UCMP Publications

This is a list of recent publications by UCMP curators, staff and students. All UCMP authors are linked back to their individual profile pages.

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Anthony D. Barnosky, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Jordi Bascompte, Eric L. Berlow, James H. Brown, Mikael Fortelius, Wayne M. Getz, John Harte, Alan Hastings, Pablo A. Marquet, Neo D. Martinez, Arne Mooers, Peter Roopnarine, Geerat Vermeij, John W. Williams, Rosemary Gillespie, Justin Kitzes, Charles Marshall, Nicholas Matzke, David P. Mindell, Eloy Revilla, Adam B. Smith. 2012. Approaching a state-shift in the biosphere. Nature 486:52-56.

Barnosky, A. D. and E. A. Hadly. 2012. Foreword, pp. v-vii, in Paleontology in Ecology and Conservation, Julien Louyes (ed.), Springer, New York, 276 pages.

Brook, B.W. and A.D. Barnosky. 2012. Quaternary extinctions and their link to climate change. Pp. 179-198, in Saving a Million Species: Extinction Risk from Climate Change, ed. L. Hannah, Island Press, Washington, D. C.

Batavia, M., G. Nguyen, and I. Zucker. 2012. Hibernation patterns of Turkish hamsters: influence of sex and ambient temperature. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. DOI 10.1007/s00360-012-0706-3.

Batavia, M., G. Nguyen, and I. Zucker. 2012. The effects of day length, hibernation, and ambient temperature on incisor dentin in the Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. DOI 10.1007/s00360-012-0729-9

Campos, E. O., D. Vihena, and R. L. Caldwell. 2012. Pleopod Rowing is used to Achieve High Forward Swimming Speeds during the Escape Response of Odontodactylus havanensis (Stomatopoda). J. Crustacean Biol. 32: 171-179.

Chiou, Tsyr-Huei, A. R. Place, R. L. Caldwell, J. Marshall and T. W. Cronin. 2012. A novel function for a carotenoid: astaxanthin used as a polarizer for visual signalling in a mantis shrimp. J. Exp. Biol, 215:584-589.

Williams, B.L., M. Stark and R.L. Caldwell. 2012. Microdistribution of tetrodotoxin in two species of Blue-ringed Octopuses (Hapalochlaena lunulata and Hapalochlaena fasciata) detected by fluorescent immunolabeling. Toxicon. 60: 1307 - 1313.

Williams, B.L., M. Stark and R.L. Caldwell. 2012. Microdistribution of tetrodotoxin in two species of Blue-ringed Octopuses (Hapalochlaena lunulata and Hapalochlaena fasciata) detected by fluorescent immunolabeling. Toxicon, 60: 1307 - 1313.

Chester, S.G.B., J.I. Bloch, and W.A. Clemens. 2013. First known tarsals of the earliest primate Purgatorius. Program of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, p. 97-98.

Clemens, W. A. 2013. Cf. Wortmania from the Early Paleocene of Montana and an evaluation of the fossil record of the initial diversification of the Taeniodonta (Mammalia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50: 341-354.

Clemens, W.A. 2013. Mammals (Pre-Quaternary)Extinctions of. Pp. 1-9 in S. A. Levin (ed.), Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, second edition, volume 5, Academic Press, Waltham, MA.

Scott, C.S., J.D. Gardner, W.A. Clemens, and R.L. Cifelli. 2013. Richard Carr Fox, Canadian Paleontologist. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50: v-xi.

Chester, Stephen G. B.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; and Clemens, W. A. 2012. Tarsal morphology of the oldest plesiadapiform Purgatorius indicates arboreality in the earliest primates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2012, p. 77.

Clemens, W. A., and Wilson, G. P. 2012. Pattern of immigration of purgatoriids and other eutherians into the northern North American Western Interior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2012, p. 80.

Clites, E.C., M.L. Droser, and J.G. Gehling. 2012. The advent of hard-part structural support among the Ediacara biota: Ediacaran harbinger of a Cambrian mode of body construction. Geology. 40(4):307-310.  

deVries, M.S., E.A.K. Murphy, and S.N. Patek. 2012. Ambushing prey with a long spear: morphology and kinematics of "spearing" mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology 215:4374-4384.

Finger, K.L. 2013. Benthic foraminifers as paleodepth indicators in the Miocene of Chile: a review of the traditional method and conflicting interpretations. Abstracts Volume with Program, Geologic Problem Solving with Microfossils III, Houston: 47-48.

