INDEX OF FREE ONLINE PALAEONTOLOGY PAPERS

This page attempts to index the FREE, permanently available vertebrate palaeontology (and occasionally neontology :P) papers that I have found online. None of these papers are hosted by this site. I am aware of the incompleteness of this list, and hope to add new links frequently.

Many modern "classics" of dinosaur literature can be downloaded, as of 03-04-05, from a reading list at Florida State University. I do not know if these files will be deleted when the course is over, so save them now!

For translations of non-English palaeontology papers, try The Polyglot Paleontologist.

And now, the links! :)


NEW! DOWNLOAD 2004 SVP ABSTRACT VOLUME . (old link to 2003 Abstracts)

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BIRDS & OTHER DINOSAURS

Allain, R., 2001. Redescription de Streptospondylus altdorfensis, le dinosaure théropode de Cuvier, du Jurassique de Normandie. Geodiversitas 23 (3): 349-367. DOWNLOAD

Altshuler, D.L. & R. Dudley, 2002. The ecological and evolutionary interface of hummingbird flight physiology. The Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 2325-2336. DOWNLOAD

Alvarenga, H.M.F. & E. Höfling, 2003. Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes). Pap. Avulsos Zool. 43 (4): 55-91. DOWNLOAD

Avieranov, A.O., A.V. Voronkevich, E.N. Maschenko, S.V. Leshchinskiy & A.V. Fayngertz, 2002. A sauropod foot from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47: 117-124. DOWNLOAD

Azuma, Y., 2003. Early Cretaceous vertebrate remains from Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 2: 17-21. DOWNLOAD

Azuma, Y., Y. Arakawa, Y. Tomida & P.J. Currie, 2002. Early Cretaceous bird tracks from the Tetori Group, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 1: 1-6. DOWNLOAD

Bakker, R.T., 2000. Brontosaur killers: Late Jurassic allosaurids as sabre-tooth cat analogues. Gaia 15: 145-158. DOWNLOAD

Bennett, A.F., J.W. Hicks & A.J. Cullum, 2000. An experimental test of the thermoregulatory hypothesis for the origin of endothermy. Evolution 54: 1768­1773. DOWNLOAD

Benton, M.J., 1979. Ectothermy and the success of the dinosaurs. Evolution 33: 983-987. DOWNLOAD

Benton, M.J., 1983. Dinosaur success in the Triassic: A noncompetetive ecological model. The Quarterly Review of Biology 58: 29-55. DOWNLOAD

Benton, M.J., 1993. Late Triassic extinctions and the origin of the dinosaurs. Science 260: 769-770. DOWNLOAD

Benton, M.J., 2005. Origin and relationships of Dinosauria. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson & H. Osmólska (eds), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition: 7-24. University of California Press, Berkeley. DOWNLOAD

Buffetaut, E. & V. Suteethorn, 1998. The biogeographical significance of the Mesozoic vertebrates from Thailand. in R. Hall & J.D. Holloway (eds), Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia : 83-90. DOWNLOAD

Bundle, M.W & K.P. Dial, 2003. Mechanics of wing-assisted incline running (WAIR). The Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4553-4564. DOWNLOAD

Burke, A.C. & A. Feduccia, 1997. Developmental patterns and the identification of homologies in the avian hand. Science 278: 666-668. DOWNLOAD

Calvo, J.O. & R. Coria, 2000. New specimen of Giganotosaurus carolinii (CORIA & SALGADO, 1995) supports it as the largest theropod ever found. Gaia 15: 117-122. DOWNLOAD

Carpenter, K., 1998. Armor of Stegosaurus stenops, and the taphonomic history of a new specimen from Garden Park, Colorado. Modern Geology 23: 127-144. DOWNLOAD

Carpenter, K., 1998. A dinosaur paleontologist's view of Godzilla. In Lees, J.D. & M. Cerasini (eds.), The Official Godzilla Compendium: 102-106. Random House, New York. DOWNLOAD

Carpenter, K., 2002. Forelimb biomechanics of nonavian theropod dinosaurs in predation. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 82: 59-76. DOWNLOAD

Carpenter, K., 2004. Redesciption of Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown 1909 (Ankylosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 41: 961-986. DOWNLOAD

Carpenter, K. & V. Tidwell, 1998. Preliminary description of a Brachiosaurus skull from Felch Quarry 1, Garden Park, Colorado. Modern Geology 23: 69-84. DOWNLOAD

Carrano, M.T. & J.R. Hutchinson, 2002. The pelvic and hind limb musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Morphology 253: 207-228. DOWNLOAD

Carrier, D.R., R.M. Walter & D.V. Lee, 2001. Influence of rotational intertia on turning performance of theropod dinosaurs: clues from humans with increased rotational intertia. The Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 3917–3926. DOWNLOAD

Chang, B.S.W., K. Jonsson, M.A. Kazmi, M.J. Donoghue & T.P. Sakmar, 2002. Recreating a functional ancestral archosaur visual pigment. Molecular Biology and Evolution 19: 1483-1489. DOWNLOAD

Chiappe, L.M., S.-A. Ji, Q. Ji & M.A. Norell, 1999. Anatomy and systematics of the Confuciusornithidae (Theropoda, Aves) from the late Mesozoic of northeastern China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 242: 1-89. DOWNLOAD

Chiappe, L.M., J.P. Lamb, Jr. & P. Ericson, 2002. New enantiornithine bird from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22: 170-174. DOWNLOAD

Chiappe, L.M., M. Norell & J. Clark, 2001. A new skull of Gobipteryx minuta (Aves, Enantiornithes) from the Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert. American Museum Novitates 3346: 1-15. DOWNLOAD

Christiansen, P. & N. Bonde, 2004. Body plumage in Archaeopteryx: a review, and new evidence from the Berlin specimen. Comptes Rendus Palevol 3: 99-118. DOWNLOAD

Clark, J.M., M.A. Norell & T. Rowe, 2002. Cranial anatomy of Citipati osmolskae (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria) and a reinterpretation of the holotype of Oviraptor philoceratops. American Museum Novitates 3364: 1-24. DOWNLOAD

Clarke, J.A., 2004. Morphology, phylogenetic taxonomy, and systematics of Ichthyornis and Apatornis (Avialae, Ornithurae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 286: 1-179. DOWNLOAD

Clarke, J.A. & M.A. Norell, 2002. The morphology and phylogenetic position of Apsaravis ukhaana from the late Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3387: 1-46. DOWNLOAD

Clarke, J.A. & M.A. Norell, 2004. New avialan remains and a review of the known avifauna from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3447: 1-12. DOWNLOAD

Cooper, A. & D. Penny, 1997. Mass survival of birds across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary: molecular evidence. Science 275: 1109-1113. DOWNLOAD

Coria, R.A. & L. Salgado, 2000. A basal Abelisauria NOVAS 1992 (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Gaia 15: 89-102. DOWNLOAD

Courel, L. & G.R. Demathieu, 2000. Une nouvelle ichnoespece Coelurosaurichnus grancieri du Trias superieur de l'Ardeche, France. Geodiversitas 22: 35-46. DOWNLOAD

Currie, P.J., 2003. Cranial anatomy of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 191-226. DOWNLOAD

