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\u201910 MSc, \u201915 PhD<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"Mike received a BSc with Honors in Geology, Minor in Biology in 2007 at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, and then came to the University of Alberta to complete a MSc and then PhD with Specialization in Systematics and Evolution in 2010 and 2015, respectively. His work on ankylosaurs began during his undergrad degree by studying osteoderms\u2014bony armour formed in the skin\u2014where he found that they could provide meaningful palaeontological data. This also played a central role in his MSc studies, and broadened to examine ankylosaur growth, variation, and phylogeny in his doctoral work. He employs histological techniques to investigate how the internal anatomy relates to external morphology and other aspects of palaeobiology. Other interests include palaeoecology, and in the palaeobiogeography of Appalachia, a Late Cretaceous landmass that is now the eastern portions of Canada and the United States. After his PhD, Mike became a professor at Jacksonville State University.<\/span><\/p>\n

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LAB-RELATED PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Snively, E., O\u2019Brien, H., Henderson, D.M., Mallison, H., Surring, L.A., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, Holtz Jr., T.R., Russell, A.P., Witmer, L.M.,\u00a0Currie, P.J., Hartman, S.A., and Cotton, J.R.\u00a02019.\u00a0Lower rotational inertia and larger leg muscles indicate more rapid turns in tyrannosaurids than in other large theropods.\u00a0PeerJ\u00a0<\/em>7: e6432. DOI:\u00a010.7717\/peerj.6432<\/a><\/p>\n

Funston, G.F.,\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a0and Burns, M.E.<\/strong> 2016. New elmisaurine specimens from North America and their relationship to the Mongolian\u00a0Elmisaurus rarus.\u00a0Acta Palaeontologica Polonica<\/em>\u00a061: 159\u2013173. DOI:\u00a010.4202\/app.00129.2014<\/a><\/p>\n

Bradley, G.J., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02015. Missing data estimation in tyrannosaurid dinosaurs: Can diameter take the place of circumference?\u00a0Cretaceous Research<\/em>\u00a055: 200\u2013209. DOI:\u00a010.1016\/j.cretres.2015.02.010<\/a><\/p>\n

Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, Tumanova, T.A., and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02015. Postcrania of juvenile\u00a0Pinacosaurus grangeri<\/em>\u00a0(Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Alagteeg Formation, Alag Teeg, Mongolia: implications for ontogenetic allometry in ankylosaurs.\u00a0Journal of Paleontology<\/em>\u00a089: 168\u2013182. DOI:\u00a010.1017\/jpa.2014.14<\/a><\/p>\n

Fanti, F., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02015. Taphonomy, age, and paleoecological implication of a new\u00a0Pachyrhinosaurus<\/em>\u00a0(Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) bonebed from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Wapiti Formation of Alberta, Canada.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences<\/em>\u00a052: 250\u2013260. DOI:\u00a010.1139\/cjes-2014-0197<\/a><\/p>\n

Xing, L.D., Wang, Y.-K., Snively, E., Zhang, J.-P., Dong, Z.-M., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02015. Model-based identification of mechanical characteristics of\u00a0Sinosaurus<\/em>\u00a0(Theropoda) crests.\u00a0Acta Geologica Sinica<\/em>\u00a089: 1\u201311. DOI:\u00a010.1111\/1755-6724.12390<\/a><\/p>\n

Vanderven, E., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02014. Histologic growth dynamic study of\u00a0Edmontosaurus regalis<\/em>\u00a0(Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from a bonebed assemblage of the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences<\/em>\u00a051: 1023\u20131033. DOI:\u00a010.1139\/cjes-2014-0064<\/a><\/p>\n

Baert, M., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02014. Quantitative diagenetic analyses of\u00a0Edmontosaurus regalis<\/em>\u00a0(Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) postcranial elements from the Danek Bonebed, Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: implications for allometric studies of fossil organisms.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences<\/em>\u00a051: 1007\u20131016. DOI:\u00a010.1139\/cjes-2014-0060<\/a><\/p>\n

Bramble, K., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02014. Enhancing bonebed mapping with GIS technology using the Danek Bonebed (Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) as a case study.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences<\/em>\u00a051: 987\u2013991. DOI:\u00a010.1139\/cjes-2014-0056<\/a><\/p>\n

Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, Coy, C., Arbour, V.M.,\u00a0Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. 2014. The Danek\u00a0Edmontosaurus<\/em>\u00a0Bonebed: new insights on the systematics, biogeography, and palaeoecology of Late Cretaceous dinosaur communities.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences<\/em>\u00a051: v\u2013vii. DOI:\u00a010.1139\/cjes-2014-0217<\/a><\/p>\n