Peterson, D.E., K.L. Finger , S. Iepure, S. Mariani, A. Montanari and T. Namiotko. 2013. Ostracod assemblages in the Frasassi caves, the adjacent sulfidic spring, and the Sentino River in the northeastern Apennines of Italy. J. Cave & Karst Sci., 71:11–27.

Encinas, A. K.L. Finger, L.A. Buatois, and D.E. Peterson. 2012. Major forearc subsidence and deep-marine Miocene sedimentation in the present Coastal Cordillera and Longitudinal Depression of south-central Chile (38°30′S-41°45′S). Geological Society of America Bulletin 124:1262-1277. doi:10.1130/B30567.1

Encinas, A., F. Bechis, L. Buatois, P. Duhart, K. Finger, A. Folguera, D. Orts, P. Zambrano, and V.A. Ramos. 2012. Las ingresiones marinas miocenas en los Andes Norpatagónicos (41-43ºS) de Argentina y Chile. XV Congreso Geologico Chileno, Abstract, Antofagasto.

Finnegan S., Fike, D.A., Jones, D.S, and Fischer W.W. 2012. A Temperature-dependent feedback on the magnitude of carbon isotope excursions. Geoscience Canada. 39: 122-131

Finnegan, S., Heim N.A., Peters S.E., and Fischer W.W. 2012. Climate change and the selective signature of the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(18): 6829-6834

Harnik, P.G., H.K. Lotze, S.C Anderson, Z.V. Finkel, S. Finnegan, D.R. Lindberg, L.H. Liow, R. Lockwood, C.R. McClain, J.L. McGuire, A. O'Dea, J.M. Pandolfi, C. Simpson, and D.P. Tittensor. 2012. Extinctions in ancient and modern seas. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 27(11):608-17

Rohrssen, M., G.D. Love, W.W. Fischer, S. Finnegan, and D.A. Fike. 2012. Lipid biomarkers record fundamental changes in the microbial community structure of tropical seas during the Late Ordovician Hirnantian glaciation. Geology, published online November 6.

E. Boatman, R. Gronsky, M. Goodwin. 2012. Microscopy and analytical X-ray characterization of preserved hierarchical structure in dinosaur bone. Microscopy and Microanalysis Vol. 18, Suppl 2:45.

Fowler, D. W., J. B. Scannella, M. B. Goodwin, and J. R. Horner. 2012. How to eat a Triceratops: Large samples of toothmarks provides new insight into the feeding behavior of Tyrannosaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts 72nd Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, p. 96.

Goodwin, M. 2012. The University as a Portal to Collection-based Research, Outreach, and Education. Proceedings of APRU Research Symposium on University Museums: Forming a University Museum Collection Network as the Core of Frontier Research. Kyoto, Japan. Sept. 11-14, 2012. pp. 27-30.

Renne, P.R. and M.B. Goodwin. 2012. Direct U-Pb dating of Cretaceous and Paleocene dinosaur bones, San Juan Basin, New Mexico: COMMENT. Geology 2012;40;e259. doi: 10.1130/G32521C.1  

Scannella, J. B., D. W. Fowler, M. B. Goodwin, and J. R. Horner. 2012. Transitional Triceratops: Details of an ontogenetic sequence from the upper middle unit of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts 72nd Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, p. 166.

Grieco, T.M., O.T. Rizk, and L.J. Hlusko. 2013. A modular framework characterizes micro- and macroevolution of Old World monkey dentitions. Evolution, 67(1):241-59. Publication year: 2013 Peer-reviewed: Y Publication types: journal article

Hickman, C.S. 2013. Crosseolidae, a new family of skeneiform microgastropods and progress toward definition of monophyletic Skeneidae. American Malacological Bulletin, 31(1):1-16.

Hickman, C.S. 2013. Interacting constraints and the problem of similarity in gastropod structure and function. American Malacological Bulletin, 31(1):155-168.

Hickman, C.S. 2012. A new genus and two new species of deep-sea gastropods (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Gazidae). The Nautilus. 126(2):57-67.

Hickman, C.S. 2012. Grades are as important as clades for understanding hyperdiversity of skeneiform microgastropods. Program and Abstracts, American Malacological Society 78th Annual Meeting, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. p. 33.

Hickman, C.S. 2012. Malacological contributions of Howard A. Bern (1020-2012). Program and Abstracts, American Malacological Society 78th Annual Meeting, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. p. 33.