Currie, P.J. & K. Carpenter, 2000. A new specimen of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Oklahoma, USA. Geodiversitas 22: 207-246. DOWNLOAD

Currie, P.J., Hurum, J.H. & K. Sabath, 2003. Skull structure and evolution in tyrannosaurid dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 227-234. DOWNLOAD

Dial, K.P., 2003. Wing-assisted incline running and the evolution of flight. Science 299: 402-404. DOWNLOAD

Dong, Z.-M., 2003. Contributions of new dinosaur materials from China to dinosaurology. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 2: 123-131. DOWNLOAD

Ericson, P.G.P., L. Christidis, A. Cooper, M. Irestedt, J. Jackson, U.S. Johansson & J.A. Norman, 2002. A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of endemic New Zealand wrens. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B269: 235-241. DOWNLOAD

Farlow, J.O., S.M. Gatesy, T.R. Holtz, Jr., J.R. Hutchinson, & J.M. Robinson, 2000. Theropod locomotion. American Zoologist 40: 640-663. DOWNLOAD

Feduccia, A., 1999. 1,2,3 = 2,3,4: Accommodating the cladogram. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 4740-4742. DOWNLOAD

Fisher, P.E., D.A. Russell, M.K. Stoskopf, R.E. Barrick, M. Hammer & A.A. Kuzmitz, 2000. Cardiovascular evidence for an intermediate or higher metabolic rate in an ornithischian dinosaur. Science 288: 503-505. DOWNLOAD

Forster, C.A., S.D. Sampson, L.M. Chiappe & D.W. Krause, 1998. The theropod ancestry of birds: new evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science 279: 1915-1919. DOWNLOAD

Fountaine, T.M.R., M.J. Benton, G.J. Dyke & R.L. Nudds, 2005. The quality of the fossil record of Mesozoic birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 272: 289-294. DOWNLOAD

García-Moreno, J., M.D. Sorenson & D.P. Mindell, 2003. Congruent avian phylogenies inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution 57: 27-37. DOWNLOAD

Gatesy, S.M. & K.P. Dial, 1993. Tail muscle activity patterns in walking and flying pigeons (Columba livia). The Journal of Experimental Biology 176: 55-76. DOWNLOAD

Gauthier, J. & K. de Queiroz, 2001. Feathered dinosaurs, flying dinosaurs, crown dinosaurs, and the name "Aves." Pp. 7-41 in J. Gauthier & L. F. Gall (eds.), New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds. Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. DOWNLOAD

Gierlinski, G. & K. Sabath, 2002. A probable stegosaurian track from the Late Jurassic of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47: 561 –564. DOWNLOAD

Gingerich, P.D., 1972. A new partial mandible of Ichthyornis. The Condor 74: 471-473. DOWNLOAD

Godefroit, P., Y.L. Bolotsky & V. Alifanov, 2003. A remarkable hollow-crested hadrosaur from Russia: an Asian origin for lambeosaurines. C. R. Palevol 2: 143-151. DOWNLOAD

Godefroit, P., Y.L. Bolotsky & J. van Itterbeeck, 2004. The lambeosaurine dinosaur Amurosaurus riabinini, from the Maastrichtian of Far Eastern Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (4): 585-618. DOWNLOAD

Gregory, J.T., 1952. The jaws of the Cretaceous toothed birds Ichthyornis and Hesperornis. The Condor 54: 73-88. DOWNLOAD

Groth, J.G. & G.F. Barrowclough, 1999. Basal divergences in birds and the phylogenetic utility of the nuclear RAG-1 gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12: 115-123. DOWNLOAD

Harlid, A. & U. Arnason, 1999. Analyses of mitochondrial DNA nest ratite birds within the Neognathae: supporting a neotenous origin of ratite morphological characters. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 266: 305-309. DOWNLOAD

Harlid, A., A. Janke & U. Arnason, 1998. The complete mitochondrial genome of Rhea americana and early avian divergences. Journal of Molecular Evolution 46: 669-679. DOWNLOAD

Harris, J.D., 1997. Four-toed theropod footprints and a paleomagnetic age from the Whetstone Falls Member of the Harebell Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian), northwestern Wyoming: a correction. Cretaceous Research 18(1): 139. DOWNLOAD

Harris, J.D., 1998. Dinosaur footprints from Garden Park, Colorado. Modern Geology 23: 291-307. DOWNLOAD

Harris, J.D. & P. Dodson, 2004. A new diplodocoid sauropod (Dinosauria) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Montana, U.S.A. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(2): 197-210. DOWNLOAD

Harris, J.D., K.R. Johnson, J. Hicks & L. Tauxe, 1996. Four-toed theropod footprints and a paleomagnetic age from the Whetstone Falls Member of the Harebell Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian), northwestern Wyoming. Cretaceous Research 17(4): 381-401. DOWNLOAD

Haubold, H. & H. Klein, 2000. Die dinosauroiden fährten Parachirotherium - Atriepus - Grallator aus dem unteren Mittelkeuper (Obere Trias: Ladin, Karn, ?Nor) in Franken (The dinosauroid trackways Parachirotherium - Atreipus - Grallator from the lower Middle Keuper (Upper Triassic: Landinian, Carnian, ?Norian) of Frankonia (Germany)). Hallesches Jahrb. Geowiss. B22: 59-85. DOWNLOAD

Haubold, H. & H. Klein, 2002. Chirotherien und Grallatoriden aus der Unteren bis Oberen Trias Mitteleuropas und die Entstehung der Dinosauria. Hallesches Jahrb. Geowiss. B24: 1-22. DOWNLOAD

Heckert, A.B. & S.G. Lucas, 2000. Global correlation of the Triassic theropod record. Gaia 15: 63-74. DOWNLOAD

Hedges, S.B. & L.L. Poling, 1999. A molecular phylogeny of reptiles. Science 283: 998-1001. DOWNLOAD

Hill, R. V., L. M. Witmer & M.A. Norell, 2003. A new specimen of Pinacosaurus grangeri (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia: ontogeny and phylogeny of ankylosaurs. American Museum Novitates 3395: 1–29. DOWNLOAD

Holtz, T.R. Jr., 2000. A new phylogeny of the carnivorous dinosaurs. Gaia 15: 5-61. DOWNLOAD

Holliday, J.A. & S.J. Steppan, 2004. Evolution of hypercarnivory: the effect of specialization on morphological and taxonomic diversity. Paleobiology 30: 108-128. DOWNLOAD

Hou, L.-H., L.M. Chiappe, F. Zhang & C.-M. Chuong, 2004. New Early Cretaceous fossil bird from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds. Naturwissenschaften 91: 22-25. DOWNLOAD

Hou, L.-H. & P.G.P. Ericson, 2002. A Middle Eocene shorebird from China. The Condor 104: 296-299. DOWNLOAD

Houck, M.A., J. Gauthier, & R.E. Strauss, 1990. Allometric scaling in the earliest fossil bird, Archaeopteryx lithographica. Science 247: 195–198. DOWNLOAD

Hurum, J.H. & K. Sabath, 2003. Giant theropod dinosaurs from Asia and North America: Skulls of Tarbosaurus bataar and Tyrannosaurus rex compared. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 161-190. DOWNLOAD

Hutchinson, J.R., 2001. The evolution of pelvic osteology and soft tissues on the line to extant birds (Neornithes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 123-168. DOWNLOAD

