List of works - Tyler Lyson

A Description of the Skull of Eubaena Cephalica (Hay, 1904) and New Insights into the Cranial Circulation and Innervation of Baenid Turtles

A New Large-Bodied Oviraptorosaurian Theropod Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of Western North America ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 March 2014

A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the CladeBaenidae

scientific article published in October 2015

A divergence dating analysis of turtles using fossil calibrations: an example of best practices

article

A new baenid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and a preliminary taxonomic review of Cretaceous Baenidae

article

A new baenid turtle from the early Paleocene (Torrejonian) of New Mexico and a species-level phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae

article

A new baenid turtle, Palatobaena knellerorum sp. nov., from the lower Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 March 2021

A new baenid turtle, Saxochelys gilberti, gen. et sp. nov., from the uppermost cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation: sexual dimorphism and spatial niche partitioning within the most speciose group of Late Cretaceous turtles

scientific article published on 4 July 2019

A new box turtle from the Miocene/Pliocene boundary (latest Hemphillian) of Oklahoma and a refined chronology of box turtle diversification

scientific article published in 2012

A new chelydroid turtle, Lutemys warreni, gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Kaiparowits Formation of southern utah

A new kinosternoid from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and Montana and the origin of the Dermatemys mawii lineage ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 21 September 2010)

A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava , from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

A new plastomenid trionychid turtle, Plastomenus joycei , sp. nov., from the earliest Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 January 2021

A new species of Palatobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and a maximum parsimony and Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae

scholarly article by Tyler R. Lyson & Walter G. Joyce published May 2009 in Journal of Paleontology

A new species of trionychid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation of New Mexico, USA

scientific article published in 2018

A new species of trionychid turtle, Axestemys infernalis sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek and Lance formations of the Northern Great Plains, USA

scientific article published in 2019

A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and an assessment of baenid ecology across the K/T boundary

article published in 2009

An early bothremydid (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Utah, North America

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2022

Breathing life into dinosaurs: tackling challenges of soft-tissue restoration and nasal airflow in extinct species

scientific article published in November 2014

Calibration uncertainty in molecular dating analyses: there is no substitute for the prior evaluation of time priors

scientific article

Constructing a time scale of biotic recovery across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, Corral Bluffs, Denver Basin, Colorado, U.S.A. ⬇️

scholarly article

Correction: A new large-bodied oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of western North America

scientific article

Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic turtle <i>Compsemys victa</i> Leidy, 1856

scientific article published in 2011

Crushed turtle shells: Proxies for lithification and burial-depth histories

scientific article published in 2022

Dinosaur extinction: closing the ‘3 m gap’ ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2011)

Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction

article published in 2018

Evolution of the respiratory system in nonavian theropods: evidence from rib and vertebral morphology

scientific article published on September 2009

Evolution of the turtle bauplan: the topological relationship of the scapula relative to the ribcage

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2012)

Evolutionary Origin of the Turtle Shell ⬇️

scientific article published on May 30, 2013

Evolutionary origin of the turtle skull

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

Fossorial Origin of the Turtle Shell

scientific article

Giant gar from directly above the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary suggests healthy freshwater ecosystems existed within thousands of years of the asteroid impact ⬇️

journal article from 'Biology Letters' published in 2022

Homology of the enigmatic nuchal bone reveals novel reorganization of the shoulder girdle in the evolution of the turtle shell

scientific article

MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade ⬇️

scientific article

Mineralized soft-tissue structure and chemistry in a mummified hadrosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota (USA)

scientific article

New Skull Material of Taeniolabis taoensis (Multituberculata, Taeniolabididae) from the Early Paleocene (Danian) of the Denver Basin, Colorado

scientific article

New cranial material of Gilmoremys lancensis (Testudines, Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation of southeastern Montana, U.S.A

article

New material of Gilmoremys lancensis nov. comb. (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation and the diagnosis of plastomenid turtles

article published in 2011

No Consistent Shift in Leaf Dry Mass per Area Across the Cretaceous—Paleogene Boundary

scientific article published on 16 June 2022

Ontogeny and variation of the pachycephalosaurine dinosaur Sphaerotholus buchholtzae, and its systematics within the genus

scientific article published in February 2021

Origin and Evolution of the Turtle Body Plan ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 November 2020

Origin of the unique ventilatory apparatus of turtles

scientific article

Palynology of Permian red-bed successions of Colorado and Wyoming and its influence on Laramide strata

scientific article published in 2023

Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan

article

Skull of a new periptychid mammal from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation of Colorado (Corral Bluffs, El Paso County)

scholarly article published on 30 April 2024

Spatial niche partitioning in dinosaurs from the latest cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North America

scientific article

Terrestrial evidence for volcanogenic sulfate-driven cooling event ~30 kyr before the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction

scientific article published on 20 December 2024

The amniote temporal roof and the diapsid origin of the turtle skull

scientific article

The girdles of the oldest fossil turtle, Proterochersis robusta, and the age of the turtle crown

scientific article

The hooked element in the pes of turtles (Testudines): a global approach to exploring primary and secondary homology

scientific article

The shell morphology of the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) trionychid turtle Helopanoplia distincta

