Latest Publications (for full list, see Research
Publications)
Modesto, S.P., Scott, D., and Reisz, R.R. (2009) Arthropod remains in the oral cavities of fossil reptiles support inference
of early insectivory. Biology Letters 5: 838-840.
Frobisch,
J. and Reisz, R.R. (2009) The Late Permian herbivore Suminia and the early
evolution of arboreality in terrestrial vertebrate ecosystems. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London 276: 3611-3618.
Bickelmann, C., Mueller, J., and Reisz, R. R. (2009)
The enigmatid diapsid Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui (Reptilia:Neodiapsida)
from the Upper Permian of Madagascar and the Paraphyly of 'Younginiform'
Reptiles. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46: 651-661.
Anderson, J. and Reisz, R.R. (2009) Nannaroter mckinsiei, a new ostodolepid microsaur
(Tetrapoda, Lepospondyli) from the Early Permian of Richards Spur (Ft. Sill)
Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 379-388.
Reisz, R., Schoch, R., and Anderson, J. (2009) The armored dissorophid Cacops from
the Early Permian of Oklahoma and the exploitation of the terrestrial realm
by amphibians. Naturwissenschaften 96: 789-796.
Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Toronto
Welcome to Dr. Robert Reisz's vertebrate palaeontology research group at the University of Toronto's Mississauga Campus. Robert and his associates study the fauna of the Late Palaeozoic, a fascinating interval of Earth's history that saw the first flowering of groups that were ultimately ancestral to modern mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This period of evolutionary experimentation appears to have been terminated suddenly at the end of the Palaeozoic, probably by a cataclysmic mass extinction that made way for the earliest dinosaurs and many other new forms. Within these pages you will find further details of this story, in addition to material on Robert's undergraduate courses and information about the members of our research group. Try the following links:
Research - Information on the animals we study, the geological periods in which they lived, and the structure of our research program.
Courses - Details on Robert's undergraduate courses in vertebrate palaeontology (BIO 356) and vertebrate morphology (BIO 354).
Latest News - Recent publications, international trips, new specimens, nervous breakdowns, exciting scientific ventures, salacious gossip... your guide to events in our little corner of the world. Updated monthly.
Links - A growing collection. Of the innumerable good, bad and ugly palaeontological sites in existence, we've chosen a few (hopefully within the first category, for the most part) that seem particularly noteworthy or interesting.
