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3. O’Leary, M. A., M. L. Bouaré, K. M. Claeson, K. Heilbronn, R. V. Hill, J. McCartney, J. A. Sessa, F. Sissoko, L. Tapanila, E. Wheeler, and E. M. Roberts. In Review. Stratigraphy and paleobiology of the Upper Cretaceous – lower Paleogene sediments from the Tran-Saharan Seaway in Mali. 2019. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 436:1-177. [PDF}
2. O'Leary, M. A. 2016. Comparative basicranial anatomy of extant terrestrial and semi-aquatic Artiodactyla. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 409:1-55. {PDF}
1. O’Leary, M. A. 2010. An anatomical and phylogenetic study of the osteology of the petrosal of extant and extinct Artiodactylans (Mammalia) and relatives. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 335:1-206. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/6063. {PDF}
Articles Published or In Press (54)
54. Velazco, P. M., A. J. Buczek, D. K. Hoffman, M. A. O’Leary, and M. J. Novacek. 2022. Combined data analysis of fossil and living mammals: a Paleogene sister taxon of Placentalia and the antiquity of Marsupialia. Cladistics. 38:359-373.
53. O’Leary, M. A., 2021. A dense sample of fossil primates (Adapiformes, Notharctidae, Notharctinae) from the Early Eocene Willwood formation, Wyoming: documentation of gradual change in tooth area and shape through time. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 1-16.
52. Gatesy, J., M. Orliac, M. Spaulding, and M. A. O’Leary. 2020. Artiodactylamorpha, in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
51. O’Leary, M. A., M. Orliac, M. Spaulding, and J. Gatesy. 2020. Artiodactyla, in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
50. McCartney, J. A., E. M. Roberts, L. Tapanila, and M. A. O'Leary. In press. Large palaeophiid and nigerophiid snakes from Paleogene Trans-Saharan Seaway deposits of Mali. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
49. O'Leary, M. A., K. Alphonse, M. Arce-H., D. Cavaliere, A. Cirranello, T. Dietterich, M. Julius, S. Kaufman, E. Law, M. Passarotti, A. Reft, J. Robalino, N. B. Simmons, S. Smith, D. Stevenson, E. Theriot, P. Velazco, R. Walls, M. Yu, and M. Daly. 2018. Crowds replicate performance of scientific experts scoring phylogenetic matrices of phenotypes. Systematic Biology. 67:49-60.
48. Laing, A., S. Doyle, M. E. L. Gold, S. J. Nesbitt, M. A. O'Leary, A. H. Turner, E. W. Wilburg, and K. E. Poole. 2017. Giant taxon-character matrices: the future of morphological systematics. Cladistics. 1-3.
47. Arce-H., M., J. G. Lundberg, and M. A. O'Leary. 2017. Phylogeny of the North American catfish family Ictaluridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) combining morphology, genes and fossils. Cladistics. 33:406-428.
46. Robalino, J., B. Wilkins, H. Bracken-Grissom, T.-Y. Chan, and M. A. O'Leary. 2016. The origin of large-bodied shrimp that dominate modern global aquaculture. PLoS One. 1-24.
45. Orliac, M. and M. A. O'Leary. 2016. The inner ear of Protungulatum (Pan-Euungulata, Mammalia). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 1-16.
44. Hill, R. V., R. M. Roberts, L. Tapanila, M. L. Bouare, F. Sissoko. 2015. Multi-species scavenging in the Trans-Saharan Seaway: Evidence from Late Cretaceous dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes) fossils from Northeastern Mali. Palaios. 30:589-596.
43. Claeson, K. M., R. Sarr, R. V. Hill, E. H. Sow, R. Malou, and M. A. O’Leary. 2015. New fossil scombrid (Pelagia:Scombridae) fishes preserved as predator and prey from the Eocene of Senegeal. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 164:133-147.
42. Miller, M., T. Schwartz, B. E. Pickett, S. He, E. B. Klem, R. H. Scheuermann, M. Passarotti, S. Kaufman, M. A. O’Leary. 2015. A RESTful API for access to phylogenetic tools via the CIPRES Science Gateway. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 11: 1-6.
