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Lawrence
M. Witmer, PhD
Department
of Biomedical Sciences
Heritage
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701 USA
Telephone: (740) 591-7712
E-mail: witmerL@ohiou.edu
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Personal Information
Born:
10 October 1959, Rochester, New York
Marital Status: Married to Patricia Lynn Morris Witmer
Children: Samuel H. Witmer, born 1993
Citizenship: United States of America
Optimus Prime spoke my name
(voice actor Peter Cullen narrated a National Geographic documentary on
which I appeared)
Education
1992
PhD, Cell Biology and Anatomy (Functional Anatomy and Evolution),
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dissertation: Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Air Sacs: The Importance of
Soft-tissue Inferences in the Interpretation of Facial Evolution in
Archosauria.
1987
MA, Systematics and Ecology (Evolutionary Biology and Vertebrate
Paleontology), The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Thesis: The Cranial Air Sac System of Mesozoic Birds.
1982
BA, Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Once played a guitar that had previously been played
by Eric Clapton
Present Status
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences,
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University (since July 2005; Associate Professor from
2001–2005; Assistant Professor from
1995–2001)
Chang Ying-Chien Endowed
Professorship of Paleontology 2007 – present
Ohio
University Presidential Research Scholar (Biomedical & Life Sciences)
2004–2009
Adjunct
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University
(since November 1998)
Billions
and billions of photons passed directly from Carl Sagan to my retina (I
used to see him walking around campus when I was a Cornell undergrad).
Other Professional Experience
2018 –
present Member, Dean’s Evaluation Committee, appointed by the
Ohio University Executive VP & Provost to evaluate the OU-HCOM
Executive Dean.
2017 –
present Member, Facilities Planning Steering Committee for the
construction of a new building for the Ohio University Heritage
College of Osteopathic Medicine
2017 –
present Member, Biological Sciences/Biomedical Sciences
Graduate Committee, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic
Medicine
2016 –
2017 Member, Search Committee for Chair of Department of
Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic
Medicine
2016 –
present Member, Wellness Course Committee, Ohio University
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2016 –
present Member, Committee on Student Progress (Clinical), Ohio
University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2015 –
present Member, Editorial Board of MorphoMuseumM, an
open-access scientific journal
2014 –
present Member, Student Selection Committee, Ohio University
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2014 –
2015 Member, Dean’s Evaluation Committee, appointed by the
Ohio University Executive VP & Provost to evaluate the OU-HCOM
Executive Dean. The latter has retained the committee to advise him.
2014 Member, Anatomical Sciences Instructor
Search Committee, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2013 –
2016 Chair, Scientific Program Committee,
International
Society of Vertebrate Morphology
2013 –
2014 Chair, Gross Anatomy Search Committee, Department of
Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic
Medicine
2013 –
2014 Member, Physiology Search Committee, Department of
Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic
Medicine
2013 Chair, Curriculum Assessment task Force,
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2012 –
2016 Chair, Ohio University Council on Research,
Scholarship, and Creative Activity (CRSCA), member since 2006
2011 –
2014 Member, Scientific Affairs Committee, American
Association of Anatomists
2011 –
2013 Chair, Curriculum Advisory Committee, Ohio University
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, member since 2008
2009 –
present Director of Anatomical Resources, Ohio University
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2007 – 2016 Past President, International Society of
Vertebrate Morphology (President-Elect 2007–2010, President
2010–2013, Past-President 2013–2016
2006 –
present Director, Ohio University MicroCT Scanning Facility
(OUµCT)
2006 –
present Member, Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies
Advisory Committee
2004 – 2011
Basic Science Liaison,
Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Residency Program Advisory
Committee, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2002 – 2012 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Lanzendorf Paleoart Prize Committee,
Member since 2002, Chair 2004–2006, 2008–2010
2001
– 2005 Research and Scholarly Affairs Committee, Ohio University
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2001
– 2003
Advisory Committee, Department of Biomedical Sciences,
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
1999 – 2004
Basic Science Liaison, Pediatrics Residency Program Advisory
Committee, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
1999 –
2001 Director, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Focus Group, Ohio
University
1997
– present Basic
Science Liaison, General Surgery Residency Program Advisory Committee,
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
1995
– present Coordinator of PCC Gross
Anatomical Instruction,
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
1995
– present Member, PCC
Steering Committee, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic
Medicine
1995
– present Member, Board of Editors, Ohio
Research and Clinical Review, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
1995
– 2001 Member, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Graduate Steering Committee, College of Arts and Sciences
1994
– present Member and Chair (1994–1998) Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Honorary Membership Committee
1994
– 1995 Course Director: Human Gross Anatomy and Embryology, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
1992 – 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, New York College
of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York
Saw Star Wars in the theater on opening day, May 25, 1977
Completed Students Advised & Theses
(*
indicates Witmer was main advisor, otherwise Witmer was committee
member)
2016 * Ashley C. Morhardt (Ohio
University)—PhD: “Gross Anatomical Brain Region Approximation (GABRA):
assessing brain size, structure, and evolution in extinct archosaurs.”
Current status:
Assistant Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Neuroscience at
the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri
2015 *Jason
Bourke (Ohio University)—PhD: “Implications of airflow dynamics and
soft-tissue reconstructions for the heat exchange potential of
dinosaur nasal passages.” Current status:
Assistant Professor of Anatomy at the Jonesboro, Arkansas, campus of
the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic
Medicine.
2015 *Wm.
Ruger Porter (Ohio University)—PhD: “Physiological implications of
dinosaur cephalic vascular systems.” Current status: Lecturer in
Anatomical Sciences, OU Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
2015 Ryan N.
Felice (Ohio University)—PhD: “Evolution and integration of avian
caudal skeletal morphology.” Current status:
Postdoctoral fellow at the Natural History Museum of London with
Anjali Goswami.
2014 Jillian
Davis (Ohio University)—PhD: “Functional morphology of mastication
in musteloid carvivorans.” Current status: Assistant Professor,
School of Health Sciences, High Point University.
2014
*Alexandra
Spaw (Ohio University Honors Tutorial College)—BS Honors: “Fetal
developmental anatomy of the human cardiovascular and central
nervous systems using Lugol’s iodine staining and micro-computed
tomography.” Current status: medical student at the Ohio State
University College of Medicine.
2013 Stephan
Lautenschlager (University of Bristol, UK—PhD: “Skull form and
function in therizinosaur dinosaurs, and the convergent evolution of
herbivory in dinosaurs.” Current status: Lecturer in Palaeobiology,
University of Birmingham.
2013
*Cheyenne A, Romick (Ohio University)—BS Honors: “Ontogeny of the
brain endocasts of ostriches (Aves: Struthio camelus) with
implications for interpreting extinct dinosaur endocasts.”
2012
*Joseph C. Daniel (Ohio University)—PhD: "Heads and skulls as
sediment sorters: an actualistic, CT-based study in taphonomy."
Current status: Gross anatomy instructor, Department of Neurobiology
and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences.
2011
Eric Snively (Ohio University)—MSc: “Rigid body mechanics of prey
capture in large carnivorous dinosaurs.” Current status: Assistant
Professor, Biology Department, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
2011
Jeri C. Berlin (University of Texas at Austin)—PhD: “Comparative
morphology of the vestibular semicircular canals in therian
mammals.” Current status: Research Assistant, Vertebrate
Paleontology Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin
2011 *David L.
Dufeau (Ohio University)—PhD: “The evolution of cranial pneumaticity
in Archosauria: patterns of paratympanic sinus development.” Current
status: Gross anatomy instructor, Department of Pathology and
Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri
2010 *Amy R.
Martiny (Ohio University)—MA (Sociology): “Death Etiquette: medical
student socialization during their first cadaver interaction and the
impact of death anxiety.”
Current status: Surgical Skills Lab Specialist at the Department of
Neurological Surgery at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine,
Chicago.
2009
*Tobin L. Hieronymus (Ohio University)—PhD: “Osteological correlates
of cephalic skin structures in Amniota: documenting the evolution of
display and feeding structures with fossil data.” Current status:
Assistant Professor at NEOMED.
2009
Michael L. Farrell (Ohio University)—MS: “Fully automatic upper
airway segmentation and surfacing on the GPU from cone-beam CT
volumes.” Current status: industry.
2008 *Takanobu Tsuihiji (Ohio University)—Postdoctoral Fellow
(Japan Society for the Promotion of Science): “Anatomical evolution
at the cranio-cervical interface in Archosauromorpha (Reptilia,
Diapsida), with an emphasis on Dinosauria.” Current status:
Associate Professor at University of Tokyo.
2007 *Justin
Tickhill (Ohio University)—MS: “The Virtual Pig Head: digital
imaging of cephalic anatomy.”
Current status: Associate Professor at North Central State College,
Mansfield, OH.
2006
*Casey M. Holliday (Ohio University)—PhD: “Evolution and function of
the jaw musculature and adductor chamber of archosaurs
(crocodilians, dinosaurs, and birds).” Current status:
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Anatomical
Sciences, University of Missouri
2004
Andrew Lammers (Ohio University)—PhD: “The biodynamics of arboreal
locomotion in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis
domestica).” Current status: Associate Professor, Cleveland
State University.
2003
*Andrew B. Clifford (Ohio University)—MS: “Narial novelty in
mammals: case studies and rules of construction” Witmer lab
2001–2003. Formerly
Brown University, PhD student; current status:
Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland, OH.
2003
Phil Senter (Northern Illinois University)—PhD: “Taxon sampling
artifacts and the phylogenetic position of Aves.” Current status:
Assistant Professor, Lamar State College-Orange, Texas
2003
Richard Essner (Ohio University)—PhD: “Locomotion, morphology, and
habitat use in arboreal squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae)” Current
status:
Professor of Biological Sciences at Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville.
2003
Peter M. Larson (Ohio University)—PhD: “Chondrocranial evolution in
Rana tadpoles: integrating form, function, ontogeny, and phylogeny”
Current status: Biology Teacher at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy.
2003
Patrick M. O’Connor (SUNY Stony Brook): “Pulmonary pneumaticity in
extant birds and fossil archosaurs” Witmer lab 2000–2002.
Current status: Professor, Ohio University Heritage
College of Osteopathic Medicine
2002
*Jayc C. Sedlmayr (Ohio University)—PhD: “Anatomy, evolution, and
functional significance of cephalic vasculature in Archosauria.”
Witmer lab 1997–2002. Current status:
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy, LSU School of
Medicine, New Orleans
2001 Ruxandra Marinescu (Ohio University)—MS: “Comparison of
image generation and processing techniques for 3D reconstruction of
the human skull.” Current status: formerly University of Florida PhD student.
2001
Jeffrey S. Willey (Ohio University)—MS: “Mechanics of the semi-erect
posture: Limb function and whole body mechanics in Alligator
mississippiensis.” Current status: Assistant Professor at Wake
Forest School of Medicine
2001
Elicia N. Thompson (Ohio University)—MS: “A morphometrics and
kinetic analysis of the development of the feeding apparatus of
Monodelphis domestica.” Current status: Dentist
2000
*Andrew B. Clifford (Ohio University)—BS Honors: “The narial anatomy
of hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) with respect to other
Carnivora.” Witmer lab 1999–2000. Formerly
Brown University, PhD student; current status:
Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland, OH.
2000
*Michael J. Papp (Ohio University)—MS: “A critical appraisal of
buccal soft-tissue anatomy in ornithischian dinosaurs.” Witmer lab
1996–2000. Current status: Associate Geologist at Parsons
Engineering Science in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Slash, former guitarist of Guns N' Roses,
liked one of my tweeets.
Current WitmerLab Students and Staff
• Ryan Ridgely, Research Associate and chief Witmer collaborator.
2000 – present.
• Wm. Ruger Porter, PhD. Postdoctoral researcher. 2008 – present. Physiological
and behavioral implications of archosaur vascular systems.
• Donald Cerio,
Doctoral student. 2012 – present. “Functional evolution of the eye,
visual system, and orbital region in Archosauria.”
• Catherine Early, Doctoral student. 2013 – present. “Implications
of avian brain endocast morphology on anatomy, development, and
behavior.”
• James Nassif, Doctoral student. 2015 – present. “Evolution of the
middle ear and peripheral hearing mechanism in dinosaurs and their
extant relatives.”
• Donald J. Morgan, Doctoral
student. 2018 – present. TBA
Professional Society Memberships
Sigma
Xi
Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology
American Association of Anatomists
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International
Society of Vertebrate Morphology
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Competitive Grants and Awards
2017 Ohio University Research Council Award: “In vivo
physiological analysis of vascular thermoregulatory structures using
noninvasive infrared thermography on free-ranging birds” with W. R.
Porter (Witmer senior PI). 2017–2018. $7980.00.
2015 National
Science Foundation: “Collaborative Research: Dinosaur jaw muscle
evolution and the origins of avian cranial kinesis” with R. C.
Ridgley (Witmer senior PI on OU side). Collaborative project with
University of Missouri (lead institution) & University of Southern
Indiana; total project budget $965,031. 2015–2018. OU budget
$265,481.00.
2013 Ohio University 1804 Award: “Enhancing 3D imaging research
at Ohio University: acquisition of a microCT scanner to replace and
upgrade current capabilities” with L. Liu and S. Hooper (Witmer
senior PI). 2013–2015. $75,000.00.
2011 National Science Foundation: “Toward the Visible Dinosaur:
Integrating anatomical systems to test inferences of function,
physiology, and behavior, with special emphasis on broader impacts
and outreach” with R. C. Ridgley (Witmer senior PI). 2011–2014.
