CATHERINE A. FORSTER

Preserving Madagascar's Natural Heritage: The Importance of Keeping the Island's Vertebrate Fossils in the Public Domain (2006)

David W. Krause, Patrick M. O’Connor, Armand H. Rasoamiaramanana, Gregory A. Buckley, David Burney, Matthew T. Carrano, ...

The origin of Madagascar’s highly endemic vertebrate fauna remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of natural history. From what landmasses did the basal stocks of this unique and imbalanced...

THE SKULL OF RAPETOSAURUS KRAUSEI (SAUROPODA: TITANOSAURIA) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR (2004)

KRISTINA CURRY ROGERS, CATHERINE A. FORSTER

Rapetosaurus krausei (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation of Madagascar is the best-preserved and most complete titanosaur yet described. The skull of Rapetosaurus...

Side-Necked Turtle Lower Jaws (Podocnemididae, Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous Maevarano Formation of Madagascar (2003)

EUGENE S. GAFFNEY, CATHERINE A. FORSTER

Two lower jaws from the upper part (early Maastrichtian) of the late Cretaceous Maevarano Formation in the Mahajanga Basin, northwestern Madagascar, are identified as belonging to side-necked turtles...

THE OSTEOLOGY OF MASIAKASAURUS KNOPFLERI, A SMALL ABELISAUROID (DINOSAURIA: THEROPODA) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR (2002)

MATTHEW T. CARRANO, SCOTT D. SAMPSON, CATHERINE A. FORSTER

We describe the osteology of the new small theropod dinosaur Masiakasaurus knopfleri, from the Late Cretaceous Maevarano Formation of northwestern Madagascar. Approximately 40% of the skeleton is...

Paleoenvironment and Taphonomy of the Chañares Formation Tetrapod Assemblage (Middle Triassic), Northwestern Argentina: Spectacular Preservation in Volcanogenic Concretions (2001)

RAYMOND R. ROGERS, ANDREA B. ARCUCCI, FERNANDO ABDALA, PAUL C. SERENO, CATHERINE A. FORSTER, CATHLEEN L. MAY

The enigmatic concretionary exposures that typify the Chañares Formation (Ladinian, northwestern Argentina) long have defied precise paleoenvironmental characterization. Recent work indicates that...

A NEW COELUROSAURIAN DINOSAUR FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF SOUTH AFRICA (2000)

CATHERINE A. FORSTER, SCOTT D. SAMPSON, ANUSUYA CHINSAMY, CALLUM F. ROSS

We report the well preserved skeleton of a small theropod dinosaur, Nqwebasaurus thwazi, gen. et sp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation of South Africa. Nqwebasaurus has an elongate...

A basal ceratopsian with transitional features from the Late Jurassic of northwestern China

Xu, Xing, Forster, Catherine A, Clark, James M, Mo, Jinyou

Although the Ceratopsia and Pachycephalosauria, two major ornithischian groups, are united as the Marginocephalia, few synapomorphies have been identified due to their highly specialized body-plans....