2000-2009 Publications
2009
- Anderson, J.S., Scott, D. and Reisz, R.R., 2009. Nannaroter mckinziei, a new ostodolepid ‘microsaur’ (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli, Recumbirostra) from the Early Permian of Richards Spur (Ft. Sill), Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(2): 379-388. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0222
- Bickelmann, C., Müller, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2009. The enigmatic diapsid Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui (Reptilia: Neodiapsida) from the Upper Permian of Madagascar and the paraphyly of “younginiform” reptiles. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46(9): 651-661. DOI: 10.1139/E09-038
- Evans, D.C., Maddin, H.C. and Reisz, R.R., 2009. A re‐evaluation of sphenacodontid synapsid material from the Lower Permian fissure fills near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Palaeontology, 52(1): 219-227. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00837.x
- Fröbisch, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2009. The Late Permian herbivore Suminia and the early evolution of arboreality in terrestrial vertebrate ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 276(1673): 3611-3618. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0911
- Modesto, S.P., Scott, D.M. and Reisz, R.R., 2009. A new parareptile with temporal fenestration from the Middle Permian of South Africa. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46(1): 9-20. DOI: 10.1139/E09-001
- Modesto, S.P., Scott, D.M. and Reisz, R.R., 2009. Arthropod remains in the oral cavities of fossil reptiles support inference of early insectivory. Biology Letters, 5(6): 838-840. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0326
- Reisz, R.R., Godfrey, S.J. and Scott, D., 2009. Eothyris and Oedaleops: do these early Permian synapsids from Texas and New Mexico form a clade?. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(1): 39-47. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0112
- Reisz, R.R., Schoch, R.R. and Anderson, J.S., 2009. The armoured dissorophid Cacops from the Early Permian of Oklahoma and the exploitation of the terrestrial realm by amphibians. Naturwissenschaften, 96(7): 789-796. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0533-x
- Anderson, J.S., Reisz, R.R., Scott, D., Fröbisch, N.B. and Sumida, S.S., 2008. A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders. Nature, 453(7194): 515-518. DOI: 10.1038/nature06865
- Fröbisch, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2008. A new species of Emydops (Synapsida, Anomodontia) and a discussion of dental variability and pathology in dicynodonts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(3): 770-787. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[770:ANSOES]2.0.CO;2
- Fröbisch, N.B. and Reisz, R.R., 2008. A new Lower Permian amphibamid (Dissorophoidea, Temnospondyli) from the fissure fill deposits near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(4): 1015-1030. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1015
- Maddin, H.C., Sidor, C.A. and Reisz, R.R., 2008. Cranial anatomy of Ennatosaurus tecton (Synapsida: Caseidae) from the Middle Permian of Russia and the evolutionary relationships of Caseidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(1): 160-180. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[160:CAOETS]2.0.CO;2
- Modesto, S.P. and Reisz, R.R., 2008. New material of Colobomycter pholeter, a small parareptile from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(3): 677-684. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[677:NMOCPA]2.0.CO;2
- Müller, J., Li, J.L. and Reisz, R.R., 2008. A new bolosaurid parareptile, Belebey chengi sp. nov., from the Middle Permian of China and its paleogeographic significance. Naturwissenschaften, 95(12): 1169-1174. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0438-0
- Reisz, R.R. and Head, J.J., 2008. Palaeontology: Turtle origins out to sea. Nature, 456(7221): 450-451. DOI: 10.1038/456450a
- Sues, H.-D. and Reisz, R.R., 2008. Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Sclerosaurus armatus (Amniota: Parareptilia) from the Buntsandstein (Triassic) of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(4): 1031-1042. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1031
- Evans, D.C. and Reisz, R.R., 2007. Anatomy and relationships of Lambeosaurus magnicristatus, a crested hadrosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(2): 373-393. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[373:AAROLM]2.0.CO;2
- Evans, D.C., Reisz, R.R. and Dupuis, K., 2007. A juvenile Parasaurolophus (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) braincase from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, with comments on crest ontogeny in the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(3): 642-650. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[642:AJPOHB]2.0.CO;2
- Folinsbee, K.E., Müller, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2007. Canine grooves: morphology, function, and relevance to venom. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(2): 547-551. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[547:CGMFAR]2.0.CO;2
- Maddin, H.C. and Reisz, R.R., 2007. The morphology of the terminal phalanges in Permo-Carboniferous synapsids: an evolutionary perspective. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44(2): 267-274. DOI: 10.1139/e06-076
- Maddin, H.C., Musat‐Marcu, S. and Reisz, R.R., 2007. Histological microstructure of the claws of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis (Anura: Pipidae): implications for the evolution of claws in tetrapods. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 308(3): 259-268. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21145
- Modesto, S.P., Scott, D.M., Berman, D.S., Müller, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2007. The skull and the palaeoecological significance of Labidosaurus hamatus, a captorhinid reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 149(2): 237-262. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00242.x
- Reisz, R.R. and Modesto, S.P., 2007. Heleosaurus scholtzi from the Permian of South Africa: a varanopid synapsid, not a diapsid reptile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(3): 734-739. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[734:HSFTPO]2.0.CO;2
- Reisz, R.R., 2007. The cranial anatomy of basal diadectomorphs and the origin of amniotes. In: Anderson, J.S., Sues, H.-D. (eds.), Major Transitions in Vertebrate Evolution (Life of the Past). Indian University Press, Bloomington: 228-252.
