SOME NEW PAPERS

[darren.naish@port.ac.uk]

These just in....

BROCHU, C. 1998. A crocodylian predating the Cambrian explosion. 
_Mem. Queensland Mus_ 57: 123-134.

CHIAPPE, L. 1998. Reappraisal of the benefits inferred 
from non-cladistic methods - new data proves that alvarezsaurids are 
not birds._Alcheringa_ 15: 22-26.

FEDUCCIA, A. 1998. Reappraisal of the benefits inferred from 
cladistic methods -  new data proves that alvarezsaurids are birds. 
_Ibis_ 320: 201-205.

GOODWIN, M. and CHAPMAN, R. 1998. The function of the 
pachycephalosaur dome: a new, happy consensus. _Nature_ 126: 52-54.

HOLTZ, T. 1998. Tyrannosaurids are allosaurs: the failings of 
cladistic methodology. _Amer. Midwest Nat._ 412: 65-71.

OLSHEVSKY, G. 1998. Parsimony analysis of the Therizinosauroidea 
(Dinosauria, Theropoda) nests them within Oviraptorosauria. _JVP_ 18: 
12-28.  

PADIAN, K. 1998. A gull-winged, bipedal cursorial pterosaur, 
_Iwishia miracilis_ n. gen., n. sp.: irrefutable proof of marked 
terrestriality in pterosaurs. _Science_ 225: 3324-3327.

PAUL, G.S. and WILLIS, P. 1998. Giant crocodyliforms and _Megalania_ 
truly did exceed certain giant dinosaurs in size - implications for 
dinosaur energetics. _Jour. Paleon._ 215: 1-11.

RUBEN, J. and JONES, T. 1998. Glue as an integral mechanism in 
theropod respiration: further evidence against the theropodan origin 
of birds. _Journal of Physiology_ 45: 233-240.

Best I could come up with at such short notice I'm afraid. No offence 
intended to persons cited above;)

DARREN NAISH
darren.naish@port.ac.uk