Stephen Brusatte, Publications

Publications for Steve Brusatte, Updated August 2025

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In Press 

203. Blakesley, T., P.E. dePolo, D.A. Ross, N.D.L. Clark, and S.L. Brusatte. In press. Small theropod dominated dinosaur footprint assemblages in the Middle Jurassic Valtos Sandstone and Kilmaluag Formations on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Royal Society Open Science .

202. Castillo-Visa, O., Baiano, M. A., Brusatte, S.L. Galobart, A., and Vila, B. In press. The last non-avian theropods of Europe: Palaeoecology and Biogeography inferred from dental records from the uppermost Maastrichtian of Catalonia, Spain. Cretaceous Research.

201. Nikolov, V., Pavlishina, P., Dochev, D., and Brusatte, S.L. In press. The paleoecology and taphonomy of a Santonian-Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) dinosaur-bearing vertebrate locality from Bulgaria: A window into an underexplored part of the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.

200. Funston, G.F., Kynigopoulou, Z., Williamson, T.E., and Brusatte, S.L. In press. Palaeohistology and life history of the early Palaeocene taeniodont Conoryctes comma. Journal of Anatomy.

199. Foffa, D., Dunne, E.M., Chiarenza, A.A., Wynd, B.M., Farnsworth, A., Lunt, D.J., Valdes, P.J., Nesbitt, S.J., Kligman, B.T., Marsh, A.D., Parker, W.G., Butler, R.J., Fraser, N.C., Brusatte S.L., and Barrett, P.M. In press. Climate drivers and palaeobiogeography of lagerpetids and early pterosaurs. Nature Ecology and Evolution.

198. Li, H., Xu, X., Jiang, J., Liu, J., Brusatte, S.L., and Bi, S. In press. New material of a non-averostran neotheropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, south-western China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

197. Higgins, R.R., Cowgill, T., Young, M.T., Schwab, J.A., Herrera, Y., Witmer, L.M., Katsamenis, O.L., Bowman, C., and Brusatte, S.L. In press. The internal braincase anatomy of Thalattosuchus superciliosus – with implications for the endocranial evolution of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs. Historical Biology.

2025

196. Mead, A.D, Funston, G.F., and Brusatte, S.L. 2025. Forelimb reduction and digit loss were evolutionarily decoupled in oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaurs. Royal Society Open Science, 12, 24211. [link to paper]

195. Blakesley, T., dePolo, P.E., Wade, T.J., Ross, D.A., and Brusatte, S.L. 2025. A new Middle Jurassic lagoon margin assemblage of theropod and sauropod dinosaur trackways from the Isle of Skye, Scotland. PLoS ONE, 20(4), e0319862. [link to paper]

194. Jagielska, N., O’Sullivan, M., Butler, I. B., Challands, T. J., Funston, G. F., Ross, D., Penny, A., and Brusatte, S. L. 2025. Osteology and functional morphology of a transitional pterosaur Dearc sgiathanach from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Scotland. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 25, 9. [link to paper]

193. Meso, J. G., Choiniere, J. N., Baiano, M. A., Brusatte, S. L., Canale, J. I., Salgado, L., Pol, D., and Pittman, M. 2025. New information on Bonapartenykus (Alvarezsauridae: Theropoda) from the Allen Formation (middle Campanian-lower Maastrichtian) of Río Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina clarifies the Patagonykinae body plan. PLoS ONE, 20(1), e0308366. [link to paper]

192. George, H., Kammerer, C. F., Foffa, D., Clark, N. D. L., and Brusatte, S. L. 2025. Micro-CT data reveals new information on the craniomandibular and neuroanatomy of the dicynodont Gordonia (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the late Permian of Scotland. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 203, zlae065. [link to paper]

191. Candeiro, C.R.A.C., Foffa, D., Brusatte, S.L., Fernandez, M., Diniz-Filho, J.A.F., Vidal, L.S., Carmo Dias, T., Lima, I., and Silva, T. 2025. Late Cretaceous mosasaurids of northeastern Brazil: a summary of their record and a paleobioeographical survey. Andean Geology, 52, 150-161.

2024

190. Osvath, M., Němec, P., Brusatte, S. L., and Witmer, L. M. 2024. Thought for food: the endothermic brain hypothesis. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28, 998-1010.

189. Candeiro, C. R. A., Ribeiro, T. B., de Paula, T. A., Pereira, P. V. L. G., Gil, L. M., Dias, T., Gonzalez-Riga, B., Brusatte, S. L., and Paulina Carabajal, A. 2024. Isolated theropod teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of Goias State (Brazil): northernmost occurrence of Abelisauridae from the Bauru Basin. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 146, 105075.

188. Püschel, H. P., Shelley, S. L., Williamson, T. E., Perini, F. A., Wible, J. R., and Brusatte, S. L. 2024. A new dentition-based phylogeny of Litopterna (Mammalia: Placentalia) and “archaic” South American ungulates. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 201, zlae095.

187. Vidal, L S., Bergqvist, L. P., Candeiro, C. R. A., Bandeira, K. L. N., Tavares, S., Brusatte, S. L. and Pereira, P. V. L. G. C. 2024. The axial biomechanics of Trigonosaurus pricei (Neosauropoda: Titanosauria) and the importance of the cervical–dorsal region to sauropod high-browser feeding strategy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 201, zlae087.

186. Young, M.T., Dufeau, D., Bowman, C., Cowgill, T., Schwab, J.A., Witmer, L.M., Herrera, Y., Katsamenis, O.L., Steel, L., Rigby, M., and Brusatte, S.L. 2024. Thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs from the Sinemurian (Early Jurassic) of the UK. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 201, zlae079.

185.Słowiak-Morkovina, J., Brusatte, S. L., and Szczygielsi, T.  2024. Reassessment of the enigmatic Late Cretaceous theropod dinosaur, Bagaraatan ostromi. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202, zlad169.

184.Toosey, W. J., Williamson, T. E., Shelley, S. L., ad Brusatte, S. L. 2024. The osteology of Triisodon crassicuspis (Cope, 1882): new insights into the enigmatic “archaic” placental mammal group “Triisodontidae”. PLoS ONE, 19(11), e0311187.  [link to paper]

183. Young, M. T., Schwab. J. A., Dufeau, D., Racicot, R. A., Cowgill, T., Bowman, C. I. W., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y., Higgins, R., Zanno, L., Xu, X., Clark, J., and Brusatte, S. L. 2024. Skull sinuses precluded extinct crocodile relatives from cetacean-style deep diving as they transitioned from land-to-sea. Royal Society Open Science, 11, 241272. [link to paper]

182. Kynigopoulou, Z., Shelley, S. L., Williamson, T. E., and Brusatte, S.L. 2024. The post-cranial anatomy and functional morphology of Conoryctes comma (Mammalia: Taeniodonta) from the Paleocene of North America. PLoS ONE, 19(10), e0311053 [link to paper]

181. Candeiro, C. R. A., Brusatte, S. L. ,Gonzalez-Riga, B., Costa Pereira, P. V. L. G. and Vidal, L. 2024.  Carnivorous dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group in Central Brazil: records, diversity, taxonomic composition and paleobiogeograpy. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 144, 105041.

