Old publications page

This page is redundant now that I’ve put all this material into the welcome post. But everything was here long enough to collect quite a few incoming links, and it costs me nothing to maintain, so I’m leaving it as-is. I probably won’t bother to update it anymore, so for anything more recent than 2012, please see the welcome post.

Click on links in parentheses for PDFs.

RESEARCH PAPERS

15. Wedel, M.J. 2012. A monument of inefficiency: the presumed course of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in sauropod dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(2):251-256. (Wedel 2012 dino RLN)

14.  Yates, A.M., Wedel, M.J., and Bonnan, M.F. 2012. The early evolution of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in sauropodomorph dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(1):85-100. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2010.0075 (Yates et al 2012 prosauropod pneumaticity)

13. Taylor, M.P., Hone, D.W.E., Wedel, M.J., and Naish, D. 2011. The long necks of sauropods did not evolve primarily through sexual selection. Journal of Zoology. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00824.x (Taylor et al 2011 no necks for sex)

12.  Taylor, M.P., Wedel, M.J., and Cifelli, R.L. 2011. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(1):75-98. (Taylor et al 2011 Brontomerus)

11.  Taylor, M.P., Wedel, M.J., and Naish, D. 2009. Head and neck posture in sauropod dinosaurs inferred from extant animals. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54:213-220. (Taylor et al 2009 neck posture)

10.  Wedel, M.J. 2009. Evidence for bird-like air sacs in saurischian dinosaurs. Journal of Experimental Zoology 311A(8):611-628. (Wedel 2009 air sacs)

9.  Wedel, M.J. 2007a. What pneumaticity tells us about ‘prosauropods’, and vice versa. Special Papers in Palaeontology 77:207-222. (Wedel 2007 prosauropods)

8.  Wedel, M.J. 2006. Origin of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in dinosaurs. Integrative Zoology 2:80-85. (Wedel 2006 pneumaticity origins)

7.  Wedel, M.J. 2005. Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in sauropods and its implications for mass estimates; pp. 201-228 in Wilson, J.A., and Curry-Rogers, K. (eds.), The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology. University of California Press, Berkeley. (Wedel 2005 mass estimates)

6.  Bonnan, M.F., and Wedel, M.J. 2004. First occurrence of Brachiosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. PaleoBios 24(2):13-21. (Bonnan Wedel 2004 Oklahoma Brachiosaurus)

5.  Wedel, M.J. 2003b. The evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23:344-357. (Wedel 2003 evolution of pneumaticity)

4.  Wedel, M.J. 2003a. Vertebral pneumaticity, air sacs, and the physiology of sauropod dinosaurs. Paleobiology 29:243-255. (Wedel 2003 sauropod pneumaticity)

3.  Wedel, M.J., and Sanders, R.K. 2002. Osteological correlates of cervical musculature in Aves and Sauropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia), with comments on the cervical ribs of Apatosaurus. PaleoBios 22(3):1-6. (Wedel Sanders 2002 sauropod necks)

2.  Wedel, M.J., Cifelli, R.L., and Sanders, R.K. 2000b. Osteology, paleobiology, and relationships of the sauropod dinosaur Sauroposeidon. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45:343-388. (Wedel et al 2000 Sauroposeidon in Acta)

1.  Wedel, M.J., Cifelli, R.L., and Sanders, R.K. 2000a. Sauroposeidon proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:109-114. (Wedel et al 2000 Sauroposeidon in JVP)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

7. Wedel, M.J. 2011. We are all air-heads: of sinus headaches and strangled birds. Cosmos Online. (Wedel 2011 air-heads)

6.  Taylor, M. P., Farke, A.A., and Wedel, M.J. 2010. The Open Dinosaur Project. The Palaeontological Association Newsletter 73:59-63. (Taylor et al 2010 ODP)

5.  Farke, A.A., Taylor, M.P., and Wedel, M.J. 2009. Public databases offer one solution to mistrust and secrecy. Nature 461:1053. (Farke et al 2009 open science)

4.  Wedel, M.J. 2007c. Review of: Tidwell, V., and K. Carpenter (eds.). 2005. Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. In: PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. Unpaginated, 2pp. (Wedel 2007 Thunder-Lizards review)

3.  Wedel, M.J. 2007b. Aligerando a los gigantes (Lightening the giants). ¡Fundamental! 12:1-84. [in Spanish, with English translation] (Wedel 2007 Fundamental)

2.  Wedel, M.J., and Cifelli, R.L. 2005. Sauroposeidon: Oklahoma’s native giant. Oklahoma Geology Notes 65:40-57. (Wedel Cifelli 2005 Oklahoma giant)

1.  Wedel, M.J. 2000. Reconstructing Brachiosaurus. Prehistoric Times 42:47. (Wedel 2000 reconstructing Brachiosaurus)

ABSTRACTS

30. Wedel, M.J. 2012. The evolution and development of skeletal pneumaticity: exceptions to the epithelial hypothesis suggest other levels of control. Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, 2012 meeting proceedings.

