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O'Connor, P. M., and C. A.
Forster. A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Avifauna from the Maevarano Formation,
Northwestern Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology -
Submitted.
Stevens, N. J.,
E. M. Roberts, P. M. O'Connor, and M. D. Gottfried. Rukwalorax
kitanajino (n. gen., n. sp.) (Mammalia: Hyracoidea) from the late
Oligocene Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology - In Press.
Simons, E., and P. M.
O'Connor. Cross-sectional geometry of the forelimb skeleton and
flight mode in pelecaniform birds. Journal of Morphology - In
Review.
Gottfried, M. D., P. M.
O'Connor, E. M. Roberts, N. J. Stevens, and R. Chami. A Cretaceous
record of Neoceratodus (Dipnoi, Ceratodontidae) from Tanzania.
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica - In
Revision.
Roberts, E. M., P. M.
O'Connor, N. J. Stevens, M. D. Gottfried, Z. A. Jinnah, S. Ngasala,
A. M. Choh, and R. A. Armstrong. Sedimentology and depositional
environments of the Red Sandstone Group, Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania: New
insight into Cretaceous and Paleogene terrestrial ecosystems and
tectonics in sub-equatorial Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences
- In
Review.
Published
22. O’Connor,
P. M. Evolution of archosaurian body plans: Skeletal adaptations of an
air-sac-based breathing apparatus in birds and other archosaurs.
Journal of Experimental Zoology DOI: 10.1002/jez.548
21.
Schulp, A. S., P. M. O’Connor, D. B Weishampel, A. Al-Sayigh, A.
Al-Harthy, J. W. M. Jagt, and A. F. Hartman. Ornithopod and sauropod
dinosaur remains from the Maastrichtian Al-Khod Conglomerate, Sultanate
of Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Journal of Sciences 13:27-32 (2009).
20. Stevens, N. J.,
P. A. Holroyd, E. M. Roberts, P. M. O'Connor, and M. D. Gottfried.
Kahawamys mbeyaensis (n. gen., n. sp.) (Rodentia: Thryonomyoidea)
from the late Oligocene Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 29:631-634 (2009).
19. Claessens, L. P.
A. M., P. M. O’Connor, and D. M. Unwin. Respiratory
evolution facilitated the origin of pterosaur flight and aerial
gigantism. PLOS One. (2009).
18. Stevens, N. J.,
M. D. Gottfried, E. M. Roberts, S. Kapilima, S. Ngasala, and P. M. O’Connor.
Paleontological exploration in Africa: A view from the Rukwa Rift Basin
of Tanzania, pp. 159-180 in Developments in Primatology: Progress
and Prospects, J. G. Fleagle & C. C. Gilbert (eds.), (2008).
17. O’Connor, P.
M. The postcranial axial skeleton of Majungasaurus
crenatissimus (Theropoda:
Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir Series 27 (Suppl.
2):127-162 (2007).
16. Feldmann, R. M., P. M. O'Connor,
N. J. Stevens, M. D. Gottfried, E. M. Roberts, S. Ngasala, E. L.
Rasmusson, and S. Kapilima. A new freshwater crab (Decapoda: Brachyura:
Potamonautidae) from the Paleogene of Tanzania, Africa. Neues
Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie 244:71-78 (2007).
15. Fajardo, R. J., E. Hernandez, and
P. M. O'Connor. Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity: A methods case
study in the use of quantitative microCT to assess vertebral structure
in birds. Journal of Anatomy 211: 138-147 (2007).
14. Krause, D. W., S. D. Sampson, M. T.
Carrano, and P. M. O'Connor. Overview of the history of
discovery, taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography of Majungasaurus
crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of
Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir Series 27 (Suppl. 2):1-20 (2007).
13. Farke, A. A., and P. M.
O'Connor. Pathology in Majungasaurus crenatissimus
(Theropoda: Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (Suppl. 2):180-184 (2007).
12. Krause, D. W., P.
M. O'Connor, K. Curry Rogers, S. D. Sampson, G. A. Buckley, and R.
R. Rogers. Late Cretaceous terrestrial vertebrates from Madagascar:
implications for Latin American Biogeography. Annals of the Missouri
Botanical Garden
93:178-208 (2006).
11.
O'Connor, P.
M. Postcranial pneumaticity: an evaluation of soft-tissue
influences on the postcranial skeleton and the reconstruction of
pulmonary anatomy in archosaurs. Journal of Morphology
267:1199-1226 (2006) (DOI:
10.1002/jmor.10470).
10.
Stevens, N. J., P.
M. O'Connor, M. D. Gottfried, E. M. Roberts, S. Ngasala, and M.
Dawson. Metaphiomys (Rodentia: Phiomyidae) from the Paleogene of southwestern Tanzania.
Journal of Paleontology 80(2):407-410 (2006).
9. O’Connor, P.
M., M. D.
Gottfried, N. J. Stevens, E. M. Roberts, S. Ngasala, S. Kapilima, and
R. Chami. A new vertebrate fauna from the
Cretaceous Red Sandstone
Group, Rukwa
Rift Basin,
southwestern Tanzania. Journal of
African Earth Sciences 44:277-288 (2006).
8.
Stevens, N. J.,
and P. M. O’Connor. Abiotic and biotic factors as predictors of
species richness on Madagascar; pp. 269-300 in
Primate
Biogeography (eds.) S. M. Lehman and J. G. Fleagle. Springer: New
York (2006).
7. O'Connor, P.
M., and L.
P. A. M. Claessens. Basic avian pulmonary design and flow-through
ventilation in non-avian theropod dinosaurs. Nature
436:253-256 (2005).
6. Stevens, N. J., P.
M. O'Connor, M. D. Gottfried, E. M. Roberts and S. Ngasala. An
anthropoid primate humerus from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Paleogene of
southwestern Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
25(4):986-989 (2005).
5. Roberts, E. M., P.
M. O’Connor, M. D. Gottfried, N. J. Stevens, and S. Kapilima.
Revised stratigraphy and age of the Red Sandstone Group in the Rukwa
Rift Basin, Tanzania. Cretaceous Research 25:749-759 (2004).
4. O’Connor, P.
M. Pulmonary pneumaticity in the postcranial skeleton of extant
birds: A case study examining anseriforms. Journal of Morphology
.261:141-161 (2004).
3. Gottfried, M. D., P. M. O'Connor, F. Jackson, E. M.
Roberts, and R. Chami. Dinosaur Eggshell from the Red Sandstone
Group of Tanzania.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):494-497 (2004).
2. Krause, D. W., M. D. Gottfried, P. M. O'Connor, and E.
M. Roberts. A Cretaceous mammal from Tanzania. Acta
Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):321-330 (2003).
1. Sampson, S. D.,
L. M. Witmer, C. A. Forster, D. W. Krause, P. M. O’Connor, P. D. Dodson, and F. Ravoavy. Predatory dinosaur remains from Madagascar:
implications for
the Cretaceous biogeography of Gondwana. Science
280:1048-1051 (1998).
General/Technical
Publications and Short Reports
Carrano, M. T., and P. M. O'Connor. Bird's-eye View.
Natural History 114(4):42-47 (2005).
O'Connor, P.
M.,
M. D. Gottfried, E. M. Roberts, S. Ngasala, N. J. Stevens, S. Kapilima,
and R. Chami. New Cretaceous vertebrate fossil discoveries from the
Red Sandstone Group, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. East
African Rift System (EAR05): Geodynamics, environment, resources &
sustainable development 1:82-84 (2005).
Roberts, E. M.,
S. Ngasala, S. Kapilima, P. M. O'Connor, M. D. Gottfried, N. J. Stevens, and R. Chami. Stratigraphic and sedimentological analysis of the
Red Sandstone Group in the
Songwe
Valley, Mbeya
District. East African Rift System (EAR05): Geodynamics,
environment, resources & sustainable development 1:87-90 (2005).
O’Connor, P.
M., and B.
Demes. Atlas of Neuroanatomy. Department of
Anatomical Sciences, State
University of New York—Stony Brook, 33pp. (2000).
Published
Abstracts
O'Connor, P. M., M.
D. Gottfried, E. M. Roberts, N. J. Stevens, and S. Ngasala. A new
vertebrate fauna from the Cretaceous Red Sandstone Group, Rukwa Rift
Basin, southwestern Tanzania; p. 172 in Barrett, P. M., and S. E.
Evans (eds.), Ninth International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial
Ecosystems and Biota, Abstracts and Proceedings (2006).
Roberts, E. M., P. M.
O'Connor, T. L. Hieronymus, S. Ngasala, M. D. Gottfried, and N. J.
Stevens. Stratigraphy, paleoenvironments, and taphonomy of a new
Cretaceous Vertebrate fauna from the East African rift, southwestern
Tanzania; p. 175 in Barrett, P. M., and S. E. Evans (eds.), Ninth
International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota,
Abstracts and Proceedings (2006).
Hernandez, E., P. M.
O'Connor, and R. J. Fajardo. MicroCT analysis of the axial
postcranial skeleton in birds: comparison of centrum bone structure in
two anatids with different pneumaticity states. Integrative and
Comparative Biology Vol. 45 (6):1144 (2005).
O'Connor,
P. M.,
M. D. Gottfried, E. M. Roberts, N. J. Stevens, and S. Ngasala. New
Dinosaurs and other vertebrate fossils from the Cretaceous Red
Sandstone Group, Rukwa
Rift Basin,
southwestern Tanzania.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 25 (suppl. 3):97A
(2005).