180. Sachs, S., Young. M. T., Hornung, J. J., Cowgill, T., Schwab, J. A. and Brusatte, S. L. 2024. A new genus of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 22, 2359946.

179. Foffa, D., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2024. Comparative functional morphology indicates niche partitioning amongst sympatric marine reptiles. Royal Society Open Science, 11, 231951  [link to paper]

178. Funston, G. F., Williamson, T. E., and Brusatte, S. L. 2024. A caenagnathid tibia (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the upper Campanian Kirtland Formation of New Mexico. Cretaceous Research, 158, 105856.

177. Nikolov, V., Dochev, D., and Brusatte, S. L. 2024. The ontogenetic status of a small hadrosauroid dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Bulgaria, and implications for the paleobiogeography and assembly of European island faunas. Cretaceous Research, 157, 105819.

176. Young, M. T., Wilberg, E. W., Johnson, M. M., Herrera, Y., Andrade, M. B., Brignon, A., Sachs, S., Abel, P., Foffa, D., Fernández, M., Vignaud, P., Cowgill, T. and Brusatte, S. L. 2024. The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 200, 547-617.

175. Foffa, D., Nesbitt, S. J., Butler, R. J., Walsh, S., Brusatte, S. L., Fraser, N. C. and Barrett, P. M. 2024. The osteology of Late Triassic reptile Scleromochlus taylori from µCT data. The Anatomical Record, 307, 1113-1146. [link to paper].

174. Bertrand, O. C., Lao, M. J., Shelley, S. L., Wible, J. R., Williamson, T. E., Jeng, M. and Brusatte, S. L. 2024. The virtual brain endocast of Trogosus (Mammalia, Tillodontia) and its relevance in understanding the extinction of archaic placental mammals. Journal of Anatomy, 244, 1-21.

2023

173. Chiarenza, A. A., and Brusatte, S. L. 2023. Dinosaurs, Extinction Theories For. In: Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 3rd Edition. Elsevier, p. 298-309.

172. Ezcurra, M. D., Marke, D., Walsh, S. A., and Brusatte, S. L. 2023. A revision of the ‘coelophysoid-grade’ theropod specimen from the Lower Jurassic of the Isle of Skye (Scotland). Scottish Journal of Geology, 59, sjg2003-012.

171. Jagielska, N., Challands, T. J.,  O’Sullivan, M., Ross, D. A., Fraser, N. C., Wilkinson, M., and Brusatte, S. L. 2023. New postcranial remains from the Lealt Shale Formation of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, showcase hidden pterosaur diversity in the Middle Jurassic. Scottish Journal of Geology, 59, sjg2023-001.

170. Souza-Júnior, A . L., Candeiro, C. R. A., Vidal, L. S., Brusatte, S. L., and Mortimer, M. 2023. Abelisauroidea (Theropoda, Dinosauria) from Africa: a review of the fossil record. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 63: e202363019. [link to paper]

169. Croudace, A. D., Shen, C., Lü, J., Brusatte, S. L., and Vinther, J. 2023. Iridescent plumage in a juvenile dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 68, 213-225. [pdf]

168. Püschel, H.P., Alarcón-Muñoz, J., Soto-Acuña, S., Ugalde, R., Shelley, S.L., and Brusatte, S. L. 2023. Anatomy and phylogeny of a new small macraucheniid (Mammalia: Litopterna) from the Bahía Inglesa Formation (late Miocene), Atacama Region, Northern Chile. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30, 415-460. [link to paper]

167. Young, M. T., Bowman, C. I. W., Erb,  A., Schwab, J. A., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y., and Brusatte, S. L. 2023. Evidence for a novel cranial thermoregulatory pathway in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs. PeerJ, 11, e15353. [link to article]

166. Cowgill, T., Young, M. T., Schwab, J. A., Walsh, S., Witmer, L. M., Herrerra, Y., Dollman, K. N., Turner, A. H., and Brusatte, S. L. 2023. Cephalic salt gland evolution in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 197, 812-835.

2022

165. Johnson, M. M., Foffa, D., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. The ecological diversification and evolution of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), with insights into their mandibular biomechanics. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9484.

164. Candeiro, C. R. A., Lima, C. V., Canile, F. M., Brusatte, S. L., Dias, T. C., Ferreira, B. M., Lopes, R. F., and Rodrigues, J. E. C. 2022. Late Paleozoic, Late Cretaceous and Pleistocene-Holocene reptiles and mammals fauna: a review from Goiás State, Brazil. Boletín Geológico y Minero, 133, 37-53.

163. García-Girón, J., Chiarenza, A. A., Alahuhta, J., DeMar Jr., D. G., Heino, J., Mannion, T. D., Williamson, T. E., Wilson Mantilla, G. P., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. Shifts in food webs and niche stability shaped survivorship and extinction at the end-Cretaceous. Science Advances, 8, eadd5040.

162. Foffa, D., Dunne, E. M., Nesbitt, S. J., Butler, R. J., Fraser, N. C., Brusatte, S. L., Farnsworth, A., Lunt, D. J., Valdes, P. J., Walsh, S., and Barrett, P. M. 2022. Scleromochlus and the early evolution of Pterosauromorpha. Nature, 610, 313-318.

161. Funston, G. F., dePolo, P. E., Sliwinski, J. T., Dumont, M., Shelley, S. L., Pichevin, L. E., Cayzer, N. J., Wible, J.R., Williamson, T. E., Rae, J. W. B., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. The origin of placental mammal life histories. Nature, 610, 107-111.

160. Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., Brignon, A., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. Addition to 'The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha; Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution.' Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature, 1, 1-7.

159. Carr, T. D., Napoli, J. G., Brusatte, S. L., Holtz, T. R., Hone, D. W. E., Williamson, T. E., and Zanno, L. E. 2022. Insufficient evidence for multiple species of Tyrannosaurus in the latest Cretaceous of North America. Evolutionary Biology, 49, 327-341. [link to article]

158. Bowman, C. I. W, Young, M. T., Schwab, J. A., Walsh, S., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y., Dollman, K. N., Choiniere, J. N., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. Rostral neurovasculature indicates sensory trade-offs in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs. The Anatomical Record, 305, 2654-2669.

157. Cowgill, T., Young, M. T., Schwab, J. A., Walsh, S., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y., Dollman, K. N., Choiniere, J. N., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. Paranasal sinus system and upper respiratory tract evolution in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs. The Anatomical Record, 305, 2583-2603.

156. Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M.,  Meng, J., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S.L., and Norell, M.A. 2022. Spatial and temporal distribution of the island-dwelling Kogaionidae (Mammalia, Multituberculata) in the uppermost Cretaceous of the Transylvanian area (western Romania). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 456, 1-109. [link to article]

155. Schwab, J. A., Young, M. T., Walsh, S. A., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y.,  Brochu, C. A., Butler, I. B., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. Ontogenetic variation in the crocodylian vestibular system. Journal of Anatomy, 240, 821-832.

154.  Bertrand, O. C., Shelley, S. L., Williamson, T. E., Wible, J. R., Chester, S. G. B., Flynn, J. J., Holbrook, L. T., Lyson, T. R., Meng, J., Miller, I. M., Puschel, H. P., Smith, T., Spaulding, M., Tseng, Z. J., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. Brawn before brains in placental mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction. Science, 376, 80-85.

153. Schwab, J. A., Young M. T., Walsh, S. A., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y., Timmons, Z. L., Butler, I. B., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. 'Ear stones' in crocodylians: a cross species comparative and ontogenetic survey of otolith structures. Royal Society Open Science, 9, 211633. [link to article]

152. Jagielska, N., O'Sullivan, M., Funston, G. F., Butler, I. B., Challands, T. J., Clark, N. D. L., Fraser, N. C., Penny, A., Ross, D. A., Wilkinson, M., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs. Current Biology, 32, 1-8. [cover article]

151. Foster, W., Brusatte, S. L., Carr, T. D., Williamson, T. E., Yi, L., and Lü, J. 2022. The cranial anatomy of the long-snouted tyrannosaurid dinosaur Qianzhousaurus sinensis from the Late Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42, e1999251. [link to article]

150. Xing, L., Niu, K., Ma, W., Zelenitsky, D. K., Yang, T.-R., and Brusatte, S. L. 2022. An exquisitely preserved in-ovo theropod dinosaur embryo sheds light on avian-like prehatching postures. iScience, 25, 103516. [link to article]

149. Ribeiro, T. B., Pereira, P. V. L. G., Brusatte, S. L., Candeiro, C. R. A., and Bergqvist, L. P. 2022. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth: archosaurian teeth from the Acu Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Portiguar Basin, Northeast Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 129, 105005.

2021

148. Shelley, S. L., Bertrand, O. C., Brusatte, S. L., and Williamson, T. E. 2021. Petrosal anatomy of the Paleocene eutherian mammal Deltatherium fundaminis (Cope, 1881). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 28, 1161-1180. (John Wible festschrift volume) [link to paper]

147. Shelley, S. L., Brusatte, S. L., and Williamson, T. E. 2021. Quantitative assessment of tarsal morphology illuminates locomotor behaviour in Paleocene mammals following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 288, 0210393. [link to paper]

146. Schwab, J. A., Young, M. T., Herrera, Y., Witmer, L M., Walsh, S. A., Katsamenis, O. L., and Brusatte, S. L. 2021. The braincase and inner ear of ‘Metriorhynchus’ cf. ‘M.’ brachyrhynchus – implications for aquatic sensory adaptations in crocodylomorphs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41, e1912062.

145. García-Girón, J., Heino, J., Alahuhta, J., Chiarenza, A. A. and Brusatte, S. L. 2021. Palaeontology meets metacommunity ecology: the Maastrichtian dinosaur fossil record of North America as a case study. Palaeontology, 64, 335-357.

144. Funston, G. F., Powers, M. J., Whitebone, S. A., Brusatte, S. L., Scannella, J. B., Horner, J. R., and Currie, P. J. 2021. Baby tyrannosaurid bones and teeth from the Late Cretaceous of western North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 58, 756-777.

143. Vidal, L. S., Pereira, P. V. L. G., Tavares, S., Brusatte, S. L., Bergqvist, L. P. and Candeiro, C. R. A. 2021. Investigating the enigmatic Aeolosaurini clade: the caudal biomechanics ofAeolosaurus maximus (Aeolosaurini/Sauropoda) using the neutral pose method and the first case of protonic tail condition in Sauropoda. Historical Biology, 33, 1836-1856.

142. Bertrand, O. C., Püschel, H. P., Schwab, J. A., Silcox, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2021. The impact of locomotion on the brain evolution of squirrels and close relatives. Communications Biology, 4, 460 [link to paper].

141. Sellés, A. G., Vila, B., Brusatte, S. L., Currie, P. J., and Galobart, A. 2021. A fast-growing basal troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the latest Cretaceous of Europe. Scientific Reports, 11, 4855. [link to paper]

2020

140. Kean, K. J., Foffa, D., Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., Greitens, G., and Brusatte, S. L. 2020. First and most northern occurrence of a thalattosuchian crocodylomorph from the Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 57, sjg2020-013.

139. Foffa, D., Butler, R. J., Nesbitt, S. J., Walsh, S., Barrett, P. M., Brusatte, S. L., and Fraser, N. C. 2020. Revision of Erpetosuchus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and new erpetosuchid material from the Late Triassic ‘Elgin Reptile’ fauna based on µCT scanning techniques. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 111, 209-233.

138. Pei, R., Pittman, M., Goloboff, P. A.,Dececci, T. A., Habib, M. B., Kaye, T. G., Larsson, H. C. E., Norell, M. A., Brusatte, S. L., and Xu, X. 2020. Potential for powered flight neared by most close avialan relatives, but few crossed its thresholds. Current Biology, 30, 4033-4046.

137. Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2020. The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution. PeerJ, 8, e9808. [link to paper]

136. Panciroli, E., Funston, G. F., Holwerda, F., Maidment, S. C. R., Foffa, D., Larkin, N., Challands, T., dePolo, P. E., Goldberg, D., Humpage, M., Ross, D., Wilkinson, M., and Brusatte, S. L. 2020. First dinosaur from the Isle of Eigg (Valtos Sandstone Formation, Middle Jurassic) Scotland. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 111, 157-172.

135. Guillerme, T., Cooper, N., Brusatte, S. L., Davis, E. K., Jackson, A. L., Gerber, S., Goswami, A., Healy, K., Hopkins, M. J., Jones, M. E. H., Lloyd, G. T., O'Reilly, J. E., Pate, A., Puttick, M. N., Rayfield, E. J., Saupe, E. E., Sherratt, E., Slater, G. J., Weisbecker, V., Thomas, G. H., and Donoghue, P. C. J. 2020. Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity. Biology Letters, 16, 20200199.

134. Pereira, P. V. G. C, Ribeiro, T. B., Brusatte, S. L., Candeiro, C. R. A., Marinho, T. S., and Bergqvist, L. P. 2020. Theropod (Dinosauria) diversity from the Açu Formation (mid-Cretaceous) Potiguar Basin, Northeast Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 114, 104517.

133. Flynn, A. G., Davis, A. J., Williamson, T. E., Heizler, M., Fenley IV, C. W., Leslie, C., Secord, R., Brusatte, S. L., and Peppe, D. J. 2020. Early Paleocene magnetostratigraphy and revised biostratigraphy of the Ojo Alamo Sandstone and Lower Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 132, 2154-2174.

