P C Sereno

Summary

Affiliation: University of Chicago
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The logical basis of phylogenetic taxonomy
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Syst Biol 54:595-619. 2005
  2. ncbi The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa
    P C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 294:1516-9. 2001
  3. ncbi A new psittacosaur from Inner Mongolia and the parrot-like structure and function of the psittacosaur skull
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 277:199-209. 2010
  4. ncbi Evidence for avian intrathoracic air sacs in a new predatory dinosaur from Argentina
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    PLoS ONE 3:e3303. 2008
  5. ncbi Lakeside cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 years of holocene population and environmental change
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 3:e2995. 2008
  6. ncbi Structural extremes in a cretaceous dinosaur
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 2:e1230. 2007
  7. ncbi New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the Mid-Cretaceous
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 271:1325-30. 2004
  8. ncbi Definitions in phylogenetic taxonomy: critique and rationale
    P C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Syst Biol 48:329-51. 1999
  9. ncbi Tyrannosaurid skeletal design first evolved at small body size
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 326:418-22. 2009
  10. ncbi Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangaea
    Christian A Sidor
    Department of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York 11568, USA
    Nature 434:886-9. 2005

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi The logical basis of phylogenetic taxonomy
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Syst Biol 54:595-619. 2005
    ....
  2. ncbi The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa
    P C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 294:1516-9. 2001
    ..Unlike its closest relatives, which lived as specialized piscivores in marginal marine habitats, S. imperator thrived in fluvial environments...
  3. ncbi A new psittacosaur from Inner Mongolia and the parrot-like structure and function of the psittacosaur skull
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 277:199-209. 2010
    ..With this jaw mechanism, psittacosaurs were able to maintain oblique shearing occlusion in an akinetic skull designed to resist high bite forces...
  4. ncbi Evidence for avian intrathoracic air sacs in a new predatory dinosaur from Argentina
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    PLoS ONE 3:e3303. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Lakeside cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 years of holocene population and environmental change
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 3:e2995. 2008
    ..C.E. to the present). Called Gobero, this suite of closely spaced sites chronicles the rapid pace of biosocial change in the southern Sahara in response to severe climatic fluctuation...
  6. ncbi Structural extremes in a cretaceous dinosaur
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 2:e1230. 2007
    ....
  7. ncbi New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the Mid-Cretaceous
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 271:1325-30. 2004
    ..95 Myr ago). Together, these fossils fill in the early history of the abelisauroid radiation and provide key evidence for continued faunal exchange among Gondwanan landmasses until the end of the Early Cretaceous (ca. 100 Myr ago)...
  8. ncbi Definitions in phylogenetic taxonomy: critique and rationale
    P C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Syst Biol 48:329-51. 1999
    ..Crown-total taxonomies use survivorship as a criterion for placement of node-stem triplets within a taxonomic hierarchy. Diversity, morphology, and tradition also constitute heuristic criteria for placement of node-stem triplets...
  9. ncbi Tyrannosaurid skeletal design first evolved at small body size
    Paul C Sereno
    Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 326:418-22. 2009
    ..These specializations, which were later scaled up in Late Cretaceous tyrannosaurids with body masses approaching 100 times greater, drove the most dominant radiation of macropredators of the Mesozoic...
  10. ncbi Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangaea
    Christian A Sidor
    Department of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York 11568, USA
    Nature 434:886-9. 2005
    ..Our results show that long-standing theories of Late Permian faunal homogeneity are probably oversimplified as the result of uneven latitudinal sampling...