SVPCA 2018
We are very happy to be able to present the 66th Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, held at the Universities of Manchester and Salford, September 5th-7th 2018.
Robert Sansom SVPCA opening remarks
Mike Coates Sharks uprooted – new perspectives on early chondrichthyans
Katie Davis Shaping the avian (super)tree of life
Sam Giles Unravelling osteichthyan relationships: evolutionary tales from the head of forgotten fishes
Rob Asher Confidence in palaeontological systematics: lessons from mammals
Per Ahlberg An extremely primitive miniature tetrapod from The Late Devonian (Early Famennian) of North Timan, Russia
Marco Castiello 3D investigation of the head and shoulder of a stensioellid fish reveals Stensioellida to be a valid group of placoderm-grade affinity
Claire Dobson Cranial osteology of Pachycormus, and relationships and divergence times among pachycormiforms
Richard Dearden A third “acanthodian” stem-chondrichthyan endoskeleton in a uniquely well-preserved specimen of Diplacanthus crassisimus
Neil Brocklehurst Physical and environmental controls on Paleozoic tetrapod dispersal across Pangaea
Susie Maidment North Africa’s first stegosaur and the armoured dinosaurs of Gondwana
Leah Callender-Crowe Evaluating the performance and correlation morphological characters in reconstructing avian and squamate evolutionary history
Roland Sookias Reconciling morphology and molecular data in inferring phylogeny for extant crocodilians
Robin Beck Improvements in the fossil record may largely resolve the conflict between morphological and molecular estimates of mammal phylogeny
Graeme Lloyd Meta-analytical integration of fossil and molecular data in phylogenetic inference and the first trulycomprehensive phylogeny for Cetacea
Omar Regalado Impact of continuous character coding on the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of Basal Sauropodomorpha
Paul Barrett Those feathers won’t stick: maximum likelihood modelling supports scales as primitive for Dinosauria
Phil Mannion New insights on the phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history of eusauropod dinosaurs
Jessie Atterholt A CT-based survey of supramedullary diverticula in extant birds
Iyra Maharaj A comprehensive description of Endothiodon bathystoma(Anomodontia, Therapsida), a dicynodont from the late Permian of the Karoo Basin of South Africa
Liz Martin-Silverstone A 3D reconstruction and mass estimation of a well-preserved pterosaur from Brazil
Dave Unwin A quantitative protocol for assessing the developmental stage of embryos and its implications for pterosaurs
Jordan Bestwick Reconstructing the dietary ecology of pterosaurs using quantitative 3D textural analysis of tooth microwear
Claire Bullar Ceratopsian braincase morphology and palaeoneurology through ontogeny
Ray Chatterji A quantitative analysis of cranial growth and evolution in sea turtles (Testudinata: Chelonioidea)
Marc Jones Brain structure supports interpretations of an active lifestyle in a small, iconic British dinosaur
Dean Lomax Odd narial features in Ichthyosaurus suggest the presence of salt glands
Robert Brocklehurst Modelling Avian Ventilation Mechanics with 3D Levers and Linkages
Ryan Marek An everyday tool: how the avian neck has adapted to (almost) every situation
Alana Sharp The role of soft tissues in a biomechanical model of the rat skull
Carolina Karoullas Estimating the Flight Capabilities of Fossil Birds from Extant Bird Data and Aerodynamic Theory
Mariane Delaunay Do birds have whiskers?
Don Henderson Sediments, skulls and squishing – taphonomic investigations of ceratopsian skull deformation
Hanwen Zhang Elephas recki: the wastebasket?
Jamie MacLaren Walking with Unicorns – metacarpal morphology of the Rhinocerotidae
Stephan Lautenschlager Morphological convergence and functional diversification of sabre-toothed vertebrates
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