86 items – 77 papers & 9 chapters in edited volume
2491 citations; h-index 28; current and past lab members in bold.
2026
86. Kaye, T.G.* and Pittman, M.* Elemental analysis of fossils using portable time-gated fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 363 (1): 128469. [IF: 4.8; last and co-corresponding author]
85. Fan, Y.C., Miller, C.V. and Pittman, M.* Diet of bird-like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade. Biological Reviews, 101: 1760-1778. [IF: 10.9; last and corresponding author; PhD student first author; former PhD student second author]
84. Hefler, C., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Zheng, X., Kaye, T.G., Grosmougin, M., Chotard, M., Barlow, L., Qiu, H., Dececchi, T.A., Habib, M.B., Shyy, W. and Pittman, M.* Microraptor reveals specialized gliding capabilities in multiwinged early paravians, PNAS, 123 (6) e2518106123 [IF: 9.5; last and corresponding author; postdoctoral researcher first author; PhD students sixth and seventh author; former research assistant eighth author; press release]
83. Huang, J., Wu, W., Mao, L., Bertozzo, F., Dhouailly, D., Robin, N., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., Manucci, F., He, X., Wang, X. and Godefroit, P. Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10, 203-210. [IF: 17.1, sixth author]
BBC News: Haolong dongi: 125-million-year-old ‘spiny dragon’ fossil found – BBC Newsround
2025
82. Chen, D., Fu, L., Hefler, C. Ji, T., Noda, R., Pittman, M., Qiu, H., Shyy, W. and Zhang. Q. Perspectives on low-Reynolds-number aerodynamics: shape, motion and structure. Acta Mechanica Sinica 41, 325312. [IF: 4.0, sixth author; postdoctoral research third author]
81. Kaye, T.G., Bąk, J., Marcelo, H.W. & Pittman, M.* Hidden artistic complexity of Peru’s Chancay culture discovered in tattoos by laser-stimulated fluorescence. PNAS, 122(4): e2421517122. [IF: 9.1; last and corresponding author; press release]
Science: Scientists reveal 1200-year-old mummies’ tattoos in stunning detail | Science | AAAS
Archaeology Magazine: News – Study Examines Tattoos of Peru’s Chancay Culture – Archaeology Magazine
80. Grosmougin, M., Wang, X.L., Zheng, X.T., Kaye, T.G., Chotard, M., Barlow, L.A., Deccechi, T.A., Habib, M.B., Zariwala, J., Hartman, S.A., Xu, X. & Pittman, M.* Forelimb feathering, soft tissues, and skeleton of the flying dromaeosaurid Microraptor. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 25(1): 1-25 [IF: 2.6; last and corresponding author; PhD students first and fifth author; research assistant sixth author; press release]
79. Chotard, M., Wang, X.L., Zheng, X.T., Kaye, T.G., Grosmougin, M., Barlow, L., Kundrát, M., Dececchi, T.A., Habib, M.B., Zariwala, J., Hartman, S., Xu, X. & Pittman, M.* New information on the Hind limb feathering, soft tissues and skeleton of Microraptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae). BMC Ecology and Evolution, 25(1): 37.
[IF: 2.6; last and corresponding author; PhD students first and fifth author; research assistant sixth author]
78. Chen, D., Fu, L., Hefler, C., Ji, T., Noda, R., Pittman, M., Qiu, H.H., Shyy, W.* & Zhang Q. Perspectives on low-Reynolds-number aerodynamics: shape, motion and structure. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 41: 325312.
