Jacques Gauthier Professor Email Me Office: 264 ESC Phone: (203) 432-3150 Fax: (203) 432-3134 Research Interests: Vertebrate paleontology, evolution of reptiles, and phylogenetic systematics and taxonomy Current Courses: Systematics Discussion Group Vertebrate Paleontology The History of Life Spring Lizard Evolution Students and Postdocs: Julia Clarke Selected Publication(s): Gauthier, J. and L.F. Gaul, (eds.) 2001. New perspectives on the origin and early evolution of birds: proceeding of the international symposium in honor of John H. Ostrom. Special Publication of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT. 613pp. Vicario, S., A. Caccone, and J. Gauthier, 2003. Xantusiid Night lizards: a puzzling phylogenetic problem revisited using Likelihood-based Bayesian methods on mtDNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 26(2003), 243-261. Joyce, W. and J. Gauthier, 2004. Paleoecology of Triassic stem turtles sheds new light on turtle origins. Transactions of Royal Society of London B. 271:1-5. Donoghue, M.J. and J.A. Gauthier, 2004. Implementing the PhyloCode. Trends in Ecology & Evolution19(6):281-282. Joyce, W.G., J.F. Parham, J.A. Gauthier, 2004. Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):989-1013.