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Lawrence
M. Witmer, PhD
Department
of Biomedical Sciences
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701 USA
Telephone: (740) 593-9489
FAX: (740) 593-2400
E-mail: witmerL@ohiou.edu or
witmer@oucom.ohiou.edu
individual
website: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-witmer/
WitmerLab website:
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-witmer/lab.htm
WitmerLab YouTube website:
http://www.youtube.com/witmerlab
OUµCT website:
http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/ou-microct/
Personal Information
Born:
10 October 1959, Rochester, New York
Marital Status: Married to Patricia Lynn Morris Witmer
Children: Samuel H. Witmer, born 1993
Citizenship: United States of America
Education
1992
PhD, Cell Biology and Anatomy (Functional Anatomy and Evolution),
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dissertation: Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Air Sacs: The Importance of
Soft-tissue Inferences in the Interpretation of Facial Evolution in
Archosauria.
1987
MA, Systematics and Ecology (Evolutionary Biology and Vertebrate
Paleontology), The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Thesis: The Cranial Air Sac System of Mesozoic Birds.
1982
BA, Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Present Status
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic
Medicine, Ohio University (since July 2005; Associate Professor from
2001–2005; Assistant Professor from
1995–2001)
Chang Ying-Chien Endowed
Professorship of Paleontology 2007 – present
Ohio
University Presidential Research Scholar (Biomedical & Life Sciences)
2004–2009
Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University
(since November 1998)
Other Professional Experience
2007 –
present President-Elect, International Society of Vertebrate
Morphology
2006 –
present Director, Ohio University MicroCT Scanning Facility
(OUµCT)
2006 –
present Member, Ohio University Council on Research,
Scholarship, and Creative Activity
2006 –
present Member, Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies
Advisory Committee
2004 – present
Basic Science Liaison,
Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Residency Program Advisory
Committee, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
2002 – present
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Lanzendorf Paleoart Prize Committee,
Member since 2002, Chair 2004–2006
2001
– 2005 Research and Scholarly Affairs Committee, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
2001
– 2003
Advisory Committee, Department of Biomedical Sciences,
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
1999 – 2004
Basic Science Liaison, Pediatrics Residency Program Advisory
Committee, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
1999 –
2001 Director, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Focus Group, Ohio
University
1997
– present Basic Science Liaison, General Surgery Residency Program Advisory
Committee, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
1995
– present Coordinator of PCC Gross
Anatomical Instruction,
Ohio University
College of Osteopathic Medicine
1995
– present Member, PCC Steering Committee, Ohio University
College of Osteopathic Medicine
1995
– present Member, Board of Editors, Ohio
Research and Clinical Review, College of Osteopathic Medicine
1995
– 2001 Member, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Graduate Steering Committee, College of Arts and Sciences
1994
– present Member and Chair (1994–1998) Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Honorary Membership Committee
1994
– 1995 Course Director: Human Gross Anatomy and Embryology, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
1992 – 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, New York College
of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York
Completed Students Advised & Theses
(*
indicates Witmer was main advisor, otherwise Witmer was committee
member)
2007
*Justin Tickhill (Ohio University)—MS: “The Virtual Pig Head:
digital imaging of cephalic anatomy.” Current status: employed in
Athens, Ohio.
2006
*Casey M. Holliday (Ohio University)—PhD: “Evolution and function of
the jaw musculature and adductor chamber of archosaurs
(crocodilians, dinosaurs, and birds).” Current status: Assistant
Professor, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University
2004
Andrew Lammers (Ohio University)—PhD: “The biodynamics of arboreal
locomotion in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis
domestica).” Current status: Assistant Professor, Cleveland
State University.
2003
*Andrew B. Clifford (Ohio University)—MS: “Narial novelty in
mammals: case studies and rules of construction” Witmer lab
2001–2003. Current status: Brown University, PhD student.
2003
Phil Senter (Northern Illinois University)—PhD: “Taxon sampling
artifacts and the phylogenetic position of Aves.” Current status:
Assistant Professor, Lamar State College-Orange, Texas
2003
Richard Essner (Ohio University)—PhD: “Locomotion, morphology, and
habitat use in arboreal squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae)” Current
status: University of Pennsylvania, NIH postdoc.
2003
Peter M. Larson (Ohio University)—PhD: “Chondrocranial evolution in
Rana tadpoles: integrating form, function, ontogeny, and phylogeny”
Current status: Assistant Professor, St. Anselm College, NH.
