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1Definition, diagnosis, and origin of MammaliaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1988461
2A nomenclature for vertebral laminae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaursJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1999399
3Closure of neurocentral sutures during crocodilian ontogeny: Implications for maturity assessment in fossil archosaursJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1996389
4A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Study of Amiid Fishes (Amiidae) Based on Comparative Skeletal Anatomy. an Empirical Search for Interconnected Patterns of Natural HistoryJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1998382
5Tooth morphology and prey preference of Mesozoic marine reptilesJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1987354
6Long bone histology of the hadrosaurid dinosaurMaiasaura peeblesorum: growth dynamics and physiology based on an ontogenetic series of skeletal elementsJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2000299
7Skeletal indicators of locomotor behavior in living and extinct carnivoresJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1987287
8Distinguishing the effects of the Red queen and Court Jester on Miocene mammal evolution in the northern Rocky MountainsJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2001259
9A proposal for a standard terminology of anatomical notation and orientation in fossil vertebrate dentitionsJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2003245
10A beaked herbivorous archosaur with dinosaur affinities from the early Late Triassic of PolandJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2003231
11The osteology ofMasiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of MadagascarJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2002219
12Type material of the type species of the classic theropod footprint generaEubrontes, Anchisauripus, andGrallator(Early Jurassic, Hartford and Deerfield basins, Connecticut and Massachusetts, U.S.A.)Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology1998213
13CRANIOFACIAL ANATOMY OFMAJUNGASAURUS CRENATISSIMUS(THEROPODA: ABELISAURIDAE) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCARJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2007213
14The Evolution of the Antorbital Cavity of Archosaurs: A Study in Soft-Tissue Reconstruction in the Fossil Record with an Analysis of the Function of PneumaticityJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1997211
15Axial skeleton ontogeny in the Parasuchia (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its implications for ontogenetic determination in archosaursJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2007207
16New information on the systematics and postcranial skeleton ofHerrerasaurus ischigualastensis(Theropoda: Herrerasauridae) from the Ischigualasto Formation (Upper Triassic) of ArgentinaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1994205
17Origin of Mammalia: The craniodental evidence reexaminedJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1991197
18The phylogeny of the Craniata, with particular reference to the significance of fossil “agnathans”Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology1981195
19Early Evolution and Higher-Level Phylogeny of Sauropod DinosaursJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1998194
20Craniofacial ontogeny in Tyrannosauridae (Dinosauria, Coelurosauria)Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology1999191
21Lesothosaurus, “Fabrosaurids,” and the early evolution of OrnithischiaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1991188
22Osteology and Phylogenetic Relationships of Fossil and Recent Paddlefishes (Polyodontidae) with Comments on the Interrelationships of AcipenseriformesJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1991187
23Dinosaur monophylyJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1996185
24The evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaursJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2003184
25Problems due to missing data in phylogenetic analyses including fossils: a critical reviewJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2003183
26Basal Archosaurs: Phylogenetic Relationships and Functional ImplicationsJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1991182
27Phylogeny of the Crocodylotarsi, with reference to archosaurian and crurotarsan monophylyJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1993179
28Mammalian herbivore communities, ancient feeding ecology, and carbon isotopes: A 10 million-year sequence from the Neogene of FloridaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1996178
29Growth in small dinosaurs and pterosaurs: the evolution of archosaurian growth strategiesJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2004177
30The skull and neck of the basal theropodHerrerasaurus ischigualastensisJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1994176
31Dinosaurian precursors from the Middle Triassic of Argentina:Marasuchus lilloensis, gen. nov.Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology1994175
32New information on the anatomy and relationships ofDromaeosaurus albertensis(Dinosauria: Theropoda)Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology1995173
33Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of AlligatoroideaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1999170
34Osteology ofTyrannosaurus Rex: Insights from a nearly complete Skeleton and High-Resolution Computed Tomographic Analysis of the SkullJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2003170
35Bipedalism, flight, and the evolution of theropod locomotor diversityJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1997165
36Phylogeny of the IchthyopterygiaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1999157
37Petrosals of Late Cretaceous marsupials from North America, and a cladistic analysis of the petrosal in therian mammalsJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1990153
38Ontogenetic histology ofApatosaurus(Dinosauria: Sauropoda): New insights on growth rates and longevityJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1999153
39A new species ofAraripesuchus(Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the lower Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina)Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology2000148
40The postcranial osteology of Rapetosaurus krausei (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of MadagascarJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2009147
41A proposed terminology of theropod teeth (Dinosauria, Saurischia)Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology2015145
42The pectoral girdle and forelimb of the basal theropodHerrerasaurus ischigualastensisJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1994143
43Bird-like characteristics of the jaws and teeth of troodontid theropods (Dinosauria, Saurischia)Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology1987142
44Incomplete taxa, incomplete characters, and phylogenetic accuracy: is there a missing data problem?Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology2003140
45An articulated specimen of the basal titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda)Epachthosaurus sciuttoifrom the early Late Cretaceous Bajo Barreal Formation of Chubut Province, ArgentinaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2004140
46A new species of the theropod dinosaurSyntarsusfrom the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of ArizonaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1989137
47Effect of ontogenetic-age distribution in fossil and modern samples on the interpretation of ungulate paleodiets using the mesowear methodJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2007137
48Reconstruction of the cranial vessels in the Early Cretaceous mammalVincelestes neuquenianus: implications for the evolution of the mammalian cranial vascular systemJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1992134
49The Early Cretaceous mammalGobiconodon(Mammalia, Triconodonta) from the Cloverly Formation in MontanaJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology1988133
50A new method to calculate allometric length-mass relationships of dinosaursJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology2001133