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John A. Wilson Professor and HHMI Professor

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November 12, 2014

A Small Alvarezsaurid From the Eastern Gobi Desert Offers Insight Into Evolutionary Patterns in the Alvarezsauroidea→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

S. Nesbitt, J.A. Clarke, A.Turner, and M. Norell (2011). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 (1): 144-153.

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journal article, 2011
evolution-of-archosaurs, mongolia
November 12, 2014

An Elaphrocnemus-Like Landbird and Other Avian Remains from the Late Paleocene of Brazil→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

G. Mayr, H. Alvarenga, and J.A. Clarke (2010). APP. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0099 

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2010, journal article
fossils-of-bird-lineages
November 12, 2014

Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of Penguin Feathers (PDF)→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

J.A. Clarke, D.T. Ksepka, R. Salas-Gismondi, A.J. Altamirano. M.D. Shawkey, L. D’Alba, J. Vinther, T.J. DeVries, and P. Baby (2010). Science 330: 954-957.

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2010, journal article
feathers-and-color, novel-locomotor-strategies, flight-stroke-for-underwater-propulsion
November 12, 2014

New Fossil Mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) With Feather Preservation Provides Insight Into the Ecological Diversity of an Eocene North American Avifauna→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

D.T. Ksepka and J.A. Clarke (2010). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 160, 685–706.

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journal article, 2010
fossils-of-bird-lineages
November 12, 2014

Exploring the Effects of Phylogenetic Uncertainty and Consensus Trees on Stratigraphic Consistency Scores: A New Program and a Standardized Method→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

C.A. Boyd, T.P. Cleland, N. L. Marrero, and J.A. Clarke (2010). Cladistics 27: 52-60.

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2010, journal article
methods-and-taxonomy
November 12, 2014

The Basal Penguin (Aves: Sphenisciformes) Perudyptes Devriesi and a Phylogenetic Evaluation of the Penguin Fossil Record (PDF)→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

D.T. Ksepka and J.A. Clarke (2010). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 337: 1-77.

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2010, journal article
novel-locomotor-strategies, flight-stroke-for-underwater-propulsion, Peru
November 12, 2014

Plumage Colour Patterns in an Extinct Dinosaur (PDF)→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

Q. Li, K.Q. Gao, J. Vinther, M. Shawkey, J.A. Clarke, L. d’Alba, Q. Meng, D. Briggs, R. Prum (2010). Science, vol. 327: 1369-1372.

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2010, journal article
feathers-and-color
November 12, 2014

Primobucco Mcgrewi (Aves: Coracii) From the Eocene Green River Formation: New Anatomical Data and the Earliest Constrained Record of Stem Rollers (PDF)→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

D.T. Ksepka and J.A. Clarke (2010). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 215-225.

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2010, journal article
fossils-of-bird-lineages
November 12, 2014

Structural Coloration in a Fossil Feather (PDF)→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

J. Vinther, D.E.G. Briggs, J. A. Clarke, G. Mayr, and R.O. Prum (2010). Biology Letters. 6: 128-131.

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journal article, 2010
feathers-and-color
November 12, 2014

Combined Phylogenetic Analysis of a New North American Fossil Species Confirms Widespread Eocene Distribution for Stem Rollers (Aves, Coracii) (PDF)→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

J.A. Clarke, D.T. Ksepka, A. Smith, and M. Norell (2009). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 586–611.

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2009, journal article
fossils-of-bird-lineages
November 12, 2014

Affinities of Palaeospiza Bella and a Phylogeny of Mousebirds (Coliiformes) [PDF]→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

D.T Ksepka and J.A. Clarke (2009). The Auk 126: 245-259.

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2009, journal article
fossils-of-bird-lineages
November 12, 2014

Taxonomic Revision of the Basal Neornithischian Taxa Thescelosaurus and Bugenasaura→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

C.A. Boyd, C. Brown, R. Sheetz, and J.A. Clarke (2009). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 758-770.

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2009, journal article
evolution-of-archosaurs
November 12, 2014

Mosaicism, Modules, and the Evolution of Birds: Results From a Bayesian Approach to the Study of Morphological Evolution Using Discrete Character Data (PDF)→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

J.A. Clarke and K. Middleton (2008). Systematic Biology, 57: 185-201.

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2008, journal article
novel-locomotor-strategies, evolution-of-flight
November 12, 2014

Insight Into Diversity, Body Size and Morphological Evolution From the Largest Early Cretaceous Enantiornithine Bird→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

Z. Zhou, J.A. Clarke, and F. Zhang (2008). Journal of Anatomy, 212: 565–577

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2008, journal article
early-evolution-of-birds
November 12, 2014

Osteology of Icadyptes Salasi, a Giant Penguin From the Eocene of Peru→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

D.T. Ksepka, J.A. Clarke, T. DeVries, and M. Urbina (2008). Journal of Anatomy 213: 131–147.

