The evolution of gigantism in active marine predators

Endothermic mosasaurs? Possible thermoregulation of Late Cretaceous mosasaurs (Reptilia, Squamata) indicated by stable oxygen isotopes in fossil bioapatite in comparison with coeval marine fish and pelagic seabirds

(2016) T. Lynn Harrell et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

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(2016)   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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(2016)   EVOLUTION

Gigantism and Its Implications for the History of Life

(2016) Geerat J. Vermeij   PLoS One

The Evolution of Unidirectional Pulmonary Airflow

(2015) C. G. Farmer   PHYSIOLOGY

Paleophysiology: From Fossils to the Future

(2015) Geerat J. Vermeij   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A new method for resolving uncertainty of energy requirements in large water breathers: the ‘mega-flume’ seagoing swim-tunnel respirometer

(2015) Nicholas L. Payne et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

(2015) Craig R. McClain et al.   PeerJ

Avian-style respiration allowed gigantism in pterosaurs

(2014) G. Ruxton   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Normal giants? Temporal and latitudinal shifts of Palaeozoic marine invertebrate gigantism and global change

(2014) Christian Klug et al.   LETHAIA

A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian

(2014) Jakob Vinther et al.   NATURE

Giant lizards occupied herbivorous mammalian ecospace during the Paleogene greenhouse in Southeast Asia

(2013) J. J. Head et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pulmonary anatomy in the Nile crocodile and the evolution of unidirectional airflow in Archosauria

(2013) Emma R. Schachner et al.   PeerJ

Zoology: Why are whales big?

(2011) Graeme D. Ruxton   NATURE

Dinosaur Body Temperatures Determined from Isotopic (13C-18O) Ordering in Fossil Biominerals

(2011) R. A. Eagle et al.   SCIENCE

Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism

(2010) P. Martin Sander et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Experimental Selection for Drosophila Survival in Extremely High O2 Environments

(2010) Huiwen W. Zhao et al.   PLoS One

Body temperatures of modern and extinct vertebrates from 13C-18O bond abundances in bioapatite

(2010) R. A. Eagle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Atmospheric oxygen level and the evolution of insect body size

(2010) J. F. Harrison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

On Giant Filter Feeders

(2010) L. Cavin   SCIENCE

Regulation of Body Temperature by Some Mesozoic Marine Reptiles

(2010) A. Bernard et al.   SCIENCE

100-Million-Year Dynasty of Giant Planktivorous Bony Fishes in the Mesozoic Seas

(2010) M. Friedman et al.   SCIENCE

Going beyond histology. Synchrotron micro-computed tomography as a methodology for biological tissue characterization: from tissue morphology to individual cells

(2009) R. Zehbe et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Giant boid snake from the Palaeocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures

(2009) Jason J. Head et al.   NATURE

Respiratory Evolution Facilitated the Origin of Pterosaur Flight and Aerial Gigantism

(2009) Leon P. A. M. Claessens et al.   PLoS One

Atmospheric Hypoxia Limits Selection for Large Body Size in Insects

(2009) C. Jaco Klok et al.   PLoS One

Biomechanics of Running Indicates Endothermy in Bipedal Dinosaurs

(2009) Herman Pontzer et al.   PLoS One

Oxygen hypothesis of polar gigantism not supported by performance of Antarctic pycnogonids in hypoxia

(2009) H. A. Woods et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES