Curator, Mammals
Biography
John Wible is the curator of mammals, the head of the Section of Mammals, and the co-editor of Annals of Carnegie Museum, the quarterly scientific publication of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Wible served as dean of science at Carnegie Museum of Natural History from 2000–2002 and as an interim co-director of the museum from 2000–2001 and from 2014-2015.
Wible received his BA in anthropology from Cornell University in 1975, his MA in anthropology from New York University in 1977, and his PhD in anatomy from Duke University in 1984. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in anatomy at the University of Chicago from 1985–1987. He was an assistant professor and then an associate professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology at the University of Louisville from 1989–1998 as well as a research associate/assistant professor in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago in 1988. He moved to Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1998 and lives in Ross Township with his wife and two sons and a houseful of rabbits and cats.
Wible’s research is focused on the tree of life of mammals, understanding the evolutionary relationships between living and extinct taxa, and how the mammalian fauna on Earth got to be the way it is today. He uses his expertise on the anatomy of living mammals, in particular the skull, to reconstruct the lifeways of extinct mammals.
Research topics for which he served as primary author include monographic treatments of the skulls of the following recent mammals: the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), the yellow armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), the African palm civet (Nandinia binotata), and the short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis brevecaudata). He has also served as primary author on monographic treatments of the skulls of three Late Cretaceous mammals from Mongolia: the multituberculate Kryptobaatar dashzevegi and the eutherians Zalambdalestes lechei and Maelestes gobiensis. He has been awarded research grants from such sources as the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.
Since January 2007, Wible has served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution. He was also a co-editor of the 2006 book Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles.
What’s in a Name? The History of the Naming of the Eastern Mole
by John Wible In the tenth edition of the “Systema Naturae” (1758), the Swedish botanist and natural historian Carl Linnaeus recognized eight …World Pangolin Day 2024 – The Mysterious Mammalian “Wishbone”
by John Wible World Pangolin Day 2024 is on February 17, a day to raise awareness of pangolins or scaly anteaters, one …Groundhog Day 2024: Punxsutawney Phil’s Alpine Cousin
by Suzanne McLaren and John Wible Beginning in 1887 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the celebration of Groundhog Day has made the groundhog (Marmota …World Pangolin Day 2023 – The Mysterious Brain Bone
by John Wible The third Saturday in February marks World Pangolin Day, celebrating the scaly anteater that is sometimes called the pinecone …Groundhog Day 2023
by John Wible January 21, 2023 was Squirrel Appreciation Day! With Groundhog Day, which commemorates our most famous squirrel, Punxsutawney Phil, right …Do Any Mammals Lay Eggs?
by Dr. John R. Wible Scientists recognize three major types of living mammals: placentals, marsupials, and monotremes, all of which produce milk …World Pangolin Day: February 19, 2022
by Dr. John Wible The third Saturday in February is celebrated as World Pangolin Day, a day to raise awareness of this …Groundhog as Archaeologist
by Dr. John R. Wible Groundhogs (Latin name: Marmota monax) are mostly solitary; they dig and spend a lot of time in elaborate …Scientist Takeover: Mammals!
What is the largest mammal? This is an easy one because it is not even close; the blue whale, which is also …
Edited Volume
M.T. Carrano, T.J. Gaudin, R.W. Blob, and J.R. Wible (Eds.). 2006. Amniote Paleobiology:
Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles. Chicago, University of
Chicago Press. 547 p.
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Conroy, G.C., and J.R. Wible. 1978. Middle ear morphology of Lemur variegatus: some implications for primate paleontology. Folia primatologica, 29: 81-85.
Wible, J.R. 1983. The internal carotid artery in early eutherians. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 28: 281-293.
Wible, J.R. 1986. Transformations in the extracranial course of the internal carotid artery in mammalian phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 6(4): 313-325.
Wible, J.R., and H.H. Covert. 1987. Primates: cladistic diagnosis and relationships. Journal of Human Evolution, 16: 1-22.
Wible, J.R. 1987. The eutherian stapedial artery: character analysis and implications for superordinal relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 91: 107-135.
