Lopezalles, S. (in press) The Shape of Speed: The Relationship Between 3D Humerus Shape and Maximum Running Speed. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Lopezalles, S. (2025). Quantitative Functional Morphology of the Mammalian Humerus and Its Implications for Estimating Body Mass and Maximum Running Speed (Order No. 32039404). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Big Ten Academic Alliance; ProQuest One Academic; Publicly Available Content Database. (3223747671).
Lopezalles, S., (2025). Leveraging functional morphology to increase accuracy of body-mass estimation: A study using canids. Paleobiology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.1
Barnosky, A. D., E. A. Hadly, P. Gonzalez, J. J. Head, P. D. Polly, A. M. Lawing, J. T. Eronen, D. Ackerly, K. Alex, E. Biber, J. Blois, J. Brashares, G. Ceballos, E. Davis, G.Dietl, R. Dirzo, H. Doremus, M. Fortelius, H. Greene, J. Hellmann, T. Hickler, S. T. Jackson, M. Kemp, P. Koch, C. Kremen, E. Lindsey, C. Looy, C. R. Marshall, C. Mendenhall, A. Mulch, A. Mychajliw, C. Nowak, U. Ramakrishnan, J. Schnitzler, K. Das Shrestha, K. Solari, L. Stegner, M. A. Stegner, N. C. Stenseth, M. H. Wake, and Z. Zhang. (2017). Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems. Science355, eaah4787. DOI:10.1126/science.aah4787
Goswami, A., M. Randau, P. D. Polly, V. Weisbecker, C. V. Bennett, L. Hautier, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra (2016) Do Developmental Constraints and High Integration Limit the Evolution of the Marsupial Oral Apparatus? Integrative and Comparative Biology 56: 369-372.
Herrmann, Edward W., Rebecca A. Nathan, Matthew J. Rowe, and Timothy P. McCleary (2016) Bacheeishdíio (Place Where Men Pack Meat). American Antiquity 82(1):151-167.
Lawing, A. M., J. T. Eronen, J. L. Blois, C. Graham, and P. D. Polly. 2016. Community Functional Trait Composition and the Effects of Non-Ecological Processes. Ecography 39:1-13.
Lawing, A. M., P. D. Polly, D. K. Hews, and E. P. Martins. 2016. Including Fossils in Phylogenetic Climate Reconstructions: A Deep Time Perspective on the Climatic Niche Evolution and Diversification of Spiny Lizards (Sceloperus). American Naturalist 188:133-148.
Polly, P. D. 2016. Quantitative Genetics Provides Predictive Power for Paleontological Studies of Morphological Evolution. PNAS, 113:9142-9144.
Polly, P. D. 2016. Quantitative Genetics and Macroevolution. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology, edited by R. M. Kliman. Elsevier/Academic Press, New York, pp. 409-417.
Polly, P. D. and G. J. Motz. In Press. Patterns and Processes in Morphospace: Geometric Morphometrics of Three-dimensional Objects. In Virtual Paleontology, edited by L. Tapanila and I. Rahman. The Paleontological Society Papers 22. Cambridge University Press, UK.
Polly, P. D., J. Fuentes-Gonzales, A. M. Lawing, A. K. Bormet, and R. G. Dundas. 2017 (in press). Clade Sorting Has a Greater Effect Than Local Adaptation on Ecometric Patterns in Carnivora. Evolutionary Ecology Research 18.
Polly, P. D., J. T. Eronen, A. M. Lawing, and J. Schnitzler. 2016. Processes of Ecometric Patterning: Modelling Functional Traits, Environments, and Clade Dynamics in Deep Time. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118:39-63.
Polly, P. D., C. T. Stayton, E. R. Dumont, S. E. Pierce, E. J. Rayfield, and K. Angielczyk. 2016. Combining Geometric Morphometrics and Finite Element Analysis with Evolutionary Modeling: Towards a Synthesis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1111225:1-29.
Schnitzler, J., C. Theis, P. D. Polly, and J. T. Eronen. In Press. Fossils Matter - Understanding Modes and Rates of Trait Evolution in Musteloidea (Carnivora). Evolutionary Ecology Research 18.
Vermillion, W. A., P. D. Polly, J. J. Head, J. T. Eronen, and A. M. Lawing. Accepted. Ecometrics: A Trait-Based Approach to Paleoclimate And Paleoenvironment Reconstruction. In Latest Methods in Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities, edited by D. Croft, S. Simpson, and D. Springer, New York, NY.
Head, J. J. and P. D. Polly. Evolution of the snake body form reveals homoplasy in amniote Hox gene function. Nature. (doi: 10.1038/nature14042). 2015
J. Ryan Kennedy. Zooarchaeology, Localization, and Chinese Railroad Workers in North America. In Historical Archaeology 49(1):122-133, 2015.
