Search Results - "Morse, Paul E."

Chemostratigraphic implications of spatial variation in the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum carbon isotope excursion, SE Bighorn Basin, Wyoming by Allison A. Baczynski, Francesca A. McInerney, Scott L. Wing, Mary J. Kraus, Jonathan I. Bloch, Doug M. Boyer, Ross Secord, Paul E. Morse, Henry C. Fricke

“…The Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is marked by a prominent negative carbon isotope excursion (CIE) of 3–5‰ that has a characteristic rapid onset,…”
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Fossil primate research at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology by Morse, Paul E.

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Dental topography of the Oligocene anthropoids Aegyptopithecus zeuxis and Apidium phiomense: Paleodietary insights from analysis of wear series by Morse, Paul E., Pampush, James D., Kay, Richard F.

“…Fossil primate dietary inference is enhanced when ascertained through multiple, distinct proxies. Dental topography can be used to assess changes in occlusal…”
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Dental topographic change with macrowear and dietary inference in Homunculus patagonicus by Li, Peishu, Morse, Paul E., Kay, Richard F.

“…Homunculus patagonicus is a stem platyrrhine from the late Early Miocene, high-latitude Santa Cruz Formation, Argentina. Its distribution lies farther south…”
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Virtual endocast of late Paleocene Niptomomys (Microsyopidae, Euarchonta) and early primate brain evolution by White, Chelsea L., Bloch, Jonathan I., Morse, Paul E., Silcox, Mary T.

“…Paleogene microsyopid plesiadapiforms are among the oldest euarchontans known from relatively complete crania. While cranial endocasts are known for…”
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Shark centra microanatomy and mineral density variation studied with laboratory microComputed Tomography by Morse, Paul E., Stock, Michala K., James, Kelsey C., Natanson, Lisa J., Stock, Stuart R.

“…[Display omitted] •Centra of shark vertebrae from three species of Lamniformes (Alopias vulpinus, Carcharodon carcharias and Isurus oxyrinchus) and three…”
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Smooth operator: The effects of different 3D mesh retriangulation protocols on the computation of Dirichlet normal energy by Spradley, Jackson P., Pampush, James D., Morse, Paul E., Kay, Richard F.

“…Objectives Dirichlet normal energy (DNE) is a metric of surface topography that has been used to evaluate the relationship between the surface complexity of…”
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Introducing molaR: a New R Package for Quantitative Topographic Analysis of Teeth (and Other Topographic Surfaces) by Pampush, James D., Winchester, Julia M., Morse, Paul E., Vining, Alexander Q., Boyer, Doug M., Kay, Richard F.

“…Researchers studying mammalian dentitions from functional and adaptive perspectives increasingly have moved towards using dental topography measures that can…”
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Enamel chipping in Taï Forest cercopithecids: Implications for diet reconstruction in paleoanthropological contexts by Fannin, Luke D., Guatelli-Steinberg, Debbie, Geissler, Elise, Morse, Paul E., Constantino, Paul J., McGraw, W. Scott

“…Antemortem enamel chipping in living and fossil primates is often interpreted as evidence of hard-object feeding (i.e., ‘durophagy’). Laboratory analyses of…”
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Adaptive wear-based changes in dental topography associated with atelid (Mammalia: Primates) diets by Pampush, James D, Spradley, Jackson P, Morse, Paul E, Griffith, Darbi, Gladman, Justin T, Gonzales, Lauren A, Kay, Richard F

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Dental sculpting and compensatory shearing crests demonstrated in a WEAR series of Presbytis rubicunda (Cercopithecoidea, Colobidae) with dental topography analysis by Pampush, James D., Morse, Paul E., Kay, Richard F.

“…Objectives Maintaining effective and efficient occlusal morphology presents adaptive challenges for mammals, particularly because mastication produces…”
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New fossils, systematics, and biogeography of the oldest known crown primate Teilhardina from the earliest Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America by Morse, Paul E., Chester, Stephen G.B., Boyer, Doug M., Smith, Thierry, Smith, Richard, Gigase, Paul, Bloch, Jonathan I.

“…Omomyiform primates are among the most basal fossil haplorhines, with the oldest classified in the genus Teilhardina and known contemporaneously from Asia,…”
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Sign-oriented Dirichlet Normal Energy: Aligning Dental Topography and Dental Function in the R-package molaR by Pampush, James D., Morse, Paul E., Fuselier, Edward J., Skinner, Matthew M., Kay, Richard F.

“…Dirichlet normal energy (DNE) is a dental topography measurement aimed at capturing occlusal sharpness and has shown promise for its ability to sort primate…”
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Wear and its effects on dental topography measures in howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) by Pampush, James D., Spradley, Jackson P., Morse, Paul E., Harrington, Arianna R., Allen, Kari L., Boyer, Doug M., Kay, Richard F.

“…Objectives Three dental topography measurements: Dirichlet Normal Energy (DNE), Relief Index (RFI), and Orientation Patch Count Rotated (OPCR) are examined for…”
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Oldest evidence for grooming claws in euprimates by Boyer, Doug M., Maiolino, Stephanie A., Holroyd, Patricia A., Morse, Paul E., Bloch, Jonathan I.

“…Euprimates are unusual among mammals in having fingers and toes with flat nails. While it seems clear that the ancestral stock from which euprimates evolved…”
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Dental wear among cercopithecid monkeys of the Taï forest, Côte d'Ivoire by Morse, Paul E., Daegling, David J., McGraw, W. Scott, Pampush, James D.

“…ABSTRACT Studies of dental macrowear can be useful for understanding masticatory and ingestive behavior, life history, and for inferring dietary information…”
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Microstructure and energy dispersive diffraction reconstruction of 3D patterns of crystallographic texture in a shark centrum by Stock, Stuart R., Morse, Paul E., Stock, Michala K., James, Kelsey C., Natanson, Lisa J., Chen, Haiyan, Shevchenko, Pavel D., Maxey, Evan R., Antipova, Olga A., Park, Jun-Sang

“…Purpose: Tomography using diffracted x-rays produces reconstructions mapping quantities such as crystal lattice parameter(s), crystallite size, and…”
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New specimens of the mesonychid Dissacus praenuntius from the early Eocene of Wyoming and evaluation of body size through the PETM in North America by Solé, Floréal, Morse, Paul E., Bloch, Jonathan I., Gingerich, Philip D., Smith, Thierry

“…The Mesonychia is a group of archaic carnivorous mammals of uncertain phylogenetic affinities with a Holarctic distribution during the Paleogene. Intensive…”
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Dental wear among cercopithecid monkeys of the Taï Forest, C&#244 ;te d'Ivoire by Mcgraw, W Scott, Pampush, James D, Morse, Paul E, Daegling, David J

“…Studies of dental macrowear can be useful for understanding masticatory and ingestive behavior, life history, and for inferring dietary information from the…”
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