2003
Patrick M. O’Connor (SUNY Stony Brook): “Pulmonary pneumaticity in
extant birds and fossil archosaurs” Witmer lab 2000–2002. Current
status: Assistant Professor, Ohio University College of Osteopathic
Medicine
2002
*Jayc C. Sedlmayr (Ohio University)—PhD: “Anatomy, evolution, and
functional significance of cephalic vasculature in Archosauria.”
Witmer lab 1997–2002. Current status: UCLA postdoc.
2001
Jeffrey S. Willey (Ohio University)—MS: “Mechanics of the semi-erect
posture: Limb function and whole body mechanics in Alligator
mississippiensis.” Current status: Clemson University, PhD
student.
2001
Elicia N. Thompson (Ohio University)—MS: “A morphometrics and
kinetic analysis of the development of the feeding apparatus of
Monodelphis domestica.” Current status: dentistry student,
University of Washington
2000
*Andrew B. Clifford (Ohio University)—BS Honors: “The narial anatomy
of hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) with respect to other
Carnivora.” Witmer lab 1999–2000. Current status: Brown University,
PhD student.
2000
*Michael J. Papp (Ohio University)—MS: “A critical appraisal of
buccal soft-tissue anatomy in ornithischian dinosaurs.” Witmer lab
1996–2000. Current status: Associate Geologist at Parsons
Engineering Science in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Professional Society Memberships
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American
Ornithologists’ Union
Palaeontological
Association
Sigma
Xi
Society
of Avian Paleontology & Evolution
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Society of Systematic
Biologists
Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology
International
Society of Vertebrate Morphology
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Competitive Grants and Awards
2005
National Science Foundation: “Brain evolution in archosaurs: new
implications for scaling, function and the evolution of the modern
conditions in birds and crocodilians” with G. R. Hurlburt and R. C.
Ridgley (Witmer senior PI). $171,262.00.
2004
National Science Foundation: “The ear regions of
archosaurs: the transition to the modern avian and crocodilian
conditions and functional implications for hearing and balance in
dinosaurs.” $280,293.00.
2004
National Science Foundation: “Evolution of the jaw musculature of
archosaurs.” Dissertation Improvement Grant for Casey M. Holliday,
$11,028.00.
2003
Ohio
University Baker Award: “Unusual nasal structures in dinosaurs and
other vertebrates.” $11,719.00
2000 National Science Foundation: “Anatomy, evolution, and
functional significance of cephalic vasculature in Archosauria, with
special emphasis on birds, crocodilians, and nonavian dinosaurs.”
Dissertation Improvement Grant for Jayc C. Sedlmayr, $9980.00
1997
The
Dinosaur Society: for supplementary publication costs of a Memoir of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, $980.40
1996
National
Science Foundation: “Unusual narial structures in dinosaurs and other
vertebrates: a case study in the functional interpretation of anatomical
novelty in the fossil record” with Scott D. Sampson, PhD, $180,000.00
1995
The
Dinosaur Society: “New insight into Deinonychus,
Tenontosaurus, and other
dinosaurs from the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of south-central
Montana” with W. Desmond Maxwell, PhD, $7225.00
1994
The Dinosaur Society: for publication costs of a Memoir
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, $8400.00
1991
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (NSF BSR
9112070): “The evolution of the skull and air sinuses in Archosauria”,
$9885.00
1991
Grant-In-Aid of Research from Sigma Xi: “Evolution of the skull
and air sinuses in crocodylians and other archosaurs: New evidence from
Papua New Guinean crocodiles,” $545.00
1987-91Fellowship
from the Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine.
1990
Alexander Wetmore Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union:
“Ontogeny, heterochrony, air sacs, and the evolution of the avian
skull,” $1210.00
Grant-In-Aid of Research from Sigma Xi: “Evolution of the skull
and air sinuses in crocodylians and other archosaurs,” $489.00
1989
Marcia Brady Tucker Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union for
travel to the 107th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists’
Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August, $377.50
1985
Alexander Wetmore Award from the American Ornithologists’ Union: “The tympanicomandibular siphonial system: Implications for avian
origins and systematics,” $870.00
Published
papers
1.
Witmer, L. M., R. C. Ridgely, D. L. Dufeau, and M. C. Semones. 2008.
