Prondvai Edina's publications

2019

Stein KHW, Prondvai E, Huang T, Baele J-M, Sander PM, Reisz R. 2019. Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) dinosaur eggs and eggshells. Scientific Reports, 9:4424.

 

2018

Prondvai E., Godefroit P., Adriaens D., Hu D-Y. 2018. Intraskeletal histovariability, allometric growth patterns, and their functional implications in bird-like dinosaurs. Scientific Reports, 8:258.

 

2017

Prondvai E, Botfalvai G, Stein KHW, Szentesi Z, Ősi A. 2017. Collection of the thinnest: a unique eggshell assemblage from the Late Cretaceous vertebrate locality of Iharkút (Hungary). Central European Geology, 60(1): 73-133.

Ősi, A, Csiki-Sava Z, Prondvai E. 2017. A sauropod tooth from the Santonian of Hungary and the European Late Cretaceous ‘Sauropod Hiatus’. Scientific Reports, 7:3261

Prondvai E. 2017. Medullary bone in fossils: function, evolution and significance in growth curve reconstructions of extinct vertebrates. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30(3): 440-460. (online December 2016, DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13019).

 

2016

Ősi, A, Prondvai E, Mallon J, Bodor ER. 2016. Diversity and convergences in the evolution of feeding adaptations in ankylosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Historical Biology (online July 2016, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2016.1208194).

 

2015

Dyke G, Vremir M,  Brusatte SL, Bever GS, Buffetaut E, Chapman S, Csiki-Sava Z, Kellner A, Martin E,  Naish D,  Norell M, Ősi A,  Pinheiro FL, Prondvai E, Rabi M,  Rodrigues T, Steel L, Tong H,  Vila Nova BC, Witton M. 2015. Thalassodromeus sebesensis - a new name for an old turtle. Comment on “Thalassodromeus sebesensis, an out of place and out of time Gondwanan tapejarid pterosaur”, Grellet-Tinner and Codrea. Gondwana Research, 27: 1680-1682.

 

2014

Prondvai E. 2014. Comparative bone histology of rhabdodontid dinosaurs. Palaeovertebrata 38(2)-el. pp. 31, Online ISSN: 2274-0333.

Prondvai E., Stein, KHW. 2014. Medullary bone-like tissue in the mandibular symphyses of a pterosaur suggests non-reproductive significance. Scientific Reports. 4:6253 | DOI: 10.1038/srep06253.

Prondvai, E., Stein, KHW., Ricqlès, A. de, Cubo, J. 2014. Development-based revision of bone tissue classification: the importance of semantics for science. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 112: 799-816.

Prondvai, E. Bodor, ER., Ősi, A. 2014. Does morphology reflect osteohistology-based ontogeny? A case study of Late Cretaceous pterosaur jaw symphyses from Hungary reveals hidden taxonomic diversity. Paleobiology, 40: 288-321.

Botfalvai, G., Prondvai, E., Ősi, A. 2014. Inferred bite marks on a Late Cretaceous (Santonian) bothremydid turtle and a hylaeochampsid crocodilian from Hungary. Cretaceous Research, 50: 304-317.

Ősi, A., Codrea, V., Prondvai, E., Csiki-Sava, Z. 2014. New ankylosaurian material from the Upper Cretaceous of Transylvania. Annales de Paléontologie, 100(3): 257-271.

Stein, K., Prondvai, E*. 2014. Rethinking the nature of fibrolamellar bone: an integrative biological revision of sauropod plexiform bone formation. Biological Reviews, 89: 24-47. (equal author contribution; *corresponding author)

 

2013

Ősi, A., Pozsgai, E., Botfalvai, G., Götz, A., Prondvai, E., Makádi, L., Hajdu, Zs., Csengődi, D., Czirják, G., Sebe, K., Szentesi, Z. 2013. First report of Triassic vertebrate assemblages from the Villány Hills (Southern Hungary). Central European Geology, 56(4): 297-335.

Ősi, A., Prondvai, E. 2013. Sympatry of two ankylosaurs (Hungarosaurus and cf. Struthiosaurus) in the Santonian of Hungary, Cretaceous Research, 44: 58-63. 

