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.
Research Publications
The primary focus of our research is on the use of vertebrate
fossils to answer questions about the origins and evolutionary relationships
of various taxonomic groups, the biology and geographical distribution of extinct
organisms, and the development of ecosystems through time. Although we use
a variety of different approaches, most of our projects loosely follow the
seven-step process outlined below. Of course, research is often an untidy business,
and doesn't necessarily proceed according to a well-ordered sequence;
many of the "steps" may happen more or less simultaneously, but the overall
structure still holds up approximately.
Please email robert.reisz_at_utoronto.ca to request a pdf or copy of any paper listed below for your research.
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)
Fröbisch, 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., Müller, 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 “pelycosaur”: 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.
Reisz. R.R., Maddin, H. C., Fröbisch, J., and Falconnet, J. (2011) A new large caseid from the Permian of Rodez (France), including a reappraisal of “Casea” rutena. Geodiversitas 33 (2): 227-246.
Fröbisch, J. and Reisz, R.R. (2011) The Late Permian herbivore Suminia and the early evolution of arboreality interrestrial vertebrate ecosystems. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162: 661-698.DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00666.x
Campione, N. E. and Reisz, R. R. (2011) Morphology and evolutionary significance of the atlas-axis complex in varanopid synapsids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0071
Müller, J., Christy A. Hipsley, C.A., Head, J.J., Kardjilov, N., Hilger, A., Wuttke, M., and Reisz, R.R. (2011) Limbed lizard from the Eocene of Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins. Nature 473: 364-367.
Huttenlocker, A. K., Mazierski, D., and Reisz, R. R. (2011) Comparative osteohistology of hyperelongate neural spines in the Edaphosauridae (Amniota: Synapsida. Palaeontology 54: 573-590.
Reisz, R. R., Scott, D., Pynn, B. R, and Modesto, S. P. (2011) Osteomyelitis in a Palaeozoic reptile: evidence for bacterial infection and its evolutionary significance. Naturwissenschaften 98: 551-555.
Reisz, R. R., Liu, J., Li, J-L., Müller, J. (2011) A new captorhinid reptile, Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis, gen. et sp. nov. from the Permian of China. Naturwissenschaften 98: 435-441.
Polley, B., and Reisz, R. R. (2011) A new species of trematopid temnospondyl from the Early Permian of Oklahoma. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 789-815.
Rowe, T.B, Sues, H-D, and Reisz R.R. (2011) Dispersal and diversity in the earliest North American sauropodomorph dinosaurs, with a description of a new taxon. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 278:1044-1053. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1867) (Journal Cover)
Organ, C. L., Canoville, A., Reisz, R.R., Laurin, M. (2011) Paleogenomic Data Suggest Mammal-Like Genome size in the Ancestral Amniote and Derived Large Genome Size in Amphibians. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 372-380.
Berman, D. S, Reisz, R.R., and Scott, D. (2010) Redescription of the skull of Williston (Diadectomorpha: Limnoscelidae) from the Pennsylvanian of Canon del Cobre, Northern New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 49: 185-210.
Maddin, H. C, Reisz, R. R., and Anderson, J. S. (2010) Evolutionary development of the neurocranium in Dissorophoidea (Tetrapoda: Temnospondyli), an integrative approach. Evolution and Development 12 (4): 393-403.
Reisz, R. R., H. -D. Sues, D. C. Evans, and D. Scott. (2010) Embryonic skeletal anatomy of the Early Jurassic prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 1653-1665. (Journal Cover)
Mazierski, D. M., and Reisz, R. R. (2010). Description of a new specimen of Ianthasaurus hardestiorum (Eupelycosauria: Edaphosauridae) and a re-evaluation of edaphosaurid phylogeny. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47 (6): 901-912.
Reisz, R. R. Laurin, M., and Marajovic, D. (2010) Apsisaurus witteri from the lower Permian of Texas: yet another small varanopid synapsid, not a diapsid. Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 30: 1628-1631.
Tsuji, L. A., Müller, J., and Reisz, R. R. (2010) Microleter mckinzieorum gen. et sp. nov.from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma: the basalmost parareptile from Laurasia. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 8 (2): 245-255.
