Our lab uses 3D imaging, biomechanical modeling, shape analyses, and experiments to link musculoskeletal form and function, revealing intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of organismal form and biodiversity. We study extant and extinct vertebrates, focusing on the evolution of feeding and locomotion and key evolutionary transitions.
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Selected publications
Leavey, A., Richards, C.T., Porro, L.B. 2024. Comparative muscle anatomy of the anuran pelvis and hindlimb in relation to locomotor mode. Journal of Anatomy 245: 751-774.
Porro, L.B., Rayfield, E.J., Clack, J.A. 2023. Computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the stem tetrapod Crassigyrinus scoticus Watson, 1929. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2183134.
Button, D.J., Porro, L.B., Lautenschlager, S., Jones, M.E.H., Barrett, P.M. 2023. Multiple pathways to herbivory underpinned deep divergences in ornithischian evolution. Current Biology 33: 557-565.
Porro, L.B., Collings, A.J., Eberhard, E.A., Chadwick, K.P, Richards, C.T. 2017. Inverse dynamic modelling of jumping in the red-legged running frog, Kassina maculata. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 1882-1893.
Porro, L.B., Holliday, C.M., Anapol, F., Ontiveros, L.C., Ontiveros, L.T., Ross, C.F. 2011. Free body analysis beam mechanics, and finite element modeling of the mandible of Alligator mississippiensis. Journal of Morphology 272: 910-937.
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