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Molnar, J.L., S.E. Pierce, and J.R. Hutchinson. “An experimental and morphometric test of the relationship between vertebral morphology and joint stiffness in Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus).” Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (2014): 758-768. Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., J.R. Hutchinson, and J.A. Clack. “Historical perspectives on the evolution of tetrapodomorph movement.” Integrative & Comparative Biology 53 (2013): 209-223. Publisher's Version
Stubbs, T.L., S.E. Pierce, E.J. Rayfield, and P.S.L. Anderson. “Morphological and biomechanics disparity of crocodile-line archosaurs following the end-Triassic extinction.” Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biology 280 (2013). Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., P.E. Ahlberg, J.L. Molnar, S. Sanchez, P. Tafforeau, J.R. Hutchinson, and J.A. Clack. “Vertebral architecture in the earliest stem tetrapods.” Nature 494 (2013): 226-229. Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., J.A. Clack, and Hutchinson J.R. “Three-dimensional limb joint mobility in the early tetrapod Ichthyostega.” Nature 486 (2012): 523-526. Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., J.A. Clack, and J.R. Hutchinson. “Comparative axial morphology in pinnipeds and its correlation with aquatic locomotory behaviour.” Journal of Anatomy 219 (2011): 502-514. Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., K.D. Angielczyk, and E.J. Rayfield. “Morphospace occupation in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs: Skull shape variation, species delineation, and temporal patterns.” Palaeontolgy 52 (2009): 1057-1097. Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., K.D. Angielczyk, and E.J. Rayfield. “Shape and mechanics in thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) skulls: Implications for feeding behaviour and niche partitioning.” Journal of Anatomy 215 (2009): 555-576. Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., K.D. Angielczyk, and E.J. Rayfield. “Patterns of morphospace occupation and mechanical performance in extant crocodilian skulls: A combined geometric morphometric and finite element modeling approach.” Journal of Morphology 269 (2008): 840-864. Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., and M.J. Benton. “Pelagosaurus typus Bronn, 1841 (Mesoeucrocodylia; Thalattosuchia) from the Upper Lias (Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of Somerset, England.” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (2006): 621-635. Publisher's Version
Pierce, S.E., and M.W. Caldwell. “Redescription and phylogenetic position of the Adriatic (Upper Cretaceous; Cenomanian) dolichosaur Pontosaurus lesinensis(Kornhuber, 1873).” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (2004): 373-386. Publisher's Version

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