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  1. A nearly complete skeleton of a new eusphenodontian from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA, provides insight into the evolution and diversity of Rhynchocephalia (Reptilia: Lepidosauria)

    Article • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  2. Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), III: a new species of Albanerpeton, with biogeographic and paleoecological implications

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, March 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  3. Climatic constraints on the biogeographic history of Mesozoic dinosaurs

    Article • Current Biology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  4. A large, pathological skeleton of Smilosuchus gregorii (Archosauriformes: Phytosauria) from the Upper Triassic of Arizona, U.S.A., with discussion of the paleobiological implications of paleopathology in fossil archosauromorphs

    Article • Palaeontologia Electronica, January 2021, Coquina Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  5. The apparent exponential radiation of Phanerozoic land vertebrates is an artefact of spatial sampling biases

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, April 2020, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  6. Redescription of Brachiosaurid Sauropod Dinosaur Material From the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA

    Article • The Anatomical Record, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  7. Diversity dynamics of Phanerozoic terrestrial tetrapods at the local-community scale

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  8. Paleocommunity mixing increases with marine transgression in Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Cretaceous) vertebrate microfossil assemblages

    Article • Paleobiology, December 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  9. Cope's rule and the adaptive landscape of dinosaur body size evolution

    Article • Palaeontology, October 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  10. Peltephilidae and Mesotheriidae (Mammalia) from late Miocene strata of Northern Chilean Andes, Caragua

    Article • Journal of South American Earth Sciences, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  11. paleoecological importance of vertebrate microfossil bonebeds

    Article • Paleobiology, February 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  12. The theropod dinosaurElaphrosaurus bambergiJanensch, 1920, from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  13. New information on the forearm and manus ofCeratosaurus nasicornisMarsh, 1884 (Dinosauria, Theropoda), with implications for theropod forelimb evolution

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  14. Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), II: Paleoecology

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  15. Near-Stasis in the Long-Term Diversification of Mesozoic Tetrapods

    Article • PLoS Biology, January 2016, PLOS

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  16. Climate constrains the evolutionary history and biodiversity of crocodylians

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2015, Nature

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  17. Osteology and bone microstructure of new, small theropod dinosaur material from the early Late Cretaceous of Morocco

    Article • Gondwana Research, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  18. Osteoderms of the titanosaur sauropod dinosaurAlamosaurus sanjuanensisGilmore, 1922

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  19. The extinction of the dinosaurs

    Article • Biological Reviews, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  20. Body mass estimation in non‐avian bipeds using a theoretical conversion to quadruped stylopodial proportions

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  21. Rates of Dinosaur Body Mass Evolution Indicate 170 Million Years of Sustained Ecological Innovation on the Avian Stem Lineage

    Article • PLoS Biology, May 2014, PLOS

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  22. Unusual Soft-Tissue Preservation of a Crocodile Lizard (Squamata, Shinisauria) From the Green River Formation (Eocene) and Shinisaur Relationships

    Article • The Anatomical Record, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  23. Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), I: faunal composition, biogeographic relationships, and sampling

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  24. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

    Article • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  25. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

    Article • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  26. First ceratosaurian dinosaur from Australia

    Article • The Science of Nature, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  27. An articulated pectoral girdle and forelimb of the abelisaurid theropodMajungasaurus crenatissimusfrom the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  28. A temperate palaeodiversity peak in Mesozoic dinosaurs and evidence for Late Cretaceous geographical partitioning

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  29. An associated partial skeleton of Jainosaurus cf. septentrionalis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Chhota Simla, Central India

    Article • Palaeontology, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  30. Air-filled postcranial bones in theropod dinosaurs: physiological implications and the ‘reptile’-bird transition

    Article • Biological Reviews, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  31. New materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and implications for the morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda:Ceratosauria)

    Article • Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, January 2011, Smithsonian Institution

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  32. Testing the effect of the rock record on diversity: a multidisciplinary approach to elucidating the generic richness of sauropodomorph dinosaurs through time

    Article • Biological Reviews, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  33. The history of dinosaur collecting in central India, 1828–1947

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, January 2010, Geological Society

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  34. A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic

    Article • The Science of Nature, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  35. Case 3487Megalosaurus crenatissimusDepéret, 1896 (currentlyMajungasaurus crenatissimus; Dinosauria, Theropoda): proposed replacement of the holotype by a neotype

    Article • The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, September 2009, The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  36. The Phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

    Article • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  37. OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, TAXONOMY, PHYLOGENY, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OFMAJUNGASAURUS CRENATISSIMUS(THEROPODA: ABELISAURIDAE) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Patrick M OConnor, Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  38. THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON OFMAJUNGASAURUS CRENATISSIMUS(THEROPODA: ABELISAURIDAE) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  39. Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles. Matthew T. Carrano, Timothy J. Gaudin, Richard W. Blob, and John R. Wible, editors.

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, May 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  40. Paleoecology of the Quarry 9 vertebrate assemblage from Como Bluff, Wyoming (Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic)

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  41. Morphological changes in pedal phalanges through ornithopod dinosaur evolution: A biomechanical approach

    Article • Journal of Morphology, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  42. New information onSegisaurus halli, a small theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of Arizona

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, December 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  43. The Evolution of Sauropod Locomotion: Morphological Diversity of a Secondarily Quadrupedal Radiation

    Article • December 2005, University of California Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  44. Correlated trends in the evolution of the plesiosaur locomotor system

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  45. The osteology ofMasiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, September 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  46. Pelvic and hindlimb musculature ofTyrannosaurus rex (Dinosauria: Theropoda)

    Article • Journal of Morphology, July 2002, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  47. Taxon distributions and the tetrapod track record

    Article • Paleobiology, September 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  48. Implications of limb bone scaling, curvature and eccentricity in mammals and non-avian dinosaurs

    Article • Journal of Zoology, May 2001, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  49. A new fossil frog from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, March 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  50. A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

    Article • Nature, January 2001, Nature

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  51. Homoplasy and the evolution of dinosaur locomotion

    Article • Paleobiology, September 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  52. Theropod hind limb disparity revisited: comments on Gatesy and Middleton (1997)

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, September 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  53. Experimental alteration of limb posture in the chicken (Gallus gallus) and its bearing on the use of birds as analogs for dinosaur locomotion

    Article • Journal of Morphology, June 1999, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  54. Experimental alteration of limb posture in the chicken (Gallus gallus) and its bearing on the use of birds as analogs for dinosaur locomotion

    Article • Journal of Morphology, June 1999, Wiley

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  55. Titanosaurs and the origin of “wide-gauge” trackways: a biomechanical and systematic perspective on sauropod locomotion

    Article • Paleobiology, January 1999, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  56. Locomotion in non-avian dinosaurs: integrating data from hindlimb kinematics, in vivo strains, and bone morphology

    Article • Paleobiology, January 1998, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano

  57. Morphological indicators of foot posture in mammals: a statistical and biomechanical analysis

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, September 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Matthew T. Carrano