$350,500.00.
2009
National Science Foundation: “Extension for Special Creativity: Brain evolution in archosaurs: new
implications for scaling, function and the evolution of the modern
conditions in birds and crocodilians” with R. C.
Ridgley (Witmer senior PI). $180,000.00.
2009 Ministry
of Education and Science, Spain: “Using 3D technologies to
investigate the palaeoneurology of sauropod dinosaurs” with F. Knoll
(PI) and D. Schwarz-Wings. Witmer is a Project Collaborator. 75,000
€
2007 National
Environment Research Council, UK (NERC): “Correlations between form,
function and behaviour: the inner ears of birds and reptiles” with
P. Barrett and A. Milner (London PIs), and G. Manley (Munich Project
Partner). Witmer is Project Partner. £58,604.00.
2007 National
Geographic Society: “Skull biomechanics of the first modern
crocodilian, Isisfordia duncani” with S. Salisbury
(Queensland, Australia, PI), E. Rayfield and S. Pierce (UK). Witmer
is Project Personnel (as are all participants). $6950.00.
2005
National Science Foundation: “Brain evolution in archosaurs: new
implications for scaling, function and the evolution of the modern
conditions in birds and crocodilians” with G. R. Hurlburt and R. C.
Ridgley (Witmer senior PI). $171,262.00.
2004
National Science Foundation: “The ear regions of
archosaurs: the transition to the modern avian and crocodilian
conditions and functional implications for hearing and balance in
dinosaurs.” $280,293.00.
2004
National Science Foundation: “Evolution of the jaw musculature of
archosaurs.” Dissertation Improvement Grant for Casey M. Holliday,
$11,028.00.
2003
Ohio
University Baker Award: “Unusual nasal structures in dinosaurs and
other vertebrates.” $11,719.00
2000 National Science Foundation: “Anatomy, evolution, and
functional significance of cephalic vasculature in Archosauria, with
special emphasis on birds, crocodilians, and nonavian dinosaurs.”
Dissertation Improvement Grant for Jayc C. Sedlmayr, $9980.00
1997
The
Dinosaur Society: for supplementary publication costs of a Memoir of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, $980.40
1996
National
Science Foundation: “Unusual narial structures in dinosaurs and other
vertebrates: a case study in the functional interpretation of anatomical
novelty in the fossil record” with Scott D. Sampson, PhD, $180,000.00
1995
The
Dinosaur Society: “New insight into Deinonychus,
Tenontosaurus, and other
dinosaurs from the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of south-central
Montana” with W. Desmond Maxwell, PhD, $7225.00
1994
The Dinosaur Society: for publication costs of a Memoir
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, $8400.00
1991
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (NSF BSR
9112070): “The evolution of the skull and air sinuses in Archosauria”,
$9885.00
1991
Grant-In-Aid of Research from Sigma Xi: “Evolution of the skull
and air sinuses in crocodylians and other archosaurs: New evidence from
Papua New Guinean crocodiles,” $545.00
1987-91Fellowship
from the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine.
1990
Alexander Wetmore Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union:
“Ontogeny, heterochrony, air sacs, and the evolution of the avian
skull,” $1210.00
Grant-In-Aid of Research from Sigma Xi: “Evolution of the skull
and air sinuses in crocodylians and other archosaurs,” $489.00
1989
Marcia Brady Tucker Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union for
travel to the 107th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’
Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August, $377.50
1985
Alexander Wetmore Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union: “The tympanicomandibular siphonial system: Implications for avian
origins and systematics,” $870.00
Published
Articles
98.
L. M. Witmer.
2018.
Paleoneurology: A sight for four eyes. Current Biology.
28(7): R311–R313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.071
97.
Tsuihiji, T., L. M. Witmer, M. Watabe, R. Barsbold, K.
Tsogtbaatar, S. Suzuki, and P. Khatanbaatar. 2017. New information
on the cranial morphology of Avimimus (Theropoda:
Oviraptorosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
e1347177 (12 pages). DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1347177.
96.
Davies, T. G., I. A. Rahman, S. Lautenschlager, J. A. Cunningham, R.
J. Asher, P. M. Barrett, K. T. Bates, S. Bengtson, R. B. J. Benson,
D. M. Boyer, J. Braga, J. A. Bright, L. P.A.M. Claessens, P. G. Cox,
X.-P. Dong, A. R. Evans, P. L. Falkingham, M. Friedman, R. J.
Garwood, A. Goswami, J. R. Hutchinson, N. S. Jeffery, Z. Johanson,
R. Lebrun, C. Martínez-Pérez, J. Marugán-Lobón, P. M. O’Higgins, B.
Metscher, M. Orliac, T. B. Rowe, M. Rücklin, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra,
N. H. Shubin, S. Y. Smith, J. M. Starck, C. Stringer, A. P. Summers,
M. D. Sutton, S. A. Walsh, V. Weisbecker, L. M. Witmer, S.
Wroe, Z. Yin1, E. J. Rayfield, and P. C. J. Donoghue. 2017. Open
data and digital morphology.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
284: 20170194.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194
95.
Bailleul,
A. M., L. M. Witmer, and C. M. Holliday. 2017. Cranial joint
histology in the mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos): new
insights on avian cranial kinesis. Journal of Anatomy
230:444–460.
94.
Brusatte, S. L., A. Muir, M. T. Young, S. Walsh, L. Steel, and L.
M. Witmer. 2016. The braincase and neurosensory anatomy of an
Early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph: implications for crocodylian
sinus evolution and sensory transitions. Anatomical Record
299:1511–1530. DOI: 10.1002/ar.2346.
93.
Porter, W. R.
and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Avian cephalic vascular anatomy,
sites of thermal exchange, and the rete ophthalmicum. Anatomical
Record 299:1461–1486. doi:10.1002/ar.23375.
92.
Porter, W. R,
J. C. Sedlmayr, and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Vascular
patterns in the heads of crocodilians: blood vessels and sites of
thermal exchange. Journal of Anatomy 229:1–25.
doi:
10.1111/joa.12539
91.
Stocker, M. R., S. J. Nesbitt, K. E. Criswell, W. G. Parker, L.
M. Witmer, T. B. Rowe, R. C. Ridgely, and M. A. Brown. 2016. A
dome-headed stem-archosaur exemplifies convergence among dinosaurs
and their distant relatives. Current Biology 26:2674–2680.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.066.
90.
Bourke, J. M.,
and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Nasal conchae function as aerodynamic
baffles: Experimental computational fluid dynamic analysis in a
turkey nose (Aves: Galliformes). Respiratory Physiology &
Neurobiology 234:32–46.
89.
Martínez, R. D. F., M. C. Lamanna, F. E. Novas, R. C. Ridgely, G. A.
Casal, J. Martínez, J. R. Vita, and L. M. Witmer. 2016. A
basal lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) with a
complete skull: Implications for the evolution and paleobiology of
Titanosauria. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0151661.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151661.
88.
Gignac, P. M., N. J. Kley, J. A. Clarke, M. W. Colbert, A. C.
Morhardt, D. Cerio, I. N. Cost, P. G. Cox, J. D. Daza,
C. M. Early, M. S. Echols, R. M. Henkelman, A. N. Herdina, C. M.
Holliday, Z. Li, K. Mahlow, S. Merchant, J. Müller, C. P. Orsbon, D.
J. Paluh. M. L. Thies, H. P. Tsai, and L. M. Witmer. 2016.
Diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography
(diceCT): an emerging tool for rapid, high-resolution, 3-D imaging
of metazoan soft tissues. Journal of Anatomy 228(6):889–909.
doi: 10.1111/joa.12449.
87.
O’Brien,
H. D., P. M. Gignac, T. L. Hieronymus, and L. M. Witmer.
2016. A comparison of postnatal arterial patterns in a growth series
of giraffe (Artiodactyla: Giraffa camelopardalis). PeerJ
4:e1696; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1696.
• Download
a PDF of the article
• View
a YouTube video of the adult skull and blood vessels
86.
Porro, L.
B., L. M. Witmer, and P. M. Barrett. 2015. Digital
preparation and osteology of the skull of Lesothosaurus
diagnosticus (Ornithischia: Dinosauria). PeerJ 3:e1494
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1494.
• Download
a PDF of the article
85.
Leahey,
L. G., R. E. Molnar, K. Carpenter, L. M. Witmer, and S. W.
Salisbury. 2015. Cranial osteology of the ankylosaurian dinosaur
formerly known as Minmi sp. (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from
the Lower Cretaceous Allaru Mudstone of Richmond, Queensland,
Australia. PeerJ 3:e1475. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1475.
• Download a PDF of the article
complete with the supplemental 3D PDF
• View
a YouTube video of the skull, brain endocast, inner ear, and nasal
structures
• View
an annotated 3D interactive Sketchfab animation of the skull
• View
a 3D interactive Sketchfab animation of the skull, brain endocast,
inner ear, etc.
84.
Porter, W. R. and L. M. Witmer. 2015. Vascular patterns in
iguanas and other squamates: blood vessels and sites of thermal
exchange. PLOS ONE 10(10): e0139215.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139215.
• Download
a PDF of the article complete with the supplemental 3D PDF
• DICOM
data download for five OUVC injected specimens on Dryad
83.
Knoll, F., L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, F. Ortega, and J. L.
Sanz. 2015. A new titanosaurian braincase from the Cretaceous “Lo
Hueco” locality in Spain sheds light on neuroanatomical evolution
within Titanosauria. PLOS ONE. 10(10): e0138233.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138233.
• Download
a PDF of the article complete with the supplemental 3D PDF
• DICOM
data download on Dryad.
82.
Balanoff, A. M., G. S. Bever, M. Colbert, J. A. Clark, D. Field, P.
M. Gignac, D. T. Ksepka, R. C. Ridgely, N. A. Smith, C. Torres, S.
Walsh, and L. M. Witmer. 2015. Best practices for digitally
constructing endocranial casts: examples from birds and their
dinosaurian relatives. Journal of Anatomy. doi:
10.1111/joa.12378.
81.
Dufeau, D. L., and L. M.
Witmer. 2015. Ontogeny of the middle-ear air-sinus system in
Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia). PLOS
ONE 10(9): e0137060. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0137060E.
• Download
a PDF of the article complete with the supplemental 3D PDF
• DICOM
data download for OUVC 10606 on Dryad.
• Visit
the updated Visible Interactive Alligator site
80.
Sues, H.-D., A. O. Averianov, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M.
Witmer. 2015. Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the
Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):e889145-1–e889145-14.
•
Download supplemental figures of the braincase and endocast
• Download a 3D PDF of the braincase, brain endocast, and labyrinth:
small (5 MB),
medium (16 MB),
large (30 MB) Note: save 3D PDFs to your computer before
running.
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79.
Lautenschlager, S., L. M. Witmer, Perle A., L. E. Zanno, and
E. J. Rayfield. 2014. Cranial anatomy of Erlikosaurus andrewsi
(Dinosauria, Therizinosauria): new insights based on digital
reconstruction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
34(6):1263–1291.
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78.
Bourke, J. M., Wm. R. Porter, R. C. Ridgely, T. R. Lyson, E. R.
Schachner, P. R. Bell, and L. M. Witmer. 2014. Breathing life
into dinosaurs: tackling challenges of soft-tissue restoration and
nasal airflow in extinct species. Anatomical Record
297:2148–2186.
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77.
Eastman, J. T., L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, and K. L. Kuhn.
2014. Divergence in skeletal mass and bone morphology in Antarctic
notothenioid fishes. Journal of Morphology 275:841–861. DOI 10.1002/jmor.20258.
76.
Lautenschlager, S., L. M. Witmer, Perle A., and E. J.
Rayfield. 2013. Edentulism, beaks, and biomechanical innovations in
the evolution of theropod dinosaurs. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences 110:20657–20662. doi:10.1073/pnas.1310711110.
75.
Wroe, S., C. Uphar, W. C. H. Parr, P. Clausen, R. C. Ridgely, and L.
M. Witmer. 2103. Comparative biomechanical modeling of metatherian
and placental saber-tooths: A different kind of bite for an extreme
pouched predator. PLOS ONE 8(6): e66888.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066888.
74.
Hurlburt, G. R., R. C. Ridgely, and
L. M. Witmer. 2013. Relative
size of brain and cerebrum in tyrannosaurid dinosaurs: an analysis
using brain-endocast quantitative relationships in extant
alligators. Pp. 134–154 In J. M. Parrish, R. E. Molnar, P. J.
Currie, and E. B. Koppelhus (eds.) Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology.
Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
73.
Snively, E., J. R. Cotton, John R., R. C.
Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2013.
Multibody dynamics model of head and neck
function in Allosaurus (Dinosauria,
Theropoda), Palaeontologia Electronica
Vol. 16 (2) 11A 29p.
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72.
Knoll, F., R. C. Ridgely, F. Ortega, J. L. Sanz, and L. M. Witmer.
2013. Neurocranial osteology and neuroanatomy of a Late Cretaceous
titanosaurian sauropod from Spain (Ampelosaurus sp.). PLOS
ONE 8(1): e54991. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054991.
71.
Lautenschlager, S., E. J. Rayfield, Perle A., L. E. Zanno, and L.
M. Witmer. 2012. The endocranial anatomy of Therizinosauria and
its implications for sensory and cognitive function. PLOS ONE 7(12):
e52289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052289.
70.
