Research outputs
2025
New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs.
Dempsey, M., Cross, S. R. R., Maidment, S. C. R., Hutchinson, J. R., & Bates, K. T. (2025). New perspectives on body size and shape evolution in dinosaurs.. Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 100(5), 1829-1860. doi:10.1111/brv.70026
Limb bone robusticity is coupled with mass distribution in terrestrial tetrapods.
Dempsey, M., Allison, K., Cross, S. R. R., Maidment, S. C. R., Campione, N. E., & Bates, K. T. (2025). Limb bone robusticity is coupled with mass distribution in terrestrial tetrapods.. Royal Society open science, 12(9), 251103. doi:10.1098/rsos.251103
Factors impacting the complexity of the leporid intracranial joint.
Wood-Bailey, A. P., White, H. E., Cross, S. R. R., Jeffery, N. S., Cox, P. G., & Sharp, A. C. (2026). Factors impacting the complexity of the leporid intracranial joint.. Journal of anatomy, 248(1), 28-39. doi:10.1111/joa.70031
Form, Function and Evolution of the Avian Locomotor System
Cross, S. (2025, May 30). Form, Function and Evolution of the Avian Locomotor System. (University of Liverpool).
Exploring the accuracy of palaeobiological modelling procedures in forward-dynamics simulations of maximum-effort vertical jumping.
Cross, S. R. R., Charles, J. P., Sellers, W. I., Codd, J. R., & Bates, K. T. (2025). Exploring the accuracy of palaeobiological modelling procedures in forward-dynamics simulations of maximum-effort vertical jumping.. Royal Society open science, 12(5), 242109. doi:10.1098/rsos.242109
2024
Data from Cross et al., Exploring the Accuracy of Palaeobiological Modelling Procedures in Forward-Dynamics Simulations of Maximum-Effort Vertical Jumping
Cross, S., Charles, J., Sellers, W. I., Codd, J., & Bates, K. (n.d.). Data from Cross et al., Exploring the Accuracy of Palaeobiological Modelling Procedures in Forward-Dynamics Simulations of Maximum-Effort Vertical Jumping. doi:10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/2862
Data From: Cross et al., Testing the Form-Function Paradigm: Body Shape Correlates with Kinematics but not Energetics in Selectively Bred Birds
Cross, S., Marmol-Guijarro, A., Bates, K., Marrin, J., Tickle, P., Rose, K., & Codd, J. (n.d.). Data From: Cross et al., Testing the Form-Function Paradigm: Body Shape Correlates with Kinematics but not Energetics in Selectively Bred Birds. doi:10.17638/datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/2734
2023
Decoupling body shape and mass distribution in birds and their dinosaurian ancestors
Macaulay, S., Hoehfurtner, T., Cross, S., Marek, R., Hutchinson, J., Schachner, E., . . . Bates, K. (2023). Decoupling body shape and mass distribution in birds and their dinosaurian ancestors. Nature Communications, 14. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37317-y
2022
Climate, competition, and the rise of mosasauroid ecomorphological disparity
Cross, S. R. R., Moon, B. C., Stubbs, T. L., Rayfield, E. J., & Benton, M. J. (2022). Climate, competition, and the rise of mosasauroid ecomorphological disparity. Palaeontology, 65(2). doi:10.1111/pala.12590
2018
Microvertebrates from the basal Rhaetian Bone Bed (latest Triassic) at Aust Cliff, S.W. England
Cross, S. R. R., Ivanovski, N., Duffin, C. J., Hildebrandt, C., Parker, A., & Benton, M. J. (2018). Microvertebrates from the basal Rhaetian Bone Bed (latest Triassic) at Aust Cliff, S.W. England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 129(5), 635-653. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.06.002