[IF: 4.6; invited review paper; sixth author; postdoctoral research fellow third author]
77. Windholz, G.J.*, Meso, J.G., Wedel, M.J. & Pittman, M.* First unambiguous record of pneumaticity in the axial skeleton of alvarezsaurians (Theropoda: Coelurosauria). PLOS ONE, 20(4): e0320121. [IF: 2.6; last and joint-corresponding author]
76. Dececchi, T.A.*, Kim, K.S., Lockley, M.G., Larsson, H.C.E., Holtz Jr, T.H., Farlow, J.O. & Pittman, M.* Reply to Falkingham et al.: trackway shows flap-running in feathered dinosaurs. PNAS, 12(14): e2501832122
[IF: 9.1; last and joint-corresponding author]
75. Kaye, T.G., Bąk, J., Marcelo, H.W. & Pittman, M.* Reply to Deter-Wolf et al.: Laser-stimulated fluorescence of Chancay tattoos. PNAS, 122 (13), e2501912122.
[IF: 9.1; last and corresponding author]
74. Meso, J.G.*, Pol, D., Chiappe, L., Qin, Z., Díaz‐Martínez, I., Gianechini, F., Apesteguía, S., Makovicky, P.J. & Pittman, M.* Body size and evolutionary rate analyses reveal complex evolutionary history of Alvarezsauria. Cladistics, 41(1): 135-155.
[IF: 6.2; last and joint-corresponding author]
73. Meso, J.G.*, Choiniere, J.N., Baiano, M.A., Brusatte, S.L., Canale, J.I., Salgado, L., Pol, D. & Pittman, M.*, New information on Bonapartenykus (Alvarezsauridae: Theropoda) from the Allen Formation (middle Campanian-lower Maastrichtian) of Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina clarifies the Patagonykinae body plan. PLOS ONE, 20(1): e0308366.
[IF: 2.6; last and joint-corresponding author; postdoctoral research fellow third author]
2024
72. Dececchi, T.A.*, Kim, K.S., Lockley, M.G., Larsson, H.C.E., & Holtz Jr., T.H. Farlow, J.O. & Pittman, M.*, Theropod trackways as indirect evidence of pre-avian aerial behavior. PNAS, 121 (44) e2413810121
[IF: 9.1; last and joint-corresponding author; press release]
New Scientist: Preserved tracks suggest non-avian dinosaurs used their wings to run | New Scientist
71. Jagielska, N., Kaye, T.G., Habib, M.B., Hirasawa, T. & Pittman, M.*. New soft tissue data of pterosaur tail vane reveals sophisticated, dynamic tensioning usage and expands its evolutionary origins. eLife, 13: RP100673.
[IF: 6.4 [2024]; last and corresponding author; postdoctoral researcher first author; press release]
New York Times: Lasers, Waffle Fries and the Secrets in Pterosaurs’ Tails – The New York Times
70. Miller, C.V.*, Bright, J.A., Wang, X., Zheng, X. & Pittman, M.*. Synthetic analysis of trophic diversity and evolution in Enantiornithes with new insights from Bohaiornithidae. eLife, 12: RP89871
[IF: 6.4 [2024]; last and joint-corresponding author; PhD student first author; press release]
Press release: CUHK palaeontologist uncovers the diverse diets of birds during the era of dinosaurs | CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office
69. LeBlanc, A.R.H., Morrell, A.P., Sirovica, S., Al-Jawad, M., Labonte, D., D’Amore, D.C., Clemente, C., Wang, S., Giuliani, F., McGilvery, C.M., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., Stevenson, C., Capon, J., Tapley, B., Spiro, S. & Addison, O. Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(9): 1711-1722.
[IF: 14.5; eleventh author]
68. Pol, D.*, Baiano, M.A., Černý, D., Novas, F.E., Cerda, I.A. & Pittman, M.* A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the end Cretaceous of Patagonia and evolutionary rates among the Ceratosauria. Cladistics, 40(3): 307-356.
[IF: 6.2; last and joint-corresponding author; postdoctoral researcher second author; press release]
Wikipedia: Koleken – Wikipedia
67. Meso, J.G.*, Choiniere, J.N., Baiano, M.A., Brusatte, S.L., Canale, J.I., Salgado, L., Pol, D. & Pittman, M.*. New information on Bonapartenykus (Alvarezsauridae: Theropoda) from the Allen Formation (Campanian-Maastrictian), Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina clarifies reconstruction of patagonykinae body plan. PLOS ONE, 20(1): e0308366.
[IF: 2.6; last and joint-corresponding author; postdoctoral researcher third author]
66. Gomez, K.L.*, Pérez-Moreno, A., Meso, J.G., Bellardini, F., Baiano, M.A., Pol, D., Garrido, A., Kaluza, J., Muci, L. & Pittman, M.* Unraveling sauropod diversity in the Portezuelo Formation of Patagonia through a comprehensive analysis of new and existing material. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24: 96
[IF: 2.6; last and joint-corresponding author; postdoctoral researcher fifth author]
65. Meso, J.G., Gianechini, F., Gomez, K.L., Muci, L., Baiano, M.A., Pol, D., Kaluza, J., Garrido, A. & Pittman, M.* Shed teeth from Portezuelo formation at Sierra del Portezuelo reveal a higher diversity of predator theropods during Turonian-Coniacian times in northern Patagonia. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24(1): 59.
[IF: 2.6; last and joint-corresponding author; postdoctoral researcher fifth author]
64. Tse, Y.T., Miller, C.V. & Pittman, M.* Morphological disparity and structural performance of the dromaeosaurid skull informs ecology and evolutionary history. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24(1): 39.
[IF: 2.6; last and corresponding author; research assistant first author; PhD student second author]
63. Meade, L.E., Pittman, M., Balanoff, A. & Lautenschlager, S. Cranial functional specialisation for strength precedes morphological evolution in Oviraptorosauria. Communications Biology, 7(1): 436.
[IF: 5.1; second author; PhD student first author]
62. Porfiri, J.D., Baiano, M.A., Dos Santos, D.D., Gianechini, F.A., Pittman, M. & Lamanna, M.C. Diuqin lechiguanae gen. et sp. nov., a new unenlagiine (Theropoda: Paraves) from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group, Upper Cretaceous) of Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24(1): 77.
[IF: 2.6; fifth author; postdoctoral researcher second author; press release]
2023
61. Pittman, M.* & Wang, Y.* Paleoecology of extinct species. BMC Ecology & Evolution, 23(1): 1-2 [Editorial; IF: 3.7; joint-corresponding author]
60. Roy, A.*, Pittman, M.*, Kaye, T.G. & Saitta, E.T. Sediment-encased pressure–temperature maturation experiments elucidate the impact of diagenesis on melanin-based fossil color and its paleobiological implications. Paleobiology, 1-21 [IF: 2.7; joint-corresponding author; PhD student first author]
59. Miller, C.V.*, Pittman, M.*, Wang, X.L., Zheng, X.T. & Bright, J.A. Quantitative investigation of pengornithid enantiornithine diet reveals macrocarnivorous ecology evolved in birds by Early Cretaceous. iScience, 26(3): 106211 [IF: 6.1; second and co-corresponding author; PhD student first author; press release]
2022
58. Pittman, M.*, Kaye, T.G., Wang, X.L.*, Zheng, X.T., Dececchi, T.A. & Hartman, S.A. 2022. Preserved soft anatomy confirms shoulder-powered upstroke of early theropod flyers, reveals enhanced early pygostylian upstroke, and explains early sternum loss. PNAS, 119(47): e2205476119 [IF: 11.2; first and joint-corresponding author; press release]
Cosmos Magazine: Chinese fossils confirm feathered dinosaurs powered flight
57. Pittman, M.*, Bell, P.R., Miller, C.V., Enriquez, N.J., Wang, X.L.*, Zheng, X.T., Tsang, L.R., Tse, Y.T., Landes, M. & Kaye, T.G. 2022. Exceptional preservation and foot structure reveal ecological transitions and lifestyles of early theropod flyers. Nature Communications, 13(1): 7684 [IF: 12.1; first and joint-corresponding author; PhD student third author; research assistant eighth author; volunteer ninth author; press release]
The Conversation: New fossil foot analysis reveals the surprising and varied lifestyles of dinosaur bird ancestors
