Dissertation
Boyer, D. M. 2009. New cranial and postcranial remains of late Paleocene Plesiadapidae (“Plesiadapiformes,” Mammalia) from North America and Europe: description and evolutionary implications. Stony Brook University. 569p. pdf
Peer Reviewed Publications
Accepted / In Press
Boyer, D. M., J. Puente, J. T. Gladman, C. Glynn, S. Muhkerjee, G. S. Yapuncich1, I. Daubechies. In press. A new fully automated approach for aligning and comparing shapes. Anatomical Record. pdf of accepted manuscript. supplementary Fig. 1, supplementary Fig. 2, supplementary Fig. 3.
2014
Yapuncich, G. S., and D. M. Boyer. 2014. Interspecific scaling patterns of talar articular surfaces within Euarchonta. Journal of Anatomy. 224(2): 150-172. pdf
DOI: 10.1111/joa.1213
Fabre, A.-C., R. Cornette, A. Perrard, D. M. Boyer, G. V. R. Prasad, J. J. Hooker, A. Goswami. 2014. A three-dimensional morphometric analysis of the locomotory ecology of Deccanolestes, a eutherian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):146-156. DOI:10.1080/02724634.2013.789437 pdf
Winchester, J., D.M. Boyer, E. St. Clair, S. Cooke, J. Ledogar, A. Gosselin-Ildari. 2014. Dental topography of platyrrhines and prosimians: convergence and contrasts. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.153(1):29-44. pdf, Tables s1-s3
2013
Baczynski, A.A., F. A. McInerney, S. L. Wing, M. J. Kraus, J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer, R. Secord, P. E. Morse, H. C. Fricke. 2013. Chemostratigraphic implications of spatial variation in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum carbon isotope excursion, SE Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14(10):4133-4152. pdf
Boyer, D. M., G. S. Yapuncich, S. G. B. Chester, J. I. Bloch, M. Godinot. In press. Hands of early Primates. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 57:33-78. pdf
Boyer, D. M., E. R. Seiffert, J. T. Gladman, J. I. Bloch. Evolution and allometry of calcaneal elongation in living and extinct primates. PLOS ONE. 8(7): e67792. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067792. open access
Boyer, D. M., E.R. Seiffert. 2013. Patterns of astragalar fibular facet orientation and their evolutionary implications in extant and fossil primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.151:420-447. pdf
Gladman, J.T., D.M. Boyer, E.R. Seiffert, E.L. Simons. Morphology and phenetic affinities of a calcaneus attributable to the primitive late Eocene anthropoid Proteopithecus sylviae. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.151:372-397. pdf, Fig. s1, Table s1, Table s2, Table s3
Ledogar, J. A., J.M. Winchester, E.M. St. Clair, D.M. Boyer. 2013. Diet and dental topography in pitheciine seed predators. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 150: 107–121. pdf, erratum
2012
Boyer, D. M., L. Costeur, Y. Lipman. 2012. Earliest Record of Platychoerops (Primates, Plesiadapidae), A New Species From Mouras Quarry, Mont de Berru, France. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 149:329-346. pdf, 3D pdf of Platychoerops antiquus type
Boyer, D. M., C. S. Scott, R. C. Fox. 2012. New craniodental material of Pronothodectes gaoi Fox (Mammalia, “Plesiadapiformes”) and relationships among members of Plesiadapidae. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 147: 511-550. pdf, Figs. s1-s7, supplement 1, supplement 2
Coleman, M. N., D. M. Boyer. 2012. Inner ear evolution in Primates through the Cenozoic: Implications for the evolution of hearing. The Anatomical Record. 295: 615-631.