Using CT to peer into the past: 3D visualization of the brain and ear
regions of birds, crocodiles, and nonavian dinosaurs. Pp. 67–88 in
H. Endo and R. Frey (eds.), Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New
Morphology. Springer-Verlag, Tokyo.
2. Witmer, L. M., and R. C. Ridgely.
in press. Structure of the brain cavity and inner ear of the
centrosaurine ceratopsid Pachyrhinosaurus based on CT scanning
and 3D visualization. National Research Council of Canada Monograph
Series.
3. Witmer, L. M. and R. C. Ridgely. In
press. The paranasal air sinuses of predatory and armored dinosaurs
(Archosauria: Theropoda & Ankylosauria) and their contribution to
cephalic architecture. Anatomical Record 291:xxx–xxx.
4. Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer.
In press. Cranial kinesis in dinosaurs: intracranial joints, protractor
muscles, and their significance for cranial evolution and function in
diapsids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
5.
Witmer,
L. M. and R. C. Ridgely. In press. The Cleveland tyrannosaur skull (Nanotyrannus
or Tyrannosaurus): new findings based on CT scanning, with
special reference to the braincase. Kirtlandia.
6.
Hurlburt, G. R., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. In press.
Relative size of brain and cerebrum in Tyrannosaurus rex: an
analysis using brain-endocast quantitative relationships in extant
alligators. in
Origin, Systematics, and Paleobiology of the Tyrannosauridae, J. M.
Parrish, M Henderson, P. J. Currie, E. Koppelhus (Eds.), Northern
Illinois University Press.
7.
Sereno, P. C., J. A. Wilson, L. M. Witmer, J. A. Whitlock, A.
Maga, O. Ide, and T. A. Rowe. 2007. Structural extremes in a
Cretaceous dinosaur. PLoS ONE 2(11): e1230.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001230.
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PLoS Supplementary Information
• Additional information and
downloads on the WitmerLab site
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Additional information and downloads on the Project Exploration site
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Additional information and downloads on the DigiMorph site
8.
Sampson, S. D. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Craniofacial anatomy
of Majungasaurus crenatissimus (Theropoda: Abelisauridae)
from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Memoirs of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology 8, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
27(Supplement to 2):32–102.
• Additional information,
downloads, and 3D digital visualizations on the WitmerLab site
9.
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Archosaur adductor
chamber evolution: integration of musculoskeletal and topological
criteria in jaw muscle homology. Journal of Morphology
268:457–484.
• Additional information and downloads on Casey Holliday's site
10.
Holliday, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, A. M. Balanoff, and L. M. Witmer*.
2006. Cephalic vascular anatomy in flamingos (Phoenicopterus
ruber) based on novel vascular injection and computed
tomographic imaging analyses. Anatomical Record
288A(10)1031–41.
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Additional information and downloads on the WitmerLab site
11.
Hieronymus, T. L., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Structure of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) horn
investigated by x-ray computed tomography and histology with
implications for growth and external form. Journal of Morphology
267:1172–1176.
•
Additional information and downloads on the WitmerLab site.
12.
Clifford, A.
B. and L. M. Witmer. 2004. Case studies in novel narial
anatomy: 3. Structure and function of the nasal cavity of saiga (Artiodactyla:
Bovidae: Saiga tatarica). Journal of Zoology 264:217–230.
• Digital
Visualizations on DigiMorph.org
13.
Norman, D. B.,
L. M. Witmer,
and D. B. Weishampel.
2004. Basal Ornithischia. Pp. 325–334 in The Dinosauria, 2nd Edition, D.
B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
14.
Norman, D. B.,
L. M. Witmer, and
D. B. Weishampel. 2004. Basal Thyreophora. Pp. 335-342 in The Dinosauria, 2nd Edition, D.
B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
15.
Norman, D. B., H.-D. Sues, L. M. Witmer, and R. A. Coria.
2004. Basal Ornithopoda. Pp. 393–412 in The Dinosauria, 2nd Edition, D.
B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
16.
Witmer, L. M., R. C.
Ridgely, H. Mayle, D. Adams. 2004. The best of both worlds: integrating CT and MR in a study of
pig knees. RT Image 17(32):16–19.
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RT Image web site
• Digital
Visualizations on DigiMorph.org
17.
Witmer, L.
M. 2004. Inside the oldest bird brain. Nature
430:619–620.
18.
