McGill.CA / Larsson Lab

Publications

  1. Paulina Carabajal, A., P. J. Currie, T. W. Dudgeon, H. C. E. Larsson, and T. Miyashita. 2021. Two braincases of Daspletosaurus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauridae): anatomy and comparison. Can. J. Earth Sci. 58:885–910.
  2. Bukejs, A., A. Ślipiński, J. Mitchell, R. C. McKellar, M. Barbi, H. C. E. Larsson, V. I. Alekseev, and I. Özgen. 2021. First fossil representative of Cerylonidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) described using X-ray micro-computed tomography, from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 5032:225–236.
  3. Alekseev, V. I., J. Mitchell, R. C. McKellar, M. Barbi, H. C. E. Larsson, and A. Bukejs. 2021. The first described turtle beetles from Eocene Baltic amber, with notes on fossil Chelonariidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea). Foss. Rec. 24:19–32.
  4. Bourque, R. D., P. M. J. Douglas, and H. C. E. Larsson. 2021. Changes in terrestrial ecosystems across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in western Canada inferred from plant wax lipid distributions and isotopic measurements. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 562:110081.
  5. Demers-Potvin, A., H. C. E. Larsson, M. Cournoyer, and O. Béthoux. 2021. Wing morphology of a new Cretaceous praying mantis solves the phylogenetic jigsaw of early‐diverging extant lineages. Systematic Entomology 46:205–223.
  6. Matthews, S., E. G. Xu, E. Roubeau Dumont, V. Meola, O. Pikuda, R. S. Cheong, M. Guo, R. Tahara, H. C. E. Larsson, and N. Tufenkji. 2021. Polystyrene micro- and nanoplastics affect locomotion and daily activity of Drosophila melanogaster. Environ. Sci.: Nano 8:110–121.
  7. Avila‐Cervantes, J., C. Arias, M. Venegas‐Anaya, M. Vargas, H. C. E. Larsson, and W. O. McMillan. 2020. Effect of the Central American Isthmus on gene flow and divergence of the American crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus ). Evolution evo.14139.
  8. Haines, G. E., Y. E. Stuart, D. Hanson, T. Tasneem, D. I. Bolnick, H. C. E. Larsson, and A. P. Hendry. 2020. Adding the third dimension to studies of parallel evolution of morphology and function: An exploration based on parapatric lake‐stream stickleback. Ecol. Evol. 10:13297–13311.
  9. Hernandez, L. M., E. G. Xu, H. C. E. Larsson, R. Tahara, V. B. Maisuria, and N. Tufenkji. 2020. Response to comment on “Plastic teabags release billions of microparticles and nanoparticles into tea.” Environ. Sci. Technol. 54:14136–14137.
  10. Dececchi, T. A., A. M. Mloszewska, T. R. Holtz, M. B. Habib, and H. C. E. Larsson. 2020. The fast and the frugal: Divergent locomotory strategies drive limb lengthening in theropod dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 15:e0223698.
  11. Dececchi, T. A., A. Roy, M. Pittman, T. G. Kaye, X. Xu, M. B. Habib, H. C. E. Larsson, X. Wang, and X. Zheng. 2020. Aerodynamics show membrane-winged theropods were a poor gliding dead-end. IScience 101574. [featured in Nature research highlights 22 October 2020 (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02936-8).
  12. Dececchi, TA., Larsson, H.C.E., Pittman, M. and Habib, M.B. High flyer or high fashion? 2020. A comparison of flight potential among small bodied paravians. Current state of Pennaraptoran fossil record. In. Proceedings of the International Pennaraptoran Dinosaur Symposium. Eds. M. Pittman and X. Xu. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440: 295-320.
  13. Fowler, D. A., and H. C. E. Larsson. 2020. The tissues and regulatory pattern of limb chondrogenesis. Developmental Biology 463:124–134.
  14. Larsson, H.C.E., Habib, M.B., and T.A. Dececchi, TA. 2020. Navigating the functional landscapes: A bird’s eye view of avian flight. In. Proceedings of the International Pennaraptoran Dinosaur Symposium. Eds. M. Pittman and X. Xu. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 440: 321-332.
