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Klembara, Jozef, Ruta, Marcello, Anderson, Jason, Mayer, Taran, Hain, Miroslav and Valaska, Daniel (2023) A review of Coelostegus prothales Carroll and Baird, 1972 from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic and the interrelationships of basal eureptiles. PLoS ONE, 18 (9). ISSN 1932-6203

Brinkworth, Andrew, Green, Emily, Li, Yimeng, Oyston, Jack, Ruta, Marcello and Wills, Matthew A. (2023) Bird clades with less complex appendicular skeletons tend to have higher species richness. Nature Communications, 14 . ISSN 2041-1723

Leavey, Alice, Ruta, Marcello, Richards, Christopher T. and Porro, Laura B. (2023) Locomotor, ecological and phylogenetic drivers of skeletal proportions in frogs. Journal of Anatomy, 243 (3). ISSN https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13886

Li, Yimeng, Brinkworth, Andrew, Green, Emily, Oyston, Jack, Wills, Matthew and Ruta, Marcello (2023) Divergent vertebral formulae shape the evolution of axial complexity in mammals. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7 . pp. 367-381. ISSN 2397-334X

La Chapelle, Mary, Ruta, Marcello and Dunn, Jenny (2023) Bird species with wider geographical ranges have higher blood parasite diversity but not prevalence across the African-Eurasian flyway. International Journal for Parasitology . ISSN 0020-7519

Woodrow, Charlie, Rosca, Adina T., Fletcher, Rachel M., Hone, Abigail L., Ruta, Marcello, Hamer, Keith C. and Dunn, Jenny (2023) Haemoproteus parasites and passerines: the effect of local generalists on inferences of host-parasite co-phylogeny in the British Isles. Parasitology . pp. 1-33. ISSN 0031-1820

Woodrow, Charlie, Rosca, Adina T., Fletcher, Rachel M., Hone, Abigail L., Ruta, Marcello, Hamer, Keith C. and Dunn, Jenny C. (2023) Haemoproteus parasites and passerines: the effect of local generalists on inferences of host-parasite co-phylogeny in the British Isles. Parasitology . ISSN 0031-1820

Oxford-Smith, N., Ruta, M., Gao, A., Viaud-Martinez, K. A., Sabin, R., Herman, J., Ososky, J., Tajima, Y., Yamada, T. K., Kaliontzopoulou, A. and Moura, A. E. (2023) Skull morphology of bottlenose dolphins worldwide and patterns of adaptation between coastal and offshore environments. Journal of Zoology . ISSN 0952-8369

Oyston, Jack W., Ruta, Marcello, Wilkinson, Mark and Wills, Matthew A. (2022) Molecular phylogenies map to biogeography better than morphological ones. Communications Biology, 5 (521). ISSN 2399-3642

Clack, Jennifer A., Smithson, Timothy R. and Ruta, Marcello (2022) A new Mississippian (early Carboniferous) tetrapod showing early diversification of the hind limbs. Communications Biology, 5 (1). ISSN 2399-3642

Klembara, Jozef, Ruta, Marcello, Hain, Miroslav and Berman, David S (2021) Braincase and Inner Ear Anatomy of the Late Carboniferous Tetrapod Limnoscelis dynatis (Diadectomorpha) Revealed by High-Resolution X-ray Microcomputed Tomography. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . ISSN 2296-701X

Ferron, Humberto G., Greenwood, Jenny M., Deline, Bradley, Martinez-Perez, Carlos, Botella, Hector, Sansom, Robert S., Ruta, Marcello and Donoghue, Philip C. J. (2020) Categorical versus geometric morphometric approaches to characterizing the evolution of morphological disparity in Osteostraci (Vertebrata, stem Gnathostomata). Palaeontology . ISSN 0031-0239

Klembara, Jozef, Hain, Miroslav, Ruta, Marcello, Berman, David S, Pierce, Stephanie E. and Henrici, Amy C. (2020) Inner ear morphology of diadectomorphs and seymouriamorphs (Tetrapoda) uncovered by high‐resolution x‐ray microcomputed tomography, and the origin of the amniote crown group. Palaeontology, 63 (1). pp. 131-154. ISSN 0031-0239

Li, Yimeng, Ruta, Marcello and Wills, Matthew A. (2020) Craniodental and Postcranial Characters of Non-Avian Dinosauria Often Imply Different Trees. Systematic Biology, 69 (4). pp. 638-659. ISSN 1063-5157

