Publications

2018

• Kaiser, Thomas & Braune, Caroline & Kalinka, Gerhard & Schulz-Kornas, Ellen. (2018). Nano-indentation of native phytoliths and dental tissues: implications for herbivore-plant combat and dental wear proxies. Evolutionary Systematics. 2. 55-63. 10.3897/evolsyst.2.22678.
• Schulz-Kornas E., Braune, C, Winkler D. E., Kaiser, T. M. (2018): Does silica concentration and phytolith ultrastructure relate to phytolith hardness? Biosurface and Biotribology 3:115-143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bsbt.2017.12.004
• Konietzko-Meier, D., Gruntmejer, K., Marcé-Nogué, J., Bodzioch, A. & Fortuny, J. (2018): Merging cranial histology and 3D-computational biomechanics: a review of the feeding ecology of a Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian. PeerJ 6, e4426 (2018). https://peerj.com/articles/4426
• Püschel, T.A.; Marcé-Nogué, J.; Kaiser, T.M.; Brocklehurst, R.J.; Sellers, W.I. (2018). Analyzing the Sclerocarpy Adaptations of the Pitheciidae Mandible. American Journal of Primatology e22759. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22759

2017

Publications (Peer-Review):

• Julia A. Schultz, Ulrike Menz, Daniela E. Winkler, Ellen Schulz-Kornas, Sandra Engels, Daniela C. Kalthoff, Wighart von Koenigswald, Irina Ruf, Thomas M. Kaiser, Ottmar Kullmer, Karl-Heinz Südekum & Thomas Martin (2017): Modular Wear Facet Nomenclature for mammalian post-canine dentitions, Historical Biology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2017.1302442
• Fortuny, Josep, Jordi Marcé-Nogué, and Dorota Konietzko-Meier. 2017. “Feeding Biomechanics of Late Triassic Metoposaurids (Amphibia: Temnospondyli): A 3D Finite Element Analysis Approach.” Journal of Anatomy 230(6):752–65.
• Kaiser, T. M., Gidna, A., Kwekason, A., Mabulla, A.Z.P., Manthi, F. K., Kgasi, L., Schulz-Kornas, E. and Tawane, M. (2017): Klimawandel als Antrieb der Menschlichen Evolution. In: Klimagewalten, Treibende Kraft der Evcolution. Metter, H. and Puttkammer, T. (eds.). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt (Halle), Theiss. 210-221.
• Schulz-Kornas E., Braune, C, Winkler D. E., Kaiser, T. M. (2017) Does silica concentration and phytolith ultrastructure relate to phytolith hardness? Biosurface and Biotribology.
• Marcé-Nogué, Jordi, Thomas A. Püschel, and Thomas M. Kaiser. 2017. “A Biomechanical Approach to Understand the Ecomorphological Relationship between Primate Mandibles and Diet.” Scientific Reports 7(1):8364. Retrieved (http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-08161-0).
• Zhou, Zupeng, Josep Fortuny, Jordi Marcé-Nogué, and Pavel P. Skutschas. 2017. “Cranial Biomechanics in Basal Urodeles: The Siberian Salamander (Salamandrella Keyserlingii) and Its Evolutionary and Developmental Implications.” Scientific Reports 7(1):10174. Retrieved (http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-10553-1).
• Marcé-Nogué, Jordi, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Thomas A. Püschel, and Josep Fortuny. 2017. “The Intervals Method: A New Approach to Analyse Finite Element Outputs Using Multivariate Statistics.” PeerJ 5:e3793. Retrieved (https://peerj.com/articles/3793).

Abstracts:

• De Estebean-Trivigno, S.; Cantalapiedra, J.L.; Marcé-Nogué, J.; Fortuny, J. “Evolutionary patterns of jaw shape and biomechanical performance in extant cingulates”. ESEB XVI Congress. Groningen (The Netherlands). 2017.
• Marcé-Nogué, J.; Gailer, J.P.; Kaiser, T.M. “Primate Chewing biomechanics: The perspective of the damage in foods”. SVP 2017. Calgary (Canada). 2017
• Marcé-Nogué, J.; Püschel, T.A. “Inferring locomotor behaviours in Miocene New World Monkeys: A comparative Finite Element Analysis of the platyrrhine talus” 15th EAVP. Munich (Germany). 2017
• Fortuny, J.; Marcé-Nogué, J.; Heiss, E.; Skutschas, P.; Konietzko-Meier, D.; Zhou, Z.; Steyer, J.S. “3D Computational Biomechanics Meets Amphibians: Ecomorphology And Evolutionary Implications”. 15th EAVP. Munich (Germany). 2017
• Esteve, J., Marcé-Nogué, J. “Origin of the dorsal facial sutures in trilobites”. 6th International Conference on Trilobites and their Relatives. Tallinn (Estonia). 2017
• Marcé-Nogué, J.; Püschel, T.A.; Kaiser, T.M “Hard food for stiffer jaws: A comparative Finite Element Analysis of different primate jaws”. AAPA 2017 Meeting. New Orleans (USA). 2017
• Püschel, T.A.; Marcé-Nogué, J.; Kaiser, T.M.; Brocklehurst, R.J.; Sellers, W.I. “Analyzing the Morpho-functional Consequences of Seed Predation in the Pitheciid lower Jaw using Finite Element Analysis and Geometric Morphometrics”. AAPA 2017 Meeting. New Orleans (USA). 2017.
• Pina, M.; DeMiguel, D.; Puigvert, F.; Marcé-Nogué, J.; Almécija, S.; Moyà-Solà, S. “Patellar response to knee flexion in the Miocene primates Epipliopithecus vindobonensis and Pierolapithecus catalaunicus”. AAPA 2017 Meeting. New Orleans (USA). 2017.
• Marcé-Nogué, J. “Hard food for stiffer jaws”. 44. Treffen des Arbeitskreises Wirbeltierpaläontologie. Münster (Germany). 2017.

2016

Publications (Peer-Review)

• Gailer, J. P. , Calandra, I;  Schulz-Kornas, E. and Kaiser, T. M.  (2016). Morphology is not Destiny: Discrepancy between Form, Functionand Dietary Adaptation in Bovid Cheek Teeth. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9325-1 (DFG-FOR 771#83).
• Winkler, D.E., Andrianasolo, T.H., Andriamandimbiarisoa, L., Ganzhorn, J.U., Rakotondranary, S.J., Kaiser, T.M., Schulz-Kornas, E., (2016) Tooth wear patterns in black rats (Rattus rattus) of Madagascar differ more in relation to human impact than to differences in natural habitats. Ecology and Evolution 6, 2205-2215.
• Calandra, I; Labonne  Gaëlle; Schulz-Kornas, E.; Kaiser, T. M. and Montuire, S. (2016). Tooth wear as a means to quantify intra-specific variations in diet and chewing mechanics. Surf. Topogr. Nature, Scientific reports 6. doi:10.1038/srep34037 (DFG-FOR 771#86).
• Kaiser, T.M., Clauss, M. and E. Schulz-Kornas (2016). A set of hypotheses on tribology of mammalian herbivore teeth. Surf. Topogr.: Metrol. Prop. (DFG-FOR 771#80).
• Marcé-Nogué, J., de Esteban-Trivigno, S., Escrig, C., Gil, L., 2016. Accounting for differences in element size and homogeneity when comparing Finite Element models: Armadillos as a case study. Palaeontol. Electron. 19, 1–22.
• Fortuny, J., Marcé-Nogué, J., Steyer, J.-S., de Esteban-Trivigno, S., Mujal, E., Gil, L., 2016. Comparative 3D analyses and palaeoecology of giant early amphibians (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli). Sci. Rep. 6, 30387. doi:10.1038/srep30387.

