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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Michel Laurin is a Canadian-born French vertebrate paleontologist whose specialities include the emergence of a land-based lifestyle among vertebrates, the evolution of body size and the origin and phylogeny of lissamphibians. He has also made important contributions to the literature on phylogenetic nomenclature.
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- A reevaluation of early amniote phylogeny (1995) (376)
- The evolution of body size, Cope's rule and the origin of amniotes. (2004) (256)
- Fossils, molecules, divergence times, and the origin of lissamphibians. (2007) (189)
- CHAPTER 2 – A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON TETRAPOD PHYLOGENY (1997) (181)
- FINS INTO LIMBS: EVOLUTION, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION (2007) (134)
- Evolution of humeral microanatomy and lifestyle in amniotes, and some comments on palaeobiological inferences (2010) (134)
- BONE PROFILER: A TOOL TO QUANTIFY, MODEL, AND STATISTICALLY COMPARE BONE-SECTION COMPACTNESS PROFILES (2003) (132)
- Confirmation of Romer's Gap as a low oxygen interval constraining the timing of initial arthropod and vertebrate terrestrialization (2006) (129)
- CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY AND AFFINITIES OF MICROBRACHIS, AND A REAPPRAISAL OF THE PHYLOGENY AND LIFESTYLE OF THE FIRST AMPHIBIANS (2004) (126)
- The evolution of long bone microstructure and lifestyle in lissamphibians (2004) (123)
- Phylogenetic signal in bone microstructure of sauropsids. (2005) (123)
- The importance of global parsimony and historical bias in understanding tetrapod evolution. Part I. Systematics, middle ear evolution and jaw suspension (1998) (122)
- Owenetta and the origin of turtles (1991) (121)
- Evolution of bone microanatomy of the tetrapod tibia and its use in palaeobiological inference (2008) (120)
- Microanatomy of the radius and lifestyle in amniotes (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda) (2005) (118)
- Molecular analysis of the stylar-expressed Solanum chacoense small asparagine-rich protein family related to the HT modifier of gametophytic self-incompatibility in Nicotiana. (2002) (117)
- The osteology of a Lower Permian eosuchian from Texas and a review of diapsid phylogeny (1991) (108)
- Incorporating phylogenetic uncertainty on phylogeny‐based palaeontological dating and the timing of turtle diversification (2013) (89)
- The Cecal Appendix: One More Immune Component With a Function Disturbed By Post‐Industrial Culture (2011) (87)
- Bone microanatomy and lifestyle: A descriptive approach (2011) (84)
- Gradual adaptation of bone structure to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths from Peru (2014) (81)
- First histological and skeletochronological data on temnospondyl growth: palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological implications (2004) (80)
- The origin(s) of extant amphibians: a review with emphasis on the “lepospondyl hypothesis” (2013) (79)
- Evolution of ossification sequences in salamanders and urodele origins assessed through event‐pairing and new methods (2009) (73)
- The subjective nature of Linnaean categories and its impact in evolutionary biology and biodiversity studies (2010) (67)
- Molecular evidence for precambrian origin of amelogenin, the major protein of vertebrate enamel. (2001) (66)
- Evolution of grasping among anthropoids (2008) (64)
- Microanatomy of the amniote femur and inference of lifestyle in limbed vertebrates (2013) (64)
- A reevaluation of the evidence supporting an unorthodox hypothesis on the origin of extant amphibians (2008) (64)
- Phylogeny of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates reassessed through revision and expansion of the largest published relevant data matrix (2019) (61)
- Anatomy and relationships of Haptodus garnettensis, a Pennsylvanian synapsid from Kansas (1993) (59)
- The reconstructed evolutionary process with the fossil record. (2012) (59)
- Experimental systematics: sensitivity of cladistic methods to polarization and character ordering schemes (2015) (58)
- A new study of Solenodonsaurus janenschi, and a reconsideration of amniote origins and stegocephalian evolution (1999) (56)
- An updated paleontological timetree of lissamphibians, with comments on the anatomy of Jurassic crown-group salamanders (Urodela) (2014) (55)