Young, M. T., E. J. Rayfield, C. M. Holliday, L. M. Witmer,
D. J. Button, P. Upchurch, and P. M. Barrett. 2012. Cranial
biomechanics of Diplodocus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): testing
hypotheses of feeding behaviour in an extinct megaherbivore.
Naturwissenschaften 99(8):637–643.
69.
Dilkes, D. W., J. R. Hutchinson, C. M. Holliday, and L. M.
Witmer. 2012. Reconstructing the musculature of dinosaurs.
Pp. 150–190 In
M. K. Brett-Surman,
T. R. Holtz, and J. O. Farlow (eds.) The Complete Dinosaur, 2nd
Edition. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
68.
Knoll, F., L. M. Witmer, F. Ortega, R. C. Ridgely, and D.
Schwarz-Wings. 2012. The braincase of the basal sauropod dinosaur
Spinophorosaurus and 3D reconstructions of the cranial endocast and
inner ear. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30060. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030060.
67.
Miyahsita, T., V. M. Arbour, L. M. Witmer, and P. J. Currie. 2011.
The internal cranial morphology of an armoured dinosaur
Euoplocephalus corroborated by X-ray computed tomographic
reconstruction. Journal of Anatomy 219:661–675.
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66.
Witmer, L. M.
2011. Palaeontology: Archaeopteryx: an icon knocked from its
perch. Nature 475:458–459.
65.
Snively, E. D., J. Cotton, L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, and J.
Theodor. 2011. Finite element comparison of cranial sinus function in
the dinosaur Majungasaurus and head-clubbing giraffes. Pp. 1–2
In Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference.
ASME.
64.
Tsuihiji, T., M. Watabe, K. Togtbaatar, T. Tsubamoto, R. Barsbold, S.
Suzuki, A. H. Lee, R. C. Ridgely, Y. Kawahara, and L. M. Witmer.
2011. Cranial osteology of a juvenile specimen of Tarbosaurus bataar
from the Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Bugin Tsav, Mongolia.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:497–517.
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63.
Zelenitsky, D. K., F. Therrien,
R. C. Ridgely,
A. R. McGee, and L. M. Witmer. 2011. Evolution of olfaction in
non-avian theropod dinosaurs and birds. Proceedings of the Royal
Society B.
62.
Witmer, L. M.
and R. C. Ridgely. 2010. The Cleveland tyrannosaur skull (Nanotyrannus
or Tyrannosaurus): new findings based on CT scanning, with
special reference to the braincase. Kirtlandia 57:61–81.
61.
Holliday, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, J. C. Sedlmayr, and L. M. Witmer.
2010. Cartilaginous epiphyses in extant archosaurs and their
implications for reconstructing limb function in dinosaurs. PLoS ONE
5(9): e13120.
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60.
Degrange, F. J., C. P. Tambussi, K. Moreno, L.
M. Witmer, and S. Wroe. 2010. Mechanical
analysis of feeding behavior in the extinct
"terror bird" Andalgalornis steulleti
(Gruiformes: Phorusrhacidae). PLoS ONE 5(8):
e11856. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.001185
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59.
Hieronymus, T. L., and
L. M. Witmer. 2010.
Homology and evolution of avian compound rhamphothecae. Auk 127:590–604.
58.
Witmer, L. M. 2009. Palaeontology: feathered dinosaurs in a tangle.
Nature 461:601–602.
57.
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2009. The epipterygoid of
crocodyliforms and its significance for the evolution of the
orbitotemporal region of eusuchians. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 29:715–733.
56.
Witmer, L. M.
and R. C. Ridgely. 2009. New insights into the brain,
braincase, and ear region of tyrannosaurs, with implications for
sensory organization and behavior. Anatomical Record
292:1266–1296.
55.
Evans, D., L. M. Witmer, and R. C. Ridgely.
2009.
Endocranial anatomy of lambeosaurine dinosaurs: a sensorineural
perspective on cranial crest function. Anatomical Record
292:1315–1337.
54.
Hieronymus, T. L., L. M. Witmer, D. H. Tanke, and P. J.
Currie. 2009. The facial integument of centrosaurine
ceratopsids: morphological and histological correlates of novel
skin structures. Anatomical Record 292:1370–1396.
53.
Witmer,
L. M.
2009. Dinosaurs: Fuzzy origins for feathers. Nature 458:293–295.
52.
Walsh,
S. A., P. M. Barrett, A. C. Milner, G. Manley, and L. M. Witmer.
2009. Inner ear anatomy is a proxy for deducing auditory capability
and behaviour in reptiles and birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society
B 276:1355–1360.
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51.
Holliday, C. M. and
L. M. Witmer. 2008. Cranial kinesis
in dinosaurs: intracranial joints, protractor muscles, and their
significance for cranial evolution and function in diapsids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
28:1073–1088. •
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Casey Holliday's site.
50.
Witmer, L. M., R. C. Ridgely, D. L. Dufeau, and M. C. Semones. 2008.
Using CT to peer into the past: 3D visualization of the brain and ear
regions of birds, crocodiles, and nonavian dinosaurs. Pp. 67–88 in
H. Endo and R. Frey (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New
Morphology. Springer-Verlag, Tokyo.
49.
Witmer, L. M.,
and R. C. Ridgely. 2008. The paranasal air sinuses of predatory and
armored dinosaurs (Archosauria: Theropoda and Ankylosauria) and their
contribution to cephalic architecture. Anatomical Record 291:1362–1388.
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and downloads on the WitmerLab site
48.
Witmer, L. M., and R. C. Ridgely. 2008. Structure of the brain
cavity and inner ear of the centrosaurine ceratopsid
Pachyrhinosaurus based on CT scanning and 3D visualization.
Pp. 117–144 in P. J. Currie (ed.), A New Horned Dinosaur From an
Upper Cretaceous Bone Bed in Alberta. National Research Council
Research Press, Ottawa..
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47.
Sereno, P. C., J. A. Wilson, L. M. Witmer, J. A. Whitlock, A.
Maga, O. Ide, and T. A. Rowe. 2007. Structural extremes in a
Cretaceous dinosaur. PLoS ONE 2(11): e1230.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001230.
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46.
Sampson, S. D. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Craniofacial anatomy
of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae)
from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Memoirs of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology 8, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
27(Supplement to 2):32–102.
• Additional information,
downloads, and 3D digital visualizations on the WitmerLab site
45
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Archosaur adductor
chamber evolution: integration of musculoskeletal and topological
criteria in jaw muscle homology. Journal of Morphology
268:457–484.
• Additional information and downloads on Casey Holliday's site
44.
Holliday, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, A. M. Balanoff, and L. M. Witmer*.
2006. Cephalic vascular anatomy in flamingos (Phoenicopterus
ruber) based on novel vascular injection and computed
tomographic imaging analyses. Anatomical Record
288A(10)1031–41.
•
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43.
Hieronymus, T. L., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Structure of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) horn
investigated by x-ray computed tomography and histology with
implications for growth and external form. Journal of Morphology
267:1172–1176.
•
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42.
Clifford, A.
B. and L. M. Witmer. 2004. Case studies in novel narial
anatomy: 3. Structure and function of the nasal cavity of saiga (Artiodactyla:
Bovidae: Saiga tatarica). Journal of Zoology 264:217–230.
•
Digital
Visualizations on DigiMorph.org
41.
Norman, D. B.,
L. M. Witmer,
and D. B. Weishampel.
2004. Basal Ornithischia. Pp. 325–334 in The Dinosauria, 2nd Edition, D.
B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
40.
Norman, D. B.,
L. M. Witmer, and
D. B. Weishampel. 2004. Basal Thyreophora. Pp. 335-342 in The Dinosauria, 2nd Edition, D.
B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
39.
Norman, D. B., H.-D. Sues, L. M. Witmer, and R. A. Coria.
2004. Basal Ornithopoda. Pp. 393–412 in The Dinosauria, 2nd Edition, D.
B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
38.
Witmer, L. M., R. C.
Ridgely, H. Mayle, D. Adams. 2004. The best of both worlds: integrating CT and MR in a study of
pig knees. RT Image 17(32):16–19.
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Visualizations on DigiMorph.org
37.
Witmer, L.
M. 2004. Inside the oldest bird brain. Nature
430:619–620.
36.
Clifford, A. B. and L. M. Witmer.
2004. Case
studies in novel narial anatomy: 2. The enigmatic nose of moose (Artiodactyla:
Cervidae: Alces alces). Journal of Zoology 262:339–360.
•
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•
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visualizations on DigiMorph.org
35.
Witmer, L. M., S. Chatterjee,
J. Franzosa, and T. Rowe. 2003. Neuroanatomy of flying
reptiles and implications for flight, posture and behaviour. Nature
425:950–953.
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• Digital visualizations on DigiMorph.org:
Anhanguera,
Rhamphorhynchus
34.
You H.-L., Luo Z.-X.,N. H. Shubin,
L. M. Witmer, Tang A.-L, and Tang F. 2003. The earliest-known
duck-billed dinosaur from deposits of late Early Cretaceous age in
northwestern China and hadrosaur evolution. Cretaceous Research
24:346–355.
33.
Hill, R. V., L. M. Witmer,
M.A. Norell.
2003. A new specimen of Pinacosaurus grangeri
(Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia:
ontogeny and phylogeny of ankylosaurs. American Museum
Novitates 3395:1–29.
32.
Bimber, O., S. M. Gatesy, L. M. Witmer, R. Raskar, and L. M.
Encarnação. 2002. Merging fossil specimens with computer-generated
information. IEEE Computer 35(9):25–30.
31.
Chiappe, L. M. and L. M.
Witmer.
2002. Preface. Pp. ix–xii in Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of
Dinosaurs, L. M. Chiappe and L. M. Witmer (eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
30.
Witmer, L. M.
2002.
The debate on avian ancestry: phylogeny, function, and fossils. In
Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs, L. M. Chiappe and L. M.
Witmer (eds.), University of California Press, Berkeley.
29.
Sedlmayr,
J. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2002. Rapid technique
for imaging the blood vascular system using stereoangiography. Anatomical
Record 267(4):330–336.
28.
Witmer, L. M.
2001. Nostril position
in dinosaurs and other vertebrates and its significance for nasal
function. Science 293:850–853.
27.
Witmer, L. M. 2001.
The role of Protoavis in the debate on avian origins.
pp. 537–548 In New Perspectives
on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds, J. A. Gauthier and L. F. Gall
(eds.), Yale Peabody
Museum, New Haven.
26.
Witmer, L. M.
2000. Science,
art, and dinosaurs. Essay and review of Dinosaur Imagery: The Science
of Lost Worlds and Jurassic Art, edited by C. R. Crumly. Science
5489:460–461.
25.
Witmer, L. M. 1999.
New aspects of avian origins: roundtable report. pp. 327–334 in
Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century:
Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of
Avian Paleontology and Evolution, S. L. Olson (ed.), Smithsonian
Contributions to Paleobiology 89, Washington.
24.
Witmer, L. M., S. D. Sampson, and N. Solounias. 1999. The proboscis of tapirs (Tapirus terrestris): a case study in novel narial anatomy. Journal
of Zoology 249:249–267.
23.
Solounias, N., J. M. Plavcan, J. Quade and L. M. Witmer. 1999.
The paleoecology of the Pikermian Biome and the savanna myth.
pp. 426-453. In
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe. Volume 1: The Evolution
of Neogene Terrestrial Ecosystems in Europe.
J. Agustí, L. Rook, and P. Andrews (eds.). Cambridge University Press, New York.
22.
Witmer, L. M. 1999. The phylogenetic history of paranasal air sinuses. pp.
21–34 in The Paranasal Sinuses
of Higher Primates: Development, Function and Evolution, T. Koppe, H.
Nagai, and K. W. Alt (eds.), Quintessence, Chicago.
21.
Sampson, S. D., L. M. Witmer, C. A. Forster, D. W. Krause, P. M.
O’Connor, P. Dodson, and F. Ravoavy.
1998. Predatory
dinosaur remains from Madagascar: implications for the Cretaceous
biogeography of Gondwana. Science 280:1048–1051.
20.
Witmer, L. M. 1998.
Dinosaurs for adults. Review
of The Complete Dinosaur by J. O. Farlow and M. K. Brett-Surman.
Science 280:223.
19.
Witmer, L. M. 1997. Craniofacial
air sinus systems. pp.
151–159 in The Encyclopedia of
Dinosaurs, P. J. Currie and K. Padian (eds.), Academic Press, New York.
18.
Witmer, L. M. 1997. Foreword.
pp. vii–xii in The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution, by S.
Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
17.
Witmer, L. M. 1997.
Flying feathers. Review of The Origin
and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia.
Science 276:1209–1210.
16.
Witmer, L. M. 1997.
A new missing link. Nature
387:349–350.
15.
Witmer, L. M. 1997.
The evolution of the antorbital cavity of archosaurs: a study in
soft-tissue reconstruction in the fossil record with an analysis of the
function of pneumaticity. Memoirs
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 17(Supplement to 1):1–73.
14.
Witmer, L. M. 1995.
Homology of facial structures in extant archosaurs (birds and
crocodilians), with special reference to paranasal pneumaticity and nasal
conchae. Journal
of Morphology 225:269–327.
13.
Witmer, L. M. 1995.
The Extant Phylogenetic Bracket and the importance of
reconstructing soft tissues in fossils. pp. 19–33 in
Functional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology, J. J. Thomason (ed.),
Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
12.
Baumel, J. J. and Witmer, L. M. 1993.