Woodhead, J., Reisz, R. R., Fox D., Drysdale, R., Hellstrom, J., Maas, R., Cheng, H., and Edwards, R. L. (2010) Speleothem climate records from deep time? Exploring the potential with an example from the Permian. Geology 38: 455-458.
Modesto, S.P, Scott, D, Botha, J, and Reisz, R. R. (2010) A new and unusual procolophonid parareptile from the Lower Triassic Katberg Formation of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30:467-479.
Campione, N. and Reisz, R. R. (2010) Varanops brevirostris (Eupelycosauria: Varanopidae) from the Lower Permian of Texas with discussion of varanopid morphology and interrelationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 521-532.
Modesto, S.P., Scott, D., and Reisz, R.R. (2009) Arthropod remains in the oral cavities of fossil reptiles support inference of early insectivory. Biology Letters 5: 838-840.
Fröbisch, J. and Reisz, R.R. (2009) The Late Permian herbivore Suminia and the early evolution of arboreality in terrestrial vertebrate ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 276: 3611-3618.
Bickelmann, C., Müller, J., and Reisz, R. R. (2009) The enigmatid diapsid Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui (Reptilia:Neodiapsida) from the Upper Permian of Madagascar and the Paraphyly of ÒYounginiformÓ Reptiles. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46: 651-661.
Anderson, J. and Reisz, R.R. (2009) Nannaroter mckinsiei, a new ostodolepid microsaur (Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli) from the Early Permian of Richards Spur (Ft. Sill) Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 379-388.
Reisz R, Schoch R, Anderson J. (2009) The armored dissorophid Cacops from the Early Permian of Oklahoma and the exploitation of the terrestrial realm by amphibians. Naturwissenschaften 96: 789-796.
Modesto, S., Scott, D., and Reisz, R. R. (2009) A new parareptile with temporal fenestration from the Middle Permian of South Africa. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46: 9-20.
Reisz, R. R., Godfrey S., and Scott, D. (2009) Eothyris and Oedaleops: Do these early Permian synapsids form a clade? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (1): 39-47.
Evans, D. C., Maddin, H., and Reisz, R. R. (2009) New evidence of sphenacodontid skeletal elements in the fissure fill deposits near Richards Spur, Oklahoma, with a discussion of the synapsid fauna of the locality. Paleontology 52: 219-227.
Reisz, R. R. and Head, J. J. (2008) Turtle origins out to sea. Nature 456:450-451.
Sues, H-D and Reisz, R. R. (2008) Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Sclerosaurus armatus (Amniota: Parareptilia) from the Buntsandstein (Triassic) of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (4):1031-1042.
Fröbisch, N., and Reisz, R. R. (2008) A new Lower Permian amphibamid (Dissorophoidea, Temnospondyli) from the fissure fill deposits near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (4):1015-1030.
Modesto, S. and Reisz, R.R. (2008) New material of Colobomycter pholeter, a small parareptile from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3) 677-684.
Müller, J, Li, J. and Reisz, R. R. (2008) A new bolosaurid parareptile Belebey chengi sp. nov., from the Middle Permian of China and its paleogeographic significance. Naturwissenschaften 95 (10): 925-929.
Fröbisch, J. and Reisz, R. R. (2008) A new species of Emydops (Synapsida, Anomodontia) and a discussion of dental variability and pathology in dicynodonts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3): 770-787.
Anderson, J, Reisz, R.R., Scott, D., Fröbisch, N., and Sumida, S. S. (2008) A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders. Nature 453: 515-518.
Maddin, H. C., Sidor, C, and R. R. Reisz. (2008) Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Ennatosaurus tecton a caseid synapsid from the Middle Permian of Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (4):160-180.
Reisz, R. R., Müller, J., Tsuji, L. A, and Scott, D. (2007) The cranial osteology of Belebey vegrandis (Parareptilia: Bolosauridae) from the Middle Permian of Russia, and its bearing on Reptilian evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151:191-214.
