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Monographs (2)
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.
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
Articles Published or In Press (50)
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.
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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.
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
Articles Published or In Press (50)
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.
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