Team

53) Werneburg, I., Ruf, I. (2022): Vergleichende Entwicklungsgeschichte—A Festschrift on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Maier, Tübingen. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 1125–1136.

52) Maier, W., Tröscher, A., Ruf, I. (2022): The orbitotemporal region and the mandibular joint in the skull of shrews (Soricidae, Mammalia). Vertebrate Zoology 72: 1099-1124.

51) Wirkner, M., Heyder, K., Ruf, I. (2022): Comparative morphology and postnatal ontogeny of the bony labyrinth in Pantherinae (Felidae, Carnivora) with special emphasis on the lion. Vertebrate Zoology 72, 2022, 883–905.

50) Ruf, I. (2022): The turbinal skeleton of Pentalagus furnessi (Leporidae, Lagomorpha). Vertebrate Zoology 72: 423-432.

49) Stefen, C., Wagner, F., Asztalos, M., Giere, P., Grobe, P., Hiller, M., Hofmann, R., Jähde, M., Lächele, U., Lehmann, T., Ortmann, S., Peters, B., Ruf, I., Schiffmann, C., Thier, N., Unterhitzenberger, G., Vogt, L., Rudolf, M., Wehner, P., Stuckas, H. (2022): Phenotyping in the era of genomics: MaTrics—a digital character matrix to document mammalian phenotypic traits. Mammalian Biology 102: 235–249.

2021

48) Wagner, F., Ruf, I., Lehmann, T., Hofmann, R., Ortmann, S., Schiffmann, C., Hiller, M., Stefen, C., Stuckas, H. (2021). Reconstruction of evolutionary changes in fat and toxin consumption reveals associations with gene losses in mammals: a case study for the lipase inhibitor PNLIPRP1 and the xenobiotic receptor NR1I3. Journal of evolutionary biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13970

47) Schultz, J.A., Ruf, I., Averianov, A.O., Schellhorn, R., Lopatin, A.V., Martin, T. (2021): Jurassic mammaliaform petrosals from Western Siberia (Russia) and implications for early mammalian inner-ear anatomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlab096, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab096

46) Fostowicz-Frelik, Ł., Ge, D.-Y., Ruf, I. (2021). Editorial: Recent advances in the evolution of Euarchontoglires. Frontiers in Genetics 12: 773789.

45) Hofmann, R., Lehmann, T., Warren, D.L., Ruf, I. (2021). The squirrel is in the detail: Anatomy and morphometry of the tail in Sciuromorpha (Rodentia, Mammalia). Journal of Morphology 282(11): 1659-1682

44) Gettings, S.M., Maxeiner, S., Tzika, M., Cobain, M.R., Ruf, I., Benseler, F., Brose, N., Krasteva-Christ, G., Vande Velde, G., Schönberger, M., Althaus, M. (2021). Two functional epithelial sodium channel isoforms are present in rodents despite pronounced evolutionary pseudogenisation and exon fusion. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38(12): 5704–5725.

43) Kraatz, B., Belabbas, R., Fostowicz-Frelik, Ł., Ge, D.-Y., Kuznetsov, A.N., Lang, M.M., López-Torres, S., Mohammadi, Z., Racicot, R.A., Ravosa, M.J., Sharp, A.C., Sherratt, E., Silcox, M.T., Słowiak, J., Winkler, A.J., Ruf, I. (2021): Lagomorpha as a model morphological system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 636402. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.636402

42) Ruf, I., Meng, J., & Fostowicz-Frelik, Ł. (2021): Anatomy of the nasal and auditory regions of the fossil lagomorph Palaeolagus haydeni: systematic and evolutionary implications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 636110. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.636110

41) Benoit J., Ford D.P., Miyamae J.A., Ruf I. (2021): Can maxillary canal morphology inform varanopid phylogenetic affinities? Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (2): 389-393, 2021 https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00816.2020

40) Wagner, F., Ruf, I. (2021): “Forever young”—Postnatal growth inhibition of the turbinal skeleton in brachycephalic dog breeds (Canis lupus familiaris). The Anatomical Record, Special Issue 304: 154-189.

2020

39) Ruf, I., Schubert, A. M., Koenigswald, W. v. (2020): Case studies on functional aspects and constraints in early and late tooth ontogeny. In: Martin, T. & Koenigswald, W. v. (eds.) Mammalian Teeth – Form and Function. Pfeil, München, pp. 102-124.

38) Schultz, J. A., Anders, U., Braune, C., Brinkkötter, J. J., Calandra, I., Engels, S., Findeisen, E., Gailer, J.-P., Hummel, J., Jäger, K. R. K., Kaiser, T. M., Kalthoff, D. C., Koenigswald, W. v., Kullmer, O., Landwehr, C., Mau, M., Menz, U., Ruf, I., Schubert, A. M., Schulz-Kornas, E., Schwermann, A. H., Schwermann, L. C., Skiba, M., Steuer, P., Südekum, K.-H., Winkler, D. E., Martin, T. (2020): A new wear facet terminology for mammalian dentitions. In: martin, T. & Koenigswald, W. v. (eds.) Mammalian Teeth – Form and Function. Pfeil, München, pp. 11-24.

37) Ruf, I., Behrens, H., Zeller, U. (2020): Ontogeny and morphofunctional implications of the ethmoidal region in the semiaquatic Potamogale velox (Afrotheria, Mammalia). Vertebrate Zoology, Special Issue on Recent Advances in Chondrocranium Research 70: 679-697.

36) Ruf, I. (2020). Ontogenetic transformations of the ethmoidal region in Muroidea (Rodentia, Mammalia): new insights from perinatal stages. Vertebrate Zoology, Special Issue on Recent Advances in Chondrocranium Research 70: 383-415

35) Benoit, J., Ruf, I., Miyamae, J.A., Fernandez, V., Rodrigues, P.G., Rubidge, B.S. (2020): 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 27: 329-348. 

2019

34) 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.