Reisz, R. R. (2007) Cranial anatomy of basal diadectomorphs and the origin of amniotes. pp 351-377. In J.S. Anderson and H-D Sü s (eds), Major Transitions in Vertebrate Evolution (Life of the Past). Indiana University Press.
Evans, D. C., Reisz, R. R., and Dupuis, K. (2007) A juvenile Parasaurolophus (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) braincase from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, with comments on crest ontogeny in the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3):641-651.
Reisz, R. R. and Modesto, S. (2007) Heleosaurus scholtzi from the Permian of South Africa: a varanopid synapsid, not a diapsid reptile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3):734-740.
Maddin, H. C., Sorin M-M. and Reisz, R. R (2007) The histological microstructure of the Xenopus laevis claw with implications for the evolution of keratinization in tetrapods. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Mol. Dev. Evol 308:259-268.
Folinsbee, K.E., J. Müller, and R. R. Reisz (2007) Canine grooves: morphology, function, and relevance to venom. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (2):599-605.
Maddin, H. C. and Reisz, R. R. (2007) The morphology of terminal phalanges in Permo-Carboniferous synapsids: an evolutionary perspective. Canadian Journal of Earth
Sciences 44(2):267-274.
Evans, D. C. and R. R. Reisz. (2007) Anatomy and relationships of Lambeosaurus magnicristatus, a crested hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27:396-408.
Modesto, S. P, Scott, D M, Berman, D. S,. Müller, J., and Reisz, R. R. (2007) The skull and palaeö cological significances of Labidosaurus hamatus, a captorhinid reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149:237-262.
Reisz, R. R. and Tsuji, L. (2006) An articulated skeleton of Varanops with bite marks: the oldest known evidence of scavenging among terrestrial vertebrates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:1021-1023.
Müller, J. and Reisz, R. R. (2006) Constraining
calibrations properly: reply to Hedges, Kumar and van Tuinen. Bioessays v.
28: 772-773.
Maddin, H. C., D. C. Evans, and Reisz, R. R. (2006) An Early Permian varanodontine varanopid (Syanpsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Richards Spur locality, Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:957-966.
Müller, J. and Reisz, R. R. (2006) The phylogeny of early eureptiles: comparing parsimony and Bayesian approaches in the investigation of a basal fossil clade. Systematic Biology 55(3):503-511.
Reisz, R. R. (2006) Origin of Dental Occlusion in Tetrapods: Signal for Terrestrial Vertebrate Evolution? Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Mol. Dev. Evol. 306 (3): 261-277.
Reisz, R. R., Berman, D. S, and Henrici, A. C. (2005) A new skull of the cochleosaurid amphibian Chenoprosopus (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Lower Permian of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 30:253-256.
Müller, J. and Reisz, R. R. (2005) An early captorhinid reptile (Amniota, Eureptilia) from the Upper Carboniferous of Hamilton, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:561-568.
Reisz, R. R. (2005) Oromycter, a new caseid from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:905-910.
Evans, D. C., C. A. Forster, and R. R. Reisz. (2005) The type specimen of Tetragonosaurus erectofrons and
the taxonomic identity of juvenile lambeosaurines (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae)
from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada. In Dinosaur Provincial
Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed (P. J. Currie and E. B. Koppelhus, eds), Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
Reisz, R. R, D. Scott, H-D. Sues, D. C. Evans, M. A.
Raath (2005) Embryos of an Early Jurassic prosauropod dinosaur and their evolutionary significance. Science 309:761-764.
