Claytor, JR., Weaver, LN., Tobin, TS., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (In Review) New mammalian local faunas from the first ca. 80 ka of the Paleocene in northeastern Montana and a revised model of biotic recovery from the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Grossnickle, DM., Brightly, WH., Weaver, LN., Stanchak, KE., Roston, RA., Pevsner, SK., Stayton, CT., Polly, PD., & Law, CJ. (In Review) A cautionary note on using quantitative measures of phenotypic convergence. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. (Preprint on bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.18.512739)
Weaver, LN., Fulghum, HZ., Grossnickle, DM., Brightly, WH., Kulik, ZT., Wilson Mantilla, GP., & Whitney, MR. (In Press). Multituberculate mammals show evidence of a life history strategy similar to that of placentals, not marsupials. The American Naturalist 200:383–400.
Weaver, LN., Tobin, TS., Claytor, JR., Wilson, PK., Clemens, WA., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2022). Revised stratigraphic relationships within the lower Fort Union Formation (Tullock Member; Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A.) provide a new framework for examining post K-Pg mammalian recovery dynamics. PALAIOS 37:104–127. (Featured on the cover of May 2022 issue).
Weaver, LN., Varricchio, DJ., Sargis, EJ., Chen, M., Freimuth, WJ., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2021). Early mammal social behavior revealed by multituberculates from a dinosaur nesting site. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5:32–37. https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01325-8. (Published online November 2020).
Weaver, LN., and Wilson, GP. (2020). Shape disparity in the blade-like premolars of multituberculate mammals: functional constraints and the evolution of herbivory. Journal of Mammalogy 102:967–985. https://www.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa029. (Published online May 2020).
Weaver, LN., & Grossnickle, DM. (2020). Functional diversity of small-mammal postcrania is linked to both substrate preference and body size. Current Zoology 66:539–553. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa057. (Invited submission for Special Issue).
Weaver, LN., Wilson, GP., Krumenacker, LJ., Moore, JR., & Varricchio, DJ. (2019). New multituberculate mammals from the mid-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho and implications for the evolution of Cimolodonta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2), e1604532. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1604532.
Grossnickle, DM., Weaver, LN., Jäger, KRK., & Schultz, JA. (2021). The evolution of anteriorly directed occlusion in therian mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab039.
Tobin, TS., Honeck, JW., Fendley, IM., Weaver, LN., Sprain, CJ., Tuite, ML., Flannery, DT., Mans, WW., & Wilson, GP. (2021). Analyzing sources of uncertainty in terrestrial organic carbon isotope data: a case study across the K-Pg boundary in Montana, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 574:110451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110451.
Freimuth, WJ., Varricchio, DJ., Brannick, AL., Weaver, LN., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2021). Mammal-bearing fossil gastric pellets potentially attributable to Troodon formosus at the Egg Mountain locality, Two Medicine Formation, Montana, U.S.A. Palaeontology 64:699–725. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12546.
Grossnickle, DM., Chen, M., Wauer, JGA., Pevsner, SK., Weaver, LN., Meng, Q-J., Liu, D., Zhang, Y-G., & Luo, Z-X. (2020). Incomplete convergence of gliding-mammal skeletons. Evolution. https://www.doi.org/10.1111/evo.14094.
Rogers, RR., Regan, AK., Weaver, LN., Thole, JT., & Fricke, HC. (2020). Tracking authigenic mineral cements in fossil bones from the upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Two Medicine and Judith River formations, Montana. PALAIOS 35:135–150. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2019.093.
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Grossnickle, DM., Brightly, WH., Weaver, LN., Stanchak, KE., Roston, RA., Pevsner, SK., Stayton, CT., Polly, PD., & Law, CJ. (In Review) A cautionary note on using quantitative measures of phenotypic convergence. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. (Preprint on bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.18.512739)
Weaver, LN., Fulghum, HZ., Grossnickle, DM., Brightly, WH., Kulik, ZT., Wilson Mantilla, GP., & Whitney, MR. (In Press). Multituberculate mammals show evidence of a life history strategy similar to that of placentals, not marsupials. The American Naturalist 200:383–400.
Weaver, LN., Tobin, TS., Claytor, JR., Wilson, PK., Clemens, WA., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2022). Revised stratigraphic relationships within the lower Fort Union Formation (Tullock Member; Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A.) provide a new framework for examining post K-Pg mammalian recovery dynamics. PALAIOS 37:104–127. (Featured on the cover of May 2022 issue).
Weaver, LN., Varricchio, DJ., Sargis, EJ., Chen, M., Freimuth, WJ., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2021). Early mammal social behavior revealed by multituberculates from a dinosaur nesting site. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5:32–37. https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01325-8. (Published online November 2020).
Weaver, LN., and Wilson, GP. (2020). Shape disparity in the blade-like premolars of multituberculate mammals: functional constraints and the evolution of herbivory. Journal of Mammalogy 102:967–985. https://www.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa029. (Published online May 2020).
Weaver, LN., & Grossnickle, DM. (2020). Functional diversity of small-mammal postcrania is linked to both substrate preference and body size. Current Zoology 66:539–553. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa057. (Invited submission for Special Issue).
Weaver, LN., Wilson, GP., Krumenacker, LJ., Moore, JR., & Varricchio, DJ. (2019). New multituberculate mammals from the mid-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho and implications for the evolution of Cimolodonta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2), e1604532. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1604532.
Grossnickle, DM., Weaver, LN., Jäger, KRK., & Schultz, JA. (2021). The evolution of anteriorly directed occlusion in therian mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab039.
Tobin, TS., Honeck, JW., Fendley, IM., Weaver, LN., Sprain, CJ., Tuite, ML., Flannery, DT., Mans, WW., & Wilson, GP. (2021). Analyzing sources of uncertainty in terrestrial organic carbon isotope data: a case study across the K-Pg boundary in Montana, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 574:110451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110451.
Freimuth, WJ., Varricchio, DJ., Brannick, AL., Weaver, LN., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2021). Mammal-bearing fossil gastric pellets potentially attributable to Troodon formosus at the Egg Mountain locality, Two Medicine Formation, Montana, U.S.A. Palaeontology 64:699–725. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12546.
Grossnickle, DM., Chen, M., Wauer, JGA., Pevsner, SK., Weaver, LN., Meng, Q-J., Liu, D., Zhang, Y-G., & Luo, Z-X. (2020). Incomplete convergence of gliding-mammal skeletons. Evolution. https://www.doi.org/10.1111/evo.14094.
Rogers, RR., Regan, AK., Weaver, LN., Thole, JT., & Fricke, HC. (2020). Tracking authigenic mineral cements in fossil bones from the upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Two Medicine and Judith River formations, Montana. PALAIOS 35:135–150. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2019.093.
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