56. Pittman, M.*, Kaye, T.G., Campos, H.B. & Habib, M.B.* 2022. Quadrupedal water launch capability demonstrated in small late Jurassic pterosaurs. Scientific Reports, 12: 6540 [IF: 4.4; first and co-corresponding author; press release]
Press release: CUHK suggests that pterosaurs took off from water 150 million years ago like ducks do | CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office
Scientific American: Little Pterosaur Could Have ‘Pole-Vaulted’ into Flight from the Water | Scientific American
55. Pittman, M.*, Kaye, T.G.*, Graham, E. & Thorold, D. Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence in archaeology: non-destructive fluorescence imaging for museum and field settings. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 44: 103475 [first and joint-corresponding author; press release]
54. Miller, C.V.*, Pittman, M.*, Wang, X.L., Zheng, X.T. & Bright, J.A. Diet of Mesozoic toothed birds (Longipterygidae) inferred from quantitative analysis of extant avian diet proxies. BMC Biology, 20: 101 [IF: 7.4; second and joint-corresponding author; PhD student first author; press release]
Newsweek: Prehistoric Birds Preferred Bugs to Fish, Study Says – Newsweek
53. Bell, P.R.*, Hendrickx, C.*, Pittman, M.*, Kaye, T.G. & Mayr, G. The exquisitely preserved integument of Psittacosaurus and the scaly skin of ceratopsian dinosaurs. Communications Biology, 5: 809 [IF: 6.3; third and joint-corresponding author]
52. Bell, P.R.*, Hendrickx, C., Pittman, M.* & Kaye, T.G. 2022. Oldest preserved umbilical scar reveals dinosaurs had ‘belly buttons’. BMC Biology, 20: 132 [IF: 7.4; third and joint-corresponding author; press release]
Press release: CUHK palaeontologist first to reveal a dinosaur belly button using laser imaging | CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office
National Geographic: A dinosaur ‘belly button’? This 130 million-year-old fossil reveals that—and more | National Geographic
51. Pittman, M.*, Enriquez, N.J.*, Bell, P.R., Kaye, T.G. & Upchurch, P. Newly detected skin data from historic sauropod Haestasaurus and review of sauropod skin morphology suggests Early Jurassic origin of skin papillae. Communications Biology, 5: 122 [IF: 6.3; first and joint-corresponding author; press release]
50. Hendrickx, C, Bell, P.R., Pittman, M., Milner, A.R.C., Cuesta, E., O’Connor, J., Loewen, M., Currie, P.J., Mateus, O., Kaye, T.G. & Delcourt, R. Morphology and distribution of scales, dermal ossifications, and other non-feather integumentary structures in non-avialan theropod dinosaurs. Biological Reviews, 97(3): 960-1004 [IF: 14.4; third author]
2021
49. Barlow, L.A., Pittman, M., Butcher, A., Martill, D.M. & Kaye, T.G. Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence reveals unseen details in fossils from the Solnhofen Limestone (Upper Jurassic, Bavaria, Germany). Royal Society Open Science, 8(12): rsos.211601 [IF: 3.6; second author; research assistant first author]
48. Ma, W.S., Pittman, M., Richard J. Butler & Lautenschlager, S. Macroevolutionary trends in theropod dinosaur feeding mechanics. Current Biology, 32(3): P677-686.E3 [IF: 10.8; second author; PhD student first author]
47. Pittman, M.*, Barlow, L.A.*, Kaye, T.G. & Habib, M.B. Pterosaurs evolved advanced aerodynamic smoothing of the wing-body junction and sophisticated wing base control to improve flight performance. PNAS, 118 (44): e2107631118. [IF: 11.2; press release; first and joint-corresponding author; research assistant second and joint-corresponding author; cover issue]