- Paleogenomic data suggest mammal‐like genome size in the ancestral amniote and derived large genome size in amphibians (2011) (54)
- Assessing Confidence Intervals for Stratigraphic Ranges of Higher Taxa: The Case of Lissamphibia (2008) (52)
- Microanatomical diversity of the humerus and lifestyle in lissamphibians (2009) (51)
- Unusual Environmental Conditions Preserve a Permian Mesosaur-Bearing Konservat-Lagerstätte from Uruguay (2012) (50)
- The reptile Macroleter: First vertebrate evidence for correlation of Upper Permian continental strata of North America and Russia (2001) (49)
- Testing for Depéret's Rule (Body Size Increase) in Mammals using Combined Extinct and Extant Data (2015) (47)
- Evolution of Genes Involved in Gamete Interaction: Evidence for Positive Selection, Duplications and Losses in Vertebrates (2012) (45)
- Impact of errors on cladistic inference: simulation-based comparison between parsimony and three-taxon analysis (2018) (44)
- Differentiation and growth of bone ornamentation in vertebrates: A comparative histological study among the Crocodylomorpha (2015) (44)
- The oldest known amniotic embryos suggest viviparity in mesosaurs (2012) (42)
- Triadobatrachus massinoti, the earliest known lissamphibian (Vertebrata: Tetrapoda) re-examined by μCT scan, and the evolution of trunk length in batrachians (2016) (42)
- Inner architecture of vertebral centra in terrestrial and aquatic mammals: A two‐dimensional comparative study (2013) (41)
- A Re-Interpretation of the Eocene Anuran Thaumastosaurus Based on MicroCT Examination of a ‘Mummified’ Specimen (2013) (41)
- The osteology and relationships of Tetraceratops insignis, the oldest known therapsid (1996) (41)
- Developmental characters in phylogenetic inference and their absolute timing information. (2011) (40)
- Cranial morphology of the Early Permian mesosaurid Mesosaurus tenuidens and the evolution of the lower temporal fenestration reassessed (2012) (38)
- Phylogenetic inference using discrete characters: performance of ordered and unordered parsimony and of three-item statements (2013) (37)
- Multiple independent appearances of the cecal appendix in mammalian evolution and an investigation of related ecological and anatomical factors (2013) (35)
- Use of paleontological and molecular data in supertrees for comparative studies: the example of lissamphibian femoral microanatomy (2009) (35)
- The Origin(s) of Modern Amphibians: A Commentary (2009) (35)
- The splendid isolation of biological nomenclature (2008) (35)
- Regular articleA reevaluation of early amniote phylogeny (1995) (35)
- A REEVALUATION OF THE ORIGIN OF PENTADACTYLY (1998) (35)
- Tetrapod phylogeny, amphibian origins, and the definition of the name tetrapoda. (2002) (35)
- A Reassessment of the Taxonomic Position of Mesosaurs, and a Surprising Phylogeny of Early Amniotes (2017) (34)
- A MICROANATOMICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE PAIRED FIN SKELETON OF THE DEVONIAN SARCOPTERYGIAN EUSTHENOPTERON FOORDI (2007) (34)
- Evolution of organogenesis and the origin of altriciality in mammals (2016) (34)
- A reevaluation of the enigmatic Permian synapsid Watongia and of its stratigraphic significance (2004) (33)
- Tetraceratops is the oldest known therapsid (1990) (32)
- THE OLDEST KNOWN STEGOCEPHALIAN (SARCOPTERYGII: TEMNOSPONDYLI) FROM SPAIN (2006) (32)
- Meaning of the name tetrapoda in the scientific literature: an exchange. (2004) (32)
- Assessment of the relative merits of a few methods to detect evolutionary trends. (2010) (31)
- First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting: a report (2004) (31)
- Microstructural features of the femur in early ophiacodontids: A reappraisal of ancestral habitat use and lifestyle of amniotes (2016) (31)
- Apsisaurus witteri from the Lower Permian of Texas: Yet Another Small Varanopid Synapsid, Not a Diapsid (2010) (30)
- On the Affinities of Tetraceratops insignis, an Early Permian Synapsid (2011) (28)
- Likelihood of Tree Topologies with Fossils and Diversification Rate Estimation (2017) (28)
- Microanatomical diversity of amniote ribs: an exploratory quantitative study (2016) (28)
- A reappraisal of Utegenia, a Permo-Carboniferous seymouriamorph (Tetrapoda: Batrachosauria) from Kazakhstan (1996) (27)
- Comparative data on the differentiation and growth of bone ornamentation in gnathostomes (Chordata: Vertebrata) (2016) (27)
- Morphological evolution of the mammalian cecum and cecal appendix (2017) (27)
