Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, Volume 40, Issue 4 (2016)

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Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, Volume 40, Issue 4 (2016)

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40th Anniversary Special Issue

Editorial

Editorial
Exceptional fossils and biotas of Gondwana: the fortieth anniversary issue of Alcheringa
Stephen McLoughlin
Pages: 399-406
Published online: 24 Oct 2016
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How diverse were early animal communities? An example from Ediacara Conservation Park, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Felicity J. Coutts, James G. Gehling & Diego C. García-Bellido
Pages: 407-421
Published online: 24 Oct 2016
AbstractforHow diverse were early animal communities? An example from Ediacara Conservation Park, Flinders Ranges, South Australia | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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The holotype of Pseudisograptus manubriatus manubriatus (Hall, 1914)—implications for the identification of Pseudisograptus manubriatus subspecies
Alfons H.M. Vandenberg & Jörg Maletz
Pages: 422-428
Published online: 21 Apr 2016
AbstractforThe holotype of Pseudisograptus manubriatus manubriatus (Hall, 1914)—implications for the identification of Pseudisograptus manubriatus subspecies | Full Text | References | PDF (1,002.5 KB)
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Comments on the ophiuroid family Protasteridae and description of a new genus from the Lower Devonian of the Fox Bay Formation, Falkland Islands
Aaron W. Hunter, Adrian W.A. Rushton & Philip Stone
Pages: 429-442
Published online: 04 Sep 2016
AbstractforComments on the ophiuroid family Protasteridae and description of a new genus from the Lower Devonian of the Fox Bay Formation, Falkland Islands | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Spondylodendron pranabii—the dominant lycopsid of the late Mississippian vegetation of the Kashmir Himalaya
Christopher J. Cleal, G.M. Bhat, Kamal Jeet Singh, A.M. Dar, Anju Saxena & Shaila Chandra
Pages: 443-455
Published online: 15 Feb 2016
AbstractforSpondylodendron pranabii—the dominant lycopsid of the late Mississippian vegetation of the Kashmir Himalaya | Full Text | References | PDF (3 MB)
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Millerocaulis zamunerae sp. nov. (Osmundaceae) from Jurassic, geothermally influenced, wetland environments of Patagonia, Argentina
Ana Julia Sagasti, Juan García Massini, Ignacio H. Escapa, Diego M. Guido & Alan Channing
Pages: 456-474
Published online: 16 Aug 2016
AbstractforMillerocaulis zamunerae sp. nov. (Osmundaceae) from Jurassic, geothermally influenced, wetland environments of Patagonia, Argentina | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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Original Articles

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The mandible and dentition of the Early Cretaceous monotreme Teinolophos trusleri
Thomas H. Rich, James A. Hopson, Pamela G. Gill, Peter Trusler, Sally Rogers-Davidson, Steve Morton, Richard L. Cifelli, David Pickering, Lesley Kool, Karen Siu, Flame A. Burgmann, Tim Senden, Alistair R. Evans, Barbara E. Wagstaff, Doris Seegets-Villiers, Ian J. Corfe, Timothy F. Flannery, Ken Walker, Anne M. Musser, Michael Archer, Rebecca Pian & Patricia Vickers-Rich
Pages: 475-501
Published online: 23 Jun 2016
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South polar greenhouse insects (Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Tupuangi Formation, Chatham Islands, eastern Zealandia
Jeffrey D. Stilwell, Jesse J. Vitacca & Chris Mays
Pages: 502-508
Published online: 21 Apr 2016
AbstractforSouth polar greenhouse insects (Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Tupuangi Formation, Chatham Islands, eastern Zealandia | Full Text | References | PDF (462.6 KB)
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Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats
Laura A. B. Wilson, Suzanne J. Hand, Camilo López-Aguirre, Michael Archer, Karen H. Black, Robin M. D. Beck, Kyle N. Armstrong & Stephen Wroe
Pages: 509-524
Published online: 17 Jul 2016
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Biodiversity and palaeoecology of Foulden Maar: an early Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte deposit in southern New Zealand
Daphne E. Lee, Uwe Kaulfuss, John G. Conran, Jennifer M. Bannister & Jon K. Lindqvist
Pages: 525-541
Published online: 11 Aug 2016
AbstractforBiodiversity and palaeoecology of Foulden Maar: an early Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte deposit in southern New Zealand | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB)
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A late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)
Romala Govender, Michelangelo Bisconti & Anusuya Chinsamy
Pages: 542-555
Published online: 22 Jun 2016
AbstractforA late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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Pliocene Mollusca (Bivalvia, Gastropoda) from the Sørsdal Formation, Marine Plain, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica: taxonomy and implications for Antarctic Pliocene palaeoenvironments
Patrick G. Quilty, Thomas A. Darragh, Stephen J. Gallagher & Lucy A. Harding
Pages: 556-582
Published online: 05 Jul 2016
AbstractforPliocene Mollusca (Bivalvia, Gastropoda) from the Sørsdal Formation, Marine Plain, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica: taxonomy and implications for Antarctic Pliocene palaeoenvironments | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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Original Articles

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Ediacaran fossils in thin-section
Gregory J. Retallack
Pages: 583-600
Published online: 30 Jun 2016
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Editorial Board

Editorial Board
Page: ebi
Published online: 24 Oct 2016
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