Weaver, LN., Crowell, JW., Chester, SGB., & Lyson, TR. (In Review) Skull of a new periptychid mammal from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation of Colorado (Corral Bluffs, El Paso County). Journal of Mammalian Evolution.
Grossnickle, DM., Brightly, WH., Weaver, LN., Stanchak, KE., Roston, RA., Pevsner, SK., Stayton, CT., Polly, PD., & Law, CJ. (In Review) A cautionary note on using quantitative measures of phenotypic convergence. Evolution. (Preprint on bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.18.512739)
Weaver, LN., Kelson, JR., Holder, RM., Niemi, NA., & Badgley, C. (2024) On the role of tectonics in stimulating the Cretaceous diversification of mammals. Earth-Science Reviews 248:104630.
Claytor, JR., Weaver, LN., Tobin, TS., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2023). New mammalian local faunas from the first ca. 80 ka of the Paleocene in northeastern Montana and a revised model of biotic recovery from the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2222777.
Weaver, LN., Fulghum, HZ., Grossnickle, DM., Brightly, WH., Kulik, ZT., Wilson Mantilla, GP., & Whitney, MR. (2022). Multituberculate mammals show evidence of a life history strategy similar to that of placentals, not marsupials. The American Naturalist 200:383–400. (ASN Presidential Award Winner for Best Paper of the Year in The American Naturalist)
Weaver, LN., Tobin, TS., Claytor, JR., Wilson, PK., Clemens, WA., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2022). Revised stratigraphic relationships within the lower Fort Union Formation (Tullock Member; Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A.) provide a new framework for examining post K-Pg mammalian recovery dynamics. PALAIOS 37:104–127. (Featured on the cover of May 2022 issue).
Weaver, LN., Varricchio, DJ., Sargis, EJ., Chen, M., Freimuth, WJ., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2021). Early mammal social behavior revealed by multituberculates from a dinosaur nesting site. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5:32–37. https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01325-8. (Published online November 2020).
Weaver, LN., and Wilson, GP. (2020). Shape disparity in the blade-like premolars of multituberculate mammals: functional constraints and the evolution of herbivory. Journal of Mammalogy 102:967–985. https://www.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa029. (Published online May 2020).
Weaver, LN., & Grossnickle, DM. (2020). Functional diversity of small-mammal postcrania is linked to both substrate preference and body size. Current Zoology 66:539–553. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa057. (Invited submission for Special Issue).
Weaver, LN., Wilson, GP., Krumenacker, LJ., Moore, JR., & Varricchio, DJ. (2019). New multituberculate mammals from the mid-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho and implications for the evolution of Cimolodonta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2), e1604532. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1604532.
Grossnickle, DM., Weaver, LN., Jäger, KRK., & Schultz, JA. (2021). The evolution of anteriorly directed occlusion in therian mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab039.
Tobin, TS., Honeck, JW., Fendley, IM., Weaver, LN., Sprain, CJ., Tuite, ML., Flannery, DT., Mans, WW., & Wilson, GP. (2021). Analyzing sources of uncertainty in terrestrial organic carbon isotope data: a case study across the K-Pg boundary in Montana, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 574:110451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110451.
Freimuth, WJ., Varricchio, DJ., Brannick, AL., Weaver, LN., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2021). Mammal-bearing fossil gastric pellets potentially attributable to Troodon formosus at the Egg Mountain locality, Two Medicine Formation, Montana, U.S.A. Palaeontology 64:699–725. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12546.
Grossnickle, DM., Chen, M., Wauer, JGA., Pevsner, SK., Weaver, LN., Meng, Q-J., Liu, D., Zhang, Y-G., & Luo, Z-X. (2020). Incomplete convergence of gliding-mammal skeletons. Evolution. https://www.doi.org/10.1111/evo.14094.
Rogers, RR., Regan, AK., Weaver, LN., Thole, JT., & Fricke, HC. (2020). Tracking authigenic mineral cements in fossil bones from the upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Two Medicine and Judith River formations, Montana. PALAIOS 35:135–150. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2019.093.