Clifford, A. B. and L. M. Witmer.
2004. Case
studies in novel narial anatomy: 2. The enigmatic nose of moose (Artiodactyla:
Cervidae: Alces alces). Journal of Zoology 262:339–360.
•
Accompanying Nature "News & Views"
• Digital
visualizations on DigiMorph.org
19.
Witmer, L. M., S. Chatterjee,
J. Franzosa, and T. Rowe. 2003. Neuroanatomy of flying
reptiles and implications for flight, posture and behaviour. Nature
425:950–953.
•
Accompanying Nature "News & Views"
• Digital visualizations on DigiMorph.org:
Anhanguera,
Rhamphorhynchus
20.
You H.-L., Luo Z.-X.,N. H. Shubin,
L. M. Witmer, Tang A.-L, and Tang F. 2003. The earliest-known
duck-billed dinosaur from deposits of late Early Cretaceous age in
northwestern China and hadrosaur evolution. Cretaceous Research
24:346–355.
21.
Hill, R. V., L. M. Witmer,
M.A. Norell.
2003. A new specimen of Pinacosaurus grangeri
(Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia:
ontogeny and phylogeny of ankylosaurs. American Museum
Novitates 3395:1–29.
22.
Bimber, O., S. M. Gatesy, L. M. Witmer, R. Raskar, and L. M.
Encarnação. 2002. Merging fossil specimens with computer-generated
information. IEEE Computer 35(9):25–30.
23.
Witmer, L. M.
2002.
The debate on avian ancestry: phylogeny, function, and fossils. In
Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs, L. M. Chiappe and L. M.
Witmer (eds.), University of California Press, Berkeley.
24.
Sedlmayr,
J. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2002. Rapid technique
for imaging the blood vascular system using stereoangiography. Anatomical
Record 267(4):330–336.
25.
Witmer, L. M.
2001. Nostril position
in dinosaurs and other vertebrates and its significance for nasal
function. Science 293:850–853.
26.
Witmer, L. M. 2001.
The role of Protoavis in the debate on avian origins.
pp. 537–548 In New Perspectives
on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds, J. A. Gauthier and L. F. Gall
(eds.), Yale Peabody
Museum, New Haven.
27.
Witmer, L. M.
2000. Science,
art, and dinosaurs. Essay and review of Dinosaur Imagery: The Science
of Lost Worlds and Jurassic Art, edited by C. R. Crumly. Science
5489:460–461.
28.
Witmer, L. M. 1999.
New aspects of avian origins: roundtable report. pp. 327–334 in
Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century:
Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of
Avian Paleontology and Evolution, S. L. Olson (ed.), Smithsonian
Contributions to Paleobiology 89, Washington.
29.
Witmer, L. M., S. D. Sampson, and N. Solounias. 1999. The proboscis of tapirs (Tapirus terrestris): a case study in novel narial anatomy. Journal
of Zoology 249:249–267.
30.
Solounias, N., J. M. Plavcan, J. Quade and L. M. Witmer. 1999.
The paleoecology of the Pikermian Biome and the savanna myth.
pp. 426-453. In
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe. Volume 1: The Evolution
of Neogene Terrestrial Ecosystems in Europe.
J. Agustí, L. Rook, and P. Andrews (eds.). Cambridge University Press, New York.
31.
Witmer, L. M. 1999. The phylogenetic history of paranasal air sinuses. pp.
21–34 in The Paranasal Sinuses
of Higher Primates: Development, Function and Evolution, T. Koppe, H.
Nagai, and K. W. Alt (eds.), Quintessence, Chicago.
32.
Sampson, S. D., L. M. Witmer, C. A. Forster, D. W. Krause, P. M.
O’Connor, P. Dodson, and F. Ravoavy.
1998. Predatory
dinosaur remains from Madagascar: implications for the Cretaceous
biogeography of Gondwana. Science 280:1048–1051.
33.
Witmer, L. M. 1998.
Dinosaurs for adults. Review
of The Complete Dinosaur by J. O. Farlow and M. K. Brett-Surman.
Science 280:223.
34.
Witmer, L. M. 1997. Craniofacial
air sinus systems. pp.
151–159 in The Encyclopedia of
Dinosaurs, P. J. Currie and K. Padian (eds.), Academic Press, New York.
35.
Witmer, L. M. 1997. Foreword.
pp. vii–xii in The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution, by S.
Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
36.