P. David Polly (2007) Development with a Bite. Nature 449: 413-414.
Presentations
Lopezalles, Sierra. Turning bones into speedometers: using 3D humerus shape to estimate maximum running speed in fossil canids. Björn Kurtén Club. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 28 January 2025.
Lopezalles, Sierra. The Shape of Speed: Using 3D humerus shape to track the evolution of cursoriality in fossil canids. Björn Kurtén Centenary Symposium. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 19 November 2024.
Lopezalles, Sierra. Paleobiology of Carnivorous Mammals Symposium. The Shape of Speed: The Relationship Between 3D Humerus Shape and Maximum Running Speed. North American Paleontology Congress, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 20 June 2024.
Kort, Anne; Lopezalles, Sierra; Famoso, Nick. Paleobiology of Carnivorous Mammals Symposium. Speed or Endurance: What is the Ecological Advantage of Cursoriality in Carnivorans? North American Paleontology Congress, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, 20 June 2024.
Lopezalles, Sierra. The Shape of Speed: The Relationship Between 3D Humerus Shape and Maximum Running Speed. Crossroads Conference. Bloomington, Indiana, 22 March 2024
Lopezalles, Sierra. The Shape of Speed: The Relationship Between 3D Humerus Shape and Maximum Running Speed. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, Ohio, 20 October 2023
Cory, Mackenzie. Skin Lodges and Stone Circles: Re-examining Finnigan’s Models of Domestic Taphonomy. Presented at the 2017 Indiana University Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, Bloomington, Indiana. (2017)
Bormet, A. K. and P. D. Polly. Substrate and limb evolution: a global ecomorphological analysis of ruminant unguals. Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. Oct 31, 2016.
Bormet, A. K. and P. D. Polly. Substrate and limb evolution: a global ecomorphological analysis of ruminant unguals. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, DC., Jul 1, 2016.
Bormet, A. K. and P. D. Polly. Ruminant unguals: a global ecomorphological analysis of substrate and evolution. American Society of Mammologists meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 27, 2016.
Burtt, Amanda. Revisiting Canid Collections: Applying DMTA to Examine Ancient Provisioning Practices. 74th Plains Anthropological Society meeting, Lincoln, Nebraska. October, 2016.
Burtt, Amanda, Alex Badillo, Gary Motz, Lindsey Kitchell. Identifying Canid Tooth Modification: A Side-by-side Comparison of 3D Imaging Techniques. 81st Society for American Archaeology meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 2016.
Burtt, Amanda, Gary Motz. Scanning the Past: Applications of 3D Image Capture for Analyzing Archaeological Materials. Paper presented at the 10th Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, February, 2016.
Bykowski, R. J. D. and P. D. Polly. Ecological ontogeny and functional changes in the growth of tyrannosaurids. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. October, 2016.
Cook, Della, Cheryl Ann Munson, Susan Spencer Helfrich, Steven Kuehn, Mark Schurr, and Katie Zedjlik. A Young Man with Developmental Delays at the Murphy Site, 12Po1: Can Grave Goods Shed Light on Social Identity? Midwest Archaeological Conference, Iowa City, Iowa. Friday, October 7, 2016.
Cory, Mackenzie. From Home to Hearth: Expanding on a Model of Tipi Transformation. Presented at 21st Suyanggae and her Neighbors International Symposium, Laramie, Wyoming. (2016)
Cory, Mackenzie. Another Stone Circle Excavation: Last Canyon (24CB879), Western Pryor Mountains, Montana. Presented at the 2016 Wyoming Archaeological Society Spring Meeting, Cheyenne, Wyoming. (2016)
Cory, Mackenzie. Stone Circle Test Excavation at Last Canyon (24CB879). Presented at the 58th Montana Archaeological Society Meeting, Great Falls, Montana. (2016)
Cory, Mackenzie J. Play Stone Circles: Expressions of Childhood on the North American High Plains. Presented at the 2016 Indiana University Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, Bloomington, Indiana.(2016)
Cory, Mackenzie. Transforming Tipi Rings: Re -examining a Model of Stone Circle Creation and Destruction. Presented at the 74th Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska. (2016)
Cory, Mackenzie J., Laura L. Scheiber, Cally Steussy, Thomas Brimm, Kirsten Hawley, Ryann Seifers, and Kyle Sprunger. Three Faces of Heart Mountain: Results of the 2016 Bighorn Archaeology Field School. Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, October, 2016.
Farrugia, P., P. D. Polly, and J. K. Njau. An analysis of shape differences in crocodylian dentition using geometric morphometrics. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. October, 2016.