41. Cranston, K., L. J. Harmon, M. A. O’Leary, and C. Lisle. In review. Best practices for data sharing in phylogenetic research. 2014. PLoS Currents Tree of Life. 1-8.
40. Orliac, M. J., and M. A. O’Leary. 2014. Comparative anatomy of the petrosal bone of dichobunid artiodactyls (Mammalia). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 221:417-426
39. Hu, X., M. Lam, S. Todorovic, T. G. Dietterich, M. A. O’Leary, A. L. Cirranello, N. B Simmons, and P. M. Velazco. 2013. Zero-shot learning and detection of teeth in images of bat skulls. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops. 1-7.
38. O’Leary, M. A., J. I. Bloch, J. J. Flynn, T. J. Gaudin, A. Giallombardo, N. P. Giannini, S. L. Goldberg, B. P. Kraatz, Z.-X. Luo, J. Meng, X. Ni, M. J. Novacek, F. A. Perini, Z. Randall, G. W. Rougier, E. J. Sargis, M. T. Silcox, N. B. Simmons, M. Spaulding, P. M. Velazco, M. Weksler, J. R. Wible, and A. L. Ciranello. 2013. Response to comment on “The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals.” Science. 341:613.
37. Burleigh, G., K. Alphonse, A. A. Alverson, H. M. Bik, C. Blank, A. L. Cirranello, H. Cui, M. Daly, T. G. Dietterich, G. Gasparich, J. Irvine, M. Julius, S. Kaufman, E. Law, J. Liu, L. Moore, M. A. O’Leary, M. Passarotti, S. Ranade, N. B. Simmons, D. W. Stevenson, R. W. Thacker, E. C. Theriot, S. Todorovic, P. M. Velazco, R. L. Walls, J. M. Wolfe, and M. Yu. 2013. Next Generation phenomics for the Tree of Life. PLoS Currents: Tree of Life. Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.tol.085c713acafc8711b2ff7010a4b03733.
36. O’Leary, M. A., J. I. Bloch, J. J. Flynn, T. J. Gaudin, A. Giallombardo, N. P. Giannini, S. L. Goldberg, B. P. Kraatz, Z.-X. Luo, J. Meng, X. Ni, M. J. Novacek, F. A. Perini, Z. Randall, G. W. Rougier, E. J. Sargis, M. T. Silcox, N. B. Simmons, M. Spaulding, P. M. Velazco, M. Weksler, J. R. Wible, and A. L. Cirranello. 2013. The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals. Science. 332:662-667.
35. Uhen, M. D., A. D. Barnosky, B. Bills, J. Blois, M. A. Carasco, M. T. Carrano, G. M. Erickson, M. Fortelius, R. W. Graham, E. C. Grimm, M. O’Leary, A. Mast, W. Piel, and P. D. Polly. 2013. From card catalogues to computers: databases in vertebrate paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33:13-28.
34. O’Leary, M. A., R. Sarr, R., Malou, E. H. Sow, R. V. Hill, and C. Lepre. 2012. A new fossil amiid from the Eocene of Senegal and the persistence of extinct marine amiids after the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Copeia. 4:603-608.
33. Orliac, M. J., J. Benoit, and M. A. O’Leary. 2012. The inner ear of Diacodexis, oldest artiodactyl mammal. Journal of Anatomy. 221:417-426.
32. O’Leary, M. A., B. A. Patel, and M. N. Coleman. 2012. Endocranial petrosal anatomy of Bothriogenys (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae), and petrosal volume and density comparisons among aquatic and terrestrial artiodactyls and outgroups. Journal of Paleontology. 86:44-50.
31. O’Leary, M. A. and A. L. Wetterer. 2011. Basicranium of Harpagolestes uintensis (Mammalia, Mesonychia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31:913-918.
