Li, H., Shang, C. Y., and Dong, Z.-M., 2008, A new species of Velociraptor (Dinosauria: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 432-438. (Velociraptor osmolskae)

Gwin, P., 2008, The Real Jurassic Park: National Geographic, v. 214, n. 1, p. 104-115.

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Soto, M., and Perea, D., 2008, A ceratosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous of Uruguay: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 439-444.

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Fiorillo, A. R., 2008, Lack of variability in feeding patterns of the sauropod dinosaur Diplodocus and Camarasaurus (Late Cretaceous, Western USA) with respect to climate as indicated by tooth wear features: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 104-116.

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Gwin, P., 2008, The Real Jurassic Park: National Geographic, v. 214, n. 1, p. 104-115.

Jackson, F. D., Varricchio, D. J., Jackson, R. A., Vila, B., and Chiappe, L. M., 2008, Comparison of water vapor conductance in a titanosaur egg from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina and a Megaloolithus siruguei egg from Spain: Paleobiology, v. 34, n. 2, p. 229-246.

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Lehman, T. M., and Woodward, H. N., 2008, Modeling growth rates for sauropod dinosaurs: Paleobiology, v. 34, n. 2, p. 264-281.

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Lu, J., Li, T., Zhong, S., Ji, Q., and Li., S., 2008, A new mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Yuanmou, Yunnan Province, China: Acta Geological Sinica, v. 82, n. 1, p. 17-26. (Eomamenchisaurus yuanmouensis)

Pereiralopes, R., and Carvalho Buchmann, F. S. de, 2008, Fossils of titanosaurs (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from a new outcrop in Triangulo Mineiro, southeastern Brazil: Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 69-72.

Salgado, L., Carvalho, I. de. S., 2008, Uberabatitan ribeiroi, a new titanosaur from the Marilia Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil: Palaeontology, v. 51, part 4, p. 881-901. (Uberabatitan ribeiroi)

Arbour, V. M., and Graves, M. C., 2008, An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, north-central British Columbia, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 45, p. 457-463.

Balanoff, A. M., Norell, M. A., Grellet-Tinner, G., and Lewin, M. R., 2008, Digital preparation of a probable neoceratopsian preserved within an egg, with comments on microstructural anatomy of ornithischian eggshells: Naturwissenschaften, v. 95, p. 493-500.

Britt, B. B., Scheetz, R. D., and Dangerfield, A., 2008, A suite of dermestid beetle traces on dinosaur bone from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA: Ichnos, v. 15, p. 59-71.

Butler, R. J., Upchurch, P., and Norman, D. B., 2008, The phylogeny of the ornithischian dinosaurs: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 4, p. 1-40.

Carpenter, K., and Wilson, Y., 2008, A new species of Camptosaurus (Ornithopoda: Dinosauria) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, and a biomechanical analysis of its forelimb: Annals of Carnegie Museum, v. 76, n. 4, p. 227-264. (Camptosaurus aphanoecetes)

Cerda, I. A., 2008, Gastroliths in an ornithopod dinosaur: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 53 ,n. 2, p. 351-355.

Chen, J., Butler, R. J., and Jin, L., 2008, New material of large-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs, including an iguanodontia ornithopod, from the Quantou Formation (middle Cretaceous: Aptian-Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, northeastern China: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 248, n. 3, p. 309-314.

Fastnacht, M., 2008, Die Edmontosaurus-mumie bei Senckenberg: Natur und Museum, v. 138, n. 3/4, p. 78-79.

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Gwin, P., 2008, The Real Jurassic Park: National Geographic, v. 214, n. 1, p. 104-115.

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Knoll, F., 2008, Buccal soft anatomy in Lesothosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 248, n. 3, p. 355-364.

Lauters, P., Bolotsky, Y. L., Itterbeeck, J. van, and Godefroit, P., 2008, Taphonomy and age profile of a Latest Cretaceous dinosaur bone bed in far eastern Russia: Palaios, v. 23, p. 153-162.

Lingham-Soliar, T., 2008, A uniue cross section through the skin of the dinosaur Psittacosaurus from China showing a complex fibre architecture: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series B, v, 275, p. 775-780.

