Chris Beard

2024

Beard, K.C., and Métais, G. 2024. Oldest record of Apatemyidae (Mammalia, Apatotheria) from Spain and the taxonomic status of Spanish paromomyids (Mammalia, Primatomorpha). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39: e1730389. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2288651

2023

Métais, G., Coster, P.M.C., Licht, A., Ocakoğlu, F., and Beard, K.C. 2023. Additions to the late Eocene Süngülü mammal fauna in easternmost Anatolia and the Eocene-Oligocene transition at the periphery of Balkanatolia. Comptes Rendus Palevol 22: 711-727. doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a35

Rust, K., Ni, X., Tietjen, K., and Beard, K.C. 2023. Phylogeny and paleobiogeography of the enigmatic North American primate Ekgmowechashala illuminated by new fossils from Nebraska (USA) and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China). Journal of Human Evolution 185: 103452. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103452

Jones, M.F., and Beard, K.C. 2023. Nyctitheriidae (Mammalia, ?Eulipotyphla) from the late Paleocene of Big Multi Quarry, southern Wyoming, and a revision of the subfamily Placentidentinae. Annals of Carnegie Museum 88: 115-159. doi:10.2992/007.088.0202

Beard, K.C., Coster, P.M.C., Ocakoğlu, F., Licht, A., and Métais, G. 2023. Dental anatomy, phylogenetic relationships and paleoecology of Orhaniyeia nauta (Metatheria, Anatoliadelphyidae), a Gondwanan component of the insular Eocene mammal fauna of Balkanatolia (north-central Turkey). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 30: 859-872. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09680-6

Miller, K., Tietjen, K., and Beard, K.C. 2023. Basal Primatomorpha colonized Ellesmere Island (Arctic Canada) during the hyperthermal conditions of the early Eocene climatic optimum. PLoS ONE 18: e0280114. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280114

Campbell, C.F., Mueller, M.A., Taylor, M.H., Ocakoğlu, F., Möller, A., Métais, G., Coster, P.M.C., Beard, K.C., and Licht, A. 2023. The geodynamic implications of passive margin subduction in northwest Turkey. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 24: e2022GC010481. doi:10.1029/2022GC010481

2022

Mueller, M.A., Licht, A., Campbell, C., Ocakoğlu, F., Akşit, G.G., Métais, G., Coster, P.M.C., Beard, K.C., and Taylor, M.H.. 2022. Sedimentary provenance from the evolving forearc-to-foreland central Sakarya Basin, western Anatolia reveals multi-phase intercontinental collision. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 23: e2021GC010232. doi:10.1029/2021GC010232

Licht, A., Métais, G., Coster, P., Ibilioğlu, D., Ocakoğlu, F., Westerweel, J., Mueller, M., Campbell, C., Mattingly, S., Wood, M.C., and Beard, K.C. 2022. Balkanatolia: The insular mammalian biogeographic province that partly paved the way to the Grande Coupure. Earth-Science Reviews 226: 103929. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.103929

2021

Jones, M.F., Li, Q., Ni, X., and Beard, K.C. 2021. The earliest Asian bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) address major gaps in bat evolution. Biology Letters 17: 20210185. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0185

Boyer, D.M., Schaeffer, L.M., and Beard, K.C. 2021. New dentaries of Chiromyoides (Primatomorpha, Plesiadapidae) and a reassessment of the “mammalian woodpecker” ecological niche. Geobios 66-67: 77-102. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.03.002

Mattingly, S.G., Beard, K.C., Salem, M.J., Chaimanee, Y., and Jaeger, J.-J. 2021. A new parapithecine (Primates: Anthropoidea) from the early Oligocene of Libya supports parallel evolution of large body size among parapithecids. Journal of Human Evolution153: 102957. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.102957

Mattingly, S.G., Beard, K.C., Coster, P.M.C., Salem, M.J., Chaimanee, Y., and Jaeger, J.-J. 2020. A new carnivoraform from the early Oligocene of Libya: Oldest known record of Carnivoramorpha in Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 172: 103994. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103994

