Research papers published by the Mesozoic vertebrates research group of the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie since it was set up in 2004 (publications of temporary members are only considered if they result from their stay in Munich)
Papers published online and in press
67. Rauhut, O.W.M. (in press). Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania). Special Papers in Palaeontology.
66. Carballido, J.L., Rauhut, O.W.M., Pol, D. & Salgado, L. (in press). Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Tehuelchesaurus benitezii (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
65. Cerda, I. & Desojo, J.B. (in press). Dermal armour histology of aetosaurs (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of Argentina and Brazil. Letahia (published online).
64. Scheyer, T. & Desojo, J.B. (in press). Palaeohistology and microanatomy of Rauisuchian osteoderms (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). Palaeontology.
63. Norman, D. B., Crompton, A. W., Butler, R. J., Porro, L. B. & Charig, A. C. (in press). The Lower Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki Crompton and Charig, 1962: cranial anatomy, functional morphology, taxonomy and relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
62. Benson, R. B. J. & Butler, R. J. (in press). Uncovering the true diversification history of marine tetrapods: ecology influences the effect of geological sampling biases. Geological Society, London, Special Publications.
2011
61. Pol, D., Rauhut, O.W.M. & Becerra, M. (2011). A Middle Jurassic heterodontosaurid dinosaur from Patagonia and the evolution of heterodontosaurids. Naturwissenschaften 98: 369-379.
60. Desojo, J.B & Ezcurra, M. A (2011). Reappraisal of the Taxonomic status of Aetosauroides (Archosauria: Aetosauria) specimens from the Late Triassic of South America and their proposed synonymy with Stagonolepis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(3): 596-609.
59. Desojo, J.B., Ezcurra, M. & Schultz, C. (2011). An unusual new archosauriform from the Middle-Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the monophyly of Doswelliidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 839-871.
58. Porro, L. B., Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Moore-Fay, S. & Abel, R. L. (2011). New heterodontosaurid specimens from the Lower Jurassic of southern Africa and the early ornithischian dinosaur radiation. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101: 351-366.
57. Rauhut, O.W.M., Fechner, R., Remes, K. and Reis, K. (2011). How to get big in the Mesozoic: the evolution of the sauropodomorph body plan. pp. 119-149. In Klein, N., Remes, K. and Sander, P.M. (eds): Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: understanding the life of giants. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis.
56. Wang, X., Pan, R., Butler, R. J. & Barrett, P. M. (2011). The postcranial skeleton of the iguanodontian ornithopod Jinzhousaurus yangi from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101: 135-159.
55. Barrett, P. M., Butler, R. J. & Nesbitt, S. J. (2011). The roles of herbivory and omnivory in early dinosaur evolution. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101: 383-396.
54. Forey, P. L., López-Arbarello, A. and MacLeod, N. (2011). A new specis of Lepidotes (Actinopterygii: Semionotiformes) from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Morocco. Palaeontologia electronica 14(1): 1-12.
53. Butler, R. J., Jin, L., Chen, J. & Godefroit, P. (2011). The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian-Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, northeastern China. Palaeontology 54: 667-683.
52. Brusatte, S. L., Niedźwiedzki, G. & Butler, R. J. (2011). Footprints pull origin and diversification of dinosaur stem-lineage deep into Early Triassic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 1107-1113.
51. López-Arbarello, A., and Sferco, E. (2011). New semionotiform (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii) from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(2): 197-215.
50. Butler, R. J., Benson, R. B. J., Carrano, M. T., Mannion, P. D. & Upchurch, P. (2011). Sea-level, dinosaur diversity, and sampling biases: investigating the ‘common cause’ hypothesis in the terrestrial realm. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 1165-1170.
49. Sander, P. M., A. Christian, M. Clauss, R. Fechner, C. T. Gee, E.-M. Griebeler, H.-C. Gunga, J. Hummel, H. Mallison, S. F. Perry, H. Preuschoft, O. W. M. Rauhut, K. Remes, T. Tütken, O. Wings, and U. Witzel. (2011). Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: The Evolution of Gigantism. Biological Reviews 86: 117-155.
48. López-Arbarello, A., Sun, Z.-Y., Sferco, E., Tintori, A., Xu, G.-H., Sun, Y.-L., Wu, F.X., and Jiang, D.-Y. (2011). New species of Sangiorgioichthys Tintori and Lombardo, 2007 (Neopterygii, Semionotiformes) from the Anisian of Luoping (Yunnan Province, South China). Zootaxa 2749: 25–39.
47. López-Arbarello, A. and Alvarado-Ortega, J. (2011). New semionotiform (Neopterygii) from the Tlayúa Quarry (Early Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico. Zootaxa 2749: 1–24.
