Research articles in refereed journals Listed in chronological order (available from the author upon request; see also the Academia.edu web site) Some cover pages that feature my papers. © Michel Laurin • DIDIER, G., FAU, M., and LAURIN, M. 2017. Likelihood of tree topologies with fossils and diversification rate estimation. Systematic Biology (Early View). • SMITH, H. F., PARKER, W., KOTZÉ, S. H., and LAURIN, M. 2017. Morphological evolution of the mammalian cecum and cecal appendix. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 16 (1): 39–57. • HERREL, A., MOUREAUX, C., LAURIN, M., DAGHFOUS, G., CRANDELL, K., TOLLEY, K. A., MEASEY, G. J., VANHOOYDONCK, B., and BOISTEL, R. 2016. Frog origins: Inferences based on ancestral reconstructions of locomotor performance and anatomy. Fossil Imprint 72 (1–2): 108–116. • BUFFRÉNIL, V. D., CLARAC, F., CANOVILLE, A., and LAURIN, M. 2016. Comparative data on the differentiation and growth of bone ornamentation in gnathostomes (Chordata: Vertebrata). Journal of Morphology 277 (5): 634–670. • WERNEBURG, I., LAURIN, M., KOYABU, D., and SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA, M. R. 2016. Evolution of organogenesis and the origin of altriciality in mammals. Evolution & Development 18 (4): 229-244. • CANOVILLE, A., BUFFRÉNIL, V. D., and LAURIN, M. 2016. Microanatomical diversity of amniote ribs: an exploratory quantitative study. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118 (4): 706–733. • ASCARRUNZ, E., RAGE, J.-C., LEGRENEUR, P., and LAURIN, M. 2016. Triadobatrachus massinoti, the earliest known lissamphibian (Vertebrata: Tetrapoda) re-examined by µCT-Scan, and the evolution of trunk length in batrachians. Contributions to Zoology. 85 (2): 201–234. • VILLAMIL, J. N., DEMARCO, P. N., MENEGHEL, M., BLANCO, R. E., JONES, W., RINDERKNECHT, A., LAURIN, M., and PIÑEIRO, G. 2016. Optimal swimming speed estimates in the Early Permian mesosaurid Mesosaurus tenuidens (Gervais 1867) from Uruguay. Historical Biology. 28 (7) : 963–971. • BOKMA, F., GODINOT, M., MARIDET, O., LADEVÈZE, S., COSTEUR, L. C., SOLÉ, F. A., GHEERBRANT, E., PEIGNÉ, S. P., JACQUES, F., and LAURIN, M. 2016. Testing for Depéret’s Rule (body size increase) in Mammals using Combined Extinct and Extant Data. Systematic Biology. 65 (1): 98–108. • ORGAN, C., STRUBLE, M., CANOVILLE, A., BUFFRÉNIL, V. D., and LAURIN, M. 2016. Macroevolution of Genome Size in Sarcopterygians During the Water-Land Transition. Comptes rendus Palevol. 15 (1–2): 67–75. • ZYLBERBERG, L., MEUNIER, F. J., and LAURIN, M. 2016. A microanatomical and histological study of the postcranial dermal skeleton of the Devonian actinopterygian †Cheirolepis canadensis (Whiteaves). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 (2): 363–376. • TISSIER, J., RAGE, J.-C., BOISTEL, R., FERNANDEZ, V., POLLET, N., GARCIA, G., and LAURIN, M. 2016. Synchrotron analysis of a ‘mummified’ salamander (Vertebrata: Caudata) from the Eocene of Quercy, France. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (1): 147–164. • MESLIN, C., LAURIN, M., CALLEBAUT, I., DRUART, X., and MONGET, P. 2015. Evolution of species-specific major seminal fluid proteins in mammals by gene death and positive selection. Contributions to Zoology. 84 (3): 217–235. • RINEAU, V., GRAND, A., ZARAGÜETA, R., and LAURIN, M. 2015. Experimental systematics: sensitivity of cladistic methods to polarization and character ordering schemes. Contributions to Zoology 84 (2): 129-148. • LAURIN, M., CANOVILLE, A., STRUBLE, M., ORGAN, C., and BUFFRÉNIL, V. D. 2016. Early genome size increase in urodeles. C. R. Palevol 15 (1–2): 77–85. • LAURIN, M. and BUFFRÉNIL, V. D. (Early View). Microstructural features of the femur in early ophiacodonts: a reappraisal of ancestral habitat use and lifestyle of amniotes. Comptes Rendus Palevol 15 (1–2): 115–127. • BUFFRÉNIL, V. D., CLARAC, F., FAU, M., MARTIN, S., MARTIN, B., PELLÉ, E., and LAURIN, M. 2015. Differentiation and growth of boen ornamentation in vertebrates: a comparative histological study among the Crocodylomorpha. Journal of Morphology. 276: 425–445. • BUFFRÉNIL, V. D., CANOVILLE, A., EVANS, S. E., and LAURIN, M. 2015. Histological study of karaurids, the oldest known (stem) urodeles. Historical Biology. 27 (1): 109-114. • Laurin, M. 2014. Assessment of modularity in the urodele skull: an exploratory analysis using ossification sequence data. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 8: 567-585. • AMSON, E., DE MUIZON, C., LAURIN, M., ARGOT, C., and DE BUFFRÉNIL, V. 2014. Gradual adaptation of bone structure to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths from Peru. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 281: 1-6. A Hindi translation has been made available by How to become a Technician Team. • LALOY, F., RAGE, J.