Journal Articles 

in press

         Conrad, J. L., O. Rieppel, and L. Grande.                        Re-assessment of varanid evolution based on new data          from Saniwa ensidens Leidy, 1870 (Squamata,                  Reptilia).  American Museum Novitates.

In review

Conrad, J. L.  and M. A. Norell. Cranial autapomorphies in two species of Iguana (Iguanidae: Squamata).  Journal of Herpetology.

Conrad, J. L., M. A. Norell, and J. C. Ast.  A combined evidence analysis of Anguimorpha (Reptilia: Squamata).  International Journal of Zoology.

 Conrad, J. L. and M. A. Norell.  The evolutionary history of Iguanidae (Squamata: Iguania).  Journal of Herpetology.

 

2008

Conrad, J. L. Phylogeny and systematics of Squamata (Reptilia) based on morphology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History  310:1-183.  [free download]

Conrad, J. L. and M. A. Norell.  The braincases of two glyptosaurines (Anguidae, Squamata) and anguid phylogeny.  American Museum Novitates  3613:1-18. [free download]

Norell, M. A., K.-Q. Gao, and J. L. Conrad. A new platynotan lizard (Diapsida: Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous Gobi Desert (Ömnögov), Mongolia. American Museum Novitates  3605: 1-23. [free download]

2007

Conrad, J. L. and M. Norell. A well-preserved iguanian (Squamata: Reptilia) from the Cretaceous of the Gobi and identification of a new clade of Iguania. American Museum Novitates 3584: 1-47. [free download]  [access to the HXRCT scans from Digital Morphology]

Rieppel, O., J. L. Conrad, and J. A. Maisano. New morphological data for Eosaniwa koehni Haudbold 1977 and a revised phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Paleontology. 81: 760-769.

Conrad, J. L., O. Rieppel, and L. Grande. An Eocene iguanian (Squamata: Reptilia) from Wyoming, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 81: 1375-1383.

 

2006

Conrad, J. L. and M. A. Norell. High-resolution x-ray computed tomography of an Early Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Squamata) from Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia). Historical Biology 18: 405-431. [free download]

Conrad, J. L. An Eocene shinisaurid (Reptilia, Squamata) from Wyoming, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26: 113-126.

          Conrad, J. L. Postcranial skeleton of Shinisaurus crocodilurus (Squamata: Anguimorpha). Journal of Morphology 267: 759-775. 

2004

Sereno, P. C., J. A. Wilson, and J. L. Conrad. New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in mid Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London:  series B (biological sciences) 271: 1325-1330.

Conrad, J. L.  Skull, mandible, and hyoid of Shinisaurus crocodilurus Ahl (Squamata, Anguimorpha).  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399-434.


 

Meeting Abstracts

2008

Conrad, J. L., M. A. Norell, and J. C. Ast.  2008.  A combined evidence analysis of Anguimorpha (Reptilia, Squamata).  Integrative and Comparative Biology  128 (meeting abstracts, CD supplement). 

2007

Lamm, K. S., J. L. Conrad, C. M. Ingram and M. A. Norell. 2007. Iguanian phylogeny inferred from morphology, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA: a novel placement of Cretaceous taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (suppl. 3): 103A.

Conrad, J. L. and M. A. Norell. 2007. Scincid (Squamata) phylogeny and snake origins:  lifestyle need not equal homoplasy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (suppl. 3): 61A.

Conrad, J. L. and M. A. Norell. 2007. Early evolution of Monstersauria (Reptilia, Squamata). Integrative and Comparative Biology 127 (meeting abstracts, CD supplement).

2006

Rieppel, O., J. L. Conrad and J. A. Maisano. 2006. Morphology and phylogenetics of Eosaniwa (Squamata: Reptilia) based on high-resolution x-ray computed tomography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (suppl. 3): 115A.

Conrad, J. L. and M. Norell. 2006. A complete Cretaceous iguanian (Squamata) from the Gobi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (suppl. 3): 51A-52A.

2005

Conrad, J. L. 2005. Evolution of 'necrosaurids' (Reptilia, Squamata) and their utility in reconstructing ancestral character states. Integrative and Comparative Biology 125 (meeting abstracts, CD supplement).

2004

Conrad, J. L. and P. C. Sereno. 2004. An Early Cretaceous lizard skull from Mongolia and the early evolution of Gekkota. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology 43 (meeting abstracts): 133. 

Conrad, J. L. 2004. Is the 'stem-gecko' body plan really plesiomorphic for Squamata? Journal of Morphology (abstracts from the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology) 260: 284.

Conrad, J. L. 2004. Re-analysis of anguimorph (Squamata: Reptilia) phylogeny with comments on some problematic taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (suppl. 3): 47A.

2003

Conrad, J. L. 2003. Morphology of Shinisauridae compared with other Anguimorpha (Squamata, Reptilia). Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 140.

2002

Sereno, P. C. and J. L. Conrad. 2002. Abelisaurid theropods from Africa:  Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (suppl. 3): 106A.

2001

Conrad, J. L. and C. Sidor. 2001. Re-evaluation of Tetraceratops insignis (Synapsida: Sphenacodontia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(suppl. 3): 42A.