2010
46. Andrade, M., Young, M., Desojo, J.B. & Brusatte, S. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia): evidence from microscopic denticle morphology and a new tri-faceted Kimmeridgian tooth from Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (5): 1451-1465
45. Brusatte, S., Benton, M.J., Desojo, J.B. & Langer, M. 2010. The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida). Journal of Systematic Paleontology 8 (1): 3-47.
44. Jin, L., Chen, J., Zan, S., Butler, R. J. & Godefroit, P. 2010. Cranial anatomy of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian–Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology30: 196-214.
43. Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Kenrick, P. & Penn, M. G. 2010. Testing coevolutionary hypotheses over geological timescales: interactions between Cretaceous dinosaurs and plants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 1–15.
42. Brusatte, S. L., Nesbitt, S. J., Irmis, R. B., Butler, R. J., Benton, M. J. & Norell, M. A. 2010. The origin and early radiation of dinosaurs. Earth-Science Reviews 101: 68-100.
41. Butler, R. J. 2010. The anatomy of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Eocursor parvus from the lower Elliot Formation (Late Triassic) of South Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society160: 648-684.
40. Benson, R. B. J., Butler, R. J., Lindgren, J. & Smith, A. S. 2010. Palaeodiversity of Mesozoic marine reptiles: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geologic megabiases affecting vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:829-834. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1845
39. Butler, R. J., Galton, P. M., Porro, L. B., Chiappe, L. M., Henderson, D. M. & Erickson, G. M. 2010. Lower limits of ornithischian dinosaur body size inferred from a new Upper Jurassic heterodontosaurid from North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:375-381. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1494
38. Hübner, T.R. and Rauhut, O.W.M. (2010). A juvenile skull of Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) and implications for cranial ontogeny, phylogeny and taxonomy in ornithopod dinosaurs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (2): 366-396.
37. Osi, A., Butler, R. J. & Weishampel, D. B. 2010. A Late Cretaceous ceratopsian dinosaur from Europe with Asian affinities. Nature 465: 466-468.
36. Hone, D.W.E. and Rauhut, O.W.M. 2010. Feeding behaviour and bone utilisation by theropod dinosaurs. Lethaia 43 (2): 232-244. DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00187.x.
35. Rauhut, O.W.M., Milner, A.C. and Moore-Fay, S. 2010. Cranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the theropod dinosaur Proceratosaurus bradleyi (Woodward, 1910) from the Middle Jurassic of England. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(1): 155-195. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00591.x.
34. López-Arbarello, A., Rauhut, O.W.M. and Cerdeño, E. 2010. The Triassic fish fauna of the Cuyana Basin, Western Argentina. Palaeontology 53 (2): 249-276 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00931.x.
2009
33. Erickson, G.M., Rauhut, O.W.M., Zhou, Z., Turner, A.H., Inouye, B.D., Hu, D. and Norell, M.A. 2009. Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx. PLoS One 4(10): e7390. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007390.
32. Rauhut, O.W.M. and López-Arbarello, A. (2009). Considerations on the age of the Tiouaren Formation (Iullemmeden Basin, Niger, Africa): Implications for Gondwanan Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrate faunas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 271: 259-267 (doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.019).
2008
31. López-Arbarello, A., Rauhut, O.W.M. and Moser, K. (2008). Jurassic fishes of Gondwana. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 63 (4): 586 - 612.
30. Rauhut, O.W.M. and López-Arbarello, A. (2008). Archosaur evolution during the Jurassic: a southern perspective. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 63 (4): 557 - 585.
29. Volkheimer, W., Rauhut, O.W.M., Quattrocchio, M.E. and Martinez, M.A. (2008). Jurassic paleoclimates in Argentina, a review. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 63 (4): 547- 554.
28. López-Arbarello, A. & A. M. Zavattieri 2008. Systematic revision of Pseudobeaconia Bordas, 1944, and Mendocinichthys (Bordas, 1944) (Actinopterygii: ‘Perleidiformes’; Triassic, Argentina)". Palaeontology 51(5): 1025–1052.
27. López-Arbarello, A. 2008. Revision of Semionotus bergeri Agassiz, 1833 (Upper Triassic, Germany), with comments on the taxonomic status of Semionotus (Actinopterygii, Semionotiformes). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 82(1): 40-54.
26. Schwarz, D. and R. Fechner. 2008. The first dentary of Lisboasaurus (Crocodylomorpha, ?Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Uña, Cuenca Province, Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1): 264-268.
2007
25. López-Arbarello, A. & L. Codorniú 2007. Semionotids (Neopterygii, Semionotiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous Lagarcito Formation, San Luis Province, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4): 811-826.