  15. Pei R, Pittman M, Pablo A Goloboff, Dececchi TA, Habib MB, Kaye TG, Larsson HCE, Norell, Brusatte SL, Xu X. 2020. Potential for powered flight neared by most close avialan relatives but few crossed its thresholds. Current Biology S0960-9822(20)30999-4. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.105
  16. Pittman, M., A. M. Heers, F. J. Serrano, D. J. Field, M. B. Habib, T. A. Dececchi, T. G. Kaye, and H. C. E. Larsson. 2020. Methods of studying early theropod flight. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440:277–294.
  17. Bui H-N, Larsson HCE. 2020. Development and evolution of regionalization within the avian axial column. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa038, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa038
  18. LeBlanc ARH, Apesteguía S, Larsson HCE, Caldwell MW. 2020. Unique tooth morphology and prismatic enamel in Late Cretaceous sphenodontians from Argentina. Current Biology 30: 1755-1761.e2.
  19. Dececchi TA, Mloszewska AM, Holtz TR, Habib MB, Larsson HCE. 2020. The fast and the frugal: Divergent locomotory strategies drive limb lengthening in theropod dinosaurs. PLOS ONE 15: e0223698.
  20. Demers-Potvin A, Szwedo J, Paragnani C, Larsson H. 2020. First North American occurrence of hairy cicadas discovered in a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) exposure from Labrador, Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (1): 85-98 doi:https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00669.2019
  21. Ibrahim N, Sereno PC, Varricchio DJ, Martill DM, Dutheil DB, Unwin DM, Baidder L, Larsson HCE, Zouhri S, Kaoukaya A. 2020. Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco. ZooKeys 928: 1–216.
  22. Fowler DA, Larsson HCE. 2019. The benefits differential equations bring to limb development. WIREs Developmental Biology e364: 1–11.
  23. Cortés D, Larsson HCE, Maxwell EE, Ruge MLP, Patarroyo P, Wilson JA. 2019. An Early Cretaceous teleosauroid (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from Colombia. Ameghiniana 56: 365-379. Doi: 10.5710/AMGH.26.09.2019.3269
  24. Garberoglio FF, Apesteguía S, Simões TR, Palci A, Gómez RO, Nydam RL, Larsson HCE, Lee MSY, Caldwell MW. 2019. New skulls and skeletons of the Cretaceous legged snake Najash, and the evolution of the modern snake body plan. Science Advances 5: eaax5833. Doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax5833
  25. Demers-Potvin A, Larsson HCE. 2019. Palaeoclimatic reconstruction for a Cenomanian‐aged angiosperm flora near Schefferville, Labrador. Palaeontology 62: 1027-1048. Doi: 10.1111/pala.12444
  26. Hernandez LM, Xu EG, Larsson HCE, Tahara R, Maisuria VB, Tufenkji N. 2019. Plastic teabags release billions of microparticles and nanoparticles into tea. Environmental Science & Technology 53: 12300-12310. Doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02540
  27. Xu EG, Lin N, Cheong RS, Ridsdale C, Tahara R, Du TY, Das D, Zhu J, Silva LP, Azimzada A, Larsson HCE, Tufenkji N. 2019. Artificial turf infill associated with systematic toxicity in an amniote vertebrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116: 25156-25161. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1909886116
  28. Tahara R, Larsson HCE. 2019. Head pneumatic sinuses in Japanese quail and zebra finch. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186: 742-792. Doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly089
  29. Tahara R, Larsson HCE. 2019. Development of the paratympanic pneumatic system of Japanese quail. Journal of Morphology:280:1492-1529. Doi: 10.1002/jmor.21045
  30. Du TY, Tissandier SC, Larsson HCE. 2019. Integration and modularity of teleostean pectoral fin shape and its role in the diversification of acanthomorph fishes. Evolution 73: 401-411. Doi: 10.1111/evo.13669
  31. Tahara R, Larsson HCE (2019) Head pneumatic sinuses in Japanese quail and zebra finch. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,186(3):742-792.
  32. Demers‐Potvin AV, Larsson HCE (2019) Palaeoclimatic reconstruction for a Cenomanian‐aged angiosperm flora near Schefferville, Labrador. Palaeontology. 62(6):1027-1048.