46. Miller, C.V.* & Pittman, M.* The diet of early birds based on modern and fossil evidence and a new framework for its reconstruction. Biological Reviews, 96(5): 2058-2112 [IF: 14.4; last and joint-corresponding author; PhD student first author; press release]
45. Kaye, T.G.* & Pittman, M.* Reply to: Reinterpretation of purported molting evidence in the Thermopolis Archaeopteryx. Communications Biology, 4: 839. [IF: 6.3; press release; last author and joint-corresponding author]
44. Meso, J.G., Qin, Z., Pittman, M., Canale, J.I., Salgado, L. & Díez Díaz., V. Tail anatomy of the alvarezsauria (Theropoda, Coelurosauria), and its functional and behavioural implications. Cretaceous Research, 124: 104830 [IF: 2.4; third author]
43. Pittman, M.*, Habib, M.B., Dececchi, T.A., Larsson, H.C.E., Pei, R., Kaye, T.G., Norell, M.A., Brusatte, S.L. & Xu, X. Multiple origins of powered flight potential among pennaraptoran theropods. Current Biology, 31(8): R372-373 [IF: 10.8; first and corresponding author]
2020
42. Bi, S.D., Amiot, R., Peyre de Fabrègues, C., Pittman, M., Lamanna, M.C., Yu, Y.L., Yu, C.Y., Yang, T., Zhang, S.K., Zhao, Q. & Xu, X. An oviraptorid preserved atop an embryo-bearing egg clutch sheds light on the reproductive biology of non-avialan theropod dinosaurs. Science Bulletin, 66(9): 947-954 [IF: 11.8l fourth author].
41. Kaye, T.G.*, Pittman, M.* & Wahl, W.R. The earliest record of pennaraptoran molting from Archaeopteryx and the origin of flight-related molting. Communications Biology, 3: 745 [IF: 6.3; press release; second and joint corresponding author]
40. Mayr, G., Kaye, T.G., Pittman, M., Saitta, E. & Pott, C. Reanalysis of putative ovarian follicles suggests that Early Cretaceous birds were feeding not breeding. Scientific Reports, 10: 19035 [IF: 4.4; third author]
39. Yang, Z.X., Jiang, B.Y., McNamara, M.E., Kearns, S.L., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., Orr, P.J., Xu, X. & Benton, M.J. Reply to: No protofeathers on pterosaurs. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(12): 1592-1593. [IF: 12.5; fifth author]
38. Miller, C.V.*, Pittman, M*., Kaye, T.G., Wang, X.L. & Zheng, X.T. Disassociated rhamphotheca of fossil bird Confuciusornis informs early beak reconstruction, stress regime, and developmental patterns. Communications Biology, 3: 159 [IF: 6.3; second and joint-corresponding author; PhD student second author; press release]
37. Dececchi, T.A., Roy, A., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., Xu, X., Habib, M.B., Larsson, H.C.E., Wang, X.L. & Zheng, X.T. Aerodynamics show membrane-winged theropods were a poor gliding dead-end. iScience, 10157 [IF: 5.5; third author; PhD student second author; press release]
[Edited Volume] Pittman, M. & Xu, X. (editors) Pennaraptoran theropod dinosaurs: past progress & new frontiers. Bulletin of the AMNH, 353pp, accepted [49-author invited journal volume on feathered dinosaurs evolution; IF: 2.5; press release]. Author of introduction and 8 chapters (1, 2, 4, 8-11 & 13):
36. Pittman, M. & Xu, X. Introduction. 4-6
35. Pittman, M., O’Connor, J., Field, D.J., Turner, A.H., Ma, W.S., Makovicky, P. & Xu, X. Chapter 1. Pennaraptoran systematics. 7-36
34. Pittman, M., O’Connor, J., Tse, E., Makovicky, P., Field, D.J., Ma, W.S., Turner, A.H., Norell, M.A., Pei, R. & Xu, X. Chapter 2. The fossil record of Mesozoic and Paleocene pennaraptorans . 37-96
33. Ding, A., Pittman, M., Upchurch, P., O’Connor, J., Field, D.J. & Xu, X. Chapter 4. The biogeography of coelurosaurian theropods and its impact on their evolutionary history. 117-158
32. Ma, W.S., Pittman, M., Lautenschlager, S., Meade, L.E. & Xu, X. Chapter 8. Functional morphology of the oviraptorosaurian and scansoriopterygid skull. 229-250.
31. Roy, A., Rogers, C.S., Clements, T., Pittman, M., Habimana, O., Martin, P. & Vinther, J. Chapter 9. Fossil microbodies are melanosomes: evaluating and rejecting the ‘fossilised decay-associated microbes’ hypothesis. 251-276.
30. Pittman, M., Heers, A.M., Serrano, F.J., Field, D.J., Habib, M.B., Dececchi, T.A., Kaye, T.G. & Larsson, H.C.E. Chapter 10. Methods of studying early theropod flight. 277-294.
29. Dececchi, T.A., Larsson, H.C.E., Pittman, M. & Habib, M.B. Chapter 11. High flyer or high fashion? A comparison of flight potential among small-bodied paravians. 295-320.
28. Serrano, F.J., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., Wang, X.L., Zheng, X.T. & Chiappe, L.M. Chapter 13. Laser-stimulated fluorescence refines flight modeling of the Early Cretaceous bird Sapeornis. 333-344.
27. Pei, R., Pittman, M.*, Goloboff, P.A., Dececchi, T.A., Habib, M.B., Kaye, T.G., Larsson, H.C.E., Norell, M.A., Brusatte, S.L. & Xu, X. Combining phylogenetic, aerodynamic and anatomical data reveals gradual build-up of powered flight potential among close avian relatives. Current Biology, 30(2): 4033-4046.e8 [IF: 10.8; joint-first and sole corresponding author; press release; cover issue]
26. Kaye, T.G.* & Pittman, M*. Fluorescence-based detection of field targets using an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle system. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(8): 890-898 [IF: 7.8; last and joint-corresponding author; press release; cover issue]
25. Roy, A., Pittman, M., Saitta, E.T., Kaye, T.G. & Xu, X. Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research. Biological Reviews, 12552. [IF: 14.4; second and joint-corresponding author; PhD student first author; press release]
2019
24. Kaye, T.G., Pittman, M., Marugán-Lobón, J., Martín-Abad, H., Sanz, J.L. & Buscalioni, A.D. Fully fledged enantiornithine hatchling revealed by Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence supports precocial nesting behavior. Scientific Reports, 9: 5006. [IF: 4.4; second author; press release]
23. Kaye, T.G., Pittman, M., Mayr, G., Schwarz, D. & Xu, X. Detection of lost calamus challenges identity of isolated Archaeopteryx feather. Scientific Reports, 9: 1182. [IF: 4.4; second author; press release]
2018
22. Goloboff, P.A., Pittman, M., Pol, D. & Xu, X. Morphological datasets fit a common mechanism much more poorly than DNA Sequences and call into question the Mkv Model. Systematic Biology, syy077. [IF: 8.5; second author]
21. Yang, Z.X., Jiang, B.Y., McNamara, M.E., Kearns, S.L., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., Orr, P.J., Xu, X. & Benton, M.J. Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3: 24-30. [IF: 12.5; fifth author; press release]
20. Saitta, E.T., Fletcher, I., Martin, P., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., True, L.D., Norell, M.A., Abbott, G.D., Summons, R.E., Penkman, K.E.H. & Vinther, J. Preservation of fossil Shuvuuia deserti feather fibers raises concern about immunohistological experiments on fossils. Organic Geochemistry, 125: 142-151. [IF: 3.6; fourth author]
2017
19. Pei, R., Norell, M.A., Barta, D., Bever, G., Pittman, M. & Xu, X. Osteology of a new Late Cretaceous troodontid specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates, 3889: 1-47. [IF: 0.87; fifth author; postdoctoral fellow first author]
