ARTICLES:

Steve C. Wang

On the continuity of background and mass extinction
Paleobiology 2003 29: 455-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Steven M. Holland

Confidence limits on fossil ranges that account for facies changes
Paleobiology 2003 29: 468-479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Takao Ubukata

Pattern of growth rate around aperture and shell form in Bivalvia: a theoretical morphological study
Paleobiology 2003 29: 480-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christopher M. Wurster and William P. Patterson

Metabolic rate of late Holocene freshwater fish: evidence from ¹³C values of otoliths
Paleobiology 2003 29: 492-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mark T. Clementz, Kathryn A. Hoppe, and Paul L. Koch

A paleoecological paradox: the habitat and dietary preferences of the extinct tethythere Desmostylus, inferred from stable isotope analysis
Paleobiology 2003 29: 506-519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Tatsuo Oji, Chigusa Ogaya, and Takehiro Sato

Increase of shell-crushing predation recorded in fossil shell fragmentation
Paleobiology 2003 29: 520-526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Matthew E. Clapham, Guy M. Narbonne, and James G. Gehling

Paleoecology of the oldest known animal communities: Ediacaran assemblages at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
Paleobiology 2003 29: 527-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Mark E. Patzkowsky and Steven M. Holland

Lack of community saturation at the beginning of the Paleozoic plateau: the dominance of regional over local processes
Paleobiology 2003 29: 545-560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Lillian M. Spencer, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, and John M. Harris

Taphonomic analysis of large mammals recovered from the Pleistocene Rancho La Brea tar seeps
Paleobiology 2003 29: 561-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Philip M. Novack-Gottshall and Arnold I. Miller

Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation
Paleobiology 2003 29: 576-604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Christian A. Sidor

Evolutionary trends and the origin of the mammalian lower jaw
Paleobiology 2003 29: 605-640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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Books Received
Paleobiology 2003 29: 641. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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