Special Papers in Palaeontology, Studies on Fossil Tetrapods

This collection of papers honours Dr Angela C Milner and her contribution to vertebrate palaeontology, with articles authored by many of her colleagues and former students. These articles encompass studies on the earliest four-legged vertebrates, lizards, marine reptiles, turtles, dinosaurs, birds and mammals, ranging in age from just after the origin of tetrapods to the origins of modern bird families, with an emphasis on Palaeozoic and Mesozoic faunas. Foreword / by Paul M. Barrett and Andrew R. Milner

Angela C. Milner and her contribution to vertebrate palaeontology / by Andrew R. Milner and Paul M. Barrett

Humeral homology and the origin of the tetrapod elbow: a reinterpretation of the enigmatic specimens ANSP 21350 and GSM 104536 / by Per E. Ahlberg

Phylogenetic signal and character compatibility in the appendicular skeleton of early tetrapods / by Marcello Ruta

A new microsaur from the Early Carboniferous (Vise⁺ѓan) of East Kirkton, Scotland, showing soft tissue evidence / by Jennifer A. Clack

The amphibian Erpetosaurus radiatus (Temnospondyli, Dvinosauria) from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Linton, Ohio: morphology and systematic position / by Andrew R. Milner and Sandra E.K. Sequeira

The skull of the solemydid turtle Helochelydra nopcsai from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight (UK) and a review of Solemydidae / by Walter G. Joyce [and others]

New material of the enigmatic Scandensia, an Early Cretaceous lizard from the Iberian Peninsula / by Arnau Bolet and Susan E. Evans

A new pliosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Oxford clay formation (Middle Jurassic, Callovian) of England: evidence for a gracile, longirostrine grade of Early-Middle Jurassic pliosaurids / by Hilary F. Ketchum and Roger B.J. Benson

New material of Valdosaurus canaliculatus (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England / by Paul M. Barrett [and others]

On the osteology of the lower Wealden (Valanginian) ornithopod Barilium dawsoni (Iguanodontia: Styracosterna) / by David B. Norman

Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Tendagura (Tanzania) / by Oliver W.M. Rauhut

Structural performance of tetanuran theropod skulls, with emphasis on the Megalosauridae, Spinosauridae and Carcharodontosauridae / by Emily J. Rayfield

A 'eutriconodontan' mammal from the UK Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) / by Allan G. Lawson

Directions in palaeoneurology / by Stig A. Walsh and Monja A. Knoll

Paul M. Barrett is a member of The Palaeontological Association. He is Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences, United Kingdom. Barrett was previously a researcher for the museum and a Departmental Lecturer in Animal Diversity at the University of Oxford, Department of Zoology in the UK. Dr Andrew Milner is an Emeritus Reader in Vertebrate Palaeontology at Birkbeck University of London. This collection of papers honours Dr Angela C Milner and her contribution to vertebrate palaeontology, with articles authored by many of her colleagues and former students. These articles encompass studies on the earliest four-legged vertebrates, lizards, marine reptiles, turtles, dinosaurs, birds and mammals, ranging in age from just after the origin of tetrapods to the origins of modern bird families, with an emphasis on Palaeozoic and Mesozoic faunas.