Müller, J. and Reisz, R. R (2005) Four well-constrained
calibration points from the vertebrate fossil record for molecular clock estimates. Bioessays 27:169-175 Click Here to View PDF
Reisz, R.R. and Laurin, M. (2004) A reevaluation
of the enigmatic Permian synapsid Watongia and of its stratigraphic
significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41:377-386
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Reisz, R.R. and Müller, M. (2004) Molecular timescales and the fossil record: a paleontological perspective. Trends in Genetics.20(5):237-241
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Kissel, R.A. and Reisz, R.R. (2004)Ambedus pusillus,
new genus, new species, a small diadectid (Tetrapoda: Diadectomorpha) from
the Lower Permian of Ohio, with a consideration of diadectomorph phylogeny. Annals
of Carnegie Museum.73:197-212
Sues, H-D., Reisz, R. R. Hinnic, S. and Raath, M. (2004) On
the skull of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria:Sauropodomorpha)
from the Elliot and Clarens formations (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa. Annals
of Carnegie Museum 73:239-258
Sullivan, C. and Reisz, R.R. (2004) The cranial
anatomy and taxonomy of the Permian dicynodont Diictodon. Annals
of Carnegie Museum 74:45-75
Anderson, J.S. and Reisz, R.R. (2004)Pyozia mesenensis, a new, small varanopid (Synapsida, Eupelycosauria) from Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.24:173-197
Reisz, R. R., Krupina, N. I., and Smith, M.M. (2004) Dental
histology in Ichnomylax karatai sp. nov., and early Devonian dipnoan
from the Taymir Peninsula, Siberia, with a discussion on petrodentine. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 24:18-25.
Reisz, R.R. and Dilkes, D.W. (2003)Archaeovenator,
a small varanopseid synapsid from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Kansas. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 40:527-539 Click Here to View PDF
Anderson, J.S. and Reisz, R.R. (2003) A new microsaur
(Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli) from Richards Spur (Ft. Sill), Oklahoma. 17 pp.,
5 figs. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40:554-563
Reisz, R.R. and Laurin, M. (2002) The reptile Macroleter supports Olson's concept of Guadalupian correlations between North America and Russia. Geological Society of America Bulletin: 1176-1177. Click Here to View PDF
Modesto, S. P. and Reisz, R. R. (2002) An enigmatic
new diapsid reptile from the Upper Permian of Eastern Europe. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 22:851-855.
Reisz, R.R. and Scott, D. (2002)Owenetta kitchingorum, N. SP., a small parareptile (Procolophonia: Owenettidae) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa.Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology38(2): 224-256.
Reisz, R.R., Barkas, V and Scott, D. (2002) A new species of bolosaurid from the Early Permian of Richards Spur, Oklahoma.Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology38(1): 92-101.
Krupina, N. I, Reisz, R. R. and Scott, D. (2001) The skull and tooth system of Orlovichthys limnatis, a Late Devonian dipnoan from Russia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38: 1301-1311.
Reisz, R. R. and Smith, M.M. (2001) Lungfish dental pattern conserved for 360 million years. Nature 411: 548-550. Click Here to View PDF
Rybczynski, N and Reisz, R.R. (2001) Earliest evidence for efficient oral processing in a terrestrial herbivore. Nature 411: 684-687. Click Here to View PDF
Reisz, R. R. and Laurin M. (2001) The reptile Macroleter: The first vertebrate evidence for correlation of Upper Permian continental strata of North America and Russia. Geological Society of America Bulletin 113 (9): 1229-1233. Click Here to View PDF
Berman, D. S, Reisz, R.R., Martens, T. and Henrici, A.C. (2001) A new species of Dimetrodon (Sphenacodontidae) from the Lower Permian of Germany, first occurrence of genus outside of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38: 803-812.
Reisz, R.R. and Sutherland, T. (2001) A diadectid (Tetrapoda: Diadectomorpha) from the Lower Permian fissure fills of the Dolese Quarry, near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 70 (2): 133-142.
Reisz, R.R., and Sues, H-D. (2000) The 'feathers' of Longisquama. Nature 408: 428. Click Here to View PDF
Reisz, R.R., Modesto, S.P., and Scott, D. (2000)Acanthotoposaurus bremneri and the origin of the Triassic archosauromorph reptile fauna of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 96: 443-445.
Berman, D. S, Reisz, R.R., Henrici, A.C., Sumida, S.S. and Martens, T. (2000) Early Permian Bipedal Reptile. Science 290: 969-972. Click Here to View PDF
Krupina N. I and Reisz, R. R. (2000) Phylogeny of Devonian lungfishes, with special emphasis on forms from the Russian Platform. Palaeontological Journal Vol.34, supplement. 2: 147-153.
