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Laura B. Porro
Researcher at University College London
Publications - 39
Citations - 895
Laura B. Porro is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Skull & Biology. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 33 publications receiving 739 citations. Previous affiliations of Laura B. Porro include University of Cambridge & University of Bristol.
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In vivo bone strain and finite-element modeling of the craniofacial haft in catarrhine primates
Callum F. Ross,Michael A. Berthaume,Paul C. Dechow,Jose Iriarte-Diaz,Laura B. Porro,Brian G. Richmond,Mark A. Spencer,David S. Strait +7 more
TL;DR: New in vivo bone strain data are combined with published data from the supraorbital region and zygomatic arch to evaluate the validity of a finite‐element model (FEM) of a macaque cranium during mastication and suggest the morphology of this region may be important for resisting forces generated during feeding.
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Free Body Analysis, Beam Mechanics, and Finite Element Modeling of the Mandible of Alligator mississippiensis
Laura B. Porro,Casey M. Holliday,Fred Anapol,Lupita C. Ontiveros,Lolita T. Ontiveros,Callum F. Ross +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that beam modeling does not accurately represent the mechanical behavior of the Alligator mandible, including important performance metrics such as magnitude and orientation of reaction forces, and mediolateral bending and torsional stress distributions.
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The Lower Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki Crompton & Charig, 1962: cranial anatomy, functional morphology, taxonomy, and relationships
David B. Norman,Alfred W. Crompton,Richard J. Butler,Laura B. Porro,Laura B. Porro,Alan J. Charig +5 more
TL;DR: Details of the cranial anatomy are revealed and show that the skull is unexpectedly specialized in such an early representative of the Ornithischia, including the closely packed, hypsodont crowns and ‘warping’ of the occlusal surfaces seen in the cheek dentition and jaw musculature.
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Lower limits of ornithischian dinosaur body size inferred from a new Upper Jurassic heterodontosaurid from North America
Richard J. Butler,Peter M. Galton,Laura B. Porro,Luis M. Chiappe,Donald M. Henderson,Gregory M. Erickson +5 more
TL;DR: A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of western North America that rivals the smallest theropods in size, Fruitadens haagarorum, is reported, suggesting that this taxon was an ecological generalist with an omnivorous diet within Dinosauria.
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The impact of bone and suture material properties on mandibular function in Alligator mississippiensis: testing theoretical phenotypes with finite element analysis
David A. Reed,Laura B. Porro,Jose Iriarte-Diaz,Justin B. Lemberg,Casey M. Holliday,Fred Anapol,Callum F. Ross +6 more
TL;DR: Variation in these model properties resulted in changes to the strain regime of the model, highlighting the importance of using biologically verified material properties when modeling vertebrate bones.