Witmer, L. M. 1997.
Flying feathers. Review of The Origin
and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia.
Science 276:1209–1210.
37.
Witmer, L. M. 1997.
A new missing link. Nature
387:349–350.
38.
Witmer, L. M. 1997.
The evolution of the antorbital cavity of archosaurs: a study in
soft-tissue reconstruction in the fossil record with an analysis of the
function of pneumaticity. Memoirs
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 17(Supplement to 1):1–73.
39.
Witmer, L. M. 1995.
Homology of facial structures in extant archosaurs (birds and
crocodilians), with special reference to paranasal pneumaticity and nasal
conchae. Journal
of Morphology 225:269–327.
40.
Witmer, L. M. 1995.
The Extant Phylogenetic Bracket and the importance of
reconstructing soft tissues in fossils. pp. 19–33 in
Functional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology, J. J. Thomason (ed.),
Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
41. Baumel, J. J. and Witmer, L. M. 1993.
Osteologia. pp. 45–132 in
Handbook of Avian Anatomy: Nomina Anatomica Avium, Second Edition, J. J.
Baumel (ed.), Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club No. 23,
Cambridge.
42.
Witmer, L. M. and Rose, K. D.
1991. Biomechanics of
the jaw apparatus of the gigantic Eocene bird Diatryma:
Implications for diet and mode of life. Paleobiology
17:95–120.
43. Witmer, L. M. 1991. Perspectives
on avian origins. pp. 427–466 in
Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and Consensus,
H.-P. Schultze and L. Trueb (eds.), Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
44. Witmer, L. M. 1990. The
craniofacial air sac system of Mesozoic birds (Aves). Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society. 100:327–378.
45.
Weishampel, D. B. and Witmer, L. M.
1990. Lesothosaurus,
Pisanosaurus, and Technosaurus. pp. 416–425 in
The Dinosauria, D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.),
University of California Press, Berkeley.
46.
Weishampel, D. B. and Witmer, L. M.
1990. Heterodontosauridae.
pp. 486–497 in The Dinosauria,
D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.), University of
California Press, Berkeley.
47.
Coombs, W. P., Weishampel, D. B., and Witmer, L. M.
1990. Basal Thyreophora. pp. 427–434 in
The Dinosauria, D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (Eds.),
University of California Press, Berkeley.
48.
Witmer, L. M. 1989. Review:
Peter W. Houde: Paleognathous birds from the early Tertiary of the
Northern Hemisphere. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):368–369.
49.
Bühler, P., Martin, L. D., and Witmer, L. M.
1988. Cranial kinesis in the Late Cretaceous birds Hesperornis and Parahesperornis.
Auk: Quarterly Journal of
Ornithology 105(1):111–122.
50.
Witmer, L. M. and Martin, L. D.
1987. The primitive
features of the avian palate with special reference to
Mesozoic birds. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon 99:21–40.
51.
Witmer, L. M. 1987. The nature
of the antorbital fossa of archosaurs: shifting the null hypothesis. pp.
230–235 in Fourth Symposium on
Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Short Papers (P. J. Currie and E. H.
Koster, Eds.), Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology #3,
Drumheller, Alberta.
52. Witmer, L. M. 1979. Host
preference by the Mid-Devonian (Moscow Shale) epizoans Hederella
filiformis, Aulopora elleri,
Spirorbis sp., and Cornulites sp. Cornell
Journal of Biological Science 1979:21–28.
Books and Popular Articles
1.
Chiappe, L. M. and L. M. Witmer
(editors). 2002. Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of
Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley,
520 pp.
2.
Witmer, L. M. 2001. A nose for all reasons. Natural
History Magazine, June 2001 110(5):64–71.
3.
Maxwell W. D. and L. M. Witmer. 1996. The new Deinonychus. Dinosaur
Discoveries 2:1–2.
4.
Witmer, L. M. 1995.
The Search for the Origin of
Birds. Franklin Watts, New York.
NSF Digital Library Contributions ON dIGIMORPH
1.
A. B.
Clifford and L. M. Witmer. 2004. Facial and narial anatomy
of saiga.
2.
Ridgely, R.
C. and L. M. Witmer. 2004. Knee anatomy in domestic pigs
based on CT/MR fusion.
3.
Holliday, C. M., R. C. Ridgely, and L. M. Witmer. 2004.
Head vasculature of the Caribbean flamingo.
