Peer-reviewed Journal Articles |
10. Surring, L. A., Burns, M. E., Snively, E., Barta, D. E., Holtz Jr., T. R., Russell, A. P., Witmer, L. M., and Currie, P. J. 2022. Consilient evidence affirms expansive stabilizing ligaments in the tyrannosaurid foot. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 10:49–64. journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29387
9. Barta, D. E., Griffin, C. T. and Norell, M. A. 2022. Osteohistology of a Triassic dinosaur population reveals highly variable growth trajectories typified early dinosaur ontogeny. Scientific Reports 12, 17321. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22216-x
8. Choi, S., Barta, D. E., Moreno-Azanza, M., Kim, N.-H., Shaw, C. A., and Varricchio, D. J. 2022. Microstructural description of the maniraptoran egg Protoceratopsidovum. Papers in Palaeontology 8(2):1–31. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1430
7. Barta, D. E., and M. A. Norell. 2021. The osteology of Haya griva (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 445:1–111.
digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7253
6. Norell, M. A., Balanoff, A. M., Barta, D. E., and G. M. Erickson. 2018. A second specimen of Citipati osmolskae associated with a nest of eggs from Ukhaa Tolgod, Omnogov Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3899:1–44. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6858
5. Barta, D. E., Nesbitt, S. J., and M. A. Norell. 2018. The evolution of the manus of early theropod dinosaurs is characterized by high inter- and intraspecific variation. Journal of Anatomy 232(1):80–104. **Cover article**. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12719
4. Pei, R., Norell, M. A., Barta, D. E., Bever, G. S., Pittman, M., and X. Xu. 2017. Osteology of a new Late Cretaceous troodontid specimen, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3889:1–47. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6818
AMNH news post about the paper
3. Norell, M. A., and Barta, D. E. 2016. A new specimen of the ornithischian dinosaur Haya griva, cross-Gobi geologic correlation, and the age of the Zos Canyon beds. American Museum Novitates 3851:1–19. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6636
2. Varricchio, D. J., and Barta, D. E. 2015. Revisiting Sabath’s “Larger Avian Eggs” from the Gobi Cretaceous. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(1):11–25. **Editors’ choice paper.** https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app000852014.html
1. Barta, D. E., Brundridge, K. M., Croghan, J. A., Jackson, F. D., Varricchio, D. J., Jin, X., Poust, A. W. 2014. Eggs and clutches of the Spheroolithidae from the Cretaceous Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China. Historical Biology 26(2):183–194. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2013.792811 - .VRNJR7pgvdk
9. Barta, D. E., Griffin, C. T. and Norell, M. A. 2022. Osteohistology of a Triassic dinosaur population reveals highly variable growth trajectories typified early dinosaur ontogeny. Scientific Reports 12, 17321. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22216-x
8. Choi, S., Barta, D. E., Moreno-Azanza, M., Kim, N.-H., Shaw, C. A., and Varricchio, D. J. 2022. Microstructural description of the maniraptoran egg Protoceratopsidovum. Papers in Palaeontology 8(2):1–31. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1430
7. Barta, D. E., and M. A. Norell. 2021. The osteology of Haya griva (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 445:1–111.
digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7253
6. Norell, M. A., Balanoff, A. M., Barta, D. E., and G. M. Erickson. 2018. A second specimen of Citipati osmolskae associated with a nest of eggs from Ukhaa Tolgod, Omnogov Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3899:1–44. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6858
5. Barta, D. E., Nesbitt, S. J., and M. A. Norell. 2018. The evolution of the manus of early theropod dinosaurs is characterized by high inter- and intraspecific variation. Journal of Anatomy 232(1):80–104. **Cover article**. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12719
4. Pei, R., Norell, M. A., Barta, D. E., Bever, G. S., Pittman, M., and X. Xu. 2017. Osteology of a new Late Cretaceous troodontid specimen, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3889:1–47. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6818
AMNH news post about the paper
3. Norell, M. A., and Barta, D. E. 2016. A new specimen of the ornithischian dinosaur Haya griva, cross-Gobi geologic correlation, and the age of the Zos Canyon beds. American Museum Novitates 3851:1–19. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6636
2. Varricchio, D. J., and Barta, D. E. 2015. Revisiting Sabath’s “Larger Avian Eggs” from the Gobi Cretaceous. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(1):11–25. **Editors’ choice paper.** https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app000852014.html
1. Barta, D. E., Brundridge, K. M., Croghan, J. A., Jackson, F. D., Varricchio, D. J., Jin, X., Poust, A. W. 2014. Eggs and clutches of the Spheroolithidae from the Cretaceous Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China. Historical Biology 26(2):183–194. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2013.792811 - .VRNJR7pgvdk
Book Chapters
1. Tschopp, E., D. E. Barta, W. Brinkmann, J. R. Foster, F. M. Holwerda, S. C. R. Maidment, S. F. Poropat, T. M. Scheyer, A. G. Sellés, B. Vila, and M. Zahner. 2020. How to Live with Dinosaurs: Ecosystems Across the Mesozoic; pp. 209–229 in E. Martinetto, E. Tschopp, and R. A. Gastaldo (eds.), Nature through Time: Virtual field trips through the Nature of the past. Springer International Publishing, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-35058-1_8
Book Reviews
1. Barta, D. E. 2021. Dinosaurs and scientific inquiry: Mary Higby Schweitzer, Elena Rita Schroeter, Charles Doug Czajka 2021. Dinosaurs: How We Know What We Know. 547 pp. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group. ISBN: 978-0-367-56381-3. Price USD 79.96 (paperback); eBook USD 79.96. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(2):436. www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app008982021.html
Conference Abstracts
* = graduate student author
31. Marilao, L.*, Tran, P., and Barta, D. E. 2023. The variable occurrence of Wormian
(intrasutural) bones across Mammalia. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
2023 Conference Program. [Poster]
30. Barta, D., Griffin, C., and Simon, D. J. 2022. First histological evidence of a bony abnormality from the Ghost Ranch Coelophysis Quarry, New Mexico: an externally cryptic exostosis in a Coelophysis bauri (Dinosauria: Theropoda) tibia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
29. Marilao, L.*, Barta, D., and Fröbisch, J. 2022. Three-dimensional maxillary canal reconstruction in Cotylorhynchus romeri (Synapsida: Caseidae) clarifies the basal synapsid condition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
28. Johnson-Ransom, E. C.*, Snively, E., and Barta, D. 2021. Biomechanical performance of
the crania of tyrannosauroids and comparative implications for theropod feeding. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 81st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
27. Barta, D. E. 2020. Phytosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic strata of the Dry Cimarron Valley, western Oklahoma and northeastern New Mexico, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 80th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Talk]
26. Snively, E., Longrich, N., Barta, D. E., Woodward, H., Cooper, D. M., Burns, M. M., Surring, L., and Currie, P. J. 2020. Growth and remodeling in an ontogenetic series of Gorgosaurus libratus (Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta) metatarsals revealed through 3D vascular histology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 80th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
25. Nesbitt S. J., Griffin C. G., Müller R. T., Pacheco C., Preto F., Barta D. E., Marsh A., Wynd B. M., Langer M., Chapelle K. 2019. Dinosaurs Inherited Highly Variable and Extended Ontogenetic Pathways from their Closest Relatives and Subsequently Lost this Pattern. Journal of Morphology, Abstracts, International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology 280 (S1): S91. [Talk].
24. Barta, D. E., and Norell, M. A. 2019. Bone histology reveals high individual variation in growth among a population of early dinosaurs. 11th North American Paleontological Convention, Program with Abstracts, June 23-27, 2019, Riverside, California. PaleoBios 36 (Supplement 1): 68–69. [Talk]
23. Barta, D. E. 2018. Osteohistology reveals individual variation in growth among a large sample of the Triassic theropod dinosaur Coelophysis bauri from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 78th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Talk]
22. Moretti, J., Tschopp, E., Barta, D., Waskow, K., and Norell, M. 2018. Histological study of sauropod dinosaur bones from the historic Upper Jurassic Howe Quarry (Wyoming, USA): determination of an age range for every specimen. Fossilia 2018: 23-25.
Published extended abstract of: Moretti, J., Tschopp, E., Barta, D., Waskow, K., and Norell, M. Histological study of sauropod dinosaur bones from the historic Upper Jurassic Howe Quarry (Wyoming, USA) confirms the presence of individuals of various ontogenetic stages. Congress of the Italian Paleontological Society. 6-8 June 2018.