Wible, J.R., and M.J. Novacek. 1988. Cranial evidence for the monophyletic origin of bats. American Museum Novitates, 2911: 1-19.
Wible, J.R. 1989. Vessels on the side wall of the braincase in cynodonts and primitive mammals. Fortschritte Zoologie, 35: 406-408.
Wible, J.R., D. Miao, and J.A. Hopson. 1990. The septomaxilla of fossil and Recent synapsids and the problem of the septomaxilla of monotremes and armadillos. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98: 203-228.
Wible, J.R. 1990. Late Cretaceous marsupial petrosal bones from North America and a cladistic analysis of the petrosal in therian mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 10(2): 183-205.
Wible, J.R. 1991. Origin of Mammalia: the craniodental evidence reexamined. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 11: 1-28.
Bhatnagar, K.P., I.H. Fentie, and J.R. Wible. 1992. Are the mandibular lateral incisors of the hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata, really seven-lobed? Mammalia, 56: 67-72.
Wible, J.R. 1992. Further examination of the basicranial anatomy of the Megachiroptera: A reply to A. J. King. Acta Anatomica, 143: 309-316.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and J.A. Hopson. 1992. Reconstruction of the cranial vessels in the Early Cretaceous mammal Vincelestes neuquenianus: implications for the evolution of the mammalian cranial vascular system. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 12(2): 188-216.
Zeller, U., J.R. Wible, and M. Elsner. 1993. New ontogenetic evidence on the septomaxilla of Tamandua and Choloepus (Mammalia, Xenarthra), with a reevaluation of the homologies of the mammalian septomaxilla. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1: 31-46.
Wible, J.R., and J.A. Hopson. 1993. Basicranial evidence for early mammal phylogeny. Pp. 45-62, in Mammal Phylogeny: Mesozoic Differentiation, Multituberculates, Monotremes, Early Therians, and Marsupials (F.S. Szalay, M.J. Novacek, and M.C. McKenna, eds.). Springer Verlag, New York.
Wible, J.R. 1993. Cranial circulation and relationships of the colugo Cynocephalus (Dermoptera, Mammalia). American Museum Novitates, 3072: 1-27.
Wible, J.R., and J.R. Martin. 1993. Ontogeny of the tympanic floor and roof in archontans. Pp. 111-148, in Primates and Their Relatives in Phylogenetic Perspective (R.D.E. MacPhee, ed.). Plenum Press, New York.
Bhatnagar, K.P., and J.R. Wible. 1994. Observations on the vomeronasal organ of the colugo Cynocephalus (Dermoptera, Mammalia). Acta Anatomica, 151: 43-48.
Wible, J.R., and U. Zeller. 1994. Cranial circulation of the pen-tailed tree shrew Ptilocercus lowii and relationships of Scandentia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2: 209-230.
Wible, J.R., and J.A. Hopson. 1995. Homologies of the prootic canal in mammals and non-mammalian cynodonts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(3): 331-356.
Wible, J.R., G.W. Rougier, M.J. Novacek, M.C., McKenna, and D. Dashzeveg. 1995. A mammalian petrosal from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia: implications for the evolution of the ear region and mammaliamorph interrelationships. American Museum Novitates, 3149: 1-19.
Gaudin, T.J., J.R. Wible, J.A. Hopson, and W.D. Turnbull. 1996. Reexamination of the morphological evidence for the Cohort Epitheria (Mammalia, Eutheria). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 3: 31-79.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and M.J. Novacek. 1996. Multituberculate phylogeny. Nature, 379: 406.
Bhatnagar, K.P., J.R. Wible, and K.B. Karim. 1996. Development of the vomeronasal organ in Rousettus leschenaulti (Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae). Journal of Anatomy, 188: 129-135.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and J.A. Hopson. 1996. Basicranial anatomy of Priacodon fruitaensis (Triconodontidae, Mammalia) from the Late Jurassic of Colorado, and a reappraisal of mammaliaforms interrelationships. American Museum Novitates, 3183: 1-38.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and M.J. Novacek. 1996. Middle-ear ossicles of the multituberculate Kryptobaatar from the Mongolian Late Cretaceous: implications for the mammaliamorph relationships and the evolution of the auditory apparatus. American Museum Novitates, 3187: 1-43.
