Denver Fowler -Publications

- 2010 -

Papers

FOWLER, D.W., & HALL, L.E. (in press) Scratch-digging sauropods, revisited, Historical Biology

Abstracts

FOWLER, D.W. (2010) Anagenesis and long-term morphologic trends in Chasmosaurinae (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) revealed by a new high-resolution chronostratigraphic framework, ontogenetic analysis, and description of two new taxa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5, abstracts volume): 91A

FREEDMAN, E.A., & FOWLER, D.W. (2010) Stratigraphic correlation of Judith River Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) exposures in Kennedy Coulee (Northcentral Montana) to the Foremost Formation (Alberta): Implications for anagenesis in hadrosaurid dinosaurs, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5, abstracts volume): 92A

PADIAN, K., HORNER, J.R., FOWLER, D.W., & SCANNELLA, J.B. (2010) How a synergy of species recognition and social signaling explains cranial anatomy and ontogeny in several groups of dinosaurs, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5, abstracts volume): 143A

WOODRUFF, D.C., & FOWLER, D.W. (2010) Ontogenetic influence on neural spine bifurcation in Diplodocoidea (Dinosauria: Sauropoda): a critical phylogenetic character, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5, abstracts volume): 189A

- 2009 -

Papers

FOWLER, D.W., FREEDMAN, E.A., & SCANNELLA, J.B. (2009) Predatory functional morphology in raptors: Interdigital variation in talon size is related to prey restraint and immobilisation technique, PLoS One 4(11): e7999. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007999 [abstract & links to popular media articles] [free-access link to paper]

LUCAS, S.G, SULLIVAN, R.M., CATHER, S.M., JASINSKI, S.E, FOWLER, D.W., HECKERT, A.B., SPIELMANN, J.A, & HUNT, A.P. (2009) No definitive evidence of Paleocene dinosaurs in the San Juan Basin, Paleontologica electronica 12(2); 8A: 10p. [abstract] [pdf]

Abstracts

FOWLER, D.W. (2009) The grasping foot of Deinonychus : implications for predator ecology, evolution of the perching foot, and a new hypothesis for the origin of flight in birds, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3, abstracts volume): 98A

FOWLER, D.W. (2009), A sequence stratigraphic subdivision of the Hell Creek Formation: beginnings of a high-resolution regional chronostratigraphic framework for the terminal Cretaceous, North American Paleontological Convention, abstracts volume: 136[abstract]

SCANNELLA, J.B. & FOWLER, D.W. (2009) Anagenesis in Triceratops: evidence from a newly resolved stratigraphic framework for the Hell Creek Formation, North American Paleontological Convention, abstracts volume: 148[abstract]

FOWLER, D.W. & HALL, L.E. (2009) Scratch-digging sauropods, revisited: similarity of sauropod pes unguals to tortoises, and inferred nest-excavating behaviour, Museum of the Rockies occasional papers: Dinosaur Eggs & Babies, abstracts volume: 18 [abstract]

- 2007 -

Papers

WOLFF, E.D.S., FOWLER, D.W. & BONDE, J.W. (2007) A possible case of necrotizing dermatitis in the crocodylian Diplocynodon , from the Oligocene of the Isle of Wight , UK, Historical Biology 19(2): 203–207 [abstract & enlarged colour figure] [email for pdf]

Abstracts

FOWLER, D.W. (2007), Recently rediscovered baryonychine teeth (Dinosauria: Theropoda): new morphologic data, range extension, & similarity to Ceratosaurus, Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 27(3, abstracts volume): 76A [abstract] [pdf-15mb of poster]

WINGS, O., SANDER, P.M., TUTKEN, T., FOWLER, D.W., & SUN, G. (2007), Growth and life history of Asia's largest dinosaur, Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 27(3, abstracts volume): 167A [abstract]

- 2006 -

Papers

FOWLER, D.W. & SULLIVAN, R.M. (2006), A ceratopsid pelvis with toothmarks from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, New Mexico: Evidence of late Campanian tyrannosaurid feeding behavior, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35: 127-130 [abstract] [pdf-3mb]

SULLIVAN, R.M. & FOWLER, D.W. (2006), New specimens of the rare ankylosaurid dinosaur Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis (Ornithischia: Ankylosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (De-na- zin Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 35: 259-261 [abstract] [pdf-3mb]

Abstracts

FOWLER, D.W. (2006), Terrestrial Late Cretaceous stratigraphy of North America and the utility of ceratopsids in biostratigraphy, Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 26(3, abstracts volume): 63A [abstract]

- 2003 -

Abstracts

FOWLER, D.W., SIMMONDS, K., GREEN, M., & STEVENS, K.A. (2003), The taphonomic setting of two mired sauropods (Wessex Fm, Isle of Wight, UK), palaeoecological implications and taxon preservation bias in a Lower Cretaceous wetland, Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 23(3, abstracts volume): 51A [abstract]

- 2000 -

Fowler, D.W. (2000) Vertebrate taphonomy of the plant debris beds from the Isle of Wight, UK: Palaeoenvironmental and Palaeoecological implications. Unpubl. MSc thesis, University of Bristol, UK

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