- Recent progress in paleontological methods for dating the Tree of Life (2012) (26)
- A reevaluation of Ariekanerpeton, a Lower Permian seymouriamorph (Vertebrata: Seymouriamorpha) from Tadzhikistan (1996) (26)
- The PhyloCode, types, ranks and monophyly: a response to Pickett (2005) (26)
- The Relationship Between Genome Size and Metabolic Rate in Extant Vertebrates (2019) (25)
- NEW DATA ON THE CRANIAL ANATOMY OF LYCAENOPS (SYNAPSIDA, GORGONOPSIDAE), AND REFLECTIONS ON THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF STREPTOSTYLY IN GORGONOPSIANS (1998) (24)
- The oldest stegocephalian from the Iberian peninsula: evidence that temnospondyls were euryhaline. (2001) (23)
- Phylogenetic signal in bone histology of amniotes revisited (2013) (23)
- A Microanatomical and Histological Study of the Postcranial Dermal Skeleton in the Devonian Sarcopterygian Eusthenopteron foordi (2010) (22)
- Early genome size increase in urodeles (2016) (20)
- Third meeting of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature: a report (2009) (19)
- How Vertebrates Left the Water (2010) (18)
- Testing gradual and speciational models of evolution in extant taxa: the example of ratites (2012) (18)
- Embryo retention in sarcopterygians, and the origin of the extra-embryonic membranes of the amniotic egg (1999) (18)
- Macroevolution of genome size in sarcopterygians during the water–land transition (2016) (18)
- Caecilian viviparity and amniote origins: a reply to Wilkinson and Nussbaum (2000) (18)
- Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology (2021) (18)
- The importance of global parsimony and historical bias in understanding tetrapod evolution. Part II. Vertebral centrum, costal ventilation, and paedomorphosis (1998) (17)
- Optimal swimming speed estimates in the Early Permian mesosaurid Mesosaurus tenuidens (Gervais 1865) from Uruguay (2016) (16)
- Morphology and structure of the scales in the Gadiformes (Actinopterygii : Teleostei : Paracanthopterygii) and a comparison to the elasmoid scales of other Teleostei (2001) (16)
- Assessment of modularity in the urodele skull: an exploratory analysis using ossification sequence data. (2014) (16)
- Taxonomic position and phylogenetic relationships of Colobomycter pholeter, a small reptile from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma (1989) (15)
- Embryo retention, character optimization, and the origin of the extra‐embryonic membranes of the amniotic egg (2005) (15)
- Was Mesosaurus a Fully Aquatic Reptile? (2018) (15)
- A Microanatomical and Histological Study of the Postcranial Dermal Skeleton of the Devonian actinopterygian Cheirolepis canadensis (2015) (14)
- Exact distribution of divergence times from fossil ages and tree topologies (2018) (14)
- Response: Commentary: A Reassessment of the Taxonomic Position of Mesosaurs, and a Surprising Phylogeny of Early Amniotes (2018) (14)
- A microanatomical and histological study of the fin long bones of the Devonian sarcopterygian Eusthenopteron foordi (2012) (14)
- Sense and stability of taxon names (2006) (13)
- Constraints and selection: insights from microsporogenesis in Asparagales (2007) (13)
- Exceptional soft tissues preservation in a mummified frog-eating Eocene salamander (2017) (13)
- Frog origins: inferences based on ancestral reconstructions of locomotor performance and anatomy (2016) (13)
- Exact distribution of divergence times from fossil ages and tree topologies. (2020) (13)
- What do ossification sequences tell us about the origin of extant amphibians? (2018) (13)
- Second Meeting of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature: a Report (2007) (12)
- Osteostracan tesserae from the Baltic Middle Devonian: morphology and microanatomy (1999) (12)
- Articulated remains of a Pennsylvanian embolomere (Amphibia: Anthracosauria) from Joggins, Nova Scotia (1991) (12)
- Analysis of fossil bone organic matrix by transmission electron microscopy (2011) (12)
- Convergent exaptation of leap up for escape in distantly related arboreal amniotes (2012) (12)
- Re-evaluation of Cutleria wilmarthi, an Early Permian synapsid from Colorado (1994) (11)
- Histological study of karaurids, the oldest known (stem) urodeles (2015) (11)
- Synchrotron analysis of a "mummified" salamander (vertebrata : Caudata) from the Eocene of Quercy, France (2016) (10)
- A clarification of Pouydebat et al., 2008, evolution of grasping among anthropoids (2009) (10)
- Predator–prey interactions paradigm: a new tool for artificial intelligence (2012) (10)
