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List of works by Stephen L. Brusatte

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

scientific article published on 23 March 2022

A Catalog ofZalmoxes(Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) Specimens from the Upper Cretaceous Nălaţ-Vad Locality, Haţeg Basin, Romania ⬇️

scientific article published in 2017

A Digital Endocranial Cast of the Early Paleocene (Puercan) 'Archaic' Mammal Onychodectes tisonensis (Eutheria: Taeniodonta).

scientific article published on 7 March 2017

A Late Cretaceous diversification of Asian oviraptorid dinosaurs: evidence from a new species preserved in an unusual posture

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A Medium-Sized Robust-Necked Azhdarchid Pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Maastrichtian of Pui (Haţeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2015

A Mesozoic aviary

scientific article published in February 2017

A Reassessment ofKelmayisaurus petrolicus, a Large Theropod Dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China

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A caenagnathid tibia (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the upper Campanian Kirtland Formation of New Mexico

scholarly article

A catalogue of teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Toarcian and Bajocian (Jurassic) of southern Luxembourg

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A fast-growing basal troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the latest Cretaceous of Europe ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution

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A long-snouted, multihorned tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia

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A mid-Cretaceous tyrannosauroid and the origin of North American end-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages ⬇️

scientific article published on 06 May 2019

A new clade of Asian Late Cretaceous long-snouted tyrannosaurids

scientific article (publication date: 7 May 2014)

A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic

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A new large basal tetanuran (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wessex Formation (Barremian) of the Isle Of Wight, England

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A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini

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A new species ofCarcharodontosaurus(Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Niger and a revision of the genus

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A new species ofMetoposaurusfrom the Late Triassic of Portugal and comments on the systematics and biogeography of metoposaurid temnospondyls

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A new taeniolabidoid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Puercan of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, and a revision of taeniolabidoid systematics and phylogeny

scholarly article by Thomas E. Williamson et al published 5 October 2015 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

A new tyrannosaurine specimen (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea) with insect borings from the Upper Cretaceous Honglishan Formation of Northwestern China

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A probable tyrannosaurid track from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China

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A reassessment of the postcanine dentition and systematics of the tritylodontid Stereognathus (Cynodontia, Tritylodontidae, Mammaliamorpha), from the Middle Jurassic of the United Kingdom

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A sauropod-dominated tracksite from Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers’ Point), Isle of Skye, Scotland

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A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs

scholarly article published in 2022

Addendum to 'Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia)'

scientific article

An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania

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An exquisitely preserved in-ovo theropod dinosaur embryo sheds light on avian-like prehatching postures

An unusual small-bodied crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland, UK, and potential evidence for an early diversification of advanced neosuchians

article by Hongyu Yi et al published 28 June 2017 in Royal Society of Edinburgh. Transactions. Earth and Environmental Science

An unusual small-bodied crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland, UK, and potential evidence for an early diversification of advanced neosuchians

scholarly article published 5 June 2018

Anatomy and phylogeny of a new small macraucheniid (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the Bahía Inglesa Formation (late Miocene), Atacama Region, Northern Chile ⬇️

journal article from 'Journal of Mammalian Evolution' published in 2023

Ascent of the Mammals

scientific article published on May 2016

Basal Abelisaurid and Carcharodontosaurid Theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Basal dinosauriform and theropod dinosaurs from the mid-late Norian (Late Triassic) of Poland: implications for Triassic dinosaur evolution and distribution

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Body size estimation and evolution in metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs: implications for species diversification and niche partitioning

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Brawn before brains in placental mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction

scientific article published in 2022

Cephalic salt gland evolution in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs

scientific article published in 2022

Comparative Assessment of tyrannosaurid interrelationships

Craniofacial form and function in Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia): modelling phenotypic evolution with maximum-likelihood methods

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2011)

Dinosaur Paleobiology

scholarly article published 13 April 2012

Dinosaur morphological diversity and the end-Cretaceous extinction

scientific article

Dinosaurs, But Not Only: Vertebrate Evolution in the Mesozoic

Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Distorted Microraptor specimen is not ideal for understanding the origin of avian flight

scientific article (publication date: 5 October 2010)

Diversity and faunal changes in the latest Cretaceous dinosaur communities of southwestern Europe

scholarly article by Bernat Vila et al published January 2016 in Cretaceous Research

Do different disparity proxies converge on a common signal? Insights from the cranial morphometrics and evolutionary history of Pterosauria (Diapsida: Archosauria).