Godfrey, L., J. Winchester, S. J. King, D. M. Boyer, J. Jernvall. 2012. Dental topography indicates ecological contraction of lemur communities. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 148: 215-227. pdf, Table s1
King, S. J., D. M. Boyer, S. Tecot, S. G. Strait, S. Zohdy, M. B. Blanco, P. C. Wright, J. Jernvall. 2012. Lemur habitat and dental senescence in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 148: 228-237. pdf
Maiolino, S., D. M. Boyer, J.I. Bloch, C. S. Gilbert, J. Groenke. 2012. Evidence for a Grooming Claw in a North American Adapiform Primate: Implications for Anthropoid Origins. PLoS ONE 7:e29136. open access
Patel, B. A., E. R. Seiffert, D. M. Boyer, R. L. Jacobs, E. M. St. Clair, E. L. Simons. 2012. New primate first metatarsals from the Paleogene of Egypt and the origin of the anthropoid big toe. Journal of Human Evolution 63: 99-120. pdf
Secord, R., J. I. Bloch, S.G.B. Chester, D. M. Boyer, A. R. Wood, M. J. Kraus, F. A. McInerney, and J. Krigbaum. 2012. Evolution of the earliest horses driven by climate change in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science. 335(6071): 959-962. pdf
2011
Boyer, D. M., Y. Lipman, E. St. Clair, J. Puente, B. A. Patel, T. A. Funkhouser, J. Jernvall, I. Daubechies. 2011. New algorithms to automatically quantify the geometric similarity of anatomical surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 108 (45): 18221-18226. pdf, supplement , commentary
Blatch, S. J., D. M. Boyer, S. J. King, J. Jernvall, P. C. Wright. 2011. Changes in orientation of attritional wear facets with implications for jaw motion in a mixed longitudinal sample of Propithecus edwardsi from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 146:116-133. pdf
Bunn, J. M., D. M. Boyer , J. Jernvall, Y. Lipman, and I. Daubechies. 2011. Dirichlet normal surface energy of tooth crowns, a new technique of molar shape quantification for dietary inference, compared with previous methods in isolation and in combination. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145: 247-261. pdf
Coleman, M. C., D. M. Boyer. 2011. A new line of evidence for investigating cerebral circulation patterns in fossil mammals. Journal of Human Evolution. 60:106-116. pdf
Goswami, A., G. V. R. Prasad, P. Upchurch, D. M. Boyer, E. Seiffert, O. Verma, E. Gheerbrant, J. J. Flynn. 2011. A radiation of arboreal basal eutherian mammals beginning in the Late Cretaceous of India Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 108(39):16333-16338. pdf
Maiolino, S., D. M. Boyer, A. Rosenberger. 2011. Morphological correlates of the grooming claw in distal phalanges of platyrrhines and other primates: a preliminary study. Anatomical Record. 294:1975-1990 pdf
Rose, K.D., S. G. B. Chester, R. H. Dunn, D. M. Boyer, A. E. Chew, J. I. Bloch. New Fossils of the Oldest North American Euprimate Teilhardina brandti (Omomyidae) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 146:281-305. pdf
Silcox, M. T., C. K. Dalmyn, A. Hrenchuk, J. I. Bloch. D. M. Boyer, P. Houde. 2011. Endocranial morphology of Labidolemur kayi (Apatemyidae, Apatotheria) and its relevance to the study of brain evolution in Euarchontoglires. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31(6):1314-1325. pdf
2010
Boyer, D. M., G. V. R. Prasad, D. W. Krause, M. Godinot, A. Goswami, O. Verma and J. Flynn. 2010. New postcrania of Deccanolestes from the Late Cretaceous of India and their bearing on the evolutionary and biogeographic history of euarchontan mammals. Naturwissenschaften 97:365-377. pdf supplemental data
Boyer, D. M., E. R. Seiffert, and E. L. Simons. 2010. Astragalar morphology of Afradapis a large adapiform primate from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 143:383-402. pdf *Go to my "Evolutionary Morphology of the Primate Astragalo-Calcaneal Complex" page to download the 3d files from this paper.
