Lawrence M. Witmer (born October 10, 1959, at Rochester, New York)[1] is an American paleontologist and paleobiologist. He is a Professor of Anatomy and a Chang Ying-Chien Professor of Paleontology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Ohio University. Witmer is considered to be one of the world's foremost experts on soft-tissue anatomy of the skull in extinct animals such as dinosaurs and pterosaurs.[citation needed] One of Witmer's largest contributions to vertebrate paleontology was the creation of the Extant Phylogenetic Bracket approach to ancestral character state reconstruction.[2] This methodology incorporates extensive comparative anatomy using physical and digital dissections of extant (not extinct) animals.[3]
He appeared in TV shows such as Jurassic Fight Club (History Channel, 2008), Clash of the Dinosaurs (Discovery Channel, 2009), and Bizarre Dinosaurs (National Geographic Channel, 2009), among others.[3]
^Witmer, L.M. 1995.The Extant Phylogenetic Bracket and the Importance of Reconstructing Soft Tissues in Fossils. in Thomason, J.J. (ed). Functional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology. New York. Cambridge University Press. pp: 19–33.
^ abWitmer, Lawrence (9 March 2009). "Witmer Lab: Research and Laboratory". Ohio University. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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estimations of walking speed in tyrannosaurids. A study conducted by LawrenceWitmer and Ryan Ridgely of Ohio University found that Tyrannosaurus shared...
avialan Pedopenna also shows these long foot feathers. Paleontologist LawrenceWitmer concluded in 2009 that this evidence is sufficient to demonstrate that...
well-known paleontologists such as Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Phillip J. Currie, LawrenceWitmer, and others. The show ran for one season of 12 episodes and was not...
re-evaluation of the fossil material by subsequent authors such as LawrenceWitmer have been inconclusive regarding whether or not these structures are...
suggests that the facial nerve is very small in diplodocids. Studies by LawrenceWitmer (2001) indicated that, while the nasal openings were high on the head...
on the possession of feathers. However, other scientists, such as LawrenceWitmer, have argued that calling a theropod like Caudipteryx a bird because...
animals would have galloped for fast locomotion. David Weishampel and LawrenceWitmer in 1990 as well as Norman and colleagues in 2004 argued in favour of...
sexual dimorphism inconclusive. In 2003, a team of researchers led by LawrenceWitmer studied the brain anatomy of several types of pterosaurs, including...
of definitions depend on Archaeopteryx." Bird evolution specialist LawrenceWitmer called the new analysis compelling, but said it remains difficult to...
to swallow larger food items. In a 2008 study, Casey Holliday and LawrenceWitmer re-evaluated similar claims made for other dinosaurs, concluding that...
too narrow for efficient aquatic use. Furthermore, new studies by LawrenceWitmer (2001) show that, while the nasal openings in the skull were placed...
Weishampel model. A study published in 2008 by Casey Holliday and LawrenceWitmer found that ornithopods like Edmontosaurus lacked the types of skull...
clearest and most succinct evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs. LawrenceWitmer stated: “The presence of unambiguous feathers in an unambiguously non-avian...
conclusions have, however, been questioned by some scientists, such as LawrenceWitmer, who claimed the study to be flawed. The 2011 study concluded that...
normani was formally named in an article by You, Luo Zhexi, Neil Shubin, LawrenceWitmer, Tang Zhilu and Tang Feng in 2003. The type specimen or holotype, IVPP...
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Museum of Natural History and North Carolina State University, and LawrenceWitmer, Chang Professor of Paleontology at the Ohio University Heritage College...
former executive vice president Robert Whealey, professor emeritus LawrenceWitmer, paleontologist Mark Wunderlich, poet Sarah E. Wyatt, plant molecular...
can understand how changes now are going to pan out in the future." LawrenceWitmer, a paleontologist with Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine...
first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania by Lightner Witmer. In the first half of the 20th century, clinical psychology was focused...
(2002). "The Mesozoic Radiation of Neornithes". In Chiappe, Luis M.; Witmer, Lawrence M. (eds.). Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University...
Molinari Dan Newman Jerry Ouellette Bob Runciman Norm Sterling Chris Stockwell David Tsubouchi David Turnbull Jim Wilson Elizabeth Witmer David Young...
031 Tony Clement 1,354 Elizabeth Witmer 1,197 Chris Stockwell 448 (Note: After the first ballot, Clement and Witmer both withdrew from the contest and...
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