Agnatha
Blieck, A. R. M., Karatajute-Talimaa, V. N., and Mark-Kurik, E., 2002, Upper Silurian and Devonian heterostracan pteraspidomorphs (Vertebrata) from Severnaya Zemlya (Russia): a preliminary report with biogeographical and biostratigraphical implications: Geodiversitas, v. 24, n. 4, p. 805-820.
Blom, H., Marss, T., and Miller, C. G., 2002 (for 2001), Silurian and earliest Devonian birkeniid anaspids from the Northern Hemisphere: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, v. 92, p. 263-323. (Birkenia robusta, Hoburgilepis papillata, Rhyncholepis burtriagula, Vesikulepis funiforma, Silmalepis erinacea, Maurylepis lacrimanus, Tahulalepis elongituberculata, Tahulalepis kingi (= Birkenia kingi), Septentrionia lancifera, Septentrionia mucronata, Septentrionia dissimilis, Septentrionia seducta, Liivilepis curvata, Spokoinolepis alterans, Manbrookia asperella, Ruhnuleps longicostata)
Gudo, M., and Grasshoff, M., 2002, The origin and early evolution of chordates: the ‘hydroskelett’theorie’ and new insights towards a meteameric ancestor: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 325-346.
Hou, X.-G. Aldridge, R. J., Siveter, D. J., Siveter, D. J., and Feng, X.-H., 2002, New evidence on the anatomy and phylogeny of the earliest vertebrates: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, v. 269, p. 1865-1860.
Janvier, P., 2002, Calcification of early vertebrate cartilage: Nature, v. 417, p. 609.
Johanson, Z., 2002, Vascularization of the osteostracan and antiarch (Placodermi) pectoral fin: similarities, and implications for placoderm relatinoships: Lethia, v. 35, p. 169-186.
Lu, Y.-H., 2002, The age and correlation of some Devonian fish-bearing beds of East Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 40, n. 1, p. 52-69.
Marss, T., 2002, Silurian and Lower Devonian anaspids (Agnatha) from Severnaya Zemlya (Russia): Geodiversitas, v. 24, n. 1, p. 123-137. (Vilkitskilepis valentinae)
Newman, M. J., 2002, A new naked jawless vertebrate from the Middle Devonian of Scotland: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 5, p. 933-941. (Achanarella trewini)
Novitskaya, L. I., 2002, On the features of contemporary phylogenetic research (using the problem of the origin of gnathostomes as an example): Paleontological Journal, v. 36, n. 6, p. 569-580.
Wang, J.-Q., Wang, N.-Z., Zhang, G.-R., Wang, S.-T., and Zhu, M., 2002, Agnathans from Llandovery (Silurian) of Kalpin, Zinjiang, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 40, n. 4, p. 245-256. (Nanjiangaspis kalpinensis, Mixrophymaspis pani, Platycaraspis tianshanensis)
Wang, S.-T., Wang, J.-Q., Wang, N.-Z., and Zhang, Z.-X., 2002, Lopadaspis, new name for Discaspis Wang, et al., 2001: Vertebratea PalAsiatica, v. 40, n. 3, p. 176.
Zhao, W.-J., Zhu, M, and Jia, L.-T., 2002, New discovery of galeaspids from Early Devonian of Wenshan, Southeastern Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 40, n. 2, p. 97-113. (Wenshanaspis zhichangensis)
Johanson, Z., 2002, Vascularization of the osteostracan and antiarch (Placodermi) pectoral fin: similarities, and implications for placoderm relatinoships: Lethia, v. 35, p. 169-186.
Lu, Y.-H., 2002, The age and correlation of some Devonian fish-bearing beds of East Yunnan, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 40, n. 1, p. 52-69.
Mark-Kurik, E., and Carls, P., 2002, A long-snouted Late Eifelian arthrodire from Aragon (Spain): Revista Espanola de Paleontologia, v. 17, n. 1, p. 117-135.
Maisey, J. G., Borghi, L., and Carvalho, M. G. P. de, 2002, Lower Devonian fish remains from the Falkland Islands: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 708711.
Wang, J.-Q., and Wang, S.-T., 2002, The discovery of Early Devonian placoderms from Baoqing and Mishan Counties of Heilongjiang Province: Vertebata PalAsiatica, v. 40, n. 2, p. 161-164.
Arratia, G., Kriwet, J., and Heinrich, W.-D., 2002, Selachians and actinopterygians from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania: Mitt. Mus. Nat. kd. Berl., Geowiss Reihe, v. 5, p. 205-230. (Engaibatis schultzei)
Blanco-Pinon, A., Frey, E., Stinnesbeck, W., and Olivia, J G. L., 2002, Late Cretaceous (Turonian) fish assemblage from Vallecillo, Northeastern Mexico: v. 225, n. 1, p. 39-54.
Brito, P. M., and Janvier, P., 2002, A ptychodontid (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchi) from the Upper Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, Cretaceous of South America: Geodiversitas, v. 24, n. 4, p. 785-790.
Chhabra, N. L., and Mishra, V. P., 2002, Middle Triassic fish teeth from the Kalapani limestone of Malla Johar, Chamoli District (Uttaranchal): Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, v. 47, p. 151-155.
Ginter, M., 2002, Chondrichthyan fauna of the Frasnian-Famennian boundary beds of Poland: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 47, n. 2, p. 329-338. (Stethacanthus resistens)
Ginter, M., 2002, Taxonomic notes on "Phoebodus heslerorum" and Symmorium reniforme (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii): Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 47, n. 3, p. 547-555. (Heslerodus divergens = Cladodus divergens)
Ginter, M., Hairapetian, V., and Klug, C., 2002, Famennian chondrichthyans from the shelves of North Gondwana: Acta Geologica Polonica, v. 52, p. 169-215. (Deihim mansureae, Protacrodus serra, Phoebodus depressus, Phoebodus gothicus transitans)
Hamm, S. A., and Shimada, K., 2002, Associated tooth set of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Mitsukurinidae), from the Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 105, n. 1-2, p. 18-26.
Hanke, G., and Karatajute-Talimaa, V., 2002, Knerialepis, a new generic name to replace Kneria Karatajute-Talimaa, 1997: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 703. (Knerialepis angolensis = Kneria angolensis)
Hoganson, J. W., and Murphy, E. C., 2002, Marine Breien Member (Maastrichtian) of the Hell creek Formation in North Dakota: Stratigraphy, vertebrate fossil record, and age: In: The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains, an integrated continental recod of the end of the Cretaceous, edited by Hartman, J. H., Johnson, K. R., and Nichols, D. J., Geological Society of America, Special Paper 361, p. 247-269.
Johnson, S. C., and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Histological study of the ray Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi (Thurmond) from the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Santonian) of central New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v. 24, n. 3, p. 88-90.
Kirkland, J. I., and Aguillon-Martinez, M. C., 2002, Schizorhiza: a unique sawfish paradigm from the Difunta Group, Coahuila, Mexico: Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas, v. 19, n. 1, p. 16-24.
May, W. J,. and Hall, J. D., 2002, Geology and vertebrate fauna of a new site in the Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of northern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 62, n. 2, p. 63-66.
Murry, P. A., and Kirby, R. E., 2002, A new hybodont shark from the Chinle and Bull Canyon Formations, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 87-106. (Reticulodus synergus).
Mustafa, H. A., Case, G. R., and Zalmout, I., 2002, A new selachian fauna from the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation (Late Cretaceous) - Central Jordan: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 226, n. 3, p. 419-444. (Cantioscyllium hashimiaensis, Pseudohypolophus elongatus, Ctenopristis, jordanicus, Sclerorhynchus karakensis)
Noubhani, A., and Cappatta, H., 2002, Metlaouia Noubhani and Cappetta, 1997 (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobiformes) preoccipuied by Metalouia Dumont, 1928 (Insecta: Lepidoptera): Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 47, n. 4, p. 684. (Eometlauia = Metlaouia).
Rees, J., 2002, Shark fauna and depositional environment of the earliest Cretaceous Vitaback Clays at Eriksdal, southern Sweden: Transcations of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, v. 93, p. 59-71.
Rees, J., and Underwood, C. J., 2002, The status of the shark genus Lissodus Brough, 1935, and the position of nominal Lissodus species within the hybodontoidea (Selachii): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22,n . 3, p. 471-479. (Vectiselachos ornatus = Acrodus ornatus, Parvodus rugianus = Lissodus rugianus)
Schwimmer, D. R., Hooks III, G. E., and Johnson, B., 2002, Revised taxonomy, age, and geographic range of the large lamniform shark Cretodus semiplicatus: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 704-707.
Tanimoto, M., Fujimoto, T., and Shinzyo, T., 2002, Chlamydoselachus sp. from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Izumi Group of Takinoike, Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture, Southwest Japan: Chigakukenkyu, v. 51, n. 2, p. 77-81.
Tanimoto, M., Shinzyo, T., and Fujimoto, T., 2002, The first find of a fossil Squatina (Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group of Southwest Japan: Chigakukenkyu, v. 51, n. 1, p. 3-6.
Tanimoto, M., and Takata, M., 2002, A juvenile (?) tooth of Chlamydoselachus sp. from the Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Izumi Group of Hashiramoto, Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture, Southwest Japan: Chigakukenkyu, v. 51, n. 3, p. 131-134.
Telles Antunes, M., 2002, Selaciens du Cretace (Albien-Maastrichtian) d'Angolia: Palaeontographica, Abt. A., v. 264, Lfg.5-6, p. 85-146. (Chlamydoselachus gracils, Chlamydoselachus goliath, Echinorhinus lapaoi, Cretascymnus quibalaensis, Angolaia benguelaensis)
Underwood, C. J., 2002, Sharks, rays and a chimaeroid from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Ringstead, Southern England: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 2, p. 297-325. (Synechodus plicatus, Protospinax planus, Squatina? frequens)
Underwood, C. J., and Rees, J., 2002, Selachian faunas from the Lowermost Cretaceous Purbeck Group of Dorset, southern England: Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 68, p. 83-101. (Lonchidion inflexum, Belemnobatis variabilis)
Cumbaa, S. L., and Schultze, H.-P., 2002, An Early Devonian (Emsian) acanthodian from the Bear Rock Formation, Anderson River, Northwest Territories, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 39, p. 1457-1465. (Melanoacanthus minutus)
Hanke, G. F., 2002, Paucicanthus vanelsti gen. et sp. nov., and Early Devonian (Lochkovian) acanthodian that lacks paired fin-spines: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 39, p. 1071-1083. (Paucicanthus vanelsti)
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
Lindley, I. D., 2002, Lower Devonian ischnacanthid fish (Gnathostomata: Acanthodii) from the Taemas Limestone, Lake Burrinjuck, New South Wales: Alcheringa, v. 25, p. 269-291. (Taemascanthus narrengullenensis, Taemascanthus cooradigbeensis)
Lindley, I. D., 2002, Acanthodian, onychodontid and osteolepidid fish from the middle-upper Taemas Limestone (Early Devonian), Lake Burrinjuk, New South Wales: Alcheringa, v. 26, p. 103-126.