Wible, J.R., and K.P. Bhatnagar. 1996. Chiropteran vomeronasal complex and the interfamilial relationships of bats. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 3: 285-314.
Novacek, M.J., G.W. Rougier, J.R. Wible, M.C. McKenna, D. Dashzeveg, and I. Horovitz.1997. Epipubic bones in eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature, 389: 483-486.
Cifelli, R.L., J.R. Wible, and F.A. Jenkins, Jr. 1998. Triconodont mammals from the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Montana and Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 18: 237-241.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and M.J. Novacek. 1998. Implications of Deltatheridium specimens for early history of marsupials. Nature, 396: 459-463.
Gaudin, T.J., and J.R. Wible. 1999. The entotympanic of pangolins and the phylogeny of Pholidota (Mammalia). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 6: 39-65.
Wible, J.R., and G.W. Rougier. 2000. Cranial anatomy of Kryptobaatar dashzevegi (Multituberculata, Mammalia) from the Mongolian Late Cretaceous, and its bearing on the evolution of mammalian characters. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 247: 1-124.
Wible, J.R., and D.L. Davis. 2000. Ontogeny of the chiropteran basicranium, with reference to the Indian false vampire bat Megaderma lyra. Pp. 214-246, in Ontogeny, Functional Ecology and Evolution of Bats (R. A. Adams and S. C. Pedersen, eds.). Cambridge University Press, New York.
Wible, J.R., G.W. Rougier, M.J. Novacek, and M.C. McKenna. 2001. Earliest eutherian ear region: a petrosal referred to Prokennalestes from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates, 3322: 1-44.
Bhatnagar, K.P., T.D. Smith, A. Krishna, U.P. Singh, and J.R. Wible. 2001. The vespertilionid vomeronasal organ: an investigation on the VNO of Scotophilus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterlogica, 3: 119-128.
Rougier, G.W., M.J. Novacek, M.C. McKenna, and J.R. Wible. 2001. Gobiconodonts from the Early Cretaceous of Oshih (Aisle), Mongolia. American Museum Novitates, 3348: 1-30.
Sánchez-Villagra, M.R., and J.R. Wible. 2002. Patterns of evolutionary transformation in the petrosal bone and some basicranial features in marsupial mammals, with special reference to didelphids. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 40: 26-45.
Ji, Q., Z.-X. Luo, C.-X. Yuan, J.R. Wible, J.-P. Zhang, and J.A. Georgi. 2002. The earliest eutherian mammal. Nature, 416: 816-822.
Wible, J.R. 2003. On the cranial osteology of the short-tailed opossum Monodelphis brevicaudata (Didelphidae, Marsupialia). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 72(3): 137-202.
Luo, Z.-X., Q. Ji, J.R. Wible, and C.-X. Yuan. 2003. A new tribosphenic mammal with implications for early metatherian evolution. Science, 302: 1934-1940.
Wible, J.R., M.J. Novacek, and G.W. Rougier. 2004. New data on the skull and dentition of the Mongolian Cretaceous eutherian mammal Zalambdalestes. Bulletin of the American Museum Natural History, 281: 1-144.
Göbbel, L., M.S. Fisher, T.D. Smith, J.R. Wible, and K.P. Bhatnagar. 2004. The vomeronasal organ and associated structures of fetal Loxodonta africana (Proboscidea, Elephantidae). Acta Zoologica, 85: 41-52.
Wible, J.R., and T.J. Gaudin. 2004. On the cranial osteology of the yellow armadillo Euphractus sexcinctus (Dasypodidae, Xenarthra, Placentalia). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 73: 117-196.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and M.J. Novacek. 2004. New specimen of Deltatheroides cretacicus (Metatheria, Deltatheriididae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. In Fanfare for an Uncommon Paleontologist: Papers in Honor of Malcolm C. McKenna (M.R. Dawson, and J.A. Lillegraven, eds.). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 36: 245-266.