Abstracts

• Fortuny, J. et al. “Hunting in the Late Triassic: insights on the ambush strategy of the metoposaurs (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli)”. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Washinton DC. 2016.
• Luján, À. et al. “Feeding in Testudines: A Finite Element and parametric analysis of a tortoise skull”. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Washinton DC. 2016.
• Tambuso, S. et al. “3D finite element analysis of lower jaws in glyptodonts”. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Washinton DC. 2016.
• Marcé-Nogué, J. et al. “Primate chewing biomechanics revisited using Finite Element Analysis of the mandible”. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Washinton DC. 2016.
• S. De Esteban-Trivigno, S. et al.”Early dietary, jaw shape and biomechanical performance differentiation in the evolution of armadillos (Xenarthra: Cingulata)”. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Washinton DC. 2016.
• Marcé-Nogué, J. et al. “Biomechanical traits of carnivorous jaws with Finite Element Methods”. XIV Annual Meeting of the EAVP. Haarlem (the Netherlands). 2016.
• Marcé-Nogué, J. et al. “Biomechanics as a predictor of enamel thickness in extinct primates”. XIV Annual Meeting of the EAVP. Haarlem (the Netherlands). 2016.
• Gruntmejer, K. et al. “Comparative of histology and three-dimensional computer analysis of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) skull biomechanics”. XIV Annual Meeting of the EAVP. Haarlem (the Netherlands). 2016.
• S. De Esteban-Trivigno, S. et al. “Exploring shape change and biomechanics in Carnivora jaw: preliminary results”. XIV Annual Meeting of the EAVP. Haarlem (the Netherlands). 2016.
• S. De Esteban-Trivigno, S. et al. “Combining Geometric morphometrics with Finite Elements Analysis in armadillos”. Iberian Symposium on Geometric Morphometrics. Madrid. 2016. (url)
• Marcé-Nogué, J. Primate chewing biomechanics revisited. 43 Treffen des Arbeitskreises Wirbeltierpaläontologie. Burg Lichtenberg, Thallichtenberg (Germany). 2016.

2015

Publications (Peer-Review)

• Fortuny, J. [et al.] 3D bite modeling and feeding mechanics of the largest living amphibian, the Chinese Giant Salamander Andrias davidianus (Amphibia, Urodela). Plos One. 2015.
• Gil. LL. [et al.] Insights into the controversy over materials data for the comparison of biomechanical performance in vertebrates. Paleontologia electronica. 2015.
• Kaiser, T.M., Clauss, M. and E. Schulz-Kornas (2015). A set of hypotheses on tribology of mammalian herbivore teeth. Surf. Topogr.: Metrol. Prop. (DFG-FOR 771#80).
• Marcé-Nogué, J. [et al.] 3D computational mechanics elucidate the evolutionary implications of orbit position and size diversity of early amphibians. Plos One. 2015
• Marcé-Nogué, J. [et al.] Coupling Finite Element Analysis and Multibody System Dynamics for biological research. Paleontologia electronica. 2015.
• Marcé-Nogué, J. [et al.] Improving mesh generation in Finite Element Analysis for functional morphology approaches. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 2015.
• Serrano-Fochs, S. [et al.] Finite Element Analysis of the Cingulata jaw an ecomorphological approach to armadillo’s diet. Plos One. 2015.
• Winkler, D.E. & T.M.  Kaiser (2015). Structural morphology of molars in large mammalian herbivores: Enamel content varies between tooth positions. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0135716.
• Winkler, D., and T. M. Kaiser (2015) Uneven distribution of enamel in the tooth crown of a Plains Zebra (Equus quagga). PeerJ 83 3:e1002; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1002 (DFG-FOR 771#76).

Book Chapter

• Kaiser, T. M. (2015) Eine kurze Naturgeschichte der Zähne. Das Dentale. In: Böhme, H., Kordass, B. und Slominski, B. (Hrsg.). Quintessenz – ISBN 978-3-86867-297-8.
• Schliemann, H. (2015). "Integument und Anhangsorgane" in W. Westheide & G. Rieger (eds.): Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 2: Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere, 3. Auflage, 2015, 15 - 31.
• Schliemann, H. (2015). 2. "Carnivora, Raubtiere" in W. Westheide & G. Rieger (eds.): Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 2: Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere, 3. Auflage, 2015, 638 - 660.

 Abstracts

•  Marcé-Nogué, J., Esteban-Trivigno, S. de, Escrich, C., Fortuny, J., Gil, L. and T.M. Kaiser (2015). Comparative methodologies to study the biomechanical traits of the mammal lower jaw using Finite Element Methods. 89th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology. Hannover (Talk).
• Marcé-Nogué, J. J. Marcé-Nogué, S. de Esteban-Trivigno, C. Escrich, J. Fortuny, L. Gil and T.M. Kaiser (2015). Comparative methodologies to study the biomechanical traits of the mammal lower jaw using Finite Element Methods. 89th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology. Hannover (Germany). 2015.
• Fortuny J, Marcé-Nogué J. (2015) Modelling stress in the skull of salamanders (Amphibia:Caudata). I Jornada Científica del departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia vegetal i Ecologia. Cernayola del Vallès.