sql para encontrar o registro mais recente em um grupo

SELECT table_id, series_id, revision_id, year
FROM tableName t INNER JOIN
    (SELECT revision_id, max(year) AS year
    FROM tableName 
    WHERE series_id = 2 
    GROUP BY revision_id) s
USING (revision_id, year)
WHERE series_id = 2;

 table_id | series_id | revision_id | year
----------+-----------+-------------+------
        2 |         2 |           1 | 2009
        4 |         2 |           2 | 2009
        5 |         2 |           3 | 2010
(3 rows)