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| PEER REVIEWED PAPERS (IN PUBLICATION ORDER) | |||
| A. | Motani, R., You H. and C. McGowan. 1996. Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs. Nature 382:347-348. (Letter to Nature) | B. | Motani, R. 1996. Redescription of the dental features of an Early Triassic ichthyosaur Utatsusaurus hataii. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16:396-402. |
| C. | Motani, R. 1997a. Temporal and spatial distribution of tooth implantation in ichthyosaurs. pp. 81-103. In Callaway, J. M. and E. L. Nicholls (eds.), Ancient Marine Reptiles. Academic Press, London and New York. | D. | Motani, R. 1997b. Redescription of the dentition of Grippia longirostris (Ichthyosauria) with a comparison with Utatsusaurus hataii. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17:39-44. |
| E. | Motani, R. 1997c. New information on the forefin of Utatsusaurus hataii (Ichthyosauria). Journal of Paleontology 71:475-479. | F. | Motani, R. 1997d. New technique for retrodeforming tectonically deformed fossils, with an example for ichthyosaurian specimens. Lethaia 30:221-228. |
| G. | Motani, R. and H. You. 1998a. The forefin of Chensaurus chaoxianensis (Ichthyosauria) shows delayed mesopodial ossification. Journal of Paleontology 72:133-136. | H. | Motani, R., N. Minoura, and T. Ando. 1998. Ichthyosaurian relationships illuminated by new primitive skeletons from Japan. Nature 393: 255-257. (Letter to Nature) |
| I. | Motani, R. and H. You. 1998b. Taxonomy and limb ontogeny of Chaohusaurus geishanensis (Ichthyosauria), with a note on the allometric equation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18:533-540. | J. | Motani, R. 1998. First complete forefin of the ichthyosaur Grippia longirostris discovered from the Triassic of Spitsbergen. Palaeontology 41:591-600. |
| K. | Motani, R. 1999a. On the evolution and homologies of ichthyopterygian forefins. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:28-41. | L. | McGowan, C. and R. Motani. 1999. A new interpretation of the Upper Triassic ichthyosaur, Shonisaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:42-49. |
| M. | Motani, R. 1999b. The skull and taxonomy of Mixosaurus (Ichthyopterygia). Journal of Paleontology 73:917-928. | N. | Motani, R. 1999c. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:472-495. |
| O. | Motani, R., M. Manabe, and Z.-M. Dong. in review. The status of Himalayasaurus tibetensis (Ichthyopterygia). Paludicola 2:174-181. | P. | Motani, R., B. M. Rothschild, and W. Wahl Jr. 1999. Large eyes in deep diving ichthyosaurs. Nature 402:747. |
| Q. | Motani, R. 2000a. Skull of Grippia longirostris: no contradiction with a diapsid affinity for the Ichthyopterygia. Palaeontology 43:1-14. | R. | Motani, R. 2000b. Is Omphalosaurus ichthyopterygian? --a phylogenetic perspective. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:295-301. |
| MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW | |||
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| A. | Motani, R. in review. Estimating body mass from silhouettes: testing the assumption of elliptical body cross-sections. Paleobiology. | B. | Motani, R. in review. Swimming speed estimation of extinct marine reptiles: energetic approach revisited. Paleobiology. |
| POPULAR ARTICLES | |||
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| A. | Motani, R. 2000. Rulers of the Jurassic seas. Scientific American. December, 2000. | B. | Motani, R. in review. What ichthyosaurs saw. AeraMook, Tokyo. January 2001 [In Japanese]. |
| PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS | |||
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| A. | Motani, R. 1991. On a large ichthyosaur from Shizugawa, Miyagi. Palaeontological Society of Japan 38th Regular Meeting (Chiba) Abstract:36. | B. | Motani, R. 1993. A re-examination of the type specimens of Utatsusaurus hataii, the geologically oldest ichthyosaur species from the Lower Triassic of Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13:50A. |
| C. | Motani, R. 1994a. Computer aided comparisons among Early Triassic ichthyosaurs reveals smaller taxonomic diversity than was believed. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14:39A. | D. | Motani, R. 1994b. Spatial and temporal distribution of tooth implantation in ichthyosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14:39A. |
| E. | Motani, R. 1995. How cladistic analyses react to incidental inclusion of real ancestors: implications for vertebrate paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15:46A. | F. | Motani, R., You H., and C. McGowan. 1996. Earliest ichthyosaurs swam like eels. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16:55A. |
| G. | Motani, R. 1997. Phylogeny of the Ichthyosauria (Amniota: Reptilia) with special reference to Triassic forms. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17:66A. | H. | McGowan, C. and R. Motani. 1998. A new interpretation of the Upper Triassic ichthyosaur, Shonisaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17:64A |
| I. | Motani, R. 1998. Ichthyosaurian swimming revisited: implications from the vertebral column and phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18:65A. | J. | Motani, R., B. M. Rothschild, and W. Wahl Jr. 1999. What to do with a 10-inch eyeball? --Evolution of vision in ichthyosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:65A.. |
| K. | Rothschild, B. M., R. Motani, and W. Wahl Jr. 1999. Repeated diving was not for all ichthyosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:71A. | L. | Motani, R. 2000. Are physical constraints narrow enough to predict behaviors of extinct swimming vertebrates from body shape? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:59A |
| 学位論文 |
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| Motani, R. 1991. A large ichthyosaur from the Jurassic of Northeast Japan. Unpublished Graduate Thesis, University of Tokyo, 43 pp. |
| Motani, R. 1994. Reexamination of Early Triassic ichthyosaurs, Utatsusaurus hataii and Grippia longirostris, with a taxonomic discussion. MSc Thesis, University of Toronto, 114 pp. |
| Motani, R. 1997. Phylogeny of the Ichthyosauria (Amniota: Reptilia) with special reference to Triassic forms. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 384pp. |