Kaleb Sellers lab member

Kaleb Sellers, PhD

Kaleb Sellers lab member

Kaleb Sellers, PhD

kalebsellers@uchicago.edu  

Postdoctoral Scholar

Related Publications

Quadrate orientation and joint reaction force underwent correlated evolution during suchian evolution
Kaleb C. Sellers, Alec T. Wilken, Corrine R. Cranor, Kevin M. Middleton, Casey M. Holliday. Journal of Anatomy. (2025) [PDF] [DOI]

Diverse Tongue Base Retraction Strategies Drive Bolus Propulsion during Mammalian Swallowing
Peishu Li, Kaleb C Sellers, Courtney P Orsbon, Jeffrey D Laurence-Chasen, Riya Gumidyala, Madison Yuan, George Huerta, Teresa E Lever, Nicholas J Gidmark, Zhe-Xi Luo, Callum F Ross. Integrative and Comparative Biology. Volume 0, pp. 1–21 (2025) [PDF] [DOI]

Avian cranial kinesis is the result of increased encephalization during the origin of birds
Alec T. Wilken, Kaleb C. Sellers, Ian N. Cost, Julian Davis, Kevin M. Middleton, Lawrence M. Witmer, and Casey M. Holliday. PNAS. (2025) [PDF] [DOI]

New frontiers in imaging, anatomy, and mechanics of crocodylian jaw muscles.
Holliday CM, Sellers KC, Lessner EJ, Middleton KM, Cranor C, Verhulst CD, Lautenschlager S, Bader K, Brown MA, and Colbert MW. Anatomical Record. (2022) [DOI]

The Effects of Skull Flattening on Suchian Jaw Muscle Evolution.
Sellers KC, Nieto MN, Degrange FJ, Pol D, Clark JM, Middleton KM, and Holliday CM. Anatomical Record. (2022) [DOI]

2D and 3D Visualizations of Archosaur Jaw Muscle Mechanics, Ontogeny, and Phylogeny.
Cost IN, Sellers KC, Rozin RE, Spates AT, Middleton KM, and Holliday CM. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225 (Suppl_1): jeb243216 (2022) [DOI]

Biomechanical performance of the cranio-mandibular complex of the small notosuchian Araripesuchus gomesii (Notosuchia, Uruguaysuchidae)
Nieto MN, Degrange FJ, Sellers KC, Pol D, and Holliday CM.. Anatomical Record. (2021) [DOI]

Palatal biomechanics and its significance for cranial kinesis in Tyrannosaurus rex
Cost IN, Middleton KM, Sellers KC, Echols MS, Witmer LM, Davis JL, and Holliday CM. Anatomical Record. 303(4): 999-1017 (2020) [DOI]

The Significance of Enamel Thickness in the Teeth of the American Alligator and its Diversity Among Crocodyliforms.
Sellers KC, Schmiegelow AB, and Holliday CM. Journal of Zoology. 309(3): 172-181 (2019) [DOI]

Ontogeny of Bite Force in a Validated Biomechanical Model of the American Alligator.
Sellers KC, Davis JL, Middleton KM, and Holliday CM. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220(11): 2036-2046 (2017) [DOI]