Melstrom, K. M. and Wistort, Z. P. Accepted. The application of dental complexity metrics on extant saurians. Herpetologica.

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Melstrom, K. M., Chiappe, L. M, and Smith, N. D. 2021. Exceptionally simple teeth in sauropod dinosaurs demonstrate a novel approach to herbivory in during the Late Jurassic. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 21:202.

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Melstrom, K. M., Turner, A. H., and Irmis, R. B. 2021. Re-Evaluation of the cranial osteology, endocranial anatomy, and phylogenetic position of the early crocodyliform Eopneumatosuchus colberti. The Anatomical Record.

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Melstrom, K. M., Angielczyk, K. D., Ritterbush, K. A., and Irmis, R. B. 2021. The limits of convergence: the roles of phylogeny and dietary ecology in shaping non-avian amniote skulls. Royal Society Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202145

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Christensen, K.* and Melstrom, K. M. 2021. Quantitative analyses of squamate dentition demonstrate novel morphological patterns. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0257427

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Melstrom, K.M. and Irmis, R.B. 2019. Repeated evolution of herbivorous crocodyliforms during the age of dinosaurs. Current Biology. 29:2389–2395.

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Goodwin, M.B., Irmis, R.B., Wilson, G.P., DeMar, Jr., D.G., Melstrom, K.M., Rasmussen, C., Atnafu, B., Alemu, T., Alemayehu, M., and Getachew, S. 2019. The first confirmed sauropod dinosaur from Ethiopia discovered in the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) Mugher Mudstone. Journal of African Earth Sciences doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103571.

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Melstrom, K.M. 2017. The relationship between diet and tooth complexity in living dentigerous saurians. Journal of Morphology. DOI 10.1002/jmor.20645.

 

Melstrom, K.M., D’Emic, M.D., Chure, D.J., and Wilson, J.A. 2016. A juvenile sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Utah, USA, presents further evidence of an avian style air-sac system. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1111898.

 

D’Emic, M.D., Melstrom, K.M. and Eddy, D. 2012. Paleobiology and geographic range of the large-bodied Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 333–334:13–23.

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*undergraduate student mentored by KMM