Christine M. Janis - Publications

Affiliations: 
Brown University, Providence, RI 
Area:
Vertebrate Paleontology

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2020 Janis CM, Martín-Serra A. Postcranial elements of small mammals as indicators of locomotion and habitat. Peerj. 8: e9634. PMID 32953256 DOI: 10.7717/Peerj.9634  0.359
2020 Bai B, Meng J, Janis CM, Zhang ZQ, Wang YQ. Perissodactyl diversities and responses to climate changes as reflected by dental homogeneity during the Cenozoic in Asia. Ecology and Evolution. 10: 6333-6355. PMID 32724516 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.6363  0.389
2020 Janis CM, Napoli JG, Warren DE. Palaeophysiology of pH regulation in tetrapods. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 375: 20190131. PMID 31928199 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.2019.0131  0.696
2020 Morales-García NM, Säilä LK, Janis CM. The Neogene Savannas of North America : A Retrospective Analysis on Artiodactyl Faunas Frontiers in Earth Science. 8: 191. DOI: 10.3389/Feart.2020.00191  0.408
2020 Janis CM, Napoli JG, Billingham C, Martín-Serra A. Proximal Humerus Morphology Indicates Divergent Patterns of Locomotion in Extinct Giant Kangaroos Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 2020: 1-21. DOI: 10.1007/S10914-019-09494-5  0.718
2019 Figueirido B, Palmqvist P, Pérez-Claros JA, Janis CM. Sixty-six million years along the road of mammalian ecomorphological specialization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 31182613 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1821825116  0.408
2019 Janis CM, Bernor RL. The Evolution of Equid Monodactyly: A Review Including a New Hypothesis Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. DOI: 10.3389/Fevo.2019.00119  0.466
2019 Semprebon GM, Rivals F, Janis CM. The Role of Grass vs. Exogenous Abrasives in the Paleodietary Patterns of North American Ungulates Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. DOI: 10.3389/Fevo.2019.00065  0.386
2018 DeSantis L, Fortelius M, Grine FE, Janis C, Kaiser TM, Merceron G, Purnell MA, Schulz-Kornas E, Saarinen J, Teaford M, Ungar PS, Žliobaitė I. The phylogenetic signal in tooth wear: What does it mean? Ecology and Evolution. 8: 11359-11362. PMID 30519448 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.4541  0.626
2017 Panciroli E, Janis C, Stockdale M, Martín-Serra A. Correlates between calcaneal morphology and locomotion in extant and extinct carnivorous mammals. Journal of Morphology. 278: 1333-1353. PMID 28603865 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20716  0.405
2017 Huang S, Eronen JT, Janis CM, Saarinen JJ, Silvestro D, Fritz SA. Mammal body size evolution in North America and Europe over 20 Myr: similar trends generated by different processes. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 284. PMID 28202809 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2016.2361  0.406
2017 Zhang H, Wang Y, Janis CM, Goodall RH, Purnell MA. An examination of feeding ecology in Pleistocene proboscideans from southern China ( Sinomastodon , Stegodon , Elephas ), by means of dental microwear texture analysis Quaternary International. 445: 60-70. DOI: 10.1016/J.Quaint.2016.07.011  0.68
2016 Fritz SA, Eronen JT, Schnitzler J, Hof C, Janis CM, Mulch A, Böhning-Gaese K, Graham CH. Twenty-million-year relationship between mammalian diversity and primary productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 27621451 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1602145113  0.377
2016 Janis CM, Damuth J, Travouillon KJ, Figueirido B, Hand SJ, Archer M. Palaeoecology of Oligo-Miocene macropodoids determined from craniodental and calcaneal data Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 74: 209-232. DOI: 10.24199/J.Mmv.2016.74.17  0.337
2016 Figueirido B, Martín-Serra A, Janis CM. Ecomorphological determinations in the absence of living analogues: the predatory behavior of the marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) as revealed by elbow joint morphology Paleobiology. 42: 508-531. DOI: 10.1017/Pab.2015.55  0.373
2015 Figueirido B, Martín-Serra A, Tseng ZJ, Janis CM. Habitat changes and changing predatory habits in North American fossil canids. Nature Communications. 6: 7976. PMID 26285033 DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms8976  0.437
2015 Eronen JT, Janis CM, Chamberlain CP, Mulch A. Mountain uplift explains differences in Palaeogene patterns of mammalian evolution and extinction between North America and Europe. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 282. PMID 26041349 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2015.0136  0.403
2015 Tapaltsyan V, Eronen JT, Lawing AM, Sharir A, Janis C, Jernvall J, Klein OD. Continuously Growing Rodent Molars Result from a Predictable Quantitative Evolutionary Change over 50 Million Years. Cell Reports. 11: 673-80. PMID 25921530 DOI: 10.1016/J.Celrep.2015.03.064  0.34
2014 Janis CM, Buttrill K, Figueirido B. Locomotion in extinct giant kangaroos: were sthenurines hop-less monsters? Plos One. 9: e109888. PMID 25333823 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0109888  0.41