 

2012

Ősi, A., Prondvai E., Butler R., Weishampel DB. 2012. Phylogeny, histology and inferred body size evolution in a new rhabdodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44318. pp. 25, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044318.

Prondvai E., Stein K., Ősi A., Sander PM. 2012. Life history of Rhamphorhynchus inferred from bone histology, and the diversity of pterosaurian growth strategies. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31392. pp. 18, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031392.

 

2011

Prondvai E., Ősi A. 2011. Potential for intracranial movements in pterosaurs. The Anatomical Record, 294 (5): 813–830.

Ősi A., Buffetaut E., Prondvai E. 2011. New pterosaurian remains from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary (Iharkút, Csehbánya Formation). Cretaceous Research, 32 (4): 456-463. 

 

2010

Buffetaut E., Ősi A., Prondvai E. 2010. The pterosaurian remains from the Grünbach Formation (Campanian, Gosau Group) of Austria: a reappraisal. Geological Magazine. 148: 334–339.

Ősi A., Prondvai E., Géczy B. 2010. The history of Late Jurassic pterosaurs housed in Hungarian collections and the revision of the holotype of Pterodactylus micronyx Meyer, 1856 (the „Pester Exemplar”). Special Publications of the Geological Society. 343: 277-286.

Ősi A., Prondvai E., Frey E., Pohl B. 2010. New interpretation of the palate of pterosaurs. The Anatomical Record, 293 (2): 243-258.

 

2009

Ősi A., Prondvai E. 2009. Forgotten pterosaurs in Hungarian collections: first description of Rhamphorhynchus and Pterodactylus specimens. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 252 (2): 167-180.

Prondvai E., Hone DWE. 2009. New models for the wing extension in pterosaurs. Historical Biology20 (4): 237 – 254.

 

Conference abstracts

 

Stein K, Huang T, Prondvai E, Baele J, Sander PM, Reisz R. Eggshell of basal Sauropodomorph dinosaurs and the origin of the amniote eggshell. 78th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 2018, Abstract Volume, pp. 221-222.

Botfalvai G, Prondvai E, Ősi A. Living alone or moving in herds? Inferring social behaviour in ankylosaurs: a review. 13th Symposium in Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Bonn, Germany, 2018, Abstract Volume, pp. 14-15.

Prondvai E, Abourachid A, Khabazi A, Adriaens D. Exercise, growth and histology in the developing hind limb bones of ducks – a case study. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Special Symposium: ‘XXIst Century Palaeohistology of Mineralized Tissue’. Paris, France, 2018, Abstract Volume, p. 921.

Prondvai E, Abourachid A, Khabazi A, Adriaens D. Altricial forelimbs – precocial hind limbs: Disparate growth and function in the ontogeny and evolution of avian locomotion. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Special Symposium: ‘Vertebrate Paleophysiology’. Paris, France, 2018, Abstract Volume, p. 895.

Prondvai E. Meet medullary bone: functional and evolutionary considerations in extinct and extant archosaurs. – 20th Biennial Meeting of the Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa, Special Symposium: ‘Palaeophysiology of Vertebrates: Past, Present, and Future’. Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2018, Abstract Volume, p. 26.

Prondvai E, Abourachid A, Garcia Amado MA, Herrel A, Adriaens D. Climbing about, flying around: effects of precocial forelimb usage on the bone histology of hoatzin and its implications for forelimb function in bird-like dinosaurs. 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Munich, Germany, 2017. Zitteliana 91, p.74.

Prondvai E, Hu D-Y, Adriaens D, Godefroit P. Allometric intraskeletal growth patterns and their functional implications in dinobirds. 4th International Symposium on Paleohistology (ISPH), New Jersey, USA, 2017. Abstract Volume, p. 36.

Ősi A, Csiki-Sava Z, Prondvai E. Needles in the haystack - sauropod teeth from the uppermost Cretaceous of Iharkút (Santonian, Hungary) and Hațeg (Maastrichtian, Romania), and latest Cretaceous sauropod diversity in central-eastern Europe. 11th Romanian Symposium of Palaeontology, Bucharest, 2017. Abstract Volume, pp. 83-84.

