Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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A new phytosaur species (Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Jameson Land, central East Greenland31
A long-necked theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia31
Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki , gen. et sp. nov., an archaic dolphin from the Central Paratethys (Early Miocene, Austria)15
Novel record of placodont remains including a Henodus cranium from the Upper Triassic Silves Group of the Algarve, southern Portugal14
Exploring the three-dimensional vasculature of dermal hard tissues in thyestiid osteostracans using synchrotron radiation microtomography14
A new madtsoiid snake from the Paleogene of South America (northwestern Argentina), based on an articulated postcranial skeleton13
Dietary tendencies of the Early Jurassic pterosaurs Campylognathoides Strand, 1928 and Dorygnathus Wagner, 1860, with additional evidence 13
A new predatory actinopterygian from the Tournaisian of Nova Scotia provides insight into the evolution of actinopterygian feeding13
A reassessment of protoceratid vertebrarterial canal morphology12
New stegosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Lower Member of the Shaximiao Formation of Chongqing, China12
A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania11
Quantifying vascularity in the frontoparietal dome ofStegoceras validum(Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauridae) from high resolution CT scans10
Assessing predator–prey interactions during the Late Triassic of India from bite marks onHyperodapedon(Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria)10
An Upper Miocene marine turtle from Panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA10
Cranial morphology of Heckerochelys romani Sukhanov, 2006, a stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of European Russia, with implications for the paleoecology of stem turt9
A large, freshwater chanid fish (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of Madagascar9
A new gyracanthid (stem Chondrichthyes) from the Late Devonian (Famennian) of the Eastern Cape, South Africa8
A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles8
A new hypothesis of eudromaeosaurian evolution: CT scans assist in testing and constructing morphological characters8
A new itasuchid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from the Early Cretaceous of Mali and the ancient Paleo-Tegama river system of Gondwana8
Biogeographic and biostratigraphic implications of a new species of Swaindelphys (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the Paleocene (Tiffanian) Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend Na8
A new paratypothoracin aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dharmaram Formation of India and its biostratigraphic implications7
Taxonomic revision of the giant marine snake genus Pterosphenus Lucas, 1898, based on new fossil material from the middle Eocene (Bartonian) Harudi Formation of Kachchh 7
Comparative braincase morphology ofTrilophosaurus buettneriand the early evolution of the pan-archosaurian neurocranium7
First records of Ischnacanthiformes (“Acanthodii”) from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in north-central Pennsylvania, U.S.A.7
The first articulated skull roof and braincase of Melvius chauliodous (Amiidae, Vidalamiinae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico7
Cranial anatomy of the hypercarnivore Bastetodon syrtos gen. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Hyainailourinae) and a reevaluation of Pterodon in Africa7
Revision of the Late Miocene hornless rhinocerotids from Samos Island (Greece) with the designation of neotypes and implications for the European chilotheres7
New enchodontoid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon7
Intraspecific craniomandibular and dental analysis of Pseudotypotherium exiguum (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata) from Monte Hermoso, late Neogene, Buenos Aires Province, Ar7
The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia7
New insights into the origin of the Galápagos tortoises with a tip-dated analysis of Testudinidae7
A new early diverging thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) from the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Dorset, U.K. and implications for the origin and evolution of the group7
Oldest record of Cenozoic terrestrial vertebrates (Chiroptera) from Madagascar6
Revised nomenclature for a Miocene giraffid: Lyrakeryx sherkana nomen novum from the Siwaliks of Pakistan6
First rhynchocephalian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Cretaceous–Paleogene of India6
Three-dimensional anatomy of the early Eocene Whitephippus (Teleostei, Lampriformes) documents parallel conquests of the pelagic environment by multiple teleost lineages6
A doswelliid archosauriform from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Stuttgart Formation of Thuringia (Germany)6
A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia6
The earliest occurrence of Equus in South Asia6
First occurrence of an acipenseriform (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes) from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England6
New material of Hyaenictis graeca (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the Upper Miocene of Greece6
Pliocene Pre-GABI herbivorous mammals from Espinar, Peruvian Andean Plateau6
Patterns and function of pneumaticity in the vertebrae, ribs, and ilium of a titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas6
Herpetofaunal diversity changes with climate: evidence from the Quaternary of McEachern’s Deathtrap Cave, southeastern Australia5
Habitat of the giant pterosaurQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea): a paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Javelina Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Big Bend National Pa5
Crocodylian diversity during the early Eocene climatic optimum in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A.5
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil5
The extinct shark, Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of central-western Russia—The road to easternmost peri-Tethyan seas5
Diminutive temnospondyls from the lower and middle Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica5
Hybodontiform shark remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower Triassic of Yunnan Province, China, with comments on hybodontiform diversity across the PTB5
Classification of dinosaur footprints using machine learning5
A multi-method approach to deciphering the paleobiology of a mosasaur from South Africa5
A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes5
The ontogenetic growth of Anhangueridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) premaxillary crests as revealed by a crestless Anhanguera specimen5
A new eutherian mammal from the Upper Cretaceous Bayinshire Formation of Mongolia5
Dental histology of Diplodocus (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea)5
Two exceptionally preserved juvenile specimens of Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae, Albertosaurinae) provide new insight into the timing of ontogenetic changes in tyrannosaurids5
Postcranial anatomy of Dsungaripterus weii (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, China5
A hidden diversity of ornithischian dinosaurs: U.K. Middle Jurassic microvertebrate faunas shed light on a poorly represented period5
A new anthracothere (Hippopotamoidea, Anthracotheriidae) from Oligocene deposits of southern Thailand4
The first gravid ichthyosaur from the Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous): a complete Myobradypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 excavated from the border of the Tyndall Glac4
Craniomandibular osteology of Manidens condorensis (Ornithischia: Heterodontosauridae) from the upper Lower Jurassic of Argentina4
Cranial anatomy of Nythosaurus larvatus Owen, 1876, an Early Triassic cynodont preserving a natural endocast4
An early-diverging crocodylomorph from the early Norian (Late Triassic) of Texas demonstrates a wide distribution of early members across low-latitude Pangea4
A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the late Oligocene4
A new species of Lates (Perciformes, Latidae) from the Late Miocene of Ukraine and notes on the latest records of lates perches in the Eastern Paratethys4
New Fossils and New Developments at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology4
Functional morphology ofQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)4
A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand4
The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptileCoelurosauravus elivensisPiveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian of Madagascar4
The paleobiology of a new osmeriform fish species from Australia4
Fossil vertebrates from a unique marine bonebed of the Upper Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas, U.S.A.: new insights into the paleoecology of the Niobrara Formation4
Rare osteohistological evidence of skeletal maturity in the early diverging traversodontid Scalenodon angustifrons , with comments on histological sampling coverage in C4
Comments on the cranial and pectoral girdle osteology of Lepidotes gigas (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteiformes) from the Lower Jurassic (lower Toarcian) of Germany4
Computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapodCrassigyrinus scoticusWatson, 19294
A new proterotheriid (Mammalia, Litopterna) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (upper Oligocene): phylogeny and litoptern patellar pit knee locks4