Finka, Lauren, Luna, Stelio, Brondani, Juliana, Tzimiropoulos, Yorgos, McDonagh, John, Farnworth, Mark, Ruta, Marcello and Mills, Daniel (2019) Geometric morphometrics for the study of facial expressions in non-human animals, using the domestic cat as an exemplar. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). p. 9883. ISSN 2045-2322

Beznosov, Pavel A., Clack, Jennifer A., Luksevics, Ervins, Ruta, Marcello and Ahlberg, Per E. (2019) Morphology of the earliest reconstructable tetrapod Parmastega aelidae. Nature, 574 (7779). pp. 527-531. ISSN 0028-0836

Clack, Jennifer A., Ruta, Marcello, Milner, Andrew R., Marshall, John E. A., Smithson, Timothy R. and Smithson, Keturah Z. (2019) Acherontiscus caledoniae, the earliest heterodont and durophagous tetrapod. Royal Society Open Science, 6 (5). p. 182087. ISSN 2054-5703

Witzmann, Florian and Ruta, Marcello (2019) Evolutionary changes in the orbits and palatal openings of early tetrapods, with emphasis on temnospondyls. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 109 (1-2). pp. 333-350. ISSN 1755-6910

Ruta, Marcello, Krieger, Jonathan, Angieczyk, Kenneth D. and Wiils, Matthew A. (2019) The evolution of the tetrapod humerus: morphometrics, disparity, and evolutionary rates. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 109 (1-2). p. 351. ISSN TRE-2018-0013.R1

Sakamoto, Manabu, Ruta, Marcello and Venditti, Chris (2019) Extreme and rapid bursts of functional adaptations shape bite force in amniotes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1894). p. 20181932. ISSN 0962-8452

Ivanov, Martin, Ruta, Marcello, Klembara, Jozef and Böhme, Madelaine (2018) A new species of Varanus (Anguimorpha: Varanidae) from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic, and its relationships and palaeoecology. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . ISSN 1477-2019

Anten-Houston, Matthew, Ruta, Marcello and Deeming, Charles (2017) Effects of phylogeny and locomotor style on the allometry of body mass and pelvic dimensions in birds. Journal of Anatomy, 231 (3). pp. 342-358. ISSN 1469-7580

Clack, J.A., Bennett, C.A., Carpenter, D.K., Davies, S.J., Fraser, N.C., Kearsey, T.J., Marshall, J.E.A., Millward, D., Otoo, B.K.A., Reeves, E.J., Ross, A.J., Ruta, M., Smithson, K.Z., Smithson, T.R. and Walsh, S.A. (2017) Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1 (1). p. 2. ISSN 2397-334X

Bernardi, Massimo, Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Mitchell, Jonathan S. and Ruta, Marcello (2016) Phylogenetic stability, tree shape, and character compatibility: a case study using early tetrapods. Systematic biology, 65 (5). pp. 737-758. ISSN 1063-5157

O Gogain, A., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Carpenter, D. K., Miller, R. F., Benton, M. J., Pufahl, P. K., Ruta, M., Davies, T. G., Hinds, S. J. and Stimson, M. R. (2016) Fish and tetrapod communities across a marine to brackish salinity gradient in the Pennsylvanian (early Moscovian) Minto Formation of New Brunswick, Canada, and their palaeoecological and palaeogeographical implications. Palaeontology, 59 (5). pp. 689-724. ISSN 0031-0239

Botha-Brink, Jennifer, Codron, Daryl, Huttenlocker, Adam K., Angielczyk, Kenneth D. and Ruta, Marcello (2016) Breeding young as a survival strategy during earth’s greatest mass extinction. Scientific Reports, 6 (24053). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2045-2322

Ruta, Marcello and Wills, Matthew A. (2016) Comparable disparity in the appendicular skeleton across the fish-tetrapod transition, and the morphological gap between fish and tetrapod postcrania. Palaeontology, 59 (2). pp. 249-267. ISSN 0031-0239

Brocklehurst, Neil, Ruta, Marcello, Müller, Johannes and Fröbisch, Jörg (2015) Elevated extinction rates as a trigger for diversification rate shifts: early amniotes as a case study. Scientific Reports, 5 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

