Lawrence M. Witmer

Lawrence M. Witmer publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Lawrence M. Witmer D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Best Publications

• 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

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• Diffusible iodine‐based contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (diceCT): an emerging tool for rapid, high‐resolution, 3‐D imaging of metazoan soft tissues

  Paul M. Gignac;Nathan J. Kley;Julia Allison Clarke;Matthew W Colbert

  515
  Citations

• Predatory Dinosaur Remains from Madagascar: Implications for the Cretaceous Biogeography of Gondwana

  Scott D. Sampson;Lawrence M. Witmer;Catherine A. Forster;David W. Krause

  348
  Citations

• Structural Extremes in a Cretaceous Dinosaur

  Paul C. Sereno;Jeffrey A. Wilson;Lawrence M. Witmer;John A. Whitlock

  331
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• Neuroanatomy of flying reptiles and implications for flight, posture and behaviour

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  315
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• Using CT to Peer into the Past: 3D Visualization of the Brain and Ear Regions of Birds, Crocodiles, and Nonavian Dinosaurs

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  312
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• Archosaur Adductor Chamber Evolution: Integration of Musculoskeletal and Topological Criteria in Jaw Muscle Homology

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  266
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• Homology of facial structures in extant archosaurs (birds and crocodilians), with special reference to paranasal pneumaticity and nasal conchae.

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  261
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• New Insights Into the Brain, Braincase, and Ear Region of Tyrannosaurs (Dinosauria, Theropoda), with Implications for Sensory Organization and Behavior

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  255
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• The Paranasal Air Sinuses of Predatory and Armored Dinosaurs (Archosauria: Theropoda and Ankylosauria) and Their Contribution to Cephalic Structure

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  199
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• The craniofacial air sac system of Mesozoic birds (Aves)

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  187
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• Evolution of olfaction in non-avian theropod dinosaurs and birds

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  183
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• Open data and digital morphology

  Thomas G. Davies;Imran A. Rahman;Stephan Lautenschlager;Stephan Lautenschlager;John A. Cunningham

  179
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• Inner ear anatomy is a proxy for deducing auditory capability and behaviour in reptiles and birds

  Stig A Walsh;Paul M Barrett;Angela C Milner;Geoffrey Manley

  167
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• Cranial Kinesis in Dinosaurs: Intracranial Joints, Protractor Muscles, and Their Significance for Cranial Evolution and Function in Diapsids

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  156
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• Cartilaginous epiphyses in extant archosaurs and their implications for reconstructing limb function in dinosaurs.

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  152
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• Tempo and pattern of avian brain size evolution

  Daniel T. Ksepka;Amy M. Balanoff;Amy M. Balanoff;N. Adam Smith;N. Adam Smith;Gabriel S. Bever;Gabriel S. Bever

  134
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• Endocranial Anatomy of Lambeosaurine Hadrosaurids (Dinosauria: Ornithischia): A Sensorineural Perspective on Cranial Crest Function

  David C. Evans;Ryan Ridgely;Lawrence M. Witmer

  117
  Citations

• The earliest-known duck-billed dinosaur from deposits of late Early Cretaceous age in northwest China and hadrosaur evolution

  Hai-lu You;Hai-lu You;Zhe-xi Luo;Neil H. Shubin;Lawrence M. Witmer

  116
  Citations

• The Braincase of the Basal Sauropod Dinosaur Spinophorosaurus and 3D Reconstructions of the Cranial Endocast and Inner Ear

  Fabien Knoll;Lawrence M. Witmer;Francisco Ortega;Ryan C. Ridgely

  113
  Citations