Ryosuke Motani - Publications

Affiliations: 
Geology University of Califonia 
Area:
Vertebrate Palaeontology

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2022 Cheng L, C Moon B, Yan C, Motani R, Jiang D, An Z, Fang Z. The oldest record of Saurosphargiformes (Diapsida) from South China could fill an ecological gap in the Early Triassic biotic recovery. Peerj. 10: e13569. PMID 35855428 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13569  0.387
2020 Jiang DY, Motani R, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Ji C, Zhou M, Wang X, Lu H, Li ZG. Evidence Supporting Predation of 4-m Marine Reptile by Triassic Megapredator. Iscience. 101347. PMID 32822565 DOI: 10.1016/J.Isci.2020.101347  0.377
2020 Huang JD, Motani R, Jiang DY, Ren XX, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Zhou M, Hu YC, Zhang R. Repeated evolution of durophagy during ichthyosaur radiation after mass extinction indicated by hidden dentition. Scientific Reports. 10: 7798. PMID 32385319 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-64854-Z  0.427
2019 Huang JD, Motani R, Jiang DY, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Zhou M, Ren XX, Zhang R. The new ichthyosauriform (Reptilia, Ichthyosauromorpha) from Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China. Peerj. 7: e7561. PMID 31565558 DOI: 10.7717/Peerj.7561  0.481
2019 DeBlois MC, Motani R. Flipper bone distribution reveals flexible trailing edge in underwater flying marine tetrapods. Journal of Morphology. PMID 31006912 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20992  0.322
2019 Cheng L, Motani R, Jiang DY, Yan CB, Tintori A, Rieppel O. Early Triassic marine reptile representing the oldest record of unusually small eyes in reptiles indicating non-visual prey detection. Scientific Reports. 9: 152. PMID 30679783 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-018-37754-6  0.388
2018 Motani R, Huang J, Jiang DY, Tintori A, Rieppel O, You H, Hu YC, Zhang R. Separating sexual dimorphism from other morphological variation in a specimen complex of fossil marine reptiles (Reptilia, Ichthyosauriformes, Chaohusaurus). Scientific Reports. 8: 14978. PMID 30297861 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-018-33302-4  0.313
2018 Vermeij GJ, Grosberg RK, Marshall CR, Motani R. The sea as deathtrap: comment on a paper by miller and wiens. Ecology Letters. PMID 29611259 DOI: 10.1111/Ele.12886  0.398
2018 Jiang D, Lin W, Rieppel O, Motani R, Sun Z. A new Anisian (Middle Triassic) eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from Panzhou, Guizhou Province, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38: (1)-(9). DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1480113  0.388
2018 Vermeij GJ, Motani R. Land to sea transitions in vertebrates: the dynamics of colonization Paleobiology. 44: 237-250. DOI: 10.1017/Pab.2017.37  0.408
2018 Lu H, Jiang D, Motani R, Ni P, Sun Z, Tintori A, Xiao S, Zhou M, Ji C, Fu W. Middle Triassic Xingyi Fauna: Showing turnover of marine reptiles from coastal to oceanic environments Palaeoworld. 27: 107-116. DOI: 10.1016/J.Palwor.2017.05.005  0.405
2017 Motani R, Jiang DY, Tintori A, Ji C, Huang JD. Pre- versus post-mass extinction divergence of Mesozoic marine reptiles dictated by time-scale dependence of evolutionary rates. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 284. PMID 28515201 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2017.0241  0.374
2017 Zhou M, Jiang D, Motani R, Tintori A, Ji C, Sun Z, Ni P, Lu H. The cranial osteology revealed by three-dimensionally preserved skulls of the Early Triassic ichthyosauriform Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis (Reptilia: Ichthyosauromorpha) from Anhui, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37: e1343831. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1343831  0.399
2017 Lin W, Jiang D, Rieppel O, Motani R, Ji C, Tintori A, Sun Z, Zhou M. A new specimen ofLariosaurus xingyiensis(Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Ladinian (Middle Triassic) Zhuganpo Member, Falang Formation, Guizhou, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37: e1278703. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1278703  0.411
2017 Ji C, Tintori A, Jiang D, Motani R. New species of Thylacocephala (Arthropoda) from the Spathian (Lower Triassic) of Chaohu, Anhui Province of China Palz. 91: 171-184. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-017-0347-7  0.32
2016 Fu W, Jiang DY, Montañez IP, Meyers SR, Motani R, Tintori A. Eccentricity and obliquity paced carbon cycling in the Early Triassic and implications for post-extinction ecosystem recovery. Scientific Reports. 6: 27793. PMID 27292969 DOI: 10.1038/Srep27793  0.325
2016 Motani R. Palaeobiology: Born and Gone in Global Warming. Current Biology : Cb. 26: R466-8. PMID 27269723 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2016.04.014  0.339
