Lars Schmitz - UC Davis

SCHMITZ, L. (2006): Visual optics as important link between anatomy and ecology in fossil amniotes. Ancient Life and Modern Approaches. Abstracts of the Second International Paleontological Congress, 397.

SCHMITZ, L., JIANG, D., MOTANI, R., HAO, W., & Y. SUN (2005): Explosive radiation of durophagous marine reptiles during the post-Permian recovery. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25 (3, supplement):110A.

SCHMITZ, L., JIANG, D., MOTANI, R., HAO, W., & Y. SUN (2005): Early radiation and geographic dispersal of ichthyopterygians (Reptilia, Diapsida). International Symposium on Triassic Chronostratigraphy and Biotic Recovery. Chaohu, China. Albertiana 33:69.

SCHMITZ, L. (2004): Possibility of a thick sclera in ichthyosaurs and its implications for visual capabilities. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24 (3, supplement):110A.

SCHMITZ, L. (2004): Inferring visual capabilities of the Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus callawayi. International Geological Congress.

Lars Schmitz
			Department of Geology University of California, Davis Phone: 530-754-5361 Email:schmitz(at)geology.ucdavis.edu Paleobiology of fossil vertebrates Biooptics and biomechanics Evolution of sensory organs Evolution of marine reptiles *click here for CV*
Selected Publications
JIANG, D.-Y., SCHMITZ, L., MOTANI, R., HAO, W.-C., & Y.-L. SUN (2007): The mixosaurid ichthyosaur Phalarodon cf. P. fraasi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 81:602-605. JIANG, D.-Y., SCHMITZ, L., HAO, W.-C. & Y.-L. SUN (2006). A new mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:60-69. SCHMITZ, L. (2005): The taxonomic status of Mixosaurus nordenskioeldii (Ichthyosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25:983-985. SCHMITZ, L., SANDER, M., RIEPPEL, O. & STORRS, G. (2004): The mixosaurs (Ichthyosauria, Mixosauridae) from the Middle Triassic of the Augusta Mountains (Nevada, USA) with the description of a new species. – Palaeontographica, A, 270: 133-162.
Selected Abstracts
SCHMITZ, L. (2006): Visual optics as important link between anatomy and ecology in fossil amniotes. Ancient Life and Modern Approaches. Abstracts of the Second International Paleontological Congress, 397. SCHMITZ, L., JIANG, D., MOTANI, R., HAO, W., & Y. SUN (2005): Explosive radiation of durophagous marine reptiles during the post-Permian recovery. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25 (3, supplement):110A. SCHMITZ, L., JIANG, D., MOTANI, R., HAO, W., & Y. SUN (2005): Early radiation and geographic dispersal of ichthyopterygians (Reptilia, Diapsida). International Symposium on Triassic Chronostratigraphy and Biotic Recovery. Chaohu, China. Albertiana 33:69. SCHMITZ, L. (2004): Possibility of a thick sclera in ichthyosaurs and its implications for visual capabilities. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24 (3, supplement):110A. SCHMITZ, L. (2004): Inferring visual capabilities of the Triassic ichthyosaur Mixosaurus callawayi. International Geological Congress.
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