Publications

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 Sciences Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (In Press).

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 (In Press).

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 (In Press).

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

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

Hautier, L., J.D. Oliver, and S.E. Pierce. “An overview of xenarthran developmental studies with a focus on the development of the xenarthrous vertebrae.” Journal of Mammalian Evolution doi.org/10.1007/s10914-017-9412-y (2017). Publisher's Version

Dickson, B.V., E. Sherratt, J.B Losos, and S.E. Pierce. “Semicircular canals in Anolis lizards: ecomorphological convergence and ecomorph affinities of fossil species.” Royal Society Open Science doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170058 (2017). Publisher's Version

Kambic, R.E., A.A. Biewener, and S.E. Pierce. “Experimental determination of three-dimensional cervical joint mobility in the avian neck.” Frontiers in Zoology DOI: 10.1186/s12983-017-0223-z (2017). Publisher's Version

McHorse, B.K., A.A. Biewener, and S.E. Pierce. “Mechanics of evolutionary digit reduction in fossil horses (Equidae).” Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 284, no. 20171174 (2017): DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1174. Publisher's Version

Danto, M., F. Witzmann, S.E. Pierce, and N.B. Fröbisch. “Intercentrum versus pleurocentrum growth in early tetrapods: A paleohistological approach.” Journal of Anatomy (2017): DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20709. Publisher's Version

Pierce, S.E., M. Williams, and R.B.J. Benson. “Virtual reconstruction of the endocranial anatomy of the early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph Pelagosaurus typus (Thalattosuchia).” PeerJ DOI 10.7717/peerj.3225 (2017). Publisher's Version

Randau, M., A.R. Cuff, J.R. Hutchinson, S.E. Pierce, and A. Goswami. “Regional differentiation of felid vertebral column evolution: a study of 3D shape trajectories.” Organisms Diversity & Evolution doi:10.1007/s13127-016-0304-4 (2016). Publisher's Version

Oliver, J.D., K. E. Jones, L. Hautier, W. J. Loughry, and S.E. Pierce. “Vertebral bending mechanics and xenarthrous morphology in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus).” Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (2016): 2991-3002. Publisher's Version

Cuff, A.R., E.L. Sparkes, M. Randau, S.E. Pierce, A.C. Kitchener, A. Goswami, and J.R. Hutchinson. “The scaling of postcranial muscles in cats (Felidae) I: forelimb, cervical, and thoracic muscles.” Journal of Anatomy (2016). Publisher's Version

Cuff, A.R., E.L. Sparkes, M. Randau, S.E. Pierce, A.C. Kitchener, A. Goswami, and J.R. Hutchinson. “The scaling of postcranial muscles in cats (Felidae) II: hindlimb and lumbosacral muscles.” Journal of Anatomy (2016). Publisher's Version

Randau, M., A. Goswami, J.R. Hutchinson, A.R. Cuff, and S.E. Pierce. “Cryptic complexity in felid vertebral evolution: shape differentiation and allometry of the axial skeleton.” Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2016). Publisher's Version

Polly, P.D., C.T. Stayton, E.R. Dumont, S.E. Pierce, E.J. Rayfield, and K.D. Angielczyk. “Combining geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis with evolutionary modeling: towards a synthesis.” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2016.1111225 (2016). Publisher's Version