Mateus, O, 2008, Two ornithischian dinosaurs renamed: Microceratops Bohlin 1953 and Diceratops Lull 1905: Journal of Paleontology, v. 82, n. 2, p. 423. (Diceratus = Diceratops, Microceratus = Microceratops)

Naish, D., and Martill, D. M., 2008, Dinosaurs of Great Britian and the role of the Geological Society of London in thier discovery: Ornithischia: Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 165, p. 613-623.

Nye, E., Feist-Burkhardt, S., Horne, D. J., Ross, A. J., and Whittaker, J. E., 2008, The palaeoenvironment associated with a partial Iguanodon skeleton from the Upper Weald Clay (Barremian, Early Cretaceous) at Smokejacks Brickworks (Ockley, Surrey, UK), based on palynomorphs and ostracods: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 417-444.

Paul, G. S., 2008, A revised taxonomy of the iguandont dinosaur genera and species: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 192-216. (Dakotadon lakotaensis = Iguanodon lakotaensis, Dollodon bampingi)

Sankey, J. T., 2008a, Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA:In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 61-77.

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Snively, E., and Cox, A., 2008, Structural mechanics of pachycephalosaur crania permitted head-butting behavior: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 11, issue 1, n. 3A, 17pp.

Tereschenko, V. S., 2008, Adaptive features of protoceratopoids (Ornithischia: Neoceratopsia): Palaeontological Jounal, v. 42, n. 3, p. 273-286.

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Butler, R. J., Upchurch, P., and Norman, D. B., 2008, The phylogeny of the ornithischian dinosaurs: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, v. 4, p. 1-40.

Lee, A. H., and Werning, S., 2007, Sexual maturity in growing dinosaurs does not fit reptilian growth models: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 105, n. 2, p. 582-587.

Schmeisser, R. L., and Flood, T. P., 2008, Recognition of paleogastroliths from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah using a scanning electron microscope: Ichnos, v. 15, p. 72-77.

Wilson, L. E., 2008, Comparative taphonomy and paleoecological reconstruction of two microvertebrate accumulations from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian), eastern Montana: Palaios, v. 23, p. 288-297.

Bennett, S. C., 2008, Ontogeny and Archaeopteryx: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 535-542.

Cau, A., and Arduini, P., 2008, Enantiophoenix electrophyla gen. et sp. nov. (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon and its phylogenetic relationships: Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo ivico di Storia Naturale in Milano, v. 149, n. 2, p. 293-324. (Enantiophoenix electrophyla)

Clarke, J. A., and Middleton, K. M., 2008, Mosaicism, modules, and the evolution of birds: results from a bayesian approach to the study of morphological evolution using discrete character data: Systematic Biology, v. 57, n. 2, p. 185-201.

Currie, P. J., and Coy, C., 2008, The first serrated bird tooth: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 159-165.

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Kurochkin, E. N., and Bogdanovich, I. A., 2008, On the origin of avian flight: compromise and system approaches: Theoretical Biology, v. 35, n. 1, p. 1-11.

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Poore, S. O., 2008, The morphological basis of the Arm-to-Wing transition: American Society for Surgery of the Hand, v. 33A, p. 177-180.

Sankey, J. T., 2008a, Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA:In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 61-77.

Yuan, C., 2004, A new genus and species of Sapeornithidae from Lower Cretaceous in Western Liaoning, China: Acta Geologica Sinica, v. 82, n. 1, p. 48-55. (Didactylornis jii)

Zhang, F. C., Zhou, Z., and Benton, M. J., 2008, A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications of rearly avian flight: Science in China, Series D, Earth Sciences, v. 51, n. 5, p. 625-639. (Eoconfuciusornis zhengi)

Zhou, Z., Clarke, J., and Zhang, F., 2008, Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution of the largest Early Cretaceous Enantiornithine bird: Journal of Anatomy, v. 212, p. 565-577. (Pengornis houi)

Maddin, H. C, Sidor, C. A., and Reis, R. R., 2008, Cranial anatomy of Ennatosaurus tecton (Synapsida; Caseidae) from the Middle Permian of Russia and the evolutionary relationships of Caseidae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 160-180.

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Hammer, W. R., and Smith, N. D., 2008, A tritylodont postcranine from the Hanson Formation of Antarctica: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 269-273.