132. Gil, L. M., Bandeira, K. L. N., Brusatte, S. L., Pereira, P. V. L. G., Kuhn, C. E. S., Simbras, F. M., de Souza A. B., Hirooka, S. S., and Candeiro, C. R. A. 2020. New records of Titanosauria (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mid-Western Brazil (Mato Grosso). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 101, 102596.

131. Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2020. Emptying the wastebasket: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph Steneosaurus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 189, 428-448.

130. Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2020. Redescription of two contemporaneous mesorostrine teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Bathonian of England, and insights into the early evolution of Machimosaurini. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 189, 449-482.

129. Schwab, J. A., Young, M. T., Neenan, J. M., Walsh, S., Witmer, L. M., Herrera, Y., Allain, R., Brochu, C. A., Choiniere, J.N., Clark, J. M., Dollman, K. N., Etches, S., Fritsch, G., Gignac, P. M., Ruebenstahl, A. Sachs, S., Turner, A. H., Vinaud, P., Wilberg, E. W., Xu, X., Zanno, L. E., and Brusatte, S. L. 2020. Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 117, 10422-10428.

128. McKeown, M., Brusatte, S. L., Williamson, T. E., Schwab, J. A., Carr, T. D., Butler, I. B., Muir, A., Schroeder, K., Espy, M. A. Hunter, J. F., Losko, A. S., Nelson, R. O., Gautier, D. C., and Vogel, S. C. 2020. Neurosensory and sinus evolution as tyrannosauroid dinosaurs developed giant size: insight from the endocranial anatomy of Bistahieversor sealeyi. The Anatomical Record, 303, 1043-1059.

127. dePolo, P. E., Brusatte, S. L., Challands, T. J., Foffa, D., Wilkinson, M., Clark, N. D. L., Hoad, J., Pereira, P. V. L. G. C., Ross, D. A., and Wade, T. J. 2020. Novel track morphotypes from new tracksites indicate increased Middle Jurassic dinosaur diversity on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. PLoS ONE, 15(3), e0229640. [link to paper]

126. Ma, W., Brusatte, S. L., Lü, J., and Sakamoto, M. 2020. The skull evolution of oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs: the role of niche-partitioning in diversification. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33, 178-188.

125. Bertrand, O. C., Shelley, S. L., Wible, J. R., Williamson, T. E., Holbrook, L. T., Chester, S. G. B., Butler, I. B., and Brusatte, S. L. 2020. Virtual endocranial and inner ear endocasts of the Paleocene ‘condylarth’ Chriacus: New insight into the neurosensory system and evolution of early placental mammals. Journal of Anatomy, 236, 21-49. [cover article]

2019

124. Xing, L., Niu, K., Lockley, M. G., Klein, H., Romilio, A., Persons IV, W. S., and Brusatte, S. L. 2019. A probable tyrannosaurid track from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern China. Science Bulletin, 64, 1136-1139.

123. Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., Brusatte, S. L., Thuy, B., and Weis, R. 2019. A catalogue of teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Toarcian and Bajocian (Jurassic) of southern Luxembourg. Historical Biology, 31, 1179-1194.

122. Nesbitt, S. J., Denton, R. K., Loewen, M. A. Brusatte, S. L., Smith, N. D., Turner, A. H., Kirkland, J. I., McDonald, A. T., and Wolfe, D. G. 2019. A mid-Cretaceous tyrannosauroid and the origin of North American end-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3, 892-899.

121. Young, C. M. E., Hendrickx, C., Challands, T. J., Foffa, D., Ross, D. A., Butler, I. B., and Brusatte, S. L. 2019. New theropod dinosaur teeth from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 55, 7-19.

120. San, K. K., Fraser, N. C., Foffa, D., Rieppel, O., and Brusatte, S. L. 2019. The first Triassic vertebrate fossils from Myanmar: pachypleurosaurs (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) in a marine limestone. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 64, 357-362. [free pdf]

119. Foffa, D., Johnson, M. M., Young, M. T., Steel, L., and Brusatte, S. L. 2019. Revision of the Late Jurassic deep-water teleosauroid crocodylomorph Teleosaurus megarhinus Hulke, 1871 and evidence of pelagic adaptations in Teleosauroidea. PeerJ, 7, e6646 [free pdf].

118. Cameron, J., Shelley, S. L., Williamson, T. E., and Brusatte, S. L. 2019. The brain and inner ear of the early Paleocene 'condylarth' Carsioptychus coarctatus: implications for early placental mammal neurosensory biology and behavior. The Anatomical Record, 302, 306-324.

2018

117. Foffa, D., Young, M. T., Stubbs, T. L., Dexter, K. G., and Brusatte, S. L. 2018. The long-term ecology and evolution of marine reptiles in a Jurassic seaway. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2, 1548-1555.

116. Foffa, D., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2018. Filling the Corallian gap: new information on Late Jurassic marine reptile faunas from England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 63, 287-313. [pdf]

115. Romano, M., Clark, N. D. L., and Brusatte, S. L. 2018. A comparison of the dinosaur communities from the Middle Jurassic of the Cleveland (Yorkshire) and Hebrides (Skye) basins, based on their ichnites. Geosciences, 8(9), 327. [link to paper]

114. Foffa, D., Young, M. T., Brusatte, S. L., Graham, M. R., and Steel, L. 2018. A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 13, 1123-1143.

113. Shelley, S. L., Williamson, T. E., and Brusatte, S. L. 2018. The osteology of Periptychus carinidens: a robust ungulate-like placental mammal (Mammalia: Periptychidae) from the Paleocene of North America. PLoS ONE, 13(7), e0200132. [link to paper]

112.  Candeiro, C. A. R., Brusatte, S. L., Vidal, L., and Pereira, P. V. L. G. C. 2018. Paleobiogeographic evolution and distribution of Carcharodontosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) during the middle Cretaceous of North Africa. Universidade de São Paulo Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58: e20185829. [pdf]

111. Candeiro, C.A.R, Brusatte, S. L., Simbras, F. M., Pereira, C., Silva, A., Cavalcanti, R., Carelli, D., Lúcia, I., Nogueira, M., and Souza, J. B. F., Gil, L. M., Rossi, R. F., Hannibal, W. L., Costa, R. R. G. F., and Oliviera, G. R. 2018. New reports of Late Cretaceous reptiles from the Bauru Group of southern Goiás State, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 85, 229-235.

110. Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Meng, J., Brusatte, S. L., and Norell, M. A. 2018. Dome-headed, small-brained island mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Romania. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 115, 4857-4862.

109. dePolo, P., Brusatte, S. L., Challands, T. J., Foffa, D., Ross, D. A., Wilkinson, M., and Yi, H.-Y. 2018. A sauropod-dominated trackside from Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers’ Point), Isle of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 54, 1-12.