Osteologia. pp. 45–132 in
Handbook of Avian Anatomy: Nomina Anatomica Avium, Second Edition, J. J.
Baumel (ed.), Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club No. 23,
Cambridge.
11.
Witmer, L. M. and Rose, K. D.
1991. Biomechanics of
the jaw apparatus of the gigantic Eocene bird Diatryma:
Implications for diet and mode of life. Paleobiology
17:95–120.
10. Witmer, L. M. 1991. Perspectives
on avian origins. pp. 427–466 in
Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and Consensus,
H.-P. Schultze and L. Trueb (eds.), Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
9. Witmer, L. M. 1990. The
craniofacial air sac system of Mesozoic birds (Aves). Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society. 100:327–378.
8.
Weishampel, D. B. and Witmer, L. M.
1990. Lesothosaurus,
Pisanosaurus, and Technosaurus. pp. 416–425 in
The Dinosauria, D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.),
University of California Press, Berkeley.
7.
Weishampel, D. B. and Witmer, L. M.
1990. Heterodontosauridae.
pp. 486–497 in The Dinosauria,
D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
6.
Coombs, W. P., Weishampel, D. B., and Witmer, L. M.
1990. Basal Thyreophora. pp. 427–434 in
The Dinosauria, D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.),
University of California Press, Berkeley.
5.
Witmer, L. M. 1989. Review:
Peter W. Houde: Paleognathous birds from the early Tertiary of the
Northern Hemisphere. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):368–369.
4.
Bühler, P., Martin, L. D., and Witmer, L. M.
1988. Cranial kinesis in the Late Cretaceous birds Hesperornis and Parahesperornis.
Auk: Quarterly Journal of
Ornithology 105(1):111–122.
3.
Witmer, L. M. and Martin, L. D.
1987. The primitive
features of the avian palate with special reference to
Mesozoic birds. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon 99:21–40.
2.
Witmer, L. M. 1987. The nature
of the antorbital fossa of archosaurs: shifting the null hypothesis. pp.
230–235 in Fourth Symposium on
Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Short Papers (P. J. Currie and E. H.
Koster, Eds.), Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology #3,
Drumheller, Alberta.
1. Witmer, L. M. 1979. Host
preference by the Mid-Devonian (Moscow Shale) epizoans Hederella
filiformis, Aulopora elleri,
Spirorbis sp., and Cornulites sp. Cornell
Journal of Biological Science 1979:21–28.
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Books and Popular Articles
1.
Chiappe, L. M. and L. M. Witmer
(editors). 2002. Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of
Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley,
520 pp.
2.
Witmer, L. M. 2001. A nose for all reasons. Natural
History Magazine, June 2001 110(5):64–71.
3.
Maxwell W. D. and L. M. Witmer. 1996. The new Deinonychus. Dinosaur
Discoveries 2:1–2.
4.
Witmer, L. M. 1995.
The Search for the Origin of
Birds. Franklin Watts, New York.
Online Dissemination (e.g., Data Repositories)
10.
Witmer, L. M., W. R. Porter, D. G. Cerio, J. P. Nassif,
E. G. Caggiano, C. Griffin, and R. C. Ridgely. 2018. spiceCT—Selectively
Perfusable Iodine-based Contrast-Enhanced CT, a rapid alternative to
diceCT for 3D visualization of vertebrate soft tissues. Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology 2018 Poster. Figshare:
doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5785614.v1.
9.
Witmer, L. M., J. P. Nassif, and R. C. Ridgely. 2016. The
Visible Interactive Pachycephalosaur– part of the Visible
Interactive Anatomy series at WitmerLab at Ohio University.
MorphoSource:
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8.
Witmer, L. M., J. P. Nassif, and R. C. Ridgely. 2016. The
Visible Interactive Parrot – part of the Visible Interactive Anatomy
series at WitmerLab at Ohio University. MorphoSource:
http://www.morphosource.org/Detail/SpecimenDetail/Show/specimen_id/4156
7.
Ridgely,
R. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Cranial endocast and skull
anatomy in the African sauropod dinosaur Nigersaurus. NSF
Digital Library Contributions on DigiMorph.
6.
Clifford, A. B. and L. M. Witmer. 2004. Facial and narial
anatomy of saiga. NSF Digital Library Contributions on DigiMorph.
5.
Ridgely, R. C. and L. M. Witmer.
2004. Knee anatomy in domestic pigs based on CT/MR fusion. NSF
Digital Library Contributions on DigiMorph.
4.
Holliday, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2004.
Head vasculature of the Caribbean flamingo. NSF Digital Library
Contributions on DigiMorph.
3.
Clifford, A. B. and L. M. Witmer.
2004. Facial and narial anatomy of moose.
2.
Witmer, L. M.,
S. Chatterjee, J. Franzosa, and T. Rowe. 2003. Neuroanatomy and
inner ear of the pterosaur Anhanguera. NSF Digital Library
Contributions on DigiMorph.
1.
Witmer, L. M.,
S. Chatterjee, J. Franzosa, and T. Rowe. 2003. Neuroanatomy and
inner ear of the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus. NSF Digital
Library Contributions on DigiMorph.
Symposia Organized
2016. 11th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology,
Washington, DC, June–July 2016. Chair of Scientific Program
Committee.
2015. Guest Society Symposium for the
International
Society of Vertebrate Morphologists at the American Association of
Anatomists meeting at the Experimental Biology conference, March
2015.
2013. 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology,
Barcelona, Spain, July 2013.
2001. The Nasal Region
of Tetrapods (with W. Maier and Z. Rocek).
Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Jena
Germany, 24 July 2001.
1997.
Pneumatization of the Vertebrate Skull (with Thomas Koppe).
Fifth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Bristol,
England, 17 July 1997.
Invited Lectures since 2003
2018 • St.
Louis Science Center First Friday Jurassic World event, 1
June 2018. Title TBA.
•
Keynote Address: Allohak Council, Boy Scouts of America,
Hock-Hocking District, 7 March 2018. “Fleshing out dinosaurs!”
2017 •
Departmental seminar: Department of Biological Sciences seminar
series, Sam Houston State University, 9 November 2017. “Fleshing out
the past: exploring dinosaur anatomy and function with advanced 3D
modeling.”
•
Departmental seminar: Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology (EEOB)
seminar series, Iowa State University, 26 October 2017. “Fleshing
out the past: exploring dinosaur anatomy and function with advanced
3D modeling.”
•
Plenary Keynote Address: Tomography for Scientific Advancement (ToScA)
North America, Austin, Texas, 7–8 June 2017. “Radiographic contrast
enhancement in the present as a means of fleshing out the past:
diceCT and vascular injection of extant birds and reptiles to better
understand dinosaur biology.”
•
OHIO Alumni College, Athens, Ohio, 19 May 2017. “Fleshing out the
past! Bringing dinosaurs back to life at OHIO.”
2016 • Darwin
Day Lecture, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 15 February
2015. “Fleshing out dinosaurs! From Darwin’s Bulldog to advanced 3D
modeling.”
•
Departmental seminar, Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology Series, Virginia Tech University, 4 February 2016. “Fleshing
out the past: exploring dinosaur anatomy and function with advanced
3D modeling.”
2015 • Plenary
Keynote Address: 6th International Meeting on Craniocervical Systems
in Vertebrates, Ghent, Belgium, 7–10 July 2015. “Fleshing out
dinosaur head and neck functional anatomy with advanced 3D
modeling.”
2014
•
NESCent Catalysis
Meeting on the Evolution of the Avian Brain, Duke University, 14 May
2014. “Segmenting endocasts into brain regions: Approaches in the
WitmerLab.”
•
NESCent Catalysis Meeting on the Evolution of the Avian Brain, Duke
University, 14 May 2014. “Brain diversity across Archosauria.
Evolving an on-board flight computer: brains, ears, and the
evolution of birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs.”
•
Departmental seminar, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State
University, 20 February 2014. “The Visible Interactive Dinosaur
project: fleshing out dinosaur head anatomy and function with
advanced 3D imaging.”
2013
•
Science Café (PBS Innovation Café), Front Room, Baker Center, Ohio
University, 25 September 2013. “Fleshing out dinosaurs…in 3D!”
•
Dinosaur Day, Athens Public Library, Athens, OH, 11 June 2013.
“Dinosaurs Up Close – the Science of Dinosaurs on the 20th
Anniversary of Jurassic Park.”
• Plenary
Speaker, 125th Anniversary Meeting of the American
Association of Anatomists, Boston, MA, 22 Apr 2013. “The Visible
Interactive Dinosaur project: fleshing out dinosaur head anatomy and
function with advanced 3D imaging.”
•
Departmental seminar, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy,
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA,
25 March 2013. “Digital dinosaurs: shedding light on dinosaur
sensory biology and behavior using advanced 3D imaging.”
2012
• Dinosaur Day, Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery, Athens, OH, 8 Dec
2012. “Dinosaurs Up Close.”
•
Opening Plenary Public Lecture, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
meeting, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, 16
Oct 2012. “Fleshing out the past…in 3D! Integrating science,
technology and outreach with the Visible Interactive Dinosaur
Project."
•
Perkins Hall Dormitory lecture, Ohio University, 25 Sep 2012.
“Dinosaurs? At OU? Fleshing out dinosaur evolution in the digital
age.”
•
PaleoFest 2012, Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL, 3
Mar 2012. “The Visible Dinosaur: integrating science, technology,
and outreach.”
•
Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, 27
Feb 2012, “Anatomy in the digital age: humans, dinosaurs, and
beyond.”
2011 • Keynote
address, Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society District Convention, 9
Apr 2011. “Digital dinosaurs: solving the riddles of dinosaur
biology using advanced 3D imaging.”
•
Rotary International, Athens Chapter, 7 Feb 2011. “The Visible
Dinosaur: Integrating science and outreach.”
2010 •
Integrative Anatomy Seminar, University of Missouri, 15 Nov 2010.
“Evolving an on-board flight computer: brains, ears, and the
evolution of birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs.”
•
Saturday Morning Science, University of Missouri, 13 Nov 2010.
"Dinosaurs exposed! Advanced 3D imaging sheds new light on their
lives"
•
Johns Hopkins University, 26 Feb 2010. “Digital dinosaurs: shedding
light on dinosaur sensory biology and behavior using advanced 3D
imaging.”
•
Yale University, 24 Feb 2010. “Digital dinosaurs: shedding light on
dinosaur sensory biology and behavior using advanced 3D imaging.”
2009 • Annual
Address, Palaeontological Association, University of Birmingham,
England, 14 Dec 2009. “Digital dinosaurs: Unlocking the riddles of
the past using advanced 3D imaging.”
•
Ohio University Science Café, 14 Oct 2009. “Fleshing out dinosaur
evolution.”
•
University of Cincinnati, 23 Apr 2009. “Evolving an on-board flight
computer: brains, ears, and the evolution of birds, dinosaurs, and
pterosaurs.”
2008 • Ohio
University Geology Colloquium, 19 Sep 2008. “Digital dinosaurs:
shedding light on dinosaur sensory biology and behavior using
advanced 3D imaging.”
•
University of California, Davis. 30 Apr 2008. “Digital dinosaurs:
shedding light on dinosaur sensory biology and behavior using
advanced 3D imaging.”
•
Dinosaur Lecture Series, Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
Pittsburgh. 12 Apr 2008. “Dinosaurs exposed: unlocking the riddles
of Carnegie’s dinosaurs using advanced medical imaging.”
•
Frontiers in Science Lecture, Florida Atlantic University, Boca
Raton. 27 Mar 2008. “Digital dinosaurs: solving the riddles of
dinosaurs using advanced medical imaging.”
2007
• Ohio University, BMIT/DRI/EBI Joint Retreat. 10 Dec 2007. “OUµCT:
The Ohio University MicroCT scanner as a tool for visualization and
quantitative analysis of small subjects.”
•
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville. 12 Nov 2007.
“Evolving an on-board flight computer: brains, ears, and the
evolution of birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs”
2006
• Explorer Lecture, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 08 Dec 2006.
“Tyrannosaurus Exposed: Getting into the Head of a Killer.”
• Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University,
Bozeman. 16 Nov 2006. “Digital Dinosaurs: Unlocking the Riddles of
Dinosaur Skulls Using Advanced Medical Imaging.”
• Symposium on New Approaches to Paleontological
Investigation at the American Association for the Advancement of
Science Annual Meeting, 17 Feb 2006. “Fleshing Out Dinosaurs:
Implications of Brain, Ear, and Nose Structure.”
2005
• Symposium on the Origin, Systematics, and Paleobiology of the
Tyrannosauridae, Burpee Museum of Natural History and Northern
Illinois University, Rockford, IL. 16 Sep 2005. “New insights into
the brain and ear region of tyrannosaurs, with implications for
sensory organization and behavior.”
•
Evolutionary Morphology Seminar Series, Dept. of Organismal
Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 14 Apr
2005. “Fleshing Out Dinosaurs: Bridging the Present and Past to
Redefine Paleontology.”
2004
•
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Series, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. 16 Nov 2004. “What is Paleontology? Linking the
Present to the Past to Flesh Out Fossils.”
•
Symposium on Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight, San
Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA. 13 Sep 2004. “Dinosaurs
Take Wing: The Search for the Origin of Birds.”
•
Seventh International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL. 01 Aug 2004. “Fleshing
Out Fossils: The Present as the Key to a Very Different Past.”