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Grossnickle, DM., Brightly, WH., Weaver, LN., Stanchak, KE., Roston, RA., Pevsner, SK., Stayton, CT., Polly, PD., & Law, CJ. (In Review) A cautionary note on using quantitative measures of phenotypic convergence. Evolution. (Preprint on bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.18.512739)
Weaver, LN., Kelson, JR., Holder, RM., Niemi, NA., & Badgley, C. (2024) On the role of tectonics in stimulating the Cretaceous diversification of mammals. Earth-Science Reviews 248:104630.
Claytor, JR., Weaver, LN., Tobin, TS., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2023). New mammalian local faunas from the first ca. 80 ka of the Paleocene in northeastern Montana and a revised model of biotic recovery from the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2222777.
Weaver, LN., Fulghum, HZ., Grossnickle, DM., Brightly, WH., Kulik, ZT., Wilson Mantilla, GP., & Whitney, MR. (2022). Multituberculate mammals show evidence of a life history strategy similar to that of placentals, not marsupials. The American Naturalist 200:383–400. (ASN Presidential Award Winner for Best Paper of the Year in The American Naturalist)
Weaver, LN., Tobin, TS., Claytor, JR., Wilson, PK., Clemens, WA., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2022). Revised stratigraphic relationships within the lower Fort Union Formation (Tullock Member; Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A.) provide a new framework for examining post K-Pg mammalian recovery dynamics. PALAIOS 37:104–127. (Featured on the cover of May 2022 issue).
Weaver, LN., Varricchio, DJ., Sargis, EJ., Chen, M., Freimuth, WJ., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2021). Early mammal social behavior revealed by multituberculates from a dinosaur nesting site. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5:32–37. https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01325-8. (Published online November 2020).
Weaver, LN., and Wilson, GP. (2020). Shape disparity in the blade-like premolars of multituberculate mammals: functional constraints and the evolution of herbivory. Journal of Mammalogy 102:967–985. https://www.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa029. (Published online May 2020).
Weaver, LN., & Grossnickle, DM. (2020). Functional diversity of small-mammal postcrania is linked to both substrate preference and body size. Current Zoology 66:539–553. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa057. (Invited submission for Special Issue).
Weaver, LN., Wilson, GP., Krumenacker, LJ., Moore, JR., & Varricchio, DJ. (2019). New multituberculate mammals from the mid-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho and implications for the evolution of Cimolodonta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2), e1604532. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1604532.
Grossnickle, DM., Weaver, LN., Jäger, KRK., & Schultz, JA. (2021). The evolution of anteriorly directed occlusion in therian mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab039.
Tobin, TS., Honeck, JW., Fendley, IM., Weaver, LN., Sprain, CJ., Tuite, ML., Flannery, DT., Mans, WW., & Wilson, GP. (2021). Analyzing sources of uncertainty in terrestrial organic carbon isotope data: a case study across the K-Pg boundary in Montana, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 574:110451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110451.
Freimuth, WJ., Varricchio, DJ., Brannick, AL., Weaver, LN., & Wilson Mantilla, GP. (2021). Mammal-bearing fossil gastric pellets potentially attributable to Troodon formosus at the Egg Mountain locality, Two Medicine Formation, Montana, U.S.A. Palaeontology 64:699–725. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12546.
Grossnickle, DM., Chen, M., Wauer, JGA., Pevsner, SK., Weaver, LN., Meng, Q-J., Liu, D., Zhang, Y-G., & Luo, Z-X. (2020). Incomplete convergence of gliding-mammal skeletons. Evolution. https://www.doi.org/10.1111/evo.14094.
Rogers, RR., Regan, AK., Weaver, LN., Thole, JT., & Fricke, HC. (2020). Tracking authigenic mineral cements in fossil bones from the upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Two Medicine and Judith River formations, Montana. PALAIOS 35:135–150. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2019.093.
Last updated December 2023