2016 Jiang DY, Motani R, Huang JD, Tintori A, Hu YC, Rieppel O, Fraser NC, Ji C, Kelley NP, Fu WL, Zhang R. A large aberrant stem ichthyosauriform indicating early rise and demise of ichthyosauromorphs in the wake of the end-Permian extinction. Scientific Reports. 6: 26232. PMID 27211319 DOI: 10.1038/Srep26232  0.472
2016 Kelley NP, Motani R, Embree P, Orchard MJ. A new Lower Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblage from Fossil Hill, Nevada. Peerj. 4: e1626. PMID 26855868 DOI: 10.7717/Peerj.1626  0.477
2016 Li ZG, Jiang DY, Rieppel O, Motani R, Tintori A, Sun ZY, Ji C. A new species of Xinpusaurus (Reptilia, Thalattosauria) from the Ladinian (Middle Triassic) of Xingyi, Guizhou, southwestern China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2016.1218340  0.358
2015 Chen XH, Motani R, Cheng L, Jiang DY, Rieppel O. A New Specimen of Carroll's Mystery Hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of China. Plos One. 10: e0126024. PMID 26017585 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0126024  0.476
2015 Motani R, Chen XH, Jiang DY, Cheng L, Tintori A, Rieppel O. Lunge feeding in early marine reptiles and fast evolution of marine tetrapod feeding guilds. Scientific Reports. 5: 8900. PMID 25754468 DOI: 10.1038/Srep08900  0.431
2015 Kelley NP, Motani R. Trophic convergence drives morphological convergence in marine tetrapods. Biology Letters. 11: 20140709. PMID 25631228 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2014.0709  0.431
2015 Motani R, Jiang DY, Chen GB, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Ji C, Huang JD. A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China. Nature. 517: 485-8. PMID 25383536 DOI: 10.1038/Nature13866  0.496
2015 Xue Y, Jiang D, Motani R, Rieppel O, Sun Y, Sun Z, Ji C, Yang P. New information on sexual dimorphism and allometric growth in keichousaurus hui, a pachypleurosaur from the middle triassic of Guizhou, South China Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60: 681-687. DOI: 10.4202/App.00006.2013  0.333
2015 Tintori A, Sun Z, Ni P, Lombardo C, Jiang D, Motani R. Oldest stem teleostei from the Late Ladinian (middle triassic) of Southern China Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia. 121: 285-296. DOI: 10.13130/2039-4942/6519  0.464
2015 Ji C, Jiang DY, Motani R, Rieppel O, Hao WC, Sun ZY. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia incorporating recent discoveries from South China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1025956  0.411
2015 Motani R, Jiang DY, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Chen GB, You H. First evidence of centralia in Ichthyopterygia reiterating bias from paedomorphic characters on marine reptile phylogenetic reconstruction Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.948547  0.337
2015 Ji C, Zhang C, Jiang DY, Bucher H, Motani R, Tintori A. Ammonoid age control of the Early Triassic marine reptiles from Chaohu (South China) Palaeoworld. 24: 277-282. DOI: 10.1016/J.Palwor.2014.11.009  0.35
2014 Chen XH, Motani R, Cheng L, Jiang DY, Rieppel O. A small short-necked hupehsuchian from the lower Triassic of Hubei Province, China. Plos One. 9: e115244. PMID 25517113 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0115244  0.479
2014 Chen XH, Motani R, Cheng L, Jiang DY, Rieppel O. The enigmatic marine reptile nanchangosaurus from the lower triassic of Hubei, China and the phylogenetic affinities of Hupehsuchia. Plos One. 9: e102361. PMID 25014493 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0102361  0.424
2014 Chen XH, Motani R, Cheng L, Jiang DY, Rieppel O. A carapace-like bony 'body tube' in an early triassic marine reptile and the onset of marine tetrapod predation. Plos One. 9: e94396. PMID 24718682 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0094396  0.458
2014 Motani R, Jiang DY, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Chen GB. Terrestrial origin of viviparity in mesozoic marine reptiles indicated by early triassic embryonic fossils. Plos One. 9: e88640. PMID 24533127 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0088640  0.461
2014 Tintori A, Huang JD, Jiang DAY, Sun ZYU, Motani R, Chen G. A new Saurichthys (Actinopterygii) from the Spathian (Early Triassic) of Chaohu (Anhui Province, China) Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia. 120: 157-164. DOI: 10.13130/2039-4942/6057  0.502
2014 Motani R, Jiang DY, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Chen GB, You H. Status of chaohusaurus chaoxianensis (Chen, 1985) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.892011  0.349
2014 Ma LT, Jiang DY, Rieppel O, Motani R, Tintori A. A new pistosauroid (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the late ladinian xingyi marine reptile level, Southwestern China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.881832  0.376
2014 Jiang DY, Motani R, Tintori A, Rieppel O, Chen GB, Huang JD, Zhang R, Sun ZY, Ji C. The Early Triassic eosauropterygian Majiashanosaurus discocoracoidis, gen. et sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauropterygia), from Chaohu, Anhui Province, Peoples Republic of China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34: 1044-1052. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.846264  0.414