Wible, J.R., G.W. Rougier, and M.J. Novacek. 2005. Anatomical evidence for superordinal/ordinal eutherian taxa in the Cretaceous. Pp. 15-36, in The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades (K.D. Rose and J.D. Archibald, eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Asher, R.J., J. Meng, J.R. Wible, M.C. McKenna, G.W. Rougier, D. Dashzeveg, and M.J. Novacek. 2005. Stem Lagomorpha and the antiquity of Glires. Science, 307(5712): 1091-1094.
Luo, Z.-X., and J.R. Wible. 2005. A Late Jurassic digging mammal and early mammalian diversification. Science, 308(5718): 103-107.
Wible, J.R., Y.-Q. Wang, C.-K. Li, and M.R. Dawson. 2005. Cranial anatomy and relationships of a new ctenodactyloid (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the early Eocene of Hubei Province, China. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 74: 91-150.
Giannini, N.P., J.R. Wible, and N.B. Simmons. 2006. On the cranial osteology of Chiroptera. I. Pteropus (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 295: 1-134.
Gaudin, T.J., and J.R. Wible. 2006. The phylogeny of the living and extinct armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata): a craniodental analysis. Pp. 153-198, in Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles (M.T. Carrano, T.J. Gaudin, R.W. Blob, and J.R. Wible, eds.). University of Chicago Press,
Chicago.
Rougier, G.W., and J.R. Wible. 2006. Major changes in the mammalian ear region and basicranium. Pp. 269-311, in Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles (M.T. Carrano, T.J. Gaudin, R.W. Blob, and J.R. Wible, eds.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Bhatnagar, K.P., T.D. Smith, A. Rodriguez-Duran, and J.R. Wible. 2006. Observations on the vomeronasal organ in Pteronotus macleayii and Pteronotus quadridens (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Mammalia, 70:288-292.
Wible, J.R., G.W. Rougier, M.J. Novacek, and R.J. Asher. 2007. Cretaceous eutherians and Laurasian origin for placental mammals near the K-T boundary. Nature, 447(7147):1003-1006.
Wible, J.R. 2007. On the cranial osteology of the Lagomorpha. In Mammalian Paleontology on a Global Stage: Papers in Honor of Mary R. Dawson (K.C. Beard and Z.-X. Luo, eds.). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 39: 213-234.
Wible, J.R. 2008. On the cranial osteology of the Hispaniolan solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, 1833 (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Solenodontidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 77(3): 321-402.
Ruf, I., Z.-X. Luo, J.R. Wible, and T. Martin. 2009. Petrosal anatomy and inner ear structures of the Late Jurassic Henkelotherium (Mammalia, Cladotheria, Dryolestoidea): insight into the early evolution of the ear region in cladotherian mammals. Journal of Anatomy, 214: 679-693.
Wible, J.R. 2009. The ear region of the pen-tailed treeshrew, Ptilocercus lowii Gray, 1848 (Placentalia, Scandentia, Ptilocercidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 16(3): 199-234.
Wible, J.R., G.W. Rougier, M.J. Novacek, and R.J. Asher. 2009. The eutherian mammal Maelestes gobiensis from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and the phylogeny of Cretaceous Eutheria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 327: 1-123.
Gaudin, T.J., R.J. Emry, and J.R. Wible. 2009. The phylogeny of living and extinct pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and associated taxa: a morphology based analysis. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 16(4): 235-305.
Wible, J.R. 2010. Petrosal anatomy of the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 79(1): 1-28.
Wible, J.R. 2010. On the hyoid apparatus and larynx of the Hispaniolan solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, 1833 (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Solenodontidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 79(1): 29-38.
Wible, J.R. 2011. On the treeshrew skull (Mammalia, Placentalia, Scandentia). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 79(3): 149-230.