Prondvai E, Adriaens D, Godefroit P, Hu D-Y. Intraskeletal histovariability and its ontogenetic implications in the limb bones of ‘dinobirds’. – 64th Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Liverpool, UK, 2016. Abstract Volume, p. 27.

Prondvai E, Hu D-Y, Adriaens D, Godefroit P. Intraskeletal growth dynamics and functional maturation in the limb bones of ‘dinobirds’. – 11th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), Washington DC. USA, 2016. Anatomical Record, Volume 299, Special Feature p. 76.

Prondvai E, Szentesi Z, Ősi A, Botfalvai G, Stein K. Eggshell fragments from the Late Cretaceous of Iharkút, Hungary. – 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists Opole, Poland, 2015. Abstract Volume, p. 94.

Prondvai E. Evaluation of the reproductive role of medullary bone-like tissues in fossils. 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology, Bonn, Germany, 2015 – Abstract Volume, p. 57.

Stein K, Huang T, Prondvai E, Reisz R, Sander PM. Semi-flexible eggshell in lower jurassic prosauropods suggests plesiomorphic condition in dinosaurs. 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology (ISPH), Bonn, Germany, 2015. Abstract Volume, p. 34.

Prondvai E, Szentesi Z, Stein K, Ősi A. Krétakori fészkelőink: Legfrissebb kutatási eredmények az iharkúti késő-kréta lelőhely tojáshéj-töredékeiről. (in Hungarian) – 18. Magyar Őslénytani Vándorgyűlés (Hungarian Paleontological Meeting), Varbó-Fónagyság, Magyarország, 2015. Abstract Volume (in Hungarian), p. 30-31.

Prondvai E., Stein K. Medullary bone in the mandibular symphyses of a pterosaur indicates a non-reproductive role. – 74th Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Berlin, Germany, 2014. Abstract Volume p. 209.

Botfalvai G., Prondvai E., Ősi A. Inferred bite marks indicate an uncommon trophic relationship in the Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna from Hungary. – 12th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (EAVP), Torino, Italy, 2014. Abstract Volume p. 31.

Prondvai E. A rhabdodontid dinoszauruszok összehasonlító csontszövettani vizsgálata. (in Hungarian) – 17. Magyar Őslénytani Vándorgyűlés (Hungarian Paleontological Meeting), Győr, Hungary, 2014. Abstract Volume p. 30-31.

Prondvai E., Bodor ER., Ősi A. Histology and morphometrics of the azhdarchid pterosaur mandibular symphyses from Hungary: Developmental series or even more? - 2nd International Symposium of Paleohistology (ISPH), Montana, USA, 2013. Abstract Volume p. 49.

Prondvai E., Stein K. Fossil bone histology „corrected for” osteogenesis and cutting planes: What is fibrolamellar bone anyway? – 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), Barcelona, Spain, 2013. Anatomical Record, Volume 296, Special Feature, p. 152.

Stein K., Werner J., Prondvai, E. Using osteocytes for genome size evolution and terrestriality studies – 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), Barcelona, Spain, 2013. Anatomical Record, Volume 296, Special Feature, p. 225.

Prondvai E., Bodor ER., Ősi A. Histology of pterosaur mandibular symphyses from Hungary: An ontogenetic series? – 11th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (EAVP), Villers-sur-Mer, France, 2013. Abstract Volume p. 59.

Prondvai E., Bodor ER., Ősi A. A magyarországi azhdarchid pteroszauruszok állkapocs-symphysisének morfometriai és csontszövettani elemzése: egyedfejlődési sorozat vagy még ennél is több? (in Hungarian) – 16. Magyar Őslénytani Vándorgyűlés (Hungarian Paleontological Meeting), Orfű, Hungary, 2013. Abstract Volume p. 33-34.

Stein K., Prondvai E. No fibrous (woven) bone in sauropod fibrolamellar bone? – 72th Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), 2012. Abstract Volume p. 178.

