Publications - Ashley R. Reynolds

Peer-Reviewed Publications

4. Reynolds, A.R., Seymour, K.L., and Evans, D.C. 2021. Smilodon fatalis siblings reveal life history in a saber-toothed cat. iScience. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101916

3. Whitney, M.R., LeBlanc, A.R.H., Reynolds, A.R., and Brink, K.S. 2020. Convergent dental adaptations in the serrations of hyper carnivorous synapsids and dinosaurs. Biology Letters 16: 20200750. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0750

2. Reynolds, A.R., Seymour, K.L., and Evans, D.C. 2019. Late Pleistocene records of felids from Medicine Hat, Alberta, including the first Canadian record of the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 56: 1052-1060. doi: 10.1139/cjes-2018-0272

1. Seymour, K.L., Reynolds, A.R., Churcher, C.S. 2018. Smilodon fatalis from Talara, Peru: Sex, Age, Mass, and Histology. Book chapter in McDonald, H.G., Shaw, C., and Werdelin, L. (eds.) Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD.

Conference Presentations

17. Reynolds, A.R. 2022. Smilodon fatalis was sexually dimorphic and social, as revealed by osteohistology. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 82nd Annual Meeting. November 2-5, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Romer Prize candidate, oral presentation]

16. Reynolds, A.R., Evans, D.C. 2022. Testing the use of bone histology for reconstructing growth in Panthera leo. 2022 Ecological Society of America & Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Joint Meeting. August 14-19, Montreal, QC, Canada. [oral presentation]

15. Reynolds, A.R.. 2021. Reconstructing life history of the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis using bone histology. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 9th Annual Conference. May 25-28, virtual. [Carroll Prize winner; oral presentation]

14. Reynolds, A.R., Lowi-Merri, T.M., Brannick, A.L., and Evans, D.C. 2020. Dire wolf identified from the late Pleistocene of Alberta using geometric morphometrics. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80^th Annual Meeting. October 12^th-16^th, virtual. [poster presentation]

13. Reynolds, A.R., Lowi-Merri, T.M., Brannick, A.L., and Evans, D.C. 2020. Confirmation of dire wolf from Medicine Hat, Alberta using geometric morphometrics. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 8^th Annual Conference. June 6^th-8^th, Victoria, BC, Canada. [oral presentation; conference cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic]

12. Reynolds, A.R. and Evans, D.C. 2019. Osteohistological growth curve reconstruction in Smilodon fatalis. 11^th North American Paleontological Convention. June 23^rd-27^th, Riverside, CA, USA. [oral presentation]

11. Reynolds, A.R. and Seymour, K.L. 2019. Faunal composition and turnover during the Late Pleistocene of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 7^th Annual Conference. May 10^th-13^th, Grande Prairie, AB, Canada. [oral presentation]

10. Reynolds, A.R. 2019. Reconstructing life history in extinct mammals using osteohistology. 14^th Annual Atwood Colloquium. April 12^th-13^th, Toronto, ON, Canada. [oral presentation]

9. Reynolds, A.R., Seymour, K.L., and Evans, D.C. 2018. Expanding the northern range of Smilodon fatalis (Carnivora, Felidae): description of the first specimen from Canada (Late Pleistocene; Medicine Hat, Alberta). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 78^thAnnual Meeting. October 17^th-20^th, Albuquerque, NM, USA. [poster presentation]

8. Lowi-Merri, T.M., Simon, D.J., Reynolds, A.R., Seymour, K.L., and Evans, D.C. 2018. Taphonomic Analysis of Avifaunal Remains from the Pleistocene Tar Pits of Talara, Peru. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 78^thAnnual Meeting. October 17^th-20^th, Albuquerque, NM, USA. [poster presentation]

7. Reynolds, A.R., Seymour, K.L., and Evans, D.C. 2018. Revisiting Smilodon(Carnivora, Felidae) material from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 6^thAnnual Meeting. May 14^th-16^th, Ottawa, ON, Canada. [oral presentation]

6. Reynolds, A.R., Seymour, K.L. 2017. Sabre-toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis) subadults from Coralito, Ecuador interpreted as members of the same age cohort. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 77th Annual Meeting. August 23rd-26th, Calgary, AB, Canada. [oral presentation]

5. Seymour, K.L., Reynolds, A.R., and Churcher, C.S. 2017. The sabre cat Smilodon fatalis from Talara Peru: age, sex, mass and sociality. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 77th Annual Meeting. August 23rd-26th, Calgary, AB, Canada. [oral presentation]

4. Reynolds, A.R. 2017. Life history reconstruction in Smilodon fatalis. 12th Annual Atwood Colloquium. April 7th-8th, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

3. Reynolds, A.R., Evans, D.C. 2016. A multi-element histological analysis of the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis (Carnivora: Felidae). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 76th Annual Meeting. October 26th-29th, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. [poster presentation]

2. Reynolds, A.R., Evans, D.C. 2016. Long bone histology of Smilodon fatalis (Carnivora: Felidae) from Talara, Peru. Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 4th Annual Meeting. May 18th-21st, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada. [poster presentation]

1. Reynolds, A.R. 2016. Growth patterns of wild and captive lions (Panthera leo) and tigers (Panthera tigris altaica). Canadian Society of Zoologists 55th Annual Meeting. May 9th-13th, Western University, London, ON, Canada. [poster presentation]

Invited Presentations

3. Reynolds, A.R. 2019, 2021. The North Remembers: Ice Age Fossil Finds from Medicine Hat, Alberta.

2. Reynolds, A.R. 2017. Sabre-toothed cat growth and behaviour: A purr-plexing mystery. Soapbox Science. May 1 & September 24, Toronto, ON, Canada.

1. Reynolds, A.R. 2016. Reconstructing the life history of the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis. Presented at the 4th Annual Palaeohistology Workshop. December 7-9, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada.