Special Papers in Palaeontology, Number 77, Evolution and Palaeobiology of Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs
Special Papers in Palaeontology
Special Papers in Palaeontology, published by The Palaeontological Association, is a series of substantial separate works conforming to the style of the Palaeontology journal. Two issues are published each year and feature high standard illustrations.
* An analysis of Sauropoda which includes many of the most familiar dinosaurs, such as Apatosaurus (formerly 'Brontosaurus'), Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus (the latter finding fame in the Jurassic Park movies)
* Advances our knowledge of sauropod phylogeny, biomechanics, physiology and ecology and offers insights into the limits of life at large body size
* An active and constructive debate in dinosaur studies that will serve as a benchmark for future work on prosauropods and basal sauropods
* Includes 107 text-figures and 24 tables
1. The First Complete Skull Of The Triassic Dinosaur
Melanorosaurus Haughton (Sauropodomorpha: Anchisauria): A. M.
Yates.
2. A Phylogenetic Analysis Of Basal Sauropodomorph
Relationships: Implications For The Origin Of Sauropod Dinosaurs:
P. Upchurch, P. M. Barrett and P. M. Galton.
3. The Evolution Of Feeding Mechanisms In Early Sauropodomorph
Dinosaurs: P. M. Barrett and P. Upchurch.
4. The Pectoral Girdle And Forelimb Anatomy Of The
Stem-Sauropodomorph Saturnalia Tupiniquim (Upper Triassic, Brazil):
M. C. Langer, M. A. G. Franc¸A and S. Gabriel.
5. Were The Basal Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs Plateosaurus And
Massospondylus Habitual Quadrupeds?: M. F. Bonnan And P.
Senter.
6. A New Description Of The Forelimb Of The Basal Sauropodomorph
Melanorosaurus: Implications For The Evolution Of Pronation, Manus
Shape And Quadrupedalism In Sauropod Dinosaurs: M. F. Bonnan and A.
M. Yates.
7. Bone Histology And Growth Of The Prosauropod Dinosaur
Plateosaurus Engelhardti Von Meyer, 1837 From The Norian Bonebeds
Of Trossingen (Germany) And Frick (Switzerland): N. Klein and P. M.
Sander.
8. What Pneumaticity Tells Us About 'Prosauropods',
And Vice Versa: M. Wedel.
9. New Information On Lessemsaurus Sauropoides (Dinosauria:
Sauropodomorpha) From The Upper Triassic Of Argentina: D. Pol and
J. E. Powell.
10. New Information On The Braincase And Skull Of Anchisaurus
Polyzelus (Lower Jurassic, Connecticut, USA; Saurischia:
Sauropodomorpha): Implications For Sauropodomorph Systematics: T.
J. Fedak and P. M. Galton.
11. Basal Sauropodomorpha: Historical And Recent Phylogenetic
Hypotheses, With Comments On Ammosaurus Major (Marsh, 1889): P. C.
Sereno.