108. Napoli, J. G., Williamson, T. E., Shelley, S. L., and Brusatte, S. L. 2018. A digital endocranial cast of the early Paleocene (Puercan) 'archaic' mammal Onychodectes tisonensis (Eutheria: Taeniodonta). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 25, 179-195.

2017

107. Candeiro, C. A. R., Brusatte, S. L., and de Souza, A. L. 2017. Spinosaurid dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of North Africa and Europe: fossil record, biogeography, and extintion. Anuário do Instituto de Geociências – UFRJ, 40, 293-301

106. Langer, M. C., Ezcurra, M. D., Rauhut, O. W. M., Benton, M. J., Knoll, F., McPhee, B. W., Novas, F. E., Pol, D., and Brusatte, S. L. 2017. Untangling the dinosaur family tree. Nature, 551, E1-E3.

105. Brusatte, S. L., Dumbravă, M., Vremir, M., Csiki-Sava, Z., Totoianu, R., and Norell, M. A. 2017. A catalogue of Zalmoxes (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) specimens from the Upper Cretaceous Nălaț-Vad locality, Haţeg Basin, Romania. American Museum Novitates, 3884, 1-34. [link to paper]

104. Yi, H., Tennant, J. P., Young, M. T., Challands, T. J., Foffa, D., Hudson, J. D., Ross, D. A., and Brusatte, S. L. 2017. An unusual small-bodied crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland, UK, and potential evidence for an early diversification of advanced neosuchians. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 107, 1-12 [link to paper]

103. Panciroli, E., Walsh, S., Fraser, N., Brusatte, S. L., and Corfe, I. 2017. A reassessment of the postcanine dentition and systematics of the tritylodontid Stereognathus (Cynodontia, Tritylodontidae, Mammaliamorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of the UK. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1351448, 1-20. [link to paper]

102. Brusatte, S. L., Candeiro, C. R. A., and Simbras, F. M. 2017. The last dinosaurs of Brazil: The Bauru Group and its implications for the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 89, 1465-1485. [pdf]

101. Shen, C., Lü, J., Kundrat, M., Brusatte, S. L., and Gao, H. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica, 91, 763-780. [pdf]

2016

100. Brusatte, S. L., Muir, A., Young, M. T., Walsh, S., Steel, L., and Witmer, L. M. 2016. The braincase and neurosensory anatomy of an Early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph: implications for crocodylian sinus evolution and sensory transitions. The Anatomical Record, 299, 1511-1530.

99. Lü, J, Chen, R., Brusatte, S. L., Zhu, Y., and Shen, C. 2016. A Late Cretaceous diversification of Asian oviraptorid dinosaurs: evidence from a new species preserved in an unusual posture. Scientific Reports, 6, 35780 [link to paper].

98. Foth, C., Ezcurra, M. D., Sookias, R. B., Brusatte, S. L., and Butler, R. J. 2016. Unappreciated diversification of stem archosaurs during the Middle Triassic predated the dominance of dinosaurs. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16, 188 [link to paper].

97. Brusatte, S. L., Challands, T. J., Ross, D. A., and Wilkinson, M. 2016. Sauropod dinosaur trackways in a Middle Jurassic lagoon on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 52, 1-9.

96. Li, F., Bi, S., Pittman, M., Brusatte, S. L., and Xu, X. 2016. A new tyrannosaurine specimen (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea) with insect borings from the Upper Cretaceous Honglishan Formation of northwestern China. Cretaceous Research, 66, 155-162.

95. Brusatte, S. L., Carr, T. D., Williamson, T. E., Holtz, T. R. Jr., Hone, D. W. E., and Williams, S. A. 2016. Dentary groove morphology does not distinguish 'Nanotyrannus' as a valid taxon of tyrannosauroid dinosaur. Cretaceous Research, 65, 232-237.

94. Williamson, T. E., Brusatte, S. L., Secord, R., and Shelley, S. 2016. A new taeniolabidoid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Puercan (Pu2) of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, and a revision of taeniolabidoid systematics and phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 177, 183-208.

93. Brusatte, S. L., Averianov, A., Sues, H.-D., Muir, A., and Butler, I. B. 2016. New tyrannosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan clarifies evolution of giant body sizes and advanced senses in tyrant dinosaurs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 113, 3447-3452.

92. Niedźwiedzki, G., Sennikov, A., and Brusatte, S. L. 2016. The osteology and systematic position of Dongusuchus efremovi Sennikov, 1988 from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Russia. Historical Biology, 28, 550-570.

91. Bates, K. T., Mannion, P. D., Falkingham, P. L., Brusatte, S. L., Hutchinson, J. R., Otero, A., Sellers, W. I., Sullivan, C., Stevens, K. A., and Allen, V. 2016. Temporal and phylogenetic evolution of the sauropod dinosaur body plan. Royal Society Open Science, 3, 150636. [link to paper].

90. Williamson, T. E., and Brusatte, S. L. 2016. Pachycephalosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) of New Mexico: a reassessment of ‘Stegoceras novomexicanum’. Cretaceous Research, 62, 29-43.

89. Brusatte, S. L., and Carr, T. D. 2016. The phylogeny and evolutionary history of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs. Scientific Reports, 6, 20252. [link to article]

88. Young, M. T., Tennant, J. P., Brusatte, S. L., Challands, T. J., Fraser, N. C., Clark, N. D. L., and Ross, D. 2016. The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 176, 443-462. [pdf]

87. Csiki-Sava, Z., Brusatte, S. L., and Vasile, S. 2016. “Megalosaurus cf. superbus” from southeastern Romania: the oldest known Cretaceous carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for earliest Cretaceous Europe-Gondwana connections. Cretaceous Research, 60, 221-238.

86. Csiki-Sava, Z., Vremir, M., Vasile, S., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., Norell, M. A., and Totoianu, R. 2016. The East Side Story - the Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Creatceous-Paleogene Boundary events. Cretaceous Research, 57, 662-698.

85. Vila, B., Selles, A. G., and Brusatte, S. L. 2016. Diversity and faunal changes in the latest Cretaceous dinosaur communities of southwestern Europe. Cretaceous Research, 57, 552-564.

2015

84. Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., Alives, D. M. C. C., Villalobos, F., Sakamoto, M., Brusatte, S. L., and Bini, L. M. 2015. Phylogenetic eigenvectors and non-stationarity in the evolution of theropod dinosaur skulls. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, 1410-1416.

83. Brusatte, S. L., and Clark, N. D. L. 2015. Theropod dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian-Bathonian) of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 51, 157-164.

82. Watanabe, A., Gold, M. E. L., Brusatte, S. L., Benson, R. B. J., Choiniere, J. N., Davidson, A., and Norell, M. A. 2015. Vertebral pneumaticity in the ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) revealed by computed tomography imaging and reappraisal of Axial pneumaticity in Ornithomimosauria. PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0145168 (pp. 1-28). [link to article].