Hutchinson, J.R. 2001. The evolution of femoral osteology and soft tissues on the line to extant birds (Neornithes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 169-197. DOWNLOAD

Hutchinson, J.R., 2003. The evolution of hindlimb tendons and muscles on the line to crown-group birds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A133: 1051-1086. DOWNLOAD

Hutchinson, J.R. & M. Garcia, 2002. Tyrannosaurus was not a fast runner. Nature 415: 1018-1021. DOWNLOAD

Hutchinson, J.R. & S.M. Gatesy, 2000. Adductors, abductors, and the evolution of archosaur locomotion. Paleobiology 26: 734-751. DOWNLOAD

Hutt, S., D. Naish, D.M. Martill, M.J. Barker & P. Newbery, 2001. A preliminary account of a new tyrannosauroid theropod from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous) of southern England. Cretaceous Research 22: 227-242. DOWNLOAD

Hwang, S.H., M.A. Norell, Q. Ji & K. Gao, 2002. New specimens of Microraptor zhaoianus (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from northeastern China. American Museum Novitates 3381: 1-44. DOWNLOAD

Hwang, S.H., M.A. Norell, Q. Ji, & K. Gao, 2004. A large compsognathid from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2: 13-30. DOWNLOAD

Ji, Q., M.A. Norell, P.J. Makovicky, K.-Q. Gao, S. Ji & C. Yuan, 2003. An early ostrich dinosaur an implications for ornithomimosaur phylogeny. American Museum Novitates 3420: 1-19. DOWNLOAD

Jones, T.D., J.O. Farlow, J.A. Ruben, D.M. Henderson & W.J. Hillenius, 2000. Cursoriality in bipedal archosaurs. Nature 406: 716-718. DOWNLOAD

Jones, T.D., J.A. Ruben, L.D. Martin, E. Kurochkin, A. Feduccia, P. Maderson, W.J. Hillenius & N.R. Geist, 2000. Nonavian feathers in a Late Triassic archosaur. Science 288: 2202-2205. DOWNLOAD

King, M.J. & M.J. Benton, 1996. Dinosaurs in the Early and Mid Triassic? - The footprint evidence from Britain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 122: 213-225. DOWNLOAD

Kirkland, J.I., K. Carpenter, A.P. Hunt & R.D. Scheetz, 1998. Ankylosaur (Dinosauria) specimens from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. Modern Geology 23: 145-177.

Knoll, F., C. Colleté, B. Dubus & J.-L. Petit, 2000. On the presence of a sauropod dinosaur (Saurischia) in the Albian of Aube (France). Geodiversitas 22: 389-394. DOWNLOAD

Kobayashi, Y. & J.-C. Lu, 2003. A new ornithomimid dinosaur with gregarious habits from the Late Cretaceous of China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 235-259. DOWNLOAD

Ksepka, D.T. & M.A. Norell, 2004. Ornithomimosaur cranial material from Ukhaa Tolgod (Omnogov, Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3448: 1-4. DOWNLOAD

Kurochkin, E.N., G.J. Dyke & A.A. Karhu, 2002. A new presbyornithid bird (Aves, Anseriformes) from the late Cretaceous of southern Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3386: 1-11. DOWNLOAD

Langer, M.A., F. Abdala, M. Richter & M.J. Benton, 1999. A sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of southern Brazil. Comptes rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 329: 511-517. DOWNLOAD

Lee, Y.-N., 2003. Dinosaur bones and eggs in South Korea. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 2: 113-121. DOWNLOAD

Li, D., Y. Azuma & Y. Arakawa, 2002. A new Mesozoic bird track site from Gansu Province, China. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 1: 92-95. DOWNLOAD

Lockley, M.G., C.A. Meyer & V.F. Santos, 1994. Trackway evidence for a herd of juvenile sauropods from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Gaia 10: 27-35. DOWNLOAD

Makovicky, P.J., M.A. Norell, J.M. Clark & T. Rowe, 2003. Osteology and relationships of Byronosaurus jaffei (Theropoda, Troodontidae). American Museum Novitates 3402: 1-32. DOWNLOAD

Maryanska, T., H. Osmolska & M. Wolsan, 2002. Avialan status for Oviraptorosauria. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47: 97-116. DOWNLOAD

Mathur, U.B., 2004. Rajasaurus narmadaensis. Current Science 86 (6): 761-762. DOWNLOAD

Mayr, G., D.S. Peters, G. Plodowski & O. Vogel, 2002. Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus. Naturwissenschaften 89: 361-365. DOWNLOAD

McIntosh, J.S. & K. Carpenter, 1998. The holotype of Diplodocus longus, with comments on other specimens of the genus. Modern Geology 23: 85-110. DOWNLOAD

Miller, D., J. Summers & S. Silber, 2004. Environmental vs. genetic sex determination: a possible factor in dinosaur extinction? Fertility & Sterility 81 (4): 954-964. DOWNLOAD

Mindell, D.P., A. Knight, C. Baer & C.J. Huddleston. 1996. Slow rates of molecular evolution in birds and the metabolic rate and body temperature hypotheses. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13: 422-426. DOWNLOAD

Mindell, D.P., M.D. Sorenson, D.E. Dimcheff, M. Hasegawa, J.C. Ast & T. Yuri, 1999. Interordinal relationships of birds and other reptiles based on whole mitochondrial genomes. Systematic Biology 48: 138–152. DOWNLOAD

Monbaron, M., D.A. Russell & P. Taquet, 1999. Atlasaurus imelakei n.g., n.sp., a brachiosaurid-like sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Morocco. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences - IIa : Earth & Planetary Sciences 329: 519-526. DOWNLOAD

Montellano-Ballesteros, M., 2003. A titanosaurid sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Chihuahua, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 20 (2): 160-164. DOWNLOAD

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 113: 153-163. DOWNLOAD

Naish, D. & D.M. Martill, 2002. A reappraisal of Thecocoelurus daviesi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 113: 23-30. DOWNLOAD

Norell, M.A., J.M. Clark & L.M. Chiappe, 2001. An embryonic oviraptorid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3315: 1-17. DOWNLOAD

Norell, M.A. & S.H. Hwang, 2004. A troodontid dinosaur from Ukhaa Tolgod (Late Cretaceous Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3446: 1-9. DOWNLOAD

Norell, M.A., P. Makovicky & J. Clark, 2000. A new troodontid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: 7-11. DOWNLOAD

Olsen, P.E., D.V. Kent, H.-D. Sues, C. Koeberl, H. Huber, A. Montanari, E.C. Rainforth, S.J. Fowell, M.J. Szajna & B.W. Hartline, 2002. Ascent of dinosaurs linked to an iridium anomaly at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Science 296: 1305-1307. DOWNLOAD

Osmolska, H., 2004. Evidence on relation of brain to endocranial cavityin oviraptorid dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (2): 321-324. DOWNLOAD

Pereda Suberbiola, X., F. Torcida, L.A. Izquierdo, P. Huerta, D. Montero & G. Perez, 2003. First rebbachisaurid dinosaur (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the early Cretaceous of Spain: paleobiogeographical implications. Bull. Soc. géol. Fr. 174(5): 471-479. DOWNLOAD