Laurin, M., Reisz, R. R., and Girondot, M. (2000) Caecilian viviparity and amniote origins: a reply to Wilkinson and Nussbaum. Journal of Natural History, 34: 311-315.
Reisz, R.R. and D.S Berman. (2001)Mesenosaurus romeri (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Upper Permian of the Mezen River Basin, Northern Russia. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 70: 113-132.
Sullivan, C. and Reisz, R.R. (2000) Large dissorophoid
skeletal material from the Lower Permian Richards Spur fissures, Oklahoma,
and its paleoecological implications. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36: 1257-1266
Krupina, N. and Reisz, R.R. (2000). Reconstruction of dentition in hatchlings of Andreyevichthys epitamus, a late Devonian Dipnoan from Russia. In press in Modern Geology 24:99-108.
Reisz, R.R. and H.D. Sues. (2000). Herbivory
in Late Paleozoic and Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrates. In press in "Evolution
of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates", Cambridge Univ. Press., H.D. Sues,
ed., pp 9-41.
Laurin, M. and Reisz, R.R. (1999). A new study of Solenodonsaurus janenschi, and a reconsideration of amniote origins and stegocephalian evolution.Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences36: 1239-1255.
Rieppel, O. and Reisz, R.R. (1999). The origin and early evolution of turtles. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 30: 1-22.
Sullivan, C. and Reisz, R.R. (1999). First Record
of Seymouria (Vertebrata: Seymouriamorpha) from Lower Permian Fissure
Fills at Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences36: 1257-1266.
Reisz, R.R., Dilkes, D.W., and D.S Berman. (1998).
Anatomy and relationships of Elliotsmithia longiceps Broom, a small
synapsid (Eupelycosauria: Varanopseidae) from the late Permian of South Africa. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology18 (3): 602-611.
Sues, H.D. and R.R. Reisz. (1998). Origins and early evolution of herbivory in tetrapods. TREE vol. 13.4, pp. 141-145.
Holmes, R., R.C. Carroll, and R.R. Reisz. (1998).
The first articulated skeleton of Dendrerpeton acadianum from the Lower
Pennsylvanian of Joggins, N.S., and a review of its relationships. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology18 (1): 64-79.
Reisz, R.R., Scott, D., and H. Wilson. (1997). Varanopseid (Synapsida) skeletal elements from the Lower Permian fissure fills of Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geol. Notes 56 (3): 160-170.
Reisz, R.R. (1997). The origin and early evolutionary history of amniotes. TREE. vol. 2 (6): 218-222.
Laurin, M. and R. R. Reisz. (1997). A new perspective on tetrapod phylogeny. pp. 8-58. in: "The Origin of Amniotes: Completing the Transition to Land", Sumida, S. S.and K. L. M. Martin (eds.), Academic Press, San Diego and New York.
Dilkes, D.W. and R.R. Reisz. (1996) First record
of a basal synapsid (mammal-like reptile) in Gondwana. Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London B 263:
1165-1170.
Reisz, R.R. and S.P. Modesto (1996)Archerpeton
anthracos from the Joggins Formation of Nova Scotia - a microsaur, not
a reptile. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences33: 703-709.
DeBraga, M. and Reisz, R.R. (1996)Acleistorhinus,
the oldest known parareptile from the Permian of Oklahoma. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology16 (3): 384-395.
Laurin, M. and Reisz, R.R. (1996) The osteology
and relationships of Tetraceratops insignis, the oldest known therapsid. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology16 (1): 95-102.
Berman, D.S, Reisz, R.R., Bolt, J.R. and Scott, D. (1995) The cranial anatomy and relationships of the synapsid Varanosaurus (Eupelycosauria: Ophiacodontidae) from the Early Permian of Texas and Oklahoma. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 58(2): 99-138.
deBraga, M. and Reisz, R.R. (1995) A new diapsid reptile from the Uppermost Carboniferous (Stephanian) of Kansas. Palaeontology 38(1): 199-212.