Beard, K.C., Métais, G., Ocakoğlu, F., and Licht, A. 2021. An omomyid primate from the Pontide microcontinent of north-central Anatolia: Implications for sweepstakes dispersal of terrestrial mammals during the Eocene. Geobios 66-67: 143-152. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2020.06.008

2020

Beard, K.C., Jones, M.F., Thurber, N.A., and Sanisidro, O. 2020. Systematics and paleobiology of Chiromyoides (Mammalia, Plesiadapidae) from the Upper Paleocene of western North America and western Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39: e1730389. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1730389

2019

Mueller, M.A., Licht, A., Campbell, C., Ocakoğlu, F., Taylor, M.H., Burch, L., Ugrai, T., Kaya, M., Kurtoğlu, B., Coster, P.M.C., Métais, G., and Beard, K.C. 2019. Collision chronology along the İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture zone: insights from the Sarıcakaya Basin, Western Anatolia. Tectonics 38: 3652-3674. doi:10.1029/2019TC005683

Coster, P.M., Soe, A.N., Beard, K.C., Chaimanee, Y., Sein, C., Lazzari, V., and Jaeger, J.-J. 2019. Astragalus of Pondaungimys (Rodentia, Anomaluroidea) from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, central Myanmar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36: e1552156. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1552156

Jones, M.F., Coster, P.M.C., Licht, A., Métais, G., Ocakoğlu, F., Taylor, M.H., and Beard, K.C. 2019. A stem bat (Chiroptera: Palaeochiropterygidae) from the late middle Eocene of northern Anatolia: implications for the dispersal and palaeobiology of early bats. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 99: 261-269. doi:10.1007/s12549-018-0338-z

2018

Métais, G., Coster, P.M., Kappelman, J.R., Licht, A., Ocakoğlu, F., Taylor, M.H., and Beard, K.C. 2018. Eocene metatherians from Anatolia illuminate the assembly of an island fauna during Deep Time. PLoS ONE 13: e0206181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0206181

Rossie, J.B., Smith, T.D., Beard, K.C., Godinot, M., and Rowe, T.B. 2018. Nasolacrimal anatomy and haplorhine origins. Journal of Human Evolution 114: 176-183. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.11.004

2017

Gebo, D.L., Dagosto, M., Ni, X., and Beard, K.C. 2017. Phalangeal morphology of Shanghuang fossil primates. Journal of Human Evolution 113: 38-82. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.08.001

Mattingly, S.G., Sanisidro, O., and Beard, K.C. 2017. A new species of Carpolestes (Mammalia, Plesiadapoidea) from the late Paleocene of southern Wyoming: assessing changes in size and shape during the evolution of a key anatomical feature. Historical Biology 30: 1031-1042. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1328509

Licht, A., Coster, P., Ocakoğlu, F., Campbell, C., Métais, G., Mulch, A., Taylor, M., Kappelman, J., and Beard, K.C. 2017. Tectono-stratigraphy of the Orhaniye Basin, Turkey: implications for collision chronology and Paleogene biogeography of central Anatolia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 143: 45-58. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.03.033

Métais, G., Erdal, O., Erturaç, K., and Beard, K.C. 2017. Tarsal morphology of the pleuraspidotheriid mammal Hilalia from the middle Eocene of Turkey. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62: 173-179. doi:10.4202/app.00314.2016

Gebo, D.L., Dagosto, M., Beard, K.C., and Ni, X. 2017. Cuboid morphology of a basal anthropoid from the Eocene of China. Journal of Human Evolution 102: 72-74. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.10.003

2016

Beard, K.C. 2016. Out of Asia: anthropoid origins and the colonization of Africa. Annual Review of Anthropology 45: 199-213. doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-102215-100019

Beard, K.C., Ni, X., Wang, Y.-Q., Meng, J., and Gebo, D.L. 2016. Dentition of Subengius mengi (Mammalia: Plesiadapoidea) and a reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of Asian Carpolestidae. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 54: 181-211.