Wible, J.R. 2012. The ear region of the aardvark Orycteropus afer Pallas, 1766 (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Tubulidentata). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 80(2): 115-146. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2992/007.080.0202
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, R.M.D. Beck, and S. Apesteguía. 2012. The Miocene mammal Necrolestes demonstrates survival of a Mesozoic non-therian lineage into the late Cenozoic of South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 109(49):20053-20058. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1212997109
Wible, J.R., and M. Spaulding. 2012. Reexamination of the Carnivora malleus (Mammalia, Placentalia). PloS ONE, 7(11): e50485. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050485
Giannini, N., T.E. Macrini, J.R. Wible, T.B. Rowe, and N.B. Simmons. 2012. The internal nasal skeleton of the bat Pteropus lylei K. Andersen, 1908 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 81(1):1-18. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2992/007.081.0101
O’Leary, M.A., J.I. Bloch, J.J. Flynn, T.J. Gaudin, A. Giallombardo, N.P. Giannini, S.L. Goldberg, B.P. Kraatz, Z.-X. Luo, J. Meng, X. Ni, M.J. Novacek, F.A. Perini, Z. Randall, G.W. Rougier, E.J. Sargis, M.T. Silcox, N.B. Simmons, M. Spaulding, P.M. Velazco, M. Weksler, J.R. Wible, and A.L. Cirranello. 2013. The placental mammal ancestor and the post-KPg radiation of placentals. Science, 339(6120):662-667. doi: 10.1126/science.1229237
O’Leary, M.A., J.I. Bloch, J.J. Flynn, T.J. Gaudin, A. Giallombardo, N.P. Giannini, S.L. Goldberg, B.P. Kraatz, Z.-X. Luo, J. Meng, X. Ni, M.J. Novacek, F.A. Perini, Z. Randall, G.W. Rougier, E.J. Sargis, M.T. Silcox, N.B. Simmons, M. Spaulding, P.M. Velazco, M. Weksler, J.R. Wible, and A.L. Cirranello. 2013. Response to Comment on “The placental mammal ancestor and the post-KPg radiation of placentals.” Science, 341(6146):613. doi: 10.1126/science.1238162
Wible, J.R., and M. Spaulding. 2013. On the cranial osteology of the African palm civet, Nandinia binotata (Gray, 1830) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Feliformia). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 82(1):1-114.
Krause, D.W., S. Hoffmann, J.R. Wible, E.C. Kirk, J.A. Schultz, W.v. Koenigswald, J.R. Groenke, J.B. Rossie, P.M. O’Connor, E. Seiffert, E.R. Dumont, W.L. Holloway, R.R. Rogers, L.J. Rahantarisoa, A.D. Kemp, and H. Andriamialison. 2014. First cranial remains of gondwanatherian mammal reveal remarkable mosaicism. Nature, 515:512-517. DOI 10.1038/nature13922
Krause, D.W., J.R. Wible, S. Hoffmann, J.R. Groenke, P.M. O’Connor, and W.L. Holloway. 2014. Craniofacial morphology of Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar (D.W. Krause, ed.). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 14. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34, Supplement to Number 6:14-109.
Hoffmann, S., P.M. O’Connor, E.C. Kirk, J.R. Wible, and D.W. Krause. 2014. Endocranial and inner ear morphology of Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. In Vintana sertichi (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar (D.W. Krause, ed.). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 14. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34, Supplement to Number 6:110-137.
Hughes, E.M., J.R. Wible, M. Spaulding, and Z.-X. Luo. 2015. Mammalian petrosal from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Fruita, Colorado. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 81(1): 1-17.
Wible, J.R., and E.M. Hughes. 2016. Anatomy of pedal skeleton of the Hispaniolan solenodon, Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, 1833 (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Solenodontidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 83(3):167-205.
Wible, J.R., and A.M. Burrows. 2016. Does the Jurassic Agilodocodon (Mammaliaformes, Docodonta) have any exudativorous dental features? Palaeontologia Polonica, 67:289-299.
McLaren, S.B., and J.R. Wible. 2016. Pennsylvania bats preserved as museum specimens: a storehouse of information. Pp. 63-74, in Ecology and Conservation of Pennsylvania’s Bats (C.M. Butchkoski, D.M. Reeder, G.G. Turner, and H.P. Whidden, eds.). Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, East Stroudsburg.
Wible, J.R., and G.W. Rougier. 2017. The skull of the subterranean meridolestidan Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino, 1891 (Mammalia, Cladotheria) from the early Miocene of Patagonia. Annals of Carnegie Museum.
Wible, J.R., and A.R. West. 2017. The basicranial axis in the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766) (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Hyracoidea): novel structure of the frontal bone. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 84(4):287-300.
Bi, S., X. Zheng, X. Wang, N. Cignetti, S. Yang, and J.R. Wible. 2018. An Early Cretaceous eutherian and the placental-marsupial dichotomy. Nature,558:390–395.
Wible, J.R., S.L. Shelley, and G.W. Rougier. 2018. The mammalian parasphenoid: its occurrence in marsupials. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 85(2):113-164.
Gaudin, T.J., P. Gaubert, G. Billet, L. Hautier, S. Ferreira-Cardoso, and J.R. Wible. 2019. Chapter 1: Evolution and morphology. Pp. 5-23, in Pangolins: Science, Society and Conservation (D.W.S. Challender, H.C. Nash, and C. Waterman, eds.). Academic Press, London.
Gaubert, P., J.R. Wible, Sean Heighton, and T.J. Gaudin. 2019. Chapter 2: Phylogeny and systematics. Pp. 25-39, in Pangolins: Science, Society and Conservation (D.W.S. Challender, H.C. Nash, and C. Waterman, eds.). Academic Press, London.
Gaudin, T.J., J.R. Wible, K.D. Rose, R.J. Emry, and M. Spaulding. 2019. Skeletal anatomy of the basicranium and auditory region in the metacheiromyid palaeanodont Metacheiromys (Mammalia, Pholidotamorpha) based on high-resolution CT scans. Fossil Imprint, 75(3-4):484-503.
Wible, J.R., S.L. Shelly, and S. Bi. 2019. A new genus and species of djadochtatheriid multituberculate (Mammalia, Allotheria) from the Upper Cretaceous Bayan Mandahu Formation of Inner Mongolia. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 85(4):285-327.
Muchlinski, M.N., J.R. Wible, I. Corfe, M. Sullivan, and R.A. Grant. 2020. Good vibrations: the evolution of whisking in small mammals. The Anatomical Record, 303(1):88-99. doi: 10.1002/ar.23989
Bertrand, O.C., S.L. Shelley, J.R. Wible, T.E. Williamson, L.T. Holbrook, S.G.B. Chester, I.B. Butler, and S.L. Brusatte. 2020. Virtual endocranial and inner ear endocasts of the Paleocene ‘condylarth’ Chriacus: new insight into the neurosensory system and evolution of early placental mammals. Journal of Anatomy, 236(1):21-49.
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Wible, J.R., and S.L. Shelley. 2020. Anatomy of the petrosal and middle ear of the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) (Rodentia, Muridae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 86(1):1-35.
Krause, D.W., S. Hoffmann, Y. Hu, J.R. Wible, G.W. Rougier, E.C. Kirk, J.R. Groenke, R.R. Rogers, J.B. Rossie, J.A. Schultz, A.R. Evans, W. von Koenigswald, and L.J. Rahantarisoa. 2020. Skeleton of Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reveals long-term insularity. Nature, 581:421–427. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2234-8
Krause, D.W., S. Hoffmann, J.B. Rossie, Y. Hu, J.R. Wible, G.W. Rougier, E.C. Kirk. and J.R. Groenke. 2020. Craniofacial morphology of Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(supplement 1):19-66. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1808665
Krause, D.W., S. Hoffmann, J.R. Wible, and G.W. Rougier. 2020. Lower jaw morphology of Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(supplement 1):81-96. DOI: 0.1080/02724634.2020.1805456
Hoffmann, S., R.M.D. Beck, J.R. Wible, G.W. Rougier, and D.W. Krause. 2020. Phylogenetic placement of Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: implications for allotherian relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(supplement 1):213-234. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1801706
Wang, J., J.R. Wible, B. Guo, S.L. Shelley, H. Hu, and S. Bi. 2021. A monotreme-like auditory apparatus in a Middle Jurassic haramiyidan. Nature, 590:279-283.
Wible, J.R., S.L. Shelley, and C. Belz. 2021. The element of Paaw in marsupials and the ear region of Philander opossum (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 87(1):1-35.