- Reisz, R.R., Mueller, J., Tsuji, L. and Scott, D., 2007. The cranial osteology of Belebey vegrandis (Parareptilia: Bolosauridae), from the Middle Permian of Russia, and its bearing on reptilian evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 151(1): 191-214. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00312.x
- Maddin, H.C., Evans, D.C. and Reisz, R.R., 2006. An Early Permian varanodontine varanopid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Richards Spur locality, Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(4): 957-966. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[957:AEPVVS]2.0.CO;2
- Müller, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2006. The phylogeny of early eureptiles: comparing parsimony and Bayesian approaches in the investigation of a basal fossil clade. Systematic Biology, 55(3): 503-511. DOI: 10.1080/10635150600755396
- Müller, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2006. Constraining calibrations properly: reply to Hedges, Kumar and van Tuinen. BioEssays, 28(7): 772-773. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/bies.20434
- Reisz, R.R. and Tsuji, L.A., 2006. An articulated skeleton of Varanops with bite marks: the oldest known evidence of scavenging among terrestrial vertebrates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(4): 1021-1023. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[1021:AASOVW]2.0.CO;2
- Reisz, R.R., 2006. Origin of dental occlusion in tetrapods: signal for terrestrial vertebrate evolution?. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 306(3): 261-277. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21115
- Evans, D.C., Forster, C.A. and Reisz, R.R., 2005. The type specimen of Tetragonosaurus erectofrons (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) and the identification of juvenile lambeosaurines. In: Currie, P.J., Koppelhus, E. (eds.), Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, Bloomington: 349-366. [PDF]
- Müller, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2005. An early captorhinid reptile (Amniota, Eureptilia) from the Upper Carboniferous of Hamilton, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(3): 561-568. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0561:AECRAE]2.0.CO;2
- Müller, J. and Reisz, R.R., 2005. Four well‐constrained calibration points from the vertebrate fossil record for molecular clock estimates. BioEssays, 27(10): 1069-1075. DOI: 10.1002/bies.20286
- Reisz, R.R., 2005. Oromycter, a new caseid from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(4): 905-910. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0905:OANCFT]2.0.CO;2
- Reisz, R.R., 2005. Reptiles other than dinosaurs. In: Selley, R.C., Cocks, L.R.M., Plimer, I.R. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Geology. Elsevier Oxford: 479-490.
- Reisz, R.R., Berman, D.S. And Henrici, A., 2005. A new skull of the cochleosaurid amphibian Chenoprosopus (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the early Permian of New Mexico. The Nonmarine Permian: Bulletin 30, 253-255.
- Reisz, R.R., Scott, D., Sues, H.-D., Evans, D.C. and Raath, M.A., 2005. Embryos of an Early Jurassic prosauropod dinosaur and their evolutionary significance. Science, 309(5735): 761-764. DOI: 10.1126/science.1114942
- Sullivan, C. and Reisz, R.R., 2005. Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the Late Permian dicynodont Diictodon. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 74(1): 45-75. DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2005)74[45:CAATOT]2.0.CO;2
- Anderson, J.S. and Reisz, R.R., 2004. Pyozia mesenensis, a new, small varanopid (Synapsida, Eupelycosauria) from Russia:“pelycosaur” diversity in the Middle Permian. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(1): 173-179. DOI: 10.1671/1940-13
- Kissel, R.A. and Reisz, R.R., 2004. Ambedus pusillus, new genus, new species, a small diadectid (Tetrapoda: Diadectomorpha) from the Lower Permian of Ohio, with a consideration of diadectomorph phylogeny. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 73: 197-212. [Link]
- Kissel, R.A. and Reisz, R.R., 2004. Synapsid fauna of the Upper Pennsylvanian Rock Lake Shale near Garnett, Kansas and the diversity pattern of early amniotes. In: Arratia, G., Wilson, M.V.H., Cloutier, R. (eds.)., Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, Munich: 409-428. [PDF]
- Reisz, R.R. and Laurin, M., 2004. A reevaluation of the enigmatic Permian synapsid Watongia and of its stratigraphic significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 41(4): 377-386. DOI: 10.1139/e04-016
- Reisz, R.R. and Müller, J., 2004. Molecular timescales and the fossil record: a paleontological perspective. TRENDS in Genetics, 20(5): 237-241. DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.03.007
- Reisz, R.R. and Müller, J., 2004. The comparative method for evaluating fossil calibration dates: a reply to Hedges and Kumar. TRENDS in Genetics, 20(12): 596-597. DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.09.004
- Reisz, R.R., Krupina, N.I. and Smith, M.M., 2004. Dental histology in Ichnomylax karatajae sp. nov., an early Devonian dipnoan from the Taymir Peninsula, Siberia, with a discussion on petrodentine. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(1): 18-25. DOI: 10.1671/1824-2
