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List of works by Lawrence Witmer

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Evolution of olfaction in non-avian theropod dinosaurs and birds

scientific article (publication date: 22 December 2011)

The facial integument of centrosaurine ceratopsids: morphological and histological correlates of novel skin structures

scientific article

Breathing Life Into Dinosaurs: Tackling Challenges of Soft‐Tissue Restoration and Nasal Airflow in Extinct Species

scientific article published on November 1, 2014

A Basal Lithostrotian Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) with a Complete Skull: Implications for the Evolution and Paleobiology of Titanosauria

scientific article

Neurocranial osteology and neuroanatomy of a late Cretaceous titanosaurian sauropod from Spain (Ampelosaurus sp.)

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

Structure of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) horn investigated by X-ray computed tomography and histology with implications for growth and external form

scientific article

Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange

scientific article published on October 14, 2015

Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)

scientific article published on September 23, 2015

Comparative Biomechanical Modeling of Metatherian and Placental Saber-Tooths: A Different Kind of Bite for an Extreme Pouched Predator

scientific article published in 2013

A New Titanosaurian Braincase from the Cretaceous "Lo Hueco" Locality in Spain Sheds Light on Neuroanatomical Evolution within Titanosauria

scientific article

A comparison of postnatal arterial patterns in a growth series of giraffe (Artiodactyla:Giraffa camelopardalis)

scientific article published on February 16, 2016

The Frontoparietal Fossa and Dorsotemporal Fenestra of Archosaurs and Their Significance for Interpretations of Vascular and Muscular Anatomy in Dinosaurs

scientific article published on 13 July 2019

Palaeontology: An icon knocked from its perch

scientific article

Evolutionary integration and modularity in the archosaur cranium

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Skull sinuses precluded extinct crocodile relatives from cetacean-style deep diving as they transitioned from land to sea

Consilient evidence affirms expansive stabilizing ligaments in the tyrannosaurid foot

scientific article published on 28 November 2022

Vascular Patterns in the Heads of Dinosaurs: Evidence for Blood Vessels, Sites of Thermal Exchange, and Their Role in Physiological Thermoregulatory Strategies

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Evidence for a novel cranial thermoregulatory pathway in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs

Beyond Endocasts: Using Predicted Brain-Structure Volumes of Extinct Birds to Assess Neuroanatomical and Behavioral Inferences

scientific article published in 2020

Ontogeny of a sexually selected structure in an extant archosaur Gavialis gangeticus (Pseudosuchia: Crocodylia) with implications for sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Paranasal sinus system and upper respiratory tract evolution in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs

scientific article published in 2021

Decelerated dinosaur skull evolution with the origin of birds

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Two exceptionally preserved juvenile specimens of Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae, Albertosaurinae) provide new insight into the timing of ontogenetic changes in tyrannosaurids

scientific article published in October 2021

Convoluted nasal passages function as efficient heat exchangers in ankylosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia: Thyreophora)

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Endocranial development in non-avian dinosaurs reveals an ontogenetic brain trajectory distinct from extant archosaurs

scientific article published on 28 August 2024

Endocast structures are reliable proxies for the sizes of corresponding regions of the brain in extant birds

scientific article published on 06 September 2020

Consilient evidence affirms expansive stabilizing ligaments in the tyrannosaurid foot

scientific article published on 28 November 2022

Modified skulls but conservative brains? The palaeoneurology and endocranial anatomy of baryonychine dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae)

scientific article published in 2023

A new crocodylomorph (Pseudosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Texas and its phylogenetic relationships

scholarly article (2024)

Ontogenetic Changes in Endocranial Anatomy in Gorgosaurus libratus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauridae) Provide Insight Into the Evolution of the Tyrannosauroid Endocranium

scientific article published on 28 April 2025

Avian cranial kinesis is the result of increased encephalization during the origin of birds

scientific article published on 17 March 2025

The Extant Phylogenetic Bracket and the Importance of Reconstructing Soft Tissues in Fossils

1995 scholarly article by Lawrence Witmer

Ontogenetic variation in the crocodylian vestibular system

'Ear stones' in crocodylians: a cross-species comparative and ontogenetic survey of otolith structures

scientific article published on 23 March 2022