18. Ma, W.S., Wang, J.Y., Pittman, M., Tan, Q.W., Tan, L., Guo, B. & Xu, X. Functional anatomy of a giant toothless mandible from a bird-like dinosaur: Gigantoraptor and the evolution of the oviraptorosaurian jaw. Scientific Reports, 17: 15709 [IF: 4.4; third author; PhD student first author]
17. Xu, X.*, Currie, P.*, Pittman, M.*, Xing, L.D., Meng, Q.J., Lü, J.C., Dong, H.Y. & Yu, C.Y. Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features. Nature Communications, 8: 14972. [IF: 12.1; joint first-author; press release]
16. Wang, X.L.*, Pittman, M.*, Zheng, X.T., Kaye, T., Falk, A., Hartman, S. & Xu, X. Basal paravian functional anatomy illuminated by high-detail body outline. Nature Communications, 8: 14576 [IF: 12.1; *joint first-author and joint-corresponding author; press release]
2016
15. Vinther, J., Nicholls, R., Lautenschlager, S., Pittman, M., Kaye, T.G., Rayfield, E., Mayr, G., Cuthill, I.C. 3D camouflage in an ornithischian dinosaur. Current Biology, 26(18): 2456-2462. [IF: 10.8; fourth author; press release]
14. Mayr, G., Pittman, M., Saitta, E., Kaye, T.G. & Vinther, J. Structure and homology of Psittacosaurus tail bristles. Palaeontology, 59(6): 793-802. [IF: 4.0; second author; press release]
13. Li, F., Bi, S.D., Pittman, M., Brusatte, S.L. & Xu, X. A new tyrannosaurine specimen (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea) with insect borings from the Upper Cretaceous Honglishan Formation of Northwestern China. Cretaceous Research, 66: 155-162. [IF: 2.2; third author]
2015
12. Pittman, M.*, Pei, R. & Xu, X. The first dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Bayan Gobi Formation of Nei Mongol, China. PeerJ, 3: e1480. [IF: 3.0; first and corresponding author; postdoctoral fellow second author]
11. Kaye, T.G., Falk, A.R., Pittman, M., Sereno, P.C., Martin, L.D., Burnham, D.A., Gong, E.P., Xu, X. & Wang, Y.N. Laser stimulated fluorescence in paleontology. PLOS ONE, 10(5): e0125923. [IF: 3.2; third author; press release]
10. Pittman, M.*, Xu, X. & Stiegler, J. The taxonomy of a new parvicursorine alvarezsauroid specimen (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, China. PeerJ, 3: e986. [IF: 3.0; first and corresponding author]
9. Tse, T.K., Pittman, M.* & Chang, M.M. A specimen of Paralycoptera Chang & Chou 1977 (Teleostei: Osteoglossoidei) from Hong Kong (China) with a potential Late Jurassic age that extends the temporal and geographical range of the genus. PeerJ, 3: e865. [IF: 3.0; second and corresponding author; undergraduate student first author; press release]
8. Xu, X., Pittman, M., Sullivan, C., Choiniere, J.N., Tan, Q.W., Clark, J.M., Norell, M.A & Wang, S. The taxonomic status of the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid Linheraptor exquisitus and its implications for dromaeosaurid systematics. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 53(1): 29-62. [second author]
2014
7. Teng, F.F., Lu, J.C., Wei, X.F., Hsiao, W.F. & Pittman, M. New Material of Zhenyuanopterus (Pterosauria) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning. Acta Geologica Sinica, 88(1): 1-5. [IF: 3.3; cover article; last author]
2013
6. Pittman, M.*, Gatesy, S.M., Upchurch, P., Goswami, A. & Hutchinson, J.R. Shake a tail feather: the evolution of the theropod tail into a stiff aerodynamic surface. PLOS ONE, 8: e63115. [IF: 3.2; first and corresponding author; press release]
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2010
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