- On trends and patterns in macroevolution: Williston’s law and the branchiostegal series of extant and extinct osteichthyans (2019) (9)
- A reassessment of the Pennsylvanian tetrapod Romeriscus (1992) (8)
- Scanty evidence and changing opinions about evolving appendages (2006) (7)
- Parsimony‐based test for identifying changes in evolutionary trends for quantitative characters: implications for the origin of the amniotic egg (2019) (6)
- Evolutionary analysis of “hagfish amelogenin” (1998) (6)
- A new ichnofauna from the Permian of the Zat Valley in the Marrakech High Atlas of Morocco (2020) (6)
- The cecal appendix is correlated with greater maximal longevity in mammals (2021) (6)
- BoneProfileR: The next step to quantify, model, and statistically compare bone section compactness profiles (2022) (6)
- Taxonomic note on osteostracan tesserae from the Baltic Middle Devonian (2001) (6)
- Generalized Osteosclerotic Condition in the Skeleton of Nanophoca vitulinoides, a Dwarf Seal from the Miocene of Belgium (2018) (5)
- Phylogenetic analysis of the Santolina rosmarinifolia aggregate (Asteraceae: Anthemideae: Santolininae) based on morphological characteristics (2012) (5)
- Histological study of the jaw teeth in the Devonian actinopterygian †Cheirolepis canadensis (Whiteaves) (2018) (5)
- Reevaluation of the largest published morphological data matrix for phylogenetic analysis of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates (2016) (4)
- Reproducibility in phylogenetics: reevaluation of the largest published morphological data matrix for phylogenetic analysis of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates (2018) (4)
- Quantitative data on bone vascular supply in lissamphibians: comparative and phylogenetic aspects (2018) (4)
- The fossil record of camelids demonstrates a late divergence between Bactrian camel and dromedary (2020) (4)
- Evolution of species-specific major seminal fluid proteins in placental mammals by gene death and positive selection (2015) (4)
- Perspectives on vertebrate evolution: Topics and problems (2011) (4)
- Movement in a gravitational field: The question of limb interarticular coordination in terrestrial vertebrates (2013) (4)
- Use of Paleontological and Phylogenetic Data in Comparative and Paleobiological Analyses: A Few Recent Developments (2011) (3)
- From Toad to Frog, a CT-Based Reconsideration of Bufo servatus, an Eocene Anuran Mummy from Quercy (France) (2021) (3)
- A review of the fossil record of caecilians (Lissamphibia: Gymnophionomorpha) with comments on its use to calibrate molecular timetrees (2020) (3)
- New Remains of Camelus grattardi (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Ethiopia and the Phylogeny of the Genus (2019) (3)
- A preliminary biography of Armand de Ricqlès (1938–), the great synthesizer of bone histology (2011) (3)
- Hypersalinity drives convergent bone mass increases in Miocene marine mammals from the Paratethys (2021) (3)
- A preliminary list of publications by Armand de Ricqlès (2011) (2)
- Stratigraphic range, identification of fragmentary fossils, and the Permo/Triassic crisis (2015) (2)
- A microanatomical and histological study of the scales of the Devonian sarcopterygian Miguashaia bureaui and the evolution of the squamation in coelacanths (2021) (2)
- A Reassessment of the Taxonomic Position of Mesosaurs Based on Two Data Matrices (2018) (2)
- Systematics beyond phylogenetics (2013) (1)
- Locomotor and postural diversity among reptiles viewed through the prism of femoral microanatomy: Palaeobiological implications for some Permian and Mesozoic taxa (2023) (1)
- Raising names from the dead: a time-calibrated phylogeny of frog shells (Bursidae, Tonnoidea, Gastropoda) using mitogenomic data. (2020) (1)
- Bone Microanatomy and Lifestyle in Tetrapods (2021) (1)
- A Konservat-Lagerstätt from the lower Permian of Uruguay (2010) (1)
- Conquest of Land (2010) (1)
- A New Cranial Reconstruction of Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) and Its Implications on the Paleoecology of the First Gliding Vertebrates (2021) (1)
- Correction: A Re-Interpretation of the Eocene Anuran Thaumastosaurus Based on MicroCT Examination of a ‘Mummified’ Specimen (2013) (1)
- Distributions of extinction times from fossil ages and tree topologies: the example of mid-Permian synapsid extinctions (2021) (1)
- Microanatomical data and the conquest pf land by vertebrates (2006) (1)