(plenary keynote address)
•
Neuroscience Seminar Series, Ohio University, Athens, OH. 27
Feb 2004. “Paleoneuroanatomy and the Inference of Neural and
Vestibular Structures in Dinosaurs and Pterodactyls.”
•
Annual Robert T. Dorsey Lecture, Cleveland Museum of Natural
History, Cleveland, OH. 09 Feb 2004. “Dinosaurs Take Wing: The
Origin and Early Radiation of Birds.”
2003
•
President’s Research Showcase, Ohio University, Athens, OH. 15 Nov
2003. “diNOSE: Putting Dinosaur Noses in Their Place.”
•
Sigma-Xi Annual Banquet, Ohio University, Athens, OH. 14 May
2003. “Fleshing Out Dinosaurs: The Present as the Key to a Very
Different Past.”
•
High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility, University of Texas,
Austin, TX. 27 Mar 2003. “Anatomical approaches in the Witmer Lab.”
•
Clara Jones Langston Centennial Lecture, University of Texas,
Austin, TX. 26 Mar 2003. “Fleshing Out Dinosaurs: The Role of Extant
Taxa in Assessing Anatomical Novelty in the Fossil Record.”
Papers Presented at Professional Society Meetings
2018 Schwab,
J. M. T. Young, S. Walsh, L. M. Witmer, Y. Herrera, and S. L.
Brusatte. 2018. Thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs - a major
evolutionary transition from land to water. 16th Annual Meeting of
the Association of European Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Caparica,
Portugal.
Witmer, L. M., W. R. Porter, D. G. Cerio, J. P. Nassif, E. G.
Caggiano, C. A. Griffin, and R. C. Ridgely. 2018. 3D visualization
of vertebrate soft tissues using spiceCT (Selectively Perfusable
Iodine-based Contrast-Enhanced CT) as a rapid alternative to diceCT.
130th Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Anatomists, Experimental Biology Conference, San Diego, CA.
W. R.
Porter, G. J. Tattersall, E. G. Caggiano, and L. M. Witmer.
2018. The relationship of vascular anatomy to thermal physiology:
linking anatomical and imaging studies to in vivo non-invasive
infrared thermography of free-ranging birds. 130th Annual
Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Experimental
Biology Conference, San Diego, CA.
Nassif, J. P., and L. M. Witmer. 2018. Understanding the
consequences of anatomically extreme single-ossicle middle-ear
systems in extinct reptiles. 41st Annual Midwinter
Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, San
Diego, CA.
Witmer, L. M., W. R. Porter, D. G. Cerio, J. P. Nassif, E. G.
Caggiano, C. A. Griffin, and R. C. Ridgely. 2018. spiceCT—Selectively
Perfusable Iodine-based Contrast-Enhanced CT, a rapid alternative to
diceCT for 3D visualization of vertebrate soft tissues. Annual
Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San
Francisco, CA.
Figshare:
doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5785614.v1.
Caggiano, E. G., D. G. Cerio, W. R. Porter, R. C. Ridgely, and L.
M. Witmer. 2018. Avian nasal salt glands: anatomy and its
relevance for inferring the behavior and habitat preferences of
extinct birds. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA.
Early, C. M., H. F. James, and L. M. Witmer. 2018. The
bill-tip organ: probing at tactile sensitivity in birds. Annual
Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San
Francisco, CA.
Cerio,
D. G. and L. M. Witmer. 2018. Visual fields of dinosaurs and
their extant relatives: bony evidence and soft-tissue
reconstruction. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA.
2017 Early, C.
M., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2017. Assessing the
utility of avian brain endocasts as predictors of vision-related
neuroanatomy and potential functional capabilities. Annual
Meeting of the J. B. Johnston Club for Evolutionary Neuroscience,
Washington, DC.
Bourke, J. M., T. A. Gates, Tyler, A. Birthisel, L. M. Witmer,
and L. E. Zanno. 2017. Visualizing potential sound production from
the ornate cranial crests of Parasaurolophus and
Hypacrosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda: Hadrosauridae). 77th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Calgary,
AB. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program
and Abstracts.
Knoll, F., R. C. Ridgely, D. Schwarz, and L. M. Witmer. 2017.
Brain and labyrinth anatomy of the Gondwanan Jurassic sauropod
Dicraeosaurus. 15th Annual Meeting of the Association of
European Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Munich, Germany.
L.
M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, H. F. James, S. L. Olson, and A.N.
Iwaniuk. 2017. The remarkable, recently extinct “mole-duck”
Talpanas lippa (Aves: Anseriformes) from Kauai, Hawaii:
behavioral implications of its neuroanatomy and skull morphology.
129th Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Anatomists, Experimental Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2017. Gross
Anatomical Brain Region Approximation (GABRA): a new landmark-based
approach for estimating brain regions in archosaurs. 129th
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists,
Experimental Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Cost,
I. N., K. M. Middleton, L. M. Witmer, M. S. Echols, and C. M.
Holliday. 2017. Comparative anatomy and biomechanics of the feeding
apparatus of parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes). 129th Annual
Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Experimental
Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Holliday, C. M., C. A. Hill, J. L. Davis, L. M. Witmer, and
K. M. Middleton. 2017. Inside Dinosaurs: A broader impacts program
for research, teaching and public education through dinosaur
biology, physics and evolution. 129th Annual Meeting of
the American Association of Anatomists, Experimental Biology
Conference, Chicago, IL.
Porter, W. R., and L. M. Witmer. 2017. Restoring dinosaur
cephalic vascular anatomy and thermophysiology using osteological
correlates and anastomotic connections. 129th Annual
Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Experimental
Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Caggiano, E. G., D. G. Cerio, W. R. Porter, R. C. Ridgely, and L.
M. Witmer. 2017. The nasal salt gland of extant birds:
anatomical structure and its relevance for inferring the behavior
and habitat preferences of extinct birds. 129th Annual
Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Experimental
Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Early, C. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2017. Inferring
vision-related neuroanatomy and behavior from the brain endocasts of
birds. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, New
Orleans, LA.
2017 L. M.
Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, H. F. James, S. L. Olson, and A.N.
Iwaniuk. 2017. The remarkable, recently extinct “mole-duck”
Talpanas lippa (Aves: Anseriformes) from Kauai, Hawaii:
behavioral implications of its neuroanatomy and skull morphology.
129th Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Anatomists, Experimental Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2017. Gross
Anatomical Brain Region Approximation (GABRA): a new landmark-based
approach for estimating brain regions in archosaurs. 129th
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists,
Experimental Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Porter, W. R., and L. M. Witmer. 2017. Restoring dinosaur
cephalic vascular anatomy and thermophysiology using osteological
correlates and anastomotic connections. 129th Annual
Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Experimental
Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Caggiano, E. G., D. G. Cerio, W. R. Porter, R. C. Ridgely,
and L. M. Witmer. 2017. The nasal salt gland of extant birds:
anatomical structure and its relevance for inferring the behavior
and habitat preferences of extinct birds. 129th Annual
Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, Experimental
Biology Conference, Chicago, IL.
Early, C. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2017. Inferring
vision-related neuroanatomy and behavior from the brain endocasts of
birds. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, New
Orleans, LA.
2016 Holliday,
C. M., C. Hill, J. L. Davis, L. M. Witmer, K. Middleton, K.
2016. Inside Dinosaurs: a broader impacts program for research,
teaching and public education through dinosaur biology, physics and
evolution. 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
155–156.
Nassif, J. P., J. Bourke, D. G. Cerio, D. L.
Dufeau, C. M. Early, A. C. Morhardt, W. R.
Porter, R. C. Ridgely, A. F. Spaw, and L. M. Witmer.
2016. A digital menagerie: building the WitmerLab's Visible
Interactive Anatomy library as an open-access resource for research
and education. 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
195.
Lamanna, M. C., R. D. Martínez, R. D., F. E. Novas, R. C. Ridgely,
G. A. Casal, and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Anatomy, phylogeny, and
paleobiology of Sarmientosaurus musacchioi, a titanosaurian
sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of central Patagonia,
Argentina. 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
171.
Bailleul, A. M., L. M. Witmer, J. R. Horner, and C. M.
Holliday. 2016. New histological data on the cranial joints of
archosaurs: significance for the evolution and functional inferences
of dinosaur cranial kinesis. 76th Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
92.
Tsuihiji, T., M. Watabe, L. M. Witmer, K. Tsogtbaatar, and R.
Barsbold. 2016. New specimen of Mononykus olecranus (Dinosauria:
Theropoda) from Bugin Tsav, western Gobi Desert, Mongolia, with new
information on the vertebral and skull morphology. 76th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake
City, UT. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting
Program and Abstracts: 239.
Bourke, J., L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, W. R. Porter, and L.
E. Zanno. 2016. Airflow simulations in the antorbital sinus of
Acrocanthosaurus. Testing the potential for theropod paranasal
sinuses to function as accessory cooling structures. 76th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake
City, UT. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting
Program and Abstracts: 101–102.
Cost,
I. N., K. C. Sellers, J. L. Davis, K. M. Middleton, L. M. Witmer,
and C. M. Holliday. 2016. Postural changes and kinetic competency in
the palates of birds and other diapsids. 76th Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City,
UT. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program
and Abstracts: 120–121.
Holliday, C. M., W. R. Porter, T. Owerkowicz, K. Vliet, and L. M.
Witmer. 2016. The soft tissues of the dorsotemporal fenestra of
archosaurs and its significance for dinosaur biology. 76th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake
City, UT. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting
Program and Abstracts: 155.
Felice, R. N., A. Cuff, L. M. Witmer, P. M. O'Connor, E. J.
Rayfield, and A. Goswami. 2016. Quantifying modularity and rates of
morphological evolution across Archosauria using phenomic data. 76th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake
City, UT. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting
Program and Abstracts: 134.
Early, C. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Predicting visual
abilities and behaviors in extinct birds based on brain endocasts.
76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts: 128–129.
Caggiano, E. G., D. G. Cerio, W. R. Porter, R. C. Ridgely,
and L. M. Witmer. 2016. The anatomy of the nasal salt gland
of extant birds and its relevance for inferring the behavior and
habitat preferences of extinct birds and other archosaurs. 76th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake
City, UT. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting
Program and Abstracts: 108.
Cerio, D. G., and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Soft tissue
reconstruction and visual fields of dinosaurs and their extant
relatives. 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
113.
Caggiano, E. G., and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Dissecting with
Emily: an online video series to enhance outreach, engagement, and
science communication. Ohio Avian Research Conference, Denison
University, Granville, OH.
Caggiano, E. G., and L. M. Witmer. 2016. The anatomy of
the nasal salt gland of extant birds and its relevance for inferring
the behavior and habitat preferences of extinct birds and other
archosaurs. Ohio Avian Research Conference, Denison University,
Granville, OH.
Caggiano, E. G., and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Musculoskeletal
adaptations for dynamic soaring flight in the Laysan albatross, a
long-winged oceanic bird. Ohio Avian Research Conference, Denison
University, Granville, OH.
Bourke, J. M., W. R. Porter, and L. M. Witmer. 2016.
Complicated noses keep cool heads: the thermoregulatory effects of
nasal passage shape in extant birds and reptiles, with implications
for dinosaurs. Program & Abstracts of the 11th International
Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016.
Anatomical Record, Volume 299, Special Feature: 205–206.
Porter, W. R., and L. M. Witmer. 2016. Vascular anatomy and
thermophysiological strategies in the heads of extinct and extant
dinosaurs. Program & Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record,
Volume 299, Special Feature: 203–204.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgley, and L. M. Witmer. 2016.
Diffusible iodine-based contrast enhancement of large,
post-embryonic, intact vertebrates for CT scanning: staining,
destaining, and long-term storage. Program & Abstracts of the 11th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, D.C.
2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299, Special Feature: 89–90.
Holliday, C., H. P. Tsai, I. N. Cost, K. C. Sellers, S.
Lautenschlager, and L. M. Witmer. 2016. DiceCT and its
applications for understanding the reptile musculoskeletal system.
Program & Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299,
Special Feature: 266.
Nassif, J. P., R. C. Ridgley, and L. M. Witmer. 2016.
Virtual reconstruction of the skull of a large parrot (Aves:
Psittaciformes: Ara macao), highlighting the anatomy of the
brain endocast, inner ear, rhamphotheca, and kinetic apparatus.
Program & Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299,
Special Feature: 259.
Holliday, C. M., A. Bailleul, I. N. Cost, K. C. Sellers, L. M.
Witmer, and M. K. Vickaryous. 2016. The significance of novel
palatal joints in the adaptive radiations of archosaurs. Program &
Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299,
Special Feature: 209.
Cost,
I. N., A. Spates, K. C. Sellers, J. L. Davis, K. M. Middleton, L.
M. Witmer, and C. M. Holliday. Relative kinetic competency in
the palatal complexes of birds and other diapsids. Program &
Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299,
Special Feature: 208–209.
Cerio, D. G., and L. M. Witmer. 2016. The visual
apparatus of archosaurs: correlates of orbital anatomy, eye size,
and behavior. Program & Abstracts of the 11th International Congress
of Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical
Record, Volume 299, Special Feature: 232–233.
Degrange, F. J., C. P. Tambussi, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer.
2016. Neuroanatomy of the extinct terror birds (Aves: Phorusrhacidae):
implications for a predatory mode of life. Program & Abstracts of
the 11th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology,
Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299, Special
Feature: 224.