A new old Budgett frog: an articulated skeleton of an Early Pliocene Lepidobatrachus (Anura, Ceratophryidae) from western Argentina4
New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs3
Evolutionary convergence in a small cursorial styracosternan ornithopod dinosaur from western Europe3
The first southern hemisphere occurrence of the extinct Cretaceous sclerorhynchoid sawfish Ptychotrygon (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea), with a review of Ptychotrygon taxonomy3
A platypterygiid ichthyosaur from the Cenomanian of central New Zealand3
Taxonomic revision and type specimens’ location of jianghanichthyids (Ostariophysii: Cypriniformes) from Buxin Formation, Sanshui Basin, China3
New fossils, new ideas: selected contributions of vertebrate paleontology to scientific knowledge3
Overabundance of abelisaurid teeth in the Açu Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Potiguar Basin, Northeastern Brazil: morphometric, cladistic and machine learning approaches3
An exquisitely preserved skeleton of Eoarctos vorax (nov. gen. et sp.) from Fitterer Ranch, North Dakota (early Oligocene) and systematics and phylogeny of North American early arctoids (Carniv3
A new clevosaurid (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Upper Triassic of India3
A juvenile specimen of Sinoconodon rigneyi with new information on pattern of tooth replacement3
Sauropod tail clubs from the Kota Formation (Lower to Middle Jurassic) of India and their implications for early sauropod evolution3
A new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont (Synapsida) from a Late Triassic vertebrate assemblage in west Texas, U.S.A.3
Allometric analysis sheds light on the systematics and ontogeny of anurognathid pterosaurs3
The oldest articulated ranid from Europe: a Pelophylax specimen from the lowest Oligocene of Chartres-de-Bretagne (N.W. France)3
Gorgonops and Endothiodon (Synapsida: Therapsida) from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation: evidence of a previously unreported tetrapod biozone in the 3
Biomechanics ofMachaeracanthuspectoral fin spines provide evidence for distinctive spine function and lifestyle among early chondrichthyans3
New specimen and redescription of Anisodontosaurus greeri (Moenkopi Formation: Middle Triassic) and the spatiotemporal origins of Trilophosauridae3
Phylogenetic systematics ofQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea:Azhdarchoidea)3
A new typothoracine aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of India with insights on biostratigraphy, diversification, and paleobiogeography3
Postcrania and paleobiology of Patriofelis ulta (Mammalia, Oxyaenodonta) of the Bridgerian (lower–middle Eocene) of North America3
The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger—XI. Cranial material of a juvenile Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia: Captorhinidae)3
New well-preserved materials ofGlossotherium chapadmalense(Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pliocene of Argentina shed light on the origin and evolution of the genus3
Patterns of postcranial fusion in the emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae ) and Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus3
Paleoecological implications of the large mammals from a late glacial hyena den at Besaansklip (southwestern Cape, South Africa)3
A new look at Crocodylopodus meijidei: implications for crocodylomorph locomotion3
The earliest known North American bovid, Neotragocerus3
A new lizard-like reptile with unusual mandibular neurovasculature from the Upper Triassic of Virginia3
A new onychodontid (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii) from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of Devon Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada3
New data on the diversity and chronology of the late Miocene Xenarthra (Mammalia) from Ecuador2
Early Eocene pelodryadid from the Tingamarra Local Fauna, Murgon, southeastern Queensland, Australia, and a new fossil calibration for molecular phylogenies of frogs2
A new assemblage of Lower Triassic neoselachians (Chondrichthyes) from the Grippia Bonebed of Spitsbergen, Norway2
A new lungfish from the Upper Triassic of the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe2
New Early Cretaceous zalambdalestid stem placental mammal from Mongolia and evolution of Zalambdalestidae2
New species and records of Kowalskia (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from Lufengpithecus hominoid locality of Yuanmou, Southwest China2
Lyra sherkhana gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of giraffid from the Miocene of the Siwaliks (Pakistan)2
A new Rattus species and its associated micromammals from the Pliocene Yangyi Formation in Baoshan, western Yunnan, China2