2014 Janis CM, Figueirido B. Forelimb anatomy and the discrimination of the predatory behavior of carnivorous mammals: the thylacine as a case study. Journal of Morphology. 275: 1321-38. PMID 24934132 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20303  0.417
2014 Damuth J, Janis CM. A comparison of observed molar wear rates in extant herbivorous mammals Annales Zoologici Fennici. 51: 188-200. DOI: 10.5735/086.051.0219  0.356
2014 Evans AR, Janis CM. The evolution of high dental complexity in the horse lineage Annales Zoologici Fennici. 51: 73-79. DOI: 10.5735/086.051.0209  0.331
2012 Janis CM, Devlin K, Warren DE, Witzmann F. Dermal bone in early tetrapods: a palaeophysiological hypothesis of adaptation for terrestrial acidosis. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 279: 3035-40. PMID 22535781 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2012.0558  0.32
2012 Figueirido B, Janis CM, Pérez-Claros JA, De Renzi M, Palmqvist P. Cenozoic climate change influences mammalian evolutionary dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109: 722-7. PMID 22203974 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1110246108  0.377
2012 Eronen JT, Fortelius M, Micheels A, Portmann FT, Puolamäki K, Janis CM. Neogene aridification of the northern hemisphere Geology. 40: 823-826. DOI: 10.1130/G33147.1  0.402
2012 Janis CM, Shoshitaishvili B, Kambic R, Figueirido B. On their knees: Distal femur asymmetry in ungulates and its relationship to body size and locomotion Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32: 433-445. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.635737  0.354
2012 Jardine PE, Janis CM, Sahney S, Benton MJ. Grit not grass: Concordant patterns of early origin of hypsodonty in Great Plains ungulates and Glires Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 365: 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/J.Palaeo.2012.09.001  0.569
2011 Figueirido B, Janis CM. The predatory behaviour of the thylacine: Tasmanian tiger or marsupial wolf? Biology Letters. 7: 937-40. PMID 21543392 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2011.0364  0.34
2011 Damuth J, Janis CM. On the relationship between hypsodonty and feeding ecology in ungulate mammals, and its utility in palaeoecology. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 86: 733-58. PMID 21418504 DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-185X.2011.00176.X  0.444
2010 Janis CM, Constable EC, Houpt KA, Streich WJ, Clauss M. Comparative ingestive mastication in domestic horses and cattle: a pilot investigation. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 94: e402-9. PMID 20662959 DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0396.2010.01030.X  0.354
2010 Edwards EJ, Osborne CP, Strömberg CA, Smith SA, Bond WJ, Christin PA, Cousins AB, Duvall MR, Fox DL, Freckleton RP, Ghannoum O, Hartwell J, Huang Y, Janis CM, et al. The origins of C4 grasslands: integrating evolutionary and ecosystem science. Science (New York, N.Y.). 328: 587-91. PMID 20431008 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1177216  0.354
2009 Janis C, Eronen J, Ataabadi M, Puolamaki K, Fortelius M. Patterns Of Hypsodonty In Ungulates Show That Neogene Aridity In North America Preceded That In Eurasia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2009.10411818  0.34
2009 Bassarova M, Janis CM, Archer M. The calcaneum-on the heels of marsupial locomotion Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 16: 1-23. DOI: 10.1007/S10914-008-9093-7  0.407
2008 Palmqvist P, Pérez-Claros JA, Janis CM, Figueirido B, Torregrosa V, Gröcke DR. Biogeochemical and ecomorphological inferences on prey selection and resource partitioning among mammalian carnivores in an early pleistocene community Palaios. 23: 724-737. DOI: 10.2110/Palo.2007.P07-073R  0.355
2008 Palmqvist P, Pérez-Claros JA, Janis CM, Gröcke DR. Tracing the ecophysiology of ungulates and predator-prey relationships in an early Pleistocene large mammal community Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 266: 95-111. DOI: 10.1016/J.Palaeo.2008.03.015  0.406
2008 Seckel L, Janis C. Convergences in Scapula Morphology among Small Cursorial Mammals: An Osteological Correlate for Locomotory Specialization Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 15: 261-279. DOI: 10.1007/S10914-008-9085-7  0.354
2006 Mendoza M, Janis CM, Palmqvist P. Estimating the body mass of extinct ungulates: A study on the use of multiple regression Journal of Zoology. 270: 90-101. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.2006.00094.X  0.31
2006 Hunter JP, Janis CM. Spiny Norman in the Garden of Eden? Dispersal and early biogeography of Placentalia Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 13: 89-123. DOI: 10.1007/S10914-006-9006-6  0.396
2005 Lane A, Janis CM, Sepkoski JJ. Estimating paleodiversities: A test of the taxic and phylogenetic methods Paleobiology. 31: 21-34. DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031<0021:Epatot>2.0.Co;2  0.355
2004 Gaucher EA, Graddy LG, Li T, Simmen RC, Simmen FA, Schreiber DR, Liberles DA, Janis CM, Benner SA. The planetary biology of cytochrome P450 aromatases. Bmc Biology. 2: 19. PMID 15315709 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-2-19  0.332