30. O’Leary, M. A., and S. Kaufman. 2011. MorphoBank: phylophenomics in the “cloud”. Cladistics. 27:1-9.
29. Claeson, K. M., M. A. O’Leary, E. M. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. Bouare, L. Tapanila, D. Goodwin, and M. D. Gottfried. 2010. First Mesozoic record of the stingray Myliobatis wurnoensis from Mali and a phylogenetic analysis of Myliobatidae incorporating dental characters. Acta Paleonotologica Polonica. 55: 655-674.
28. Spaulding, M., M. A. O’Leary, J. Gatesy. 2009. Relationships of Cetacea (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters positions of key fossils and interpretations of character evolution. PLOS One. 4:1-14. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0007062
27. Hill, R. V., J. A. McCartney, E. Roberts, M. Bouare, F. Sissoko, and M. A. O'Leary. 2008. Dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) fossils from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of Mali: implications for phylogeny and survivorship across the K-T boundary. American Museum Novitates. 3631:1-19.
26. O’Leary, M. A., and J. Gatesy. 2008. Impact of increased character sampling on the phylogeny of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia): combined analysis including fossils. Cladistics. 24:397-442.
25. Tapanila, L., E. M. Roberts, M. L. Bouare, F. Sissoko, and M. A. O'Leary. 2008. Phosphate taphonomy of bone and coprolite conglomerates: A case study
from the Eocene of Mali, NW Africa. Palaios. 23:139-152. (Cover article).
24. Gaffney, E. S., E. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. L. Bouare, L. Tapanila, and M. A. O’Leary. 2007. Acleistochelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali. American Museum Novitates. 3549:1-24.
23. O’Leary, M. A., E. M. Roberts, M. L. Bouare, F. Sissoko, and L. Tapanila. 2006. Malian Paenungulata (Mammalia: Placentalia): new candidates for the oldest African afrotheres. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26:981-988.
22. Meisner, A. D., A. V. Klaus, and M. A. O’Leary. 2005. Sperm head morphology of 36 species of artiodactylans, perissodactylans and cetaceans (Mammalia). Journal of Morphology. 263:179-202.
21. Tapanila, L., E. M. Roberts, M. L. Bouaré, and F. Sissoko, and M. A. O’Leary. 2004. Bivalve borings in phosphatic coprolites and bone, Cretaceous-Paleogene of Mali. Palaios. 19:565-573.
20. O’Leary, M. A., E. Roberts, J. J. Head, M. Bouaré, and F. Sissoko. 2004. A saltasaurid Titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the “Continental Intercalaire” of Mali. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24:923-930.
19. O’Leary, M. A., M. Allard, M. J. Novacek, J. Meng, and J. Gatesy. 2004. Building the mammalian sector of the tree of life. Pp. 490-516. In (J. Cracraft and M. J. Donoghue, eds.) Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press, New York.
18. O’Leary, M. A. 2004. A fragmentary odontocete cranium from the Lower Miocene of Venezuela. Special Papers in Palaeontology. 71:99-104.
17. O’Leary, M. A,. J. Gatesy, and M. J. Novacek. 2003. Are the dental data really at odds with the molecular data? Morphological evidence for paraxonian phylogeny (re)reexamined. Systematic Biology. 52:853-864.
16. Bamford, M. K., E. M. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. L. Bouaré, and M. A. O’Leary. 2002. An extensive deposit of fossil conifer wood from the Mesozoic of Mali, southern Sahara. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 186:115-126
15. Brochu, C. A., M. L. Bouaré, F. Sissoko, E. M. Roberts, and M. A. O’Leary. 2002. A dyrosaurid crocodyliform braincase from Mali. Journal of Paleontology. 76:1060-1071
14. Gatesy, J. and M. A. O’Leary. 2001. Deciphering Whale Origins with Molecules and Fossils. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 16:562-570. (Cover article).
13. O’Leary, M. A. 2001. The phylogenetic position of cetaceans: further combined data analyses, comparisons with the stratigraphic record and a discussion of character optimization. American Zoologist. 41:487-506.
12. Brochu, C. A., H. N. Bryant, J. M. Theodor, M. A. O’Leary, J. Adrian, and C. D. Sumrall. 2001. Modern phylogenetics in paleontology: Comments on Vermeij. Paleobiology. 27:174-176.