Ősi A, Prondvai E, Butler RJ, Weishampel DB. Phylogeny, histology and inferred body-size evolution in a new rhabdodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary – 72th Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), 2012. Abstract Volume p. 152-153.

Prondvai E., Ősi A., Butler R. Size matters – Contribution of bone histology-based body size estimates to the understanding of the ornithopod family Rhabdodontidae. – 10th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Teruel, Spain, 2012. Abstract Volume, p. 197-198.

Ősi A, Prondvai E, Butler RJ, Weishampel DB. Egy új rhabdodontid dinoszaurusz a felső-kréta (Santoni) Csehbányai Formációból (Iharkút, Bakony). (in Hungarian) – 15. Magyar Őslénytani Vándorgyűlés (Hungarian Paleontological Meeting), Uzsa, Hungary, 2012. Abstract Volume p. 20.

Prondvai E., Stein K., Sander M., Ősi A. Life history of Rhamphorhynchus inferred from bone histology. – 9th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Heraklion, Crete, 2011. Abstract Volume, p. 47-48.

Prondvai E., Ősi A. Cranial kinesis in pterosaurs – Motile skulls? 8th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Aix-en-Provence, France, 2010. Abstract Volume, p. 70.

Prondvai E., Ősi A. Kraniális kinézis – Mozgékony koponyájú pteroszauruszok? (in Hungarian) – 13. Magyar Őslénytani Vándorgyűlés (Hungarian Paleontological Meeting), Csákvár, Hungary, 2010. Abstract Volume p. 21-22.

Elgin R.,  Prondvai E., Frey E., Krüger W. Pterosaur flight dynamics and the evolution of flight style within the lineage: initial experimental findings. – Tribute to Charles Darwin and Bernissart Iguanodons: New Perspectives on Vertebrate Evolution and Early Cretaceous Ecosystems, Brussels, Belgium, 2009. Abstract Volume p. 36.

Prondvai E., Hone DWE. Wing extension in pterosaurs: new models. – 7th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Berlin, Germany, 2009. Abstract Volume p. 57.

Prondvai E., Hone DWE. „Félautomata pteroszauruszok” – Új modell a repülő hüllők szárnyextenziójának mechanizmusára. (in Hungarian) – 12. Magyar Őslénytani Vándorgyűlés (Hungarian Paleontological Meeting), Sopron, Hungary, 2009. Abstract Volume p. 29.

Prondvai E., Tanács T., Frey E. Mass estimate of pterosaurs: a case study on Rhamphorhynchus and the problems of finding the best method. – 6th Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia, 2008. Abstract Volume p. 80-81.

Ősi A., Prondvai E., Géczy B., Rabi M. The history of Late Jurassic Pterosaurs housed in Hungarian palaeontological collections. – Dinosaurs and other extinct saurans – A historical perspective. Meeting of the Geological Society, London, 2008. Abstract Volume p. 44-45.

Prondvai E., Frey E., Tanács T. Body volume, mass and weight estimation in Rhamphorhynchus and other pterosaurs: a new method for further aerodynamical investigations. – Wellnhofer Pterosaur meeting, München, Germany, 2007.

Frey E., Krüger WR., Hone D., Prondvai E., Elgin R. Engineering pterosaurs. Methods and perspectives of experimental palaeontology. – 4th Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Budapest, Hungary, 2006. Special Volume of Hantkeniana p. 86.

Prondvai E., Kassai F., Árnyas E., Csősz S., Bereczki J., Tóth A., Tartally A., Kiss J., Peregovits L., Varga Z.. Oviposition in Maculinea alcon butterflies. In: J. Settele, E. Kühn & J. Thomas (eds). Studies on the Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies in Europe. Vol. 2. Species ecology along a European Gradient: Maculinea butterflies as a model. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 2005. p. 82-83.

Prondvai E., Kassai F., Csősz S., Árnyas E., Bereczki J., Tóth A., Varga Z., Peregovits L. & Kis J.: Oviposition in Maculinea alcon butterflies. – Proceedings of the 29th International Ethological Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 2005. p. 179.