Stephanie M Palmer

This study investigates the evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds using 3D shape and phylogenetic analyses, finding that cavernous tissue enables acoustic impedance matching between air and water.

This study examines the vomeronasal organ morphology in Lontra canadensis and its osteological correlate, expanding the taxonomic scope of the vomeronasal groove as a proxy and confirming the VNO's presence in the North American river otter.

This study examines how the transition from terrestrial to aquatic lifestyles affects endocranial shape in caniform carnivorans, finding that aquatic species have expanded neocortices and reduced paleocortices and olfactory bulbs.