24. Rauhut, O. W. M. 2007. A fragmentary theropod skull from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia. Ameghiniana 44(2): 479-483.
23. Remes, K. 2007. Revision von "Barosaurus" africanus: Die Diplodociden vom Tendaguru. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, (N.F.) 45, 55-64.
22. Hone, D.W.E. 2007. Supertree and supermatrix resolution of the Archosauromorpha. Hallesches Jahrb. Geowiss. 2007, 32: 57-62.
21. Hone, D.W.E. & M. J. Benton 2007. Cope’s Rule in the Pterosauria and differing perceptions of Cope’s Rule at different taxonomic levels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20: 1164-1170.
20. Hone, D.W.E. & M. J. Benton 2007. An evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the pterosaurs to the archosauromorph reptiles. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, advanced copy available online.
19. Rauhut, O. W. M. 2007. The myth of the conservative character: braincase characters in theropod phylogenies. Hallesches Jahrbuch für Geowissenschaften, Beiheft 23: 51-54.
18. Remes, K. 2007. A second Gondwanan diplodocid dinosaur (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Upper Jurassic Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa. Palaeontology, 50(3): 653-667.
2006
17. López-Arbarello, A., R. Rogers, & P. Puerta 2006. Freshwater actinopterygians of the Los Rastros Formation (Triassic), Bermejo Basin, Argentina. Fossil Record 9(2): 238-258.
16. Rauhut, O. W. M. 2006. A brachiosaurid sauropod from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Chubut, Argentina. Fossil Record 9: 226-237.
15. Remes, K. 2006. Revision of the Tendaguru sauropod Tornieria africana (Fraas) and its relevance for sauropod paleobiogeography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(3): 651-669.
2005
14. Martin, T., & O. W. M. Rauhut. 2005. Mandibular anatomy of Asfaltomylos patagonicus (Australosphenida, Mammalia) and its implication for the evolution of the tribosphenic dentition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25: 414-425.
13. Rauhut, O. W. M. 2005. Postcranial remains of 'coelurosaurs' (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Tanzania. Geological Magazin 142: 97–107.
12. Rauhut, O. W. M. 2005. Osteology and relationships of a new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia. Palaeontology 48: 87-110.
11. Rauhut, O. W. M., & R. Fechner 2005. Early development of the facial region in a non-avian theropod dinosaur. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 272: 1179-1183.
10. Rauhut, O. W. M., K. Remes, R. Fechner, G. Cladera, & P. Puerta 2005. Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Patagonia. Nature 435: 670-672.
9. Rauhut, O. W. M., and X. Xu. 2005. The small theropod dinosaurs Tugulusaurus and Phaedrolosaurus from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25: 107-118.
2004
8. Arratia, G., A. López-Arbarello, G. V. R. Prasad, V. Parnar, & J. Kriwet, 2004. Late Cretaceous-Paleocene percomorphs (Teleostei) from India - Early radiation of Perciformes. – In: Arratia, G., Wilson, M. V. H., & Cloutier, R. (eds.) Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates: pp. 635-663, 18 figs.; Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany.
7. Cladera, G., C. Limarino, S. Alonso, & O. W. M. Rauhut 2004. Controles estratigráficos en la preservación de restos de vertebrados en la Formación Cerro Barcino (Cenomaniano), Provincia de Chubut. AAAS Revista 11: 39-56.
6. Gallego, O., A. Zavattieri, & A. López-Arbarello 2004. Conchóstracos y restos de peces fósiles de la Formación Río Mendoza (Mesotriásico) en su localidad tipo, provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Ameghiniana 41(3): 289-301, 5 figs., 2 tabs.
5. López-Arbarello, A. 2004. Taxonomy of the genus Percichthys (Perciformes: Percichthyidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 15(4): 331-350, 12 figs., 5 tabs.
4. López-Arbarello, A. 2004. The record of Mesozoic fishes from Gondwana (excluding India and Madagascar). In: Arratia, G. & Tintori, A. (eds), Mesozoic Fishes 3 – Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity: pp. 597-624, 6 figs., 11 tabs.; Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany.
3. Rauhut, O. W. M. 2004. Provenance and anatomy of Genyodectes serus, a large-toothed ceratosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24: 894-902.
2. Rauhut, O. W. M. 2004. Braincase structure of the Middle Jurassic theropod dinosaur Piatnitzkysaurus. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41: 1109-1122.
1. Schwarz, D., and R. Fechner. 2004. Lusitanisuchus, a new generic name for Lisboasaurus mitracostatus (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia), with a description of new remains from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) and Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Portugal. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41:1259–1271.