Sü s, H.D. and Reisz, R.D. (1995) First record
of the early Mesozoic sphenodontian Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)
from the Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Paleontology 69: 123-126.
Laurin, M. and Reisz, R.R. (1995) A reevaluation
of early amniote phylogeny. Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 165-223.
Laurin, M. and Reisz, R.R. (1993) A re-assessment
of the Pennsylvanian tetrapod Romeriscus. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology12 (4): 524-527.
Modesto, S.P. & R.R. Reisz. (1992) Restudy of Permo-Carboniferous
synapsid Edaphosaurus novomexicanus Williston and Case, the oldest
known herbivorous amniote. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 29: 2653-2662.
Reisz, R.R., and D.W. Dilkes. (1992) The taxonomic
position of Anningia megalops, a small amniote from the Permian of
South Africa. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 29: 1605-1608.
Berman, D.S and R.R. Reisz. (1992)Dolabrosaurus
aquatilis, a small lepidosauromorph reptile from the late Triassic Chinle
Formation of North Central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 66
(6): 1001-1009.
Reisz, R.R., D. Berman and D.Scott. (1992) The cranial
anatomy of Secodontosaurus obtusidens, an unusual mammal-like reptile
(Synapsida: Sphenacodontidae) from the Lower Permian of Texas. Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society 104:
127-184.
Reisz, R.R.,D.Scott and J. von Bendegem (1992) Atlas-axis
complex of Secodontosaurus, a sphenacodontid mammal-like reptile (Eupelycosauria:
Synapsida) from the Early Permian of Texas. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 29: 112-119.
Godfrey, S. and R.R. Reisz. (1991) The vertebral anatomy of the Carboniferous anthracosauroid Gephyrostegus bohemicus Jaekel 1902, with comments on the atlas-axis complex of primitive tetrapods. Historical Biology 5: 27-36.
Reisz, R.R. and Laurin, M. (1991). Owenetta and the origin of turtles. Nature 349(6307): 324-326.
Laurin, M. and R.R. Reisz. (1990). Tetraceratops is
the oldest known therapsid. Nature 345(6272): 249-250.
Modesto, S.P. and R.R. Reisz. (1990). Taxonomic
status of Edaphosaurus raymondi Case. Journal of Paleontology 64(6):
1049-1057.
Reisz, R.R. (1990). Geology and paleontology of
the Garnett quarry. Kansas Geological Survey Open File Report 90-24:
43-98.
Modesto, S.P. and R.R. Reisz. (1990). A new skeleton
of Ianthasaurus hardestii (Synapsida: Pelycosauria) from the Upper
Pennsylvanian of Kansas. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 27: 834-844.
Laurin, M. and R.R. Reisz. (1989). Taxonomic position
and phylogenetic relationships of Colobomycter pholeter a small reptile
from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 26: 544-550.
Reisz, R.R. (1988). Two small reptiles from the Upper Pennsylvanian deposits Hamilton Quarry, Kansas. G. S. A. Special Symposium 20(2): 189-194.
Dilkes, D.W. and R.R. Reisz. (1988). Trematops milleri Williston, 1909 identified as a junior synonym of Acheloma cumminsi Case, 1882. American Museum Novitates. No. 2902, pp. 1-12, figs. 103, Table V.
Berman, D.S, R.R. Reisz and D.A. Eberth. (1987). Seymouria
sanjuanensis (Amphibia, Batrachosauria) from the Lower Permian of north-central
New Mexico. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 24(9): 1768-1784.
Berman, D.S, R.R. Reisz and D.A. Eberth. (1987).
A new genus and species of trematopsid amphibian from the Late Pennsylvanian
of north-central New Mexico. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(3): 252-269.
Reisz, R.R. (1986). Pelycosauria. Handbuch der Palaeoherpetologie. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart (Dr. P. Wellenhofer ed.) 102 pp., 43 figs.
Reisz, R.R. and D. Berman. (1986). Ianthasaurus
hardestii, a new edaphosaurid mammal-like reptile (Synapsida, Pelycosauria)
from the Late Pennsylvanian Rock Lake Shale near Garnett, Kansas. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 23: 77-91.