4.
A. B.
Clifford and L. M. Witmer. 2004. Facial and narial anatomy
of moose.
5.
Witmer, L. M., S. Chatterjee, J. Franzosa, and T. Rowe.
2003. Neuroanatomy and inner ear of the pterosaur Anhanguera.
6.
Witmer, L. M., S. Chatterjee, J. Franzosa, and T. Rowe.
2003. Neuroanatomy and inner ear of the pterosaur
Rhamphorhycnhus.
Symposia Organized
2001. The Nasal Region
of Tetrapods (with W. Maier and Z. Rocek).
Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Jena
Germany, 24 July 2001.
1997.
Pneumatization of the Vertebrate Skull (with Thomas Koppe).
Fifth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Bristol,
England, 17 July 1997.
Invited Lectures since 2003
2007
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville. 12 Nov 2007.
“Evolving an on-board flight computer: brains, ears, and the
evolution of birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs”
2006
Explorer Lecture, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 08 Dec 2006.
“Tyrannosaurus Exposed: Getting into the Head of a Killer.”
Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University,
Bozeman. 16 Nov 2006. “Digital Dinosaurs: Unlocking the Riddles of
Dinosaur Skulls Using Advanced Medical Imaging.”
Symposium on New Approaches to Paleontological
Investigation at the American Association for the Advancement of
Science Annual Meeting, 17 Feb 2006. “Fleshing Out Dinosaurs:
Implications of Brain, Ear, and Nose Structure.”
2005
Symposium on the Origin, Systematics, and Paleobiology of the
Tyrannosauridae, Burpee Museum of Natural History and Northern
Illinois University, Rockford, IL. 16 Sep 2005. “New insights into
the brain and ear region of tyrannosaurs, with implications for
sensory organization and behavior.”
Evolutionary Morphology Seminar Series, Dept. of Organismal
Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 14 Apr
2005. “Fleshing Out Dinosaurs: Bridging the Present and Past to
Redefine Paleontology.”
2004
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Series, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. 16 Nov 2004. “What is Paleontology? Linking the
Present to the Past to Flesh Out Fossils.”
Symposium on Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight, San
Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA. 13 Sep 2004. “Dinosaurs
Take Wing: The Search for the Origin of Birds.”
Seventh International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL. 01 Aug 2004. “Fleshing
Out Fossils: The Present as the Key to a Very Different Past.”
(plenary keynote address)
Neuroscience Seminar Series, Ohio University, Athens, OH. 27
Feb 2004. “Paleoneuroanatomy and the Inference of Neural and
Vestibular Structures in Dinosaurs and Pterodactyls.”
Annual Robert T. Dorsey Lecture, Cleveland Museum of Natural
History, Cleveland, OH. 09 Feb 2004. “Dinosaurs Take Wing: The
Origin and Early Radiation of Birds.”
2003
President’s Research Showcase, Ohio University, Athens, OH. 15 Nov
2003. “diNOSE: Putting Dinosaur Noses in Their Place.”
Sigma-Xi Annual Banquet, Ohio University, Athens, OH. 14 May
2003. “Fleshing Out Dinosaurs: The Present as the Key to a Very
Different Past.”
High-Resolution X-ray CT Facility, University of Texas,
Austin, TX. 27 Mar 2003. “Anatomical approaches in the Witmer Lab.”
Clara Jones Langston Centennial Lecture, University of Texas,
Austin, TX. 26 Mar 2003. “Fleshing Out Dinosaurs: The Role of Extant
Taxa in Assessing Anatomical Novelty in the Fossil Record.”
Papers Presented at Professional Society Meetings
(‡
Indicates a Published Abstract)
2007
‡
Daniel, J. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. The role of soft tissues
in sediment infilling and patterning: an actualistic study with
ostrich heads. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 27(Supplement to 3):65A.
‡
Dufeau, D. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Ontogeny and phylogeny
of the tympanic pneumatic system of crocodyliform archosaurs. 67th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin,
TX. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(Supplement to
3):70A.
‡
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Skinning dinosaurs:
bony correlates and patterns of cephalic skin evolution in
Archosauria. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 27(Supplement to 3):89A.
‡
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. The epipterygoid of
crocodyliforms and its significance in the evolution of the
orbitotemporal region of eusuchians. 67th Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 27(Supplement to 3):90A.