Wible, J.R., S.L. Shelley, and S. Bi. 2021. Response to “Monotreme middle ear is not primitive for Mammalia.” National Science Review, 8:nwab132. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab132
Gaudin, T.J., K.M. Smith, and J.R. Wible. 2021. Osteological anomalies in the extant two-toed sloth Choloepus, and the narial anatomy of extinct and extant sloths. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 28(4):1181-1192.
Wible, J.R. 2022. The history and homology of the os paradoxum or dumb-bell-shaped bone of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Mammalia, Monotremata). Vertebrate Zoology, 72:143–158.
Wible, J.R. 2022. Petrosal and cranial vascular system of the early Eocene palaeoryctid mammal Eoryctes melanus Thewissen and Gingerich, 1989, from northwestern Wyoming, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 67(1):203–220.
Bertrand, O.C., S.L Shelley, T.E. Williamson, J.R. Wible, S.G.B. Chester, J.J. Flynn, L.T. Holbrook, T.R. Lyson, J. Meng, I.M. Miller, H.P. Püschel, T. Smith, M. Spaulding, Z.J. Tseng, and S.L. Brusatte. 2022.Brawn before brains in placental mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction. Science, 376(6588):80-85.
BOOK REVIEWS
Wible, J.R. 1988. Review of “Morphogenesis of the Mammalian Skull.” edited by H.-J. Kuhn and U. Zeller. International Journal of Primatology, 9: 79-81.
Wible, J.R., and J.A. Hopson. 1989. Review of “The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods. Volume 2: Mammals.” edited by M.J. Benton. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 9: 237-238.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Wible, J.R. 1980. The primitive course of the mammalian internal carotid artery. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 52: 292-293.
Wible, J.R. 1984. Ontogenetic and phylogenetic changes in the cranial arterial pattern of eutherian mammals. Anatomical Record, 208: 194A.
Cartmill, M., and J.R. Wible. 1986. Tarsier affinities: the otic evidence reexamined. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 69: 186.
Wible, J.R. 1989. Differences in the petrosal bone among the major groups of Mesozoic and Recent mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 9, supplement to No. 3: 44A.
MacPhee, R.D.E., J.R. Wible, and M. Cartmill. 1989. Basicranial morphology as a guide to the interrelationships of archontan mammals. Annales Societe Royale Zooloque Belgique, 119: 48.
Wible, J.R., and J.A. Hopson. 1990. Interrelationships of Recent mammals and Mesozoic relatives: the basicranial evidence Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 10, supplement to No. 3: 48A.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and J.A. Hopson. 1991. The cranial vascular system of the Early Cretaceous mammal Vincelestes neuquenianus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 11, supplement to No. 3: 53A.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and J.A. Hopson. 1991. Reconstuccion arterial y venosa del craneo de Vincelestes neuquenianus (Mammalia, Theria); implicancias en la evolucion vascular del craneo mamaliano. Ameghiniana, 28: 412.
Wible, J.R. 1993. The Superorder Archonta: morphological and molecular evidence for the interrelationships of Primates, Scandentia, Chiroptera, and Dermoptera. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 58 (Sonderheft): 77.
Wible, J.R., U. Zeller, and M. Elsner. 1993. Do xenarthrans have a septomaxilla? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 13, supplement to No. 3: 62A.
Hopson, J.A., and J.R. Wible. 1993. Cranial vascular patterns in Multituberculata: the postglenoid foramen that wasn’t there. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 13, supplement to No. 3: 42A.
Wible, J.R., and J.A. Hopson. 1994. Homologies of the prootic canal in mammals and non-mammalian cynodonts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 14, supplement to No. 3: 52A.
Wible, J.R., and K.P. Bhatnagar. 1995. The vomeronasal organ in bats: a phylogenetic perspective. Tenth International Bat Research Conference, Boston. Bat Research News, 36 (4): 125.
Gaudin, T.J., J.R. Wible, J.A. Hopson, and W.D. Turnbull. 1995. Cohort Epitheria (Mammalia, Eutheria): the morphological evidence reexamined. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15, supplement to No. 3: 31A.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, M.J. Novacek, M.C. McKenna, and D. Dashzeveg. 1995. A mammalian petrosal from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia: mammaliamorph interrelationships from ear region characters. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15, supplement to No. 3: 50A.
