Publications

 
 

64. Carrano, M. T., and J. A. Wilson. in review. Comment (Case 3700)— Against the proposed designation of D. carnegii Hatcher, 1901 as the type species of Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.

63. Currie, P. J., J. A. Wilson, F. Fanti, B. Mainbayard, and K. Tsogtbaatar. 2017 (in press). Rediscovery of the type localities of the Late Cretaceous Mongolian sauropods Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis and Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii: stratigraphic and taxonomic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

62. Fronimos, J. A., and J. A. Wilson. (2017b). Concavo-convex intervertebral joints stabilize the vertebral column in sauropod dinosaurs and crocodylians. Ameghiniana 54:151–176. (link)

61. Fronimos, J. A., and J. A. Wilson. (2017a). Neurocentral suture complexity and its implications for stress distribution in the spine of a sauropod dinosaur. Ameghiniana 54:36–49. (link)

60. Fronimos, J. A., T. K. Baumiller, and J. A. Wilson. (2016). Polarity of concavo-convex intervertebral joints in the necks and tails of sauropod dinosaurs. Paleobiology 42:624–642. doi:10.1017/pab.2016.16 (link)

59. Wilson, J. A., D. Pol, A. B. Carvalho, and H. Zaher. (2016). The skull of the titanosaur Tapuiasaurus macedoi (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178:611–662. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12420 (link)

58. Melstrom, K., M. D. D’Emic, and J. A. Wilson. 2016. A juvenile sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of Utah, USA preserving evidence of air-sac development. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36:e1111898. (link)

57. Wilson, J. A., and R. Allain. (2015). Osteology of Rebbachisaurus garasbae Lavocat, a diplodocoid (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the early Late Cretaceous-aged Kem Kem beds of southeastern Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e1000701. (link)

56. Marsicano, C. A., J. A. Wilson, and R. M. H. Smith. 2014. A temnospondyl trackway from the early mesozoic of Western gondwana and its implications for basal tetrapod locomotion. PLoS ONE 9(8):e103255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103255 (link)

55. Curry Rogers, K. and J. A. Wilson. 2014. Vahiny depereti, gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34:606–617 (link)

54. Ibrahim, N., D. J. Varricchio, P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, D. B. Dutheil, D. M. Martill, L. Baidder, and S. Zouhri. 2014. Dinosaur footprints and other ichnofauna from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds of Morocco. PLoS ONE 9: e90751. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090751. (link)

53. Peecook, B. R., J. A. Wilson, R. Hernández-Rivera, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, G. P. Wilson. 2014. First tyrannosaurid remains from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) ‘El Gallo’ Formation of Baja California, México. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59:71–80. (link)

52. D’Emic, M. D., J. A. Whitlock, K. Smith, J. A. Wilson, D. C. Fisher. 2013. Evolution of high tooth replacement rates in sauropod dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 8:e69235. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069235. (link)

51. Whitlock, J. A. and J. A. Wilson. 2013. Character distribution maps: a visualization method for comparative cladistics. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 94:490–499. doi: 10.1111/azo.12006 (abstract)

50. Mohabey, D. M., S. Sen, J. A. Wilson. 2013. India’s first dinosaur, rediscovered. Current Science 104:34–37. doi: 10.13140/2.1.1207.6489 (link) (Cover)

49. Wilson, J. A. 2012. New vertebral laminae and patterns of serial variation in vertebral laminae of sauropod dinosaurs. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 32: 91–110. (link)

48. Wilson, J. A. and K. Curry Rogers. 2012. Sauropods; in M. K. Brett-Surman, T. R. Holtz Jr., and J. O. Farlow (eds.), The Complete Dinosaur, second edition, pp. 444–481. (link)

47. Wilson, J. A. 2011. Anatomical terminology for the sacrum of sauropod dinosaurs. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 32: 59–69. (link)

46. D’Emic, M. D., J. A. Wilson, and T. E. Williamson. 2011. A sauropod dinosaur pes from the latest Cretaceous of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:1072–1079 doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.595856

45. Wilson, J. A., M. T. Carrano, P. M. Barrett. 2011. An associated partial skeleton of Jainosaurus cf. septentrionalis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Chhota Simla, central India. Palaeontology 54:981–998. (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01087.x)

44. Mohabey, D. M., J. J. Head, and J. A. Wilson. 2011. A new species of the snake Madtsoia from the Late Cretaceous of India and its paleobiogeographical implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:588–595. (doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.560220) (link)

43. Whitlock, J. A., M. D. D’Emic, and J. A. Wilson. 2011. Cretaceous diplodocids in Asia? Re-evaluating the phylogenetic affinities of a fragmentary specimen. Palaeontology. 54:351–364. (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01029.x) (link)

42. Wilson, J. A., M. D. D’Emic, T. Ikejiri, E. M. Moacdieh, and J. A. Whitlock. 2011. A nomenclature for vertebral fossae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaurs. PLoS One 6:e17114. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017114) (link)

41. D’Emic, M. D. and J. A. Wilson. (2011). New remains attributable to the holotype of Neuquensaurus australis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda): implications for saltasaurine systematics. Acta Palaeontologia Polonica 56:61–73. (doi:10.4202/app.2009.0149) (link)

40. D’Emic, M. D., J. A. Wilson, and R. Thompson. 2010. The end of the sauropod dinosaur hiatus in North America: implications for dinosaur paleobiogeography. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297:486–490. (link)

39. Carrano, M. T., J. A. Wilson, P. M. Barrett. (2010). The history of dinosaur collecting in central India since 1828. In: Moody, R. T. J., E. Buffetaut, D. Naish, and D. M. Martill (eds.), Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 343:161–173. (link)

38. Zalmout, I. S. A., W. J. Sanders, L. M. Maclatchy, G. F. Gunnell, Y. Al-Mufarreh, M. A. Ali, A. H. Nasser, A. Al-Masary, S. Al-Sobhi, O. A. Nadhra, A. Matari, J. A. Wilson, and P. D. Gingerich. (2010). A new late Oligocene anthropoid from Saudi Arabia and the divergence of Old World monkeys and apes. Nature 466:360–364. (link)

37. Whitlock, J. A., J. A. Wilson, M. C. Lamanna. 2010. Description of a nearly complete juvenile skull of Diplodocus (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the Late Jurassic of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30:442–457. (link)

36. Wilson, J. A., D. M. Mohabey, S. E. Peters, and J. J. Head 2010. Predation on hatchling dinosaurs by a new snake from the Late Cretaceous of India. PLoS Biology 8:1–5 (doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000322.g005) (link) (Primer by Mike Benton)

35. Chure, D., B. B. Britt, J. A. Whitlock, and J. A. Wilson. 2010. First complete sauropod dinosaur skull from the Cretaceous of the Americas and the evolution of sauropod dentition. Naturwissenschaften 97. (doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0650-6) (link)

34. Smith, R. M. H., C. M. Marsicano, and J. A. Wilson 2009. Sedimentology and paleoecology of a diverse Early Jurassic tetrapod tracksite in Lesotho, southern Africa. Palaios. 24:672–684. (cover of issue) (link)

33. Wilson, J. A., C. A. Marsicano, R. M. H. Smith. 2009. Dynamic locomotor adjustments in two early dinosaur trackmakers from southern Africa. PLoS ONE 4(10):1–8. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007331) (link)

32. Wilson, J. A. and P. Upchurch. 2009. Redescription and reassessment of the phylogenetic affinities of Euhelopus zdanskyi (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7:199–239 (link)

31. Wilson, J. A., M. D. D’Emic, K. Curry Rogers, D. M. Mohabey, and S. Sen. 2009. Reassessment of the sauropod dinosaur Jainosaurus (= Antarctosaurus) septentrionalis from the Upper Cretaceous of India. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 32:17–40. (link)

30. D’Emic, M. D., J. A. Wilson, and S. Chatterjee. 2009. A definitive titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) osteoderm from the Upper Cretaceous of India and the titanosaur osteoderm record. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29:165–177. (link)

29. Varricchio, D. J., P. C. Sereno, L. Tan, X. Zhao, J. A. Wilson, and G. H. Lyon. 2008. Mud-trapped dinosaur herd captures evidence of distinctive dinosaur sociality. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53:567–578. (link)

28. Sereno, P. C., O. A. Alcober, J. A. Wilson, R. N. Martínez, H.C.E. Larsson, and D. J. Varricchio. 2008. Evidence for avian intrathoracic air sacs in a new predatory dinosaur from Argentina. PLoS ONE 3(9):1–20. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003303) (link)

27. Sereno, P. C., J. A. Wilson, L. M. Witmer, *J. A. Whitlock, A. Maga, O. Ide, T. A. Rowe. 2007. Structural extremes in a Cretaceous dinosaur. PLoS ONE 2(11):1–9. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001230) (link)

26. Head, J. J., D. M. Mohabey, and J. A. Wilson. 2007. Acrochordus Hornstedt (Serpentes: Caenophidia) from the Miocene of Gujarat, western India: temporal constraints on dispersal of a derived snake. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27:720–723. (link)

25. Wilson, J. A. 2006a. Anatomical nomenclature of fossil vertebrates: standardized terms or lingua franca? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:511–518. (link)

24. Wilson, J. A. 2006b. An introduction to titanosaur phylogeny and evolution; in F. Torcida and P. Huerta (eds.), 3rd Internacional Symposio de Dinosaurios y su Entorno Biótico, Museo de Salas de los Infantes, Burgos 169–190.