Liu, G.-B., Feng, H.-Z., Wang, J-.X., Wu, T.-M., and Zhai, Z.-H., 2002, Early Triassic fishes from Jurong, Jiangsu: Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 41, n. 1, p. 27-52. ("Perleidus" eurylepidotrichia, Zhangina cylindrica, Stensionotus dongchangensis, Jurongia fusiformis, Qingshania cercida, Suius brevis)
Maisey, J. G., Borghi, L., and Carvalho, M. G. P. de, 2002, Lower Devonian fish remains from the Falkland Islands: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 708-711.
Arratia, G., Kriwet, J., and Heinrich, W.-D., 2002, Selachians and actinopterygians from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania: Mitt. Mus. Nat. kd. Berl., Geowiss Reihe, v. 5, p. 205-230.
Blanco-Pinon, A., Frey, E., Stinnesbeck, W., and Olivia, J G. L., 2002, Late Cretaceous (Turonian) fish assemblage from Vallecillo, Northeastern Mexico: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, v. 225, n. 1, p. 39-54.
Brinkman, D. B., and Neuman, A. G., 2002, Teleost centra from Uppermost Judith River Group (Dinosaur Park Formation, Campanian) of Alberta, Canada: Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 1, p. 138-155.
Brito, P. M., and Gallo, V., 2002, A new pleuropholid, Gondwanapleuropholis longimaxillaris n. g. n., n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Jurassic of north east Brazil: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 1, p. 697-703. (Gondwanapleuropholis longimaxillaris)
Chhabra, N. L., and Mishra, V. P., 2002, Middle Triassic fish teeth from the Kalapani limestone of Malla Johar, Chamoli District (Uttaranchal): Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India, v. 47, p. 151-155.
Cione, A. L., and Prasad, G. V. R., 2002, The oldest known catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Asia (India, Late Cretaceous): Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 1, p. 190-193.
Dalla Vecchia, F. M. Venturini, S., and Tentor, M., 2002, The Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) Konservat-Lagerstatte of en Nammoura (Kesrouane Province), northern Lebanon: Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, v. 41, n. 1, p. 51-68.
Dietze, K., 2002, Heterochrony within Amblypteridae (Actinopterygii: Permo-Carboniferous?): Oryctos, v. 4, p. 3-15.
Donoghu, P. C. J., 2002, Evolution of development of the vertebrate dermal and oral skeletons: unraveling concepts, regulatory theories, and homologies: Paleobiology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 474-507.
Fielitz, C., 2002, A new Late Cretaceous (Turonian) basal euteleostean fish from Lac des Bois of the Northwest Territories of Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 39, p. 1579-1590. (Avitosmerus canadensis)
Fieltz, C., 2002, First record of endopterygoid teeth in the North American Late Cretaceous teleostean fish Enchodus gladiolus (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae): Transacations of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 105, n. 1-2, p. 27-32.
Gayet, M., Meunier, F. J., and Werner, C., 2002, Diversification in polypteriformes and special comparison with the lepisosteiformes: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 2, p. 361-376.
Grande, L., Jin, F., Yabumoto, Y., and Bemis, W. E., 2002, Protopsephurus liui, a well-preserved primitive paddlefish (Acipenseriformes: Polyodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 2, p. 209-237.
Hoganson, J. W., and Murphy, E. C., 2002, Marine Breien Member (Maastrichtian) of the Hell creek Formation in North Dakota: Stratigraphy, vertebrate fossil record, and age: In: The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains, an integrated continental recod of the end of the Cretaceous, edited by Hartman, J. H., Johnson, K. R., and Nichols, D. J., Geological Society of America, Special Paper 361, p. 247-269.
Johnson, S. C., Lucas, S. G., and Hunt, A. P., 2002, Macro-fish fauna of the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Redonda Formation, eastern New Mexico: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 107-114.
Kriwet, J., 2002, Anomoeodus pauciseriale n. sp. (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the White Chalk Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Sussex, South England: Palaontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, n. 1, p. 117-123. (Anomoeodus pauciseriale)
Kriwet, J., 2002, Pycnodont fish remains (Neopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of the Lusitanian basin (Central Portugal): Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, 2002, v. 10, p. 577-587.
Lombardo, C., 2002, Caelatichthys gen. n: a new palaeonisciform from the Middle Triassic of Northern Italy and Canton Ticino (Switzerland): Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 108, n. 3, p. 399-414. (Caelatichthys meridensis, C. nitens)
Lu, L.-W., 2002, A new namurian palaeoniscoid fish from Zhongwei, Ningxia: Vertebrata PalAsitica, v. 40, n. 1, p. 1-8. (Huanghelepis pani)
Lucas, S. G., and Johnson, S. C., 2002, Fukangichthys, a Triassic fish from China: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 115-119.
Lund, R., and Poplin, C., 2002, Cladistic analysis of the relationships of the tarrasiids (Lower Carboniferous actinopterygians): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 480-486.
May, W. J,. and Hall, J. D., 2002, Geology and vertebrate fauna of a new site in the Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of northern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 62, n. 2, p. 63-66.
McCord, R., Tegowski, B. J., and Scarborough, R., 2002, Ongoing research in the Late Cretaceous Fort Crittenden Formation, southeastern Arizona: the non-dinosaurian vertebrate fauna: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 65-71.
Miller, C. G., Richter, M., and Do Carmo, D. A., 2002, Fish and ostracod remains from the Santos Basin (Cretaceous to Recent), Brazil: Geological Journal, v. 37, p. 297-316.
Poplin, C. M., and Lund, R., 2002, Two Carboniferous fine-eyed palaeoniscoids (Pisces, Actinopterygiii) from Bear Gulch (USA): Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 6, p. 1014-1028. (Kalops monophrys, Kalops diophrys)
Poyato-Ariza, F. J., and Wenz, S., 2002, A new insight into pycnodontiform fishes: Geodiversitas, v. 24, n. 1, p. 139-248. (Apomesodon gibbons = Mesodon gibbosus, Apomesodon surgens, Ocloedus subdiscus = Coelodus subdiscus, Oroopycnodus ponsorti = Palaeobalistum ponsortii, Abdobalistum thyrsus = Palaeobalistum orbiculatum)
Prokofiev, A. M., 2002, First finding of an articulated actinopterygian skeleton from the Upper Devonian of Siberia and a reappraisal of the family Moythomasiidae Kazantseva, 1971 (Osteichthyes): Palaeontological Research, v. 6, n. 3, p. 321-327. (Krasnoyarichthys jesseni)
Reif, W.-E., 2002, Evolution of the dermal skeleton of vertebrates: concepts and methods: N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh, v. 223, n. 1, p. 53-78.
Stamberg, S., 2002, Actinopterygian fishes from the new Lower Permian locality of the Krkonose Piedmont Basin: Journal of the Czech Geological Society, v. 47, n. 3-4, p. 147-154.
Taverne, L., 2002, Study of Pseudanogmius maiseyi gen. and sp. nov., marine fish (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Kansas (United States): Geobios, v. 35, p. 605-614. (Pseudanogmius maiseyi)
Thies, D., and Turner, S., 2002, Jurassic actinopterygian fish from Monto, southeast Queensland: Alcheringa, v. 25, p. 381-386.
Tverdokhlebov, V. P., Tverdokhlebov, G. I., Surkov, M. V., and Benton, M. J., 2002, Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 60, p. 1-66.
Zhang, J.-Y., 2002, A new species of Lycoptera from Liaoning, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 40, n. 4, p. 257-266. (Lycoptera fuxinensis)
Bjerring, H. C., 2002, The anuran jaw apparatus in an evolutional light: Palaeontographica Abt. A., v. 266, p. 93-119.
Clement, G., 2002, Large tristichopteridae (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Late Famennian Evieux Formation of Belgium: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 3, p. 577-593.
Cote, S., Carroll, R., Cloutier, R., and Bar-Sagi, L., 2002, Vertebral development in the Devonian sarcopterygian fish Eusthenopteron foordi and the polarity of verrtebral evolution in non-amniote tetrapods: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 487-502.
Jeffery, J. E., Davis, M. C., Shubin, N. H., and Daeschler, E. B., 2002, Sauripterus Hall, 1843 (Osteichthyes, Sarocopterygii): proposed conservation as the correct original spelling: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, v. 59, n. 3, p. 198-200.
Lindley, I. D., 2002, Acanthodian, onychodontid and osteolepidid fish from the middle-upper Taemas Limestone (Early Devonian), Lake Burrinjuk, New South Wales: Alcheringa, v. 26, p. 103-126. (Onychodus yassensis)
Shubin, N. H., 2002, Origin of evolutionary novelty: examples from limbs: Journal of Morphology, v. 252, p. 15-28.
Yabumoto, Y., 2002, A new coelacanth from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia): Paleontological Research, v. 6, n. 4, p. 343-350. (Mawsonia brasiliensis)
Temnospondyli ("Labyrinthodons", Early Amphibians)
Carroll, R., 2002, Early land vertebrates: Nature, v. 418, p. 335-36.
Clack, J. A., 2002, An early tetrapod from 'Romer's Gap': Nature, v. 418, p. 72-76. (Pederpes finneyae)
Clack, J. A., 2002, The dermal skull roof of Acanthostega gunnari, an early tetrapod from the Late Devonian: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, v. 93, p. 17-33.
Cote, S., Carroll, R., Cloutier, R., and Bar-Sagi, L., 2002, Vertebral development in the Devonian sarcopterygian fish Eusthenopteron foordi and the polarity of verrtebral evolution in non-amniote tetrapods: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 487-502.
Damiani, R. J., 2002, Parotosuchus (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Early Triassic) of South Africa: cranial morphology and relationships: Alcheringa, v. 25, p. 351-379.
Dias, E. V., and Richter, M., 2002, On the squamation of Australerpeton cosgriffi Barberena, a temnospondyl amphibian from the Upper Permian of Brazil: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, v. 74, n. 3, p. 477-490.
Dorka, M., 2002, Tetrapod teeth from the Upper Ladinian bone bed, Schöningen (Lower Saxony, Germany): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, n. 2, p. 283-296.
Heckert, A. B. and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and biochronology of Lower Chinle Group (Admanian: Latest Carnian) vertebrate fossil assemblages in the vicinity of St. Johns, Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 9-15.
Hellrung, H., 2002, The last trematosaurid amphibian Hyperokynodon keuperinus revisited: Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie), n. 321, 9pp.
Hunt, A. P., Lucas, S. G., and Berman, D. S., 2002, Milnererpeton, a replacement name for the temnospondyl amphibian Milneria: Palaontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, n. 1, p. 125. (Milnererpeton huberi = Milneria huberi)
Kissell, R. A., and Lehman, T. M., 2002, Upper Pennsylvanian tetrapods from the ADA Formation of Seminole County, Oklahoma: Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 3, p. 529-545.
Lucas, S. G., and Schoch, R. R., 2002, Triassic temnospondyl biostratigraphy, biochronlogy and correlation of the German Buntsandstein and North American Moenkopi Formation: Lethaia, v. 35, p. 87-106.
Martin, R. A., 2002, A possible role for reproductive behavior in the origin of tetrapod feet: Paludicola, v. 4, n. 1, p. 6-9.
May, W. J,. and Hall, J. D., 2002, Geology and vertebrate fauna of a new site in the Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of northern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 62, n. 2, p. 63-66.
Morales, M., and Shiskin, M. A., 2002, A re-assessment of Parotosuchus africanus (Broom), a capitosauroid amphibian from the Triassic of South Africa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1-11. (Xenotosuchus africanus = Parotosuchus africanus).
Reiss, J. O., 2002, The phylogeny of amphibian metamorphosis: Zoology, v. 105, p. 85-96.
Ruta, M., Milner, A. R., and Coates, M. I., 2002 (for 2001), The tetrapod Caerorhachis bairdi Holmes and Carroll from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences, v. 92, p. 229-261.
Schoch, R. W., 2002, The neurocranium of the stereospondyl Mastodonsaurus giganteus: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 3, p. 627-645.
Schoch, R. R., 2002, The early formation of the skull in extant and Paleozoic amphibians: Paleobiology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 278-296.
Schoch, R. R., 2002, The evolution of metamorphosis in temnospondyls: Lethaia, v. 35, p. 309-327.
Schoch, R. R., 2002, The stapes and middle ear of the Permo-Carboniferous tetrapod Sclerocephalus: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, v. 11, p. 671-680.
Sengupta, D. P., 2002, Indian metoposaurid amphibians revised: Paleontological Research, v. 6, n. 1, p. 41-65. (Buttneria maleriensis = Metoposaurus maleriensis)
Shubin, N. H., 2002, Origin of evolutionary novelty: examples from limbs: Journal of Morphology, v. 252, p. 15-28.
Steyer, J. S., 2002, The first articulated trematosaur ‘amphibian’ from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar: implications for the phylogeny of the group: Palaeontology, v. 48, part 4, p. 771-793.
Sulej, T., 2002, Species discrimination of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus diagnosticus: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 47, n. 3, p. 535-546. (Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis)
Tverdokhlebov, V. P., Tverdokhlebov, G. I., Surkov, M. V., and Benton, M. J., 2002, Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 60, p. 1-66.
Warren, A., and Ptasznik, R., 2002, The earliest fractured tetrapod bone: Alcheringa, v. 26, p. 459-463.
Werneburg, R., and Steyer, S., 2002, Revision of Cheliderpeton vranyi Fritsch, 1877 (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Lower Permian of Bohemia (Czech Republic): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, n. 1, p. 149-162.
Yates, A. M., and Sengupta, D. P., 2002, A lapillopsid temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of India: Alcheringa, v. 26, p. 26, 201-208. (Manubrantlia khaki)
Zanno, L. E., Heckert, A. B., Krzyzanowski, S. E., and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Diminutive metoposaurid skulls from the Upper Triassic Blue Hills (Adamanian: Latest Carnian) of Arizona: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 121-130.
Zhu, M., Ahlberg, P. E., Zhao, W., and Jia, L., 2002, First Devonian tetrapod from Asia: Nature, v. 420, p. 760. (Sinostega pani)
Anderson, J. S., 2002, Revision of the Aistopod genus Phlegethontia (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli): Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 6, p. 1029-1046.
Bjerring, H. C., 2002, The anuran jaw apparatus in an evolutional light: Palaeontographica Abt. A., v. 266, p. 93-119.
Borsuk-Bialynicka, M,. and Evans, S. E., 2002, The scapulocoracoid of an Early Triassic stem-frog from Poland: Acta Paleontologica Polonica, v. 47, n. 1, p. 79-96.
Evans, S. E., and McGowan, G. J., 2002, Lissamphibian remains from the Purbeck Limestone Group, Southern England: Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 68, p. 103-119. (Apricosiren ensomi, Sunnybatrachus purbeckensis)
Gardner, J. D., 2002, Monophyly and intra-generic relationships of Albanerpeton (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 12-22.
Gowan, G. J., 2002, Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and Italy: a description and reconsideration of their systematics: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 135, p. 1-32.
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
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Schoch, R. R., 2002, The early formation of the skull in extant and Paleozoic amphibians: Paleobiology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 278-296.
Bulanov, V. V., 2002, Karpinskiosaurus ultimus (Seymouriamorpha, Parareptilia) from the Upper Permian of European Russia. Paleontological Journal, v. 36, n. 1, p. 72-79. (Karpinskiosaurus ultimus = Raphanodon ultimus)
Kissell, R. A., and Lehman, T. M., 2002, Upper Pennsylvanian tetrapods from the ADA Formation of Seminole County, Oklahoma: Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 3, p. 529-545.
May, W. J,. and Hall, J. D., 2002, Geology and vertebrate fauna of a new site in the Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of northern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 62, n. 2, p. 63-66.
Bulanov, V. V., 2002, New data on Procolophons from the Permian of Eastern Europe: Paleontological Journal, v. 36, n. 5, p. 525-539. (Nyctiphruretus optabilis, Kinelia broomi, Microphon = Raphanodon, = Raphaniscus)
Caldwell, M. W., 2002, From fins to limbs to fins: limb evolution in fossil marine reptiles: American Journal of Medical Genetics, v. 112, p. 236-249.
Cisneros, J. C., and Schultz, C. L., 2002, Procolophon brasiliensis n. sp, a new procolophonid reptile from the Lower Triassic of southern Brazil: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, v. 11, 641-648. (Procolophon brasiliensis)
Kissel, R. A., Dilkes, D. W., and Reisz, R. R., 2002, Captorhinus magnus, a new captorhinid (Amniota: Eureptilia) from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma, with new evidence on the homology of the astragalus: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 39, p. 1363-1372. (Captorhinus magnus).
Kordikova, E. G., 2002, Comparative morphology of the palate dentition in Proganochelys quenstedti Baur 1887 from the Upper Triassic of Germany and Chelonian ancestry: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 225, n. 2, p. 195-249.
Lucas, S. G., 2002, Discussion and reply: The reptile Macroleter: First vertebrate evidence for correlation of Upper Permian continental strata of North America and Russia: GSA Bulletin, v. 114, n. 9, p. 1174-1175.
Maisch, M. W., 2002, A new basal omphalosaurid from the Middle Triassic of Germany: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, 2002, n. 9, p. 513-525: (Omphalosaurus peyeri)
May, W. J,. and Hall, J. D., 2002, Geology and vertebrate fauna of a new site in the Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of northern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 62, n. 2, p. 63-66.
Modesto, J. P., Damiani, R. J., and Sues, H.-D., 2002, A reappraisal of Coletta seca, a basal procolophonoid reptile from the Lower Triassic of South Africa: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 5, p. 883-895.
Reisz, R. R., Barkas, V., and Scott, D., 2002, A new Early Permian bolosaurid reptile from the Richards Spur Dolese Brothers Quarry, near Fort Sill, Oklahoma: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 23-28. (Bolosaurus grandis)
Reisz, R. R., and Laurin, M., 2002, Discussion and reply: The reptile Macroleter: First vertebrate evidence for correlation of Upper Permian continental strata of North America and Russia: GSA Bulletin, v. 114, n. 9, p. 1176-1177.
Reisz, R. R., and Scott, D., 2002, Owenetta kitchingorum, sp. nov., a small parareptile (Procolophonia: Owenettidae) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 2, p. 244-256. (Owenetta kitchingorum).
Rossmann, T., 2002, Studies on mesosaurs (Amniota inc. sed., Mesosauridae): 3. New aspects on the anatomy, preservation and palaeoecology, based on the specimens from the Palaeontological Institute of the University of Zurich: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 224, heft 2, p. 197-221.
Spencer, P. S., and Storrs, G. W., 2002, A re-evaluation of small tetrapods from the Middle Triassic Otter Sandstone Formation of Devon, England: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 3, p. 447-467. (Kapes bentoni, K. komiensis = Macrophon komiensis new comb.)
Tverdokhlebov, V. P., Tverdokhlebov, G. I., Surkov, M. V., and Benton, M. J., 2002, Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 60, p. 1-66.
Bardet, N., and Pereda Suberbiola, X., 2002, Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Jordan: palaeobiogeographical implications: Geodiversitas, v. 24, n. 4, p. 831-839.
Barrett, P. M., Clarke, J. B., Brinkman, D. B., Chapman, S. D., and Ensom, P. C., 2002, Morphology, histology and identification of 'granicones' from the Purbeck Limestone Formation (Lower Cretaceous: Berriasian) of Dorset, southern England: Cretaceous Reserach, v. 23, p. 279-295.
Gaffney, E. S., Tong, H., and Meylan, P. A., 2002, Galianemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco: American Museum Novitates, n. 3379, 20pp. (Galianemys whieti, Galianemys emringeri).
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
Hirayama, R., 2002, Preliminary report of the fossil turtles from the Kitadani Formation (Early Cretaceous) of the Tetori Group of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Central Japan: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 1, p. 29-40.
Holroyd, P. A., and Hutchison, J. H., 2002, Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component: In: The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains, an integrated continental recod of the end of the Cretaceous, edited by Hartman, J. H., Johnson, K. R., and Nichols, D. J., Geological Society of America, Special Paper 361, p. 177-190.
Joyce, W. G., and Zelenitsky, D. K., 2002, Turtle egg pseudomorphs from the Late Jurassic of Schamhaupten, Germany: Archaeopteryx, v. 20, p. 57-62.
Kordikova, E. G., 2002, Comparative morphology of the palate dentition in Proganochelys quenstedti Baur 1887 from the Upper Triassic of Germany and Chelonian ancestry: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 225, n. 2, p. 195-249.
Kordikova, E. G., 2002, Heterochrony in the evolution of the shell of Chelonia. Part 1 Terminology, Cheloniidae, Dermochelyidae, Trionychidae, Cyclanorbidae and Carettochelyidae: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 226, n. 3, p. 343-417.
Laurent, Y., Tong, H., and Claude, J., 2002, New side-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of the Petites-Pyrenees (Haute-Garonne, France): Cretaceous Research, v. 23, p. 465-471. (Elochelys convenarum)
McCord, R., Tegowski, B. J., and Scarborough, R., 2002, Ongoing research in the Late Cretaceous Fort Crittenden Formation, southeastern Arizona: the non-dinosaurian vertebrate fauna: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 65-71.
Barrett, P. M., and Evans, S. E., 2002, A reassessment of the Early Cretaceous reptile 'Patricosaurus merocratus' Seeley from the Cambridge Greensand, Cambridgeshire, UK: Cretaceous Research, v. 23, p. 231-240.
Spencer, P. S., and Storrs, G. W., 2002, A re-evaluation of small tetrapods from the Middle Triassic Otter Sandstone Formation of Devon, England: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 3, p. 447-467. (Coartaredens isaaci)
Arnold, E. N., Azar, D., Ineich, I., and Nel, A., 2002, The oldest reptile in amber: a 120 million year old lizard from Lebanon: Journal of Zoology, v. 258, p. 7-10. (Baabdasaurus xenurus)
Bardet, N., and Pereda Suberbiola, X., 2002, Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Jordan: palaeobiogeographical implications: Geodiversitas, v. 24, n. 4, p. 831-839.
Bardet, N., and Tunoglu, C., 2002, The first mosasaur (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of Turkey: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 712-715.
Caldwell, M. W., 2002, From fins to limbs to fins: limb evolution in fossil marine reptiles: American Journal of Medical Genetics, v. 112, p. 236-249.
Christiansen, P., and Bonde, N., 2002, A new species of gigantic mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 629-644. (Prognathodon currii)
Dortangs, R. W., Schulp, A. S., Mulder, E. W. A. Jagt, J. W. M., Peeters, H. G., and Graaf, D. t. de., 2002, A large new mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of The Netherlands: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences/Geologie en Mijnbouw, v. 81, n. 1 , p. 1-8. (Prognathodon saturator).
Evans, S. E., Prasad, G. V. R., and Manhas, B. K., 2002, Fossil lizards from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 2, p. 299-312. (Bhartagama rebbanensis)
Evans, S. E., and Searle, B., 2002, Lepidosaurian reptiles from the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England: Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 68, p. 145-159. (Parasaurillus pseudobtusus)
Everhart, M. J., 2002, New data on cranial measurements and body length of the mosasaur, Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Squamata: Mosasauridae), from the Niobrara Formation of Western Kansas: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, v. 105, n. 1-2, p. 33-43.
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
Kiernan, C. R., 2002, Stratigraphic distribution and habitat segregation of mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of Western and Central Alabama, with an historical review of Alabama mosasaur discoveries: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 97-103.
Lee, M. S. Y., and Scanlon, J. D., 2002, Snake phylogeny based on osteology, soft anatomy and ecology: Biological Review, v. 77, p. 333-401.
Lindgren, J., and Siverson, M., 2002, Tylosaurus ivoensis: a giant mosasaur from the early Campanian of Sweden: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, v. 93, p. 73-93.
Lingham-Soliar, T., 2002, First occurrence of premaxillary caniniform teeth in the varanoidea: presence in the extinct mosasaur Goronyosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and its functional and paleoecological implications: Lethia, v. 35, p. 187-190.
McCord, R., Tegowski, B. J., and Scarborough, R., 2002, Ongoing research in the Late Cretaceous Fort Crittenden Formation, southeastern Arizona: the non-dinosaurian vertebrate fauna: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 65-71.
Montani, R., 2002, Swimming speed estimation of extinct marine reptiles: energetic approach revisited: Paleobiology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 251-262.
Novas, F. E., Fernandez, M., Gasparini, Z. B. de, Lirio, J. M., Nunez, H. J., and Pueta, P., 2002, Lakumasaurus antarcticus, n. gen. et sp., a new mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica: Ameghiniana, v. 39, n. 2, p. 245-250. (Lakumasaurus antarcticus)
Nydam, R. L., 2002, Lizards of the Mussentuchit local fauna (Albian-Cenomanian boundary) and comments on the evolution of the Cretaceous lizard fauna of North America: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 645-660. (Dimekodontosaurus madseni, Bothriagenys mysterion, Harmodontosaurus emeryensis)
Nydam, R. L., and Cifelli, R. L., 2002, A new teiid lizard from the Cedar Mountain Formation (Albian-Cenomanian boundary) of Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 2, p. 276-285. (Bicuspidon numerosus).
Nyhdam, R. L., and Cifelli, R. L., 2002, Lizards from the lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Antlers and Cloverly Formations: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 2, p. 286-298. (Atokasaurus metarsiodon, Ptilotodon wilsoni, Paramacellodus keebleri)
Tanimoto, M., and Kishimoto, S., 2002, Mosasaurid big vertebrae from the Upper Cretacous Isumi Group of Sumoto-City, Hyogo Prefecture, Southwest Japan: Chigakukenkyu, v. 51, n. 3, p. 135-141.
Zaher, H., and Rieppel, O., 2002, On the phylogenetic relationships of the Cretaceous snakes with legs, with special reference to Pachyrhachis problematicus (Squamata, Serpentes): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 104-109.
Caldwell, M. W., 2002, From fins to limbs to fins: limb evolution in fossil marine reptiles: American Journal of Medical Genetics, v. 112, p. 236-249.
Humphries, S., and Ruxton, G. D., 2002, Why did some ichthyosaurs have such large eyes? The Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 205, p. 439-441.
Kear, B. P., 2002, Dental caries in an Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur: Alcheringa, v. 25, p. 387-390.
Li, C., and You, H.-L., 2002, Cymbospondylus from the Upper Triassic of Guizhou, China: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 40, n. 1, p. 8-16. (Cymbospondylus asiaticus).
Lopuchowycz, V. B., and Massare, J. A., 2002, Bone microstructure of a Cretaceous ichthyosaur: Paludicola, v. 3, n. 4, p. 139-147.
Lucas, S. G., 2002, Toretocnemus, a Late Triassic ichthyosaur from California, U.S.A. and Sonora, Mexico: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 275-278.
Maisch, M. W., and Matzke, A. T., 2002, The skull of a large Lower Triassic ichthyosaur from Spitzbergen and its implications for the origin of the Ichthyosauria: Lethaia, v. 35, p. 250-256.
Maisch, M. W., and Matzke, A. T., 2002, Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part IX. The first associated skeletal remains of Merriamosaurus n. g. (Ichthyosauria, Lower Triassic) and their bearing on the systematic position of the Omphalosauria: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 226, n. 1, p. 59-94. (Merriamosaurus hulkei, = Rotundopteryx hulkei, Rotundopteryx Maisch & Matzke, 2000 non Duckhouse, 1990)
Motani, R., 2002, Scaling effects in caudal fin propulsion and the speed of ichthyosaurs: Nature, v. 415, p. 309-312.
Motani, R., 2002, Swimming speed estimation of extinct marine reptiles: energetic approach revisited: Paleobiology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 251-262.
Sirotti, A., and Papazzoni, C. A., 2002, On the Cretaceous ichthyosaur remains from the Northern Apennines (Italy): Bollettino della Societa PAleontologica Italiana, v. 41, n. 2-3, p. 237-248.
Bardet, N., and Pereda Suberbiola, X., 2002, Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Jordan: palaeobiogeographical implications: Geodiversitas, v. 24, n. 4, p. 831-839.
Caldwell, M. W., 2002, From fins to limbs to fins: limb evolution in fossil marine reptiles: American Journal of Medical Genetics, v. 112, p. 236-249.
Montani, R., 2002, Swimming speed estimation of extinct marine reptiles: energetic approach revisited: Paleobiology, v. 28, n. 2, p. 251-262.
Dalla Vecchia, F. B., 2002, Terrestrial reptiles in the Norian of the Carnian Pre-Alps (Friuli, NE Italy): paleoenvironmental implications: Mem. Soc. Geol. It., v. 57, p. 101-106.
Desojo, J. B., Arcucci, A. B., and Marsicano, C. A., 2002, Reassessment of Cuyosuchus huenei, a Middle-Late Triassic archosauriform from the Cuyo basin, West-Central Argentina: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 1-36.
Dorka, M., 2002, Tetrapod teeth from the Upper Ladinian bone bed, Schöningen (Lower Saxony, Germany): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, n. 2, p. 283-296.
Harris, J. D., and Downs, A., 2002, A drepanosaurid pectoral girdle from the Ghost Ranch (Whitaker) Coelophysis quarry (Chinle Group, Rock Point Formation, Rhaetian), New Mexico: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 70-75.
Hunt, A. P., Heckert, A. B., Lucas, S. G., and Downs, A., 2002, The distribution of the enigmatic reptile Vancleavea in the Upper Triassic Chinle Group of the western United States: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 269-273.
Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., and Hotton III, N., 2002, The rhynchosaur Hyperodapedon from the Upper Triassic of Wyoming and its global biochronological significance: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 149-156.
Matsumoto, R., Evans, S. E., and Shimojima, S., 2002, The dentary of a choristodere (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Okurodani Formation, Tetori Group (Lower Cretaceous) of Japan: Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C, v. 28, p. 43-48.
Nesbitt, S., 2002, An update on fossil reptile material from the Upper Moenkopi Formation, Holbrook Member (Middle Triassic), northern Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 3-7.
Renesto, S., and Avanzini, M., 2002, Skin remains in a juvenile Macrocnemus bassanii Nopcsa (Reptilia, Prolacertiformes) from the Middle Triassic of Northern Italy: N. Jb. Geol. Palaeont. Abh, v. 224, n. 1, p. 31-48.
Renesto, S., Dalla Vecchia, F. M., and Peters, D., 2002, Morphological evidence for bipedalism in the Late Triassic prolacertiform reptile Langobardisaurus: Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 95-106.
Tverdokhlebov, V. P., Tverdokhlebov, G. I., Surkov, M. V., and Benton, M. J., 2002, Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 60, p. 1-66.
Bennett, S. C., 2002, Soft tissue preservation of the cranial crest of the pterosaur Germandactylus from Solnhofen: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 43-48.
Buffetaut, E., Girgorescu, D., and Csiki, Z., 2002, A new giant pterosaur with a robust skull from the latest Cretaceous of Romania: Naturwissenschafte, v. 89, p. 180-184. (Hatzegopteryx thambema)
Czerkas, S. A., and Mickleson, D. L., 2002, The first occurrence of Skeletal pterosaur remains in Utah: In: Feathered Dinosaurs and the origin of flight, edited by Sylvia J. Czerkas, The Dinosaur Museum Journal, v. 1, p. 3-13. (Utahdactylus kateae)
Czerkas, S. A., and Ji, Q., 2002, A new rhamphorhynchoid wiht a headcrest and complex integumentary structures: In: Feathered Dinosaurs and the origin of flight, edited by Sylvia J. Czerkas, The Dinosaur Museum Journal, v. 1, p. 15-41 (Pterorhynchus wellnhoferi)
Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2002, Observations on the non-pterodactyloid pterosaur Jeholopterus ningchengensis from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern China: Natura Nascosta, n. 24, p. 8-28.
Dalla Vecchia, F. B., 2002, Terrestrial reptiles in the Norian of the Carnian Pre-Alps (Friuli, NE Italy): paleoenvironmental implications: Mem. Soc. Geol. It., v. 57, p. 101-106.
Dalla Vecchia, F. M., Wild, R., Hope, H., and Reitner, J., 2002, A crested rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur from the Late Triassic of Austria: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 196-199. (Austriadactylus cristatus).
Dorka, M., 2002, Tetrapod teeth from the Upper Ladinian bone bed, Schöningen (Lower Saxony, Germany): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, n. 2, p. 283-296.
Fastnacht, M., Hess, N., Frey, E., and Weiser, H.-P., 2002, Finite element analysis in vertebrate paleontology: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 195-206.
Kellner, A. W. A., and Campos, D. de A., 2002, The function of the cranial crest and jaws of a unique pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil: Science, v. 297, p. 389-392. (Thalasssodromeus sethi)
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
Lim, J.-D., Baek, K.-S., and Yang, S. Y., 2002, A new record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Korea: Current Science, v. 82, n. 10, p. 1208-1210.
Lockley, M. G., and Rainforth, E. C., 2002, The track record of Mesozoic birds and pterosaurs, an ichnological and paleoecological prespective: In: Mesozoic Birds, above the heads of Dinosaurs, University of California Press, 405-418.
Lu, J.-C., 2002, Soft tissue in an Early Cretaceous pterosaur from Liaoning Proivnce, China: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, v. 1, p. 19-28.
McGowen, M. R., Padian, K., De Sosa, M. A., and Harmon, R. J., 2002, Description of Montanazhdarcho minor, an azhdarchid pterosaur from the Two Medicine Formation (Campanian) of Montana: PaleoBios, v. 22, n. 1, p. 1-9.
Norberg, U. M. L., 2002, Structure, form and function of flight in engineering and the living world: Journal of Morphology, v. 252, p. 52-81.
Nuvens, P. C., Sayao, J. M., Silva, H. de P., Saraiva, A. A., and Kellner, A. W A., 2002, A colecao de pterossauros do Museum de paleontlogia de Santana do Cariri, nordeaste do Brasil: Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, v. 60, n. 2, p. 235-240.
Tischlinger, H,. and Frey, E., 2002, Ein Rhamphorhynchus (Pterosauria, Reptlia) mit ungewöhnlicher Flughauterhaltung aus dem Solnhofener Plattenkalk: Archaeopteryx, v. 20, p. 1-20.
Unwin, D. M., 2002, On the systematic relationships of Cearadactylus atrox, an enigmatic Early Cretaceous pterosaur from the Santana Formation of Brazil: Mitt. Mus. Nat. kd. Berl. Geowiss Reihe, v. 5, p. 239-263.
Unwin, D. M., and Henderson, D. M., 2002, On the trail of the totally integrated pterosaur: TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution, v. 17, n. 2, p. 58-59.
Veldmeijer, A. J., 2002, Pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil in the Stuttgart Collection: Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie), n. 327, 27pp.
Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Zhang, F., and Xu, X., 2002, A nearly complete articulated rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur wiht exceptionaly well-preserved wing membranes and "hairs" from Inner Mongolia, northeast China: Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 47, n. 3, p. 226-230. (Jeholopterus ningchengensis)
Benton, M. J., and Walker, A. D., 2002, Erpetosuchus, a crocodile-like basal archosaur from the Late Triassic of Elgin, Scotland: In: Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in memory of Alick D. Walker, edited by Norman, D. B., and Gower, D. J., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, p. 25-47.
Gower, D. J., 2002, Braincase evolution in suchian archosaurs (Rejptilia: Diapsida): evidence from the rauisuchian Batrachotomus kupferzellensis: In: Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in memory of Alick D. Walker, edited by Norman, D. B., and Gower, D. J., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, p. 49-76.
Gower, D. J., and Walker, A. D., 2002, New data on the braincase of the aetosaurian archosaur (Reptilia: Diapsida) Stagonolepis robertsoni Agassiz: In: Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in memory of Alick D. Walker, edited by Norman, D. B., and Gower, D. J., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, p. 7-23.
Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2002, South American occurrences of the Adamanian (Late Triassic: Latest Carnian) index taxon Stagonolepis (Archosauria: Aetosauria) and their biochronological significance: Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 5, p. 852-863.
Heckert, A. B. and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and biochronology of Lower Chinle Group (Admanian: Latest Carnian) vertebrate fossil assemblages in the vicinity of St. Johns, Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 9-15.
Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Historical taxonomy of the LateTriassic aetosaurs Typothorax and Desmatosuchus (Archosauria: Curotarsi), including a lectotype designation for Desmatosuchus haplocerus: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 193-203.
Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Acaenasuchus geoffreyi (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group: juvenile of Desmatosuchus haplocerus: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 205-214.
Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Osteoderms of juveniles of Stagonolepis (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Lower Chinle Group, east-central Arizona: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 235-239
Heckert, A. B., Lucas, S. G., and Krzyzanowski, S. E., 2002, The rauisuchian archosaur Saurosuchus from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, southwestern U.S.A., and its biochronological significance: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 241-244.
Henderson, D. M., and Weishampel, D. B., 2002, Convergent evolution of the maxilla-dental-complex among carnivorous archosaurs: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 77-92.
Hungerbuhler, A., 2002, The Late Triassic phytosaur Mystriosuchus westphali, with a revision of the genus: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 2, p. 377-418.
Hunt, A. P., Lucas, S. G., and Heckert, A. B., 2002, A Revueltian (Norian) phytosaur from the Sonsela Member of the Petrified Forest Formation (Chinle Group: Upper Triassic), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizon: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 165-169.
Lucas, S. G. Heckert, A. B., and Hunt, A. P., 2002, A new species of the aetosaur Typothorax (Archosauria: Stagonolepididae) from the Upper Triassic of east-central New Mexico: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 221-233. (Typothorax antiquum)
Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., and Kahle, R., 2002, Postcranial anatomy of Angistorhinus, a Late Triassic phytosaur from west Texas: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 157-164.
Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Zeigler, K. E., and Hunt, A. P., 2002, The type locality of Belodon buceros Cope, 1881, a phytosaur (Archosauria: Parasuchidae) from the Upper Triassic of north-central New Mexico: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 189-192
Nesbitt, S., 2002, An update on fossil reptile material from the Upper Moenkopi Formation, Holbrook Member (Middle Triassic), northern Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 3-7.
Senter, P., 2002, Lack of a pheromonal sense in phytosaurs and other archosaurs, and its implications for reproductive communication: Paleobiology, v. 28,n . 4, p. 544-550.
Small, B. J., 2002, Cranial anatomy of Desmatosuchus haplocerus (Reptilia: Archosauria: Stagonolepididae): In: Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in memory of Alick D. Walker, edited by Norman, D. B., and Gower, D. J., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, p. 97-111.
Tverdokhlebov, V. P., Tverdokhlebov, G. I., Surkov, M. V., and Benton, M. J., 2002, Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 60, p. 1-66.
Zeigler, K. E., Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., 2002, A new species of Desmatosuchus (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 215-219. (Desmatosuchus chamaensis)
Zeigler, K. E., Lucas, S. G., and Heckert, A. B., 2002, A phytosaur skull from the Upper Triassic Snyder Quarry (Petrified Forest Formation, Chinle Group), of North-Central New Mexico: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 171-177.
Zeigler, K. E., Lucas, S. G., and Heckert, A. B., 2002, The Late Triassic Canjilon Quarry (Upper Chinle Group, New Mexico) Phytosaur skulls: evidence of sexual dimorphism in phytosaurs: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 179-188.
Bardet, N., and Pereda Suberbiola, X., 2002, Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Jordan: palaeobiogeographical implications: Geodiversitas, v. 24, n. 4, p. 831-839.
Brochu, C. A., Bouare, M. L., Sissoko, F., Roberts, E. M., and O'Leary, M. A., 2002, A dryosaurid crocodyliform braincase from Mali: Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 6. p. 1060-1071.
de Broin, F. de L., 2002, Elosuchus, a new genus of crocodile from the Lower Cretaceous of North Africa: C. R. Palevol, v. 1, p. 275-285. (Elosuchus cherifiensis = Thoracosaurus cherifiensis, Elosuchus felixi)
Caldwell, M. W., 2002, From fins to limbs to fins: limb evolution in fossil marine reptiles: American Journal of Medical Genetics, v. 112, p. 236-249.
Clark, J. M., and Sues, H.-D., 2002, Two new basal crocodylomorph archosaurs from the Lower Jurassic and the monophyly of the sphenosuchia: In: Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in memory of Alick D. Walker, edited by Norman, D. B., and Gower, D. J., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, p. 77-95. (Litargosuchus leptorhynchus, Kayentasuchus walkeri)
Fara, E., Ouaja, M., Buffetaut, E., and Srarfi, D., 2002, First occurrences of thalattosuchian crocodiles in the Middle and Upper Jurassic of Tunisia: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, 2002, n. 8, p. 465-476.
Frey, E., Buchy, M.-C., Stinnesbeck, W., and Lopez-Oliva, J. G., 2002, Geosaurus vignaudi n. sp. (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia), first evidence of metriorhynchid crocodilians in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of central-east Mexico (State of Puebla): Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 39, p. 1467-1483. (Geosaurus vignaudi )
Henderson, D. M., and Weishampel, D. B., 2002, Convergent evolution of the maxilla-dental-complex among carnivorous archosaurs: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 77-92.
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
Hoganson, J. W., and Murphy, E. C., 2002, Marine Breien Member (Maastrichtian) of the Hell creek Formation in North Dakota: Stratigraphy, vertebrate fossil record, and age: In: The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains, an integrated continental recod of the end of the Cretaceous, edited by Hartman, J. H., Johnson, K. R., and Nichols, D. J., Geological Society of America, Special Paper 361, p. 247-269.
Karl, H.-V., 2002, Über reptilienreste aus dem alttertiär des nördlichen Alpenvorlandes bei Siegsdorf/Oberbayern: Joannea Geol. Palaont, v. 4, p. 69-81.
McCord, R., Tegowski, B. J., and Scarborough, R., 2002, Ongoing research in the Late Cretaceous Fort Crittenden Formation, southeastern Arizona: the non-dinosaurian vertebrate fauna: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 65-71.
Molnar, R. E., Worthy, T., and Willis, P. M. A., 2002, An extinct Pleistocene endemic mekosuchine crocodylian from Fiji: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n . 3, p. 612-628. (Volia athollandersoni)
Preuschoft, H., and Witzel, U., 2002, Biomechanical investigations on the skulls of reptiles and mammals: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 207-222.
Rinehart, L. F., Heckert, A. B., Byrant, G., Lucas, S. G., and Cushman, R., 2002, Protosuchid crocodylomorphs from the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of north-central Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 25-31.
Rossmann, T., 2002, Studies on Cenozoic crocodiles: 10. First evidence of a tomistomid crocodilian (Eusuchia: Tomistomidae) from the Middle Eocene (Geiseltalian, MP 11) of Grube Messel, Germany: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, 2002, heft 3, p. 129-146.
Salisbury, S. W., 2002, Crocodilians from the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England: Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 68, p. 121-144. (Goniopholis gracilidens = Nannosuchus gracilidens, Pholidosaurus purbeckensis = Stenosaurus purbeckensis)
Schwarz, D., 2002, A new species of Goniopholis from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 1, p. 185-208. (Goniopholis barglyphaeus)
Tykoski, R. S., Rowe, T. B., Ketcham, R. A., and Colbert, M. W., 2002, Calsoyasuchus valliceps, a new crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 593-611. (Calsoyasuchus valliceps)
Wroe, S., 2002, A review of terrestrial mammalian and reptilian carnivore ecology in Australian fossil faunas, and factors influencing their diversity: the myth of reptilian domination and its broader ramifications: Australian Journal of Zoology, v. 50, p. 1-24.
Zheng, L., Huang, W., et al, 2002, Hexian Hominid Site: (I don't know the publisher because its in Chinese), 126pp. (Alligator fossilis)
Theropods
Allain, R., 2002, Discovery of Megalosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) in the Middle Bathonian of Normandy (France) and its implications for the phylogeny of basal tetanurae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 548-563. (Poekilopleuron? valesdunensis)
Allain, R., and Chure, D. J., 2002, Poekilopleuron bucklandii, the theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Normandy: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 6, p. 1107-1121.
Anonymous, 2002, Taxonomic tussle: Science, v. 295, p. 1459.
Bittencourt, J. de S., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2002, Abelisauria (Theropoda, Dinosauria) teeth from Brazil: Boletim do Museu Nacional, Geologia, n. 63, p. 1-8.
Buffetaut, E., and Ouaja, M,. 2002, A new specimen of Spinosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Tunisia, with remarks on the evolutionary history of the Spinosauridae: Bulletin de la societie geologiques de France, t. 173, n. 5, p. 415-421.
Carpenter, K., 2002, Forelimb biomechanics of nonavian theropod dinosaurs in predation: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 59-76.
Carrano, M. T., and Hutchinson, J. R., 2002, Pelvic and hindlimb musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex (Dinosauria: Theropoda): Journal of Morphology, v. 253, n. 3, p. 207-228.
Carrano, M. T., Sampson, S. C., and Forster, C. A., 2002, The osteology of Masiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 510-534.
Chiappe, L. M., 2002, Basal bird phylogeny, problems and solutions: In: Mesozoic Birds, above the heads of Dinosaurs, University of California Press, 448-472.
Chiappe, L. M., and Dyke, G. J., 2002, The Mesozoic radiation of birds: Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, v. 33, p. 91-124.
Chiappe, L. M., Norell, M. A., and Clark, J. M., 2002, The Cretaceous, short-armed alvarezasauridae Mononykus and its kin: In: Mesozoic Birds, above the heads of Dinosaurs, University of California Press, 87-120.
Christiansen, P., and Bonde, N., 2002, Limb proportions and avian terrestrial locomotion: Journal of Ornithology, v. 143, p. 356-371.
Clark, J. M., Norell, M. A., and Makovicky, P. J., 2002, Cladistic approaches to the relationships of birds to other theropod dinosaurs: In: Mesozoic Birds, above the heads of Dinosaurs, University of California Press, 31-61.
Clark, J. M., Norell, M. A., and Rowe, T., 2002, Cranial anatomy of Citipati osmolskae (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria), and a reinterpretation of the holotype of Oviraptor philoceratops: American Museum Novitates, n. 3364, 24pp.
Coria, R. A., Chiappe, L. M., and Dingus, L., 2002, A new close relative of Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte 1985 (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, v. 22, n. 2, p. 460-465. (Aucasaurus garridoi).
Czerkas, S. A., and Yuan, C., 2002, An arboreal maniraptoran from northeast China: In: Feathered Dinosaurs and the origin of flight, edited by Sylvia J. Czerkas, The Dinosaur Museum Journal, v. 1, p. 3-1363-95. (Scansoriopteryx heilmanni)
Czerkas, S. A., Zhang, D., Li, J., and Li, Y., 2002, Flying dromaeosaurs: In: Feathered Dinosaurs and the origin of flight, edited by Sylvia J. Czerkas, The Dinosaur Museum Journal, v. 1, p. 97-126, (Cryptovolans pauli)
Dalla Vecchia, F. M. Venturini, S., and Tentor, M., 2002, The Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) Konservat-Lagerstatte of en Nammoura (Kesrouane Province), northern Lebanon: Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, v. 41, n. 1, p. 51-68.
Dorka, M., 2002, Tetrapod teeth from the Upper Ladinian bone bed, Schöningen (Lower Saxony, Germany): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, n. 2, p. 283-296.
Elzanowski, A., 2002, Biology of basal birds and the origin of avian flight: In: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1-4 June 2000, edited by Zhou, Z., and Zhang, F., 2002, Science Press, p. 211-226.
Farlow, J. O., and Holtz jr, T. R., 2002, The fossil record of predation in dinosaurs: Paleontological Society Papers, v. 8, p. 251-265.
Feduccia, A., 2002, Birds are Dinosaurs: simple answer to a complex problem: Auk, v. 118, n. 4, p. 1187-1201.
Feduccia, A., and Nowicki, J., 2002, The hand of birds revealed by early ostrich embryos: Naturwissenschaften, v. 89, p. 391-393.
Ford, T. L., and Chure, D. J., 2002, "Aublysodon" teeth from the El Gallo Formation (Late Campanian) of Baja California: the southernmost record of Tyrannosaurid theropods: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 75-89.
Fraser, N. C., Padian, K., Walkden G. M., and Davis, A. L. M., 2002, Basal dinosauriform remains from Britain and the diagnosis of the dinosauria: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 1, p. 79-95. (Agnostiphys cromhallensis)
Gay, R., 2002, New specimens of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Northern Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 19-23.
Gatsey, S. M., 2002, Locomotor evolution on the line to modern birds: In: Mesozoic Birds, above the heads of Dinosaurs, University of California Press, 432-447.
Hanna, R. R., 2002, Multiple injury and infection in a sub-adult theropod dinosaur Allosaurus fragilis with comparisons to allosaur pathology in the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry collection: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 76-90.
Heckert, A. B. and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and biochronology of Lower Chinle Group (Admanian: Latest Carnian) vertebrate fossil assemblages in the vicinity of St. Johns, Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 9-15.
Henderson, D. M., and Weishampel, D. B., 2002, Convergent evolution of the maxilla-dental-complex among carnivorous archosaurs: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 77-92.
Hernandez, A. T., 2002, Los dinosaurios teropodos del Cretacico Superior de la Cuenca de Tremp (Pirineos Sur-Centrales, Lleida) Coloquios de Paleontologia, v. 53, p. 139-143.
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
Hoganson, J. W., and Murphy, E. C., 2002, Marine Breien Member (Maastrichtian) of the Hell creek Formation in North Dakota: Stratigraphy, vertebrate fossil record, and age: In: The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains, an integrated continental recod of the end of the Cretaceous, edited by Hartman, J. H., Johnson, K. R., and Nichols, D. J., Geological Society of America, Special Paper 361, p. 247-269.
Hu, C. C., Cheng, Z., Pang, Q., and Fang, X., 2001, Shantungosaurus giganteus: Geological Publishing House, 139pp. (Tyrannosaurus zhuchengensis)
Hutchinson, J. R., 2002, The evolution of the hindlimb tendons and muscles on the line to crown-group birds: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, v. 133, p. 1051-1086.
Hutchinson, J. R., and Garcia, M., 2002, Tyrannosaurus was not a fast runner: Nature, v. 415, p. 1018-1021.
Hwang, S. H., Norell, M. A., Ji, Q., and Gao, K., 2002, New specimens of Microraptor zhaoianus (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from Northeastern China: American Museum Novitates, n. 3381, 44pp.
Ji, Q., Ji, S.-H., Yuang, C.-X., and Ji, X.-X., 2002, Restudy of a small dromaeosaurid dinosaur with feathers over its entire body: Earth Science Frontiers (China University of Geosciences, Beijing), v. 9, n. 3, p. 57-63. (Sinornithosaurus sp (nova)
Kellner, A.W.A. and Campos D.A., 2002, On a theropod dinosaur (Abelisauria) from the continental Cretaceous of Brazil: Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio Janeiro, v. 60, n. 3, p.163-170. (Pycnonemosaurus nevesi)
Lamanna, M. C., Martinex, R. D., and Smith, J. B., 2002, A definitive abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Late Cretaceous of Patagonia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 1, p. 58-69.
Lim, J.-D., Martin, L. D., and Baek, K. S., 2002, The first megalosaurid tooth from South Korea: Current Science, v. 82, n. 3, p. 326-328.
Lu, J., Dong., Z.-M., Azuma, Y., Barsbold, R., and Tomida, Y., 2002, Oviraptorosaurs compared to birds: In: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1-4 June 2000, edited by Zhou, Z., and Zhang, F., 2002, Science Press, p. 175-189.
Maryanska, T., Osmolska, H., and Wolsan, M., 2002, Avialan status for Oviraptorosauria: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 47, n. 1, p. 97-116.
Mclver, E. E., 2002, The paleoenvironment of Tyrannosaurus rex from southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 39, p. 207-221.
Medeiros, M. A., and Schultz, C. L., 2002, A fauna dinossauriana da "Laje do Coringa", Cretaceo Medio do Nordeste do Brasil: Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, v. 60, n. 3, p. 155-162.
Meers, M. B., 2002, Maximum bite force and prey size of Tyrannosaurus rex and their relationships to the inference of feeding behavior: Historical Biology, v. 16, n. 1-12.
Milner, A. C., 2002, Theropod dinosaurs of the Purbeck Limestone Group, southern England: Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 68, p. 191-201.
Naish, D., 2002, The historical taxonomy of the Lower Cretaceous theropods (Dinosauria) Calamospondylus and Aristosuchus from the Isle of Wight: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, n. 113, p. 153-163.
Naish, D., and Martill, D. M., 2002, A reappraisal of Thecocoelurus daviesi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, n. 113, p. 23-30.
Naples, V. L., Martin, L. D., and Simmons, J,. 2002, The pelvis in early birds and dinosaurs: In: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1-4 June 2000, edited by Zhou, Z., and Zhang, F., 2002, Science Press, p. 203-210.
Nesbitt, S., 2002, An update on fossil reptile material from the Upper Moenkopi Formation, Holbrook Member (Middle Triassic), northern Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 3-7.
Novas, F. E., and Pol, D., 2002, Alvarezsaurid relationships reconsidered: In: Mesozoic Birds, above the heads of Dinosaurs, University of California Press, 121-125.
Preuschoft, H., and Witzel, U., 2002, Biomechanical investigations on the skulls of reptiles and mammals: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 207-222.
Rauhut, O. W. M., 2002, Dinosaur teeth from the Barremian of Una, Province of Cuenca, Spain: Cretaceous Research, v. 23, p. 255-263.
Ray, S., and Chinsamy, A., 2002, A theropod tooth from the Late Triassic of southern Africa: Journal of Bioscience, v. 27, n. 3, p. 295-298.
Rayfield, E. J., Norman D. B., and Upchurch, P., 2002, Prey attack by a large theropod dinosaur: Nature, 416, p. 387-388.
Sankey, J. T., Brinkman, D. B., Guenther, M., and Currie, P. J., 2002, Small theropod and bird teeth from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Judith River Group, Alberta: Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 4, p. 751-763.
Sanz, J. L., Alvarz, J. C., Soriano, C., Hernandez-Carrasquilla, F., Perez-Moreno, B. P., and Meseguer, J., 2002, Wing loading in primitive birds: In: Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1-4 June 2000, edited by Zhou, Z., and Zhang, F., 2002, Science Press, p. 253-258.
Sinvely, E., and Russell, A., 2002, The tyrannosaurid metatarsus: bone strain and inferred ligament function: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 35-42.
Sues, H.-D., Frey, E., Martill, D. M., and Scott, D. M., 2002, Irritator challengeri, a spinosaurid (Dinosauria; Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 535-547.
Suzuki, S., Chiappe, L. M., Dyke, G. J., Watabe, M., Barsbold, R., and Tsogtbaatar K., 2002, A new specimen of Shuvuuia deserti Chiappe et al., 1998 from the Mongolian Late Cretaceous with a discussion of the relationships of Alvarezsaurids to other theropod dinosaurs: Contributions in Science, n. 494, 1-18.
Varricchio, D. J., Horner, J. R., and Jackson, F. D., 2002, Embryos and eggs for the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 564-576.
Vickers-Rich, P., Chiappe, L. M., and Kurzanov, S., 2002, The enigmatic birdlike dinosaur Avimimus portentosus: In: Mesozoic Birds, above the heads of Dinosaurs, University of California Press, 65-86..
Witmer, L. M., 2002, The debate on avian ancestry, phylogney, function, and fossils: In: Mesozoic Birds, above the heads of Dinosaurs, University of California Press, 3-30.
Xu, X., Cheng, Y.-N., Wang, X.-L., and Chang, C.-N., 2002, An unusual oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from China: Nature, v. 419, p. 291-293. (Incisivosaurus gauthieri)
Xu, X., Norell, M. A., Wang, X.-L., Makovicky, P. J., and Wu, X.-C., 2002, A basal troodontid from the Early Cretaceous of China: Nature, v. 415, p. 780-784. (Sinovenator changii)
Xu, X., Zhang, X.-H., Sereno, P., Zhao, X.-J., Kuang, X.-W., Han, J., and Tan, L., 2002, A new therizinosauroid (Dinosauria, theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v., 40, n. 3, p. 228-240. (Erliansaurus bellamanus)
Yao, J.-X., Zhang, Y., and Tang, Z.-L., 2002, Histological study of Late Cretaceous ornithomimid and hadrosaurid: Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 41, n. 2, p. 241-250.
Yu, M., Wu, P., Wideltiz, R. B., and Chuong, C.-M., 2002, The morphogensis of feathers: Nature, v. 420, p. 308-312.
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z., Xu, X., and Wang, X., 2002, A juvenile coelurosaurina theropod from China indicates arboreal habits: Naturwissenschaften, v. 89, p. 394-398. (Epidendrosaurus ningechengensis)
Sauropods
Averianov, A. O., Voronkevich, A. V., Maschenko, E. N., Leshchinskiy, S. V., and Fayngertz, A. V. 2002, A sauropod foot from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 47, n. 1. p. 117-124.
Barrett, P. M., Hasegawa, Y., Manabe, M., Isaji, S., and Matsuoka, H., 2002, Sauropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Asia: taxonomic and biogeographical implications: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 6, p. 1197-1217.
Bergqvist, L. P., Torres, S. R., and Avilla, L. d. S., 2002, Short note on dinosaur osteoderms from the Admanantina Formation, Upper Cretaceous of Sao Paulo State, Brazil: Boletim do Museum Nacional, Geologia, n. 62, p. 1-5.
Buffetaut, E., Suteethorn, V., Le Loeuff, J., Cuny, G., Tong, H., and Khansubha, S., 2002, The first giant dinosaurs: a large sauropod from the Late Triassic of Thailand: Compte rendu Palevol. v. 1, p. 103-109.
Buffetaut, E., Suteethorn, V., Le Loeuff, J., Cuny, G., Tong, H., and Khansubha, S., 2002, A review of the sauropod dinosaurs of Thailand: The Symposium on Geology of Thailand, p. 95-101.
Canudo, J. I., 2002, Una mirada de dentista: los dientes de los dinosaurios sauropodos: Asociacion Paleontologica Aragonesa, v. 32, p. 12-24.
Canudo, J. I., Ruiz-Omenaca, J. I., Barco, J. L., and Royo Torres, R., 2002, Sauropodos asiaticos en el Barremiense inferior (Cretacico Inferior) de Espana: Ameghiniana, t. 39, n. 4, p. 443-452.
Chatterjee, S., and Zhong, Z., 2002, Cranial anatomy of Shunosaurus, a basal sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China: In: Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in memory of Alick D. Walker, edited by Norman, D. B., and Gower, D. J., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, p. 145-169.
Christian, A., 2002, Neck posture and overall body design in sauropods: Mitt. Mus. Nat. kd. Berl., Geowiss. Reihe, v. 5, p. 271-281.
Curtice, B., and Stadtman, K., 2002, The demise of Dystylosaurus edwini and a revision of Supersaurus vivianae: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 33-40. (Supersaurus vivianae = Dystylosaurus edwini)
Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2002, Cretaceous dinosaurs in the Adriatic-Dianaric Carbonate Platform (Italy and Croatia): paleoenvironmental implication and paleogeographical hypotheses: Mem. Soc. Geol. It, v. 57, p. 89-100.
Dorka, M., 2002, Tetrapod teeth from the Upper Ladinian bone bed, Schöningen (Lower Saxony, Germany): Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, n. 2, p. 283-296.
Durand, J. F., (2001) 2002, The oldest juvenile dinosaurs from Africa: In: Special Issue, African Renaissance and Geosciences, edited by Eriksson, P., and Kampunzu, H. A. B., Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 33, n. 3-4, p. 597-603.
Foster, J. R., 2002, Relative abundance of the sauropoda (Dinosauria, Saurischia) of the Morrison Formation and implications for Late Jurassic paleoecology of North America; Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 47-60.
Gunga, H.-C., Kirsch, K., Rittweger, J., Clarke, A., Albertz, J., Wiedermann, A., Wehr, A., Heinrich, W.-D., and Schultze, H.-P., 2002, Dimensions of Brachiosaurus brancai, Dicraeosaurus hansemanni and Diplodocus carnegii and their implications for gravitational physiology: Adaptation Biology and Medicine, v. 3, edited by Moravec, J., Takeda, N., adn Singal, P. K., p. 156-169.
Gunther, B., Morgado, E., Kirsch, K., and Gunga, H.-C., 2002, Gravitational tolerance and sized of Brachiosaurus brancai: Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe, Band 5, p. 265-269.
Harris, S. K., Heckert, A. B., Lucas, S. G., and Hunt, A. P., 2002, The oldest North American prosauropod, from the Upper Triassic Tecovas Formation of the Chinle Group (Adamanian: Latest Carnian), West Texas: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 249-252.
Heckert, A. B. and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and biochronology of Lower Chinle Group (Admanian: Latest Carnian) vertebrate fossil assemblages in the vicinity of St. Johns, Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 9-15.
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
Jana, S. K., and Das, S. S., 2002, A report of a 157.8 m.y.-old dinosaur bone from the Jurassic marine Chari Formation, Kutch, Gujarat and its taphonomic sigificance: Current Science, v. 82, n. 1, p. 85-88.
Lehman, T. M., and Coulson, A. B., 2002, A juvenile specimen of the sauropod dinosaur Alamosaurus sanjuanensis from the Upper Cretaceous of Big Bend National Park, Texas: Journal of Paleontology, v. 76, n. 1, p. 156-172.
Medeiros, M. A., and Schultz, C. L., 2002, A fauna dinossauriana da "Laje do Coringa", Cretaceo Medio do Nordeste do Brasil: Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, v. 60, n. 3, p. 155-162.
Ouyang, H., and Ye, Y., 2002, The first mamenchisaurian skeleton with complete skull, Mamenchisaurus youngi: 111pp.
Platt, P. R., 2002, The pectoral girdle of Apatosaurus: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 41-46.
Pyzalla, A., Stempniewicz, M., Gunther, A., and Brokmeier, H.-G., 2002, Texture of bone mineral in sauropod dinosaur bone: GeNF TEX-2, Experimental Report, p. 151-160.
Pyzalla, A., Stempniewicz, Pranzas, P. K., and Kozik, G., 2002, SANS studies of fossil dinosaur bone: GeNF Sans-2 Experimental Report, p. 79-80.
Rauhut, O. W. M., 2002, Dinosaur teeth from the Barremian of Una, Province of Cuenca, Spain: Cretaceous Research, v. 23, p. 255-263.
Stevens, K. A., 2002, DinoMorph: Parametric modeling of skeletal structures: In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 23-34.
Trotta, M. N. F., Campos, D. de A., and Kellner, A. W. A., 2002, Unusual caudal vertebral centra of a titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the continental Upper Cretaceous of Brazil: Boletim do Museu National, Geologia, n. 64, p. 1-11.
Upchurch, P., and Martin, J., 2002, The Rutland Cetiosaurus: the anatomy and relationships of a Middle Jurassic British sauropod dinosaur: Palaeontology, v. 45, part 6, p. 1049-1074.
Wedel, M. J., and Sanders, K., 2002, Osteological correlates of cervical musculature in Aves and Sauropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia), with comments on the cervical ribs of Apatosaurus: PaleoBios, v. 22, n. 3, p. 1-6.
Weishampel, D. B., Meers, M. B., Akersten, W. A., and McCrady, A. D., 2002, New Early Cretaceous dinosaur remains, including possible ceratopsians, from the Wayan Formation of eastern Idaho: In: And Whereras...Papers on the Vertebrate Paleontology of Idaho honoring John A. White, v. 2, edited by Akersten, W. A., Thompson, M. E., Meldrum, D. J., Rapp, R. A., and McDonlald, H. G., Idaho Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 37, p. 5-17.
Wilhite, R., 2002, Digitizing large fossil skeletal elements for three-dimensional applications: Palaeontologia Electronica, v. 5, n. 1, 10pp.
Wilson, J. A., 2002, Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, p. 217-276.
Ornithopods
Buffetaut, E,. and Suteethorn, V., 2002, Remarks on Psittacosaurus sattayaraki Buffetaut & Suteehorn, 1992, a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand: Oryctos, v. 4, p. 71-73.
Coria, R. A., and Calvo, J. O., 2002, A new iguanodontian ornithopod from Neuquen Basin, Patagonia, Argentina: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 3, p. 503-509. (Anabisetia saldiviai)
Dalla Vecchia, F. M., 2002, Cretaceous dinosaurs in the Adriatic-Dianaric Carbonate Platform (Italy and Croatia): paleoenvironmental implication and paleogeographical hypotheses: Mem. Soc. Geol. It, v. 57, p. 89-100.
Egi, N., and Weishampel, D. B., 2002, Morphometric analyses of humeral shapes in Hadrosaurids (Ornithopoda, Dinosauria): In: Concepts of functional, engineering and constructional morphology, edited by Gudo, M., Gutmann, M., and Scholz, J., Senckenbergiana Lethaea, v. 82, n. 1, p. 43-58.
Fassett, J. E., Zielinski, R. A., and Budahn, J. R., 2002, Dinosaurs that did not die: evidence for Paleocene dinosaurs in the Ojo Alamo Sandstone, San Juan Basin, New Mexico: In: Catastrophic events and mass-extinctions: impacts and beyond, edited by Koeberl, C., and MacLeod, K. G., Geological Society of America, Special Paper 356, p. 307-336.
Heckert, A. B., 2002, A revision of the Upper Triassic ornithischian dinosaur Revueltosaurus, with a description of a new species: In: Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin, 21, edited by Heckert, A. B., and Lucas, S. G., p. 253-268. (Revueltosaurus hunti)
Heckert, A. B. and Lucas, S. G., 2002, Stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and biochronology of Lower Chinle Group (Admanian: Latest Carnian) vertebrate fossil assemblages in the vicinity of St. Johns, Arizona: Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists and Southwest Paleontological Symposium - Proceedings 2001, edited by McCord, R. D., and Boaz, D., Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin, n. 8, p. 9-15.
Hernandez, B. S., 2002, Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados Mesozoicos de la Localidad de Galve (Teruel): Estudios Geol, v. 58, p. 189-193.
Hu, C. C., Cheng, Z., Pang, Q., and Fang, X., 2001, Shantungosaurus giganteus: Geological Publishing House, 139pp.
Knoll, F., 2002, Nearly complete skull of Lesothosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic: Hettangian) of Lesotho: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, n. 2, p. 238-243.
Knoll, F., 2002, New skull of Lesothosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of southern Africa: Geobios, v. 35, p. 595-603.
Mayr, G., Peters, D. S., Plodowski, G., and Vogel, O., 2002, Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus: Naturwissenschaften, v. 89, p. 361-365.
Norman, D. B., 2002, On Asian ornithopods (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). 4. Probactrosaurus Rozhdestvensky, 1966: In: Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in memory of Alick D. Walker, edited by Norman, D. B., and Gower, D. J., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 136, p. 113-144.
Norman, D. B., and Barrett, P. M., 2002, Ornithischian dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England: Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 68, p. 161-189. (Camptosaurus hoggii = Iguanodon hoggii)
Pincemaille-Quillevere, M., 2002, Description d'un squelette partiel de Rhabdodon priscus (Euornithopoda) du Cretace superieur de Vitrolles (Bouches-du-Rhone, France): Oryctos, v. 4, p. 39-70.
Rauhut, O. W. M., 2002, Dinosaur teeth from the Barremian of Una, Province of Cuenca, Spain: Cretaceous Research, v. 23, p. 255-263.
Rich, T. H., Vickers-Rich, P., and Gangloff, R. A., 2002, Polar Dinosaurs: Science, v. 295, p. 979-980.
Steghaus-Kovac, S., 2002, Tug-of-War over mystery fossil: Science, v. 295, p. 1212-1213.
Tokaryk, T. T., 2002, A humerus from a juvenile Triceratops sp. (Ornithischia: ceratopsidae) from the Frenchman Formation (Late Maastrichtian), Saskatchewan: In Summary of Investigations, 2002, v. 1, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Sask. Industry and Resources, Misc. Rep. 2002-4.1, p. 151-154.
Xu, X., Makovicky, P. J., Wang, X.-L., Norell, M. A., and You, H.-L., 2002, A ceratopsian dinosaur from China and the early evolution of Ceratopsia: Nature, v. 416, p. 314-317. (Liaoceratops yanzigouensis)
Weishampel, D. B., Meers, M. B., Akersten, W. A., and McCrady, A. D., 2002, New Early Cretaceous dinosaur remains, including possible ceratopsians, from the Wayan Formation of eastern Idaho: In: And Whereras...Papers on the Vertebrate Paleontology of Idaho honoring John A. White, v. 2, edited by Akersten, W. A., Thompson, M. E., Meldrum, D. J., Rapp, R. A., and McDonlald, H. G., Idaho Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 37, p. 5-17.
Yao, J.-X., Zhang, Y., and Tang, Z.-L., 2002, Histological study of Late Cretaceous ornithomimid and hadrosaurid: Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 41, n. 2, p. 241-250.
Armored dinosaurs
Averianov, A. O., 2002, An ankylosaurid (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) braincase from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan: Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, v. 72, p. 97-110. (Amtosaurus archibaldi)
Dong, Z.-M., 2002, A new armored dinosaur (Ankylosauria) from Beipaio Basin, Liaoning Province, northeastern China: Vertebrata PalAsiatic