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  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Zhe-Xi Luo is a researcher affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Paleontology. Luo's work has contributed extensively to the understanding of evolutionary biology and paleontological studies, intersecting subfields such as Geometry and Topology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's published research addresses themes related to Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Morphological Variations and Asymmetry, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology. This diversity indicates an interdisciplinary approach within the earth and life sciences.

Notable recent papers by Luo include:

  • "Incomplete convergence of gliding mammal skeletons," 2020, Evolution
  • "Inner ear biomechanics reveals a Late Triassic origin for mammalian endothermy," 2022, Nature
  • "Evolution of inner ear neuroanatomy of bats and implications for echolocation," 2022, Nature
  • "New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles," 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Postcrania of Borealestes (Mammaliformes, Docodonta) and the emergence of ecomorphological diversity in early mammals," 2021, Palaeontology

Luo often collaborates with various co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary and collaborative scientific efforts. Frequent co-authors include Peishu Li, Callum F. Ross, Elsa Panciroli, Roger Benson, and Vincent Fernández.

The scientist's work has been published in high-impact journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
  • Evolution
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

In 2016, Luo was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure

    Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska;Richard L. Cifelli;Zhe-Xi Luo

  • The earliest known eutherian mammal

    Qiang Ji;Zhe-Xi Luo;Chong-Xi Yuan;John R. Wible

  • Transformation and diversification in early mammal evolution

    Zhe-Xi Luo

  • An Early Cretaceous Tribosphenic Mammal and Metatherian Evolution

    Zhe-Xi Luo;Zhe-Xi Luo;Qiang Ji;John R. Wible;Chong-Xi Yuan

  • In quest for a phylogeny of Mesozoic mammals

    Z.X. Luo;Z. Kielan-Jaworowska;R.L. Cifelli

  • Fossil Evidence on Origin of the Mammalian Brain

    Timothy B Rowe;Thomas E. Macrini;Zhe Xi Luo

  • A new mammaliaform from the early Jurassic and evolution of mammalian characteristics.

    Zhe-Xi Luo;Alfred W. Crompton;Ai-Lin Sun

  • A new symmetrodont mammal from China and its implications for mammalian evolution

    Yaoming Hu;Yuanqing Wang;Yuanqing Wang;Zhexi Luo;Chuankui Li

  • A new eutriconodont mammal and evolutionary development in early mammals

    Zhe-Xi Luo;Zhe-Xi Luo;Peiji Chen;Gang Li;Meng Chen

  • Terrestrial Mesonychia to Aquatic Cetacea: Transformation of the Basicranium and Evolution of Hearing in Whales

    Z. Luo;Philip D. Gingerich

  • A Jurassic mammaliaform and the earliest mammalian evolutionary adaptations

    Chang-Fu Zhou;Shaoyuan Wu;Shaoyuan Wu;Thomas Martin;Zhe-Xi Luo;Zhe-Xi Luo

  • Developmental Patterns in Mesozoic Evolution of Mammal Ears

    Zhe-Xi Luo

  • Convergent dental adaptations in pseudo-tribosphenic and tribosphenic mammals

    Zhe-Xi Luo;Qiang Ji;Chong-Xi Yuan

  • An arboreal docodont from the Jurassic and mammaliaform ecological diversification

    Qing-Jin Meng;Qiang Ji;Yu-Guang Zhang;Di Liu

  • Adelobasileus from the Upper Triassic of West Texas: the oldest mammal

    Spencer G. Lucas;Zhexi Luo

  • The petrosal and inner ear of Herpetocetus sp. (Mammalia; Cetacea) and their implications for the phylogeny and hearing of archaic mysticetes

    Jonathan H. Geisler;Zhexi Luo

  • Earliest Evolution of Multituberculate Mammals Revealed by a New Jurassic Fossil

    Chong-Xi Yuan;Qiang Ji;Qing-Jin Meng;Alan R. Tabrum

  • EVOLUTION OF DENTAL REPLACEMENT IN MAMMALS

    Zhe-Xi Luo;Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska;Richard L. Cifelli

  • Evolutionary Development of the Middle Ear in Mesozoic Therian Mammals

    Qiang Ji;Zhe-Xi Luo;Xingliao Zhang;Chong-Xi Yuan

  • Mandibular and dental characteristics of Late Triassic mammaliaform Haramiyavia and their ramifications for basal mammal evolution

    Zhe-Xi Luo;Stephen M. Gatesy;Farish A. Jenkins;William W. Amaral

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Cifelli
Richard L. Cifelli University of Oklahoma
Stephen L. Brusatte
Stephen L. Brusatte University of Edinburgh
Spencer G. Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Nancy B. Simmons
Nancy B. Simmons American Museum of Natural History
Michael J. Novacek
Michael J. Novacek American Museum of Natural History
Roger B. J. Benson
Roger B. J. Benson University of Oxford
Abigail S. Tucker
Abigail S. Tucker King's College London
John J. Flynn
John J. Flynn American Museum of Natural History
Xing Xu
Xing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Douglas A. Marchuk
Douglas A. Marchuk Duke University

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