‡
Tsuihiji, T., M. Watabe, L. M. Witmer, T. Tsubamoto, K.
Tsogtbaatar. 2007. A juvenile skeleton of Tarbosaurus with a
nearly complete skull and its implications for ontogenetic change in
tyrannosaurids. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, TX. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 27(Supplement to 3):160A.
‡
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Cranial kinesis
in dinosaurs: significance for functional inferences and evolution.
8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology,
Paris, France.
Journal of Morphology 268(12):1085–1086.
‡
L. M. Witmer and R. C. Ridgely. 2007. Evolving an
on-board flight computer: brains, ears, and exaptation in the
evolution of birds and other theropod dinosaurs. 8th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France.
Journal of
Morphology 268(12):1150.
Dufeau, D. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Ontogeny and
phylogeny of the tympanic pneumatic system of crocodyliform
archosaurs. 8th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Paris, France.
‡
Ridgely, R. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Gross anatomical
brain region approximation (GABRA): a new technique for assessing
brain structure in dinosaurs and other fossil archosaurs. 8th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France.
Journal of Morphology 268(12):1124.
‡
Tickhill, J. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. The Virtual Pig
head: digital imaging of cephalic anatomy. 8th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France.
Journal of Morphology 268(12):1141.
‡
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. Turtle beaks,
bird beaks, croc beaks? Parallel evolution of rhamphothecae in
Sauropsida. 8th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Paris, France.
Journal of Morphology 268(12):1083–1084.
Tickhill, J. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. The Virtual Pig
head: digital imaging of cephalic anatomy. Annual Meeting of the
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, AZ.
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2007. How dinosaurs
build beaks: homology between avian rhamphotheca and diapsid facial
scales. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Phoenix, AZ.
Tsuihiji, T. and L. M. Witmer. 2007.
Reconstruction and possible evolutionary changes of muscle and
ligament attachments in the occipital region and atlas-axis complex
in non-avian theropod dinosaurs. Annual Meeting of the Society of
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, AZ.
2006
‡ Dufeau, D. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Tympanic pneumaticity in Archosauria: Recognizing patterns of
organization and homology.
66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Ottawa, ON. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
26(Suppl. to 3).
‡ Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Horn morphology of Pachyrhinosaurus and horn evolution in
centrosaurine dinosaurs.
66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Ottawa, ON. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
26(Suppl. to 3).
‡ Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Critical appraisal of cranial kinesis in dinosaurs. 66th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa,
ON. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(Suppl. to 3).
‡ Ridgely, R. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2006. Dead on
arrival: optimizing CT data acquisition of fossils using modern
hospital CT scanners. 66th Annual Meeting of the Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa, ON. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 26(Suppl. to 3).
‡ Ridgely, R. C. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Braincase morphology in tyrannosaurs using computed tomography and
3D visualization, with special reference to the cerebral endocast
and ear region.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Orlando, FL. Journal of Integrative and Comparative
Biology 45(6):1183.
‡ Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Evolutionary morphology of the orbitotemporal region in Archosauria.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Orlando, FL. Integrative and Comparative
Biology 45(6):1014.
‡ Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
From armor to anchor: Character evolution of the skin and horns of
rhinos.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Orlando, FL. Integrative and Comparative
Biology 45(6):1012.
‡ Dufeau, D. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2006.
Tympanic pneumaticity in theropod dinosaurs: Recognizing patterns of
organization and homology.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Orlando, FL. Integrative and Comparative
Biology 45(6):1126.
2005 Rommel,
S. A., A. Costidis, L. M. Witmer, R. C. Ridgely, and
K. Matassa. 2005. Comparative morphology of the epidural circulation
in harbor seals, bottlenose dolphins, and Florida manatees. Society
for Marine Mammalogy’s 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of
Marine Mammals, San Diego, CA.
Chapla, M. E., D. P. Nowacek, S. A. Rommel, V. Sadler,
and L. M. Witmer. 2005. Three-dimensional reconstructions of
a Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) head and
isolated ear bone: the search for sound pathways. Society for Marine
Mammalogy’s 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine
Mammals, San Diego, CA.
‡ Witmer, L. M. and R. C. Ridgely. 2005.
Tyrannosaur brain and ear structure: ontogeny and implications for
sensory function and behavior. 65th Annual Meeting of the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, AZ. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 25(Suppl. to 3):10A.
