Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2) 2001

Biomechanics and Palaeobiology of Vertebrates


Preface

Introduction

Sergio F. Vizcaíno and Richard A. Farińa

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 135-136

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Articles

Modes of ventilation in early tetrapods: Costal aspiration as a key feature of amniotes

Christine M. Janis and Julia C. Keller

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 137-170

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The ground sloth Megatherium americanum: Skull shape, bite forces, and diet

M. Susana Bargo

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 173-192

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A new approach to evaluate the cursorial ability of the giant theropod Giganotosaurus carolinii

R. Ernesto Blanco and Gerardo V. Mazzetta

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 193-202

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Palaeoenvironment and palaeoecology of three Cretaceous snakes: Pachyophis, Pachyrhachis, and Dinilysia

Michael W. Caldwell and Adriana M. Albino

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 203-218

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Carved teeth and strange jaws: How glyptodonts masticated

Richard A. Farińa and Sergio F. Vizcaíno

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 219-234

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Speeds of dinosaurs from the Albian-Cenomanian of Patagonia and sauropod stance and gait

Gerardo V. Mazzetta and R. Ernesto Blanco

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 235-246

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Body mass estimation and locomotion of the Miocene pelecaniform bird Macranhinga

Jorge Ignacio Noriega

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 247-260

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Climate and changes in mammal diversity during the late Pleistocene-Holocene in the Pampean Region (Argentina)

José Luis Prado, María Teresa Alberdi, Beatriz Azanza, and Begońa Sánchez

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 261-276

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Specialized knee joints in some extinct, endemic, South American herbivores

Bruce J. Shockey

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 277-288

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Pleistocene burrows in the Mar del Plata area (Argentina) and their probable builders

Sergio F. Vizcaíno, Marcelo Zárate, M. Susana Bargo, and Alejandro Dondas

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 289-301

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Book reviews

Ex oriente lux

Halszka Osmólska

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 302-305

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Research between Sisyphos and Tantalos

Józef Kaźmierczak

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (2), 2001: 306-307

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