Pisani, D., A.M. Yates, M.C. Langer & M.J. Benton, 2002. A genus-level supertree of the Dinosauria. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269: 915-921. DOWNLOAD

Prum, R.O., 2003. Dinosaurs take to the air. Nature 421: 323-324. DOWNLOAD

Prum, R.O. & A.H. Brush, 2002. The evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers. The Quarterly Review of Biology 77: 261-295. DOWNLOAD

Rauhut, O.M.W. & A. Hungerbuhler, 2000. A review of European Triassic theropods. Gaia 15: 75-88 DOWNLOAD

Ray, S. & A. Chinsamy, 2002. A theropod tooth from the Late Triassic of southern Africa. J. Biosci. 27: 295-298. DOWNLOAD

Reilly, S.M., 2000. Locomotion in the quail (Coturnix japonica): The kinematics of walking and increasing speed. Journal of Morphology 243: 173–185. DOWNLOAD

Robertson, D.S., M.C. McKenna, O.B. Toon, S. Hope & J.A. Lillegraven, 2004. Survival in the first hours of the Cenozoic. Geological Society of America Bulletin 116 (5/6): 760-768. DOWNLOAD

Ruben, J.A., C. Dal Sasso, N.R. Geist, W.J. Hillenius, T.D. Jones & M. Signore, 1999. New evidence for pulmonary function and metabolic physiology of theropod dinosaurs. Science 283: 514-516. DOWNLOAD

Ruben, J. A. & T.D. Jones, 2000. Selective factors for the origin of fur and feathers. American Zoologist 40: 585-596. DOWNLOAD

Ruben J.A., T.D. Jones & N.R. Geist, 2003. Respiratory and reproductive paleophysiology of dinosaurs and early birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76: 141-164. DOWNLOAD

Ruben, J.A., T.D. Jones, N.R. Geist, & W.J. Hillenius, 1997. Lung structure and ventilation in theropod dinosaurs and early birds. Science 278: 1267-1270. DOWNLOAD

Sampson, S. D., L. M. Witmer, C. A. Forster, D. W. Krause, P. M. O’Connor, P. Dodson, & F. Ravoavy, 1998. Predatory dinosaur remains from Madagascar: implications for the Cretaceous biogeography of Gondwana. Science 280: 1048–1051. DOWNLOAD

Sanhi, A., 2003. Indian dinosaurs revisited. Current Science 85 (7): 904-910. DOWNLOAD

Santos, V.F., M.G. Lockley, C.A. Meyer, J. Carvalho, A.M. Galopim de Carvalho & J.J. Moratalla, 1994. A new sauropod tracksite from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal. Gaia 10: 5-13. DOWNLOAD

Sanz, J. L., L.M. Chiappe, B.P. Perez-Moreno, J.J. Moratalla, F. Hernandez-Carraaquilla, A.D. Buscalioni, F. Ortega, F.J. Poyato-Ariza, D. Rasskin-Gutman & X. Martinez-Delclos, 1997. A nestling bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: implications for avian skull and neck evolution. Science 276: 1543-1546. DOWNLOAD

Schweitzer, M.H., F.D. Jackson, L.M. Chiappe, J.G. Schmitt, J.O. Calvo & D.E. Rubilar, 2002. Late Cretaceous avian eggs with embryos from Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1): 191-195. DOWNLOAD

Seebacher, F., G.C. Grigg, & L.A. Beard, 1999. Crocodiles as dinosaurs: behavioral thermoregulation in very large ectotherms leads to high and stable body temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 77-86. DOWNLOAD

Sereno, P.C., 1999. The evolution of dinosaurs. Science 284: 2137-2147. DOWNLOAD

Seymour, R.S. & H. B. Lillywhite, 2000. Hearts, neck posture, and metabolic intensity of sauropod dinosaurs. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 267: 1883-1887. DOWNLOAD

Sheehan, P.M., D.E. Fastovsky, C. Barreto & R.G. Hoffmann, 2000. Dinosaur abundance was not declining in a "3 m gap" at the top of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana and North Dakota. Geology 28 (6): 523-526. DOWNLOAD

Smith, J.B., M.C. Lamanna, K.J. Lacovara, P. Dodson, J.R. Smith, J.C. Poole, R. Giegengack & Y. Attia, 2001. A giant sauropod dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous mangrove deposit in Egypt. Science 292: 1704-1706. DOWNLOAD

Slack, K.E., A. Janke, D. Penny & U. Arnason, 2003. Two new avian mitochondrial genomes (penguin and goose) and a summary of bird and reptile mitogenomic features. Gene 302: 43-52. DOWNLOAD

Sorenson, M.D., E. Oneal, J. García-Moreno & D. P. Mindell, 2003. More taxa, more characters: the hoatzin problem is still unresolved. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20: 1484-1499. DOWNLOAD

Suzuki, S., L.M. Chiappe, G.J. Dyke, M. Watabe, R. Barsbold & K. Tsogtbaatar, 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 494: 1-18. DOWNLOAD

Tang, F., Z.-X. Luo, Z.-H. Zhou, H.-L. You, J.A. Georgi, Z.-L. Tang & X.-Z. Wang, 2001. Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of the dinosaur-bearing sediments in Lower Cretaceous of Mazongshan area, Gansu Province, China. Cretaceous Research 22: 115-129. DOWNLOAD

Taquet, P., 2001. Philippe Matheron et Paul Gervais: deux pionniers de la découverte et de l'étude des os et des oeufs de dinosaures de Provence (France). Geodiversitas 23 (4): 611-623. DOWNLOAD

Therrien, F., & D.E. Fastovsky, 2000. Paleoenvironments of early theropods, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Palaios 15: 194-211. DOWNLOAD

Tidwell, V. & K. Carpenter, 2002. Braincase of an Early Cretaceous titanosauriform sauropod from Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23: 176-180. DOWNLOAD

van Tuinen, M. & S.B. Hedges, 2004. The effect of external and internal fossil calibrations on the avian evolutionary timescale. Journal of Paleontology 78 (1): 45-50. DOWNLOAD

van Tuinen, M., T. Paton, O. Haddrath & A. Baker, 2003. 'Big Bang' for Tertiary birds? A reply. TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 118: 442-443. DOWNLOAD

van Tuinen, M., C.G. Sibley & S.B. Hedges, 2000. The early history of modern birds inferred from DNA sequences of nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17: 451-457. DOWNLOAD

Tullberg, B.S., M. Ah-King & H. Temrin, 2002. Phylogenetic reconstruction of parental-care systems in the ancestors of birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London B357: 251-257. DOWNLOAD

Upchurch, P., 2000. Neck posture of sauropod dinosaurs. Science 287: 547. DOWNLOAD

Waddell, P.J., Y. Cao, M. Hasegawa & D.P. Mindell, 1999. Assessing the Cretaceous superordinal divergence times within birds and placental mammals using whole mitochondrial protein sequences and an extended statistical framework. Systematic Biology 48: 119-137. DOWNLOAD

Waldman, M., 1970. A third specimen of a Lower Cretaceous feather from Victoria, Australia. The Condor 72: 377. DOWNLOAD

Wang, H.-L., Z.-Y. Yan & D.-Y. Jin, 1997. Reanalysis of published DNA sequence amplified from Cretaceous dinosaur egg fossil. Mol. Biol. Evol. 14: 589-591. DOWNLOAD