Grieco, T.M., O.T. Rizk, and L.J. Hlusko. 2013. A modular framework characterizes micro- and macroevolution of Old World monkey dentitions. Evolution, 67(1):241-59. Publication year: 2013 Peer-reviewed: Y Publication types: journal article

Renne P.R., S.R. Mulcahy, L.E. Morgan, W.S. Cassata, S.P. Kelley, L.J. Hlusko, and J.K. Njau. 2012. Retention of inherited Ar by alkali feldspar xenocrysts in a magma: Kinetic constraints from Ba zoning profiles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 93:129-142.

Stegner, M.A., Holmes, M. 2012. Using palaeontological data to assess mammalian community structure: Potential aid in conservation planning, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.019  

Brinkman, D.B., P. A. Holroyd, and J. D. Gardner (eds.) 2012. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht. 596 pages.

Parham, J.F., P.C.J. Donoghue, C.J. Bell, T.D. Calway, J.J. Head, P.A. Holroyd, J.G. Inoue, R.B. Irmis, W.G. Joyce, D.T. Ksepka, J.S.L. Patané, N.D. Smith, J.E. Tarver, M. Van Tuinen, Z. Yang, K.D. Angielczyk, J. Greenwood, C.A. Hipsley, L. Jacobs, P.J. Makovicky, J. Müller, K.T. Smith, J.M. Theodor, R.C.M. Warnock, and M.J. Benton. 2012. Best practices for justifying fossil calibrations. Systematic Biology 61(2):346-359.   

Estes, J.A., R. Steneck, and D. R. Lindberg. 2013. Exploring the consequences of species interactions through the assembly and disassembly of food webs: A Pacific-Atlantic comparison. Bull. Mar. Sci., 89(1): 11-29.

Oleg Simakov, Ferdinand Marletaz, Sung-Jin Cho, Eric Edsinger-Gonzales, Paul Havlak, Uffe Hellsten, Dian-Han Kuo, Tomas Larsson, Jie Lv, Detlev Arendt, Robert Savage, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Pieter de Jong, Jane Grimwood, Jarrod A. Chapman, Harris Shapiro, Andrea Aerts, Robert P. Otillar, Astrid Y. Terry, Jeffrey L. Boore, Igor V. Grigoriev, David R. Lindberg, Elaine C. Seaver, David A. Weisblat, Nicholas H. Putnam and Daniel S. Rokhsar. 2013. Insights into bilaterian evolution from three spiralian genomes. Nature, 493:526-531.   

Harnik, P.G., H.K. Lotze, S.C Anderson, Z.V. Finkel, S. Finnegan, D.R. Lindberg, L.H. Liow, R. Lockwood, C.R. McClain, J.L. McGuire, A. O'Dea, J.M. Pandolfi, C. Simpson, and D.P. Tittensor. 2012. Extinctions in ancient and modern seas. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 27(11):608-17

Lipps, J.H. 2012. A Thrilling Chase: Nick Lane's Life Ascending. Reports National Center for Science Education, 32 (5): 2.1-2.6  

Lipps, Jere H., M. Dunthorn, and T. Stoeck. 2012. Fossil tintinnids, p. 186-197. In: J. R. Dolan, D. S. Montagnes, S. Agatha, D. W. Coats and D. Stoecker (Editors), The Biology and Ecology of Tintinnid Ciliates: Models for Marine Plankton, Wiley/Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Harnik, P.G., H.K. Lotze, S.C Anderson, Z.V. Finkel, S. Finnegan, D.R. Lindberg, L.H. Liow, R. Lockwood, C.R. McClain, J.L. McGuire, A. O'Dea, J.M. Pandolfi, C. Simpson, and D.P. Tittensor. 2012. Extinctions in ancient and modern seas. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 27(11):608-17

Padian, K. 2012. A bone for all seasons. Nature, 487: 310-311.

Padian, K. 2012. Review of Am I a Monkey? by Francisco Ayala. Priscum (Newsletter of the Paleontological Society), 19 (2): 17-18.

Padian, K. 2012. Review of Convergent Evolution, by George McGhee. Reports of the National Center for Science Education, 32 (3): 10.1-4.

Padian, K., and B. Fallon. 2012. Meta-analysis of reported pterosaur trackways: testing the correspondence between skeletal and footprint records. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 72nd annual meeting, Program and Abstracts: 153A.

