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Palaeontology Archive

The Association has made issues of the journal Palaeontology from volume 1 (1957) to volume 41 (1998) available to the palaeontological community, without restriction or charge, through our online portal. Issues from volume 42 (1999) to the present time can be obtained though the Wiley Online Library portal where they are free to Members of the Association and subscribing institutions, and available for purchase by non-members and non-subscribing institutions on an individual basis.

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In addition to the articles hosted by the Association (below) many can also be found on the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Palaeontology@BHL.

Volume 58

Volume 58 | Part 5

Article: The oldest known bryozoan: Prophyllodictya (Cryptostomata) from the lower Tremadocian (Lower Ordovician) of Liujiachang, south???western Hubei, central China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2015
Page(s): 925–934.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12189
Authored By: Junye Ma, Paul D. Taylor, Fengsheng Xia, and Renbin Zhan

Article: Cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event: evidence from genes and fossils

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2015
Page(s): 935–936.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12193
Authored By: Bettina E. Schirrmeister, Muriel Gugger, and Philip C. Donoghue

Volume 58 | Part 4

Article: Phylogeny and diversification of bryozoans

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2015
Page(s): 585–599.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12170
Authored By: Paul D. Taylor, and Andrea Waeschenbach

Article: The terrestrial biota prior to the origin of land plants (embryophytes): a review of the evidence

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2015
Page(s): 601–627.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12172
Authored By: Charles H. Wellman, and Paul K. Strother

Article: A large new leanchoiliid from the Burgess Shale and the influence of inapplicable states on stem arthropod phylogeny

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2015
Page(s): 629–660.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12161
Authored By: Cédric Aria, Jean‐Bernard Caron, and Robert Gaines

Article: Early Pennsylvanian (Langsettian) fish assemblages from the Joggins Formation, Canada, and their implications for palaeoecology and palaeogeography

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2015
Page(s): 661–690.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12164
Authored By: David K. Carpenter, Howard J. Falcon‐Lang, Michael J. Benton, and Melissa Grey

Article: Upper Ordovician chondrichthyan???like scales from North America

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2015
Page(s): 691–704.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12167
Authored By: Plamen S. Andreev, Michael I. Coates, Richard M. Shelton, Paul R. Cooper, M. Paul Smith, and Ivan J. Sansom

Article: The macro??? and microfossil record of the Cambrian priapulid Ottoia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2015
Page(s): 705–721.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12168
Authored By: Martin R. Smith, Thomas H. P. Harvey, and Nicholas J. Butterfield

Article: The skull and endocranium of a Lower Jurassic ichthyosaur based on digital reconstructions

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2015
Page(s): 723–742.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12174
Authored By: Ryan D. Marek, Benjamin C. Moon, Matt Williams, and Michael J. Benton

Article: Phylogenetic revision of the Strophomenida, a diverse and ecologically important Palaeozoic brachiopod order

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2015
Page(s): 743–758.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12177
Authored By: Curtis R. Congreve, Andrew Z. Krug, and Mark E. Patzkowsky

Volume 58 | Part 3

Article: Do cladistic and morphometric data capture common patterns of morphological disparity?

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 393–399.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12159
Authored By: Alexander J. Hetherington, Emma Sherratt, Marcello Ruta, Mark Wilkinson, Bradley Deline and Philip C. J. Donoghue

Article: Pelagic neonatal fossils support viviparity and precocial life history of Cretaceous mosasaurs

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 401–407.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12165
Authored By: Daniel J. Field, Aaron LeBlanc, Adrienne Gau and Adam D. Behlke

Article: Precocious sexual dimorphism and the Lilliput effect in Neo-Tethyan Ostracoda (Crustacea) through the Permian???Triassic boundary

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 409–454.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12151
Authored By: Marie-Béatrice Forel, Sylvie Crasquin, Anisong Chitnarin, Lucia Angiolini and Maurizio Gaetani

Article: Late Ordovician brachiopods from Peru and their palaeobiogeographical relationships

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 455–487.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12152
Authored By: Enrique Villas, Jorge Colmenar and Juan C. Gutiérrez-Marco

Article: Freshwater occurrence of the extinct dolphin Parapontoporia (Cetacea: Lipotidae) from the upper Pliocene nonmarine Tulare Formation of California

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 489–496.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12153
Authored By: Robert W. Boessenecker and Ashley W. Poust

Article: The oldest notostracan (Upper Devonian Strud locality, Belgium)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 497–509.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12155
Authored By: Linda Lagebro, Pierre Gueriau, Thomas A. Hegna, Nicolas Rabet, Aodhán D. Butler and Graham E. Budd

Article: Unusual histology and morphology of the ribs of mosasaurs (Squamata)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 511–520.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12157
Authored By: Michael D. D'Emic, Kathlyn M. Smith and Zachary T. Ansley

Article: The fossil record of ichthyosaurs, completeness metrics and sampling biases

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 521–536.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12158
Authored By: Terri J. Cleary, Benjamin C. Moon, Alexander M. Dunhill and Michael J. Benton

Article: Biostratinomic analysis of Lycoptera beds from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, western Liaoning, China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 537–561.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12160
Authored By: Yanhong Pan, Franz T. Fürsich, Jiangyong Zhang, Yaqiong Wang and Xiaoting Zheng

Article: Conodonts from the Early Triassic microbialite of Guangxi (South China): implications for the definition of the base of the Triassic System

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2015
Page(s): 563–584.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12162
Authored By: Morgane Brosse, Hugo Bucher, Borhan Bagherpour, Aymon Baud, Åsa M. Frisk, Kuang Guodun and Nicolas Goudemand

Volume 58 | Part 2

Article: Vibrational spectroscopy of fossils

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2015
Page(s): 201–211.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12144
Authored By: Alison Olcott Marshall and Craig P. Marshall

Article: The early evolution of ray-finned fishes

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2015
Page(s): 213–228.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12150
Authored By: Matt Friedman

Article: Operculum regeneration following failed predation in the Silurian gastropod Oriostoma

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2015
Page(s): 229–237.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12154
Authored By: John S. Peel

Article: A new species of Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae) from the Early Eocene Wasatch Formation of Wyoming: implications for palaeoecology and palaeobiology

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2015
Page(s): 239–249.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12134
Authored By: Thomas A. Stidham

Article: The oldest higher true crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura): insights from the Early Cretaceous of the Americas

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2015
Page(s): 251–263.
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12135
Authored By: Javier Luque

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