Boyer, D. M., A. Evans, and J. Jernvall. 2010. Evidence of dietary differentiation among late Paleocene-early Eocene plesiadapids (Mammalia, Primates). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 142:194-210. pdf
Chester, S. G. B., J. I. Bloch, R. Secord, and D. M. Boyer. 2010. Dwarfing of the carnivorous mammal Palaeonictis (Creodonta, Oxyaenidae) during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 17:227-243. pdf
Kingston, A. K., D. M. Boyer, B. A. Patel, S. G. Larson, J. T. Stern Jr. 2010. Hallucal grasping in Nycticebus coucang: further implications for the functional significance of a large peroneal process. Journal of Human Evolution 58:33-42. pdf
Seiffert, E. R., E. L. Simons, D. M. Boyer, J. M. Perry, T. Ryan, and H. M. Sallam. 2010. A primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:9712-9717. pdf
Silcox, M. T., J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer and P. Houde. 2010. Cranial anatomy of Paleocene and Eocene Labidolemur kayi (Mammalia: Apatotheria) and the relationships of the Apatemyidae to other mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00614.x pdf
St. Clair, E., D. M. Boyer, J. I. Bloch, D. W. Krause. 2010. First records of a triisodontine mammal, Goniacodon levisanus, in the Late Paleocene of the northern great plains, North America. Short Communication. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.30:604-608. pdf
2009
Jacobs, R. L., D. M. Boyer, B. A. Patel. 2009. Comparative functional morphology of the primate peroneal process. Journal of Human Evolution 57:721-731. pdf
Seiffert, E. R., J. M. G. Perry, E. L. Simons and D. M. Boyer. 2009. Convergent evolution of anthropoid-like adaptations in Eocene adapiform primates. Nature 461:1118-1121. pdf
Silcox, M., J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer, M. Godinot, T. M. Ryan, F. Spoor, A. Walker. 2009. The semicircular canal system in early primates, Journal of Human Evolution. 56:315-327. pdf
2008
Boyer, D. M. 2008. Relief index of second mandibular molars is a correlate of diet among prosimian primates and other euarchontan mammals. Journal of Human Evolution. 55:1118-1137. pdf, supplemental data
Boyer, D. M., and J. I. Bloch. 2008. “Evaluating the mitten-gliding hypothesis for Paromomyidae and Micromomyidae (Mammalia, "Plesiadapiformes") using comparative functional morphology of new Paleogene skeletons,” in Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology: A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay. Edited by E. J. Sargis and M. Dagosto, pp.233-284. Springer, Dordrecht. Netherlands. pdf
Gunnell, G. F., T. M. Bown, J. I. Bloch, and D. M. Boyer. 2008. Chapter 5. "Proteutheria". In: Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 2, Small Mammals, Xenarthrans, and Marine Mammals. Edited by C. M. Janis, G. F. Gunnell, and M. D. Uhen, pp.63-81. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Kirk, E. C., P. Lemelin, M. W. Hamrick, D. M. Boyer and J. I. Bloch. 2008. Intrinsic hand proportions of euarchontans and other mammals: implications for the locomotor behavior of plesiadapiforms. Journal of Human Evolution 55:278-299. pdf
2007
Bloch, J. I., and D. M. Boyer. 2007. "New skeletons of Paleocene-Eocene Plesiadapiformes: a diversity of arboreal positional behaviors in early primates," in Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution, pp.535-581. Edited by M. Dagosto and M. J. Ravosa. New York: Plenum Press.
Bloch J. I., M. T. Silcox, D. M. Boyer, and E. J. Sargis. 2007. New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiforms to crown-clade primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 1159-1164. pdf
Boyer, D. M., and J. A. Georgi. 2007. Cranial morphology of a pantolestid eutherian mammal from the Eocene Bridger Formation, Wyoming, USA: implications for relationships and habitat. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 14: 239-280. pdf
Boyer, D. M., B. A. Patel, S. G. Larson, and J. T. Stern Jr . 2007. Telemetered electromyography of peroneus longus in Varecia variegata and Eulemur rubriventer: implications for the functional significance of a large peroneal process. Journal of Human Evolution 53: 119-134. pdf
Sargis, E. J., D. M. Boyer, J. I. Bloch, and M. T. Silcox. 2007. Evolution of pedal grasping in Primates. Journal of Human Evolution 53: 103-107. pdf
Silcox, M. T., D. M. Boyer, J. I. Bloch, and E. J. Sargis. 2007. Revisiting the adaptive origins of primates (again). Journal of Human Evolution 53: 321-324. pdf
Silcox, M. T., E. J. Sargis, J. I. Bloch, and D. M. Boyer. 2007. Primate origins and supraordinal relationships: morphological evidence. In W. Henke, H. Rothe, and I. Tattersall (eds.), Handbook of Paleoanthropology, Vol. 2: Primate Evolution and Human Origins, pp.831-859. Springer: Heidelberg, Germany. pdf
2005
Silcox, M. T., J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer, and E. J. Sargis. 2005. "Euarchonta (Dermoptera, Scandentia, Primates)," in Rise of Placental Mammals. Edited by K. D. Rose and J. D. Archibald, pp. 127-144. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pdf
Wing, S. L., G. J. Harrington, F. A. Smith, J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer, and K. H. Freeman. 2005. Transient floral change and rapid global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. Science 310:993-996. pdf
2003
Bloch, J. I., and D. M. Boyer. 2003. Response to comment on "Grasping Primate Origins". Science 300: 741c. pdf
2002
Bloch, J. I., D. M. Boyer, P. D. Gingerich, and G. F. Gunnell. 2002. New primitive paromomyid from the Clarkforkian of Wyoming and dental eruption in Plesiadapiformes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22: 366-379. pdf
Bloch, J. I., and D. M. Boyer. 2002. Grasping primate origins. Science 298: 1606-1610. pdf
2001
Bloch, J. I., and D. M. Boyer. 2001. "Taphonomy of small mammals in freshwater limestones from the Paleocene of the Clarks Fork Basin," in Paleocene-Eocene Stratigraphy and Biotic Change in the Bighorn and Clarks Fork Basins, Wyoming. Edited by P. D. Gingerich, pp. 185-198: Museum of Paleontology Papers on Paleontology No. 33.
Boyer, D. M., J. Puente, J. T. Gladman, C. Glynn, S. Muhkerjee, G. S. Yapuncich1, I. Daubechies. In press. A new fully automated approach for aligning and comparing shapes. Anatomical Record. pdf of accepted manuscript. supplementary Fig. 1, supplementary Fig. 2, supplementary Fig. 3.
2014
Yapuncich, G. S., and D. M. Boyer. 2014. Interspecific scaling patterns of talar articular surfaces within Euarchonta. Journal of Anatomy. 224(2): 150-172. pdf
DOI: 10.1111/joa.1213
Fabre, A.-C., R. Cornette, A. Perrard, D. M. Boyer, G. V. R. Prasad, J. J. Hooker, A. Goswami. 2014. A three-dimensional morphometric analysis of the locomotory ecology of Deccanolestes, a eutherian mammal from the Late Cretaceous of India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):146-156. DOI:10.1080/02724634.2013.789437 pdf
Winchester, J., D.M. Boyer, E. St. Clair, S. Cooke, J. Ledogar, A. Gosselin-Ildari. 2014. Dental topography of platyrrhines and prosimians: convergence and contrasts. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.153(1):29-44. pdf, Tables s1-s3
2013
Baczynski, A.A., F. A. McInerney, S. L. Wing, M. J. Kraus, J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer, R. Secord, P. E. Morse, H. C. Fricke. 2013. Chemostratigraphic implications of spatial variation in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum carbon isotope excursion, SE Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14(10):4133-4152. pdf
Boyer, D. M., G. S. Yapuncich, S. G. B. Chester, J. I. Bloch, M. Godinot. In press. Hands of early Primates. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 57:33-78. pdf
Boyer, D. M., E. R. Seiffert, J. T. Gladman, J. I. Bloch. Evolution and allometry of calcaneal elongation in living and extinct primates. PLOS ONE. 8(7): e67792. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067792. open access
