Publications (peer-reviewed)
• denotes undergraduate coauthor
14. Calamari, Z.T., J.J. Flynn, A. Lara, A. Paasch, M. Bellido*, M. Fridburg*, D. Wagner. Developmental gene expression dynamics of antlers. In preparation.
13. Calamari, Z.T., J.J. Flynn, A. Lara, A. Paasch, N. Noaman*, M. Fridburg*, M. Bellido*. Transcriptomic analysis of the Polled locus and sexual dimorphism in juvenile water buffalo horn buds. In preparation.
12. Calamari, Z.T., G.R. Droznik*, J. Julius*, P. Barden. Ant and termite abundance drove speciation of xenarthrans through the Cenozoic. Submitted, September 2024.
11. Vida, T., Z.T. Calamari, P. Barden. Post K-Pg rise in ant and termite prevalence underlies convergent dietary specialization in mammals. Submitted, September 2024.
10. Calamari, Z.T., A. Song*, E. Cohen*, M. Akter*, R. Das Roy, O. Hallikas, M.M. Christensen, P. Li, P. Marangoni, J. Jernvall, O.D. Klein. 2024. Bank vole genomics links determinate and indeterminate growth of teeth. BMC Genomics, 25: 1000.
9. Calamari, Z.T., J.J. Flynn. 2024. Gene expression supports a single origin of horns and antlers in hoofed mammals. Communications Biology, 7: 509.
8. Calamari, Z.T. 2021. Total evidence analysis supports new synapomorphies for Bovidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). American Museum Novitates, 3970: 1-38.
7. Calamari, Z.T., J.K.-H. Hu, O.D. Klein. 2018. Tissue mechanical forces and evolutionary developmental changes act through space and time to shape tooth morphology and function. BioEssays, 1800140.
6. Calamari, Z.T., R. Fossum*. 2018. Shape disparity of bovid (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) horn sheaths and horn cores allows discrimination by species in 3D geometric morphometric analyses. Journal of Morphology, 279: 361-374.
5. Calamari, Z.T. 2016. Sexual maturity and shape development in cranial appendages of extant ruminants. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 7820-7830.
4. Zelditch, M.L., Z.T. Calamari, D.L. Swiderski. 2016. Disparate postnatal ontogenies do not add to the shape disparity of infants. Evolutionary Biology, 43: 188-207.
3. Miller, I.M., J.S. Pigati, R.S. Anderson, K.R. Johnson … Z.T. Calamari, et al. 2014. Summary of the Snowmastodon Project Special Volume: A high-elevation, multi-proxy biotic and environmental record of MIS 6-4 from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA. Quaternary Research, 82: 618-634.
2. Fisher, D.C., M.D. Cherney, C. Newton, A.N. Rountrey, Z.T. Calamari, R. Stucky, C. Lucking, L. Petrie. 2014. Taxonomic overview and tusk growth analyses of Ziegler Reservoir proboscideans. Quaternary Research, 82: 518-532.
1. Fisher, D.C., E.A. Shirley, C.D. Whalen, Z.T. Calamari, A.N. Rountrey, A.N. Tikhonov, B. Buigues, F. Lacombat, S. Grigoriev, P.A. Lazarev. 2014. X-ray computed tomography of two mammoth calf mummies. Journal of Paleontology, 88: 664-675.
Presentations (published abstracts)
16. Finck, C.E., Z.T. Calamari. 2022. Total evidence phylogenetic reassessment of the enigmatic Machaeromeryx tragulus (Artiodactyla, Ruminantia) from Upper Harrison (Lower Miocene) of Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Programs and Abstracts, 2022.
15. Calamari, Z.T., C.E. Finck, J. Julius, G.R. Droznik, P. Barden. 2022. Did abundant ants lead to abundant anteaters? Assessing the link between ant and termite abundance in the diversity of obligate myrmecophages in extinct and extant Xenarthra. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Programs and Abstracts, 2022.
14. Calamari, Z.T., A.J. Ragni. 2020. Morphological correlates of knuckle-walking: assessing carpal convergence to understand the origins of human bipedalism. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2020.
13. Calamari, Z.T. 2017. Are bones enough? Using genomic evidence to assess hoofed mammal cranial appendage homology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2017. p. 91.
12. Grohe, C., B. Lee, Z.T. Calamari, J.J. Flynn. 2017. Run cheetah run: evidence of a recent sensory perception specialization for high-speed hunting. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2017. pp. 122-123. Poster.
11. Calamari, Z.T. 2016. Beneath the sheaths: do horn cores of bovids (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) represent living horn shape in geometric morphometric analyses? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2016. p. 108.
10. Calamari, Z.T. 2015. No bone unturned: detecting hard tissue synapomorphies for bovids (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) through total evidence analyses of morphology and mitochondrial, nuclear, and ancient DNA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2015. p. 101.
9. Calamari, Z.T. 2014. Exploring development in the fossil record with ancestral state reconstruction of cranial appendages. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2014, p. 103. Poster.
8. Calamari, Z.T. 2014. A next generation transcriptomics approach to testing homologies in hoofed mammal cranial appendages. Evolution 2014 Abstracts, p. 410. Poster.
7. Fisher, D.C., J. El Adli, Z.T. Calamari. 2013. 3D osteology of the American mastodon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2013, p. 127.
6. Cherney, M.D., Z.T. Calamari, D. C. Fisher. 2013. No observed effects of climate change on Snowmass mastodon tusk growth. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2013, p. 104.
5. Fisher, D.C., M.D. Cherney, A.N. Rountrey, Z.T. Calamari. 2013. Paleobiology of Snowmass proboscideans (Pleistocene, Colorado). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 45: 7, p. 854.
4. Whalen, C.D., E. Shirley, D.C. Fisher, A.N. Rountrey, Z.T. Calamari, A.N. Tikhonov, B. Buigues, S. Grigoriev, C.E. Holmes, F. Lacombat. 2012. 3D visualization and analysis of CT imaging in two mammoth calves. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 44: 7, p. 370.
3. Cherney, M.D., D.C. Fisher, A.N. Rountrey, Z.T. Calamari. 2012. Isotope analyses support use of CT scans for identifying annual increments in Snowmass mastodon mandibular tusks. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2012, p. 77.
2. Fisher, D.C., M.D. Cherney, A.N. Rountrey, S.G. Beld, Z.T. Calamari. 2012. Snowmass mastodon tusks as records of life and death: perspectives on climate change and circumstances of death. Denver Museum of Nature and Science Technical Report 2012-5: Program and Abstracts for the First Snowmastodon Science Team Meeting, pp. 11-12.
1. Cherney, M.D., D.C. Fisher, A.N. Rountrey, Z.T. Calamari. 2012. Isotope analyses support use of CT scans for identifying annual increments in Snowmass mastodon tusks. Denver Museum of Nature and Science Technical Report 2012-5: Program and Abstracts for the First Snowmastodon Science Team Meeting. pp. 8-9.