21. Barta, D. E., Pei, R., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Eggshell associated with a new troodontid taxon from the Upper Cretaceous Ukhaa Tolgod locality, Mongolia. In Moreno-Azanza, M., and Mateus, O. (Eds.) VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Caparica, Portugal. 3-7 October, 2017.
20. Varricchio, D. J., Ferguson, A. L., McGrath, A. C., Barta, D. E., Wang, P. L., Hayward, J. L., and Moore, J. R. 2017. Modern comparative taphonomy: the relationship between nesting site skeletal assemblages and reproductive attributes. In Moreno-Azanza, M., and Mateus, O. (Eds.) VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Caparica, Portugal. 3-7 October, 2017.
19. Vremir, M., Barta, D. E., Fernandez, M., Totoianu, R., Grigorescu, D., Watanabe, A., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Megaloolithid eggs and nests from the Late Maastrichtian of Sebeş area (Transylvanian Basin, Romania). In Moreno-Azanza, M., and Mateus, O. (Eds.) VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Caparica, Portugal. 3-7 October, 2017.
18. Barta, D. E., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Ontogenetic changes in the osteohistology of Haya griva, a basal neornithischian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Javkhlant Formation of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
17. Barta, D. E., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Bone histology and growth of Haya griva (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. 4th International Symposium on Paleohistology. [Talk]
16. Heers, A. M., and Barta, D. E. 2017. Early behavioral, but late anatomical, maturation in precocial ground birds: form-function relationships during the developmental acquisition of flight. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstracts. [Talk]
15. Barta, D. E., Nesbitt, S. J., and Norell, M. A. 2016. The manus of early theropod dinosaurs: digital reconstructions of articulated specimens reveal a complex evolutionary pattern of digit reduction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
14. Barta, D. E., and Heers, A. M. 2016. Post-hatching skeletal ontogeny of the Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar): implications for the study of ontogeny in the fossil record. 9th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. [Talk]
13. Barta, D. E., and Norell, M. A. 2015. New specimens of Haya griva: impacts of novel anatomical information and specimen-level analysis on ornithischian dinosaur phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Talk]
12. Barta, D. E., Watanabe, A., Vremir, M., Totoianu, R., and Norell, M. A. 2015. The first dinosaur eggs from a new vertebrate locality in the Upper Cretaceous Sebeş Formation, Romania. 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology. [Talk]
11. Barta, D., Varricchio, D., Jackson, F., Norell, M., and Jin, X. 2014. The evolution of dinosaur eggs: evidence from a phylogenetic analysis utilizing topologic constraints. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
10. Varricchio, D. J., Jin, X., Jackson, F. D., Zheng, W., Poust, A. W., Barta, D. E., and Simon, D. J. 2014. Counting and accounting for the abundance of dinosaur eggs from Asia: a case study from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang, China. International Symposium on Asian Dinosaurs, Fukui. [Talk]
9. Simon, D., Barta, D., Maxwell, W., and Varricchio, D. 2013. Elongatoolithid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) eggshell from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation, Montana: a taphonomic investigation of apparent eggshell diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 73rd Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
8. Barta, D., Varricchio, D., and Jackson, F. 2012. A cladistic approach to understanding dinosaur egg diversity and the evolution of reproductive traits within Dinosauria: preliminary results. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 72nd Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Talk]
7. Barta, D., Brundridge, K., Jackson, F., Varricchio, D., Jin, X., and Poust, A. 2012. Ootaxonomic assessment of a large collection of fossil eggs from the Cretaceous Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China, with an Emphasis on Eggshell, Eggs, and Clutches of Spheroolithidae. 5th International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. [Talk]
6. Varricchio D. J., Simon, D. J., Barta, D. E.,and Jackson, F. D. 2012. The spatial and temporal distribution of Mesozoic dinosaur eggs. 5th International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. [Poster]
5. Brundridge, K., Barta, D., Croghan, J., Ayre, A., Jin, X., Jackson, F., Varricchio, D., and Drost, J. 2012. Taphonomic assessment of fossil eggs and surrounding sediment from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China. 5th International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. [Poster]
