Computational biomechanical analyses demonstrate similar shell-crushing abilities in modern and ancient arthropods

The gnathobasic spine microstructure of recent and Silurian chelicerates and the Cambrian artiopodan Sidneyia : Functional and evolutionary implications

(2018) Russell D.C. Bicknell et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

A 3D anatomical atlas of appendage musculature in the chelicerate arthropod Limulus polyphemus

(2018) Russell D. C. Bicknell et al.   PLoS One

Biting mechanics and niche separation in a specialized clade of primate seed predators

(2018) Justin A. Ledogar et al.   PLoS One

Computer simulations show that Neanderthal facial morphology represents adaptation to cold and high energy demands, but not heavy biting

(2018) Stephen Wroe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Early Cambrian fuxianhuiids from China reveal origin of the gnathobasic protopodite in euarthropods

(2018) Jie Yang et al.   Nature Communications

Appendages of an early Cambrian metadoxidid trilobite from Yunnan, SW China support mandibulate affinities of trilobites and artiopods

(2017) HAN ZENG et al.   GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE

Form–function relationships in dragonfly mandibles under an evolutionary perspective

(2017) Alexander Blanke et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Computational biomechanics changes our view on insect head evolution

(2017) Alexander Blanke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reconstructing the diet of a 505-million-year-old arthropod: Sidneyia inexpectans from the Burgess Shale fauna

(2016) Axelle Zacaï et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

An early Cambrian chelicerate from the Emu Bay Shale, South Australia

(2016) James B. Jago et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Telltale eyes: the lateral visual systems of Rhenish Lower Devonian eurypterids (Arthropoda, Chelicerata) and their palaeobiological implications

(2016) Markus Poschmann et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants

(2016) Marie R. G. Attard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mechanical evidence that Australopithecus sediba was limited in its ability to eat hard foods

(2016) Justin A. Ledogar et al.   Nature Communications

Human feeding biomechanics: performance, variation, and functional constraints

(2016) Justin A. Ledogar et al.   PeerJ

Competition and mimicry: the curious case of chaetae in brachiopods from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale

(2015) Timothy P Topper et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Morphology of the Jaw-Closing Musculature in the Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) Using Digital Dissection and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

(2015) Alana C. Sharp et al.   PLoS One

Validation experiments on finite element models of an ostrich (Struthio camelus) cranium

(2015) Andrew R. Cuff et al.   PeerJ

Iodine-enhanced micro-CT imaging: Methodological refinements for the study of the soft-tissue anatomy of post-embryonic vertebrates

(2014) Paul M. Gignac et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Analysis of the Functional Morphology of Mouthparts of the BeetlePriacma serrata, and a Discussion of Possible Food Sources

(2014) Thomas Hörnschemeyer et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

A review of paleontological finite element models and their validity

(2014) Jen A. Bright   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Finite-element modelling reveals force modulation of jaw adductors in stag beetles

(2014) J. Goyens et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A virtual world of paleontology

(2014) John A. Cunningham et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Digital dissection - using contrast-enhanced computed tomography scanning to elucidate hard- and soft-tissue anatomy in the Common BuzzardButeo buteo

(2013) Stephan Lautenschlager et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Biomechanical Properties of Insect Wings: The Stress Stiffening Effects on the Asymmetric Bending of the Allomyrina dichotoma Beetle's Hind Wing

(2013) Ngoc San Ha et al.   PLoS One

Micro-Biomechanics of the Kebara 2 Hyoid and Its Implications for Speech in Neanderthals

(2013) Ruggero D’Anastasio et al.   PLoS One

Cephalic and appendage morphology of the Cambrian arthropod Sidneyia inexpectans

(2013) Martin Stein   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

Packing a pinch: functional implications of chela shapes in scorpions using finite element analysis

(2012) Arie van der Meijden et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Tools for crushing diatoms – opal teeth in copepods feature a rubber-like bearing composed of resilin

(2012) Jan Michels et al.   Scientific Reports

Sensitivity and ex vivo validation of finite element models of the domestic pig cranium

(2011) Jen A. Bright et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Skull mechanics and implications for feeding behaviour in a large marsupial carnivore guild: the thylacine, Tasmanian devil and spotted-tailed quoll

(2011) M.R.G. Attard et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The Structural Rigidity of the Cranium of Australopithecus africanus: Implications for Diet, Dietary Adaptations, and the Allometry of Feeding Biomechanics

(2010) David S. Strait et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus

(2009) B. G. Fry et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Requirements for comparing the performance of finite element models of biological structures

(2008) E.R. Dumont et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Paleoecology of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale

(2007) Jean-Bernard Caron et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY