Publications, Abstracts, and Presentations

Publications

Gold, M.E.L., Bourdon, E., Norell, M.A. 2016. The First Endocast of the Extinct Dodo(Raphus cucullatus) and an Anatomical Comparison with Close Relatives (Columbiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12388. [Link to abstract].

Watanabe, A., Gold, M.E.L., Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B., Choiniere, J., Davidson, A., Norell, M. A. (2015). Vertebral Pneumaticity in the Ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Revealed by Computed Tomography Imaging and Reappraisal of Axial Pneumaticity in Ornithomimosauria. PloS one, 10(12), e0145168. [link to free pdf]

Gold, M.E.L., Brochu, C.A., Norell, M.A. 2014. An Expanded Combined Evidence Approach to the Gavialis Problem Using Geometric Morphometric Data from Crocodylian Braincases and Eustachian Systems. PloS one 9 (9), e105793. [link to free pdf]

Gold, M.E.L., Brusatte, S.L, Norell, M.A. 2013. The cranial pneumatic sinuses of the tyrannosaurid Alioramus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and the evolution of cranial pneumaticity in theropod dinosaurs. American Museum Novitates 3790. [link to free pdf]

Gold, M.E.L. Cranial Osteology And Braincase Morphometrics of Gavialis gangeticus (Crocodylia: Gavialoidea): Implications for Crocodylian Phylogenetics. MS Thesis University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. [Link to free pdf]

Presentations
Gold, M.E.L. Evolution of the Flight-ready Brain in Theropod Dinosaurs through Novel High Resolution Imaging Systems. Programs and Abstracts: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology October 2015, p. 133.

Chen, K., Gold, E., Norell, M., Kagetsu, K. CT Parameters and Image Quality: A Pictoral Essay. Poster presentation at the Radiological Society of America, December 2014.

Gold, M.E.L., Balanoff, A.M., Watanabe, A., Norell, M.A. Endocast shape differences in coelurosauria (dinosauria: theropoda) reflect phylogeny and locomotor mode across the evolution of flight. Supplement to the online Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Program and Abstracts: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology November 2014, p. 141.

Gold, M., Norell, M. 2013. Sizing up the position of Gavialis using geometric morphometrics of crocodylian braincases. Supplement to the online Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Program and Abstracts: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology October 2013, p. 136.

Gold, M.E.L., Brusatte, S., Norell, M. Pneumaticity Patterns in the Skull of Alioramus altai, a Long-Snouted Tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda), from the Late Cretaceous Of Mongolia. Program and Abstracts: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, p. 102. Oral presentation at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 2012.

Gold, M.E.L., Norell, M.A. Braincase Ontogeny of Protoceratops andrewsi. Oral presentation at the North East Regional Vertebrate Evolution Symposium, March 2012.

Gold, M.E.L. Cranial Anatomy and Ontogeny of Gavialis gangeticus using Computerized Axial Tomography: Implications for Gavialoid Phylogenetics. Program and Abstracts: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31: sup 2. Poster presentation at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, November 2011.

Gold, M.E.L. Geometric Morphometrics of the Crocodylian Eustachian System and its Phylogenetic Implications. Oral presentation at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, July 2011.

Gold, M.E.L. Biostratigraphic Correlation of a new Triassic fossil locality within the Gettysburg Basin, Maryland. Program and Abstracts: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30: sup 2, p.97A. Poster presentation at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 2010.

Gold, M.E.L. Biostratigraphically Correlating the Triassic Age “Fulton Site” within the Gettysburg Basin, Maryland. Poster presentation at Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, March 2010.