Publications

Jones, K. E., S. Gonzalez, K.D. Angielczyk, and S.E. Pierce. “Regionalization of the axial skeleton predates functional adaptation in the forerunners of mammals.” Nature Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1094-9 (2020). Publisher's Version

Hedrick, B.P., B.V. Dickson, E.R. Dumont, and S.E. Pierce. “The evolutionary diversity of locomotor innovation in rodents is not linked to proximal limb morphology.” Scientific Reports 10, no. 717 (2020): 1-11. Publisher's Version

McHorse, B.K., A.A. Biewener, and S.E. Pierce. “The evolution of a single toe: causes, consequences, and the way forward.” Integrative & Comparative Biology icz050, no. doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz050 (2019). Publisher's Version

Jones, K. E., K.D. Angielczyk, and S.E. Pierce. “Stepwise shifts underlie evolutionary trends in morphological complexity of the mammalian vertebral column.” Nature Communications 10, no. 5071 (2019): 1-13. Publisher's Version

Klembara, J., M. Hain, M. Ruta, D.S. Berman, S.E. Pierce, and A.C. Henrici. “Inner ear morphology of diadectomorphs and seymouriamorphs (Tetrapoda) uncovered by high‐resolution x‐ray microcomputed tomography, and the origin of the amniote crown group.” Palaeontology doi.org/10.1111/pala.12448 (2019). Publisher's Version

Campbell Mekarski, M., S.E. Pierce, and M.W. Caldwell. “Spatiotemporal distributions of non-ophidian ophidiomorphs, with implications for their origin, radiation, and extinction.” Frontiers in Earth Science (Paleontology) doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00245 (2019). Publisher's Version

Esteve-Altava, B., S.E. Pierce, J.L. Molnar, P. Johnston, R. Diogo, and J.R. Hutchinson. “Evolutionary parallelisms of pectoral and pelvic network-anatomy from fins to limbs.” Science Advances 10.1126/sciadv.aau7459 (2019). Publisher's Version

Dickson, D.V., and S.E. Pierce. “Functional performance of turtle humerus shape across an ecological adaptive landscape.” Evolution doi:10.1111/evo.13747 (2019). Publisher's Version

Morris, Z.S., K.A. Vliet, A. Abzhanov, and S.E. Pierce. “Heterochronic shifts and conserved embryonic shape underlie crocodylian craniofacial disparity and convergence.” Proceedings of the Royal Society, B https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2389 (2019). Publisher's Version

Hedrick, B.P., E.R. Schachner, G. Rivera, P. Dodson, and S.E. Pierce. “The effects of skeletal asymmetry on interpreting biologic variation and taphonomy in the fossil record.” Paleobiology https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2018.42 (2019). Publisher's Version

Friedman, M., S.E. Pierce, M. Coates, and S. Giles. “Feeding structures in the ray-finned fish Eurynotus crenatus (Actinopterygii: Eurynotiformes): implications for trophic diversification among Carboniferous actinopterygians.” Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000816 (2019). Publisher's Version

Dickson, B.V., and S.E. Pierce. “How (and why) fins turn into limbs: insights from anglerfish.” Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000415 (2019). Publisher's Version

Jones, K. E., L. Benitez, K.D. Angielczyk, and S.E. Pierce. “Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of the mammalian backbone.” BMC Evolutionary Biology https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1282-2 (2018). Publisher's Version

Regnault, S., and S.E. Pierce. “Pectoral girdle and forelimb musculoskeletal function in the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus): insights into mammalian locomotor evolution.” Royal Society Open Science DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181400 (2018). Publisher's Version

Jones, K. E., K.D. Angielczyk, P.D. Polly, J.J. Head, V. Fernandez, J.K Lungmus, S. Tulga, and S.E. Pierce. “Fossils reveal the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian regionalized spine.” Science 361, no. 6408 (2018): 1249-1252. Publisher's Version

Parker, A.K., B.K. McHorse, and S.E. Pierce. “Niche modeling reveals lack of broad-scale habitat partitioning in extinct horses of North America.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.07.017 (2018). Publisher's Version

Molnar, J.L., R. Diogo, J.R. Hutchinson, and S.E. Pierce. “Evolution of hindlimb muscle anatomy across the tetrapod water-to-land transition, including comparisons with forelimb anatomy.” Anatomical Record https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.23997 (2018). Publisher's Version

Lai, P.H., A.A. Biewener, and S.E. Pierce. “Three-dimensional mobility and muscle attachments in the pectoral limb of the Triassic cynodont Massetognathus pascuali (Romer, 1967).” Journal of Anatomy DOI: 10.1111/joa.12766 (2018). Publisher's Version

Neenan, J.M., ET AL.+6, S.E. Pierce, and R.B.J. Benson. “Evolution of the sauropterygian labyrinth with increasingly pelagic lifestyles.” Current Biology DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.069 (2017). Publisher's Version

Molnar, J.M., R. Diogo, J.R. Hutchinson, and S.E. Pierce. “Reconstructing pectoral appendicular muscle anatomy in fossil fish and tetrapods over the fins-to-limbs transition.” Biological Reviews doi/10.1111/brv.12386, no. *journal’s top 20 most downloaded recent papers (2017). Publisher's Version