- 7. Synthesis and Conclusion (2019) (0)
- On trends and patterns in macroevolution: Williston’s law and the branchiostegal series of extant and extinct osteichthyans (2019) (0)
- Early Amniotes and Their Close Relatives (2021) (0)
- Distributions of extinction times from fossil ages and tree topologies: the example of some mid-Permian synapsid extinctions (2021) (0)
- From Toad to Frog: Description and Reattribution of the Mummified Holotype of Bufo servatus, an Eocene Anuran from France, Based on Micro-CT Examination (2021) (0)
- A tribute to France de Lapparent de Broin (2015) (0)
- Generalized Osteosclerotic Condition in the Skeleton of Nanophoca vitulinoides, a Dwarf Seal from the Miocene of Belgium (2018) (0)
- A tribute to Robert R. Reisz (2013) (0)
- Phylogenetic Signal in Characters from Aristotle’s History of Animals (2021) (0)
- Analyse d’ouvrage/Book review (2015) (0)
- The Comptes rendus Palevol also publishes neontological, evolutionary studies (2017) (0)
- A Review of “Earth Before the Dinosaurs” (2013) (0)
- [The cæcal appendix integrates the mysterious equation of the determinants of longevity in mammals]. (2022) (0)
- The age of North America’s youngest Paleozoic continental vertebrates: a review of data from the Middle Permian Pease River (Texas) and El Reno (Oklahoma) Groups (2022) (0)
- Robert R. Reisz – Renaissance paleontologist (2013) (0)
- Unravelling the postural diversity of mammals: Contribution of humeral cross-sections to palaeobiological inferences (2023) (0)
- Deciphering locomotion in reptiles: application of elliptic Fourier transforms to femoral microanatomy (2023) (0)
- 1. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? (2019) (0)
- Archosauromorpha: From Early Diapsids to Archosaurs (2021) (0)
- Evolution (Evolutionary processes, microevolution) Bone microanatomy and lifestyle: A descriptive approach (2011) (0)
- New Remains of Camelus grattardi (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Ethiopia and the Phylogeny of the Genus (2019) (0)
- Phylogenetic Signal in Bone Histology (2021) (0)
- Point–Counterpoint Meaning of the Name Tetrapoda in the Scientific Literature: An Exchange (2004) (0)
- Correction to: The Origin(s) of Modern Amphibians: A Commentary (2020) (0)
- Was Mesosaurus an Aquatic Animal? How Do We Know If an Ancient Species Was Aquatic or Terrestrial? (2019) (0)
- Synthesis and Conclusion (2010) (0)
- BOOK REVIEW (2013) (0)
- Microanatomical Features of Bones and Their Basic Measurement (2021) (0)
- A Review of the Fossil record of Gymnophiona (Tetrapoda; Lissamphibia) with Comments on Its Use to Calibrate Molecular Timetrees (2020) (0)
- Correction to: The Origin(s) of Modern Amphibians: A Commentary (2020) (0)
- Early Tetrapodomorphs (0)
- Phylogenetic reconstructions of food catching among primates (2008) (0)
- Diversity of Bone Microstructure in Mammals (2021) (0)
- Conversion of the names Pyxicephaloidea, Pyxicephalidae and Pyxicephalinae (Anura, Ranoidea) into phylogenetic nomenclature (2021) (0)
- Phylogenetic signal in characters from Aristotle’s History of Animals (2022) (0)
- The postcranial skeleton of the gliding reptile Coelurosauravus elivensis Piveteau, 1926 (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) from the late Permian of Madagascar (2022) (0)
- 6. Adaptations to Life on Land (2019) (0)
- Editorial: Dating the Tree of Life (2017) (0)
- Editorial: Timetrees: Incorporating fossils and molecules (2022) (0)
- 2 Diversification process , fossils and reconstructions 2 . 1 Reconstructing evolution from the extant taxa and the fossil record (2015) (0)
- 3. Paleontological Context (2019) (0)
- Estimating diversification rates from the fossil record (2015) (0)
- Recent Progress in Assessing Palaeobiodiversity and Its Evolution (2014) (0)
- How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History (2010) (0)
- Movement in a gravitational field: The question of limb interarticular coordination in terrestrial vertebrates (2013) (0)
- Archosauromorpha: The Crocodylomorpha (2021) (0)
- 2. How Can We Reconstruct Evolutionary History? (2019) (0)
- 4. Vertebrate Limb Evolution (2019) (0)
- Current advances in paleohistology : a tribute to a generation of French paleohistologists (2020) (0)
- Life history and ossification patterns in Miguashaia bureaui reveal the early evolution of osteogenesis in coelacanths (2022) (0)
- 5. Diversity of Paleozoic Stegocephalians (2019) (0)
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