11. O'Leary, M. A., S. G. Lucas, and T. E. Williamson. 2000. A new specimen of Ankalagon (Mammalia, Mesonychia) and evidence of sexual dimorphism in mesonychians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20:387-393.
10. O'Leary, M. A. and M. D. Uhen. 1999. The time of origin of whales and the role of behavioral changes in the terrestrial-aquatic transition. Paleobiology. 25:534-556.
9. O’Leary, M. A. 1999. Parsimony analysis of total evidence from extinct and extant taxa, and the cetacean-artiodactyl question. Cladistics. 15:315-
330.
8. O’Leary, M. A. and J. H. Geisler. 1999. The position of Cetacea within Mammalia: Phylogenetic analysis of morphological data from extinct and extant taxa. Systematic Biology. 48:455-490.
7. O’Leary, M. A. 1999. Whale origins. Science. 283:1641-1642.
6. O’Leary, M. A. 1998. Phylogenetic and morphometric reassessment of the dental evidence for a mesonychian and cetacean clade. Pp. 133-161. In (J. G. M. Thewissen, ed.) The Emergence of Whales. Plenum Press, New York.
5. O’Leary, M. A. 1998. Morphology of the humerus of Hapalodectes (Mammalia, Mesonychia). American Museum Novitates. 3242:1-6.
4. Maas, M. C. and M. O’Leary. 1996. Evolution of enamel microstructure in North American Notharctidae (Primates). Journal of Human Evolution. 31:293-310.
3. Rose, K. D. and M. A. O'Leary. 1995. The manus of Pachyaena gigantea (Mammalia: Mesonychia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15:855-859.
2. O'Leary, M. A. and K. D. Rose. 1995. New mesonychian dentitions from the Paleocene and Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 64:147-172.
1. O'Leary, M. A. and K. D. Rose. 1995. Postcranial skeleton of the early Eocene mesonychid Pachyaena (Mammalia:Mesonychia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15:401-430.
Refereed Research Articles and Monographs (57)
Monographs (3)
3. O’Leary, M. A., M. L. Bouaré, K. M. Claeson, K. Heilbronn, R. V. Hill, J. McCartney, J. A. Sessa, F. Sissoko, L. Tapanila, E. Wheeler, and E. M. Roberts. In Review. Stratigraphy and paleobiology of the Upper Cretaceous – lower Paleogene sediments from the Tran-Saharan Seaway in Mali. 2019. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 436:1-177. [PDF}
2. O'Leary, M. A. 2016. Comparative basicranial anatomy of extant terrestrial and semi-aquatic Artiodactyla. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 409:1-55. {PDF}
1. O’Leary, M. A. 2010. An anatomical and phylogenetic study of the osteology of the petrosal of extant and extinct Artiodactylans (Mammalia) and relatives. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 335:1-206. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/6063. {PDF}
Articles Published or In Press (54)
54. Velazco, P. M., A. J. Buczek, D. K. Hoffman, M. A. O’Leary, and M. J. Novacek. 2022. Combined data analysis of fossil and living mammals: a Paleogene sister taxon of Placentalia and the antiquity of Marsupialia. Cladistics. 38:359-373.
53. O’Leary, M. A., 2021. A dense sample of fossil primates (Adapiformes, Notharctidae, Notharctinae) from the Early Eocene Willwood formation, Wyoming: documentation of gradual change in tooth area and shape through time. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 1-16.
52. Gatesy, J., M. Orliac, M. Spaulding, and M. A. O’Leary. 2020. Artiodactylamorpha, in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
51. O’Leary, M. A., M. Orliac, M. Spaulding, and J. Gatesy. 2020. Artiodactyla, in Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
50. McCartney, J. A., E. M. Roberts, L. Tapanila, and M. A. O'Leary. In press. Large palaeophiid and nigerophiid snakes from Paleogene Trans-Saharan Seaway deposits of Mali. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
49. O'Leary, M. A., K. Alphonse, M. Arce-H., D. Cavaliere, A. Cirranello, T. Dietterich, M. Julius, S. Kaufman, E. Law, M. Passarotti, A. Reft, J. Robalino, N. B. Simmons, S. Smith, D. Stevenson, E. Theriot, P. Velazco, R. Walls, M. Yu, and M. Daly. 2018. Crowds replicate performance of scientific experts scoring phylogenetic matrices of phenotypes. Systematic Biology. 67:49-60.
48. Laing, A., S. Doyle, M. E. L. Gold, S. J. Nesbitt, M. A. O'Leary, A. H. Turner, E. W. Wilburg, and K. E. Poole. 2017. Giant taxon-character matrices: the future of morphological systematics. Cladistics. 1-3.
47. Arce-H., M., J. G. Lundberg, and M. A. O'Leary. 2017. Phylogeny of the North American catfish family Ictaluridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) combining morphology, genes and fossils. Cladistics. 33:406-428.
46. Robalino, J., B. Wilkins, H. Bracken-Grissom, T.-Y. Chan, and M. A. O'Leary. 2016. The origin of large-bodied shrimp that dominate modern global aquaculture. PLoS One. 1-24.
45. Orliac, M. and M. A. O'Leary. 2016. The inner ear of Protungulatum (Pan-Euungulata, Mammalia). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 1-16.
44. Hill, R. V., R. M. Roberts, L. Tapanila, M. L. Bouare, F. Sissoko. 2015. Multi-species scavenging in the Trans-Saharan Seaway: Evidence from Late Cretaceous dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes) fossils from Northeastern Mali. Palaios. 30:589-596.
43. Claeson, K. M., R. Sarr, R. V. Hill, E. H. Sow, R. Malou, and M. A. O’Leary. 2015. New fossil scombrid (Pelagia:Scombridae) fishes preserved as predator and prey from the Eocene of Senegeal. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 164:133-147.
42. Miller, M., T. Schwartz, B. E. Pickett, S. He, E. B. Klem, R. H. Scheuermann, M. Passarotti, S. Kaufman, M. A. O’Leary. 2015. A RESTful API for access to phylogenetic tools via the CIPRES Science Gateway. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 11: 1-6.
41. Cranston, K., L. J. Harmon, M. A. O’Leary, and C. Lisle. In review. Best practices for data sharing in phylogenetic research. 2014. PLoS Currents Tree of Life. 1-8.
40. Orliac, M. J., and M. A. O’Leary. 2014. Comparative anatomy of the petrosal bone of dichobunid artiodactyls (Mammalia). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 221:417-426
39. Hu, X., M. Lam, S. Todorovic, T. G. Dietterich, M. A. O’Leary, A. L. Cirranello, N. B Simmons, and P. M. Velazco. 2013. Zero-shot learning and detection of teeth in images of bat skulls. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops. 1-7.
38. O’Leary, M. A., J. I. Bloch, J. J. Flynn, T. J. Gaudin, A. Giallombardo, N. P. Giannini, S. L. Goldberg, B. P. Kraatz, Z.-X. Luo, J. Meng, X. Ni, M. J. Novacek, F. A. Perini, Z. Randall, G. W. Rougier, E. J. Sargis, M. T. Silcox, N. B. Simmons, M. Spaulding, P. M. Velazco, M. Weksler, J. R. Wible, and A. L. Ciranello. 2013. Response to comment on “The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals.” Science. 341:613.
37. Burleigh, G., K. Alphonse, A. A. Alverson, H. M. Bik, C. Blank, A. L. Cirranello, H. Cui, M. Daly, T. G. Dietterich, G. Gasparich, J. Irvine, M. Julius, S. Kaufman, E. Law, J. Liu, L. Moore, M. A. O’Leary, M. Passarotti, S. Ranade, N. B. Simmons, D. W. Stevenson, R. W. Thacker, E. C. Theriot, S. Todorovic, P. M. Velazco, R. L. Walls, J. M. Wolfe, and M. Yu. 2013. Next Generation phenomics for the Tree of Life. PLoS Currents: Tree of Life. Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.tol.085c713acafc8711b2ff7010a4b03733.