Padian, K., and E.K. Burton. 2012. Dinosaurs and evolutionary theory. In J.O. Farlow and M.K. Brett-Surman (eds.), The Complete Dinosaur (2nd ed.). University of Indiana Press, Bloomington.

Parham, J.F., P.C.J. Donoghue, C.J. Bell, T.D. Calway, J.J. Head, P.A. Holroyd, J.G. Inoue, R.B. Irmis, W.G. Joyce, D.T. Ksepka, J.S.L. Patané, N.D. Smith, J.E. Tarver, M. Van Tuinen, Z. Yang, K.D. Angielczyk, J. Greenwood, C.A. Hipsley, L. Jacobs, P.J. Makovicky, J. Müller, K.T. Smith, J.M. Theodor, R.C.M. Warnock, and M.J. Benton. 2012. Best practices for justifying fossil calibrations. Systematic Biology 61(2):346-359.   

Peterson, D.E., K.L. Finger , S. Iepure, S. Mariani, A. Montanari and T. Namiotko. 2013. Ostracod assemblages in the Frasassi caves, the adjacent sulfidic spring, and the Sentino River in the northeastern Apennines of Italy. J. Cave & Karst Sci., 71:11–27.

Grieco, T.M., O.T. Rizk, and L.J. Hlusko. 2013. A modular framework characterizes micro- and macroevolution of Old World monkey dentitions. Evolution, 67(1):241-59. Publication year: 2013 Peer-reviewed: Y Publication types: journal article

Thanukos, A. and J. Scotchmoor. 2012. Making connections: evolution and the nature and process of science. Pp. 410-427 in K.S. Rosengren, S.K. Brem, E.M. Evans, and G.M. Sinatra (eds.), Evolution Challenges: Integrating Research and Practice in Teaching and Learning about Evolution. Oxford University Press, New York.

Martins, L., C. Souto, and C. Menegola. 2012. A new genus and new species of Sclerodactylidae (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) from the south-western Atlantic coast. Zootaxa (Online). 3506:54-62.  

Martins, L., C. Souto, and C. Menegola. 2012. First record of Holothuria (Theelothuria) princeps and Thyone pawsoni [Echinodermata: Holothuroidea] in the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biodiversity Records. 5:e98.  

Martins, L., C.A. Souto, W.F. Magalhaes, O.F.S. Alves, I.L. Rosa, C. Sampaio. 2012. Echinoderm harvesting in Todos-os-Santos Bay, Bahia state, Brazil: the aquarium trade. Sitientibus. Série Ciências Biológicas. 12:53-59.   

Stegner, M.A., Holmes, M. 2012. Using palaeontological data to assess mammalian community structure: Potential aid in conservation planning, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.019  

Andrews, T. M., R. M. Price, L. S. Mead, T. L. McElhinny, A. Thanukos, K. E. Perez, C. F. Herreid, D. R. Terry, and P. P. Lemmons. 2012. Biology undergraduates' misconceptions about genetic drift. CBE-Life Sciences Education. 11: 248-259.  

Thanukos, A. and J. Scotchmoor. 2012. Making connections: evolution and the nature and process of science. Pp. 410-427 in K.S. Rosengren, S.K. Brem, E.M. Evans, and G.M. Sinatra (eds.), Evolution Challenges: Integrating Research and Practice in Teaching and Learning about Evolution. Oxford University Press, New York.

Erwin, D.H., and Valentine, J.W. 2013. The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity. Roberts and Co., Greenwood Village, CO. xii + 406 p.

Valentine, J.W., D. Jablonski, A.Z. Krug, and S.K. Berke. 2013. The sampling and estimation of marine paleodiversity patterns: implications of a Pliocene model. Paleobiology, 39: 1-20. Notes: Featured article.

Belanger, C. L., E. Jablonski, K. Roy, S. Berke, A. Z. Krug, and J. W. Valentine. 2012. Global environmental predictors of benthic marine biogeographic structure. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 109: 14046-14051.  

Erwin, D. H. and J. W. Valentine. 2012. The Cambrian Explosion: The construction of animal biodiversity. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Progr. 44 (7): 327.

Krug, A.Z., J. W. Valentine, D. Jablonski and S.K. Berke. 2012. The sampling and estimation of marine paleodiversity patterns: implications of a Pliocene model. Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Progr. 44 (7): 625.

Werning. S. 2012. The ontogenetic osteohistology of Tenontosaurus tilletti. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33539. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033539