4. Brundridge, K., Barta, D., Jackson, F., and Varricchio, D. 2011. Fossil eggs from Zhejiang Province, China; evidence of a reducing environment facilitated by organic decomposition. Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America 43(5). [Poster]
3. Barta, D., Brundridge, K., Jackson, F., Varricchio, D., and Jin, X. 2011. Spheroolithid eggs from the Cretaceous Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 71st Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
2. Brundridge, K., Barta, D., Jackson, F., Varricchio, D., and Jin, X. 2011. Fossil Eggs from Zhejiang Province, China: evidence of a reducing environment facilitated by organic decomposition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 71st Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
1. Croghan, J., Barta, D., Brundridge, K., and Drost, J. 2011. Eggshell thickness variation in Chinese eggs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 71st Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
(intrasutural) bones across Mammalia. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology
2023 Conference Program. [Poster]
30. Barta, D., Griffin, C., and Simon, D. J. 2022. First histological evidence of a bony abnormality from the Ghost Ranch Coelophysis Quarry, New Mexico: an externally cryptic exostosis in a Coelophysis bauri (Dinosauria: Theropoda) tibia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
29. Marilao, L.*, Barta, D., and Fröbisch, J. 2022. Three-dimensional maxillary canal reconstruction in Cotylorhynchus romeri (Synapsida: Caseidae) clarifies the basal synapsid condition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
28. Johnson-Ransom, E. C.*, Snively, E., and Barta, D. 2021. Biomechanical performance of
the crania of tyrannosauroids and comparative implications for theropod feeding. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 81st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
27. Barta, D. E. 2020. Phytosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic strata of the Dry Cimarron Valley, western Oklahoma and northeastern New Mexico, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 80th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Talk]
26. Snively, E., Longrich, N., Barta, D. E., Woodward, H., Cooper, D. M., Burns, M. M., Surring, L., and Currie, P. J. 2020. Growth and remodeling in an ontogenetic series of Gorgosaurus libratus (Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta) metatarsals revealed through 3D vascular histology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 80th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
25. Nesbitt S. J., Griffin C. G., Müller R. T., Pacheco C., Preto F., Barta D. E., Marsh A., Wynd B. M., Langer M., Chapelle K. 2019. Dinosaurs Inherited Highly Variable and Extended Ontogenetic Pathways from their Closest Relatives and Subsequently Lost this Pattern. Journal of Morphology, Abstracts, International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology 280 (S1): S91. [Talk].
24. Barta, D. E., and Norell, M. A. 2019. Bone histology reveals high individual variation in growth among a population of early dinosaurs. 11th North American Paleontological Convention, Program with Abstracts, June 23-27, 2019, Riverside, California. PaleoBios 36 (Supplement 1): 68–69. [Talk]
23. Barta, D. E. 2018. Osteohistology reveals individual variation in growth among a large sample of the Triassic theropod dinosaur Coelophysis bauri from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 78th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Talk]
22. Moretti, J., Tschopp, E., Barta, D., Waskow, K., and Norell, M. 2018. Histological study of sauropod dinosaur bones from the historic Upper Jurassic Howe Quarry (Wyoming, USA): determination of an age range for every specimen. Fossilia 2018: 23-25.
Published extended abstract of: Moretti, J., Tschopp, E., Barta, D., Waskow, K., and Norell, M. Histological study of sauropod dinosaur bones from the historic Upper Jurassic Howe Quarry (Wyoming, USA) confirms the presence of individuals of various ontogenetic stages. Congress of the Italian Paleontological Society. 6-8 June 2018.
21. Barta, D. E., Pei, R., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Eggshell associated with a new troodontid taxon from the Upper Cretaceous Ukhaa Tolgod locality, Mongolia. In Moreno-Azanza, M., and Mateus, O. (Eds.) VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Caparica, Portugal. 3-7 October, 2017.
20. Varricchio, D. J., Ferguson, A. L., McGrath, A. C., Barta, D. E., Wang, P. L., Hayward, J. L., and Moore, J. R. 2017. Modern comparative taphonomy: the relationship between nesting site skeletal assemblages and reproductive attributes. In Moreno-Azanza, M., and Mateus, O. (Eds.) VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Caparica, Portugal. 3-7 October, 2017.