Bell, P.R., Sissons, R., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, Fanti, F., and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02014. New Saurolophine Material from the Upper Campanian\u2013Lower Maastrichtian Wapiti Formation, West-Central Alberta. In Eberth, D.A. and Evans, D.C. (editors),\u00a0Hadrosaurs<\/em>\u00a0(pp. 174\u2013190). Indiana University Press.<\/p>\n

Arbour, V.M., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, Bell, P. R., and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02014. Epidermal and dermal integumentary structures of ankylosaurian dinosaurs.\u00a0Journal of Morphology\u00a0<\/em>275: 39\u201350. DOI:\u00a010.1002\/jmor.20194<\/a><\/p>\n

Burns, M.E.<\/strong> and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02014. External and internal structure of ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) osteoderms and their systematic relevance.\u00a0Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology<\/em>\u00a034: 835\u2013851. DOI:\u00a010.1080\/02724634.2014.840309<\/a><\/p>\n

Xing, L.D., Paulina-Carabajal, A.,\u00a0Currie, P.J., Xu, X., Zhang, J.-P., Wang, T., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and Dong, Z.-M. 2014. Braincase anatomy of the basal theropod\u00a0Sinosaurus<\/em>\u00a0from the Early Jurassic of China.\u00a0Acta Geologica Sinica<\/em>\u00a088: 1653\u20131664. DOI:\u00a010.1111\/1755-6724.12335<\/a><\/p>\n

Xing, L.D., Peng, G.-Z., Ye, Y., Lockley, M.G., McCrea, R.T.,\u00a0Currie, P.J., Zhang, J.-P., and Burns, M.E.<\/strong> 2014. Large theropod trackway from the Lower Jurassic Zhenzhuchong Formation of Weiyuan County, Sichuan Province, China: Review, new observations and special preservation.\u00a0Palaeoworld<\/em>\u00a023: 285\u2013293. DOI:\u00a010.1016\/j.palwor.2014.10.010<\/a><\/p>\n

Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, Vickaryous, M., and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02013. Histological variability in fossil and recent alligatoroid osteoderms: Systematic and functional implications.\u00a0Journal of Morphology<\/em>\u00a0274: 676\u2013686. DOI:\u00a010.1002\/jmor.20125<\/a><\/p>\n

Xing, L.D., Bell, P.R., Ji, S., Ji, Q., Miyashita, T., Persons, W.S., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02012. Abdominal contents from two large Early Cretaceous compsognathids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) demonstrate feeding on confuciusornithids and dromaeosaurids.\u00a0PLOS ONE<\/em>\u00a07(8): e44012. DOI:\u00a010.1371\/journal.pone.0044012<\/a><\/p>\n

Arbour, V.M., Burns, M.E.<\/strong>, and\u00a0Currie, P.J.\u00a02011. A review of pelvic shield morphology in ankylosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia).\u00a0Journal of Paleontology<\/em>\u00a085: 298\u2013302. DOI:\u00a010.1666\/10-071.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Burns, M.E.<\/strong>,\u00a0Currie, P.J., Sissons, R.L., and Arbour, V.M. 2011. Juvenile specimens of\u00a0Pinacosaurus grangeri<\/em>\u00a0Gilmore, 1933 (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of China, with comments on the specific taxonomy of\u00a0Pinacosaurus<\/em>.\u00a0Cretaceous Research<\/em>\u00a032: 174\u2013186. DOI:\u00a010.1016\/j.cretres.2010.11.007<\/a><\/p>\n

Arbour, V.M., Burns, M.E., and Sissons, R.L.<\/b> 2009. A redescription of the ankylosaurid dinosaur Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus<\/i> Parks, 1924 (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) and a revision of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology<\/i> 29(4): 1117\u20131135. DOI: 10.1671\/039.029.0405<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Burns, M.E.<\/span><\/b> 2015. Intraspecific Variation in the Armoured Dinosaurs (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) [doctoral dissertation]. University of Alberta Education and Research Archive<\/i>. DOI: 10.7939\/R39K46485<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Burns, M.E.<\/span><\/b> 2010. External and internal structure of ankylosaur (Dinosauria; Ornithischia) osteoderms [master\u2019s thesis]. University of Alberta Education and Research Archive<\/i>. DOI: 10.7939\/R33G78<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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