Stevens,
N. J., P. M. O'Connor, M. D. Gottfried, E. M. Roberts, S.
Ngasala, and S.
Kapilima. New Paleogene mammals and other vertebrates from the Rukwa
Rift Basin,
southwestern Tanzania.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol.
25 (suppl. 3):118A (2005).
Gottfried,
M. D., P. M. O'Connor, E. M. Roberts, N. J. Stevens, and R.
Chami. First Cretaceous lungfish from Tanzania-an enigmatic ceratodontid from the
Rukwa Rift
Basin. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol.
25 (suppl. 3):65A (2005).
Witmer,
L. M., R. C. Ridgely, P. M. O'Connor, C. M. Holliday, T. L.
Hieronymus, J. Daniel, E. L. Rasmusson, J. Tickhill, and A.
Clifford. The cephalic anatomy of the Florida manatee (Trichechus
manatus), as revealed by virtual dissection with computed tomography
(CT), differential-contrast dual-vascular injection, and 3D
visualization. Evolution of Aquatic Tetrapods Conference (2005).
O'Connor,
P. M. Postcranial pneumaticity and pulmonary heterogeneity in
archosaurs: evolution of the flow-through lung in nonavialan theropod
dinosaurs and birds. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 24
(suppl. 3):99A (2004).
Stevens,
N. J., M. D. Gottfried, P. M. O'Connor, E. M. Roberts, and S.
Kapilima. A new Paleogene fauna from the East African rift,
southwestern Tanzania.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 24 (suppl. 3):118A (2004).
Holman,
J. A., N. J. Stevens, P. M. O'Connor, M. D. Gottfried, and E. M. Roberts. An
enigmatic neobatrachian frog from the Paleogene of southwestern Tanzania.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 24 (suppl. 3):71A (2004).
O'Connor, P.
M. Distal limb pneumaticity in extant birds: anatomical and
functional correlates. Journal of Morphology Vol. 260(3):317 (2004).
O’Connor, P.
M., M. D.
Gottfried, E. R. Roberts, N. J. Stevens, F. D. Jackson, and E. L.
Rasmusson. Closing the ‘African Gap’—a new Cretaceous vertebrate
fauna from Tanzania.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 23 (suppl. 3):84A
(2003).
Gottfried, M.
D., D. W. Krause, P. M. O’Connor, E. M. Roberts, and Y. I. Tulu.
A Cretaceous mammal from Tanzania. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 23 (suppl. 3):56A (2003).
O’Connor, P.
M. Pulmonary pneumaticity in the postcranial skeleton of extant
Anseriformes. Integrative and Comparative Biology Vol. 42
(6):1287 (2002).
O’Connor. P. M.
Pulmonary Pneumaticity in non-dinosaurian archosaurs with comments on
Erythrosuchus and distal forelimb pneumaticity in pterosaurs.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 22 (suppl. 3):93A
(2002).
O’Connor, P.
M. Soft-tissue influences on archosaurian vertebrae: interpreting
pneumatic and vascular features. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology Vol. 21 (suppl. 3):84A (2001).
O’Connor, P. M. Postcranial
pneumaticity in extant avians: distinguishing pulmonary from
nonpulmonary pneumaticity. Sixth International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology,
Jena, Germany. Journal
of Morphology Vol. 248 (3):268 (2001).
Forster, C. A.,
and P. M. O’Connor. The avifauna of the Upper Cretaceous
Maevarano Formation, Madagascar.
Journal of vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 20 (suppl. 3):41-42A (2000).
O’Connor, P.
M., and N.
J Stevens. Biotic and abiotic factors as predictors of species
richness in Madagascar.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology Suppl. 30:241 (2000).
O’Connor, P.
M. Postcranial pneumatic features and the interpretation of
respiratory anatomy from skeletal specimens. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 19 (suppl. 3):67A (1999).
O’Connor, P.
M., and S.
D. Sampson. The vertebral column of Majungatholus atopus (Theropoda:
Abelisauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology Vol. 18 (suppl. 3):67A (1998).
Sampson, S. D.,
L. M. Witmer, C. A. Forster, D. W. Krause, P. M. O'Connor, and
F. Ravoavy. The evolution and biogeography of Gondwanan theropod
dinosaurs: New information from the Late Cretaceous of
Madagascar. Special Abstracts Issue, Gondwana 10: Event
Stratigraphy of Gondwana. Journal of African Earth Sciences
27(1A):167-168 (1998).
Sampson, S. D.,
L. M. Witmer, C. A. Forster, D. W. Krause, and P. M. O’Connor.
Discovery of a complete theropod skull from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar
yields new information on Majungasaurus, Majungatholus, and
Abelisauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 17 (suppl.
3):73A (1997).
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