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

Dome-headed, small-brained island mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Romania

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Emptying the wastebasket: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph<i>Steneosaurus</i>

scientific article published in 2020

Evidence of macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorphs in the Corallian Group (Oxfordian, Late Jurassic) of the UK

scientific article

Evolution: How Some Birds Survived When All Other Dinosaurs Died

scientific article published on 01 May 2016

Evolution: Uprooting the Dinosaur Family Tree

scientific article published on 01 May 2017

Evolution: When Dinosaurs Bested Their Early Rivals

scientific article published in November 2016

Filling the Corallian gap: new information on Late Jurassic marine reptile faunas from England

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First evidence of denticulated dentition in teleosaurid crocodylomorphs

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First record of Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates from Lithuania: phytosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) of probable Late Triassic age, with a review of phytosaur biogeography

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Footprints pull origin and diversification of dinosaur stem lineage deep into Early Triassic ⬇️

scientific article published on October 6, 2010

Gradual assembly of avian body plan culminated in rapid rates of evolution across the dinosaur-bird transition

scientific article

How do geological sampling biases affect studies of morphological evolution in deep time? A case study of pterosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) disparity ⬇️

scientific article published on August 20, 2011

Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland

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Identifying heterogeneity in rates of morphological evolution: discrete character change in the evolution of lungfish (Sarcopterygii; Dipnoi).

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

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago

scientific article published on 8 January 2015

Macroevolutionary patterns in the evolutionary radiation of archosaurs (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)

Neurosensory and Sinus Evolution as Tyrannosauroid Dinosaurs Developed Giant Size: Insight from the Endocranial Anatomy of Bistahieversor sealeyi

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

New specimens of the rare taeniodont Wortmania (Mammalia: Eutheria) from the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and comments on the phylogeny and functional morphology of "archaic" mammals

scientific article published in 2013

New theropod dinosaur teeth from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland

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New tyrannosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan clarifies evolution of giant body sizes and advanced senses in tyrant dinosaurs

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Novel track morphotypes from new tracksites indicate increased Middle Jurassic dinosaur diversity on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Pachycephalosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) of New Mexico: A reassessment of Stegoceras novomexicanum

scientific article published in 2016

Palaeontology meets metacommunity ecology: the Maastrichtian dinosaur fossil record of North America as a case study

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2021

Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) chondrichthyans from the LaSalle Limestone Member (Bond Formation) of Illinois, USA

Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania

scientific article published in 2014

Petrosal Anatomy of the Paleocene Eutherian Mammal (Cope, 1881)

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Phylogenetic corrections for morphological disparity analysis: new methodology and case studies

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Phylogenetic eigenvector regression in paleobiology

Phylogenetic eigenvectors and nonstationarity in the evolution of theropod dinosaur skulls

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Phylogeny of Allosauroidea (Dinosauria: Theropoda): Comparative analysis and resolution

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Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

ProrotodactylusandRotodactylustracks: an ichnological record of dinosauromorphs from the Early–Middle Triassic of Poland

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RISE OF THE TYRANNOSAURS. New fossils put T. rex in its place.

scientific article published in May 2015

Rauisuchia

scholarly article

Re-description of two contemporaneous mesorostrine teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Bathonian of England and insights into the early evolution of Machimosaurini ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 July 2019

Representing supraspecific taxa in higher-level phylogenetic analyses: guidelines for palaeontologists

scholarly article by Stephen L. Brusatte published January 2010 in Palaeontology

Revision of the Late Jurassic deep-water teleosauroid crocodylomorph Teleosaurus megarhinus Hulke, 1871 and evidence of pelagic adaptations in Teleosauroidea

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Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia)

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Rise of the Tyrannosaurs

Rostral neurovasculature indicates sensory trade‐offs in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs

scientific article published in 2021

Sauropod dinosaurs evolved moderately sized genomes unrelated to body size

scientific article (publication date: 22 December 2009)

Scleromochlus and the early evolution of Pterosauromorpha

Shifts in food webs and niche stability shaped survivorship and extinction at the end-Cretaceous

scientific article published on 9 December 2022

Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Island-Dwelling Kogaionidae (Mammalia, Multituberculata) in the Uppermost Cretaceous of Transylvania (Western Romania)

scientific article published in 2022

Superiority, competition, and opportunism in the evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs

scientific article (publication date: 12 September 2008)

Taking Wing

scientific article published on 01 December 2016

Taxonomic and phylogenetic reassessment of the early neotheropod dinosaur Camposaurus arizonensis from the Late Triassic of North America

scholarly article by MARTIN D. EZCURRA & Stephen L. Brusatte published July 2011 in Palaeontology

Temporal and phylogenetic evolution of the sauropod dinosaur body plan

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Thalassodromeus sebesensis — A new name for an old turtle. Comment on “ Thalassodromeus sebesensis , an out of place and out of time Gondwanan tapejarid pterosaur”, Grellet-Tinner and Codrea (online July 2014 DOI 10.1016/j.gr.2014.06.002)

scientific article published in 2015

The Anatomy ofDryptosaurus aquilunguis(Dinosauria: Theropoda) and a Review of Its Tyrannosauroid Affinities ⬇️