36. O’Leary, M. A., J. I. Bloch, J. J. Flynn, T. J. Gaudin, A. Giallombardo, N. P. Giannini, S. L. Goldberg, B. P. Kraatz, Z.-X. Luo, J. Meng, X. Ni, M. J. Novacek, F. A. Perini, Z. Randall, G. W. Rougier, E. J. Sargis, M. T. Silcox, N. B. Simmons, M. Spaulding, P. M. Velazco, M. Weksler, J. R. Wible, and A. L. Cirranello. 2013. The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals. Science. 332:662-667.
35. Uhen, M. D., A. D. Barnosky, B. Bills, J. Blois, M. A. Carasco, M. T. Carrano, G. M. Erickson, M. Fortelius, R. W. Graham, E. C. Grimm, M. O’Leary, A. Mast, W. Piel, and P. D. Polly. 2013. From card catalogues to computers: databases in vertebrate paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33:13-28.
34. O’Leary, M. A., R. Sarr, R., Malou, E. H. Sow, R. V. Hill, and C. Lepre. 2012. A new fossil amiid from the Eocene of Senegal and the persistence of extinct marine amiids after the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Copeia. 4:603-608.
33. Orliac, M. J., J. Benoit, and M. A. O’Leary. 2012. The inner ear of Diacodexis, oldest artiodactyl mammal. Journal of Anatomy. 221:417-426.
32. O’Leary, M. A., B. A. Patel, and M. N. Coleman. 2012. Endocranial petrosal anatomy of Bothriogenys (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae), and petrosal volume and density comparisons among aquatic and terrestrial artiodactyls and outgroups. Journal of Paleontology. 86:44-50.
31. O’Leary, M. A. and A. L. Wetterer. 2011. Basicranium of Harpagolestes uintensis (Mammalia, Mesonychia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31:913-918.
30. O’Leary, M. A., and S. Kaufman. 2011. MorphoBank: phylophenomics in the “cloud”. Cladistics. 27:1-9.
29. Claeson, K. M., M. A. O’Leary, E. M. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. Bouare, L. Tapanila, D. Goodwin, and M. D. Gottfried. 2010. First Mesozoic record of the stingray Myliobatis wurnoensis from Mali and a phylogenetic analysis of Myliobatidae incorporating dental characters. Acta Paleonotologica Polonica. 55: 655-674.
28. Spaulding, M., M. A. O’Leary, J. Gatesy. 2009. Relationships of Cetacea (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters positions of key fossils and interpretations of character evolution. PLOS One. 4:1-14. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0007062
27. Hill, R. V., J. A. McCartney, E. Roberts, M. Bouare, F. Sissoko, and M. A. O'Leary. 2008. Dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) fossils from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene of Mali: implications for phylogeny and survivorship across the K-T boundary. American Museum Novitates. 3631:1-19.
26. O’Leary, M. A., and J. Gatesy. 2008. Impact of increased character sampling on the phylogeny of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia): combined analysis including fossils. Cladistics. 24:397-442.
25. Tapanila, L., E. M. Roberts, M. L. Bouare, F. Sissoko, and M. A. O'Leary. 2008. Phosphate taphonomy of bone and coprolite conglomerates: A case study
from the Eocene of Mali, NW Africa. Palaios. 23:139-152. (Cover article).
24. Gaffney, E. S., E. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. L. Bouare, L. Tapanila, and M. A. O’Leary. 2007. Acleistochelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali. American Museum Novitates. 3549:1-24.
23. O’Leary, M. A., E. M. Roberts, M. L. Bouare, F. Sissoko, and L. Tapanila. 2006. Malian Paenungulata (Mammalia: Placentalia): new candidates for the oldest African afrotheres. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26:981-988.
22. Meisner, A. D., A. V. Klaus, and M. A. O’Leary. 2005. Sperm head morphology of 36 species of artiodactylans, perissodactylans and cetaceans (Mammalia). Journal of Morphology. 263:179-202.
21. Tapanila, L., E. M. Roberts, M. L. Bouaré, and F. Sissoko, and M. A. O’Leary. 2004. Bivalve borings in phosphatic coprolites and bone, Cretaceous-Paleogene of Mali. Palaios. 19:565-573.
20. O’Leary, M. A., E. Roberts, J. J. Head, M. Bouaré, and F. Sissoko. 2004. A saltasaurid Titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the “Continental Intercalaire” of Mali. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24:923-930.
19. O’Leary, M. A., M. Allard, M. J. Novacek, J. Meng, and J. Gatesy. 2004. Building the mammalian sector of the tree of life. Pp. 490-516. In (J. Cracraft and M. J. Donoghue, eds.) Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press, New York.
18. O’Leary, M. A. 2004. A fragmentary odontocete cranium from the Lower Miocene of Venezuela. Special Papers in Palaeontology. 71:99-104.
17. O’Leary, M. A,. J. Gatesy, and M. J. Novacek. 2003. Are the dental data really at odds with the molecular data? Morphological evidence for paraxonian phylogeny (re)reexamined. Systematic Biology. 52:853-864.
16. Bamford, M. K., E. M. Roberts, F. Sissoko, M. L. Bouaré, and M. A. O’Leary. 2002. An extensive deposit of fossil conifer wood from the Mesozoic of Mali, southern Sahara. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 186:115-126
15. Brochu, C. A., M. L. Bouaré, F. Sissoko, E. M. Roberts, and M. A. O’Leary. 2002. A dyrosaurid crocodyliform braincase from Mali. Journal of Paleontology. 76:1060-1071
14. Gatesy, J. and M. A. O’Leary. 2001. Deciphering Whale Origins with Molecules and Fossils. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 16:562-570. (Cover article).
13. O’Leary, M. A. 2001. The phylogenetic position of cetaceans: further combined data analyses, comparisons with the stratigraphic record and a discussion of character optimization. American Zoologist. 41:487-506.
12. Brochu, C. A., H. N. Bryant, J. M. Theodor, M. A. O’Leary, J. Adrian, and C. D. Sumrall. 2001. Modern phylogenetics in paleontology: Comments on Vermeij. Paleobiology. 27:174-176.
11. O'Leary, M. A., S. G. Lucas, and T. E. Williamson. 2000. A new specimen of Ankalagon (Mammalia, Mesonychia) and evidence of sexual dimorphism in mesonychians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20:387-393.
10. O'Leary, M. A. and M. D. Uhen. 1999. The time of origin of whales and the role of behavioral changes in the terrestrial-aquatic transition. Paleobiology. 25:534-556.
9. O’Leary, M. A. 1999. Parsimony analysis of total evidence from extinct and extant taxa, and the cetacean-artiodactyl question. Cladistics. 15:315-
330.
8. O’Leary, M. A. and J. H. Geisler. 1999. The position of Cetacea within Mammalia: Phylogenetic analysis of morphological data from extinct and extant taxa. Systematic Biology. 48:455-490.
7. O’Leary, M. A. 1999. Whale origins. Science. 283:1641-1642.
6. O’Leary, M. A. 1998. Phylogenetic and morphometric reassessment of the dental evidence for a mesonychian and cetacean clade. Pp. 133-161. In (J. G. M. Thewissen, ed.) The Emergence of Whales. Plenum Press, New York.
5. O’Leary, M. A. 1998. Morphology of the humerus of Hapalodectes (Mammalia, Mesonychia). American Museum Novitates. 3242:1-6.
4. Maas, M. C. and M. O’Leary. 1996. Evolution of enamel microstructure in North American Notharctidae (Primates). Journal of Human Evolution. 31:293-310.
3. Rose, K. D. and M. A. O'Leary. 1995. The manus of Pachyaena gigantea (Mammalia: Mesonychia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15:855-859.
2. O'Leary, M. A. and K. D. Rose. 1995. New mesonychian dentitions from the Paleocene and Eocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 64:147-172.
1. O'Leary, M. A. and K. D. Rose. 1995. Postcranial skeleton of the early Eocene mesonychid Pachyaena (Mammalia:Mesonychia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15:401-430.
