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MIyashita et al. (2011)
Miyashita & Palmer (2014)
Miyashita (2016)
Miyashita et al. Edited Volume: Zoological Endeavors Inspired by A. Richard Palmer (photo by A. Anker)
A collection of images by MBL Embryology Class of 2013
– 2024 –
T. Miyashita
Fossil record of fishes and major evolutionary transitions.
L. Xing
K. Niu
J.C. Mallon
T. Miyashita
A new armored dinosaur with double cheek horns from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern China
Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 12: 113–132. PDF link
– 2022 –
T. Miyashita
L. Xing
K. Niu
T.-R. Yang
D. Wang
T. Miyashita
J.C. Mallon
Hadrosauroid eggs and embryos from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Jiangxi Province, China
— 2021 —
T. Miyashita
R.W. Gess
K. Tietjen
M.I. Coates
Non-ammocoete larvae of Palaeozoic stem lampreys
"Agnatha All Along? Changing the Evolutionary Narrative of Vertebrate Origins" – Nature Ecology & Evolution Community
Press releases (Canadian Museum of Nature & University of Chicago)
Nature Podcast CBC Le Monde Popular Science
A. Paulina Carabajal
P.J. Currie
T.W. Dudgeon
H.C.E. Larsson
T. Miyashita
Two braincases of Daspletosaurus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauridae): Anatomy and comparison
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58: 885–910. PDF link
Press release: Canadian Museum of Nature
J. Smeeton
N. Natarajan
A. N. Kumar
T. Miyashita
P. Baddam
P. Fabian
D. Graf
J.G. Crump
Zebrafish model for spondylo-megaepiphyseal-metaphyseal dysplasia reveals post-embryonic roles of Nkx3.2 in the skeleton
— 2020 —
T. Miyashita
A Paleozoic stem hagfish Myxinikela siroka - Revised anatomy and implications for evolution of the living jawless vertebrate lineages
Canadian Journal of Zoology 98: 850–865. PDF link
T. Miyashita
E. Standen
H.A. Jamniczky
Zoological Endeavors Inspired by A. Richard Palmer: Introduction, Biography, and Bibliography
M. Barazandeh
C. Cameron
T. Miyashita
Zoological Endeavors Inspired by A. Richard Palmer: Interview
M. Rocha
A. Beiriger
E. Kushkowski
T. Miyashita
N. Singh
V. Venkataraman
V.E. Prince
T. Miyashita
P. Baddam
J. Smeeton
A.P. Oel
N. Natarajan
B. Gordon
A.R. Palmer
J.G. Crump
D. Graf
W.T. Allison
nkx3.2 mutant zebrafish accommodate jaw joint loss through a phenocopy of the head shapes of Paleozoic jawless fish
Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb216945. PDF link
Canadian Museum of Nature press release
— 2019 —
T. Miyashita
M.I. Coates
R. Farrar
P. Larson
P.L. Manning
R.A. Wogelius
N.P. Edwards
J. Anné
U. Bergmann
A.R. Palmer
P.J. Currie
Hagfish from the Cretaceous Tethys Sea and a reconciliation of the morphological-molecular conflict in early vertebrate phylogeny
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116: 2146-2151.
Featured in "This Week in PNAS"
International media coverage (UChicago press release)
T. Miyashita
S.A. Green
M.E. Bronner
Comparative development of cyclostomes
Z. Johanson, R. Richter, and C. Underwood (eds.) pp. 30-58. Cambridge University Press. PDF Link
L. Xing T. Miyashita
D. Wang K. Niu
P.J. Currie
A new compsognathid theropod dinosaur from the oldest assemblage of the Jehol Biota in the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation, northeastern China
— 2017 —
L. Xing R.C. McKellar X. Xu G. Li
M. Bai W.S. Persons T. Miyashita
M.J. Benton J. Zhang A.P. Wolfe
Q. Yi K. Tseng H. Ran P.J. Currie
Response to: Phylogenetic placement, developmental trajectories and evolutionary implications of a feathered dinosaur tail in Mid-Cretaceous amber
— 2016 —
T. Miyashita
Fishing for jaws in early vertebrate evolution: A novel hypothesis of mandibular confinement
The Biological Reviews 91: 611-657. PDF link
Cover Image
T. Miyashita
R. Diogo
Evolution of serial patterns in the vertebrate pharyngeal apparatus and paired appendages via assimilation of dissimilar units
Frontiers Ecology and Evolution 4: 71. PDF link
Inaugural article for the new section "Evo-Devo"
F. Fanti G. Minelli
G.L. Conte T. Miyashita
An exceptionally preserved Eocene shark and the rise of modern predator-prey interactions in the coral reef food web
Zoological Letters 2: 9. PDF link
F. Fanti T. Miyashita
L. Cantelli F. Mnasri
J. Dridi M. Contessi
A. Cau
The largest thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) supports teleosaurid survival across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary
Cretaceous Research 61: 263-274. PDF link
International media coverage
L. Xing R.C. McKellar X. Xu G. Li
M. Bai W.S. Persons T. Miyashita
M.J. Benton J. Zhang A.P. Wolfe
Q. Yi K. Tseng H. Ran P.J. Currie
A feathered dinosaur tail with primitive plumage trapped in mid-Cretaceous amber
Current Biology 26: 3352-3360. PDF link
International media coverage
L. Xing M.G. Lockley J. Zhang
H. Klein D. Li T. Miyashita
Z. Li S.B. Kümmel
A new sauropodomorph ichnogenus from the Lower Jurassic of Sichuan, China fills a gap in the track record
— 2015 —
T. Miyashita
M.I. Coates
Hagfish embryology: Staging table and relevance to the evolution and development of vertebrates
Hagfish Biology. S.L. Edwards and G.G. Goss (eds.) pp. 95-127. CRC Press.