Taxonomic status of ‘Palaeoniscum delessei’ (early Permian, Bourbon-l’Archambault Basin, Allier, France)2
Second species ofEusthenodon(Tristichopteridae, Sarcopterygii) from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and a review of globalEusthenodonoccurrence2
A new freshwater lonchidiid hybodontiform shark (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Triassic Momonoki Formation in Yamaguchi, Japan2
A new species of Palacrodon and a unique form of tooth attachment in reptiles2
First report of “ Mammut ” (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Upper Miocene of Turkey2
First occurrence of the eutherian mammal Asioryctes nemegtensis from the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, and a revised alpha taxonomy based on the skull and dentiti2
Biomechanical skull performance in the meiolaniid Niolamia argentina (Testudinata: Meiolaniidae) using finite element analysis2
Reassessment of Tegehotherium burmeisteri Ameghino 1903–1904 ( Notoungulata , Hegetotheriidae ) and a new p2
A previously unreported form of dorsal rib pneumaticity in Apatosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and implications for pneumatic variation among diplodocid dorsal ribs2
Morphology of the toothed mysticete Fucaia goedertorum and a reassessment of Aetiocetidae (Cetacea, Mysticeti)2
Ancestral radiation of paenungulate mammals (Paenungulatomorpha)—new evidence from the Paleocene of Morocco2
Integumentary impressions on hadrosaurid specimens from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada: implications for integument patterns and hand morphology2
New rhizodontid (Tetrapodomorpha, Sarcopterygii) material from Romer’s Gap (Tournaisian) of the Ballagan Formation (Scotland, U.K.)2
A latest Paleocene mammal fauna from the Great Divide Basin in southern Wyoming and a revised biozonation of the Clarkforkian land mammal age2
Reappraisal of the late Miocene elasmotheriine Parelasmotherium schansiense from Kutschwan (Shanxi Province, China) and its phylogenetic relationships2
Early Cretaceous radiation of teleosts recorded by the otolith-based ichthyofauna from the Valanginian of Wąwał, central Poland2
A reappraisal of tyrannosauroid fossils from the Iren Dabasu Formation (Coniacian–Campanian), Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China2
New data on the early Badenian (Middle Miocene) bony fishes of the Forecarpathian Basin2
First record of cf. Aenocyon dirus (Leidy, 1858) (Carnivora, Canidae), from the Upper Pleistocene of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile2
Reidentification of the holotype specimen of Trilophosaurus buettneri Case, 1928 (Archosauromorpha, Trilophosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Crosby County, Texas, U.2
Giant Late Triassic ichthyosaurs from the Kössen Formation of the Swiss Alps and their paleobiological implications2
A new thyreophoran ichnotaxon from British Columbia, Canada confirms the presence of ankylosaurid dinosaurs in the mid Cretaceous of North America2
A new squaloziphiid-like odontocete from the Early Miocene of Patagonia expands the cetacean diversity in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean2
A new gyracanthid from the Mississippian of Delta, Iowa, U.S.A.2
Assignment of nomen protectum status to Eugnathus [ =  Furo ] orthostomus Agassiz, 18422
Evolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of new carcharodontosaurian, megaraptorid, and unenlagiine theropod remains from the upper Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, southeast Australia2
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Fossil frogs from the upper Miocene of southwestern Brazilian Amazonia (Solimões Formation, Acre Basin).1
A saw-toothed eel † Serrivomer glehni sp. nov. from the Miocene of Sakhalin Island, north-western Pacific1
Development and homology of the medial parietal ornamentation in centrosaurine ceratopsids (Dinosauria, Ornithischia)1
The osteology of Shringasaurus indicus, an archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic Denwa Formation, Satpura Gondwana Basin, Central India1
Butyrumichthys henriciigen. et sp. nov.: a new stromateiform fish from the lower Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark1
Endocranial anatomy of Allosaurus supports neural trends among non-avian theropod dinosaurs1
The first small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur from the Lewisville Formation (middle Cenomanian) of Texas1
A new Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the upper Pliocene–lower Pleistocene of Uruguay1
The first eutriconodontan mammal from the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India1
A remarkable Palaeoloxodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) skull from the intermontane Kashmir Valley, India1
Revealing the diversity of Paleogene cingulates from Brazil: a new species of Parutaetus (Euphractinae) in the Guabirotuba Formation (middle–late Eocene)1