Ni, X., Li, Q., Li, L., and Beard, K.C. 2016. Oligocene primates from China reveal divergence between African and Asian primate evolution. Science 352: 673-677. doi:10.1126/science.aaf2107

Beard, K.C., Coster, P.M.C., Salem, M.J., Chaimanee, Y., and Jaeger, J.-J. 2016. A new species of Apidium (Anthropoidea, Parapithecidae) from the Sirt Basin, central Libya: First record of Oligocene primates from Libya. Journal of Human Evolution 90: 29-37. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.08.010

Beard, K.C., and Coster, P.M. 2016. Upper molar morphology of the early Oligocene Egyptian anthropoid Qatrania wingi. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159: 714-721. doi:10.1002/ajpa.22913

2015

Coster, P.M.C., Beard, K.C., Salem, M.J., Chaimanee, Y., and Jaeger, J.-J. 2015. New fossils from the Paleogene of central Libya illuminate the evolutionary history of endemic African anomaluroid rodents. Frontiers in Earth Science 3: 56. doi:10.3389/feart.2015.00056

Gebo, D.L., Beard, K.C., Ni, X., and Dagosto, M. 2015. Distal phalanges of Eosimias and Hoanghonius. Journal of Human Evolution86: 92-98. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.05.014

Coster, P.M.C., Beard, K.C., Salem, M.J., Chaimanee, Y., Brunet, M., and Jaeger, J.-J. 2015. A new early Oligocene mammal fauna from the Sirt Basin, central Libya: biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications. Journal of African Earth Sciences 104: 43-55. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.01.006

2014

2014. New chiropterans from the middle Eocene of Shanghuang (Jiangsu Province, coastal China): New insight into the dawn horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) in Asia. Zoologica Scripta 43: 1-23 (A. Ravel, L. Marivaux, T. Qi, Y.-Q. Wang, and K. C. Beard).

2013

2013. Uniquely derived upper molar morphology of Eocene Amphipithecidae (Primates: Anthropoidea): Homology and phylogeny. Journal of Human Evolution 65: 143-155 (P. Coster, K. C. Beard, Aung Naing Soe, Chit Sein, Y. Chaimanee, V. Lazzari, X. Valentin, and J.-J. Jaeger).

2013. The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution. Nature 498: 60-64 (X.-J. Ni, D. L. Gebo, M. Dagosto, J. Meng, P. Tafforeau, J. J. Flynn, and K. C. Beard).

2013. Anthropoid origins. In: A Companion to Paleoanthropology (D. R. Begun, ed.), pp. 358-375. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, United Kingdom.

2012

2012. The early Eocene rodent Tuscahomys (Cylindrodontidae) from the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming: Phylogeny, biogeography, and paleoecology. Annals of Carnegie Museum 80: 187-205 (R. L. Anemone, M. R. Dawson, and K. C. Beard).

2012. Late middle Eocene primate from Myanmar and the initial anthropoid colonization of Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109: 10293-10297 (Y. Chaimanee, O. Chavasseau, K. C. Beard, Aung Aung Kyaw, Aung Naing Soe, Chit Sein, V. Lazzari, L. Marivaux, B. Marandat, Myat Swe, M. Rugbumrung, Thit Lwin, X. Valentin, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, and J.-J. Jaeger).

2012. New micromomyid plesiadapiforms (Mammalia, Euarchonta) from the late Paleocene of Big Multi Quarry, Washakie Basin, Wyoming. Annals of Carnegie Museum 80: 159-172 (S. G. B. Chester and K. C. Beard).

2011

2011. Early Eocene perissodactyls (Mammalia) from the upper Nomogen Formation of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49: 123-140 (Y. Wang, J. Meng, X. Jin, K. C. Beard, B. Bai, P. Li, X. Ni, Q. Li, and D. L. Gebo).

2011. Eocene mammals from the Akasaki and Nakakoshiki formations, western Kyushu, Japan: Preliminary work and correlation with Asian land mammal ages. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49: 53-68 (K. Miyata, Y. Tomida, K. C. Beard, G. F. Gunnell, H. Ugai, and K. Hirose).