Wible, J.R., G.W. Rougier, M.J. Novacek, and D. Dashzeveg. 1996. Multituberculate relationships: new evidence from the skull of Kryptobaatar dashzevegi from the Mongolian Late Cretaceous. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16, supplement to No. 3: 73A.
Cifelli, R.L., W.D. Turnbull, J.R. Wible, and S.K. Madsen. 1997. North American Cretaceous triconodonts. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17, supplement to No. 3: 38A.
Gaudin, T.J., and J.R. Wible. 1997. The entotympanic of pangolins and the phylogeny of Pholidota (Mammalia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17, supplement to No. 3: 48A.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and M.J. Novacek. 1997. Nasal and endocranial morphology of Late Cretaceous multituberculates from Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17, supplement to No. 3: 72A.
Wible, J.R., G.W. Rougier, M.C. McKenna, and M.J. Novacek. 1997. Earliest eutherian ear region: a petrosal of ?Prokennalestes from the Early Cretaceous of Khoobur, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17, supplement to No. 3: 84A.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and M.J. Novacek. 1998. The systematic position of Deltatheridium and the early diversification of tribosphenic mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 18, supplement to No. 3: 73A.
Wible, J.R., M.J. Novacek, G.W. Rougier, and M.C. McKenna. 1998. New data on the skull structure in the Mongolian Late Cretaceous eutherian mammal Zalambdalestes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 18, supplement to No. 3: 86A.
Wible, J.R., and D.L. Davis. 1998. Ontogeny of the basicranium in the Indian false vampire bat Megaderma lyra. Bat Research News, 39 (4): 192.
Hopson, J.A., G.F. Engelmann, G.W. Rougier, and J.R. Wible. 1999. Skull of a paurodontid mammal (Holotheria, Dryolestoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 19, supplement to No. 3: 52A-53A.
Novacek, M.J., G.W. Rougier, and J.R. Wible. 2001. The Cretaceous mammals from Mongolia and their bearing on eutherian relationships. Journal of Morphology, 248: 267–268.
Rougier, G.W., J.R. Wible, and M.J. Novacek. 2001. New specimens of Deltatheridium: their bearing on basal metatherian phylogeny. Journal of Morphology, 248: 277.
Wible, J.R., G.W. Rougier, and M.J. Novacek. 2001. The evolution of the therian basicranium: new evidence from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Journal of Morphology, 248: 300.
Gaudin, T.J., and J.R. Wible. 2001. The phylogeny of living and extinct armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra): a craniodental analysis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21, supplement to No. 3: 53A.
Novacek, M.J., G.W. Rougier, and J.R. Wible. 2002. Overview of evidence for superordinal/ordinal eutherian taxa and timing of their diversification. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22, supplement to No. 3: 93A.
Luo, Z.-X., J.R. Wible, Q. Ji, and C.-X. Yuan. 2004. Morphological divergences and earliest evolution of marsupial and placental mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24, supplement to No. 3: 86A.
Luo, Z.-X., and J.R. Wible. 2005. Convergent evolution of myrmecophagan and fossorial adaptations of Fruitafossor and ecomorphological diversification of mammals of the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25, supplement to No. 3: 85A-86A.
Ruf, I., Z.-X. Luo, T. Martin, and J.R. Wible. 2007. CT scanning investigation of the petrosal bone and the inner ear of Henkelotherium guimarotae (Paurodontidae, Dryolestoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, supplement to No. 3: 137A.
Novacek, M.J., and ATOL Mammal Morphology Team. 2008. A team-based approach yields a new matrix of 4,500 morphological characters for mammalian phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28, supplement to No. 3: 121A.
Giallombardo, A., and ATOL Mammal Morphology Team. 2010. Postcanine tooth homologies in Mammalia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, supplement to No. 3: 96A.
Wible, J.R. 2011. Mesozoic therians and the origins of the Cenozoic and modern faunas. Ameghiniana 48(4) Supplemento 2011 Resumenes: R115.