2014 Ji C, Jiang DY, Rieppel O, Motani R, Tintori A, Sun ZY. A new specimen of Nothosaurus youngi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34: 465-470. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.808204  0.374
2014 Kelley NP, Motani R, Jiang Dy, Rieppel O, Schmitz L. Selective extinction of Triassic marine reptiles during long-term sea-level changes illuminated by seawater strontium isotopes Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 400: 9-16. DOI: 10.1016/J.Palaeo.2012.07.026  0.345
2013 Motani R, Ji C, Tomita T, Kelley N, Maxwell E, Jiang DY, Sander PM. Absence of suction feeding ichthyosaurs and its implications for triassic mesopelagic paleoecology. Plos One. 8: e66075. PMID 24348983 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0066075  0.452
2013 Sun Z, Tintori A, Jiang D, Motani R. A new Perleidid from the Spathian (Olenekian, Early Triassic) of Chaohu, Anhui Province, China Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia. 119: 275-285. DOI: 10.13130/2039-4942/6040  0.441
2013 Liu J, Motani R, Jiang DY, Hu SX, Aitchison JC, Rieppel O, Benton MJ, Zhang QY, Zhou CY. The first specimen of the Middle Triassic Phalarodon atavus (Ichthyosauria: Mixosauridae) from South China, showing postcranial anatomy and peri-Tethyan distribution Palaeontology. 56: 849-866. DOI: 10.1111/Pala.12021  0.404
2013 Ji C, Jiang DY, Motani R, Hao WC, Sun ZY, Cai T. A new juvenile specimen of guanlingsaurus (ichthyosauria, shastasauridae) from the upper triassic of southwestern China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33: 340-348. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.723082  0.466
2013 Yang P, Ji C, Jiang D, Motani R, Tintori A, Sun Y, Sun Z. A new species of Qianichthyosaurus (reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from Xingyi Fauna (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Guizhou Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis. 49: 1002-1008.  0.315
2011 Motani R, Schmitz L. Phylogenetic versus functional signals in the evolution of form-function relationships in terrestrial vision Evolution. 65: 2245-2257. PMID 21790572 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2011.01271.X  0.331
2011 Schmitz L, Motani R. Nocturnality in dinosaurs inferred from scleral ring and orbit morphology Science. 332: 705-708. PMID 21493820 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1200043  0.344
2011 Schmitz L, Motani R. Response to comment on "nocturnality in dinosaurs inferred from scleral ring and orbit morphology" Science. 334: 1641c. DOI: 10.1126/Science.1208489  0.312
2011 Jiang DY, Rieppel O, Fraser NC, Motani R, Hao WC, Tintori A, Sun YL, Sun ZY. New information on the protorosaurian reptile Macrocnemus fuyuanensis Li et al., 2007, from the Middle/Upper Triassic of Yunnan, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31: 1230-1237. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.610853  0.449
2011 Liu J, Rieppel O, Jiang DY, Aitchison JC, Motani R, Zhang QY, Zhou CY, Sun YY. A new pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the lower Middle Triassic of southwestern China and the phylogenetic relationships of Chinese pachypleurosaurs Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31: 292-302. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.550363  0.463
2010 Motani R. Warm-blooded "Sea dragons"? Science. 328: 1361-1362. PMID 20538937 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1191409  0.383
2010 Hinić-Frlog S, Motani R. Relationship between osteology and aquatic locomotion in birds: Determining modes of locomotion in extinct Ornithurae Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23: 372-385. PMID 20021550 DOI: 10.1111/J.1420-9101.2009.01909.X  0.364
2010 Rieppel O, Jiang DY, Fraser NC, Hao WC, Motani R, Sun YL, Sun ZY. Tanystropheus cf. T. longobardicus from the early Late Triassic of Guizhou Province, Southwestern China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30: 1082-1089. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483548  0.401
2009 JIANG D, MOTANI R, HAO W, RIEPPEL O, SUN Y, TINTORI A, SUN Z, SCHMITZ L. Biodiversity and Sequence of the Middle Triassic Panxian Marine Reptile Fauna, Guizhou Province, China Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 83: 451-459. DOI: 10.1111/J.1755-6724.2009.00047.X  0.307
2009 Motani R. The Evolution of Marine Reptiles Evolution: Education and Outreach. 2: 224-235. DOI: 10.1007/S12052-009-0139-Y  0.45
2008 Jiang DY, Rieppel O, Motani R, Hao WC, Sun YL, Schmitz L, Sun ZY. A new Middle Triassic eosauropterygian (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from southwestern China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28: 1055-1062. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1055  0.463
2008 Jiang DY, Motani R, Hao WC, Rieppel O, Sun YL, Schmitz L, Sun ZY. First record of placodontoidea (reptilia, sauropterygia, placodontia) from the eastern tethys Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28: 904-908. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[904:Froprs]2.0.Co;2  0.301