- Sues, H.-D., Reisz, R.R., Hinic, S. and Raath, M.A., 2004. On the skull of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Elliot and Clarens formations (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 73(4): 239-257. [Link]
- Anderson, J.S. and Reisz, R.R., 2003. A new microsaur (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli) from the Lower Permian of Richards Spur (Fort Sill), Oklahoma. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 40(4): 499-505. DOI: 10.1139/e02-066
- Modesto, S.P. and Reisz, R.R., 2003. An enigmatic new diapsid reptile from the Upper Permian of Eastern Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(4): 851-855. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0851:AENDRF]2.0.CO;2
- Reisz, R.R. and Dilkes, D.W., 2003. Archaeovenator hamiltonensis, a new varanopid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 40(4): 667-678. DOI: 10.1139/e02-063
- Sullivan, C., Reisz, R.R. and Smith, R.M., 2003. The Permian mammal-like herbivore Diictodon, the oldest known example of sexually dimorphic armament. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 270(1511): 173-178. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2189
- Kissel, R.A., Dilkes, D.W. and Reisz, R.R., 2002. Captorhinus magnus, a new captorhinid (Amniota: Eureptilia) from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma, with new evidence on the homology of the astragalus. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 39(9): 1363-1372. DOI: 10.1139/e02-040
- Laurin, M. and Reisz, R.R., 2002. Reply: The reptile Macroleter: First vertebrate evidence for correlation of Upper Permian continental strata of North America and Russia.GSA Bulletin, 114(9):1176-1177. DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1176:R>2.0.CO;
- Reisz, R.R. and Scott, D., 2002. Owenetta kitchingorum, sp. nov., a small parareptile (Procolophonia: Owenettidae) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(2): 244-256. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0244:OKSNAS]2.0.CO;2
- Reisz, R.R., Barkas, V. and Scott, D., 2002. A new Early Permian bolosaurid reptile from the Richards Spur Dolese Brothers Quarry, near Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(1): 23-28. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0023:ANEPBR]2.0.CO;2
- Berman, D.S., Reisz, R.R., Martens, T. and Henrici, A.C., 2001. A new species of Dimetrodon (Synapsida: Sphenacodontidae) from the Lower Permian of Germany records first occurrence of genus outside of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 38(5): 803-812. DOI: 10.1139/e00-106
- Krupina, N.I., Reisz, R.R. and Scott, D., 2001. The skull and tooth system of Orlovichthys limnatis, a Late Devonian dipnoan from Russia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 38 (9): 1301-1311. DOI: 10.1139/e01-028
- Reisz, R.R. and Berman, D.S., 2001. The skull of Mesenosaurus romeri, a small varanopseid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Upper Permian of the Mezen River Basin, northern Russia. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 70(2): 113-132. [PDF]
- Reisz, R.R. and Laurin, M., 2001. The reptile Macroleter: First vertebrate evidence for correlation of Upper Permian continental strata of North America and Russia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 113(9): 1229-1233. DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<1229:TRMFVE>2.0.CO;2
- Reisz, R.R. and Smith, M.M., 2001. Developmental biology: lungfish dental pattern conserved for 360 Myr. Nature, 411(6837): 548-548. DOI: 10.1038/3507918
- Reisz, R.R. and Sutherland, T.E., 2001. A diadectid (Tetrapoda: Diadectomorpha) from the Lower Permian fissure fills of the Dolese Quarry, near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 70(2): 133-142. [Link]
- Rybczynski, N. and Reisz, R.R., 2001. Earliest evidence for efficient oral processing in a terrestrial herbivore. Nature, 411(6838): 684-687. DOI: 10.1038/35079567
- Berman, D.S., Reisz, R.R., Scott, D., Henrici, A.C., Sumida, S.S. and Martens, T., 2000. Early Permian bipedal reptile. Science, 290(5493): 969-972. DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5493.969
- Krupina, N.I. and Reisz, R.R., 2000. Phylogeny of Devonian dipnoans, with special emphasis on forms from the Russian Platform. Paleontological Journal, 34(Supp. 2): 147-153. [PDF]
- Laurin, M., Reisz, R.R., and Girondot, M. 2000. Caecilian viviparity and amniote origins: a reply to Wilkinson and Nussbaum. Journal of Natural History, 34(2): 311-315. DOI: 10.1080/002229300299651
- Reisz, R.R. and Sues, H.-D., 2000. Herbivory in late Paleozoic and Triassic terrestrial vertebrates. In: Sues, H.-D. (ed.), Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Perspectives from the Fossil Record. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 9-41.
- Reisz, R.R. and Sues, H.-D., 2000. Paleontology: The ‘feathers’ of Longisquama. Nature, 408(6811): 428. [PDF]
- Reisz, R.R., Modesto, S.P. and Scott, D., 2000. Acanthotoposaurus bremneri and the origin of the Triassic archosauromorph reptile fauna of South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 96(8):443-445. [PDF]
- Sullivan, C., Reisz, R.R. and May, W.J., 2000. Large dissorophoid skeletal elements from the Lower Permian Richards Spur fissures, Oklahoma, and their paleoecological implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20(3): 456-461. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0456:LDSEFT]2.0.CO;2