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Mathew John Wedel
Summary
I am a vertebrate paleontologist, and my main areas of interest are sauropod dinosaurs and the evolution of pneumatic (air-filled) bones in dinosaurs and birds. I study the evolutionary origin of pneumatic bones in archosaurs, the respiratory systems of sauropods and other dinosaurs, and the evolution of large size and long necks in sauropods. I am currently an Associate Professor at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, where I teach gross anatomy. In my spare time I enjoy stargazing, and I write the monthly Binocular Highlights column for Sky & Telescope magazine.
Anatomy & Physiology Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Taxonomy Zoology
Work details
Articles published in PeerJ
Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha)
Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks
Preprints
The neck of Barosaurus: longer, wider and weirder than those of Diplodocus and other diplodocines
Were the necks of Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus adapted for combat?
A variant nerve that mimics the left recurrent laryngeal nerve: a case study in human anatomy
Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha)
Academic Editor on
Dental microwear reveals mammal-like chewing in the neoceratopsian dinosaur Leptoceratops gracilis
The identity of the South African toad Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura)
Two new species of fossil Leggadina (Rodentia: Muridae) from Northwestern Queensland
Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors?
Reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.
Pulmonary anatomy in the Nile crocodile and the evolution of unidirectional airflow in Archosauria