81. Foffa, D., Young, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2015. Evidence of macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorphs in the Corallian Group (Oxfordian, Late Jurassic) of the UK. PeerJ, 3, e1497 [link to article].

80. Young, M. T., Beatty, B. L., Brusatte, S. L., and Steel, L. 2015. First evidence of denticulated dentition in teleosaurid crocodylomorphs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60, 661-671. [pdf]

79. Brusatte, S. L., O'Connor, J. K., and Jarvis, E. D. 2015. The origin and diversification of birds. Current Biology, 25, R888-R898. [link to article]

78. Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Mateus, O., and Steyer, J. S. 2015. A new species of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Portugal and comments on the systematics and biogeography of metoposaurid temnospondyls. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e912988, 1-23.

77. Lü, J., and Brusatte, S. L. 2015. A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution. Scientific Reports, 5, 11775 (DOI:10.1038/srep11775). [link to article]

76. Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Barrett, P. M., Carrano, M. T., Evans, D. C., Lloyd, G. T., Mannion, P. D., Norell, M. A., Peppe, D. J., Upchurch, P., and Williamson, T. E. 2015. The extinction of the dinosaurs. Biological Reviews, 90, 628-642. [link to article]

75. Brusatte, S. L., Young, M. T., Challands, T. J., Clark, N. D. L., Fischer, V., Fraser, N. C., Liston, J. J., MacFadyen, C. C. J., Ross, D. A., Walsh, S., and Wilkinson, M. 2015. Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 51, 43-55.

74. Vremir, M., Witton, M., Naish, D,. Dyke, G., Brusatte, S. L., Norell, M. and Totoianu, R. 2015. New records of medium-sized pterosaurs (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Maastrichtian at Pui (Haţeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania). American Museum Novitates, 3827, 1-16. [link to article]

73. Csiki-Sava, Z., Buffetaut, E., Ősi, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., and Brusatte, S. L. 2015. Island life in the Cretaceous—faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago. ZooKeys, 469, 1-161. [link to article]

2014

72. Williamson, T. E., Brusatte, S. L., and  Wilson, G. P. 2014. The origin and early evolution of metatherian mammals: the Cretaceous record. ZooKeys, 465, 1-76. [link to article]

71. Niedźwiedzki, G.,Brusatte, S. L., Sulej, T., and Butler, R. J. 2014. Basal dinosauriform and theropod dinosaurs from the middle-late Norian (Late Triassic) of Poland: implications for Triassic dinosaur evolution and distribution. Palaeontology, 57, 1121-1142.

70. Brusatte, S. L., Lloyd, G. T., Wang, S. C., and Norell, M. A. 2014. Gradual assembly of avian body plan culminated in rapid rates of evolution across the dinosaur-bird transition. Current Biology, 24, 2386-2392.

69. Young, M.T., Steel, L., Brusatte, S.L., Foffa, D., and Lepage, Y. 2014. Tooth serration morphologies in the genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Royal Society Open Science, 1, 140269. [link to article]

68. Young, M. T., Hua, S., Steel, L., Foffa, D., Brusatte, S. L., Thüring, S., Mateus, O., Ignacio-Ruiz Omeñaca, J., Havilk, P., Lepage, Y., and Andrade, M. B. 2014. Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia). Royal Society Open Science, 1, 140222. [link to article]

67. Diniz-Filho, J. A., Bini, L. M., Sakamoto, M., and Brusatte, S. L. 2014. Phylogenetic eigenvector regression in paleobiology. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, 17, 107-122.

66. Mateus, O., Butler, R. J., Brusatte, S. L., Whiteside, J. H., and Steyer, J. S. 2014. The first phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauriformes) from the Late Triassic of the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34, 970-975.

65. Lü, J., Yi, L., Brusatte, S. L., Yang, L., Li, H., and Chen, L. 2014. A new clade of Asian Late Cretaceous long-snouted tyrannosaurids. Nature Communications, 5, 3788 (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4788)

64. Williamson, T.E., and Brusatte, S. L. 2014. Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution. PLoS ONE, 9(4), e93190 (p. 1-23). [link to article]

63. Vremir, M., Balc, R., Csiki-Sava, Z., Brusatte, S. L., Dyke, G., Naish, D., and Norell, M. A. 2014. Petreşti-Arini – an important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania. Cretaceous Research, 49, 13-38.

2013

62. Brusatte, S. L., Vremir, M., Watanabe, A., Csiki-Sava, Z., Naish, D., Dyke, G., Erickson, G. M., and Norell, M. A. 2013. An infant ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the Late Cretaceous of Sebeş, Romania. Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sebesiensis, 5, 627-644.

61. Gold, M. E. L., Brusatte, S. L., and Norell, M. A. 2013. The cranial pneumatic sinuses of the tyrannosaurid Alioramus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the evolution of cranial pneumaticity in theropod dinosaurs. American Museum Novitates, 3790, 1-46. [link to free pdf]

60. Niedźwiedzki, G., Brusatte, S. L., and Butler, R. J. 2013. Prorotodactylus and Rotodactylus tracks: an ichnological record of dinosauromorphs from the Early-Middle Triassic of Poland. In: S. J. Nesbitt, J. B. Desojo, and R. B. Irmis (eds.), Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 379, 319-351.

59. Nesbitt, S. J., Brusatte, S. L., Desojo, J. B., Liparini, A., de França, M. A. G., Weinbaum, J. C, and Gower, D. J. 2013. Rauisuchia. In: S. J. Nesbitt, J. B. Desojo, and R. B. Irmis (eds.), Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society of London Special Publication, 379, 241-274.

58. Williamson, T. E., and Brusatte, S. L. 2013. New specimens of the rare taeniodont Wortmania (Mammalia: Eutheria) from the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and comments on the phylogeny and functional morphology of "archaic" mammals. PLoS ONE, 8(9), e75886 (p. 1-35). [link to article]

57. Brusatte, S. L., Hone, D. W. E., and Xu, X. 2013. Phylogenetic revision of Chingkankousaurus fragilis, a forgotten tyrannosauroid specimen from the Late Cretaceous of China. In: J.M. Parrish, R.E. Molnar, P.J. Currie, and E.B. Koppelhus (eds.), Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, p. 2-13.

56. Young, M. T., Andrade, M. B., Brusatte S. L., Sakamoto, M., and Liston, J. 2013. The oldest known metriorhynchid super-predator: a new genus and species from the Middle Jurassic of England, with implications for serration and mandibular evolution in predacious clades. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 11, 475-513.