  33. Tahara R, Larsson HCE (2019) Development of the paratympanic pneumatic system of Japanese quail. Journal of Morphology,280,10,1492-1529.
  34. Du TY, Tissandier SC, Larsson HCE (2018) Integration and modularity of teleostean pectoral fin shape and its role in the diversification of acanthomorph fishes. Evolution, 73(2): 401-411.
  35. Fowler DA, Filla MB, Little CD, Rongish BJ, Larsson HCE (2018) Live tissue antibody injection: A novel method for imaging ECM in limb buds and other tissues. Methods in Cell Biology, 143: 41-56.
  36. Avila Cervantes J, Charruau P, Cedeno-Vazquez R, Varela BJ, Larsson HCE (2017) Crocodylus acutus (American Crocodile) diet. Herpetological Reviews 48(4): 839-840.
  37. Meunier L-M, Larsson HCE (2017) Trematochampsa taqueti as a nomen dubium and the crocodyliform diversity of the Late Cretaceous In Beceten Formation of Niger. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx061
  38. Meunier L-M, Larsson HCE (2017) Revision and phylogenetic position of Elosuchus (Crocodyliformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12448
  39. Carillo-Briceno J, Cadena E, Dececchi TA, Larsson HCE, Du TY (2016) First record of a hybodont shark (Chondrichthyes: Hybodontiformes) from the Early Cretaceous of northern South America. Neotropical Biodiversity, 2:1, 81-86. doi: 10.1080/23766808.2016.1191749
  40. Dececchi TA, Larsson HCE, Habib M (2016) The wings before the bird: an evaluation of flapping-based locomotory hypotheses in bird antecedents. PeerJ e1676v1.
  41. Standen EM, Du TY, Laroche P, Larsson HCE (2016) Locomotor flexibility of Polypterus senegalus across various aquatic and terrestrial substrates. Zoology. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.001
  42. Du TY, Larsson HCE, Standen EM (2016) Observations of terrestrial locomotion in wild Polypterus senegalus from Lake Albert, Uganda, African Journal of Aquatic Science 41: 67-71. doi: 10.2989/16085914.2015.1125337
  43. Montefeltro FC, Andrade DV, Larsson HCE (2016) The evolution of the meatal chamber in crocodyliforms. Journal of Anatomy 228: 838–863. doi:10.1111/joa.12439
  44. Wilhelm BC, Du TY, Standen EM, Larsson HCE (2015) Polypterus and the evolution of fish pectoral musculature. Journal of Anatomy 226: 511-522. doi:10.0000/joa.12302
  45. Evans DC, Vavrek MJ, Larsson HCE (2015) Pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) cranial remains from the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Scollard Formation of Alberta, Canada. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. doi:10.1007/s12549-015-0188-x
  46. Harrison LB, Larsson HCE (2015) Among-character rate variation distributions in phylogenetic analysis of discrete morphological characters. Systematic Biology 64: 307-324. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syu098
  47. Bamforth EL, Button CL, Larsson HCE (2014) Paleoclimate estimates and fire ecology immediately prior to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction in the Frenchman Formation (66Ma), Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 401: 96–110. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.02.020
  48. Rashid DJ, Chapman, SC, Larsson HCE, Organ CL, Bebin A-G, Merzdorf CS, Bradley R, Horner JR (2014) From dinosaurs to birds: a tail of evolution. EvoDevo, 5: 25. doi: 10.1186/2041-9139-5-25
  49. Standen EM, Du TY, Larsson HCE (2014) Developmental plasticity and the origin of tetrapods. Nature 513:54-58. doi:10.1038/nature13708
  50. Vavrek MJ, Wilhelm BC, Maxwell, EE, Larsson HCE (2014) Arctic plesiosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Melville Island, Nunavut, Canada. Cretaceous Research 50:273-281.
  51. Dececchi TA, Larsson HCE (2013) Body and limb size dissociation at the origin of birds: uncoupling allometric constraints across a macroevolutionary transition. Evolution. 67:2741-2752.
  52. Tahara R, Larsson HCE (2013) Quantitative analysis of microscopic X-ray computed tomography imaging: Japanese quail embryonic soft tissues with iodine staining. Journal of Anatomy 223: 297–310.
