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A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Study of Amiid Fishes (Amiidae) Based on Comparative Skeletal Anatomy. an Empirical Search for Interconnected Patterns of Natural History by Grande, Lance, Bemis, William E.

“…The comparative osteology, phylogenetic relationships, and historical biogeography of all known taxa of fossil and living amiid fishes (Halecomorphi: Amiidae)…”
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Vivid snapshots of the past by Grande, Lance

“…A paleontologist offers an immersive look at pivotal moments in Earth’s history…”
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Vivid snapshots of the past Otherlands Thomas Halliday Random House, 2022. 416 pp by Grande, Lance

“…A paleontologist offers an immersive look at pivotal moments in Earth's history…”
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The anatomy of the fossil varanid lizard Saniwa ensidens Leidy, 1870, based on a newly discovered complete skeleton by Rieppel, Olivier, Grande, Lance

“…The skeleton of a newly discovered, exceptionally preserved specimen of Saniwa ensidens is described in detail. the fossil consists of a complete articulated…”
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Does counting species count as taxonomy? On misrepresenting systematics, yet again by Carvalho, Marcelo R, Ebach, Malte C, Williams, David M, Nihei, Silvio S, Trefaut Rodrigues, Miguel, Grant, Taran, Silveira, Luís F, Zaher, Hussam, Gill, Anthony C, Schelly, Robert C, Sparks, John S, Bockmann, Flávio A, Séret, Bernard, Ho, Hsuan‐Ching, Grande, Lance, Rieppel, Olivier, Dubois, Alain, Ohler, Annemarie, Faivovich, Julián, Assis, Leandro C. S, Wheeler, Quentin D, Goldstein, Paul Z, Almeida, Eduardo A. B, Valdecasas, Antonio G, Nelson, Gareth

“…Recent commentary by Costello and collaborators on the current state of the global taxonomic enterprise attempts to demonstrate that taxonomy is not in decline…”
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Vivid snapshots of the pastOtherlands Thomas Halliday Random House, 2022. 416 pp by Grande, Lance

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Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines by Ksepka, Daniel T., Grande, Lance, Mayr, Gerald

“…Beak shape plays a key role in avian radiations and is one of the most intensely studied aspects of avian evolution and ecology [1–4]. Perhaps no other group…”
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AN EMPIRICAL SYNTHETIC PATTERN STUDY OF GARS (LEPISOSTEIFORMES) AND CLOSELY RELATED SPECIES, BASED MOSTLY ON SKELETAL ANATOMY. THE RESURRECTION OF HOLOSTEI by Grande, Lance

“…The comparative osteology, phylogenetic relationships, and historical biogeography of all known fossil and living gars (Ginglymodi: Lepisosteiformes) are…”
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Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of a Late Paleocene high-latitude terrestrial succession, Arkose Ridge Formation at Box Canyon, southern Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska by Sunderlin, David, Trop, Jeffrey M., Idleman, Bruce D., Brannick, Alexandria, White, Jaclyn G., Grande, Lance

“…Paleogene sedimentary rocks of the Arkose Ridge Formation (Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska) preserve a record of a fluvial–lacustrine depositional environment and…”
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The damselfly palaeofauna from the Eocene of Wyoming and Colorado, USA (Insecta, Odonata, Zygoptera) by Bechly, Günter, Garrouste, Romain, Aase, Arvid, Karr, Jered A., Grande, Lance, Nel, André, Labandeira, Conrad

“…A new family, five new genera, and nine new species of fossil damselflies (Insecta, Odonata, Zygoptera, Calopterygida) from the USA are described, seven from…”
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Fossil evidence of wing shape in a stem relative of swifts and hummingbirds (Aves, Pan-Apodiformes) by Ksepka, Daniel T., Clarke, Julia A., Nesbitt, Sterling J., Kulp, Felicia B., Grande, Lance

“…A feathered specimen of a new species of Eocypselus from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming provides insight into the wing morphology and…”
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Redescription of the Type Species for the Genus ‡Notogoneus (Teleostei: Gonorynchidae) Based on New, Well-Preserved Material by Grande, Lance, Grande, Terry

“…†Notogoneus osculus Cope, the type species for the geographically widespread Upper Cretaceous to Upper Oligocene genus †Notogoneus (Gonorynchidae), is…”
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A New Skeleton of Palaeosinopa didelphoides (Mammalia, Pantolesta) from the Early Eocene Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation (Wyoming), and Skeletal Ontogeny in Pantolestidae by Rose, Kenneth D, Dunn, Rachel H, Grande, Lance

“…A new subadult partial skeleton of a pantolestid is reported from the late early Eocene Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation. Although the specimen…”
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Stem Parrots (Aves, Halcyornithidae) from the Green River Formation and a Combined Phylogeny of Pan-Psittaciformes by Ksepka, Daniel T, Clarke, Julia A, Grande, Lance

“…A new species of stem parrot is reported from the early Eocene Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation. Well-preserved specimens including a complete…”
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Fossil evidence of wing shape in a stem relative of swifts and hummingbirds (Aves, Pan-Apodiformes) by Ksepka, Daniel T., Clarke, Julia A., Nesbitt, Sterling J., Kulp, Felicia B., Grande, Lance

“…A feathered specimen of a new species of Eocypselus from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming provides insight into the wing morphology and…”
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A New Species of Threskiornithidae-Like Bird (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming by Smith, Nathan D, Grande, Lance, Clarke, Julia A

“…A new avian species from the late early Eocene Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation is described based on a nearly complete postcranial skeleton…”
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A New Species of Threskiornithidae-Like Bird (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming by Smith, Nathan D, Grande, Lance, Clarke, Julia A

“…A new avian species from the late early Eocene Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation is described based on a nearly complete postcranial skeleton…”
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New Amiid Fish (Halecomorphi: Amiiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil by Brito, Paulo M, Yabumoto, Yoshitaka, Grande, Lance

“…A new species of Amiidae, †Cratoamia gondwanica gen. et sp. nov., is here described from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin, northeast…”
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Comparative and developmental functional morphology of the jaws of living and fossil gars (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteidae) by Kammerer, Christian F., Grande, Lance, Westneat, Mark W.

“…The feeding mechanism of gars (Ginglymodi : Lepisosteidae) is characterized by cranial elevation and lower jaw rotation but minimal cranial kinesis. Gar jaws…”
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THE ANATOMY OF THE FOSSIL VARANID LIZARD SANIWA ENSIDENSLEIDY, 1870, BASED ON A NEWLY DISCOVERED COMPLETE SKELETON by RIEPPEL, OLIVIER, GRANDE, LANCE

“…The skeleton of a newly discovered, exceptionally preserved specimen of Saniwa ensidens is described in detail. The fossil consists of a complete articulated…”
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