Education

PhD. University of Michigan (1959)
M.S. University of Michigan (1953)
B.A. Northwestern University (1951)

Research Interests

Current research interests include: comparative osteology and myology of birds, with special reference to hummingbirds; functional and phylogenetic aspects of morphological variation in birds.

Selected Publications

Livezey, B. C., and R. L. Zusi. 2007. Higher-order Phylogeny of Modern Birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) Based on Comparative Anatomy. II. Analysis and Discussion. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149: 1-95.

Livezey, B. C., and R. L. Zusi. 2006. Higher-order Phylogeny of Modern Birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) Based on Comparative Anatomy. I. Methods and Characters. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 37(1): 1-544, 36 Figs., CD.

Zusi, R. L., and B. C. Livezey. 2006. Variation in the Os Palatinum and its Structural Relation to the Palatum Osseum of Birds (Aves). Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(3): 137-180.

Zusi, R. L., and M. J.Hamas. 2001. Bats and Birds as Potential Pollinators of Three Species of Marcgravia Lianas on Dominica. Caribbean Journal of Science (3-4):274-278.

Zusi, R. L., and B. C. Livezey. 2000. Homology and Phylogenetic Implications of Some Enigmatic Cranial Features in Galliform and Anseriform Birds. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(3):157-193.

Zusi, R. L. 1996. Family Rynchopidae (Skimmers). Pp. 668-677. In: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 3. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatel, eds. Lynx Editions, Barcelona.

Zusi, R. L. 1993. Patterns of Diversity in the Avian Skull. Pp. 391-437. In: The Skull. Vol. 2. Patterns of Structural and Systematic Diversity. Hanken and B. K. Hall, eds. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London.

Zusi, R. L., and K. I. Warheit. 1992. On the Evolution of Intraramal Joints in Pseudodontorns (Aves: Odontopterygia). Pp. 351-360. In: Papers in Avian Paleontology. Honoring Pierce Brodkorb. K. E. Campbell, Jr., ed. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Series No. 36.