55. Bever, G. S., Brusatte, S. L., Carr, T. D., Xu, X., Balanoff, A. M., and Norell, M. A.. 2013. The braincase anatomy of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Alioramus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea).Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 376, 1-72. [link to free pdf]

54. Brusatte, S. L., and Benson, R. B. J. The systematics of Late Jurassic tyrannosauroids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Europe and North America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 58, 47-54.[pdf]

53. Brusatte, S. L., Vremir, M., Csiki-Sava, Z., Turner, A. H., Watanabe, A., Erickson, G. M., and Norell, M. A.. 2013. The osteology of Balaur bondoc, an island-dwelling dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Romania. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 374, 1-100. [link to free pdf]

52. Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Niedźwiedzki, G., Sulej, T., Bronowicz, R., and Satkunas, J. 2013. First record of Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates from Lithuania: phytosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) of probable Late Triassic age, with a review of phytosaur biogeography. Geological Magazine, 150, 110-122.

2012

51. Williamson, T. E., Brusatte, S. L., Carr, T. D., Weil, A., and Standhardt, B. R. 2012. The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous-Paleogene metatherians: new cladistic analysis and description of new early Paleocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 10, 625-651.

50. Young, M. T., Brusatte, S. L., Andrade, M. B., Desojo, J. B., Beatty, B. L., Steel, L., Fernández, M. S., Sakamoto, M., Ruiz-Omeñaca, J. I., and Schoch, R. R.. 2012. The cranial osteology and feeding ecology of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe. PLoS ONE, 7(9), e44985 (pp. 1-42). [link to article]

49. Young, M. T., Brusatte, S. L., Beatty, B. L., Andrade, M. B., and Desojo, J. B. 2012. Tooth-on-tooth interlocking occlusion suggests macrophagy in the Mesozoic marine crocodylomorph Dakosaurus. The Anatomical Record, 295, 1147-1158.

48. Foth, C., Brusatte, S. L., and Butler, R. J. 2012. Do different disparity proxies converge on a common signal? Insights from the cranial morphometrics and evolutionary history of Pterosauria (Diapsida: Archosauria). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, 904-915.

47. Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Prieto-Marquez, A., and Norell, M. A. 2012. Dinosaur morphological diversity and the end-Cretaceous extinction. Nature Communications, 3, 804 (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1815).

46. Brusatte, S. L., Benson, R. B. J., and Xu, X. 2012. A reassessment of Kelmayisaurus petrolicus, a large theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 57, 65-72. [pdf]

45. Brusatte, S. L., Carr, T. D., and Norell, M.A. 2012. The osteology of Alioramus, a gracile and long-snouted tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 366, 1-197. [link to free pdf]

44. Lloyd, G. T., Wang, S. C., and Brusatte, S. L. 2012. Identifying heterogeneity in rates of morphological evolution: discrete character change in the evolution of lungfish (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi). Evolution, 66, 330-348.

43. Brusatte, S. L., Sakamoto, M., Montanari, S., and Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H. 2012. The evolution of cranial form and function in theropod dinosaurs: insights from geometric morphometrics. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, 365-377.

42. Butler, R. J., Brusatte, S. L., Andres, B., and Benson, R. B. J. 2012. How do geological sampling biases affect studies of morphological evolution in deep time? A case study of pterosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) disparity. Evolution, 66, 147-162.

2011

41. Young, M. T., Bell, M. A., Andrade, M. B., and Brusatte, S.L. 2011. Body size estimation and evolution in metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs: implications for species diversification and niche partitioning. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 163, 1199-1216.

40. Young, M.T., Bell, M.A., and Brusatte, S.L. 2011. Craniofacial form and function in Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia): modelling phenotypic evolution with maximum likelihood methods. Biology Letters, 7, 913-916.

39. Butler, R. J., Brusatte, S. L., Reich, M., Nesbitt, S. J., Schoch, R. R., and Hornung, J. J. 2011. The sail-backed reptile Ctenosauriscus from the latest Early Triassic of Germany and the timing and biogeography of the early archosaur radiation. PLoS ONE, 6(10), e25693 (pp. 1-28) [link to article]

38. Montanari, S., Brusatte, S. L., De Wolf, W., and Norell, M. A. 2011. Variation of osteocyte lacunae size within the tetrapod skeleton: implications for palaeogenomics. Biology Letters, 7, 751-754.

37. Bever, G. S., Brusatte, S. L., Balanoff, A. M., and Norell, M.A. 2011. Variation, variability, and the origin of the avian endocranium and inner ear: insights from the anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea). PLoS ONE, 6(8), e23393 (pp. 1-10). [link to article]

36. Ezcurra, M. D., and Brusatte, S. L. 2011. Taxonomic and phylogenetic reassessment of the early neotheropod dinosaur Camposaurus arizonensis from the Late Triassic of North America. Palaeontology, 54, 763-772.

35. Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Lloyd, G. T., Ruta, M., and Wang, S. C. 2011. Macroevolutionary patterns in the evolutionary radiation of archosaurs (Tetrapoda: Diapsida). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 101, 367-382. [pdf]

34. Brusatte, S. L., Benson, R. B. J., and Norell, M. A. 2011. The anatomy of Dryptosaurus aquilunguis (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and a review of its tyrannosauroid affinities. American Museum Novitates, 3717, 1-53. [link to free pdf]

33. Brusatte, S. L. 2011. Calculating the tempo of morphological evolution: rates of discrete character change in a phylogenetic context. In: Elewa, AMT (ed), Computational Paleontology. Springer-Verlag Publishers, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 53-74.

32. Brusatte, S. L., Niedźwiedzki, G., and Butler, R.J. 2011. Footprints pull origin and diversification of dinosaur stem-lineage deep into Early Triassic. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 278, 1107-1113. [pdf]

31. Brusatte, S. L., Montanari, S., Yi, H.-Y, and Norell, M. A. 2011. Phylogenetic corrections for morphological disparity analysis: new methodology and case studies. Paleobiology, 37, 1-22. [pdf]

2010

30. Brusatte, S. L., Benson, R. B. J., and Xu, X. 2010. The evolution of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs during the Mesozoic in Asia. Journal of Iberian Geology, 36, 275-296. [pdf]

29. Brusatte, S. L., Norell, M. A., Carr, T. D., Erickson, G. M., Hutchinson, J. R., Balanoff, A. M., Bever, G. S., Choiniere, J. N., Makovicky, P. J., and Xu, X. 2010. Tyrannosaur paleobiology: new research on ancient exemplar organisms. Science, 329, 1481-1485. [free full text access from Science] [free pdf from Science]

28. Andrade, M. B., Young, M. T., Desojo, J. B., and Brusatte, S. L. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, 1451-1465.

27. Csiki, Z., Vremir, M., Brusatte, S. L., and Norell, M. A. 2010. An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 107, 15357-15361. [cover article]

26. Brusatte, S. L., Nesbitt, S. J., Irmis, R. B., Butler, R. J., Benton, M. J., and Norell, M. A. 2010. The origin and early radiation of dinosaurs. Earth-Science Reviews, 101, 68-100. [pdf]

25. Young, M.T., Brusatte, S. L., Ruta, M., and Andrade, M. B. 2010. The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity and biomechanics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 158, 801-859. [pdf]

24. Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Desojo, J. B., and Langer, M. C. 2010. The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8, 3-47. [pdf]

23. Brusatte, S. L., Benson, R. B. J., Currie, P. J., and Zhao, X.-J. 2010. The skull of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for early theropod phylogeny and evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 158, 573-607. [pdf]

22. Brusatte, S. L., Chure, D. J., Benson, R. B. J., and Xu, X. 2010. The osteology of Shaochilong maortuensis, a carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Asia. Zootaxa, 2334, 1-46.