2004 Semprebon G, Janis C, Solounias N. The diets of the Dromomerycidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) and their response to Miocene vegetational change Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24: 427-444. DOI: 10.1671/2431  0.377
2004 Janis CM, Damuth J, Theodor JM. The species richness of Miocene browsers, and implications for habitat type and primary productivity in the North American grassland biome Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 207: 371-398. DOI: 10.1016/J.Palaeo.2003.09.032  0.42
2002 Janis CM, Theodor JM, Boisvert B. Locomotor evolution in camels revisited: A quantitative analysis of pedal anatomy and the acquisition of the pacing gait Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22: 110-121. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0110:Leicra]2.0.Co;2  0.41
2002 Mendoza M, Janis CM, Palmqvist P. Characterizing complex craniodental patterns related to feeding behaviour in ungulates: A multivariate approach Journal of Zoology. 258: 223-246. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902001346  0.374
2002 Janis CM, Damuth J, Theodor JM. The origins and evolution of the North American grassland biome: The story from the hoofed mammals Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 177: 183-198. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00359-5  0.407
2000 Janis CM, Damuth J, Theodor JM. Miocene ungulates and terrestrial primary productivity: where have all the browsers gone? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 97: 7899-904. PMID 10884422 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.97.14.7899  0.417
1999 Foote M, Hunter JP, Janis CM, Sepkoski JJ. Evolutionary and preservational constraints on origins of biologic groups: divergence times of eutherian mammals. Science (New York, N.Y.). 283: 1310-4. PMID 10037598 DOI: 10.1126/Science.283.5406.1310  0.374
1999 Janis CM, Farmer C. Proposed habitats of early tetrapods: Gills, kidneys, and the water-land transition Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 126: 117-126. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.1999.Tb00609.X  0.39
1998 Janis CM, Scott KM, Jacobs LL. Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America. Volume 1: terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. DOI: 10.2307/3515443  0.369
1993 Janis CM. Tertiary mammal evolution in the context of changing climates, vegetation, and tectonic events Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 24: 467-500. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Es.24.110193.002343  0.408
1993 Garland T, Janis CM. Does metatarsal/femur ratio predict maximal running speed in cursorial mammals? Journal of Zoology. 229: 133-151. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1993.Tb02626.X  0.37
1993 Garland T, Dickerman AW, Janis CM, Jones JA. Phylogenetic analysis of covariance by computer simulation Systematic Biology. 42: 265-292. DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/42.3.265  0.371
1993 Janis CM, Wilhelm PB. Were there mammalian pursuit predators in the tertiary? Dances with wolf avatars Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 1: 103-125. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01041590  0.422
1992 Janis C. The importance of paraphyletic groups in mammalian paleobiology The Paleontological Society Special Publications. 6: 148-148. DOI: 10.1017/S2475262200007085  0.325
1992 Jacobs L, Janis C. Patterns of evolution in North American Neogene mammals The Paleontological Society Special Publications. 6: 146-146. DOI: 10.1017/S2475262200007061  0.349
1988 Janis CM. New ideas in ungulate phylogeny and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 3: 291-7. PMID 21227261 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(88)90104-8  0.369
1988 Janis CM, Ehrhardt D. Correlation of relative muzzle width and relative incisor width with dietary preference in ungulates Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 92: 267-284. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.1988.Tb01513.X  0.411
1983 Janis CM. Muscles of the masticatory apparatus in two genera of hyraces (Procavia and Heterohyrax). Journal of Morphology. 176: 61-87. PMID 6854654 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.1051760106  0.312
1983 Boucot A, Janis C. Environment of the Early Paleozoic vertebrates Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 41: 251-287. DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(83)90091-3  0.356
1982 JANIS C. EVOLUTION OF HORNS IN UNGULATES: ECOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY Biological Reviews. 57: 261-318. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-185X.1982.Tb00370.X  0.457
1979 Janis CM. Mastication in the hyrax and its relevance to ungulate dental evolution Paleobiology. 5: 50-59. DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300006291  0.305
1976 Janis C. The Evolutionary Strategy Of The Equidae And The Origins Of Rumen And Cecal Digestion. Evolution. 30: 757-774. PMID 28563331 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1976.Tb00957.X  0.413
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