Mesozoic Critters
Over the course of his career, Robert has also dabbled in a number of other side-projects, ranging from dipnoans to dinosaurs. Some of these publication highlights can be found below:
Selected lungfish publications
- 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
- 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 Smith, M.M., 2001. Developmental biology: lungfish dental pattern conserved for 360 Myr. Nature, 411(6837): 548-548. DOI: 10.1038/3507918
- 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]
- Krupina, N.I. and Reisz, R.R., 1999. Reconstruction of dentition in hatchlings of Andreyevichthys epitomus, a late Famennian dipnoan from Russia. Modern Geology, 24(1): 99.
Selected dinosaur publications
- Stein, K., Prondvai, E., Huang, T., Baele, J.-M., Sander, P.M., and Reisz, R.R. 2019. Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) dinosaur eggs and eggshells. Scientific Reports 9: 4424. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40604-8
- Chen, J., LeBlanc, A.R.H., Jin, L., Huang, T., and Reisz, R.R. 2018. Tooth development, histology, and enamel microstructure in Changchunsaurus parvus: Implications for dental evolution in ornithopod dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0205206. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205206
- LeBlanc, A.R.H., Brink, K.S., Cullen, T.M. and Reisz, R.R., 2017. Evolutionary implications of tooth attachment versus tooth implantation: a case study using dinosaur, crocodilian, and mammal teeth. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37(5): e1354006. DOI: doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1354006
- Lee, Y.C., Chiang, C.C., Huang, P.Y., Chung, C.Y., Huang, T.D., Wang, C.C., Chen, C.I., Chang, R.S., Liao, C.H. and Reisz, R.R., 2017. Evidence of preserved collagen in an Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur revealed by synchrotron FTIR microspectroscopy. Nature Communications, 8. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14220
- Brink, K.S., Chen, Y.C., Wu, Y.N., Liu, W.M., Shieh, D.B., Huang, T.D., Sun, C.K. and Reisz, R.R., 2016. Dietary adaptations in the ultrastructure of dinosaur dentine. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 13(125): 20160626. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0626
- Fong, R.K.M, LeBlanc, A.R.H, Berman, D.S. and Reisz, R.R., 2016. Dental histology of Coelophysis bauri and the evolution of tooth attachment tissues in early dinosaurs. Journal of Morphology, 277(7): 916-924. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20545
- LeBlanc, A.R.H, Reisz, R.R., Evans, D.C. and Bailleul, A.M., 2016. Ontogeny reveals function and evolution of the hadrosaurid dinosaur dental battery. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1): 152. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0721-1
- Wang, C.C., Song, Y.F., Song, S.R., Ji, Q., Chiang, C.C., Meng, Q., Li, H., Hsiao, K., Lu, Y.C., Shew, B.Y., Huang, T. and Reisz, R.R., 2015. Evolution and function of dinosaur teeth at ultramicrostructural level revealed using synchrotron transmission X-ray microscopy. Scientific Reports, 5. DOI: 10.1038/srep15202
- Rowe, T.B., Sues, H.-D. and Reisz, R.R., 2011. Dispersal and diversity in the earliest North American sauropodomorph dinosaurs, with a description of a new taxon. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 278(1708): 1044-1053. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1867
Massospondylus publications
- Reisz, R.R., Evans, D.C., Roberts, E.M., Sues, H.-D. and Yates, A.M., 2012. Oldest known dinosaurian nesting site and reproductive biology of the Early Jurassic sauropodomorph Massospondylus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(7): 2428-2433. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109385109
- Reisz, R.R., Evans, D.C., Sues, H.-D. and Scott, D., 2010. Embryonic skeletal anatomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Massospondylus from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(6): 1653-1665. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.521604
- 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
- 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]
Other misc. publications
- Lee, M.S., Palci, A., Jones, M.E., Caldwell, M.W., Holmes, J.D. and Reisz, R.R., 2016. Aquatic adaptations in the four limbs of the snake-like reptile Tetrapodophis from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 66: 194-199. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.06.004
- Folinsbee, K.E. and Reisz, R.R., 2013. New craniodental fossils of papionin monkeys from Cooper's D, South Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 151(4): 613-629. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22317
- Benson, R.B., Domokos, G., Várkonyi: L. and Reisz, R.R., 2011. Shell geometry and habitat determination in extinct and extant turtles (Reptilia: Testudinata). Paleobiology, 37(4): 547-562. DOI: 10.1666/10052.1
- Müller, J., Hipsley, C.A., Head, J.J., Kardjilov, N., Hilger, A., Wuttke, M. and Reisz, R.R., 2011. Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins. Nature, 473(7347): 364-367. DOI: 10.1038/nature09919
- Organ, C.L., Canoville, A., Reisz, R.R., Laurin, M., 2011. Paleogenomic data suggest mammal-like genome size in the ancestral amniote and derived large genome size in amphibians. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24(2): 372-380. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02176.x
- 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
- Sues, H.-D. and Reisz, R.R., 1995. First record of the early Mesozoic sphenodontian Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Paleontology, 69(01): 123-126. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000026974
- Berman, D.S. and Reisz, R.R., 1992. Dolabrosaurus aquatilis, a small lepidosauromorph reptile from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of north-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology, 66(06): 1001-1009. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000020928