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2008, journal article
Peru, flight-stroke-for-underwater-propulsion, novel-locomotor-strategies, fossils-of-bird-lineages
November 12, 2014

Species Names in the PhyloCode: The Approach Adopted by the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

B. Dayrat, P. Cantino, J.A. Clarke, and K. deQuieroz (2008). Systematic Biology, 57: 507-514.
(author order alphabetical after first author)

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journal article, 2008
methods-and-taxonomy
November 12, 2014

Paleogene Equatorial Penguins Challenge the Proposed Relationship Between Biogeography, Diversity, and Cenozoic Climate Change (PDF)→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

J.A. Clarke, D.T. Ksepka, M. Stucchi, M. Urbina, N. Giannini, S. Bertelli, Y.Narváez, and C. Boyd (2007). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104:11545-11550.

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2007, journal article
fossils-of-bird-lineages, novel-locomotor-strategies, Peru, flight-stroke-for-underwater-propulsion
November 12, 2014

A Basal Dromaeosaurid and Size Evolution Preceding Avian Flight→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

A. Turner, D. Pol, J.A. Clarke, G. Erickson, and M.A. Norell (2007). Science. 317:1378-1381.

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2007, journal article
mongolia, novel-locomotor-strategies, early-evolution-of-birds, origin-of-flight
November 12, 2014

First Atlantic Record of the Puffin Cerorhinca (Aves, Alcidae) from the Pliocene of North Carolina→

November 12, 2014/ ScienceSites

N.A. Smith, S. Olson, and J.A. Clarke (2007). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27:1039-1042.

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journal article, 2007
fossils-of-bird-lineages
November 11, 2014

Primer: Bird Evolution→

November 11, 2014/ ScienceSites

J.A. Clarke and K.M. Middleton (2006). Current Biology 16:350-354.

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early-evolution-of-birds
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Highlighted Articles

Publications
May 12, 2025
Taphonomic damage obfuscates interpretation of the retroarticular region of the Asteriornis mandible
May 12, 2025

A. Crane, J. Benito, A. Chen, G. Musser, C.R. Torres, J.A. Clarke, S. Lautenschlager, D.T. Ksepka, D.J. Field (2025). Geobios 90:31–43.

May 12, 2025
Apr 17, 2025
New U-Pb constraints and geochemistry of the East Kirkton Quarry, Scotland: Implications for early tetrapod evolution in the Carboniferous
Apr 17, 2025

H.K. Garza, E.J. Catlos, T.J. Lapen, J.A. Clarke, M.E. Brookfield (2025). PLOS ONE 20:e0321714.

Apr 17, 2025
Apr 8, 2025
Geoscience ambassadors: An extracurricular college-level program for transforming relationships to the geosciences through student-crafted stories
Apr 8, 2025

K.K. Ellins, L.J. Legendre, A.S. Papendieck, J.A. Clarke (2025). Journal of Geoscience Education 73:117–132.

Apr 8, 2025
Mar 20, 2025
Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration
Mar 20, 2025

R. Li, L. D’Alba, G. Debruyn, J.L. Dobson, C.-F. Zhou, J.A. Clarke, J. Vinther, Q. Li, M.D. Shawkey (2025). Science 387:1193–1198.

Mar 20, 2025
Feb 25, 2025
Cretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity
Feb 25, 2025

C.R. Torres, J.A. Clarke, J.R. Groenke, M.C. Lamanna, R.D.E. MacPhee, G.M. Musser, E.M. Roberts, P.M. O’Connor (2025). Nature 638:146–151.

Feb 25, 2025

News

  • ExpeditionAntarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project
    The AP3 conducts expeditions to Antarctica. Follow AP3 on Twitter and read the project’s blog for the latest news, including field updates from Antarctica.

  • PressBirds of a Feather Aren't Necessarily Related
    Julia comments on a series of recent Science studies sequencing and analyzing bird genomes.

  • EssaysMachine Thought Will Never Have More Than A Metaphorical Relationship With Human Thought
    Julia’s response to the 2015 Edge question: What do you think about machines that think?

  • What Scientific Idea Is Ready for Retirement? Urvogel.
    Julia answers the 2014 Edge question.

  • FossilsInkayacu Parascensis Featured on Peruvian Postage
    There was also a fantastic exhibit by Rodolfo Salas about the fossil in the Reserva Nacional de Paracas.

Recommended Sites

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  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ⇢
  • Science Advances ⇢
  • Journal of Anatomy ⇢
  • Evolution ⇢
  • Paleobiology ⇢
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology ⇢
  • CUREnet ⇢

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