  53. Montefeltro FC, Larsson HCE, França M a G de, Langer MC (2013) A new neosuchian with Asian affinities from the Jurassic of northeastern Brazil. Naturwissenschaften 100: 835–841.
  54. Padian K, Boef M de, Larsson HCE, Wilson L, Bromage T (2013) Research applications and integration. In: Padian K, Lamm E-T, editors. Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrpaods: advancing methods, analysis, and interpretation. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 265–285.
  55. Dececchi TA, Larsson HCE, Hone DWE (2012) Yixianosaurus longimanus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and its bearing on the evolution of Maniraptora and ecology of the Jehol Fauna. Vertebrata Palasiatica 50: 111–139.
  56. Hendry AP, Millien V, Gonzalez A, Larsson HCE (2012) How Humans Influence Evolution on Adaptive Landscapes. In: Svensson EI, Calsbeek R, editors. The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology. Oxford University Press. pp. 180–202.
  57. Larsson HCE, Dececchi TA, Harrison LB (2012) Morphological largess: can morphology offer more and be modeled as a stochastic evolutionary process? In: Asher RJ, Müller J, editors. From Clone to Bone: the Synergy of Morphological and Molecular Tools in Paleobiology. Cambridge, UK.: Cambridge University Press. pp. 83-115.
  58. Larsson HCE, Wagner GP (2012) Testing Inferences in Developmental Evolution: The Forensic Evidence Principle. Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution 318B: 489–500.
  59. Dececchi TA, Larsson HCE (2011) Assessing arboreal adaptations of bird antecedents: testing the ecological setting of the origin of the avian flight stroke. PLoS ONE 6(8): e22292.
  60. Pol D, Larsson HCE (2011) Editorial: 1st symposium on the evolution of crocodyliformes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: S1-S6.
  61. Montefeltro FC, Larsson HCE, Langer MC (2011) A new baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the phylogeny of Baurusuchidae. PLoS ONE 6(7): e21916.
  62. Tahara R, Larsson HCE (2011) Cranial pneumatic anatomy of Ornithomimus edmontonicus (Ornithomimidae: Theropoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1): 127-143.
  63. Larsson HCE, Heppleston A, Elsey R (2010) Pentadactyl ground state of the archosaurian hand. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular Development and Evolution) 314B:571-579. Winner of the Louisiana Association of Professional Biologists Basic Research Category of Publications Awards, 2011.
  64. Maxwell EE, Harrison LB, Larsson HCE (2010) Assessing the phylogenetic utility of sequence heterochrony: evolution of avian ossification sequences as a case study. Zoology 113:57-66.
  65. Vavrek MJ, Larsson HCE (2010) Low beta diversity of Maastrichtian dinosaurs of North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. dio:10.1073/pnas.0973645107.
  66. Dececchi TA, Larsson HCE (2009) Patristic evolutionary rates suggest a punctuated pattern in forelimb evolution before and after the origin of birds. Paleobiology 35:1-12.
  67. Maxwell EE, Larsson HCE (2009) Comparative ossification sequence and skeletal development of the postcranium of palaeognathous birds (Aves: Palaeognathae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157:169-196.
  68. Sereno PC, Larsson HCE (2009) Cretaceous crocodyliforms from the Sahara. ZooKeys 28:1-143. dio:10.3897/zookeys.28.325. (highlighted in Science 20 Nov 2009)
  69. Harrison LB, Larsson HCE (2008) Estimating evolution of temporal sequence changes: a practical approach to inferring ancestral developmental sequences and sequence heterochrony. Systematic Biology 57:378-387.
  70. Sereno PC, Martinez RN, Wilson JA, Varricchio DJ, Alcober OA, Larsson HCE (2008) Evidence for avian intrathoracic air sacs in a new predatory dinosaur from Argentina. PLoS ONE 3:e3303.
  71. Larsson, H.C.E., and H.-D. Sues. 2007. Cranial osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Hamadasuchus rebouli (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Cretaceous of Morocco. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149:533-567.
  72. Larsson, H.C.E. 2007. MODES of Developmental Evolution: origin and definition of the autopodium; 57pp. in J.S. Anderson and H.-D. Sues (eds.), Major Transitions in Vertebrate Evolution. Indiana University Press.