-C., EVANS, S. E., BOISTEL, R., LENOIR, N., and LAURIN, M. 2013. A re-interpretation of the Eocene anuran Thaumastosaurus based on microCT examination of a ‘mummified’ specimen. PLoS ONE 8 (9, e74874): 1–11. (Also see story here.) • GRAND, A., CORVEZ, A., DUQUE VELEZ, L. M., and LAURIN, M. 2013. Phylogenetic inference using discrete characters: performance of ordered and unordered parsimony and of three-item statements. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110 (4): 914–930. • LEGRENEUR, P., BELS, V., MONTEIL, K., and LAURIN, M. 2013. Movement in a gravitational field: The question of limb interarticular coordination in terrestrial vertebrates. European Physical Journal E. 36 (5, 49): 1–9. • MARJANOVIĆ, D. and LAURIN, M. 2014. An updated palaeontological timetree of lissamphibians, with comments on the anatomy of Jurassic crown-group salamanders (Urodela). Historical Biology, 26 (4): 535–550. • QUÉMENEUR, S., BUFFRÉNIL, V. DE, and LAURIN, M. 2013. Microanatomy of the amniote femur and inference of lifestyle in limbed vertebrates. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 109 (3): 644-655. • SMITH, H. F., PARKER, W. H., KOTZE, S. H., and LAURIN, M. 2013. Multiple independent appearances of the cecal appendix in mammalian evolution and an investigation of related ecological and anatomical factors. Comptes rendus Palevol. 12 (6): 339–354. • DUMONT, M., LAURIN, M., JACQUES, F., PELLÉ, E., DABIN, W., and BUFFRÉNIL, V. DE 2013. Inner architecture of vertebral centra in terrestrial and aquatic mammals: a two-dimensional comparative study. Journal of Morphology, 274: 570-584. • MARJANOVIC, D. and LAURIN, M. 2013. The origin(s) of extant amphibians: a review with emphasis on the “lepospondyl hypothesis”. Geodiversitas 35 (1): 207– 272. • STERLI, J., POL, D., and LAURIN, M. 2013. Incorporating phylogenetic uncertainty on phylogeny-based paleontological dating and the timing of turtle diversification. Cladistics, 29 (3): 233-246. • MESLIN, C., MUGNIER, S., CALLEBAUT, I., LAURIN, M., PASCAL, G., POUPON, A., GOUDET, G., and MONGET, P. 2012. Evolution of genes involved in gamete interaction: evidence for positive selection, duplications and losses in vertebrates. PLoS ONE, 7 (9: e44548): 1–8. • PIÑEIRO, G., FERIGOLO, J., MENEGHEL, M., and LAURIN, M. 2012 . The oldest known amniotic embryos suggest viviparity in mesosaurs. Historical Biology 24 (6): 620–630. • LEGENDRE, L., LE ROY, N., MARTINEZ-MAZA, C., MONTES, L., LAURIN, M., and CUBO, J., 2013. Phylogenetic signal in bone histology of amniotes revisited. Zoologica Scripta, 42 (1): 44–53. • RIVERO-GUERRA, A. O. and LAURIN, M. 2012. Phylogenetic analysis of the Santolina rosmarinifolia aggregate (Asteraceae: Anthemideae: Santolininae) based on morphological characteristics. Nordic Journal of Botany 30 (5) : 533-545. • DIDIER, G., ROYER-CARENZI, M., and LAURIN, M. 2012. The reconstructed evolutionary process with the fossil record. Journal of Theoretical Biology 315 : 26- 37. • PIÑEIRO, G., RAMOS, A., GOSO, C., SCARABINO, F., and LAURIN, M. 2012. Unusual environmental conditions preserve a Permian mesosaur-bearing Konservat- Lagerstätte from Uruguay. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (2): 299–318. • PIÑEIRO, G., FERIGOLO, J., RAMOS, A., and LAURIN, M. 2012c. Cranial morphology of the Early Permian mesosaurid Mesosaurus tenuidens and the evolution of the lower temporal fenestration reassessed. Comptes rendus Palevol 11 (5): 379-391. • LAURIN, M., GUSSEKLOO, S. W. S., MARJANOVIC, D., and CUBO, J. 2012. Testing gradual and speciational models of evolution in extant taxa: the example of ratites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25 (2): 293–303. • LEGRENEUR, P., LAURIN, M., and BELS, V. 2012. Prey-predator interactions paradigm: a new tool for artificial intelligence. Adaptive Behaviour 20 (1): 3–9. • LEGRENEUR, P., LAURIN, M., MONTEIL, K. M., AND BELS, V. 2012. Convergent exaptation of leap up for escape in distantly related arboreal amniotes. Adaptive Behaviour 20 (1): 67–77. • MEUNIER, F. J. and LAURIN, M. 2012. A microanatomical and histological study of the fin long bones of the Devonian sarcopterygian Eusthenopteron foordi.Acta Zoologica 93 (1): 88–97. • LAURIN, M. and GERMAIN, D. 2011. Developmental characters in phylogenetic inference and their absolute timing information. Systematic Biology 60 (5): 630— 344. • LAURIN, M., CANOVILLE, A., and GERMAIN, D. 2011. Bone microanatomy and lifestyle: a descriptive approach. Comptes rendus Palevol 10 (5–6): 381–402. • ZYLBERBERG, L. and LAURIN, M. 2011. Analysis of fossil bone organic matrix by transmission electron microscopy. Comptes rendus Palevol 10 (5–6): 357–366. • AMSON, E., and LAURIN, M. 2011. On the affinities of Tetraceratops insignis, an Early Permian synapsid. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (2): 301–312. • LAURIN, M., EVERETT, M.L., PARKER, W., 2011. 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