2010

2010. Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids. Nature 467: 1095-1098 (J.-J. Jaeger, K. C. Beard, Y. Chaimanee, M. Salem, M. Benammi, O. A. Hlal, P. Coster, A. A. Bilal, P. Duringer, M. Schuster, X. Valentin, B. Marandat, L. Marivaux, E. Métais, O. Hammuda, and M. Brunet).

2010. Paleocene Hapalodectes (Mammalia: Mesonychia) from Subeng, Inner Mongolia: Further evidence of “East of Eden” dispersal at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48: 375-389 (K. C. Beard, Y. Wang, J. Meng, X. Ni, D. L. Gebo, and C. Li).

2010. The phylogenetic affinities of the Pondaung tali. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143: 223-234 (M. Dagosto, L. Marivaux, D. L. Gebo, K. C. Beard, Y. Chaimanee, J.-J. Jaeger, B. Marandat, Aung Naing Soe, and Aung Aung Kyaw).

2010. Talar morphology, phylogenetic affinities and locomotor adaptation of a large-bodied amphipithecid primate from the late middle Eocene of Myanmar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143: 208-222 (L. Marivaux, K. C. Beard, Y. Chaimanee, M. Dagosto, D. L. Gebo, F. Guy, B. Marandat, Kyaw Khaing, Aung Aung Kyaw, Myo Oo, Chit Sein, Aung Naing Soe, Myat Swe, and J.-J. Jaeger).

2010. A new tarkadectine primate from the Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China: Phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 247-256 (X. Ni, J. Meng, K. C. Beard, D. L. Gebo, Y. Wang, and C. Li).

2009

2009. A new species of Gomphos (Glires, Mammalia) from the Eocene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China. American Museum Novitates 3670: 1-11 (J. Meng, B. P. Kraatz, Y. Wang, X. Ni, D. L. Gebo, and K. C. Beard).

2009. Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78: 193-243 (K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson).

2009. A new primate from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar and the monophyly of Burmese amphipithecids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 3285-3294 (K. C. Beard, L. Marivaux, Y. Chaimanee, J.-J. Jaeger, B. Marandat, P. Tafforeau, Aung Naing Soe, Soe Thura Tun and Aung Aung Kyaw).

2008

2008. New primate hind limb elements from the middle Eocene of China. Journal of Human Evolution 55: 999-1014 (D. L. Gebo, M. Dagosto, K. C. Beard, and X. Ni).

2008. Middle Eocene artiodactyls from Shanghuang (Jiangsu Province, coastal China) and the diversity of basal dichobunoids in Asia. Naturwissenschaften 95: 1121-1135 (G. Métais, T. Qi, J. Guo, and K. C. Beard).

2008. Proximal femoral anatomy of a sivaladapid primate from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation (central Myanmar).  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 137: 263-273 (L. Marivaux, K. C. Beard, Y. Chaimanee, J.-J. Jaeger, B. Marandat, Aung Naing Soe, Soe Thura Tun, and Aung Aung Kyaw).

2008. A new early Eocene arctostylopid (Arctostylopida, Mammalia) from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28: 553-558 (Y. Wang, J. Meng, X. Ni, and K. C. Beard).

2008. Reply to Gingerich et al.: Oldest North American primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: E31.

2008. Primate tibiae from the middle Eocene Shanghuang fissure-fillings of eastern China. In: Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology: A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay (E. J. Sargis and M. Dagosto, eds.), pp. 315-324. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (M. Dagosto, D. L. Gebo, X. Ni, T. Qi, and K. C. Beard).

2008. First myliobatiform teeth (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) from the Pondaung Formation (late middle Eocene) of central Myanmar. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 247: 335-340 (S. Adnet, H. Capetta, K. C. Beard, L. Marivaux, B. Marandat, Y. Chaimanee, J.-J. Jaeger, Soe Thura Tun, and Aung Naing Soe).

2008. The oldest North American primate and mammalian biogeography during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 3815-3818.