Earliest evidence of Inostrancevia in the southern hemisphere: new data from the Usili Formation of Tanzania1
Reconstructing the paired fin skeletons and musculature in arthrodires from the Devonian (Frasnian) Gogo Formation, Western Australia: implications of arthrodire appendicular anatomy for the serial ho1
Tusked walruses (Carnivora: Odobenidae) from the Miocene–Pliocene Purisima Formation of Santa Cruz, California (U.S.A.): a new species of the toothless walrus Valenictus 1
Trophic interactions of sharks and crocodylians with a sea cow (Sirenia) from the Miocene of Venezuela1
First fossil record (Middle Miocene) of the viper shark Trigonognathus Mochizuki and Ohe, 1990, in the Mediterranean realm1
Rediscovered lost holotypes of two Paleogene mammals, a Neogene bird, and other published specimens from an orphaned collection1
A new species of Morsoravidae sheds light on beak and limb morphology in stem passerines1
Testing hypotheses of pteraspid heterostracan feeding using computational fluid dynamics1
A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A.1
Osteological and taxonomic reassessments of Sahaliyania elunchunorum (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Yuliangzi Formation, northeast China1
Late Miocene ‘οvibovin’ bovids (Mammalia, Bovidae) from Çorakyerler, Turkey1
Limb bone histology of theropod dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic of South Africa1
The paleohistology of †Araripichthys castilhoifrom the Lower Cretaceous of Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil: a typical case of basal teleost1
Anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of a new silesaurid assemblage from the Carnian beds of south Brazil1
A new species of Urva (Herpestidae, Carnivora) from late Upper Pleistocene deposits of East Fissure-Fillings, Fanchang, Anhui Province of Eastern China1
Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of a new archosauriform reptile from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Germany1
The first report of cf.Zygolophodon(Mammalia, Proboscidea, Mammutidae) from the Upper Miocene of Kutch, India1
New record of aquatic snakes (Squamata, Palaeophiidae) from the Paleocene of South America1
Two new specimens of Glyphoderma kangi (Placodontia, Sauropterygia, Reptilia) from the Middle Triassic of South China1
Craniomandibular anatomy of a juvenile specimen of Edmontosaurus regalis Lambe, 1917 clarifies issues in ontogeny and biogeography1
A new stem-tetrapod fish from the Middle–Late Devonian of central Australia1
When did hyenas start transporting carrion? Tracing back the origins of scavenging durophagous hyenas1
Evaluation of the photosensory characteristics of the lateral and pineal eyes of Plioplatecarpus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) based on an exceptionally preserved specimen fr1
A late Turolian giant panda from Bulgaria and the early evolution and dispersal of the panda lineage1
The origin of modern marlins (Teleostei: Istiophoridae): new fossil evidence from the Lower Miocene of Austria1
Nomenclature, comparative anatomy, and evolution of the reflected lamina of the angular in non-mammalian synapsids1
Paleobiology of Jefferson’s Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) derived from three contemporaneous, ontogenetically distinct individuals recovered from Southwestern Iowa, U.S.A.1
New ctenacanth sharks (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Ctenacanthiformes) from the Middle to Late Mississippian of Kentucky and Alabama1
A new Middle Triassic vertebrate assemblage from Miedary (southern Poland)1
The oldest occurrence of Crocodylus in Madagascar and the Holocene crocodylian turnover1
Down to the roots of lemmings: a new species of basal lemming from the upper Pliocene of West Siberia1
Enigmatic humerus from the mid-Permian of South Africa bridges the anatomical gap between “pelycosaurs” and therapsids1
An anatomical reappraisal of the dwarf crocodylian Arambourgia gaudryi from the Eocene of Quercy (France) using CT data and its implications for the phylogeny and paleoe1
Fossil evidence for earlier radiation in istiophorid billfishes (Teleostei, Istiophoriformes) uncovered by comparative morphology of the caudal vertebrae1
The first discovery of in situPelophylax pueyoi(Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Miocene of Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte (Teruel, Spain)1
Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), IV: the oldest edentulous frog (Salientia) from Laurasia1
A new species of Dryornis (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Santa Cruz Formation (lower Miocene), Patagonia, Argentina1
The discovery, local distribution, and curation of the giant azhdarchid pterosaurs from Big Bend National Park1
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