Early, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, W. R. Porter, D. G. Cerio,
and L. M. Witmer. 2016. The skull and endocranial anatomy of
the extinct giant moa Dinornis robustus (Aves: Palaeognathae)
and implications for the behavioral role of vision in moa. Program &
Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299,
Special Feature: 223–224.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgley, and L. M. Witmer. 2016.
Gross Anatomical Brain Region Approximation (GABRA): a new
landmark-based approach for estimating brain regions in archosaurs.
Program & Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299,
Special Feature: 223.
Bailleul, A. M., J. R. Horner, L. M. Witmer, and C. M.
Holliday. 2016. Functional cranial joint histology in reptiles and
birds and its significance for avian cranial kinesis. Program &
Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Washington, D.C. 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299,
Special Feature: 72.
2015 Holliday,
C., K. C. Sellers, H. P. Tsai, M. K. Vickaryous, C. F. Ross, L.
Porro, J. Davis, and L. M. Witmer. PMJs and TMJs: convergence
in the craniomandibular joints of crocodyliforms and mammals. 75th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas,
TX. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program
and Abstracts: 145.
Tsuihiji, T., M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, and L. M. Witmer.
2015. A new specimen of Shartegosuchus (Archosauria:
Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Jurassic in Shar Teg, western Gobi
Desert, Mongolia. 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts: 227.
Early, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2015. Neuroanatomy, endocasts,
and the evolution of brains and behavior in birds. 75th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas,
TX. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program
and Abstracts: 119.
Knoll, F., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2015. Comparative
paleoneurology of the basal dicraeosaurid sauropod Suuwassea
emilieae. 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts: 156.
Cost,
I. N., A. Spates, K. C. Sellers, J. L. Davis, K. M. Middleton, L.
M. Witmer, and C. M. Holliday. 2015. Biomechanics of the avian
feeding apparatus. 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts: 110.
Cerio,
D. G., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2015. The eyes have it:
bounding estimates of eye size in dinosaurs with soft-tissue
reconstruction and the extant phylogenetic bracket approach. 75th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas,
TX. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program
and Abstracts: 104.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgley, and L. M. Witmer. 2015.
Iodine-based CT Contrast-Enhancement of Vertebrates: best practices
for staining, de-staining, and long-term storage of large,
post-embryonic, intact specimens. The Austin Working Group:
advancing contrast-enhanced CT imaging in the Biological Sciences.
The University of Texas at Austin & The High-Resolution X-Ray CT
Facility. Austin, Texas.
Porter, W. R. and L. M. Witmer. 2015. Evidence for blood
vessels and physiological heat exchange in the heads of dinosaurs.
127th Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Anatomists, Experimental Biology Conference, Boston, MA.
Holliday, C. M., K. C. Sellers, L. B. Porro, C. F. Ross, L. M.
Witmer, and M. K. Vickaryous. 2015. PMJs and TMJs: Convergence
in the craniomandibular joints of crocodilians and mammals. 127th
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists,
Experimental Biology Conference, Boston, MA.
Bourke, J. M., W. R. Porter, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer.
2015. Using airflow patterns to aid inferences of nasal soft-tissue
reconstructions in dinosaurs. 127th Annual Meeting of the
American Association of Anatomists, Experimental Biology Conference,
Boston, MA.
Holliday, C. M., K. C. Sellers, M. K. Vickaryous, C. F. Ross, L. B.
Porro, L. M. Witmer, and J. L. Davis. 2015. The functional
and evolutionary significance of the crocodyliform pterygomandibular
joint. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, West
Palm Beach, FL.
2014
Bourke, J., W. R. Porter, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer.
2014. Airflow reconstruction and heat-transfer potential in the
elongate nasal passages of the ankylosaurs Panoplosaurus mirus
and Euoplocephalus tutus. 4th Annual Meeting of
the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin, Germany. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
95.
Morhardt, A. M., G. Hurlburt, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer.
2014. EQ in the 21st century: A reassessment of non-avian
dinosaur encephalization quotient calculations and implications for
modern paleoneurology. 74th Annual Meeting of the Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin, Germany. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
191.
Knoll, F., R. C. Ridgely, D. Schwarz, and L. M. Witmer. 2014.
The brain and inner ear of the sauropod dinosaurs from Tendaguru
(Tanzania) in the context of sauropod evolution: a unique glimpse
into the sensory world of Gondwanan Jurassic giants. 74th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin,
Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting
Program and Abstracts: 160.
Early, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2014. New
findings on the brain and skull structure of the recently extinct
flightless giant moa (Aves: Dinornis), with implications for
its behavior. 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin, Germany. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts: 123.
Holliday, C. M., K. Sellers, J. Davis, K. Middleton, and L. M.
Witmer. 2014. Modeling cranial biomechanics in archosaurs using
3D computational methods. 74th Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin, Germany. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
149.
Snively, E., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2014.
Energetics inferences of neck muscle size and head accelerations of
large theropod dinosaurs. 74th Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin, Germany. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting Program and Abstracts:
232.
Cerio, D. G., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2014. Peering
into the past: Soft-tissue reconstruction, 3D modeling, and the
visual apparatus of the extant relatives of dinosaurs. 74th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Berlin,
Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Meeting
Program and Abstracts: 105.
Heiner, E., and L. M. Witmer. 2014. Anatomical diversity of
the avian feeding system: preliminary analysis of the hyolingual
apparatus. 126th Annual Meeting of the American
Association of Anatomists, Experimental Biology Conference, San
Diego, CA.
Spaw,
A. J., and L. M. Witmer. 2014. Fetal developmental anatomy of
the human cardiovascular and central nervous systems using Lugol’s
iodine staining and micro- computed tomography. 126th
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists,
Experimental Biology Conference, San Diego, CA.
Holliday, C. M., K. C. Sellers, J. L. Davis, J. C. Tea, C.
Miller-Phillips, and L. M. Witmer. 2014. Modeling cranial
biomechanics in archosaurs using 3D computational methods. 126th
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists,
Experimental Biology Conference, San Diego, CA.
Holliday, C. M., J. C. Tea, K. C. Sellers, L. M. Witmer, and
J. L. Davis. 2014. Estimating bite force in fossil vertebrates using
3D computational methods.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Austin, TX.
2013 Morhardt,
A. C., R. C. Ridgely, D. Varricchio, and L. M. Witmer. 2013.
New studies of braincase anatomy, brain size, and brain structure in
the Late Cretaceous theropod Troodon formosus (Dinosauria:
Saurischia) based on CT scanning and 3D visualization. 73rd
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Los
Angeles, CA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Supplement—Program and Abstracts: 180.
Knoll, F., L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, F. Ortega, and J. L.
Sanz, J. 2013. A new titanosaurian sauropod neurocranium from the
Late Cretaceous of Spain. 73rd Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Los Angeles, CA. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement—Program and Abstracts: 155.
Porter, W. R. and L. M. Witmer. 2013. Evidence for sites of
physiological heat exchange in the heads of dinosaurs. 73rd
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Los
Angeles, CA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Supplement—Program and Abstracts: 193.
Witmer, L. M., R. C. Ridgely, E. D. Snively, C. M. Holliday,
W. R. Porter, J. Bourke, A. C. Morhardt. 2013. Analytical and
modeling approaches for the digital restoration of dinosaur head
functional anatomy within the Visible Interactive Dinosaur project.
Program & Abstracts of the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Barcelona 2013. Anatomical Record, Volume 296,
Special Feature: 292.
Porter, W. R., and L. M. Witmer. 2013. Dinosaur cephalic
vascular anatomy and its physiological implications. Program &
Abstracts of the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Barcelona 2013. Anatomical Record, Volume 296,
Special Feature: 236.
Snively, E. D., Y. Kumbhar, J. Cotton, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M.
Witmer. 2013. Multibody dynamics of feeding in the
theropod dinosaur Allosaurus and domestic pigs:
paleontological simulation and extant validation. Program &
Abstracts of the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Barcelona 2013. Anatomical Record, Volume 296,
Special Feature: 204.
Bourke, J., R. C. Ridgely, W. R. Porter, T. Lyson, E. Schachner, P.
Bell, and L. M. Witmer. 2013. Breathing life into dinosaurs:
tackling challenges of soft-tissue reconstruction and nasal airflow
in extinct species. Program & Abstracts of the 10th International
Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Barcelona 2013. Anatomical
Record, Volume 296, Special Feature: 160.
Witmer, L. M. 2013. The Visible Interactive Dinosaur project:
fleshing out dinosaur head anatomy and function with advanced 3D
imaging.125th Anniversary Meeting of the American
Association of Anatomists, Boston, MA.
Spaw,
A. J., and L. M. Witmer. 2013. Novel anatomical analysis of
human embryos using iodine staining and micro-computed tomography
(CT Scanning). 125th Anniversary Meeting of the American
Association of Anatomists, Boston, MA.
2012
Witmer, L. M. 2012. Fleshing out the past…in 3D! Integrating
science, technology and outreach with the Visible Interactive
Dinosaur Project. 72st Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh, NC. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 4.
Snively, E., J. R. Cotton, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer.
2012. Feeding motions in Allosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda):
multibody dynamics of the cervicocephalic apparatus suggests rapid
lateral strikes but sagittal prey dismemberment. 72st
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh,
NC. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts:
9.
Lautenschlager, S., E. J. Rayfield, L. M. Witmer, and
Perle A. 2012. A biomechanical model of Erlikosaurus andrewsi
(Dinosauria: Therizinosauria) with implications for cranial function
and dietary preferences. 72st Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh, NC. Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 9.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2012.
From endocast to brain: assessing brain size and structure in
extinct archosaurs using Gross Anatomical Brain Region
Aapproximation (GABRA). 72st Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh, NC. Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 11.
Porter, W. P. and L. M. Witmer. 2012. Dinosaur cephalic
vascular anatomy and its physiological implications: evidence from
the fossils. 72st Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh, NC. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 11.
Dufeau, D. L., A. C. Morhardt, and L. M. Witmer.
2012. Ontogenetic change in the cranial endocast and endosseous
labyrinth of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis):
implications for the interpretation of extinct archosaurs. 72st
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh,
NC. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts:
16.
Bourke, J. M., W. P. Porter, and L. M. Witmer.
2012. Dorsal or rostral nostrils? Testing fleshy nostril position
and airflow in sauropods using computational fluid dynamics. 72st
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh,
NC. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts:
20.
Romick, C. and L. M. Witmer. 2012. Ontogeny of the brain
endocasts of ostriches (Aves: Struthio camelus), with
implications for interpreting extinct dinosaur endocasts. 72st
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh,
NC. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts:
26.
Knoll, F., L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, F. Ortega, and J. L.
Sanz. 2012. 3D reconstructions of the brain endocast and inner ear
of a titanosaur (Sauropoda: Titanosauria) from the Late Cretaceous
of Spain. 72st Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh, NC. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 34.
Wroe,
S., U. Chamoli, W. Parr, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer.
2012. 3D biomechanical modelling of marsupial and placental
sabre-tooths: a different kind of bite for an extreme pouched
predator. 72st Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh, NC. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 38.
Porter, W. P., and L. M. Witmer. 2012. Vascular patterns
in iguanas: blood vessels and cephalic sites of thermal exchange.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Charleston, South Carolina.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2012.
Gross Anatomical Brain Region Approximation (GABRA): a new technique
for assessing brain size and structure in extinct archosaurs.
Annual Meeting of the Society of
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Charleston, South Carolina.
Bourke, J. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2012. Baffling bird noses:
Modeling the effects of turbinate structure on airflow dynamics in
ostriches and turkeys. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative
and Comparative Biology, Charleston, South Carolina.
2011
Zelenitsky, D. K., F. Therrien, R. C. Ridgely, A. R. McGee, and
L. M. Witmer. 2011. Importance of olfaction during theropod
evolution. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Las Vegas, NV. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 219.
Sues, H.-D., L. M. Witmer, and A. Averianov. 2011.
Titanosauria (Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian)
Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas, NV. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 201.
Porter, W. P., and L. M. Witmer. 2011. Vascular anatomy and
its physiological implications in extant and extinct dinosaurs and
other diapsids. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Las Vegas, NV. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 176.
Porro, L., P. M. Barrett, and L. M. Witmer. 2011. A 3D skull
of Lesothosaurus diagnosticus: digital preparation,
reconstruction and feeding mechanics. 71st Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas, NV. Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 176.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2011. New
studies of brain and inner ear structure in Stegosaurus (Dinosauria:
Ornithischia) based on CT scanning and 3D visualization. 71st Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas, NV.
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 162.
Lautenschlager, S., E. J. Rayfield, L. M. Witmer, and Perle
A. 2011. The endocranial anatomy of the Mongolian therizinosauroid
dinosaur Erlikosaurus andrewsi as revealed by 3D
visualization. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Las Vegas, NV. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 141.
Knoll, F., L. M. Witmer, F. Ortega, R. C. Ridgely, and D.
Schwarz-Wings. 2011. The braincase of the basal sauropod dinosaur
Spinophorosaurus and a CT-based analysis of the brain and otic
regions. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Las Vegas, NV. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 137–138.
Bourke, J. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2011. Computer modeling of
nasal airflow in two extant avian dinosaurs (turkey and ostrich),
with implications for modeling airflow in extinct theropods. 71st
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas,
NV. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology—Program and Abstracts: 75.
Evans, D. C., P. J. Currie, L. M. Witmer, and J. R. Horner.
2011. A new low-crested lambeosaurine hadrosaurid from the Dinosaur
Park Formation of Sandy Point, eastern Alberta. 2011 International
Hadrosaur Symposium, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology,
Drumheller, Alberta.
