Mosaic nature in the skeleton of East Asian crocodylians fills the morphological gap between “Tomistominae” and Gavialinae M Iijima, Y Kobayashi Cladistics 35, 623–632, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
Assessment of trophic ecomorphology in non‐alligatoroid crocodylians and its adaptive and taxonomic implications M Iijima Journal of Anatomy 231 (2), 192–211, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
Comparative limb proportions reveal differential locomotor morphofunctions of alligatoroids and crocodyloids M Iijima, T Kubo, Y Kobayashi Royal Society Open Science 5 (3), 171774, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
Ornithomimosaurs from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia: manus morphological variation and diversity T Chinzorig, Y Kobayashi, K Tsogtbaatar, PJ Currie, R Takasaki, ... Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 494, 91–100, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
Comparative morphology of presacral vertebrae in extant crocodylians: taxonomic, functional and ecological implications M Iijima, T Kubo Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186, 1006–1025, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
The oldest record of Alligator sinensis from the Late Pliocene of Western Japan, and its biogeographic implication M Iijima, K Takahashi, Y Kobayashi Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 124, 94–101, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
An intermediate crocodylian linking two extant gharials from the Bronze Age of China and its human-induced extinction M Iijima, Y Qiao, W Lin, Y Peng, M Yoneda, J Liu Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289 (1970), 20220085, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
Allometric growth of limb and body proportions in crocodylians M Iijima, T Kubo Journal of Zoology 309 (3), 200–211, 2019 | 12 | 2019 |
Ontogenetic changes in limb posture, kinematics, forces and joint moments in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) M Iijima, VD Munteanu, RM Elsey, RW Blob Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (23), jeb242990, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
The Muensterelloidea: phylogeny and character evolution of Mesozoic stem octopods D Fuchs, Y Iba, A Heyng, M Iijima, C Klug, NL Larson, G Schweigert Papers in Palaeontology 6 (1), 31–92, 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
Toyotamaphimeia cf. machikanensis (Crocodylia, Tomistominae) from the Middle Pleistocene of Osaka, Japan, and crocodylian survivorship through the Pliocene-Pleistocene climatic … M Iijima, A Momohara, Y Kobayashi, S Hayashi, T Ikeda, H Taruno, ... Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 496, 346–360, 2018 | 10 | 2018 |
Convergences and trends in the evolution of the archosaur pelvis M Iijima, Y Kobayashi Paleobiology 40 (4), 608–624, 2014 | 10 | 2014 |
A globally distributed durophagous marine reptile clade supports the rapid recovery of pelagic ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction Y Qiao, J Liu, AS Wolniewicz, M Iijima, Y Shen, T Wintrich, Q Li, ... Communications Biology 5 (1), 1242, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
Vertebrae-based body length estimation in crocodylians and its implication for sexual maturity and the maximum sizes M Iijima, T Kubo Integrative Organismal Biology 2 (1), obaa042, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
Taxonomic overview of Neogene crocodylians in Myanmar M Iijima, M Takai, Y Nishioka, Thaung-Htike, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, ... Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40 (6), e1879100, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
The largest hupehsuchian (Reptilia, Ichthyosauromorpha) from the Lower Triassic of South China indicates early establishment of high predation pressure after the Permo-Triassic … Y Qiao, M Iijima, J Liu Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (5), e1719122, 2020 | 4 | 2020 |
Scaling of gait, limb posture, forces, and inertial properties in terrestrial locomotion of American alligators across a thousand-fold increase in body mass M Iijima, J Darlington, VD Munteanu, KA Vliet, RW Blob Integrative and Comparative Biology, icad056, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
Anatomy informs geology: hydrodynamic dispersal of alligator bones, with implications for taphonomic interpretations of fossil deposits of crocodylians, dinosaurs, and other … RW Blob, IZG Espinoza, M Iijima The Anatomical Record, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
Controlled feeding experiments with juvenile alligators reveal microscopic dental wear texture patterns associated with hard-object feeding DE Winkler, M Iijima, RW Blob, T Kubo, MO Kubo Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 957725, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
Function of the crocodilian anterior cruciate ligaments D Suzuki, S Yamakawa, M Iijima, H Fujie Journal of Morphology 282 (10), 1514-1522, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |