All Stories

  1. Variation and taphonomic implications of composition in modern and fossil malacostracan cuticles (Decapoda: Malacostraca)

    Article • Journal of Crustacean Biology, August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  2. An abundant sea anemone from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Lagerstӓtte, USA

    Article • Papers in Palaeontology, March 2023, Wiley

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  3. Eurypterids from the Price Formation of Virginia: First Eurypterids from the Mississippian of North America

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, October 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  4. The Eurypterid Endostoma and Its Homology with Other Chelicerate Structures

    Article • Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, September 2022, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  5. Spherical multi-lacunarity reveals possible equatorial-polar differences in crater densities on the dwarf planet Ceres

    Article • Icarus, September 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  6. The Phanerozoic aftermath of the Cambrian information revolution: sensory and cognitive complexity in marine faunas

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  7. Spines and baskets in apex predatory sea scorpions uncover unique feeding strategies using 3D-kinematics

    Article • iScience, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  8. Correcting a 135-year error: Limulidae Leach, 1819 (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) is the proper authority, not Limulidae Zittel, 1885

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, March 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  9. The representation of animal behaviour in the fossil record

    Article • Animal Behaviour, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  10. Redescription, paleogeography, and experimental paleoecology of the Silurian phyllocaridGonatocaris

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, June 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  11. Aquatic landscape change, extirpations, and introductions in the Chicago Region

    Article • Urban Ecosystems, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  12. PALEOECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WESTERN UNITED STATES NONMARINE OSTRACODS DURING THE EOCENE–OLIGOCENE TRANSITION: THE EARLY OLIGOCENE FAUNAS OF THE RENOVA FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA

    Article • Palaios, April 2020, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  13. The Anthropocene fossil record of terrestrial mammals

    Article • Anthropocene, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  14. The modern and fossil record of farming behavior

    Article • Paleobiology, August 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  15. Evidence for Trait-Based Dominance in Occupancy among Fossil Taxa and the Decoupling of Macroecological and Macroevolutionary Success

    Article • The American Naturalist, September 2018, University of Chicago Press

    Kate Lyons, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  16. A small fraction of all genera dominate the fossil record.

    Article • Paleobiology, July 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick, Peter Wagner

  17. DETERMINING TAPHONOMIC CONTROLS AND RATES OF DECAY IN CAVE ENVIRONMENTS USING MICROCOSMS

    Article • Palaios, April 2018, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  18. The first Cenozoic spinicaudatans from North America

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, April 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  19. Lattice Models in Ecology, Paleontology, and Geology

    Article • February 2017, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  20. Recurrent hierarchical patterns and the fractal distribution of fossil localities

    Article • Geology, January 2017, Geological Society of America

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  21. The fossil record of the sixth extinction

    Article • Ecology Letters, March 2016, Wiley

    Kate Lyons, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  22. A radicle solution: morphology and biomechanics of the Eucalyptocrinites ‘root’ system

    Article • Lethaia, January 2016, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  23. Jurassic Pork: What Could a Jewish Time Traveler Eat?

    Article • Evolution Education and Outreach, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  24. Using the voids to fill the gaps: caves, time, and stratigraphy

    Article • Geological Society London Special Publications, March 2014, Geological Society

    Professor Andrew C Scott, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  25. Breaking free from the matrix: Segmentation of fossil images

    Article • Palaeontologia Electronica, January 2014, Coquina Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  26. Crinoids Aweigh: Experimental Biomechanics of Ancyrocrinus Holdfasts

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  27. The orientation of strophomenid brachiopods on soft substrates

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, September 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  28. Evolutionary stasis of sporopollenin biochemistry revealed by unaltered Pennsylvanian spores

    Article • New Phytologist, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Barry H Lomax, Professor Andrew C Scott, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  29. Exceptionally preserved fossil insect ears from the Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, January 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  30. Experimental fluid mechanics of an Ediacaran frond

    Article • Palaeontologia Electronica, January 2012, Coquina Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  31. Behavioral biology of trace fossils

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  32. Molecular signature of chitin-protein complex in Paleozoic arthropods

    Article • Geology, February 2011, Geological Society of America

    Professor Andrew C Scott, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  33. Changes in shell durability of common marine taxa through the Phanerozoic: evidence for biological rather than taphonomic drivers

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  34. Ichnofossil morphology as a response to resource distribution: Insights from modern invertebrate foraging

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  35. Evidence of multiple late Bashkirian to early Moscovian (Pennsylvanian) fire events preserved in contemporaneous cave fills

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, May 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Andrew C Scott, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  36. Information landscapes and sensory ecology of the Cambrian Radiation

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  37. Pennsylvanian paleokarst and cave fills from northern Illinois, USA: A window into late Carboniferous environments and landscapes

    Article • Palaios, September 2009, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Andrew C Scott, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  38. An ultrastructural investigation of early Middle Pennsylvanian megaspores from the Illinois Basin, USA

    Article • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, July 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Andrew C Scott, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  39. Image analysis techniques and gray-level co-occurrence matrices (GLCM) for calculating bioturbation indices and characterizing biogenic sedimentary structures

    Article • Computers & Geosciences, November 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  40. Determining pattern–process relationships in heterogeneous landscapes

    Article • March 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  41. Theoretical and Experimental Ichnology of Mobile Foraging

    Article • January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  42. Graphic Biostratigraphic Correlation Using Genetic Algorithms

    Article • Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  43. Unsupervised classification and analysis of 2D data using wavelet transform techniques

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, August 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  44. Round up the usual suspects: common genera in the fossil record and the nature of wastebasket taxa

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  45. Are the most durable shelly taxa also the most common in the marine fossil record?

    Article • Paleobiology, December 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matthew A. Kosnik, Professor Michal Kowalewski, Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  46. Mathematical analysis of Paleodictyon : a graph theory approach

    Article • Lethaia, December 2005, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  47. Morphological diversity of Carboniferous arthropods and insights on disparity patterns through the Phanerozoic

    Article • Paleobiology, September 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  48. Ecological and L-system based simulations of trace fossils

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, March 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  49. HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY OF THE MARINE STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD: CONCEPTUAL PROOF OF A UNIPOLAR ICE CAP

    Article • January 2003, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  50. A general model for simulating the effects of landscape heterogeneity and disturbance on community patterns

    Article • Ecological Modelling, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  51. Predictable Variations in the Marine Stratigraphic Record of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and Reservoir Potential

    Article • January 2002, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  52. A multiplicative multifractal model for originations and extinctions

    Article • Paleobiology, January 2001, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  53. Invention by evolution: functional analysis in paleobiology

    Article • Paleobiology, December 2000, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  54. Geological Observations and Parameterizations

    Article • January 1999, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  55. Article • Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  56. The Ecological Play and the Geological Theater

    Article • Palaios, June 1996, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  57. Lacunarity analysis: A general technique for the analysis of spatial patterns

    Article • May 1996, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  58. A Lower Devonian stylonurid eurypterid from Arctic Canada

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, March 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  59. Introduction to Fractals

    Article • January 1995, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  60. Nonlinear Dynamics and Fractals

    Article • January 1995, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  61. Time Series Analysis I

    Article • January 1995, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  62. Fractals and Chaos in Geology and Geophysics. Donald L. Turcotte

    Article • The Journal of Geology, January 1994, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  63. Lacunarity indices as measures of landscape texture

    Article • Landscape Ecology, September 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  64. Ecosystem Organization and Extinction Dynamics

    Article • Palaios, April 1993, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  65. Crab Death Assemblages from Laguna Madre and Vicinity, Texas

    Article • Palaios, February 1990, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  66. Paleobiology of the Arthropod Cuticle

    Article • Short Courses in Paleontology, January 1990, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  67. Extinction. Steven M. Stanley

    Article • The Journal of Geology, September 1989, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  68. Rotational stability in stalked crinoids and the function of wing plates in Pterotocrinus depressus

    Article • Lethaia, July 1989, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  69. Application of Bootstrap Methods to Reduced Major Axis Line Fitting

    Article • Systematic Zoology, June 1989, JSTOR

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  70. Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns. James W. Valentine

    Article • The Journal of Geology, May 1988, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  71. Fossilization potential of the mud crab, Panopeus (brachyura: Xanthidae) and temporal variability in crustacean taphonomy

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, February 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  72. A Fractal Model for the Distribution of Stratigraphic Hiatuses: A Reply

    Article • The Journal of Geology, January 1988, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  73. The pterygotid telson as a biological rudder

    Article • Lethaia, January 1988, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  74. A Fractal Model for the Distribution of Stratigraphic Hiatuses

    Article • The Journal of Geology, November 1986, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  75. Taphonomy of a Modern Shrimp: Implications for the Arthropod Fossil Record

    Article • Palaios, June 1986, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick

  76. Relationship between biological extinctions and geomagnetic reversals

    Article • Geology, January 1980, Geological Society of America

    Professor Roy E. Plotnick