Boyer, D. M., E.R. Seiffert. 2013. Patterns of astragalar fibular facet orientation and their evolutionary implications in extant and fossil primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.151:420-447. pdf
Gladman, J.T., D.M. Boyer, E.R. Seiffert, E.L. Simons. Morphology and phenetic affinities of a calcaneus attributable to the primitive late Eocene anthropoid Proteopithecus sylviae. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.151:372-397. pdf, Fig. s1, Table s1, Table s2, Table s3
Ledogar, J. A., J.M. Winchester, E.M. St. Clair, D.M. Boyer. 2013. Diet and dental topography in pitheciine seed predators. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 150: 107–121. pdf, erratum
2012
Boyer, D. M., L. Costeur, Y. Lipman. 2012. Earliest Record of Platychoerops (Primates, Plesiadapidae), A New Species From Mouras Quarry, Mont de Berru, France. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 149:329-346. pdf, 3D pdf of Platychoerops antiquus type
Boyer, D. M., C. S. Scott, R. C. Fox. 2012. New craniodental material of Pronothodectes gaoi Fox (Mammalia, “Plesiadapiformes”) and relationships among members of Plesiadapidae. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 147: 511-550. pdf, Figs. s1-s7, supplement 1, supplement 2
Coleman, M. N., D. M. Boyer. 2012. Inner ear evolution in Primates through the Cenozoic: Implications for the evolution of hearing. The Anatomical Record. 295: 615-631.
Godfrey, L., J. Winchester, S. J. King, D. M. Boyer, J. Jernvall. 2012. Dental topography indicates ecological contraction of lemur communities. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 148: 215-227. pdf, Table s1
King, S. J., D. M. Boyer, S. Tecot, S. G. Strait, S. Zohdy, M. B. Blanco, P. C. Wright, J. Jernvall. 2012. Lemur habitat and dental senescence in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 148: 228-237. pdf
Maiolino, S., D. M. Boyer, J.I. Bloch, C. S. Gilbert, J. Groenke. 2012. Evidence for a Grooming Claw in a North American Adapiform Primate: Implications for Anthropoid Origins. PLoS ONE 7:e29136. open access
Patel, B. A., E. R. Seiffert, D. M. Boyer, R. L. Jacobs, E. M. St. Clair, E. L. Simons. 2012. New primate first metatarsals from the Paleogene of Egypt and the origin of the anthropoid big toe. Journal of Human Evolution 63: 99-120. pdf
Secord, R., J. I. Bloch, S.G.B. Chester, D. M. Boyer, A. R. Wood, M. J. Kraus, F. A. McInerney, and J. Krigbaum. 2012. Evolution of the earliest horses driven by climate change in the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science. 335(6071): 959-962. pdf
2011
Boyer, D. M., Y. Lipman, E. St. Clair, J. Puente, B. A. Patel, T. A. Funkhouser, J. Jernvall, I. Daubechies. 2011. New algorithms to automatically quantify the geometric similarity of anatomical surfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 108 (45): 18221-18226. pdf, supplement , commentary
Blatch, S. J., D. M. Boyer, S. J. King, J. Jernvall, P. C. Wright. 2011. Changes in orientation of attritional wear facets with implications for jaw motion in a mixed longitudinal sample of Propithecus edwardsi from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 146:116-133. pdf
Bunn, J. M., D. M. Boyer , J. Jernvall, Y. Lipman, and I. Daubechies. 2011. Dirichlet normal surface energy of tooth crowns, a new technique of molar shape quantification for dietary inference, compared with previous methods in isolation and in combination. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145: 247-261. pdf
Coleman, M. C., D. M. Boyer. 2011. A new line of evidence for investigating cerebral circulation patterns in fossil mammals. Journal of Human Evolution. 60:106-116. pdf
Goswami, A., G. V. R. Prasad, P. Upchurch, D. M. Boyer, E. Seiffert, O. Verma, E. Gheerbrant, J. J. Flynn. 2011. A radiation of arboreal basal eutherian mammals beginning in the Late Cretaceous of India Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 108(39):16333-16338. pdf
Maiolino, S., D. M. Boyer, A. Rosenberger. 2011. Morphological correlates of the grooming claw in distal phalanges of platyrrhines and other primates: a preliminary study. Anatomical Record. 294:1975-1990 pdf
Rose, K.D., S. G. B. Chester, R. H. Dunn, D. M. Boyer, A. E. Chew, J. I. Bloch. New Fossils of the Oldest North American Euprimate Teilhardina brandti (Omomyidae) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 146:281-305. pdf
Silcox, M. T., C. K. Dalmyn, A. Hrenchuk, J. I. Bloch. D. M. Boyer, P. Houde. 2011. Endocranial morphology of Labidolemur kayi (Apatemyidae, Apatotheria) and its relevance to the study of brain evolution in Euarchontoglires. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31(6):1314-1325. pdf
2010
Boyer, D. M., G. V. R. Prasad, D. W. Krause, M. Godinot, A. Goswami, O. Verma and J. Flynn. 2010. New postcrania of Deccanolestes from the Late Cretaceous of India and their bearing on the evolutionary and biogeographic history of euarchontan mammals. Naturwissenschaften 97:365-377. pdf supplemental data
Boyer, D. M., E. R. Seiffert, and E. L. Simons. 2010. Astragalar morphology of Afradapis a large adapiform primate from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 143:383-402. pdf *Go to my "Evolutionary Morphology of the Primate Astragalo-Calcaneal Complex" page to download the 3d files from this paper.
Boyer, D. M., A. Evans, and J. Jernvall. 2010. Evidence of dietary differentiation among late Paleocene-early Eocene plesiadapids (Mammalia, Primates). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 142:194-210. pdf
Chester, S. G. B., J. I. Bloch, R. Secord, and D. M. Boyer. 2010. Dwarfing of the carnivorous mammal Palaeonictis (Creodonta, Oxyaenidae) during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 17:227-243. pdf
Kingston, A. K., D. M. Boyer, B. A. Patel, S. G. Larson, J. T. Stern Jr. 2010. Hallucal grasping in Nycticebus coucang: further implications for the functional significance of a large peroneal process. Journal of Human Evolution 58:33-42. pdf
Seiffert, E. R., E. L. Simons, D. M. Boyer, J. M. Perry, T. Ryan, and H. M. Sallam. 2010. A primate of uncertain affinities from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:9712-9717. pdf
Silcox, M. T., J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer and P. Houde. 2010. Cranial anatomy of Paleocene and Eocene Labidolemur kayi (Mammalia: Apatotheria) and the relationships of the Apatemyidae to other mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00614.x pdf
St. Clair, E., D. M. Boyer, J. I. Bloch, D. W. Krause. 2010. First records of a triisodontine mammal, Goniacodon levisanus, in the Late Paleocene of the northern great plains, North America. Short Communication. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.30:604-608. pdf
2009
Jacobs, R. L., D. M. Boyer, B. A. Patel. 2009. Comparative functional morphology of the primate peroneal process. Journal of Human Evolution 57:721-731. pdf
Seiffert, E. R., J. M. G. Perry, E. L. Simons and D. M. Boyer. 2009. Convergent evolution of anthropoid-like adaptations in Eocene adapiform primates. Nature 461:1118-1121. pdf
Silcox, M., J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer, M. Godinot, T. M. Ryan, F. Spoor, A. Walker. 2009. The semicircular canal system in early primates, Journal of Human Evolution. 56:315-327. pdf
2008
Boyer, D. M. 2008. Relief index of second mandibular molars is a correlate of diet among prosimian primates and other euarchontan mammals. Journal of Human Evolution. 55:1118-1137. pdf, supplemental data
Boyer, D. M., and J. I. Bloch. 2008. “Evaluating the mitten-gliding hypothesis for Paromomyidae and Micromomyidae (Mammalia, "Plesiadapiformes") using comparative functional morphology of new Paleogene skeletons,” in Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology: A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay. Edited by E. J. Sargis and M. Dagosto, pp.233-284. Springer, Dordrecht. Netherlands. pdf
Gunnell, G. F., T. M. Bown, J. I. Bloch, and D. M. Boyer. 2008. Chapter 5. "Proteutheria". In: Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 2, Small Mammals, Xenarthrans, and Marine Mammals. Edited by C. M. Janis, G. F. Gunnell, and M. D. Uhen, pp.63-81. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Kirk, E. C., P. Lemelin, M. W. Hamrick, D. M. Boyer and J. I. Bloch. 2008. Intrinsic hand proportions of euarchontans and other mammals: implications for the locomotor behavior of plesiadapiforms. Journal of Human Evolution 55:278-299. pdf
2007
Bloch, J. I., and D. M. Boyer. 2007. "New skeletons of Paleocene-Eocene Plesiadapiformes: a diversity of arboreal positional behaviors in early primates," in Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution, pp.535-581. Edited by M. Dagosto and M. J. Ravosa. New York: Plenum Press.
Bloch J. I., M. T. Silcox, D. M. Boyer, and E. J. Sargis. 2007. New Paleocene skeletons and the relationship of plesiadapiforms to crown-clade primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 1159-1164. pdf
Boyer, D. M., and J. A. Georgi. 2007. Cranial morphology of a pantolestid eutherian mammal from the Eocene Bridger Formation, Wyoming, USA: implications for relationships and habitat. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 14: 239-280. pdf
Boyer, D. M., B. A. Patel, S. G. Larson, and J. T. Stern Jr . 2007. Telemetered electromyography of peroneus longus in Varecia variegata and Eulemur rubriventer: implications for the functional significance of a large peroneal process. Journal of Human Evolution 53: 119-134. pdf
Sargis, E. J., D. M. Boyer, J. I. Bloch, and M. T. Silcox. 2007. Evolution of pedal grasping in Primates. Journal of Human Evolution 53: 103-107. pdf
Silcox, M. T., D. M. Boyer, J. I. Bloch, and E. J. Sargis. 2007. Revisiting the adaptive origins of primates (again). Journal of Human Evolution 53: 321-324. pdf
Silcox, M. T., E. J. Sargis, J. I. Bloch, and D. M. Boyer. 2007. Primate origins and supraordinal relationships: morphological evidence. In W. Henke, H. Rothe, and I. Tattersall (eds.), Handbook of Paleoanthropology, Vol. 2: Primate Evolution and Human Origins, pp.831-859. Springer: Heidelberg, Germany. pdf
2005
Silcox, M. T., J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer, and E. J. Sargis. 2005. "Euarchonta (Dermoptera, Scandentia, Primates)," in Rise of Placental Mammals. Edited by K. D. Rose and J. D. Archibald, pp. 127-144. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pdf
Wing, S. L., G. J. Harrington, F. A. Smith, J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer, and K. H. Freeman. 2005. Transient floral change and rapid global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. Science 310:993-996. pdf
2003
Bloch, J. I., and D. M. Boyer. 2003. Response to comment on "Grasping Primate Origins". Science 300: 741c. pdf
2002
Bloch, J. I., D. M. Boyer, P. D. Gingerich, and G. F. Gunnell. 2002. New primitive paromomyid from the Clarkforkian of Wyoming and dental eruption in Plesiadapiformes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22: 366-379. pdf
Bloch, J. I., and D. M. Boyer. 2002. Grasping primate origins. Science 298: 1606-1610. pdf
2001
Bloch, J. I., and D. M. Boyer. 2001. "Taphonomy of small mammals in freshwater limestones from the Paleocene of the Clarks Fork Basin," in Paleocene-Eocene Stratigraphy and Biotic Change in the Bighorn and Clarks Fork Basins, Wyoming. Edited by P. D. Gingerich, pp. 185-198: Museum of Paleontology Papers on Paleontology No. 33.