23. Wilson, J. A. and Mohabey, D. M. 2006. A titanosauriform axis from the Lameta Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian) of central India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:471–479. (link)

22. Sereno, P. C. and J. A. Wilson. 2005. A sauropod tooth battery: structure and evolution; pp. 157–177 in K. A. Curry Rogers and J. A. Wilson (eds.), The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology, University of California Press, Berkeley. (link)

21. Wilson, J. A. 2005a. A redescription of the skull of Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis (Dinosauria – Sauropoda) and its relevance to Cretaceous titanosaur diversity. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3:283–318. (link)

20. Wilson, J. A. 2005b. Integrating ichnofossil and body fossil records to estimate locomotor posture and spatiotemporal distribution of early sauropod dinosaurs: a stratocladistic approach. Paleobiology 31:400–423. (link)

19. Wilson, J. A. 2005c. Overview of sauropod phylogeny and evolution;pp. 15–49 in K. A. Curry Rogers and J. A. Wilson (eds.), The Sauropods: Evolution and Paleobiology, University of California Press, Berkeley. (link)

18. Wilson, J. A., M. S. Malkani, and P. D. Gingerich. 2005. A sauropod braincase from the Pab Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of Balochistan, Pakistan. Gondwana Geological Magazine sp. vol. 8:101–109. (link)

17. Zalmout, I. S., H. Mustafa, and J. A. Wilson. 2005. Karkaemys arabicus, a new side-necked turtle (Tedtudines, Pleurodira) from the Upper Cretaceous Wadi Umm-Ghudran Formation of Karak, Jordan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31:155–177. (link)

16. Sereno, P. C., J. A. Wilson, and J. L. Conrad. 2004. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in mid Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences 271:1325–1330. (link)

15. Wilson, J. A., P. C. Sereno, S. Srivastava, D. K. Bhatt, A. Khosla, and A. Sahni. 2003. A New abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Lameta Formation (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of India. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31:1–42. (link)

14. Wilson, J. A. and P. Upchurch. 2003. A revision of Titanosaurus (Dinosauria – Sauropoda), the first ‘Gondwanan’ dinosaur genus. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1:125–160. (link) [Please note error in Figure 10: the specimen number for the lectotypic radius of Neuquensaurus robustus should be MLP-26-254.]

13. Khosla, A., V. Kapur, P. C. Sereno, J. A. Wilson, G. P. Wilson, D. B. Dutheil, and A. Sahni. 2003. First dinosaur remains from the Cenomanian-Turonian of the Nimar Sandstone (Bagh Beds), District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 48:115–127.

12. Wilson, J. A. Sauropod dinosaur phylogeny: critique and cladistic analysis. 2002. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136:217–276. (link)(deepblue pdf)

11. Carrano, M. T. and J. A. Wilson. 2001. Taxon distributions and the vertebrate track record. Paleobiology 27:563–581. (link)

10. Wilson, J. A., M. S. Malkani, and P. D. Gingerich. 2001. New crocodyliform (Reptilia: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30:321–336. (link)

9. Larsson, H. C. E., P. C. Sereno, and J. A. Wilson. 2000. Forebrain enlargement among nonavian dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:615–618. (link)

8. Sereno, P. C., A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, B. Moussa, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, G. P. Wilson, and J. A. Wilson. 1999. Cretaceous sauropods from the Sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal change among dinosaurs. Science 286:1342–1347. (link)

7. Wilson, J. A. 1999. A nomenclature for vertebral laminae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:639–653. (link)

6. Wilson, J. A. and M. T. Carrano. 1999. Titanosaurs and the origin of “wide-gauge” trackways: a biomechanical and systematic perspective on sauropod locomotion. Paleobiology 25:252–267. (link)

5. Wilson, J. A., R. A. Martínez, and O. A. Alcober. 1999. Distal tail of a titanosaurian sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:592–595. (link)

4. Sereno, P. C., D. J. Varricchio, A. L. Beck, D. B. Dutheil, H. C. E. Larsson, J. D. Marcot, O. W. M. Rauhut, R. W. Sadleir, C. A. Sidor, G. P. Wilson, and J. A. Wilson. 1998. A long-snouted predatory dinosaur from Africa and the evolution of spinosaurids. Science 282:1298–1302. (link)

3. Wilson, J. A. and P. C. Sereno. 1998. Early evolution and higher-level phylogeny of sauropod dinosaurs. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 5:1–68 (supplement to Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18).  (link)

2. Sereno, P. C., D. B. Dutheil, M. Iarochene, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, P. M. Magwene, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, and J. A. Wilson. 1996. Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation. Science 272:986–991. (link)

1. Sereno, P. C., J. A. Wilson, H. C. E. Larsson, D. B. Dutheil, and H.-D. Sues. 1994. Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs from the Sahara. Science 266:267–271. (link)

Below is a list of my peer-reviewed publications. I have linked to the sites that house the electronic versions of each. Although some of these are open-access, many are not. Please contact me if you would like me to send you pdfs of any of these papers. All University of Michigan publications are available on Deep Blue.