Publications

Brocklehurst, R., P. Fahn-Lai, S. Regnault, and SE. Pierce. “Musculoskeletal modeling of sprawling and parasagittal forelimbs provides insight into synapsid postural transition.” iScience 25 (2022): 103578. Publisher's Version

Simões, TR., G. Broderick, and SE. Pierce. “An exceptionally preserved Sphenodon-like sphenodontian reveals deep time conservation of the tuatara skeleton and ontogeny.” Communications Biology 5 (2022): 195. Publisher's Version

Gillet, A., B. Frédérich, SE. Pierce, and E. Parmentier. “Iterative habitat transitions are associated with morphological convergence of the backbone in delphinoids.” Journal of Mammalian Evolution doi.org/10.1007/s10914-022-09615-7 (2022). Publisher's Version

Wright, M., K. Sears, and SE. Pierce. “Comparison of hindlimb muscle architecture properties in small-bodied, generalist mammals suggests similarity in soft tissue anatomy.” Journal of Mammalian Evolution doi.org/10.1007/s10914-022-09608-6. (2022). Publisher's Version

Bishop, P.J., M.A. Wright, and S.E. Pierce. “Whole-limb scaling of muscle mass and force-generating capacity in amniotes.” PeerJ, no. 9:e12574 (2021). Publisher's Version

Oliver, J.D., K. E. Jones, S.E. Pierce^, and L. Hautier^ (^equal). “Size and shape regional differentiation during the development of the spine in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus).” Evolution & Development doi.org/10.1111/ede.12393 (2021). Publisher's Version

Regnault, S., P. Fahn-Lai, and S.E. Pierce. “Validation of an echidna forelimb musculoskeletal model using XROMM and diceCT.” Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, section Biomechanics: Special topic “Computational Modeling and Simulation of Quadrupedal Animal Movement” doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.751518 (2021). Publisher's Version

Jones, K. E., R.J. Brocklehurst, and S.E. Pierce. “AutoBend: An automated approach for estimating intervertebral joint function from bone-only models.” Integrative Organismal Biology 3, no. 1 (2021): obab026. Publisher's Version

Morris, Z.S., K.A. Vliet, A. Abzhanov, and S.E. Pierce. “Developmental origins of the crocodylian skull table and platyrostral face.” Anatomical Record: Special topic “Crocodilian Biology and Evolution” doi.org/10.1002/ar.24802 (2021). Publisher's Version

Simões, T.R., and S.E. Pierce. “Sustained high rates of morphological evolution during the rise of tetrapods.” Nature Ecology & Evolution 5 (2021): 1403–1414. Publisher's Version

Whitney, M.R., and S.E. Pierce. “Osteohistology of Greererpeton provides insight into the life history of an early Carboniferous tetrapod.” Journal of Anatomy doi.org/10.1111/joa.13520 (2021). Publisher's Version

Mann, A., T.W. Dudgeon, A. Henrici, D.S. Berman, and S.E. Pierce. “Digit and ungual morphology suggest adaptations for scansoriality in the late Carboniferous eureptile Anthracodromeus longipes.” Frontiers in Earth Science: Special topic “Origin and Early Evolution of Amniotes” doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.675337 (2021). Publisher's Version

Wilburg, E., A. Beyl, S.E. Pierce, and A. Turner. “Cranial and endocranial anatomy of a three-dimensionally preserved teleosauroid skull.” Anatomical Record, Special topic “Crocodilian Biology and Evolution” doi.org/10.1002/ar.24704 (2021). Publisher's Version

Stubbs, T.L., S.E. Pierce, A. Elsler, P.S.L. Anderson, E.J. Rayfield, and M.J. Benton. “Ecological opportunity and the rise and fall of crocodylomorph evolutionary innovation .” Proceeding of the Royal Society, B. 288 (2021): 20210069. Publisher's Version

Jones, K. E., B.V. Dickson, K.D. Angielczyk, and S.E. Pierce. “Adaptive landscapes challenge the ‘‘lateral-to-sagittal’’ paradigm for mammalian vertebral evolution.” Current Biology 31 (2021): 1-10. Publisher's Version

Molnar, J.L., J.R. Hutchinson, R. Diogo, J.A. Clack, and S.E. Pierce. “Evolution of forelimb musculoskeletal function across the fish-to-tetrapod transition.” Science Advances 7 (2021): eabd7457. Publisher's Version

Dickson, B.V., J.A. Clack, T.R. Smithson, and S.E. Pierce. “Functional adaptive landscapes predict terrestrial capacity at the origin of limbs.” Nature 589 (2021): pages242–245. Publisher's Version

Simões, T.R., M.W. Caldwell, and S.E. Pierce. “Sphenodontian phylogeny and the impact of model choice in Bayesian morphological clock estimates of divergence times and evolutionary rates.” BMC Biology 18, no. 191 (2020): 10.1186/s12915-020-00901-5. Publisher's Version

Johanson, Z., J. Jeffery, T. Challands, S.E. Pierce, and J.A. Clack. “A New Look at Carboniferous Rhizodontid Humeri (Sarcopterygii; Tetrapodomorpha).” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40, no. 3 (2020): e1813150. Publisher's Version

Simões, T.R., O. Vernygora, M.W. Caldwell, and S.E. Pierce. “Megaevolutionary dynamics and the timing of evolutionary innovation in reptiles.” Nature Communications 11 (2020): 3322. Publisher's Version