Ward, A.B., P.D. Weigl & R.M. Conroy, 2002. Functional morphology of raptor hindlimbs: implications for resource partitioning. The Auk 119: 1052-1063. DOWNLOAD

Wedel, M.J., R.L. Cifelli & R.K. Sanders, 2000. Sauroposeidon proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: 109-114. DOWNLOAD

Wedel, M.J., R.L. Cifelli & R.K. Sanders, 2000. Osteology, paleobiology, and relationships of the sauropod dinosaur Sauroposeidon. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45: 343-388. DOWNLOAD

Weishampel, D.B. & R.E. Heinrich, 1992. Systematics of Hypsilophodontidae and basal Iguanodontia (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda). Historical Biology 6: 159-184. DOWNLOAD

Weishampel, D.B., C.-M. Jainu, Z. Csiki & D.B. Norman, 2003. Osteology and phylogeny of Zalmoxes (n. g.), an unusual euornithopod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Romania. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(2): 65-123. DOWNLOAD

Wilkinson, M., P. Upchurch, P.M. Barrett, D.J. Gower & M.J. Benton, 1998. Robust dinosaur phylogeny? Nature 396: 423-424. DOWNLOAD

Witmer, L. M., 2001. Nostril position in dinosaurs and other vertebrates and its significance for nasal function. Science 293: 850–853. DOWNLOAD

Witmer, L. M. & K.D. Rose, 1991. Biomechanics of the jaw apparatus of the gigantic Eocene bird Diatryma: Implications for diet and mode of life. Paleobiology 17: 95–120. DOWNLOAD

Xu, X., P.J. Makovicky, X.-L. Wang, M.A. Norell & H.-L. You, 2002. A ceratopsian dinosaur from China and the early evolution of the Ceratopsia. Nature 416: 314-317. DOWNLOAD

Xu, X., M.A. Norell, X.-L. Wang, P.J. Makovicky, and X.-C. Wu. 2002. A basal troodontid from the early Cretaceous China. Nature 415: 780-784. DOWNLOAD

Xu, X., Z.-H. Zhou & X.-L. Wang, 2000. The smallest known non-avian theropod dinosaur. Nature 408: 705-708. DOWNLOAD

Xu, X., Z.-H. Zhou, X-L. Wang, X-W. Kuang, F.-C. Zhang & X.-K. Du, 2003. Four-winged dinosaurs from China. Nature 421: 335-340. DOWNLOAD

You, H.-L. & P. Dodson, 2003. Redescription of the neoceratopsian dinosaur Archaeoceratops and early evolution of Neoceratopsia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 261-272. DOWNLOAD


PTEROSAURS

Harris, J.D. & K. Carpenter, 1996. A large pterodactyloid from the Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of Garden Park, Colorado. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1996(8): 473-484. DOWNLOAD

Ji, S.-A., Q. Ji & K. Padian, 1999. Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China. Nature 398: 573-574. DOWNLOAD

Kellner, A.W.A., M.B. Aguirre-Urreta & V.A. Ramos, 2003. On the pterosaur remains from the Rio Belgrano Formation (Barremian), Patagonian Andes of Argentina. Anais da Academia Brasileria de Ciencias 75: 487-495. DOWNLOAD

Kellner, A.W.A. & D. de Almeida Campos, 2002. The function of the cranial crest and jaws of a unique pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Science 297: 389-392. DOWNLOAD

Lim, J.-D., K.-S. Baek & S.-Y. Yang, 2002. A new record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Korea. Current Science 82 (10): 1208-1210. DOWNLOAD

Lu, J.-C., 2002. Soft tissue in an Early Cretaceous pterosaur from Liaoning Province, China. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 1: 19-28. DOWNLOAD

Lu, J.-C., 2003. A new pterosaur: Beipiaopterus chenianus, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from Western Liaoning Province of China. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 2: 153-160. DOWNLOAD

Unwin, D.M., 1999. Pterosaurs: back to the traditional model? TREE 14: 263-268. DOWNLOAD

Unwin, D.M. & J. Lu, 1997. On Zhejiangopterus and the relationships of pterodactyloid pterosaurs. Historical Biology 12: 199-210. DOWNLOAD

Veldmeijer, A.J., 2003. Description of Coloborhynchus speilbergi sp. nov. (Pterodactyloidea) from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil. Scripta Geologica 125: 35-139. DOWNLOAD

Wang, X.-L. & Z.-H. Zhou, 2003. Two new pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata Palasiatica 41: 34-41. DOWNLOAD

Wellnhofer, P., 1988. Terrestrial locomotion in pterosaurs. Historical Biology 1: 3-16. DOWNLOAD

Witmer, L.M., S. Chatterjee, J. Franzosa & T. Rowe, 2003. Neuroanatomy of flying reptiles and implications for flight, posture, and behaviour. Nature 425: 950-953. DOWNLOAD


CROCODYLIANS & OTHER PSEUDOSUCHIANS

Benton, M.J., 2002. Erpetosuchus, a crocodile-like basal archosaur from the Late Triassic of Elgin, Scotland. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 25-47. DOWNLOAD

Blob, R.B. & A.A. Biewener, 1999. In vivo locomotor strain in the hindlimb bones of Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana: implications for the evolution of limb bone safety factor and non-sprawling limb posture. The Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 1023-1046. DOWNLOAD

Brito, S., D.V. Andrade & A.S. Abe, 2002. Do caimans eat fruit? Herpetological Natural History 9 (1): 95-96. DOWNLOAD

Buscalioni, A.D. & J.L. Sanz, 1988. Phylogenetic relationships of the Atoposauridae (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha). Historical Biology 1: 233-250. DOWNLOAD

Clark, J., H.-D. Sues & D. Berman, 2000. A new specimen of Hesperosuchus agilis from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico and the interrelationships of basal crocodylomorph archosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: 683-704. DOWNLOAD

Erickson, G.M., A.K. Lappin & K.A. Vliet, 2003. The ontogeny of bite-force performance in American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis). Journal of Zoology, London 260: 317-327. DOWNLOAD

Farmer, C.G. & D.R. Carrier, 2000. Pelvic aspiration in the American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis). The Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 1679-1687. DOWNLOAD

Harris, J.D., S.G. Lucas, J. W. Estep & J. Li, 2000. A new and unusual sphenosuchian (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation, People's Republic of China. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 215(1): 47-68. DOWNLOAD

Harshman, J., C.J. Huddleston, J.P. Bollback, T.J. Parsons & M.J. Braun, 2003. True and false gharials: A nuclear gene phylogeny of Crocodylia. Systematic Biology 52 (3): 386-402. DOWNLOAD

Hedges, S.B. & L.L. Poling, 1999. A molecular phylogeny of reptiles. Science 283: 998-1001. DOWNLOAD

Hughes, S., D. Zelus & D. Mouchiroud, 1999. Warm-blooded isochore structure in Nile crocodile and turtle. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16 (11): 1521-1527. DOWNLOAD

Janke, A. & U. Arnason, 1997. The complete mitochondrial genome of Alligator mississippiensis and the separation between Recent Archosauria (birds and crocodiles). Mol. Biol. Evol. 14: 1266-1272. DOWNLOAD

Olsen, P.E., H.-D. Sues, & M.A. Norell, 2000. First record of Erpetosuchus (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Late Triassic of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: 633-636. DOWNLOAD

Pol, D. & M.A. Norell, 2004. A new crocodyliform from Zos Canyon, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3445: 1-36. DOWNLOAD

Reilly, S.M. & J.A. Elias, 1998. Locomotion in Alligator mississippiensis: kinematic effects of speed and posture and their relevance to the sprawling-to-erect paradigm. The Journal of Experimental Biology 201: 2559–2574. DOWNLOAD

Seebacher, F., G.C. Grigg, & L.A. Beard, 1999. Crocodiles as dinosaurs: behavioral thermoregulation in very large ectotherms leads to high and stable body temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 77-86. DOWNLOAD

Sereno, P.C., H.C.E. Larsson, C.A. Sidor & B. Gado, 2001. The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa. Science 294: 1516-1519. DOWNLOAD

Tykoski, R.S., T.B. Rowe, R.A. Ketcham & M.W. Colbert, 2002. Calsoyasuchus valliceps, a new crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22: 593-611. DOWNLOAD

Yun, C.-S., J.-D. Lim & S.-Y. Yang, 2004. The first crocodyliform (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous of Korea. Current Science 86 (9): 1200-1201. DOWNLOAD


LEPIDOSAURS

Blob, R.B. & A.A. Biewener, 1999. In vivo locomotor strain in the hindlimb bones of Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana: implications for the evolution of limb bone safety factor and non-sprawling limb posture. The Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 1023-1046. DOWNLOAD

Coates, M. & M. Ruta, 2000. Nice snake, shame about the legs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15 (12): 503-507. DOWNLOAD

Dortangs, R.W., A.S. Schulp, E.W.A. Mulder, J.W.M. Jagt, H.H.G. Peeters & D.T. deGraff, 2002. A large new mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of The Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 81: 1-8. DOWNLOAD

Evans, S.E., P. Raia & C. Barbera, 2004. New lizard and rhynchocephalian material from the Lower Cretaceous of southern Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (3): 393-408. DOWNLOAD

Harmon, L.J., J.A. Schulte II, A. Larson & J. B. Losos, 2003. Tempo and mode of evolutionary radiation in iguanian lizards. Science 301: 961-964. DOWNLOAD

Hedges, S.B. & L.L. Poling, 1999. A molecular phylogeny of reptiles. Science 283: 998-1001. DOWNLOAD

Herrel, A., P. Aerts & F. De Vree, 2000. Cranial kinesis in geckoes: Functional implications. The Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 1415-1423. DOWNLOAD

Herrel, A., F. De Vree, V. Delheusy & C. Gans, 1999. Cranial kinesis in gekkonid lizards. The Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 3687-3698. DOWNLOAD

Irschick, D.J. & B.C. Jayne, 1999. Comparative three-dimensional kinematics of the hindlimb for high-speed bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion of lizards. The Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 1047-1065. DOWNLOAD

Lee, M.S.Y., G.L. Bell Jr. & M.W. Caldwell, 1999. The origin of snake feeding. Nature 400: 455-459. DOWNLOAD

Reilly, S.M. & M.J. Delancey, 1997. Sprawling locomotion in the lizard Sceloporus clarkii: quantitative kinematics of a walking trot. The Journal of Experimental Biology 200: 753-765. DOWNLOAD

Rest, J.S., J.C. Ast, C.C. Austin, P.J. Waddell, E.A. Tibbetts, J.M. Hay & D.P. Mindell, 2003. Molecular systematics of primary reptilian lineages and the tuatara mitochondrial genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29: 289-297. DOWNLOAD

Rieppel, O. & H. Zaher, 2000. The braincases of mosasaurs and Varanus, and the relationships of snakes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129: 489-514. DOWNLOAD

Vitt, L.J., E.R. Pianka, W.E. Cooper, Jr. & K. Schwenk, 2003. History and the global ecology of squamate reptiles. American Naturalist 162: 44-60. DOWNLOAD

Wilkinson, M. & M.J. Benton, 1996. Sphenodontid phylogeny and the problems of multiple trees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B351: 1-16. DOWNLOAD


AVICEPHALANS

Colbert, E.H. & P.E. Olsen, 2001. A new and unusual aquatic reptile from the Lockatong Formation of New Jersey (late Triassic, Newark Supergroup). American Museum Novitates 3334: 1-24. DOWNLOAD

Harris, J.D. & A. Downs, 2002. A drepanosaurid pectoral girdle from the Ghost Ranch (Whitaker) Coelophysis quarry (Chinle Group, Rock Point Formation, Rhaetian), New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (1): 70-75. DOWNLOAD

Jones, T.D., J.A. Ruben, L.D. Martin, E. Kurochkin, A. Feduccia, P. Maderson, W.J. Hillenius & N.R. Geist, 2000. Nonavian feathers in a Late Triassic archosaur. Science 288: 2202-2205. DOWNLOAD


PLESIOSAURS

Bardet, N., 1994. Extinction events among Mesozoic marine reptiles. Historical Biology 7: 313-324. DOWNLOAD

Bardet, N., X.P. Suberbiola & N.-E. Jalil, 2003. A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous(Turonian) of Morocco. C.R. Palevol 2: 307-315. DOWNLOAD

Buchy, M.-C., E. Frey, W. Stinnesbeck & J.G. Lopez-Oliva, 2003. First occurrence of a gigantic plesiosaur in the late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Mexico. Bull. Soc. géol. Fr. 174(3): 271-278. DOWNLOAD


ICHTHYOSAURS

Humphries, S. & G.D. Ruxton, 2002. Why did some ichythosaurs have such large eyes? The Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 439-441. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., 1997. New information on the forefin of Utatsusaurus hataii (Ichthyosauria). Journal of Paleontology 71: 475-479. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., 1998. First complete forefin of the ichthyosaur Grippia longirostris discovered from the Triassic of Spitsbergen. Palaeontology 41: 591-600. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., 1999. On the evolution and homologies of the ichthyopterygian forefins. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19: 28-41. DOWNLOAD [ Missing page for previous file ]

Motani, R., 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19: 472-495. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., 2000. Is Omphalosaurus ichthyopterygian? --a phylogenetic perspective. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: 295-301. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., 2001. Estimating body mass from silhouettes: testing the assumption of elliptical body cross-sections. Paleobiology 27: 735-750. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., 2002. Scaling effects in caudal fin kinematics: implication for ichthyosaurian speed. Nature 415: 309-312. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., M. Manabe & Z.-M. Dong, 1999. The status of Himalayasaurus tibetensis (Ichthyopterygia). Paludicola 2: 174-181. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., N. Minoura & T. Ando, 1998. Ichthyosaurian relationships illuminated by new primitive skeletons from Japan. Nature 393: 255-257. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., B.M. Rothschild & W. Whal, Jr., 1999. Large eyes in deep diving ichthyosaurs. Nature 402: 747. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R. & H. You, 1998. The forefin of Chensaurus chaoxianensis (Ichthyosauria) shows delayed mesopodial ossification. Journal of Paleontology 72: 133-136. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R. & H. You, 1998. Taxonomy and limb ontogeny of Chaohusaurus geishanensis (Ichthyosauria), with a note on the allometric equation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18: 533-540. DOWNLOAD