‡ Daniel, J. and L. M. Witmer. 2005. Heads and
skulls as sediment sorters: an actualistic, CT-based study in
taphonomy. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, AZ. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 25(Suppl. to 3):13A.
‡ Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2005.
Revised horn reconstructions for extinct rhinocerotid taxa:
separating the contributions of dermis and epidermis to horn
rugosities. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa, AZ. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 25(Suppl. to 3):29A.
‡ Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2005.
Anatomical domains within sauropsid heads and their significance for
functional interpretation of extinct taxa. Integrative
and Comparative Biology 44:570.
2004 ‡
L. M. Witmer, R. C.
Ridgely, and S. D. Sampson. 2004.The ear region, cerebral
endocast, and cephalic sinuses of the abelisaurid theropod dinosaur
Majungatholus. 64th Annual Meeting of the Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, CO. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 24(Suppl. to 3):131A.
‡
Ridgely, R. C. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. New applications of CT scanning and 3D
modeling for dinosaur visualization. 64th Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, CO. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 24(Suppl. to 3):103A–104A.
‡
Holliday, C. M. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Anatomical domains within the heads of
archosaurs and their relevance for functional interpretation. 64th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver,
CO. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(Suppl. to 3):71A.
‡
Hieronymus, T. L. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Cranial rugosity and dinosaur “horns:”
rhino and giraffe as model systems for skin reconstruction in fossil
taxa. 64th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Denver, CO. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
24(Suppl. to 3):70A.
‡
L. M. Witmer.
2004. Invited Plenary Lecture—Fleshing out fossils: the present as
the key to a very different past. 7th International
Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL. Journal of
Morphology 260(3):340.
‡
Ridgely, R. C. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Beyond imaging: Using 3D-datasets in
comparative morphology . 7th International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL. Journal of Morphology
260(3):321–322.
‡
Clifford, A. B. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Rules of construction in proboscis
building in mammals. 7th International Congress of
Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL. Journal of Morphology
260(3):283.
‡
Hieronymus, T. L. and
L. M. Witmer. 2004. Rhinoceros horn attachment: anatomy and
histology of a dermally influenced bone rugosity. 7th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, FL.
Journal of Morphology 260(3):298.
‡
Witmer, L. M.,
S. Chatterjee, J. Franzosa, T. Rowe, and R. C. Ridgely. 2004.
Neuroanatomy and
vestibular apparatus of pterosaurs: Implications for flight,
posture, and behavior. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, New
Orleans, LA. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43(6):832.
‡
Hieronymus, T. L. and
L. M. Witmer. 2003.
Dermal enthesis:
anatomy and histology of rhinoceros horn attachment.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, New Orleans, LA. Integrative and Comparative Biology
43(6):874.
2003 ‡
Witmer, L. M. 2003. Narial anatomy of ankylosaurian dinosaurs:
osteology and soft-tissue reconstruction. 63rd Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, St. Paul, MN.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(Suppl. to 3):111A–112A.
‡
Hieronymus, T. L. and L. M. Witmer. 2003. Rhinoceros horn
attachment: anatomy and histology. 63rd Annual Meeting of
the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, St. Paul, MN. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 23(Suppl. to 3):61A.
‡
Clifford, A. B., and Witmer, L. M. 2003. Nasal structures in
moose (Cervidae: Alces).
Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Toronto, Ontario. Integrative and Comparative Biology
42(6):1209.
‡
Holliday,
C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2003. Archosaur jaw muscle homology
and evolution: extant data. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Toronto, Ontario. Integrative and Comparative Biology
42(6):1244–1245.
2002 ‡
Witmer, L. M., S. Chatterjee, T. Rowe, and J. Franzosa.
2002. Anatomy of the brain and vestibular apparatus in two
pterosaurs: implications for flight, head posture, and behavior.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Norman,
Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(Suppl. to
3):120A–121A.
‡
Bimber, O., S. M. Gatesy, and L. M. Witmer. 2002.
Augmented paleontology: merging fossil specimens with computer
generated information for analysis and education. Annual Meeting
of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 22(Suppl. to 3):36A.
‡
Holliday, C. M. and L. M. Witmer. 2002. Functional
anatomy of archosaurian jaw musculature: preliminary findings.
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(Suppl. to 3):66A.
‡
Clifford, A. B. and L. M. Witmer. 2002. Not all noses are
hoses: an appraisal of proboscis evolution in mammals. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 22(Suppl. to 3):45.
‡
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