Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2) 2006


Articles

The Early Cambrian origin of thylacocephalan arthropods

Jean Vannier, Jun-Yuan Chen, Di-Ying Huang, Sylvain Charbonnier, and Xiu-Qiang Wang

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 201-214

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A large xenusiid lobopod with complex appendages from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte

Jianni Liu, Degan Shu, Jian Han, Zhifei Zhang, and Xingliang Zhang

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 215-222

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Skeletonized microfossils from the Lower-Middle Cambrian transition of the Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain

Sébastien Clausen and J. Javier Álvaro

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 223-238

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A spinose appendage fragment of a problematic arthropod from the Early Ordovician of Morocco

Peter Van Roy and O. Erik Tetlie

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 239-246

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Functional anatomy and mode of life of the latest Jurassic crinoid Saccocoma

Michał Brodacki

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 261-270

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An enigmatic chondrichthyan with Paleozoic affinities from the Lower Triassic of western Canada

Raoul J. Mutter and Andrew G. Neuman

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 271-282

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Reconstruction of Oligocene and Neogene freshwater fish faunas - an actualistic study on cypriniform otoliths

Tanja Schulz-Mirbach and Bettina Reichenbacher

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 283-304

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Scapular orientation in theropods and basal birds, and the origin of flapping flight

Phil Senter

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 305-313

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New specimens of the earliest European passeriform bird

Gerald Mayr and Albrecht Manegold

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 315-323

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Bone microstructure and growth patterns of early mammals

Anusuya Chinsamy and Jørn H. Hurum

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 325-338

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Revision of a pretribosphenic mammal Arguimus from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia

Alexey Lopatin and Alexander Averianov

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 339-349

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Late Cretaceous asioryctitherian eutherian mammals from Uzbekistan and phylogenetic analysis of Asioryctitheria

J. David Archibald and Alexander O. Averianov

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 351-376

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A new genus of eomyid rodent from the Miocene of Nevada

Kent S. Smith, Richard L. Cifelli, and Nicholas J. Czaplewski

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 385-392

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Brief reports

New specimens of the multituberculate mammal Uzbekbaatar from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan

Alexander O. Averianov and J. David Archibald

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 377-380

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A new heterosoricid shrew from the lowermost Oligocene of Europe

Richard Smith and Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 381-384

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Book reviews

Fossil fraud: A new interpretation of the Beringer story [Review of: Birgit Niebuhr and Gerd Geyer 2005. Beringers Lügensteine: 493 Corpora Delicti zwischen Dichtung und Wahrheit [in German with abridged English version]. Beringeria Sonderheft 5, Teil II. 188 pp. ISSN 0923−0242]

Paul D. Taylor

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 314-314

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The rise and fall of the American rhinos [Review of: Donald R. Prothero 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. ix + 218 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 0521832403]

Ephraim Nissan

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (2), 2006: 350-350

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