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The Braincase Anatomy of the Late Cretaceous DinosaurAlioramus(Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)

scientific article published in 2013

The Braincase and Neurosensory Anatomy of an Early Jurassic Marine Crocodylomorph: Implications for Crocodylian Sinus Evolution and Sensory Transitions

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The Cranial Pneumatic Sinuses of the TyrannosauridAlioramus(Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the Evolution of Cranial Pneumaticity in Theropod Dinosaurs ⬇️

scientific article published in 2013

The East Side Story – The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary events

scientific article published in 2016

The Origin and Diversification of Birds

scientific article published on October 2015

The Osteology of Alioramus, A Gracile and Long-Snouted Tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia ⬇️

scientific article published in 2012

The Osteology of Balaur bondoc, an Island-Dwelling Dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Romania

scientific article published in 2013

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

2018 nonfiction book by Steve Brusatte

The Taxonomy and Anatomy of Rauisuchian Archosaurs from the Late Triassic of Germany and Poland

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The Unlikely Triumph of Dinosaurs

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

The brain and inner ear of the early Paleocene 'condylarth' Carsioptychus coarctatus: Implications for early placental mammal neurosensory biology and behavior

The cranial osteology and feeding ecology of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the late Jurassic of Europe ⬇️

scientific article published in 2012

The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics

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The evolution of cranial form and function in theropod dinosaurs: insights from geometric morphometrics

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The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology

scientific article (publication date: September 2010)

The extinction of the dinosaurs

scientific article

The first 50Myr of dinosaur evolution: macroevolutionary pattern and morphological disparity

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2008)

The first Triassic vertebrate fossils from Myanmar: Pachypleurosaurs in a marine limestone

scholarly article by Khaing San et al published 2019 in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus

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The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus

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The first definitive carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Asia and the delayed ascent of tyrannosaurids

scientific article (publication date: 2 June 2009)

The first phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauriformes) from the Late Triassic of the Iberian Peninsula

The firstTriceratopsbonebed and its implications for gregarious behavior

scientific article published on 12 March 2009

The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)

scientific article (publication date: 15 March 2010)

The impact of locomotion on the brain evolution of squirrels and close relatives

scientific article published on 12 April 2021

The last dinosaurs of Brazil: The Bauru Group and its implications for the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

scientific article

The long-term ecology and evolution of marine reptiles in a Jurassic seaway

scientific article published in 2018

The oldest known metriorhynchid super-predator: a new genus and species from the Middle Jurassic of England, with implications for serration and mandibular evolution in predacious clades

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The origin and early evolution of metatherian mammals: the Cretaceous record

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The origin and early radiation of dinosaurs

scholarly article

The origin of placental mammal life histories

scientific article published on 31 August 2022

The osteology and systematic position ofDongusuchus efremoviSennikov, 1988 from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Russia

scholarly article by Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki et al published 17 December 2014 in Historical Biology

The osteology of Periptychus carinidens: A robust, ungulate-like placental mammal (Mammalia: Periptychidae) from the Paleocene of North America

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

The osteology of Shaochilong maortuensis, a carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Asia

scientific article published on 13 January 2010

The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution

scientific article published on 08 October 2020

The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico

scientific article (publication date: December 2012)

The phylogeny and evolutionary history of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs

scientific article

The sail-backed reptile Ctenosauriscus from the latest Early Triassic of Germany and the timing and biogeography of the early archosaur radiation

scientific article published in 2011

The skull evolution of oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs: the role of niche partitioning in diversification

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

The systematic utility of theropod enamel wrinkles

article published in 2007

The systematics of Late Jurassic tyrannosauroids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Europe and North America

scientific article published in 2012

Theropod dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian–Bathonian) of Skye, Scotland

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Tooth serration morphologies in the genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Late Jurassic of Europe

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Tooth-on-tooth interlocking occlusion suggests macrophagy in the mesozoic marine crocodylomorph dakosaurus

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Tyrannosaur paleobiology: new research on ancient exemplar organisms

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Tyrannosaurid skeletal design first evolved at small body size

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Unappreciated diversification of stem archosaurs during the Middle Triassic predated the dominance of dinosaurs

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Untangling the dinosaur family tree

scientific article published in Nature

Variation of osteocyte lacunae size within the tetrapod skeleton: implications for palaeogenomics

scientific article (publication date: 23 October 2011)

Variation, variability, and the origin of the avian endocranium: insights from the anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)

scientific article published in 2011

Vertebral Pneumaticity in the Ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Revealed by Computed Tomography Imaging and Reappraisal of Axial Pneumaticity in Ornithomimosauria

scientific article

Virtual endocranial and inner ear endocasts of the Paleocene 'condylarth' Chriacus: new insight into the neurosensory system and evolution of early placental mammals

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

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