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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deeming, Charles (2017) How pterosaurs bred. Science, 358 (6367). pp. 1124-1125. ISSN 0036-8075

Deeming, Charles (2006) Ultrastructural and functional morphology of eggshells supports the idea that dinosaur eggs were incubated buried in a substrate. Palaeontology, 49 (1). pp. 171-185. ISSN 0031-0239

Deeming, Charles and Birchard, Geoffrey (2009) Why were extinct gigantic birds so small? Avian Biology Research, 1 (4). pp. 187-194. ISSN 1758-1559

Deeming, Charles and Mayr, Gerald (2018) Pelvis morphology suggests that early Mesozoic birds were too heavy to contact incubate their egg. Journal of Evolutionary Biology . ISSN 1010-061X

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

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

Gu, Jun-Jie, Montealegre-Z, Fernando, Robert, Daniel, Engel, Michael S., Qiao, Ge-Xia and Ren, Dong (2012) Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid (Insecta, Orthoptera) produced low-pitched musical calls to attract females. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (10). pp. 3868-3873. ISSN 0027-8424

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lu, Junchang, Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu, Deeming, Charles and Liu, Yongqing (2015) Post-natal parental care in a Cretaceous diapsid from northeastern China. Geosciences Journal, 19 (2). pp. 273-280. ISSN 1226-4806

Lu, Junchang, Unwin, David M., Deeming, D. Charles, Jin, Xingsheng, Liu, Yongqing and Ji, Qiang (2011) An egg-adult association, gender, and reproduction in pterosaurs. Science, 331 (6015). pp. 321-324. ISSN 0193-4511

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

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

Penrice, Samantha and Deeming, Charles (2018) Morphometrics of feeding anatomy in stereospondyl amphibians. Australasian Palaeontological Memoirs, 51 . pp. 131-140. ISSN 2205-8877

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

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

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

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

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, 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, 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

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 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, 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, 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

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

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

Ruxton, Graeme D., Birchard, Geoffrey F. and Deeming, Charles (2014) Incubation time as an important influence on egg production and distribution into clutches for sauropod dinosaurs. Paleobiology, 40 (3). pp. 323-330. ISSN 0094-8373

Sakamoto, Manabu (2021) Assessing bite force estimates in extinct mammals and archosaurs using phylogenetic predictions. Palaeontology, 64 (5). pp. 743-753. ISSN 0031-0239

Sakamoto, Manabu (2022) Estimating bite force in extinct dinosaurs using phylogenetically predicted physiological cross-sectional areas of jaw adductor muscles. PeerJ, 10 . e13731. ISSN 2167-8359

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

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

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

Unwin, David and Deeming, Charles (2019) Pre-natal developmental patterns and their implications for super-precocial flight ability in pterosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (201904). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0962-8452

Unwin, David and Deeming, Charles (2008) Pterosaur eggshell structure and its implications for pterosaur reproductive biology. Zitteliana: an international journal of palaeontology and geobiology, B28 . pp. 199-207. ISSN 1612-412X, 1612-4138

Venditti, Chris, Baker, Joanna, Benton, Michael, Meade, Andrew and Humphries, Stuart (2020) 150 million years of sustained increase in pterosaur flight efficiency. Nature, 587 (7832). pp. 83-86. ISSN 0028-0836

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

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

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

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

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

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 (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

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

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