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Quantitative analyses of squamate dentition demonstrate novel morphological patterns by Christensen, Kiana, Melstrom, Keegan M

“…Squamates are ideal subjects for investigating relationships between diet and dental patterns because they exhibit wide dietary diversity, marked variation in…”
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Exceptionally simple, rapidly replaced teeth in sauropod dinosaurs demonstrate a novel evolutionary strategy for herbivory in Late Jurassic ecosystems by Melstrom, Keegan M, Chiappe, Luis M, Smith, Nathan D

“…Dinosaurs dominated terrestrial environments for over 100 million years due in part to innovative feeding strategies. Although a range of dental adaptations…”
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The limits of convergence: the roles of phylogeny and dietary ecology in shaping non-avian amniote crania by Melstrom, Keegan M., Angielczyk, Kenneth D., Ritterbush, Kathleen A., Irmis, Randall B.

“…Cranial morphology is remarkably varied in living amniotes and the diversity of shapes is thought to correspond with feeding ecology, a relationship repeatedly…”
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Repeated Evolution of Herbivorous Crocodyliforms during the Age of Dinosaurs by Melstrom, Keegan M., Irmis, Randall B.

“…Extinct crocodyliforms from the age of dinosaurs (Mesozoic Era) display an impressive range of skeletal morphologies, suggesting a diversity of ecological…”
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The relationship between diet and tooth complexity in living dentigerous saurians by Melstrom, Keegan M.

“…Living saurian reptiles exhibit a wide range of diets, from carnivores to strict herbivores. Previous research suggests that the tooth shape in some lizard…”
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Ecological signal in the size and shape of marine amniote teeth by Fischer, Valentin, Bennion, Rebecca F, Foffa, Davide, MacLaren, Jamie A, McCurry, Matthew R, Melstrom, Keegan M, Bardet, Nathalie

“…Amniotes have been a major component of marine trophic chains from the beginning of the Triassic to present day, with hundreds of species. However, inferences…”
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Reevaluation of the cranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the early crocodyliform Eopneumatosuchus colberti, with an emphasis on its endocranial anatomy by Melstrom, Keegan M., Turner, Alan H., Irmis, Randall B.

“…Eopneumatosuchus colberti Crompton and Smith, 1980, known from a single partial skull, is an enigmatic crocodylomorph from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta…”
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A Juvenile Sauropod Dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Utah, U.S.A., Presents Further Evidence of an Avian Style Air Sac System by Melstrom, Keegan M, D'Emic, Michael D, Chure, Daniel, Wilson, Jeffrey A

“…Well-preserved, articulated juvenile sauropod dinosaur material is very rare, hindering attempts to understand ontogenetic changes within the clade. Here, we…”
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Paleobiology and geographic range of the large-bodied Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis by D'Emic, Michael D., Melstrom, Keegan M., Eddy, Drew R.

“…A partial theropod skeleton from the Albian (ca. 105ma) Cloverly Formation of Wyoming is shown to exhibit many features in common with members of…”
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A new lizard-like reptile with unusual mandibular neurovasculature from the Upper Triassic of Virginia by Kligman, Ben T., Sues, Hans-Dieter, Melstrom, Keegan M.

“…Here, we report a new small-bodied reptile taxon, Idiosaura virginiensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) Vinita Formation of the Richmond…”
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The relationship between diet and tooth complexity in living dentigerous saurians: MELSTROM-SAURIAN DENTAL COMPLEXITY AND DIET by Melstrom, Keegan M.

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A JUVENILE SAUROPOD DINOSAUR FROM THE LATE JURASSIC OF UTAH, U.S.A., PRESENTS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF AN AVIAN STYLE AIR SAC SYSTEM by MELSTROM, KEEGAN M., D'EMIC, MICHAEL D., CHURE, DANIEL, WILSON, JEFFREY A.

“…Well-preserved, articulated juvenile sauropod dinosaur material is very rare, hindering attempts to understand ontogenetic changes within the clade. Here, we…”
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