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Toward consilience in reptile phylogeny: miRNAs support an archosaur, not lepidosaur, affinity for turtles

scientific article

Transitional fossils and the origin of turtles

scientific article

Turtles all the way down: loggerheads at the root of the chelonian tree

scientific article

Two New Plastomenine Softshell Turtles from the Paleocene of Montana and Wyoming

article

Updated cranial and mandibular description of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) baenid turtle Saxochelys gilberti based on micro-computed tomography scans and new information on the holotype-shell association

scholarly article

List of works by Tyler Lyson

A Description of the Skull of Eubaena Cephalica (Hay, 1904) and New Insights into the Cranial Circulation and Innervation of Baenid Turtles

A New Large-Bodied Oviraptorosaurian Theropod Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of Western North America ⬇️

A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the CladeBaenidae

A divergence dating analysis of turtles using fossil calibrations: an example of best practices

A new baenid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and a preliminary taxonomic review of Cretaceous Baenidae

A new baenid turtle from the early Paleocene (Torrejonian) of New Mexico and a species-level phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae

A new baenid turtle, Palatobaena knellerorum sp. nov., from the lower Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. ⬇️

A new baenid turtle, Saxochelys gilberti, gen. et sp. nov., from the uppermost cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation: sexual dimorphism and spatial niche partitioning within the most speciose group of Late Cretaceous turtles

A new box turtle from the Miocene/Pliocene boundary (latest Hemphillian) of Oklahoma and a refined chronology of box turtle diversification

A new chelydroid turtle, Lutemys warreni, gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Kaiparowits Formation of southern utah

A new kinosternoid from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota and Montana and the origin of the Dermatemys mawii lineage ⬇️

A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava , from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires ⬇️

A new plastomenid trionychid turtle, Plastomenus joycei , sp. nov., from the earliest Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. ⬇️

A new species of Palatobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and a maximum parsimony and Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae

A new species of trionychid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation of New Mexico, USA

A new species of trionychid turtle, Axestemys infernalis sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek and Lance formations of the Northern Great Plains, USA

A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names ⬇️

A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and an assessment of baenid ecology across the K/T boundary

An early bothremydid (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Utah, North America

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

Breathing life into dinosaurs: tackling challenges of soft-tissue restoration and nasal airflow in extinct species

Calibration uncertainty in molecular dating analyses: there is no substitute for the prior evaluation of time priors

Constructing a time scale of biotic recovery across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, Corral Bluffs, Denver Basin, Colorado, U.S.A. ⬇️

Correction: A new large-bodied oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of western North America

Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic turtle <i>Compsemys victa</i> Leidy, 1856

Crushed turtle shells: Proxies for lithification and burial-depth histories

Dinosaur extinction: closing the ‘3 m gap’ ⬇️

Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction

Evolution of the respiratory system in nonavian theropods: evidence from rib and vertebral morphology

Evolution of the turtle bauplan: the topological relationship of the scapula relative to the ribcage

Evolutionary Origin of the Turtle Shell ⬇️

Evolutionary origin of the turtle skull

Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction

Fossorial Origin of the Turtle Shell

Giant gar from directly above the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary suggests healthy freshwater ecosystems existed within thousands of years of the asteroid impact ⬇️

Homology of the enigmatic nuchal bone reveals novel reorganization of the shoulder girdle in the evolution of the turtle shell

MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade ⬇️

Mineralized soft-tissue structure and chemistry in a mummified hadrosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota (USA)

New Skull Material of Taeniolabis taoensis (Multituberculata, Taeniolabididae) from the Early Paleocene (Danian) of the Denver Basin, Colorado

New cranial material of Gilmoremys lancensis (Testudines, Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation of southeastern Montana, U.S.A

New material of Gilmoremys lancensis nov. comb. (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation and the diagnosis of plastomenid turtles

No Consistent Shift in Leaf Dry Mass per Area Across the Cretaceous—Paleogene Boundary

Ontogeny and variation of the pachycephalosaurine dinosaur Sphaerotholus buchholtzae, and its systematics within the genus

Origin and Evolution of the Turtle Body Plan ⬇️

Origin of the unique ventilatory apparatus of turtles

Palynology of Permian red-bed successions of Colorado and Wyoming and its influence on Laramide strata

Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan

Skull of a new periptychid mammal from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation of Colorado (Corral Bluffs, El Paso County)

Spatial niche partitioning in dinosaurs from the latest cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North America

Terrestrial evidence for volcanogenic sulfate-driven cooling event ~30 kyr before the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction

The amniote temporal roof and the diapsid origin of the turtle skull

The girdles of the oldest fossil turtle, Proterochersis robusta, and the age of the turtle crown

The hooked element in the pes of turtles (Testudines): a global approach to exploring primary and secondary homology

The shell morphology of the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) trionychid turtle Helopanoplia distincta

Toward consilience in reptile phylogeny: miRNAs support an archosaur, not lepidosaur, affinity for turtles

Transitional fossils and the origin of turtles

Turtles all the way down: loggerheads at the root of the chelonian tree

Two New Plastomenine Softshell Turtles from the Paleocene of Montana and Wyoming

Updated cranial and mandibular description of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) baenid turtle Saxochelys gilberti based on micro-computed tomography scans and new information on the holotype-shell association