Xue, Jinzhuang, Huang, Pu, Ruta, Marcello, Benton, Michael J., Hao, Shougang, Xiong, Conghui, Cascales-Minana, Borjas, Wang, Qi and Liu, Le (2015) Stepwise evolution of Paleozoic tracheophytes from South China: contrasting leaf disparity and taxic diversity. Earth-Science Reviews, 148 . pp. 77-93. ISSN 0012-8252

Pincheira-Donoso, Daniel, Harvey, Lilly and Ruta, Marcello (2015) What defines an adaptive radiation? Macroevolutionary diversification dynamics of an exceptionally species-rich continental lizard radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology (15). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1471-2148

Hetherington, Alexander J., Sherratt, Emma, Ruta, Marcello, Wilkinson, Mark, Deline, Bradley and Donoghue, Philip C. J. (2015) Do cladistic and morphometric data capture common patterns of morphological disparity? Palaeontology, 58 (3). pp. 393-399. ISSN 0031-0239

Pereira, Bruno Claro, Benton, Michael J., Ruta, Marcello and Mateus, Octavio (2015) Mesozoic echinoid diversity in Portugal: investigating fossil record quality and environmental constraints on a regional scale. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 424 . pp. 132-146. ISSN 0031-0182

Deeming, D. Charles and Ruta, Marcello (2014) Egg shape changes at the theropod–bird transition, and a morphometric study of amniote eggs. Royal Society Open Science . ISSN 2054-5703

Klembara, Jozef, Clack, Jennifer A., Milner, Andrew R. and Ruta, Marcello (2014) Cranial anatomy, ontogeny, and relationships of the Late Carboniferous tetrapod Gephyrostegus bohemicus Jaekel, 1902. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34 (4). pp. 774-792. ISSN 0272-4634

Neenan, James M., Ruta, Marcello, Clack, Jennifer A. and Rayfield, Emily J. (2014) Feeding biomechanics in Acanthostega and across the fish–tetrapod transition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281 (1781). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0962-8436

Birchard, Geoffrey F., Ruta, Marcello and Deeming, D. Charles (2013) Evolution of parental incubation behaviour in dinosaurs cannot be inferred from clutch mass in birds. Biology Letters, 9 (4). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1744-9561

Ruta, Marcello, Botha-Brink, Jennifer, Mitchell, Stephen A. and Benton, Michael J. (2013) The radiation of cynodonts and the ground plan of mammalian morphological diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1769). pp. 1-10. ISSN 0962-8452

Ruta, Marcello, Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Fröbisch, Jörg and Benton, Michael J. (2013) Decoupling of morphological disparity and taxic diversity during the adaptive radiation of anomodont therapsids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1768). pp. 1-9. ISSN 0962-8452

Anderson, Philip S. L., Friedman, Matt and Ruta, Marcello (2013) Late to the table: diversification of tetrapod mandibular biomechanics lagged behind the evolution of terrestriality. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 53 (2). pp. 197-208. ISSN 1540-7063

Benton, Michael J., Ruta, Marcello, Dunhill, Alexander M. and Sakamoto, Manabu (2013) The first half of tetrapod evolution, sampling proxies, and fossil record quality. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 372 . pp. 18-41. ISSN 0031-0182

Wills, M. A., Gerber, S., Ruta, M. and Hughes, M. (2012) The disparity of priapulid, archaeopriapulid and palaeoscolecid worms in the light of new data. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25 (10). pp. 2056-2076. ISSN 1010-061X

Sakamoto, Manabu and Ruta, Marcello (2012) Convergence and divergence in the evolution of cat skulls: temporal and spatial patterns of morphological diversity. PLoS ONE, 7 (e39752). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1932-6203

Ruta, Marcello, Cisneros, Juan C., Liebrecht, Torsten, Tsuji, Linda A. and Muller, Johannes (2011) Amniotes through major biological crises: faunal turnover among parareptiles and the end-Permian mass extinction. Palaeontology, 54 (5). pp. 1117-1137. ISSN 0031-0239

Prentice, Katherine C., Ruta, Marcello and Benton, Michael J. (2011) Evolution of morphological disparity in pterosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 9 (3). pp. 337-353. ISSN 1477-2019

Thorne, Philippa M., Ruta, Marcello and Benton, Michael J. (2011) Resetting the evolution of marine reptiles at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (20). pp. 8339-8344. ISSN 0027-8424