Motani, R., H. You & C. McGowan, 1996. Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs. Nature 382: 347-348. DOWNLOAD


ANAPSIDS

Azevedo, S.A., V. Gallo & J. Ferigolo, 2000. A possible chelonian egg from the Brazilian Late Cretaceous. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 72: 187-193. DOWNLOAD

Cao, Y., M.D. Sorenson, Y. Kumazawa, D.P. Mindell & M. Hasegawa, 2000. Phylogenetic position of turtles among amniotes: evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Gene 259: 139-148. DOWNLOAD

Hedges, S.B. & L.L. Poling, 1999. A molecular phylogeny of reptiles. Science 283: 998-1001. DOWNLOAD

Hughes, S., D. Zelus & D. Mouchiroud, 1999. Warm-blooded isochore structure in Nile crocodile and turtle. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16 (11): 1521-1527. DOWNLOAD

Sues, H.-D., P.E. Olsen, D.M. Scott, & P.S. Spencer, 2000. Cranial osteology of Hypsognathus fenneri, a latest Triassic procolophonid reptile from the Newark Supergroup of eastern North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20: 275-284. DOWNLOAD

Zardoya, R. & A. Meyer, 1998. Complete mitochondrial genome suggests diapsid affinities of turtles. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 14226­14231. DOWNLOAD


MAMMALS & OTHER SYNAPSIDS

Abdala, F. & A.M. Ribeiro, 2000. A new therioherpetid cynodont from the Santa Maria Formation (middle Late Triassic), southern Brazil. Geodiversitas 22(4): 589-596. DOWNLOAD

Archibald, J.D. & A.O. Averianov, 2003. The Late Cretaceous eutherian mammal Kulbeckia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23: 404-419. DOWNLOAD

Archibald, J. D., A.O. Averianov, & E.G. Ekdale, 2001. Late Cretaceous relatives of rabbits, rodents, and other extant eutherian mammals. Nature 414: 62-65. DOWNLOAD

Averianov, A.O., 2002. Early Cretaceous "symmetrodont" mammal Gobiotheriodon from Mongolia and the classification of "Symmetrodonta". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47: 705-716. DOWNLOAD

Averianov, A.O. & J.D. Archibald, 2003. Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Aitym Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research 24: 171-191. DOWNLOAD

Averianov, A.O., J.D. Archibald & T. Martin, 2003. Placental nature of the alleged marsupial from the Cretaceous of Madagascar. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 149-151. DOWNLOAD

Carpenter, K., 1998. Redescription of the multituberculate, Zofiabaatar and the paurodont, Foxraptor, from Pine Tree Ridge, Wyoming. Modern Geology 23: 393-405. DOWNLOAD

Cifelli, R.L., 1993. Early Cretaceous mammal from North America and the evolution of marsupial dental characters. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 90: 9413-9416. DOWNLOAD

Cuenca-Bescos, G. & J.I. Canudo, 2003. A new gobiconodontid mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Spain and its palaeogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 575-582. DOWNLOAD

Ekdale, E.G., J.D. Archibald & A.O. Averianov, 2004. Petrosal bones of placental mammals from the Late Cretaceous Uzbekistan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49: 161-176. DOWNLOAD

Hahn, G. & R. Hahn, 2003. New multituberculate teeth from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 349-356. DOWNLOAD

Hu, Y.-M., Y.-Q. Wang, Z.-X. Luo & C.-K. Li, 1997. A new symmetrodont mammal from China and its implications for mammalian evolution. Nature 390: 137-142. DOWNLOAD

Hunter, J.P. & J.D. Archibald, 2002. Mammals from the end of the Age of Dinosaurs in North Dakota and southeastern Montana: Hell Creek Formation and its faunas and floras. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361: 191-215. DOWNLOAD

Janke, A., X.-F. Xu & U. Arnason, 1997. The complete mitochondrial genome of the wallaroo (Macropus robustus) and the phylogenetic relationship among Monotremata, Marsupialia, and Eutheria. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 94: 1276-1281. DOWNLOAD

Ji, Q., Z.-X. Luo, & S. Ji. 1999. A Chinese triconodont mammal and mosaic evolution of mammalian skeleton. Nature 398: 326-330. DOWNLOAD

Ji, Q., Z.-X. Luo, C-X. Yuan, J.R. Wible, J.-P. Zhang, & J.A. Georgi, 2002. The earliest known eutherian mammal. Nature 416: 816-822. DOWNLOAD

Khosla, A., G.V.R. Prasad, O. Verma, A.K. Jain & A. Sanhi, 2004. Discovery of a micromammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean site near Kisalpuri, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. Current Science 87 (3): 380-383. DOWNLOAD

Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., 1992. Interrelationships of Mesozoic mammals. Historical Biology 6: 185-202. DOWNLOAD

Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., R.L. Cifelli & Z.-X. Luo, 2002. Dentition and relationships of the Jurassic mammal Shuotherium. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47: 479-486. DOWNLOAD

Krause, D.W. & J.F. Bonaparte, 1993. Superfamily Gondwanatherioidea: A previously unrecognized radiation of multituberculate mammals in South America. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 90: 9379-9383. DOWNLOAD

Krause, D.W., M.D. Gottfried, P.M. O'Connor & E.M. Roberts, 2003. A Cretaceous mammal from Tanzania. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 48: 321-330. DOWNLOAD

Lucas, S.G., A.B. Heckert, J.D. Harris, D. Seegis & R. Wild, 2001. Mammal-like tooth from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2): 397-399. DOWNLOAD

Luo, Z.-X., R.C. Cifelli & Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, 2001. Dual evolution of tribosphenic mammals. Nature 409: 53-57. DOWNLOAD

Luo, Z.-X., A.W. Crompton & A-L. Sun, 2001. A new mammaliaform from the Early Jurassic of China and evolution of mammalian characteristics. Science 292: 1535-1540. DOWNLOAD

Luo, Z.-X., Q. Ji, J. R. Wible & C-X. Yuan, 2003. An Early Cretaceous Tribosphenic mammal and metatherian evolution. Science 302: 1934-1940. DOWNLOAD

Luo, Z.-X., Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, & R.L. Cifelli, 2002. In Quest for A Phylogeny of Mesozoic Mammals. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(1): 1-78. DOWNLOAD

Luo, Z.-W. & J. Wible, 2005. A Late Jurassic digging mammal and early mammalian diversification. Science 308: 103-107. DOWNLOAD

Maschenko, E.N., A.V. Lopatin & A.V. Voronkevich, 2002. A new genus of the tegotheriid docodonts (Docodonta, Tegotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of West Siberia. Russian Journal of Theriology 1: 75-81. DOWNLOAD

Pascual, R., F.J. Goin, A. Ardolino & P.F. Puerta, 2000. A highly derived docodont from the Patagonian Late Cretaceous: evolutionary implications for Gondwanan mammals. Geodiversitas 22: 395-414. DOWNLOAD

Rana, R.S. & G.P. Wilson, 2003. New Late Cretaceous mammals from the Intertrappean beds of Rangapur, India and paleobiogeographic framework. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 48: 331-348. DOWNLOAD