Barrett, P. M., G. W. Storrs, M. T. Young, and L. M. Witmer.
2011. A new skull of Apatosaurus and its taxonomic and
palaeobiological implications. Annual Symposium of Vertebrate
Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Lyme Regis, UK.
Snively, E., J. R. Cotton, L. M. Witmer, and R. C. Ridgley.
2011. Finite element comparison of cranial sinus function in the
dinosaur Majungasaurus and head-clubbing giraffes.
Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference,
Farmington, Pennsylvania.
Morhardt, A. C., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2011. A
brain the size of a walnut: new studies of brain and inner ear
structure in Stegosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) based on
CT scanning and 3D visualization. Geological Society of America
Northeastern and North-Central Joint Meeting, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Bourke, J. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2011. Breathing life back
into dinosaurs: computer modeling of nasal airflow in dinosaurs and
their extant relatives. Geological Society of America Northeastern
and North-Central Joint Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Porter, W. P., and L. M. Witmer. 2011. Vascular anatomy and
physiological implications in extant and extinct theropod dinosaurs.
Geological Society of America Northeastern and North-Central Joint
Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bourke, J. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2011. The nose knows:
modeling airflow in alligators and dinosaurs.
Annual Meeting of the Society of
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Porter, W. P., and L. M. Witmer. 2011. Vascular patterns in
galliform birds: regions of thermal exchange.
Annual Meeting of the Society of
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2010 Martiny,
A. R., R. C. Ridgely, D. L. Dufeau, W. R. Porter, J. M. Bourke, A.
C. Morhardt, E. D. Snively, and L. M. Witmer. 2010. Promoting
a culture of outreach within an active university research lab
setting: WitmerLab at Ohio University. 70th Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh, PA.
Witmer, L. M., R. C. Ridgely, H. F. James, S. L. Olson, and A.
N. Iwaniuk. 2010. Neuroanatomy, skull morphology and their
behavioral implications for the remarkable, recently extinct
“platypus-duck” Talpanas lippa (Aves: Anseriformes) from
Kauai, Hawaii. 70th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh, PA. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology —Program and Abstracts: 188A.
Snively, E. D., L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, S. Wroe, and M.
Ryan. 2010. Impact and scythe-like jaw function in large cretaceous
theropods: Majungasaurus, Tyrannosaurus and
Giganotosaurus compared. 70th Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh, PA. Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology —Program and Abstracts: 168A.
Ridgley, R. C., L. M. Witmer, H. F. James, S. L. Olson, and
A. N. Iwaniuk. 2010. Whatever fits the bill: novel digital
techniques for reconstructing skull and eyeball anatomy in the
unusual extinct Hawaiian duck, Talpanas lippa. 70th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Pittsburgh, PA. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
—Program and Abstracts: 150A.
Porter, W. P., and L. M. Witmer. 2010. Vasculature and
dinosaur physiology: vascular patterns in extant diapsids. 70th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Pittsburgh, PA. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
—Program and Abstracts: 147A.
Dufeau, D. L., and L. M. Witmer. 2010. Opportunism, acoustics
and mass: exaptation and patterns of middle-ear expansion in
Archosauria. 70th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh, PA. Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology —Program and Abstracts: 83A.
Bourke, J. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2010. The nose knows: the
effects of nasal cavity anatomy on airflow in alligators. 70th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Pittsburgh, PA. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
—Program and Abstracts: 63A.
Witmer, L. M., R. C. Ridgely, E. D. Snively, C. M. Holliday, T.
L. Hieronymus, D. L. Dufeau, W. P. Porter, J. M. Bourke, and A. R.
Martiny. 2010. Toward the Visible Dinosaur: integrating anatomical
systems to test inferences of function, physiology and behavior. 9th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Punta del Este,
Uruguay.
Dufeau, D. L., and L. M. Witmer. 2010. Anatomical boundaries
of the middle-ear space of archosaurs—phylogenetic patterns and
implications for auditory function. 9th International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Holliday, C. M., and L. M. Witmer. 2010. The epipterygoid of
crocodyliforms and its significance for the evolution of the
orbitotemporal region of eusuchians. 9th International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
James, H. F., A. N. Iwaniuk, L. M. Witmer, M. D. Spitzer, R.
C. Ridgley, and S. L. Olson. 2010. Talpanas lippa, a new
fossil genus of waterfowl from Kauai with neurological similarities
to platypus and kiwi. 9th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
James, H. F., A. N. Iwaniuk, L. M. Witmer, M. D. Spitzer, R.
C. Ridgley, and S. L. Olson. 2010. Comparative osteology of
Talpanas lippa, a new fossil species of waterfowl from Kaua`i
with neurological similarities to platypus and kiwi. Joint Meeting
of Cooper Ornithological Society, American Ornithologists’ Union,
and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, San Diego, CA.
Porter, W. P., and L. M. Witmer. 2010. Vasculature and
dinosaur physiology: patterns in the extant realm.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Seattle, WA.
Dufeau, D. L., and L. M. Witmer. 2010. Acoustic resonance of
the middle ear in Alligator—implications for behavioral
correlations.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Seattle, WA.
2009
Witmer, L. M. 2009. Digital dinosaurs: Unlocking the riddles of
the past using advanced 3D imaging. Annual Address at the Annual
Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, University of
Birmingham, UK.
Young, M., E. Rayfield, C. M. Holliday, P. Barrett, and L. M.
Witmer. 2009. Testing hypotheses of feeding behavior in
Diplodocus longus using the finite-element method. 69th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Bristol,
UK. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(Supplement to
3):205A.
Dufeau, D., and L. M. Witmer. 2009. Anatomical
boundaries of the middle-ear space of archosaurs. Phylogenetic
patterns and implications for auditory function. 69th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Bristol,
UK. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(Supplement to
3):90A.
Daniel, J., and L. M. Witmer. 2009. Interpretations of
sediment patterns in fossils based on an actualistic, taphonomic
study of ostrich heads during and post-burial. 69th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Bristol,
UK. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(Supplement to
3):85A.
Hieronymus, T. L., and L. M. Witmer. 2009. Evolution of avian
compound rhamphothecae: homology of simple and compound horny beaks
in birds.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Boston, MA.
2008
Witmer, L. M., and R. C. Ridgely. 2008. Air spaces within the
heads of dinosaurs and their contribution to cephalic structure. 68th
Annual Meeting of the Society of VertebratePaleontology, Cleveland,
OH. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(Supplement to
3):161A.
Daniel, J. C., and L. M. Witmer. 2008. What can sediment
patterns tell us about soft tissue?: an actualistic taphonomic study
of ostrich heads during and pos-burial. 68th Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland, OH.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(Supplement to 3):69A.
Evans, D., L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, and J. R. Horner.
2008. Endocranial anatomy of lambeosaurine dinosaurs: implications
for cranial crest function and evolution. 68th Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland, OH.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(Supplement to 3):75A.
Dufeau, D. L., and L. M. Witmer. 2008. Morphological patterns
and phylogenetic trends in theropod braincase pneumaticity. 68th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland,
OH. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(Supplement to
3):73A.
Tsuihiji, T., L. M. Witmer, M. Watabe, R. Barsbold, and K.
Tsogtbaatar. 2008. New information on the cranial anatomy of
Avimimus portentosus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) including virtual
endocasts of the brain and inner ear. 68th Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland, OH. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(Supplement to 3):153A.
Ridgely, R. C., and L. M. Witmer. 2008. Gross Anatomical
Brain Region Approximation (GABRA): a new technique for assessing
brain structure in dinosaurs and other fossil archosaurs. 68th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland,
OH. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(Supplement to
3):131A.
Walsh, S. A, A. C. Milner, P. M. Barrett, G. Manley, and L. M.
Witmer. 2008. Can hearing and vocalization capacities be
estimated from cochlear duct endocasts? 68th Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland, OH.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(Supplement to 3):157A.
Smith, D., D. L. Dufeau, R. K. Sanders, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M.
Witmer. 2008. The cranial endocast of Eutretauranosuchus
delfsi (Crocodyliformes, Goniopholididae) and its relationship
to other cephalic spaces. 68th Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland, OH. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 28(Supplement to 3):144A.
Degrange, F., K. Moreno, S. Wroe, C. Tambussi, and L. M. Witmer.
2008. A computational biomechanical approach to the reconstruction
of predatory behavior in the terror bird Andalgalornis steulleti.
68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Cleveland, OH. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
28(Supplement to 3):71A.
Hieronymus, T.
L., and L. M. Witmer. 2008. The facial skin of
Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Abelisauridae: Saurischia):
pronounced dermal metaplasia as the cause of rugosity in abelisaurid
skulls. 68th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Cleveland, OH. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
28(Supplement to 3):90A.
Iwaniuk, A. N, H.
F. James, S. L. Olson, D. R. W. Wylie, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M.
Witmer. 2008. Evidence of extreme somatosensory specialization
in an extinct duck. Program No. 79.13. 2008 Neuroscience Meeting
Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2008.
Degrange, F. J., C. P. Tambussi, K. Moreno, S. Wroe, and L. M.
Witmer. 2008. Andalgalornis steulleti (Aves,
Phorusrhacidae): respuesta biomecánica del cráneo ante acción de
fuerzas extrínsecas. III Latin American Congress of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Neuquén, Argentina.
2007 Young, M. T., E. J. Rayfield, P. M. Barrett, P. Upchurch, and
L. M. Witmer. 2007. Elucidating the feeding mechanics of
Diplodocus longus using the Finite-element method. 51st
Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Uppsala, Sweden.
Palaeontological Association Newsletter 66:101.
Daniel, J. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. The role of soft tissues
in sediment infilling and patterning: an actualistic study with
ostrich heads. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 27(Supplement to 3):65A.
Dufeau, D. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Ontogeny and phylogeny
of the tympanic pneumatic system of crocodyliform archosaurs. 67th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin,
TX. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(Supplement to
3):70A.
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Skinning dinosaurs:
bony correlates and patterns of cephalic skin evolution in
Archosauria. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 27(Supplement to 3):89A.
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. The epipterygoid of
crocodyliforms and its significance in the evolution of the
orbitotemporal region of eusuchians. 67th Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 27(Supplement to 3):90A.
Tsuihiji, T., M. Watabe, L. M. Witmer, T. Tsubamoto, K.
Tsogtbaatar. 2007. A juvenile skeleton of Tarbosaurus with a
nearly complete skull and its implications for ontogenetic change in
tyrannosaurids. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 27(Supplement to 3):160A.
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Cranial kinesis
in dinosaurs: significance for functional inferences and evolution.
8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology,
Paris, France.
Journal of Morphology 268(12):1085–1086.
L. M. Witmer and R. C. Ridgely. 2007. Evolving an
on-board flight computer: brains, ears, and exaptation in the
evolution of birds and other theropod dinosaurs. 8th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France.
Journal of
Morphology 268(12):1150.
Dufeau, D. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Ontogeny and
phylogeny of the tympanic pneumatic system of crocodyliform
archosaurs. 8th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Paris, France.
Ridgely, R. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Gross anatomical
brain region approximation (GABRA): a new technique for assessing
brain structure in dinosaurs and other fossil archosaurs. 8th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France.
Journal of Morphology 268(12):1124.
Tickhill, J. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. The Virtual Pig
head: digital imaging of cephalic anatomy. 8th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France.
Journal of Morphology 268(12):1141.
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Turtle beaks,
bird beaks, croc beaks? Parallel evolution of rhamphothecae in
Sauropsida. 8th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Paris, France.
Journal of Morphology 268(12):1083–1084.
Tickhill, J. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. The Virtual Pig
head: digital imaging of cephalic anatomy. Annual Meeting of the
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, AZ.
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. How dinosaurs
build beaks: homology between avian rhamphotheca and diapsid facial
scales. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Phoenix, AZ.
Tsuihiji, T. and L. M. Witmer. 2007.
Reconstruction and possible evolutionary changes of muscle and
ligament attachments in the occipital region and atlas-axis complex
in non-avian theropod dinosaurs. Annual Meeting of the Society of
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, AZ.
2006 Dufeau, D. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Tympanic pneumaticity in Archosauria: Recognizing patterns of
organization and homology.
66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Ottawa, ON. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
26(Suppl. to 3).
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Horn morphology of Pachyrhinosaurus and horn evolution in
centrosaurine dinosaurs.
66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Ottawa, ON. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
26(Suppl. to 3).
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Critical appraisal of cranial kinesis in dinosaurs. 66th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa,
ON. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(Suppl. to 3).
Ridgely, R. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2006. Dead on
arrival: optimizing CT data acquisition of fossils using modern
hospital CT scanners. 66th Annual Meeting of the Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa, ON. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 26(Suppl. to 3).
Ridgely, R. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Braincase morphology in tyrannosaurs using computed tomography and
3D visualization, with special reference to the cerebral endocast
and ear region.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Orlando, FL. Journal of Integrative and Comparative
Biology 45(6):1183.
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Evolutionary morphology of the orbitotemporal region in Archosauria.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Orlando, FL. Integrative and Comparative
Biology 45(6):1014.
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
From armor to anchor: Character evolution of the skin and horns of
rhinos.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Orlando, FL. Integrative and Comparative
Biology 45(6):1012.
Dufeau, D. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Tympanic pneumaticity in theropod dinosaurs: Recognizing patterns of
organization and homology.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Orlando, FL. Integrative and Comparative
Biology 45(6):1126.
