Latest Publications (for full list, see Research
Publications)
Reisz, R. R., Evans, D. C, Roberts, E. M., Sues, H-D., Yates, A. M. (2012) Oldest known dinosaurian nesting site and the reproductive biology of the Early Jurassic sauropodomorph Massospondylus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 109: 2428-2433 (PNAS-weekly highlight)
Frobisch, N. B. and Reisz R. R. (2012) A new species of dissorophid (Cacops woehri) from the Lower Permian Dolese Quarry, near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32: 35-44.
Tsuji, L. A., MŸller, J., and Reisz, R. R. (2012) Anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the phylogeny of the nycteroleter parareptiles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32: 45-67.
Modesto, S., Smith, R., Campione, N., and Reisz, R. R. (2011) The last ÒpelycosaurÓ: a varanopid synapsid from the Pristerognathus Assemblage Zone, Middle Permian of South Africa. Naturwissenschaften 98: 1027-1034. (with cover illustration)
Reisz, R. R., Scott, D., and Modesto, S. P. (2011) A new Early Permian reptile and its significance in early diapsid evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 278: 3731-3737.
Benson, R. B. J., Domokos, G, Varkonyi, P. L., and Reisz, R. R. (2011) Shell geometry and habitat determination in extinct and extant turtles (Reptilia:Testudinata) Paleobiology 37(4): 547-562.
Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Toronto
Welcome to Dr. Robert Reisz's vertebrate palaeontology research group at the University of Toronto's Mississauga Campus. Robert and his associates study the fauna of the Late Palaeozoic, a fascinating interval of Earth's history that saw the first flowering of groups that were ultimately ancestral to modern mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This period of evolutionary experimentation appears to have been terminated suddenly at the end of the Palaeozoic, probably by a cataclysmic mass extinction that made way for the earliest dinosaurs and many other new forms. Within these pages you will find further details of this story, in addition to material on Robert's undergraduate courses and information about the members of our research group. Try the following links:
Research - Information on the animals we study, the geological periods in which they lived, and the structure of our research program.
Courses - Details on Robert's undergraduate courses in vertebrate palaeontology (BIO 356) and vertebrate morphology (BIO 354).
Latest News - Recent publications, international trips, new specimens, nervous breakdowns, exciting scientific ventures, salacious gossip... your guide to events in our little corner of the world. Updated monthly.
Links - A growing collection. Of the innumerable good, bad and ugly palaeontological sites in existence, we've chosen a few (hopefully within the first category, for the most part) that seem particularly noteworthy or interesting.
