INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Dr. Robert Reisz's vertebrate palaeontology research group at the University of Toronto's Mississauga campus. The lab has studied a diverse array of animals and biological processes, with a broad focus on Paleozoic and Mesozoic tetrapods, since Robert first began teaching at UTM in 1975, with our current focus centered on the unique early Permian tetrapod assemblage at Richards Spur, Oklahoma and on the evolutionary trends and features of the tetrapod dentition. Overall, we seek to address broad questions related to evolution in deep time and extinct organisms, ranging from transitions in tooth implantation and replacement across major tetrapod clades to the radiation of terrestrial vertebrates in the early Permian. Robert has also ventured into other areas of research, including sauropodomorph dinosaur embryology and growth, the preservation of organic remains within the bones of fossils, and the geological components of the Richards Spur locality in Oklahoma.
Latest publications
- Maho, T., Maho, S., Bevitt, J.J., and Reisz, R.R. 2024. Size and shape heterodonty in the early Permian synapsid Mesenosaurus efremovi. Journal of Anatomy. 00, 1-16. DOI: 10.1111/joa.14034
- Maho, T., Holmes, R. and Reisz, R.R. 2024. Visual methods for documenting the preservation of large-sized synapsids at Richards Spur, in Laurin M., Modesto S. P. & Reisz R. R. (eds), The importance of scientific illustrations in paleontology: a tribute to Diane Scott. Comptes Rendus Palevol 23(7), 95-105. DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a7
- deBraga M., Rybczynski, N., and Reisz R. R. 2024. A methodology for skull reconstruction, in LAURIN M., MODESTO S. P. & REISZ R. R. (eds), The importance of scientific illustrations in paleontology: a tribute to Diane ScottThe importance of scientific illustrations in paleontology: a tribute to Diane Scott. Comptes Rendus Palevol 23 (9): 119-129. DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a9
- Maho, T. and Reisz, R.R. 2024. Exceptionally rapid tooth development and ontogenetic changes in the feeding apparatus of the Komodo dragon. PLoS ONE. 19(2), e0295002. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295002
- Reisz, R.R., Maho, T. and Modesto, S.P. 2024. Recumbirostran ‘microsaurs’ are not amniotes. Journal of Systemic Palaeontology. 22(1), 2296078. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2296078
- Mooney, E.D., Maho, T., Philp R.P. and Reisz, R.R. 2024. Paleozoic cave system preserves oldest-known evidence of amniote skin. Current Biology. 34, 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.008
- Reisz R. R. & deBraga M. 2024. Diane Scott: extraordinary researcher and scientific illustrator in vertebrate paleontology, in Laurin M., Modesto S. P. & ReiszR. R. (eds), The importance of scientific illustrations in paleontology: a tribute to Diane ScottThe importance of scientific illustrations in paleontology: a tribute to Diane Scott. Comptes Rendus Palevol 23 (4): 59-67. DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a4
- Yang, L., Li, X., Chen, J., and Reisz, R. R. 2024. First discovery of large-bodied dromaeosaurid fossil materials (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Quantou Formation, Songliao Basin, Northeast China. Cretaceous Research, 153, 105711. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105711
- Rowe, D.C.T., Bevitt, J.J., and Reisz, R.R. 2023. Skeletal anatomy of the early Permian parareptile Delorhynchus with new information provided by neutron tomography. PeerJ, 11, e15935. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15935
- Bazzana-Adams, K.D., Evans, D.C., and Reisz, R.R. 2023. Neurosensory anatomy and function in Dimetrodon, the first terrestrial apex predator. iScience, 26(4), 106473–106473. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106473
- Bazzana‐Adams, K.D., Evans, D.C., Bevitt, J. J., and Reisz, R.R. 2023. Neurosensory anatomy and function in Seymouria. Journal of Morphology, 284(5), e21577. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21577
- Cullen, T.M., Larson, D.W., Witton, M.P., Scott, D., Maho, T., Brink, K.S., Evans, D.C. and Reisz, R.R. 2023. Theropod dinosaur facial reconstruction and the importance of soft tissues in paleobiology. Science, 379, 1348-1351. DOI: 10.1126/science.abo7877
- Bazzana, K.D., Evans, D.C., Bevitt, J.J., and Reisz, R.R. 2023. Endocasts of the basal sauropsid Captorhinus reveal unexpected neurological diversity in early reptiles. Anatomical Record, 306(3), 552–563. DOI: 10.1002/ar.25100
- Maho, T., Bevitt, J.J. and Reisz, R.R. 2023. New specimens of the early Permian apex predator Varanops brevirostris at Richards Spur, Oklahoma, with histological information about its growth pattern. PeerJ, 11, e14898. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14898
- Chen, Y., Li, X., Teng, F., Chen, J., and Reisz, R.R. 2023. Micro-XRF Mapping Study On The Taphonomy Of A Jurassic Larval Salamander Fossil From Inner Mongolia Of China. (2023). Atomic Spectroscopy, 44(1), 24-31. DOI: 10.46770/as.2022.246
- Chiu, C.-T., Cao, J.-K., Wang, P.-W., Wu, Y.-N., Lee, Y.-C., Jeng, Y.-R., Shieh, D.-B., & Reisz, R. R. 2023. Mammalian tooth enamel functional sophistication demonstrated by combined nanotribology and synchrotron radiation FTIR analyses. iScience, 26(1), 105679. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105679
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