Berman, D.S, R.R. Reisz. (1986). Captorhinid reptiles
from the Early Permian of New Mexico with description of a new genus and species. Annals
of the Carnegie Museum55: 1-28.
Dilkes, D.W. and R.R. Reisz. (1986). The axial skeleton
of the Early Permian reptiles Eocaptorhinus laticeps (Williston). Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 23(9): 1265-1288.
Heaton, M.J. and Reisz, R.R. (1986). Interrelationships
of Captorhinomorph reptiles. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 23: 402-419.
Reisz, R.R. and D.S Berman. (1985). Scoliomus
puercenis Williston and Case, 1913, identified as a junior synonym
of Sphenacodon ferox Marsh (Reptilia, Pelycosauria). Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 22, 1236-1239.
Berman, D.S, R.R. Reisz and D.A. Eberth. (1985). Ecolsonia
cutlerensis, an Early Permian dissorophid amphibian from the Cutler
Formation of north-central New Mexico. New Mexico Bureau Mines and Mineral
Resources Circular
191: 32pp.
Reisz, R.R., D.S Berman and D. Scott. (1984). Anatomy
and Phylogenetic relationships of the Permian reptile Araeoscelis. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 4 (1): 7-23.
Reisz, R.R. and D. Baird. (1983). Captorhinomorph "Stem" Reptiles
from the Pennsylvanian Coal-Swamp Deposit of Linton, Ohio. Annals
of the Carnegie Museum 52: 393-411.
Reisz, R.R., M.J. Heaton and B. Pynn. (1982). Vertebrate
fauna of late Pennsylvanian rock lake shale near Garnett, Kansas: Pelycosauria. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology56: 741-750.
Reisz, R.R. and M.J. Heaton. (1982). Bayloria
morei Olson 1941. Identified as an immature specimen of the Permian
Reptile Captorhinus aguti. (Cope 1882). Canadian Journal of Earth
Sciences 19
(6): 1232-1234.
Berman, D.S and R.R. Reisz. (1982). Restudy of Mycterosaurus
longiceps (Reptilia, Pelycosauria) from the lower Permian of Texas. Annals
of the Carnegie Museum 51 (22): 423-453.
Reisz, R.R. (1981). A diapsid reptile from the Upper
Pennsylvanian of Kansas. University of Kansas Paleont. Contrib. Spec. Publ. No.
7, pp. 1074.
Langston, W. Jr. and R.R. Reisz. (1981). Aerosaurus
wellesi n. sp., a varanopseid mammal-like reptile (Synapsida, Pelycosauria)
from the Lower Permian of New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(1):
73-96.
Berman, D., R.R. Reisz and M.A. Fracasso. (1981).
Skull of the Lower Permian Platyhystrix rugosus. Annals
of the Carnegie Museum 50: 391-416.
Reisz, R.R. and M.J.Heaton. (1980). The origin of mammal-like reptiles. Nature, 288 (5787): 193.
Reisz, R.R. (1980). A protorothyridid captorhinomorph reptile from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Life Sci. Contrib. R. O. M. 121: 1-17.
Berman, D. and R.R. Reisz. (1980). A new species
of Trimerorhachis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Lower Permian
Abo Formation of New Mexico, with discussion of Permian faunal distributions
in that state. Annals
of the Carnegie Museum49: 455-485.
Heaton, M.J. and R.R. Reisz. (1980). A skeletal
reconstruction of the Early Permian captorhinid reptile Eocaptohrinus laticeps (Williston). Journal
of Paleontology 54: 136-143.
Reisz, R.R. (1977). Petrolacosaurus, the oldest known diapsid reptile. Science 196: 1091-1093.
Reisz, R.R. (1975). Pennsylvanian Pelycosaurs from
Linton, Ohio and Nyrany, Czechoslovakia. Journal of Paleontology 49:
522-527.
Reisz, R.R. (1972). Pelycosaurian reptiles from
the Middle Pennsylvanian of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative
Zoology Harvard 144:
27-62.
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