21. Brusatte, S. L. 2010. Representing supraspecific taxa in higher-level phylogenetic analyses: guidelines for palaeontologists. Palaeontology, 53, 1-9.

20. Benson, R. B. J., Carrano, M. T., and Brusatte, S. L. 2010. A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic. Naturwissenschaften, 97, 71-78. [pdf]

19. Zhao, X.-J., Benson, R. B. J., Brusatte, S. L., and Currie, P. J. 2010. The postcranial skeleton of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and a review of Middle Jurassic Chinese theropods. Geological Magazine, 147, 13-27. [pdf]

2009

18. Organ, C. L., Brusatte, S. L., and Stein, K. 2009. Sauropod dinosaurs evolved moderately sized genomes unrelated to body size. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 276, 4303-4308.  [pdf]

17. Sereno, P. C., and Brusatte, S. L. 2009. Comparative assessment of tyrannosauroid interrelationships. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 7, 455-470. [pdf]

16. Sereno, P. C., Tan, L., Brusatte, S. L., Kriegstein, H. J., Zhao, X.-J., and Cloward, K. 2009. Tyrannosaurid skeletal design first evolved at small body size. Science, 326, 418-422.

15. Brusatte, S. L., Carr, T. D., Erickson, G. M., Bever, G. S., and Norell, M. A. 2009. A long-snouted, multihorned tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 106, 17261-17266. [pdf]

14. Benson, R. B. J., Brusatte, S. L., Hutt, S., and Naish, D. 2009. A new large basal tetanuran (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wessex Formation (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29, 612-615.

13. Brusatte, S. L., Benson, R. B. J., Chure, D. J., Xu, X., Sullivan, C., and Hone, D. 2009. The first definitive carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Asia and the delayed ascent of tyrannosaurids. Naturwissenschaften, 96, 1051-1058. [pdf]

12. Brusatte, S. L., Butler, R. J., Sulej, T., and Niedzwiedzki, G. 2009 The taxonomy and anatomy of rauisuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic of Germany and Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54, 221-230. [pdf]

11. Mathews, J. C., Brusatte, S. L., Williams, S. A., and Henderson, M. D. 2009 The first Triceratops bonebed and its implications for gregarious behavior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29, 286-290.

2008

10. Brusatte, S. L., Benson, R. B. J., and Hutt, S. 2008. The osteology of Neovenator salerii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wealden Group (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, 162(631), 1-166.

9. Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Ruta, M., and Lloyd, G. T. 2008. Superiority, competition, and opportunism in the evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs. Science, 321, 1485-1488. [pdf]

8. Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Ruta, M., and Lloyd, G. T. 2008. The first 50 Myr of dinosaur evolution: macroevolutionary pattern and morphological disparity. Biology Letters, 4, 733-736. [pdf]

7. Brusatte, S. L., and Sereno, P. C. 2008. Phylogeny of Allosauroidea (Dinosauria: Theropoda): comparative analysis and resolution. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6, 155-182. [pdf]

6. Sereno, P. C., and Brusatte, S. L. 2008. Basal abelisaurid and carcharodontosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 53, 15-46. [pdf]

2007

5. Brusatte, S. L. 2007. Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) chondrichthyans from the LaSalle Limestone Member (Bond Formation) of Illinois, USA. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen, 244, 1-8. [pdf]

4. Brusatte, S. L., Benson, R. B. J., Carr, T. D., Williamson, T. E., and Sereno, P. C. 2007. The systematic utility of theropod enamel wrinkles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, 1052-1056.

3. Brusatte, S. L., and Sereno, P. C. 2007. A new species of Carcharodontosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Niger and a revision of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, 902-916.

2005

2. Sereno, P. C., McAllister, S., and Brusatte, S. L. 2005. TaxonSearch: a relational database for suprageneric taxa and phylogenetic definitions. PhyloInformatics, 8, 1-21. [pdf]

2004

1. Brusatte, S. L. 2004. A preliminary paleoecological investigation of Late Pennsylvanian brachiopods from the LaSalle Limestone, LaSalle County, Illinois. The Mosasaur: Journal of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, 7, 19-34.[pdf]

Book Reviews and Scientific Communications

Brusatte, S. L. 2005. Review: The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates. Earth Sciences History, 24, 131-132.

Brusatte, S. 2008. Review: Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body. Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 68, 116-117.

Brougham, J., and Brusatte, S. L. 2010. Distorted Microraptor specimen is not ideal for understanding the origin of avian flight. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 107, E155.

Brusatte, S. L. 2010. Review: Tyrannosaurus rex: The Tyrant King. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, 304-305.

Brusatte, S. 2010. Review: The Age of Dinosaurs in South America. Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 74, 79-80.

Brusatte, S. L. 2011. Review: The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31, 932-933.

Brusatte, S. L. 2012. Review: Transylvanian Dinosaurs. Priscum: Newsletter of the Paleontological Society, 19(2), 22-24.

Brusatte, S. L. 2013. Review: The Complete Dinosaur (Second Edition). Priscum: Newsletter of the Paleontological Society, 20(2), 24-25.

Brusatte, S. 2014. Review: Dinosaurs of the British Isles. Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 87, 65-66.

Brusatte, S. 2016. Review: At the Top of the Grand Staircase: the Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah. Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 91, 106-107.

Brusatte, S.L. 2016. Evolution: how some birds survived when all other dinosaurs died. Current Biology, 26, R415-R417.

Brusatte, S.L. 2016. Evolution: when dinosaurs bested their early rivals. Current Biology, 26, R1189-R1191.

Brusatte, S.L. 2017. A Mesozoic aviary: biomechanical models are key to understanding how dinosaurs experimented with different ways of flying. Science, 355, 792-794. [link to full text] [link to pdf]

Brusatte, S.L. 2017. Evolution: uprooting the dinosaur family tree. Current Biology, 27, R390-392.

Jagielska, N., and Brusatte, S. L. 2021. Primer: pterosaurs. Current Biology, 31, R984-989.

Brusatte, S. L. 2021. Quick guide: Spinosaurus. Current Biology, 31, R1369-1371.

Brusatte, S. L. 2023. Paleontology: dinosaurs big and small. Current Biology, 33, R402-405.

Brusatte, S. L. 2023. Biographical Memoirs: Edwin Harris Colbert. National Academy of Sciences, USA. p. 1-9.

Brusatte, S. L. 2024. Sexual selection and the evolution of dinosaur flight. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 121,: e2320846121.