Team

2019

36) Benoit, J., Ruf, I., Miyamae, J.A., Fernandez, V., Rodrigues, P.G., Rubidge, B.S. (2019): The evolution of the maxillary canal in Probainognathia (Cynodontia, Synapsida): Reassessment of the homology of the infraorbital foramen in mammalian ancestors. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. doi.org/10.1007/s10914-019-09467-8

35) Wagner, F., Ruf, I. (2019): Who nose the borzoi? Turbinal skeleton in a dolichocephalic dog breed (Canis lupus familiaris). Mammalian Biology 94: 106-119.

2018

33) Schultz, J.A., Ruf, I., Martin, T. (2018): Oldest known multituberculate stapes suggests an asymmetric bicrural pattern as ancestral for Multituberculata. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20172779.

32) Maier, W., Tröscher, A., Ruf, I. (2018): The anterior process of the malleus in extant Lagomorpha (Mammalia). Journal of Morphology 279: 132-146.

31) Schultz, J.A., Menz, U., Winkler, D.E., Schulz-Kornas, E., Sandra Engels, S., Kalthoff, D.C., Koenigswald, W. v., Ruf, I., Kaiser, T.M., Kullmer, O., Südekum, K.-H., Martin, T. (2018): Modular Wear Facet Nomenclature for mammalian post-canine dentitions. Historical Biology 30 (1-2): 30-41.

2016

30) Ruf, I., Volpato, V., Rose, K.D., Billet, G., de Muizon, C., Lehmann, T. (2016): Digital reconstruction of the inner ear of Leptictidium auderiense (Leptictida, Mammalia) and North American leptictids reveals new insight into leptictidan locomotor agility. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 90(1): 153-171.

29) Maier, W., Ruf, I. (2016): The anterior process of the malleus in Cetartiodactyla. Journal of Anatomy 228:313-323.

28) Maier, W., Ruf, I. (2016): Evolution of the mammalian middle ear: A historical review. Journal of Anatomy 228:270-283.

2015

27) Ruf, I., Janßen, S., Zeller, U. (2015): The ethmoidal region of the skull of Ptilocercus lowii (Ptilocercidae, Scandentia, Mammalia) – a contribution to the reconstruction of the cranial morphotype of primates. Primate Biology 2, Special Issue: 89-110.

26) Pfaff, C., Martin, T., Ruf, I. (2015): ‘Septal Compass’ and ‘Septal Formula’: a new method for phylogenetic investigation of the middle ear region in the squirrel-related clade (Rodentia: Mammalia). Organisms Diversity and Evolution 15: 721-730.

25) Pfaff, C., Martin, T., Ruf, I. (2015): Bony labyrinth morphometry indicates locomotor adaptations in the squirrel-related clade (Rodentia, Mammalia). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20150744.

24) Billet, G., Muizon, C. de, Schellhorn, R., Ruf, I., Ladevèze, S., Bergqvist, L. (2015): Petrosal and inner ear anatomy and allometry among specimens referred to Litopterna (Placentalia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 956-987.

23) Tröscher, A., Maier, W., Ruf, I., Hugot, J.-P., Böhme, M. (2015): The epitensoric chorda tympani of Laonastes aenigmamus (Rodentia, Diatomyidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Mammalian Biology 80: 96-98.

2014

22) Ruf, I. (2014): Comparative anatomy and systematic implications of the turbinal skeleton in Lagomorpha (Mammalia). The Anatomical Record, Special Issue The Vertebrate Nose: Evolution, Structure, and Function, 297(11): 2031-2046.

21) Ruf, I., Maier, W., Rodrigues, P.G., Schultz, C.L. (2014): Nasal anatomy of the non-mammaliaform cynodont Brasilitherium riograndensis (Eucynodontia, Therapsida) reveals new insight into mammalian evolution. The Anatomical Record, Special Issue The Vertebrate Nose: Evolution, Structure, and Function, 297(11): 2018-2030.

20) Maier, W., Ruf, I. (2014): Morphology of the nasal capsule of Primates – with special reference to Daubentonia and Homo. The Anatomical Record, Special Issue The Vertebrate Nose: Evolution, Structure, and Function, 297(11): 1985-2006.

19) Flynn, L.J., Winkler, A.J., Erbaeva, M., Alexeeva, N., Anders, U., Angelone, C., Čermák, S., Fladerer, F.A., Kraatz, B., Ruedas, L.A., Ruf, I., Tomida, Y., Veitschegger, K., Zhang, Z. (The Cenozoic Lagomorph History Working Group) (2014): The Leporid Datum: a late Miocene biotic marker. Mammal Review 44: 164-176.

18) Rodrigues, P.G, Ruf, I., Schultz, C.L. (2014): Study of a digital cranial endocast of the non-mammaliaform cynodont Brasilitherium riograndensis (Later Triassic, Brazil) and its relevance to the evolution of the mammalian brain. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:329-352.

2013

17) Billet G., Germain D., Ruf I., Muizon C. de, Hautier L. (2013): The inner ear of Megatherium and the evolution of the vestibular system in sloths. Journal of Anatomy 223:557-567.

16) Rodrigues, P.G, Ruf, I., Schultz, C.L. (2013): Digital reconstruction of the otic region and inner ear of the non-mammalian cynodont Brasilitherium riograndensis (Late Triassic, Brazil) and its relevance to the evolution of the mammalian ear. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 20: 291-307.

15) Maier, W., Tröscher, A., Ruf, I. (2013): The entotympanic of Equus caballus (Perissodactyla, Mammalia). Mammalian Biology 78: 231-234.

14) Ruf, I., Luo, Z.-X., Martin, T. (2013): Reinvestigation of the basicranium of Haldanodon exspectatus (Mammaliaformes, Docodonta). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33: 382-400.

2012

13) Billet, G., Hautier, L., Asher, R., Schwarz, C., Crumpton, N., Martin, T., Ruf, I. (2012): High morphological variation of vestibular system accompanies slow and infrequent locomotion in three-toed sloths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 3932-3939.

12) Luo, Z.-X., Ruf, I., Martin, T. (2012): The petrosal and inner ear of the late Jurassic cladotherian mammal Dryolestes leiriensis and implications for ear evolution in therian mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 433-463.

2011

11) Maier, W., Ruf, I. (2011): The chorda tympani in Perissodactyla – with a new apomorphic character for Equus. Mammalian Biology, 76: 769-771.

10) Anders, U., Koenigswald, W. v., Ruf, I., Smith, B. H. (2011): Generalized individual dental age stages (IDAS) for fossil and extant placental mammals. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 85 (3): 321-339.

Erratum. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 85 (3): 341.

9) Hummel, J., Findeisen, E., Südekum, K.-H., Ruf, I., Kaiser, T. M., Bucher, M., Clauss, M., Codron, D. (2011): Another one bites the dust – faecal silica levels in large herbivores correlate with high-crowned teeth. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 1742-1747.

8) Luo, Z.-X., Ruf, I, Schultz, J. A., Martin, T. (2011): Fossil Evidence on Evolution of Inner Ear Cochlea in Jurassic Mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 28-34.

2010

7) Koenigswald, W. v., Anders, U., Engels, S., Schultz, J., Ruf, I. (2010): Tooth morphology in fossil and extant Lagomorpha (Mammalia) reflects different mastication patterns. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 17 (4): 275-299.

6) Ruf, I., Maier, W. (2010): Topography of the chorda tympani nerve and the tensor tympani muscle in carnivores provides a new synapomorphy for Herpestidae (Carnivora, Mammalia). Journal of Morphology 271: 612-620.

2009

5) Martin, T., Ruf, I. (2009): Perspectives: On the Mammalian Ear. Science 326: 243-244.

4) Koenigswald, W. v., Ruf, I., Gingerich, P.D. (2009): Cranial morphology of a new apatemyid, Carcinella sigei n. gen. n. sp. (Mammalia, Apatotheria) from the late Eocene of southern France. Palaeontographica Abt. A 288:53-91.

3) Ruf, I., Luo, Z.-X., Wible, J. R., Martin, T. (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.

2) Ruf, I., Frahnert, S., Maier, W. (2009): The chorda tympani and its significance for rodent phylogeny. Mammalian Biology 74 (2): 100-113.

2002

1) Maier, W., Klingler, P., Ruf, I. (2002): Ontogeny of the Medial Masseter Muscle, Pseudo-Myomorphy, and the Systematic Position of the Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 9 (4): 253-269.