2005 Rommel,
S. A., A. Costidis, L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, and
K. Matassa. 2005. Comparative morphology of the epidural circulation
in harbor seals, bottlenose dolphins, and Florida manatees. Society
for Marine Mammalogy’s 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of
Marine Mammals, San Diego, CA.
Chapla, M. E., D. P. Nowacek, S. A. Rommel, V. Sadler,
and L. M. Witmer. 2005. Three-dimensional reconstructions of
a Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) head and
isolated ear bone: the search for sound pathways. Society for Marine
Mammalogy’s 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals, San Diego, CA.
Witmer, L. M. and R. C. Ridgely. 2005.
Tyrannosaur brain and ear structure: ontogeny and implications for
sensory function and behavior. 65th Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, AZ. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 25(Suppl. to 3):10A.
Daniel, J. and L. M. Witmer. 2005. Heads and
skulls as sediment sorters: an actualistic, CT-based study in
taphonomy. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, AZ. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 25(Suppl. to 3):13A.
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2005.
Revised horn reconstructions for extinct rhinocerotid taxa:
separating the contributions of dermis and epidermis to horn
rugosities. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, AZ. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 25(Suppl. to 3):29A.
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2005.
Anatomical domains within sauropsid heads and their significance for
functional interpretation of extinct taxa. Integrative
and Comparative Biology 44:570.
2004
L. M. Witmer, R. C.
Ridgely, and S. D. Sampson. 2004.The ear region, cerebral
endocast, and cephalic sinuses of the abelisaurid theropod dinosaur
Majungatholus. 64th Annual Meeting of the Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, CO. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 24(Suppl. to 3):131A.
Ridgely, R. C. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. New applications of CT scanning and 3D
modeling for dinosaur visualization. 64th Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, CO. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 24(Suppl. to 3):103A–104A.
Holliday, C. M. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Anatomical domains within the heads of
archosaurs and their relevance for functional interpretation. 64th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver,
CO. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(Suppl. to 3):71A.
Hieronymus, T. L. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Cranial rugosity and dinosaur “horns:”
rhino and giraffe as model systems for skin reconstruction in fossil
taxa. 64th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Denver, CO. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
24(Suppl. to 3):70A.
L. M. Witmer.
2004. Invited Plenary Lecture—Fleshing out fossils: the present as
the key to a very different past. 7th International
Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL. Journal of
Morphology 260(3):340.
Ridgely, R. C. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Beyond imaging: Using 3D-datasets in
comparative morphology . 7th International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL. Journal of Morphology
260(3):321–322.
Clifford, A. B. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Rules of construction in proboscis
building in mammals. 7th International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL. Journal of Morphology
260(3):283.
Hieronymus, T. L. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Rhinoceros horn attachment: anatomy and
histology of a dermally influenced bone rugosity. 7th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL.
Journal of Morphology 260(3):298.
Witmer, L. M.,
S. Chatterjee, J. Franzosa, T. Rowe, and R. C. Ridgely. 2004.
Neuroanatomy and
vestibular apparatus of pterosaurs: Implications for flight,
posture, and behavior. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, New
Orleans, LA. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43(6):832.
Hieronymus, T. L. and
L. M. Witmer. 2003.
Dermal enthesis:
anatomy and histology of rhinoceros horn attachment.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, New Orleans, LA. Integrative and Comparative Biology
43(6):874.
2003
Witmer, L. M. 2003. Narial anatomy of ankylosaurian dinosaurs:
osteology and soft-tissue reconstruction. 63rd Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, St. Paul, MN.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(Suppl. to 3):111A–112A.
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2003. Rhinoceros horn
attachment: anatomy and histology. 63rd Annual Meeting of
the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, St. Paul, MN. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 23(Suppl. to 3):61A.
Clifford, A. B., and Witmer, L. M. 2003. Nasal structures in
moose (Cervidae: Alces).
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Toronto, Ontario. Integrative and Comparative Biology
42(6):1209.
Holliday,
C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2003. Archosaur jaw muscle homology
and evolution: extant data. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Toronto, Ontario. Integrative and Comparative Biology
42(6):1244–1245.
2002
Witmer, L. M., S. Chatterjee, T. Rowe, and J. Franzosa.
2002. Anatomy of the brain and vestibular apparatus in two
pterosaurs: implications for flight, head posture, and behavior.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Norman,
Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(Suppl. to
3):120A–121A.
Bimber, O., S. M. Gatesy, and L. M. Witmer. 2002.
Augmented paleontology: merging fossil specimens with computer
generated information for analysis and education. Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 22(Suppl. to 3):36A.
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2002. Functional
anatomy of archosaurian jaw musculature: preliminary findings.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(Suppl. to 3):66A.
Clifford, A. B. and L. M. Witmer. 2002. Not all noses are
hoses: an appraisal of proboscis evolution in mammals. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 22(Suppl. to 3):45.
Clifford, A. B., and Witmer, L. M. Proboscis
evolution in Mammalia: preliminary studies. Annual Meeting of the
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Anaheim, California.
American Zoologist 41(6).
Holliday, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, J. C. Sedlmayr, and Witmer,
L. M. The articular cartilage of extant archosaur limb
bones: implications for dinosaur functional morphology and
allometry. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and
Comparative Biology, Anaheim, California. American
Zoologist 41(6).
2001
Witmer, L. M. The position of the fleshy nostril in
dinosaurs and other vertebrates and its significance for nasal
function. 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Bozeman, Montana, October. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (3:Suppl.).
Holliday, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, J. C. Sedlmayr, and Witmer, L.
M. The articular cartilage of extant archosaur limb bones:
implications for dinosaur functional morphology and allometry. 61st
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Bozeman,
Montana, October. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21
(3:Suppl.).
Hill, R. V., L. M. Witmer, and M. A. Norell. A
new juvenile specimen of Pinacosaurus grangeri: ontogeny and
phylogeny of ankylosaurs. 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Bozeman, Montana, October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (3:Suppl.).
Witmer, L. M.
Reconstructing the evolutionary
history of the nasal apparatus of Sauropsida, with special reference
to Archosauria.
Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Jena, Germany.
Journal
of Morphology
248(3):301.
‡Sedlmayr, J. C., and L. M
Witmer.
Homology and evolution of cephalic vasculature in Archosauria.
Sixth
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Jena, Germany.
Journal of Morphology
248(3):282.
Holliday, C. M., J. C. Sedlmayr, R. C. Ridgely, and L. M Witmer.
The
articular cartilage of extant archosaur long bones: implications for
dinosaur functional morphology and allometry.
Sixth International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Jena, Germany.
Journal of Morphology
248(3):241–242.
Rehorek,
S. J., A. H. Savitsky, and L. M. Witmer. Vasculature of the
lepidosaur nasal cavity. Do iguanas have a bloddy nose?. 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyology and
Herpetology, State College, Pennsylvania, July.
Clifford, A. B., and L. M. Witmer.
The narial anatomy of hooded seals (Cystophora cristata)
with respect to other Carnivora.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Chicago, Illinois, January. American
Zoologist 40(6):976.
Sedlmayr, J. C, and L. M. Witmer.
The avian suborbital air sac and its potential role in brain
cooling in birds and other dinosaurs.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Chicago, Illinois, January. American
Zoologist 40(6):1206.
2000
Witmer, L. M. Narial anatomy of extant amniotes and its
significance for the interpretation of narial novelty in dinosaurs.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Atlanta, Georgia. American
Zoologist 39(5):98A–99A.
Sedlmayr, J. C, and L. M. Witmer.
Cephalic vasculature in Archosauria, with special emphasis on the
nasal region. Annual Meeting
of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Atlanta, Georgia. American
Zoologist 39(5):16A.
1999
Witmer, L. M., and S. D. Sampson.
Nasal conchae and blood supply in some dinosaurs: physiological
implications. 59th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Denver, Colorado, October. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 19(3:Suppl.):85A.
Sampson, S. D., and L. M. Witmer.
Novel narial anatomy in ceratopsid dinosaurs. 59th Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, Colorado, October.
Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 19(3:Suppl.):72A-73A.
Sedlmayr, J. C., and L. M. Witmer.
Cephalic vasculature in extant and fossil Archosauria, with special
emphasis on the nasal region. 59th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, Colorado, October.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3:Suppl.)74A.
Rehorek,
S. J., A. H. Savitsky, L. M. Witmer, and S. D. Sampson. Cephalic
vasculature of the green iguana (Iguana
iguana) and tokay gecko (Gecko
gekko). 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyology and
Herpetology, State College, Pennsylvania, June.
1998
Witmer, L. M. Aspects of comparative cross-sectional anatomy of dinosaur
skulls. 58th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Snowbird, Utah, October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3:Suppl.):87A.
Witmer, L. M. Application
of the extant phylogenetic bracket (EPB) approach to the problem of
anatomical novelty in the fossil record. 58th Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Snowbird, Utah, October.
Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 18(3:Suppl.):87A.
Papp, M. J., and L. M. Witmer. Cheeks, beaks, or freaks: a
critical appraisal of buccal soft-tissue anatomy in ornithischian
dinosaurs. 58th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Snowbird, Utah, October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3:Suppl.):69A.
Sedlmayr, J. C., and L. M. Witmer.
Facial vasculature in extant Crocodylia with special reference to
narial cavernous tissue. 58th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Snowbird, Utah, October.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3:Suppl.):76A.
Sampson, S. D., Witmer, L. M., Forster, C. A., and Krause, D. W.
1998. The evolution and biogeography of Gondwanan theropod
dinosaurs: new information from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar.
Journal of African Earth
Sciences 27(1A): 167-168.
1997
Witmer, L. M., and S. D. Sampson.
The interpretation of narial novelty in dinosaurs.
Sampson, S. D., L. M. Witmer, C. A. Forster, D. W. Krause, and
P. M. O’Connor. Discovery
of a complete theropod skull from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar yields
new information on Majungasaurus,
Majungatholus, and Abelisauridae.
57th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, New
York City, New York, October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3:Suppl.):73A.
Witmer, L. M. Bones,
air sacs, and natural selection: a new perspective on the function of
pneumatic sinuses. Fifth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology,
Bristol, England. Journal of Morphology
232:340
Witmer, L. M., and S. D. Sampson.
Unusual narial structures in dinosaurs and other vertebrates. Fifth
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Bristol, England.
Journal of Morphology
232:340
1996
Witmer, L. M. New aspects of the origin of birds: introduction to the
Roundtable discussion. 4th
International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution,
Washington, DC, 7 June.
Witmer, L. M., and W. D. Maxwell.
The skull of Deinonychus
(Dinosauria: Theropoda): new insights and implications.
56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, New
York City, New York, October. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3:Suppl.):73A.
Maxwell, W. D., and L. M. Witmer.
New material of Deinonychus
(Dinosauria: Theropoda). 56th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, New York City,
New York, October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3:Suppl.):51A.
1995
Witmer, L. M. Craniofacial pneumaticity and skull evolution in theropod
dinosaurs. 55th Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 1 November. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3:Suppl.):60A.
1994
Witmer, L. M. A revised terminology of the facial osteology of
archosauriforms. 54th Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Seattle, Washington, 21
October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3:Suppl.):53A.
1993
Witmer, L. M., and D. B. Weishampel. Remains of theropod
dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous St. Mary River Formation of
northwestern Montana, with special reference to a new maniraptoran
braincase. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Albuquerque, New Mexico. 16 October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3:Suppl.):63A.
1992
Witmer, L. M. The many faces of archosaurs: some trends in archosaur facial
evolution. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 31 October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(3:Suppl.):60A.
1991
Witmer, L. M. Homology of facial structures in extant crocodilians and
birds: implications for the antorbital fossa of archosaurs. 51st Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, San Diego, California,
26 October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3:Suppl.):62A.
1990
Witmer, L. M. A new pleurodiran turtle from the Miocene of east Africa and
its implications for the phylogenetics of podocnemine pelomedusids.
50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Lawrence, Kansas, 10 October. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3:Suppl.):49A–50A.
Martin, L. D., and L. M. Witmer. The avifauna of the Niobrara
Chalk 50th Annual Meeting of
the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1990. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3:Suppl.):34A.
1989
Witmer, L. M. The early evolution of the craniofacial air sac system in
birds. 107th Stated meeting
of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 10
August.
Witmer, L. M., K. D. Rose, and T. M. Bown.
Jaw biomechanics and feeding behavior of the gigantic Eocene bird Diatryma.
49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin,
Texas, 3 November. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3:Suppl.):45A.
1988
Witmer, L. M. Aspects of braincase morphology of the Cretaceous bird Hesperornis. Second International Symposium, Society of Avian Paleontology
and Evolution, Los Angeles, California, 29 September.
Witmer, L. M. Mechanisms
of sound localization in some fossil archosaurs.
48th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology,
Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, 13 October.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3:Suppl.):29A.
1987
Witmer, L. M. The nature of the antorbital fossa of archosaurs: shifting
the null hypothesis.
Fourth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Drumheller,
Alberta, Canada, 12 August.
1986
Witmer, L. M. Palatal morphology and cranial kinesis in hesperornithiform
birds. 104th Stated meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union,
Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 20 August.
Witmer, L. M. Cranial
pneumaticity in Mesozoic birds. 46th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 November.
1985
Witmer, L. M. The oldest avian palates.
International Roundtable on the Evolution of Birds Based on the Testimony of
Fossils, Lyon, France, 18 September.
Witmer, L. M., and L. D. Martin.
Homologies of the avian palate. 103rd Stated meeting of the
American Ornithologists’ Union, Tempe, Arizona, 9 October.
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1984
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