L. Xing T. Miyashita
P.J. Currie H.-L. You
Z.-M. Dong
A new basal eusauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60: 145-154. PDF link
L. Xing T. Miyashita J. Zhang
D. Li Y. Ye T. Sekiya F. Wang
P.J. Currie
A new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China and the diversity, distributions, and relationships of mamenchisaurids
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e889701. PDF link
Taylor & Francis Altmetric Top 20 Paper;
International media coverage
L. Xing B.M. Rothschild H. Ran
T. Miyashita W.S. Persons T. Sekiya
J.-P. Zhang T. Wang Z.-M. Dong
Vertebral fusion in two sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Lufeng Formation of China, Yunnan
— 2014 —
T. Miyashita A.R. Palmer
Handed behavior in hagfish - an ancient vertebrate lineage - and a survey of lateralized behaviors in other invertebrate chordates and elongate vertebrates
The Biological Bulletin 226: 111-120. PDF link
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L. Xing M. Avanzini M.G. Lockley
T. Miyashita H. Klein J.-P. Zhang
Q. He L.-Q. Qi J.D. Divay C.-K. Jia
Early Cretaceous turtle tracks and skeletons from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China
L.-D. Xing M.G. Lockley
T. Miyashita H. Klein T. Wang
W.S. Persons S.-G. Pan
J.-P. Zhang Z.-M. Dong
Large sauropod and theropod tracks from the Middle Jurassic Chuanjie Formation of Lufeng County, Yunnan Province and palaeobiogeography of the Middle Jurassic sauropod tracks from southwestern China
J.M. Ziermann T. Miyashita
R. Diogo
Cephalic muscles of cyclostomes (hagfishes and lampreys) and chondrichthyans (elasmobranchs and holocephalans): comparative anatomy and early evolution
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 771-802. PDF link
— 2013 —
L. Xing W.S. Persons P.R. Bell
X. Xu J. Zhang T. Miyashita
F. Wang P.J. Currie
Piscivory in the feathered dinosaur Microraptor
Evolution 67: 2441-2445. PDF link
International media coverage
— 2012 —
T. Miyashita
Geometric and developmental perspectives on evolution of the skulls and the carotid circulation of turtles
Morphology and Evolution of Turtles.
D.B. Brinkman, P.A. Holroyd, and J.D. Gardner (eds.) pp. 71-101. Springer. PDF link
L. Xing P.R. Bell W.S. Persons
S. Ji T. Miyashita M.E. Burns
Q. Ji P.J. Currie
Abdominal contents from two large Early Cretaceous compsognathids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) demonstrate feeding on confuciusornithids and dromaeosaurids
PLoS ONE 7(8): e44012. PDF link
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— 2011 —
T. Miyashita V. M. Arbour
L.M. Witmer P.J. Currie
The internal cranial morphology of an armoured dinosaur Euoplocephalus corroborated by X-ray computed tomographic reconstruction
Journal of Anatomy 219: 661-675. PDF link
Journal of Anatomy 2011 Best Paper Prize, runner-up & Cover Image
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— 2010 —
T. Miyashita P.J. Currie
B.J. Chinnery-Allgeier
The first basal neoceratopsian from the Oldman Formation (Belly River Group), southern Alberta
New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs.
M.J. Ryan, B.J. Chinnery-Allgeier, and D.A. Eberth (eds.) pp. 83-90. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. PDF link
T. Miyashita D.H. Tanke
P.J. Currie
Variation in premaxillary tooth count and a developmental abnormality in a tyrannosaurid dinosaur
— 2009 —
T.C. Edgell T. Miyashita
Shell elongation and tissue withdrawal depth in fourteen species of temperate intertidal snails
Journal of Molluscan Studies 75: 235-240. PDF link
F. Fanti
T. Miyashita
A high latitude vertebrate fossil assemblage from the Late Cretaceous of west-central Alberta: evidence for dinosaur nesting and vertebrate latitudinal gradient
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 275: 37-53. PDF link
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