29. Taylor, M.P, and Wedel, M.J. 2012. Re-evaluating “Apatosaurus” minimus, a bizarre Morrison-Formation sauropod with diplodocoid and macronarian features. Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, 2012 meeting proceedings.

28. Bumacod, N., Kraatz, B.P., and Wedel, M.J. 2012. Lagomorph cranial evolution: a morphometric study. World Lagomorph Conference, 2012 meeting proceedings.

27. Graff, V.I., Wedel, M.J., and Taylor, M.P. 2012. Evaluating hypotheses of neck support in sauropod dinosaurs. CalPaleo, 2012 meeting proceedings.

26. Wedel, M.J. What pneumaticity tells us about sauropods, and vice versa. CalPaleo, 2012 meeting proceedings.

25.  Wedel, M.J., and Yates, A.M. 2011. A Diplodocus-sized bipedal basal sauropodomorph from the Late Triassic of South Africa. Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, 2011 meeting proceedings.

24. Taylor, M.P., and Wedel, M.J. 2011. Sauropod necks: how much do we really know? Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, 2011 meeting proceedings.

23.  Wedel, M.J., and Yates, A.M. 2011. A Diplodocus-sized bipedal basal sauropodomorph from the Late Triassic of South Africa. Western Area Vertebrate Paleontology, 2011 meeting proceedings.

22. Lee, A., Irmis, R., Wedel, M., Werning, S., and Padian, K. 2010. The universal temperature dependence model fails to predict body temperatures accurately for extant amniotes and extinct dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30, Supplement to 3:121A.

21.  Wedel, M.J., and Taylor, M.P. 2010. Caudal pneumaticity and pneumatic hiatuses in the sauropod dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus. Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, 2010 meeting proceedings.

20.  Taylor, M.P., and Wedel, M.J. 2010. Why giraffes have such short necks. Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, 2010 meeting proceedings.

19.  Wedel, M.J., and Pyenson, N.J. 2010. The evolution of gigantism in sauropods and whales: constrasting solutions to common problems. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, 2010 meeting proceedings.

18.  Hone, D.W.E., Wedel, M.J., Xu, X., and Clark, J.M. 2009. A small Asian brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, Supplement to Issue 3.

17.  Naish, D., Taylor, M.P., and Wedel, M.J. 2009. Extant animals provide new insights on head and neck posture in sauropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, Supplement to Issue 3.

16.  Yates, A., Wedel, M., and Bonnan, M. 2009. The early evolution of postcranial pneumaticity in sauropodomorph dinosaurs: New evidence from South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, Supplement to Issue 3.

15.  Sanders, R.K., and Wedel, M.J. 2008. The endocranial anatomy of the dome-skulled chalicothere Tylocephalonyx UCMP 115867 with emphasis on the paranasal sinuses and turbinates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3), Supplment.

14.  Wedel, M.J., and Taylor, M.P. 2008. Did sauropods really decline in the Early Cretaceous of North America? PaleoBios 28(1), Supplement, p. 8.

13.  Pine, S., and Wedel, M. 2007. Increases in sacral vertebrae in non-avian dinosaurs: a pervasive, homoplastic, driven evolutionary trend. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):130A.

12.  Wedel, M.J. 2006. Pneumaticity, neck length, and body size in sauropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):137A.

11.  Wedel, M.J. 2005. What pneumaticity tells us about “prosauropods”, and vice versa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):128A. [listed below under Invited Talks and Symposia]

10.  Wedel, M.J. 2004. Skeletal pneumaticity in saurischian dinosaurs and its implications for mass estimates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):127A.

9.  Wedel, M.J., Bonnan, M.F., and Sanders, R.K. 2002. Two previously unreported sauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):118A.

8.  Wedel, M.J. 2002. An unusually large cervical rib of Apatosaurus from the Morrison Formation of Oklahoma, with comments on the cervical musculature of sauropods. PaleoBios 22(1), Supplement, p. 8.

7.  Wedel, M.J. 2002. Ontogeny and vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs. Western Area Vertebrate Paleontologists, 2002 Meeting Proceedings.

6.  Wedel, M.J. 2001. Evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in the Sauropoda. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):111A-112A. [listed above under Invited Talks and Symposia]

5.  Sanders, R.K., Wedel, M.J., Sereno, P.C., and Staab, G. 2000. A restoration of the cranio-cervical system in Jobaria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):67A.

4.  Wedel, M.J. 2000. New material of sauropod dinosaurs from the Cloverly Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):77A.

3.  Wedel, M.J., and Sanders, R.K. 1999. Comparative anatomy and functional morphology of the cervical series in ratites and sauropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):83A.

2.  Wedel, M.J., and Sanders, R.K. 1998. Using computerized tomography to investigate sauropod cervical morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):87A.

1.  Wedel, M.J., and Cifelli, R.L. 1997. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma. SVP 1997 Program Changes, p. 3.

Updated September 20, 2012

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