Cisneros, Juan Carlos and Ruta, Marcello (2010) Morphological diversity and biogeography of procolophonids (Amniota: Parareptilia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8 (4). pp. 607-625. ISSN 1477-2019

Bernard, Emma L., Ruta, Marcello, Tarver, James E. and Benton, Michael J. (2010) The fossil record of early tetrapods: worker effort and the end-Permian mass extinction. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 55 (2). pp. 229-239. ISSN 0567-7920

Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, Marcello and Andrade, Marco Brandalise de (2010) The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 158 (4). pp. 801-859. ISSN 0024-4082

Witzmann, Florian, Scholz, Henning and Ruta, Marcello (2009) Morphospace occupation of temnospondyl growth series: a geometric morphometric approach. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 33 (3). pp. 237-255. ISSN 0311-5518

Coates, Michael I., Ruta, Marcello and Friedman, Matt (2008) Ever since Owen: changing perspectives on the early evolution of tetrapods. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 39 . pp. 571-592. ISSN 1543-592X

Ruta, Marcello and Benton, Michael J. (2008) Calibrated diversity, tree topology and the mother of mass extinctions: the lesson of temnospondyls. Palaeontology, 51 (6). pp. 1261-1288. ISSN 0031-0239

Ruta, Marcello and Bolt, John R. (2008) The brachyopoid Hadrokkosaurus bradyi from the early Middle Triassic of Arizona, and a phylogenetic analysis of lower jaw characters in temnospondyl amphibians. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 53 (4). pp. 579-592. ISSN 0567-7920

Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Ruta, M. and Lloyd, G. T. (2008) Superiority, competition, and opportunism in the evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs. Science, 321 (5895). pp. 1485-1488. ISSN 0036-8075

Ruta, Marcello and Coates, Michael I. (2007) Dates, nodes and character conflict: addressing the Lissamphibian origin problem. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 5 (1). pp. 69-122. ISSN 1477-2019

Ruta, Marcello and Bolt, John R. (2006) A reassessment of the temnospondyl amphibian Perryella olsoni from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 97 (2). pp. 113-165. ISSN 1755-6910

Ruta, Marcello and Clack, Jennifer A. (2006) A review of Silvanerpeton miripedes, a stem amniote from the Lower Carboniferous of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 97 (1). pp. 31-63. ISSN 1755-6910

Ruta, Marcello, Coates, Michael I. and Quicke, Donald L. J. (2003) Early tetrapod relationships revisited. Biological Reviews, 78 (2). pp. 251-345. ISSN 1464-7931

Ruta, Marcello, Milner, Andrew R. and Coates, Michael I. (2001) The tetrapod Caerorhachis bairdi Holmes and Carroll from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Societ y of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 92 (3). pp. 229-261. ISSN 1755-6910

Ruta, Marcello and Theron, Johannes (1997) Two Devonian mitrates from South Africa. Palaeontology, 40 (1). pp. 201-243. ISSN 0031-0239

Book Section

Angielczyk, Kenneth D. and Ruta, Marcello (2012) The roots of amphibian morphospace: a geometric morphometric analysis of paleozoic temnospondyls. In: Studies in vertebrate paleobiology: essays in honor of John R. Bolt. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences (5). Field Museum of Natural History, pp. 40-58. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Ruta, Marcello (2011) Phylogenetic signal and character compatibility in the appendicular skeleton of early tetrapods. In: Studies on Fossil Tetrapods. Special Papers in Palaeontology (86). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 31-43. ISBN 9781444361896

Ruta, Marcello (2009) Patterns of morphological evolution in major groups of paleozoic temnospondyli (Amphibia: tetrapoda). In: Patterns and Processes in Early Vertebrate Evolution. Special Papers in Palaeontology (81). Wiley-Blackwell / Palaeontological Association, Oxford, pp. 91-120. ISBN 9781405199209

Conference or Workshop contribution

Ruta, Marcello (2014) What makes a cat? The evolution of the felidae. In: Feline Science Forum, 14 - 18 July 2014, University of Lincoln.

Book or Monograph

Ruta, Marcello, Ahlberg, Per E. and Smithson, Timothy R. (2019) Fossils, Function and Phylogeny: Papers on Early Vertebrate Evolution in Honour of Professor Jennifer A. Clack. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 109 (1-2). The RSE Scotland Foundation. ISBN UNSPECIFIED