  73. Maxwell, E. E., and H.C.E. Larsson. 2007. The osteology and myology of the wing of the Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), and its bearing on the evolution of vestigial structures. Journal of Morphology 268:423-441.
  74. de Boef, M., and H.C.E. Larsson. 2007. Bone microstructure: quantifying bone vascular orientation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85:63-70.
  75. Vavrek, M.J., H.C.E. Larsson, and N. Rybczynski. 2007. A Late Triassic flora from east-central Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:1653-1659.
  76. Wagner, G. P., and H.C.E. Larsson. 2007. Fins/Limbs in the Study of Evolutionary Novelties; 28pp. in B.K. Hall (ed.), The Vertebrate Appendicular Skeleton, University of Chicago Press.
  77. O’Keefe, F. R., C. A. Sidor, C. A., H. C. E. Larsson, A. Maga, O. Ide. 2006. Evolution and homology of the astragalus in early amniotes: new fossils, new perspectives. Journal of Morphology 267:415-425.
  78. Steyer, J.S., Damiani, R., Sidor, C.A., O’Keefe, F.R., H.C.E. Larsson, A. Maga, and O. Ide. 2006. The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. IV. Nigerpeton ricqlesi (Temnospondyli: Cochleosauridae), and the edopoid colonization of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:18-28.
  79. Damiani, R., C.A. Sidor, J.-S. Steyer, R.M.H. Smith, F.R. O’Keefe, H.C.E. Larsson, A. Maga, O. Ide. 2006. The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger—V, The primitive temnospondyl Saharastega moradiensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26: 559-572.
  80. O’Keefe, F. R., C. A. Sidor, C. A., H. C. E. Larsson, A. Maga, O. Ide. 2005. Vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger – III, morphology and ontogeny of the hindlimb of Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia, Captorhinidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:309-319.
  81. Sidor, C.A., F. R. O’Keefe, R. Damiani, J. S. Steyer, R. M. H. Smith, H. C. E. Larsson, P. C. Sereno, O. Ide, A. Maga. 2005. Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangea. Nature 434: 886-889.
  82. Sereno, P.C., C. A. Sidor, H. C. E. Larsson, and B. Gado. 2003. A new notosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):477–482.
  83. Larsson, H.C.E. and G. P. Wagner. 2002. The pentadactyl ground state of the avian wing. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 294:146-151.
  84. Larsson, H.C.E. 2001. The endocranial anatomy of Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) and its implications for theropod brain evolution; pp. 19-33 in D. Tanke and K. Carpenter (eds.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana University Press.
  85. Sereno, P.C., H. C. E. Larsson, C. A. Sidor, and B. Gado. 2001. The giant crocodyliform Sarcosuchus from the Cretaceous of Africa. Science 294:1516-1519.
  86. Larsson, H.C.E. and B. Gado. 2000. A new Early Cretaceous crocodyliform from Niger. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 214(1):131-141.
  87. Larsson, H.C.E., P. C. Sereno, and J. A. Wilson. 2000. Forebrain enlargement among nonavian theropod dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):615-618.
  88. Larsson, H.C.E. and C. A. Sidor. 1999. Unusual crocodyliform teeth from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southeastern Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):398-401.
  89. Sereno, P.C., A. B. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, B. Moussa, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, and J. A. Wilson. 1999. Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs. Science 286:1342-1347.
  90. Larsson, H.C.E. 1998. A new method for comparing ontogenetic and phylogenetic data and its application to the evolution of the crocodylian secondary palate. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 210(3):345-368.
  91. Sereno, P.C., Beck, A.L., Dutheil, D.B., Gado, B., Larsson, H.C.E., Lyon, G.H., Marcot, J.D., Rauhut, O.W.M., Sadleir, R.W., Sidor, C.A., Varricchio, D.D., Wilson, G.P., and Wilson, J.A. 1998. A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids. Science 282:1298-1302.
  92. Sereno, P.C., D. B. Duthiel, M. Iarochene, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, P. M. Magwene, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, and J. A. Wilson. 1996. Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation. Science 272:986-991.
  93. Sereno, P.C., J. A. Wilson, H. C. E. Larsson, D. B. Duthiel, and H.-D. Sues. 1994. Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Sahara. Science 266:267-271.
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