The Ross Lab has a long-standing interest in the evolutionary biomechanics of non-mammalian vertebrates, especially crocodylians and lepidosaurs.

Related Publications

In vivo bone strain and finite element modeling of the mandible of Alligator mississippiensis
Porro, LB, Metzger K, Iriarte-Diaz, J, Ross, CF. Journal of Anatomy. 223(3): 195-227 (2013)

Bite force and cranial bone strain in four species of lizards
Ross, CF, Porro, LB, Herrel, A, Evans, SE, Fagan, MJ. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221, jeb180240 (2018) [DOI]

Bone strain gradients and optimization in tetrapod skulls
Ross, CF and Metzger, KA. Annals of Anatomy. 186: 387-396 (2004)

Comparative cranial biomechanics in two lizard species: impact of variation in cranial design
Dutel, H, Gröning, F, Sharp, AC, Watson, PJ, Herrel, A, Ross, CF, Jones, MH, Evans, SE, Fagan, MJ. Journal of Experimental Biology. jeb.234831 (2021) [DOI]

In vivo cranial bone strain and bite force in the agamid lizard Uromastyx geyri
Porro LB, Ross, CF, Iriarte-Diaz, J, O’Reilly, JC, Evans, SE, Fagan, M. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 217(11): 1983-1992 (2014)

Rhythmic chew cycles with distinct fast and slow phases are ancestral to gnathostomes
Brian A. Richard, Meghan Spence, Mateo Rull-Garza, Yonas Tolosa Roba, Daniel Schwarz, Jason B. Ramsay, J. D. Laurence-Chasen, Callum F. Ross, Nicolai Konow. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378: 20220539. (2023) [PDF] [DOI]