2008 Motani R, Jiang DY, Tintori A, Sun YL, Hao WC, Boyd A, Hinic-Frlog S, Schmitz L, Shin JY, Sun ZY. Horizons and assemblages of middle triassic marine reptiles from panxian, Guizhou, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28: 900-903. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[900:Haaomt]2.0.Co;2  0.395
2008 Jiang D, Motani R, Hao W, Schmitz L, Rieppel O, Sun Y, Sun Z. New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery Progress in Natural Science. 18: 1315-1319. DOI: 10.1016/J.Pnsc.2008.01.039  0.431
2007 Jiang DY, Schmitz L, Motani R, Hao WC, Sun YL. The mixosaurid ichthyosaur Phalarodon cf. P. fraasi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China Journal of Paleontology. 81: 602-605. DOI: 10.1666/05092.1  0.376
2005 Motani R. Detailed tooth morphology in a durophagous ichthyosaur captured by 3D laser scanner Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25: 462-465. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0462:Dtmiad]2.0.Co;2  0.372
2005 Motani R. True skull roof configuration of Ichthyosaurus and Stenopterygius and its implications Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25: 338-342. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0338:Tsrcoi]2.0.Co;2  0.395
2005 Motani R. Evolution of fish-shaped reptiles (Reptilia: Ichthyopterygia) in their physical environments and constraints Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 33: 395-420. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Earth.33.092203.122707  0.345
2002 Motani R. Scaling effects in caudal fin propulsion and the speed of ichthyosaurs Nature. 415: 309-312. PMID 11797005 DOI: 10.1038/415309A  0.307
2002 Motani R. Swimming speed estimation of extinct marine reptiles: Energetic approach revisited Paleobiology. 28: 251-262. DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2002)028<0251:Sseoem>2.0.Co;2  0.32
2000 Motani R. Rulers of the Jurassic seas. Scientific American. 283: 52-59. PMID 11103459 DOI: 10.1038/Scientificamerican1200-52  0.307
2000 Motani R. Is Omphalosaurus Ichthyopterygian?—A Phylogenetic Perspective Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20: 295-301. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0295:Ioiapp]2.0.Co;2  0.394
2000 Motani R. Skull of Grippia longirostris: No contradiction with a diapsid affinity for the ichthyopterygia Palaeontology. 43: 1-14. DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00115  0.434
1999 Motani R. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19: 473-496. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011160  0.412
1999 Mcgowan C, Motani R. A reinterpretation of the Upper Triassic ichthyosaur Shonisaurus Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19: 42-49. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011121  0.344
1999 Motani R. On the evolution and homologies of ichthyopterygian forefins Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19: 28-41. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011120  0.352
1999 Motani R. The skull and taxonomy of Mixosaurus (Ichthyopterygia) Journal of Paleontology. 73: 924-935. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000040750  0.367
1998 Motani R, You H. Taxonomy and limb ontogeny of Chaohusaurus geishanensis (ichthyosauria), with a note on the allometric equation Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18: 533-540. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011080  0.376
1998 Motani R, Minoura N, Ando T. Ichthyosaurian relationships illuminated by new primitive skeletons from Japan Nature. 393: 255-257. DOI: 10.1038/30473  0.471
1998 Motani R, You H. The forefin of Chensaurus chaoxianensis (Ichthyosauria) shows delayed mesopodial ossification Journal of Paleontology. 72: 133-136. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000024069  0.394
1997 Motani R. New technique for retrodeforming tectonically deformed fossils, with an example for ichthyosaurian specimens Lethaia. 30: 221-228. DOI: 10.1111/J.1502-3931.1997.Tb00464.X  0.319
1997 Motani R. Redescription of the dentition of Grippia longirostris (Ichthyosauria) with a comparison with Utatsusaurus hataii Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17: 39-44. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010951  0.321
1997 Motani R. New information on the forefin of Utatsusaurushataii (Ichthyosauria) Journal of Paleontology. 71: 475-479. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000039482  0.371
1996 Motani R. Redescription of the dental features of an early triassic ichthyosaur, Utatsusaurus hataii Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 16: 396-402. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011329  0.365
1996 Motani R, You H, McGowan C. Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs Nature. 382: 347-348. DOI: 10.1038/382347A0  0.385
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