Michel Laurin

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Evolution of bone microanatomy of the tetrapod tibia and its use in palaeobiological inference
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 807–826, 2008
  2. The splendid isolation of biological nomenclature
    Zoologica Scripta, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 223–233, 2008
  3. Second Meeting of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature: a Report
    Zoologica Scripta, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 109–117, 2007
  4. A MICROANATOMICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE PAIRED FIN SKELETON OF THE DEVONIAN SARCOPTERYGIAN EUSTHENOPTERON FOORDI
    Journal of Paleontology, vol. 81, no. 1, p. 143, 2007
  5. Fossils, Molecules, Divergence Times, and the Origin of Lissamphibians
    Systematic Biology, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 369–388, 2007
  6. Confirmation of Romer's Gap as a low oxygen interval constraining the timing of initial arthropod and vertebrate terrestrialization
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 103, no. 45, pp. 16818–16822, 2006
  7. Données microanatomiques sur la conquête de l'environnement terrestre par les vertébrés
    Comptes Rendus Palevol, vol. 5, no. 3-4, pp. 603–618, 2006
  8. THE OLDEST KNOWN STEGOCEPHALIAN (SARCOPTERYGII: TEMNOSPONDYLI) FROM SPAIN
    Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 284, 2006
  9. Sense and stability of taxon names
    Zoologica Scripta, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 113–114, 2006
  10. Scanty evidence and changing opinions about evolving appendages
    Zoologica Scripta, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 667–668, 2006
  11. Microanatomy of the radius and lifestyle in amniotes (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda)
    Zoologica Scripta, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 335–350, 2005
  12. Phylogenetic Signal in Bone Microstructure of Sauropsids
    Systematic Biology, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 562–574, 2005
  13. The PhyloCode, types, ranks and monophyly: a response to Pickett
    Cladistics, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 605–607, 2005
  14. Embryo retention, character optimization, and the origin of the extra-embryonic membranes of the amniotic egg
    Journal of Natural History, vol. 39, no. 34, pp. 3151–3161, 2005
  15. First International Phylogenetic Nomenclature Meeting: a report
    Zoologica Scripta, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 475–479, 2004
  16. Meaning of the Name Tetrapoda in the Scientific Literature: An Exchange
    Systematic Biology, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 68–80, 2004
  17. The Evolution of Body Size, Cope's Rule and the Origin of Amniotes
    Systematic Biology, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 594–622, 2004
  18. First histological and skeletochronological data on temnospondyl growth: palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological implications
    Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 206, no. 3-4, pp. 193–201, 2004
  19. CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY AND AFFINITIES OF MICROBRACHIS, AND A REAPPRAISAL OF THE PHYLOGENY AND LIFESTYLE OF THE FIRST AMPHIBIANS
    Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 56, 2004
  20. The evolution of long bone microstructure and lifestyle in lissamphibians
    Paleobiology, vol. 30, no. 4, p. 589, 2004
  21. A reevaluation of the enigmatic Permian synapsid Watongia and of its stratigraphic significance
    Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 377–386, 2004
  22. BONE PROFILER: A TOOL TO QUANTIFY, MODEL, AND STATISTICALLY COMPARE BONE-SECTION COMPACTNESS PROFILES
    Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 458, 2003
  23. Tetrapod Phylogeny, Amphibian Origins, and the Definition of the Name Tetrapoda
    Systematic Biology, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 364–369, 2002
  24. Le plus ancien stégocéphale de la péninsule Ibérique : indices de la tolérance osmotique des temnospondyles.
    Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie, vol. 324, no. 5, pp. 495–501, 2001
  25. Reply from M. Laurin, M. Girondot and A. de Ricqlès
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 15, no. 8, p. 328, 2000
  26. Early tetrapod evolution
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 118–123, 2000
  27. Caecilian viviparity and amniote origins: a reply to Wilkinson and Nussbaum
    Journal of Natural History, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 311–315, 2000
  28. A new study of Solenodonsaurus janenschi, and a reconsideration of amniote origins and stegocephalian evolution
    Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 1239–1255, 1999
  29. A Reevaluation of the Origin of Pentadactyly
    Evolution, vol. 52, no. 5, p. 1476, 1998
  30. Evolutionary analysis of “hagfish amelogenin”
    The Anatomical Record, vol. 252, no. 4, pp. 608–611, 1998
  31. Owenetta and the origin of turtles
    Nature, vol. 349, no. 6307, Article ID 349324a0, 2 pages, 1991
  32. Tetraceratops is the oldest known therapsid
    Nature, vol. 345, no. 6272, Article ID 345249a0, 1 pages, 1990