Rougier, G.W., M.J. Novacek, M.C. McKenna & J.R. Wible, 2001. Gobiconodonts from the Early Cretaceous of Oshih (Ashile), Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3348: 1-30. DOWNLOAD

Rougier, G.W., B.K. Spurlin & P.K. Kik, 2003. A new specimen of Eurylambda aequicrurius and considerations on "symmetrodont" dentition. American Museum Novitates 3398: 1-15. DOWNLOAD

Shubin, N., A.W. Crompton, H.-D. Sues & P.E. Olsen, 1991. New fossil evidence on the sister-group of mammals and early Mesozoic faunal distributions. Science 251: 1063-1065. DOWNLOAD

Sigogneau-Russell, D., 2003. Docodonts from the British Mesozoic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48: 357-374. DOWNLOAD

Springer, M.S., W.J. Murphy, E. Eizirik & S.J. O'Brien, 2003. Placental mammal diversification and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 100: 1056-1061. DOWNLOAD

Stanhope, M.J., V.G. Waddell, O. Madsen, W. de Jong, S.B. Hedges, G.C. Cleven, D. Kao & M.S. Springer, 1998. Molecular evidence for multiple origins of Insectivora and for a new order of endemic African insectivore mammals. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 95: 9967-9972. DOWNLOAD

Surkov, M.V. & M.J. Benton, 2004. The basicranium of dicynodonts (Synapsida) and its use in phylogenetic analysis. Palaeontology 47(3): 619-638. DOWNLOAD

Tabuce, R., M. Vianey-Liaud & G. Garcia, 2004. A eutherian mammal in the latest Cretaceous of Vitrolles, southern France. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (3): 347-356. DOWNLOAD

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SCIENTIFIC TERMS, METHODS & THEORIES

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Brower, A.V.Z., 2000. Evolution is not a nescessary assumption of cladistics. Cladistics 16: 143-154. DOWNLOAD

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de Queiroz, K., 1996. Including the characters of interest during tree reconstruction and the problems of circularity and bias in studies of character evolution. The American Naturalist 148(4): 700-708. DOWNLOAD

de Queiroz, K., 2000. The definitions of taxon names: A reply to Stuessy. Taxon 49(3): 533-536. DOWNLOAD

de Queiroz, K. & P.D. Cantino, 2001. Phylogenetic nomenclature and the PhyloCode. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 58(4): 254-271. DOWNLOAD

de Queiroz, K. & P.D. Cantino, 2001. Taxon names, not taxa, are defined. Taxon 50(3): 821-826. DOWNLOAD

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de Queiroz, K. & S.B. Poe, 2001. Philosophy and phylogenetic inference: a comparison of likelihood and parsimony methods in the context of Karl Popper's writings on corroboration. Systematic Biology 50(3): 305-321. DOWNLOAD

de Queiroz, K. & S. Poe, 2003. Failed refutations: further comments on parsimony and likelihood methods and their relationship to Popper's degree of corroboration. Systematic Biology 52(3):352-367. DOWNLOAD

Herikhin, V.V.Z., 1999. Cladistics in paleontology: Problems and constraints. Pp. 193-199 in Proceedings of the First Palaeoentomological Conference, Moscow, 1998 (Bratislava, AMBA Projects). DOWNLOAD

Hone, D.W.E. & M.J. Benton, 2005. The evolution of large size: how does Cope's Rule work? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 4-6. DOWNLOAD

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Huelsenbeck, J.P., 1995. The robustness of two phylogenetic methods: Four-taxon simulations reveal a slight superiority of maximum likelihood over neighbor joining. Molecular Biology and Evolution 12(5):843-849. DOWNLOAD

Huelsenbeck, J.P., J.P. Bollback & A.M. Levine, 2002. Inferring the root of a phylogenetic tree. Systematic Biology 51(1): 32-43. DOWNLOAD

Huelsenbeck, J.P., J.J. Bull & C.W. Cunningham, 1996. Combining data in phylogenetic analysis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11(4):152-158. DOWNLOAD

Huelsenbeck, J.P., B. Larget, R.E. Miller & F. Ronquist, 2002. Potential applications and pitfalls of Bayesian inference of phylogeny. Systematic Biology 51(5): 673-688. DOWNLOAD

Huelsenbeck, J.P., B. Rannala & J.P. Masly, 2000. Accommodating phylogenetic uncertainty in evolutionary studies. Science 288: 2349-2350. DOWNLOAD

Huelsenbeck, J.P., F. Ronquist, R. Nielsen & J. P. Bollback, 2001. Bayesian inference of phylogeny and its impact on evolutionary biology. Science 294: 2310-2314. DOWNLOAD

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Kearney, M. & J.M. Clark, 2003. Problems due to missing data in phylogenetic analyses including fossils: A critical review. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):263-274. DOWNLOAD

Mishler, B.D., 1999. Getting rid of species? Pp. 307-315 in R. Wilson (ed.), Species: New Interdisciplinary Essays, MIT Press. DOWNLOAD

Nylander, J.A.A., 2001. Taxonomic sampling in phylogenetic analysis: Problems and strategies reviewed. Introductory Research Essay No. 1. Department of Systematic Zoology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University. DOWNLOAD

Paul, C.R.C., 1992. The recognition of ancestors. Historical Biology 6: 239-250. DOWNLOAD

Siddall, M.E., 1998. Stratigraphic fit to phylogenies: A proposed solution. Cladistics 14: 201-208. DOWNLOAD

Siddall, M.E., 1998. Success of parsimony in the four-taxon case: Long-branch repulsion by likelihood in the Farris Zone. Cladistics 14: 209-220. DOWNLOAD

Siddall, M.E. & Kluge, A.G., 1997. Probabilism and Phylogenetic Inference. Cladistics 13: 313-336. DOWNLOAD

Siddall, M.E. & A.G. Kluge, 1999. Notes on likelihood. Cladistics 15: 439-440. DOWNLOAD

Strauss, R.E., M.N. Atanassov, & J. Alves de Oliveira, 2003. Evaluation of the principal-component and expectation-maximization methods for estimating missing data in morphometric studies. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23:284-296. DOWNLOAD

Swofford, D.L., & Siddall, M.E., 1997. Uneconomical diagnosis of cladograms: Comments on Wheeler and Nixon's method for Sankoff Optimization. Cladistics 13: 153-159. DOWNLOAD

Swofford, D.L., P.J. Waddell, J.P. Huelsenbeck, P.G. Foster, P.O. Lewis, & J.S. Rogers, 2001. Bias in phylogenetic estimation and its relevance to the choice between parsimony and likelihood methods. Systematic Biology 50: 525-539. DOWNLOAD

Wagner, P.J., 2000. Exhaustion of morphologic character states among fossil taxa. Evolution 54 (2): 365-386. DOWNLOAD

Wenzel, J.W. & M.E. Stiddall, 1999. Noise. Cladistics 15: 51-64. DOWNLOAD

Wilkins, J.S., 2003. How to be a chaste species pluralist-realist: The origins of species modes and the Synapomorphic Species Concept. Biology and Philosophy 18: 621-638. DOWNLOAD

Wilkinson, M. & J.L. Thorley, 2001. Efficiency of strict consensus trees. Systematic Biology 50: 610-613. DOWNLOAD

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