Kammerer, C. F., Flynn, J. J., Ranivoharimanana, L,. and Wyss, A. R., 2008, New material of Menadon besairiei (Cynodontia: Traversodontidae) from the Triassic of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 445-462.

Liu, J., Soares, M. B., and Reichel, M., 2008, Massetognathus (Cynodontia, Traversodontidae) from the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil: Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 27-36.

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Smiley, T. M., Sidor, C. A., Maga, A., and Ide, O., 2008, The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger, VI. first evidence of a gorgonopsian therapsid: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 8, p. 543-547.

Asher, R. J., Geisler, J. H., and Sanchez-Villagra, M. R., 2008, Morphology, paleontology, and placental mammal phylogeny: Systematic Biology, v. 57, n. 2, p. 311-317.

Averianov, A., and Lopatin, A., 2008, "Protocone" in a pretribosphenic mammal and upper dentition of tinodontid "Symmetrodontans": Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 548-552.

Rowe, T., Rich, T. H., Vickers-Rich, P., Springer, M., and Woodburne, M. O., 2008, The oldest platypus and its bearing on divergence timing of the platypus and echidna clades: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 105, n. 4, p. 1238-1242.

Sankey, J. T., 2008a, Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA:In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 61-77.

Jackson, F. D., and Schmitt, J. G., 2008, Recognition of vertebrate egg abnormalities in the Upper Cretaceous fossil record: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 27-39.

Welsh, E., and Sankey, J. T., 2008, First dinosaur eggshells from Texas, USA: Aguja Formation (Late Campanian), Big Bend Natonal Park: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 166-177.

Zelenitsky, D., and Therrien, F., 2008, Phylogenetic analysis of reproductive traits of maniraptoran theropods and its implications for egg parataxonomy: Palaeontology, v. 51, part 4, p. 807-816.

Bates, K. T., Manning, P. L., Vila, B., and Hodgetts, D., 2008, Three-dimensional modelling and analysis of dinosaur trackways: Palaeontology, v. 51, part 4, p. 999-1010.

Dentzien-Dias, P. C., Schultz, C. L., and Bertoni-Machado, C., 2008, Taphonomy and paleoecology inference of vertebrate ichnofossils from Guara Formation (Upper Jurassic), southern Brazil: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 25, p. 195-202.

Diedrich, C., 2008, Millions of reptile tracks – Early to Middle Triassic carbonate tidal flat migration bridges of Central Europe – reptile immigration into the Germanic basin: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 259, p. 410-423.

Fernandes, M. A., and Carvalhyo, I. de S., 208, Revisao diagnostica para a icnoespecie de tetrapode Mesozoico Brasilichnium elusivum (Leonardi, 1981) (Mammalia) da Formacao Botucatu, Bacia do Parana, Brasil: Ameghiniana, v. 45, n. 1, p. 167-173.

Hwang, K.-G., Lockley, M. G., Huh, M., and Paik, I. S., 2008, A reinterpretation of dinosaur footprints with internal ridges from the Upper Cretaceous Uhangri Formation, Korea: Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 258, p. 59-70.

Lee, Y.-N., Lee, H.-J., Lu, J., and Kobayashi, Y., 2008, New pterosaur tracks from the Hasandong Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Hadong County, South Korea: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 345-353. (Pteraichnus koreanensis)

Li, R., Lockley, M. G., Makovicky, P. J., Matsukawa, M., Norell, M. A., Harris, J. D., and Liu, M., 2008, Behavioral and faunal implications of Early Cretaceous deinonychosaur trackways from China: Naturwissenschaften, v. 95, p. 185-191. (Dromaeopodus shandongensis)

Lockley, M. G., Kim, J. Y., Kim, K. S., Kim, S. H., Matsukawa, M., Li, R,. Li, J., and Yang, S.-Y., 2008, Minisauripus-the track of a diminutive dinosaur from the Cretaceous of China and South Korea: implications for stratigraphic correlation and theropod foot morphyodynamics: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 115-130. (Minisauripus zhenshuonani)

Milan, J., and Bromley, R. G., 2008, The impact of sediment consistency on track and undertrack morphology: experiments with Emu tracks in layered cement: Ichnos, v. 15, p. 19-27.

Milan, J., Loope, D. B., and Bromley, R. G., 2008, Crouching theropod and Navahopus sauropodomorph tracks from the Early Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of USA: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 53, n. 2, p. 197-205. (Navahopus coyoteensis)

Pemberton, S. G., McCrea, R., Gingras, M. K., Sarjeant, W. A. S., and MacEachern, J. A., 2008, History of Ichnology: the correspondence between the Reverend Henry Duncan and the Reverand William Buckland and the discovery of the first vertebrate footprints: Ichnos, 15, p. 5-17.

Petti, F. M., Conti, M. A., Porchetti, S. D., Morsilli, M., Nicosia, U., and Gianolla, P., 2008, A theropod dominated ichnocoenosis from Late Hauterivian-Early Barremian of Borgo Celano (Gargano Promontory, Apulia, Southern (Italy): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 114, n. 1, p. 3-17.

Platt, B. F., and Hasiotis, S. T., 2008, A new system for describing and classifying tetrapod tail traces with implications for interpreting the dinosaur tail trace record: Palaios, v. 23, p. 3-13.

da Silva, R. C., Ferigolo, J., Souza Carbalho, I. de S., and Fernandes, A. C. S., 2008, Lacertoid footprints from the Upper Triassic (Santa Maria Formation) of Southern Brazil: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 262, p. 140-156. (Rhynchosauroids retroverispes)

Schulp, A. S., Al-Wosabi, M., and Stevens, N. J., 2008, First dinosaur tracks from the Arabian Peninsula: PLOS One, v. 3, n. 5, 4pp.

Valais, S. de, and Melchor, R. N., 2008, Ichnotaxonomy of bird-like footprints: an example from the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic of northwest Argentina: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 145-159. (Gruipeda dominguensis)

Sidor, C., Miller, M., and Isbell J., 2008, Tetrapod burrows from the Triassic of Antarctica: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 277-284.

Jackson, F. D., and Schmitt, J. G., 2008, Recognition of vertebrate egg abnormalities in the Upper Cretaceous fossil record: Cretaceous Research, v. 29, p. 27-39.

Extinction

Gong, Y., Xu, R., and Hu, Bi, 2008, Endolithic fungi: a possible killer for the mass extinction of Cretaceous dinosaurs: Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, v. 51, n. 6, p. 801-807.

Interesting articles

Bornemann, A., Norris, R. D., Friedrich, O., Beckmann, B., Schouten, S., Damste, J. S. S., Vogel, J., Hofmann, P., and Wagner, T., 2008, Isotopic evidence for glaciation during the Cretaceous supergreenhouse: Science, v. 319, p. 189-192.

Cleveland D. M., Nordt, L. C., and Atchley, S. C., 2008, Paleosols, trace fossils, and precipitation estimates of the uppermost Triassic strata in northern New Mexico: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 257, p. 421-444.

Fletcher, B. J., Brentnall, S. J., Anderson, C. W., Berner, R. A., and Beerling D. J., 2008, Atmospheric carbon dioxide linked with Mesozoic and early Cenozoic climate change: Nature Geoscience, v. 1, p. 43-48.

Harvey, M. C., Brassell, S. C., Belcher, C. M., and Montanari, A., 2008, Combustion of fossil organic matter at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-P) boundary: Geology, v. 36, n. 5, p. 355-358.

Jamniczky, H. A., Brinkman, D. B., and Russell, A. P., 2008, How much is enough? a repeatable, efficient, and controlled sampling protocol for assessing taxonomic diversity and abundance in vertebrate microfossil assemblages: In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages, their role in paleoecology and paleobiogeography, edited by Sankey, J. T, and Baszio, S., Indiana University Press, p. 9-16.

Makovicky, P. J., 2008, Telling time from fossils: a phylogeny-based approach to chronological ordering of paleobiotas: Cladistics, v. 24, p. 350-371.

Schweitzer, M. H., Avci, R. Collier, T., and Goodwin, M. B., 2008, Microscopic, chemical and molecular methods for examining fossil preservation: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 7, p. 159-184.

Tatarinov, L. P., 2008, On some principles of taxonomy: Palaeontological Journal, v. 42, n. 1, p. 1-4.

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Crossopterygians

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Extinction

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