19. Vremir, M., Barta, D. E., Fernandez, M., Totoianu, R., Grigorescu, D., Watanabe, A., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Megaloolithid eggs and nests from the Late Maastrichtian of Sebeş area (Transylvanian Basin, Romania). In Moreno-Azanza, M., and Mateus, O. (Eds.) VI Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. Caparica, Portugal. 3-7 October, 2017.
18. Barta, D. E., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Ontogenetic changes in the osteohistology of Haya griva, a basal neornithischian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Javkhlant Formation of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
17. Barta, D. E., and Norell, M. A. 2017. Bone histology and growth of Haya griva (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. 4th International Symposium on Paleohistology. [Talk]
16. Heers, A. M., and Barta, D. E. 2017. Early behavioral, but late anatomical, maturation in precocial ground birds: form-function relationships during the developmental acquisition of flight. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Abstracts. [Talk]
15. Barta, D. E., Nesbitt, S. J., and Norell, M. A. 2016. The manus of early theropod dinosaurs: digital reconstructions of articulated specimens reveal a complex evolutionary pattern of digit reduction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
14. Barta, D. E., and Heers, A. M. 2016. Post-hatching skeletal ontogeny of the Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar): implications for the study of ontogeny in the fossil record. 9th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. [Talk]
13. Barta, D. E., and Norell, M. A. 2015. New specimens of Haya griva: impacts of novel anatomical information and specimen-level analysis on ornithischian dinosaur phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Talk]
12. Barta, D. E., Watanabe, A., Vremir, M., Totoianu, R., and Norell, M. A. 2015. The first dinosaur eggs from a new vertebrate locality in the Upper Cretaceous Sebeş Formation, Romania. 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology. [Talk]
11. Barta, D., Varricchio, D., Jackson, F., Norell, M., and Jin, X. 2014. The evolution of dinosaur eggs: evidence from a phylogenetic analysis utilizing topologic constraints. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
10. Varricchio, D. J., Jin, X., Jackson, F. D., Zheng, W., Poust, A. W., Barta, D. E., and Simon, D. J. 2014. Counting and accounting for the abundance of dinosaur eggs from Asia: a case study from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang, China. International Symposium on Asian Dinosaurs, Fukui. [Talk]
9. Simon, D., Barta, D., Maxwell, W., and Varricchio, D. 2013. Elongatoolithid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) eggshell from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation, Montana: a taphonomic investigation of apparent eggshell diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 73rd Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
8. Barta, D., Varricchio, D., and Jackson, F. 2012. A cladistic approach to understanding dinosaur egg diversity and the evolution of reproductive traits within Dinosauria: preliminary results. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 72nd Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Talk]
7. Barta, D., Brundridge, K., Jackson, F., Varricchio, D., Jin, X., and Poust, A. 2012. Ootaxonomic assessment of a large collection of fossil eggs from the Cretaceous Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China, with an Emphasis on Eggshell, Eggs, and Clutches of Spheroolithidae. 5th International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. [Talk]
6. Varricchio D. J., Simon, D. J., Barta, D. E.,and Jackson, F. D. 2012. The spatial and temporal distribution of Mesozoic dinosaur eggs. 5th International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. [Poster]
5. Brundridge, K., Barta, D., Croghan, J., Ayre, A., Jin, X., Jackson, F., Varricchio, D., and Drost, J. 2012. Taphonomic assessment of fossil eggs and surrounding sediment from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China. 5th International Symposium on Dinosaur Eggs and Babies. [Poster]
4. Brundridge, K., Barta, D., Jackson, F., and Varricchio, D. 2011. Fossil eggs from Zhejiang Province, China; evidence of a reducing environment facilitated by organic decomposition. Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America 43(5). [Poster]
3. Barta, D., Brundridge, K., Jackson, F., Varricchio, D., and Jin, X. 2011. Spheroolithid eggs from the Cretaceous Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 71st Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
2. Brundridge, K., Barta, D., Jackson, F., Varricchio, D., and Jin, X. 2011. Fossil Eggs from Zhejiang Province, China: evidence of a reducing environment facilitated by organic decomposition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 71st Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
1. Croghan, J., Barta, D., Brundridge, K., and Drost, J. 2011. Eggshell thickness variation in Chinese eggs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement, Program and Abstracts, 71st Annual Meeting of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. [Poster]
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