Hasenmueller, N.R., Hasenmueller, W.A., Motz, G.J., and Daniels, M.S. Linking the Indiana Geologic Names Information System to Complementary Geological Databases. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 48 (7): .
Hays, Christopher and Cheryl Ann Munson. Poverty Point Culture in the Lower Ohio Valley: The Clarksville and Murphy Sites. Midwest Archaeological Conference. Iowa City, IA. October 6-8, 2016.
Hensley-Marschand, B. and P. D. Polly. Ecometric indicators demonstrate seasonally warm and arid environments in the Early Pleistocene of Northern East Asia. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. October, 2016.
Kennedy, Ryan. Tastes for New and Old: Fish Consumption in the Market Street Chinatown. Society for Historical Archaeology meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 2016.
Kennedy, Ryan. Snakehead: Terror from the East or a Tasty Treat?” Society for Historical Archaeology meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 2016.
Laherty, J. and Motz, G.J. Boundless use of Indiana University’s biological research collections possible in partnership with IU Libraries. IFLA. Motz, G.J., Johnson, C.C, Njau, J.K., 2016.
Motz, G.J. Taxonomic differentiation of preferred prey items in the Indo-Pacific persistent hotspot of biodiversity. 2015. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 47 (7): 348, 2016.
Polly, P.D., J. Laherty, and N.R. Hasenmueller. Broad citizen-science engagement, enhanced preservation of metadata, and public accessibility of Indiana’s Fossil Record using an integrated digital repository and collection management system using a distributed framework connected by Darwin Core. Geological Society of America 48 (7): 2016.
Polly, P. D., J. Schnitzler, J. T. Eronen, and A. M. Lawing. Long-term directional transitions in global climate rather than short-term fluctuations drive changes in vertebrate diversity. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. October, 2016.
Polly, P. D. Functional traits, environments, and clades: at the interface of climate, ecology, and evolution. Florida Museum of Natural History Seminar Series. Dec 9, 2016.
Polly, P. D. Ecometric patterning in hind limb morphology of North American carnivorans (Carnivora, Mammalia): community-level functional morphology and evolutionary ecology. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, DC. July, 2016.
Polly, P. D. Functional traits, environments, and clades: at the interface of climate, ecology, and evolution. Paleobiology Seminar Series, Stony Brook University, May 5, 2016.
Polly, P. D. Functional traits, environments, and clades: at the interface of climate, ecology, and evolution. Anthropological, Environmental, and Geological Interdisciplinary Sciences (AEGIS) seminar series, University of Minnesota, Feb 26, 2016.
Riley, Jenny. Possible Evidence of Sloth Butchery: Results from a Faunal Analysis of Padre Nuestro Cavern, Dominican Republic Society for American Archaeology meeting, Orlando, FL 2016.
Scheiber, Laura and Amanda Burtt. Investigating High-Altitude Campsites the Rocky Mountains: A Decade Later. Society for American Archaeology meeting, Orlando, Florida, April, 2016.
Scheiber, Laura and Amanda Burtt. Investigating High-Altitude Campsites in the Rocky Mountains: A Decade Later. Society for American Archaeology meeting, Orlando, Florida, April, 2016.
Burtt, Amanda, Laura L. Scheiber, and Lindsey Simmons. Mountain Shoshone Landscape Occupation of Caldwell Basin, Fremont County, Wyoming. Presented at the Society for American Archaeology Meeting, San Francisco, California, April, 2015.
Hawley, Kirsten, Laura L. Scheiber, Amanda Burtt, Cally Steussy, Adam Stevens. The Heart Mountain Archaeology Project: In the Shadow of Foretop’s Father. Presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, October, 2015.
Ryan Kennedy. Fish, Food Choice, and Connection in the Market Street Chinatown. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, April 2015.
Ryan Kennedy, Plants, Animals, and Food Choice within the Market Street Chinatown, San Jose, California. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, CA, April 2015.
Ryan Kennedy. Plant and Animal Consumption in the Market Street Chinatown, San Jose, California. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, WA, January 2015.
Jenny Riley and Kevin D. Hunt. Preservation of Faunal Remains from an Underwater Cavern, Padre Nuestro, Dominican Republic. Poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, San Francisco, CA 2015.
Scheiber, Laura and Amanda Burtt. Re-Defining Late Prehistoric Mountain Shoshone Occupations: Evidence from the Caldwell Creek Site (48FR7091) of Northwestern Wyoming. Presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, October, 2015.
Seifers, Ryann, Laura L. Scheiber, Amanda Burtt, Samuel Haskell, Jacob Heredos, Ian Carrico, Stephón Gilder (Indiana U), Lucas Chraponski. Continued Investigations at the Caldwell Campsite (48FR6917), A Long-Term Basecamp in the Absaroka Mountains. Presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, October, 2015.
