Vertebrate palaeontology /
xv, 315 p. ; illustrations. Content notes : 1. New developmental evidence clarifies the evolution of qrist bones in the dinosaur-bird transition --
2. The oldest caseid synapsid frm the late pennsylvanian of kansas, and the evolution of herbivory in terrestrial vertebrates --
3. Evidence of spondyloarthropathy in the spine of a phytosaur --
4. Revised vertebral count in the "Longest-Necked Vertebrate" elasmosaurrs platyurus cope 1868, and clarification of the Cervical-Dorsal Transition in plesiosauria --
5. Environmental effects on vertebrate species richness: testing the energy, environmental stability and habitat heterogeneity hypotheses --
6. Fossil fishes from China provide first evidence of dermal pelvic girdles in osteichthyans --
7. Palaeontological evidence forthe last temporal occurrence of the ancient western amozonian riveroutflow into the Caribbean --
8. Oldest Near-Complete acanthodian: the first vertebrate from the silurian bertie formation konserbat-lagerstatte ontario --
9. Skeletal gene expression in the temporal region of the reptilian embryos: implications for the evolution of reptilian skull morphology --
10. Scales and tooth whorls of ancient fishes challenge distinction between external and oral teeth --
11. A membrane-bound vertebrate Globin --
12. Parallel expanisions of xox transcription factor group B predating the diversifications of the arthropods and jawed vertebrates --
13. Inter-vertebral flexibility of the ostrich neck:implications for estimating sauropod neck flexibility --
