MSc student publications

We see publication as the natural outcome of research by Masters students. We are proud that many student projects are published in leading journals, including Nature and Science. In the list below, the student’s name is highlighted in bold type, and research contributions are numbered; public engagement contributions are not numbered.

2023

187. Ballell, A., Mai, B. and Benton, M.J. 2023. Divergent strategies in cranial biomechanics and feeding ecology of the ankylosaurian dinosaurs. Scientific Reports 13, 18242. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45444-1

186. Barrett, R.Adebowale, M.Birch, H.Wilson, J. D., & Schmidt, D. N. 2023Planktic foraminiferal resilience to environmental change associated with the PETMPaleoceanography and Paleoclimatology38, e2022PA004534. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004534

185. Berks, H.O., Lunde Nielsen, M., Flannery‐Sutherland, J., Thorshøj Nielsen, A., Park, T.Y.S. and Vinther, J. 2023. A possibly deep branching artiopodan arthropod from the lower Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (North Greenland). Papers in Palaeontology9, e1495. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1495

184. Janis, C.M., O’Driscoll, A.M., and Kear, B.P. 2023. Myth of the Qantas leap: perspectives on the evolution of kangaroo locomotion. Alcheringa 47, 671-685. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.20232195895

183. Sethapanichsakul, T., Coram, R.A. and Benton, M.J. 2023. New information on the cranial anatomy of the Middle Triassic rhynchosaurian reptile Bentonyx sidensis. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica published online. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01019.2022

182. Sethapanichsakul, T., Coram, R.A. and Benton, M.J. 2023. Unique dentition of rhynchosaurs and their two-phase success as herbivores in the Triassic. Palaeontology 3, e12654. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12654

2022

181. Álvarez-Armada, N., Cameron, C.B., Bauer, J.E., and Rahman, I.A. 2022. Heterochrony and parallel evolution of echinoderm, hemichordate and cephalochordate internal bars. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289, 20220258. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0258

180. Chambi-Trowell, S.A.V., Whiteside, D.I., Skinner, M., Benton, M.J., and Rayfield, E.J. 2022. Phylogenetic relationships of the European trilophosaurids Tricuspisaurus thomasi and Variodens inopinatusJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41, e1999250. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2021.1999250

179. Deakin, W.J., Anderson, P.S.L., den Boer, W., Smith, W.J., Hill, J.J., Rücklin, M., Donoghue, P.C.J. and Rayfield, E.J. 2022. Increasing morphological disparity and decreasing optimality for jaw speed and strength during the radiation of jawed vertebrates. Science Advances 8: eabl3644. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl3644

178. Jamison-Todd, S., Moon, B.C., Rowe, A.J., Williams, M., and Benton., M.J. 2022. Dietary niche partitioning in Early Jurassic ichthyosaurs from Strawberry Bank. Journal of Anatomy 241, 1409-1423 (doi: 10.1111/joa.13744). pdf. Supplementary files are here. Featured on the front cover for December 2022.

177. Jamson, K.M., Moon, B.C. and Fraass, A.J. 2022. Diversity dynamics of microfossils from the Cretaceous to the Neogene show mixed responses to events. Palaeontology 65, e12615. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12615

176. Jones, B., Martín-Serra, A., Rayfield, E.J., and Janis, C.M. 2022. Distal humeral morphology indicates locomotory divergence in extinct giant kangaroos. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 29, 27–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-021-09576-3

175. Pevsner, S.K., Grossnickle, D.M. and Luo, Z.-X. 2022. The functional diversity of marsupial limbs is influenced by both ecology and developmental constraint. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135, 569–585. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab168

174. Simões, T.R., Kinney-Broderick, G., and Pierce, S.E. 2022. An exceptionally preserved Sphenodon-like sphenodontian reveals deep time conservation of the tuatara skeleton and ontogeny. Communications Biology 5(1), 195. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03144-y

173. Vanadzina, K. and Schmidt, D.N. 2022. Developmental change during a speciation event: evidence from planktic foraminifera. Paleobiology 48, 120-136. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2021.26

172. Wagstaffe, A.Y., O’Driscoll, A.M., Kunz, C.J., Rayfield, E.J. and Janis, C.M. 2022. Divergent locomotor evolution in “giant” kangaroos: evidence from foot bone bending resistances and microanatomy. Journal of Morphology 283,  313-332. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21445

171. Williams, H., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C., Parker, A., Hutchinson, D., and Benton, M.J. 2022. Microvertebrates from the Rhaetian bone beds at Westbury Garden Cliff, near Gloucester, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 133, 119-136 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2022.01.002).

2021

170. Carlisle, E.M., Jobbins, M., Pankhania, V., Cunningham, J.A. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2021. Experimental taphonomy of organelles and the fossil record of early eukaryote evolution. Science Advances  7(5), eabe9487 (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe9487).

169. Cracknell, K., García-Bellido, D.C., Gehling, J.G., Ankor, M.J., Darroch, S.A.F., and Rahman, I.A. 2021. Pentaradial eukaryote suggests expansion of suspension feeding in White Sea-aged Ediacaran communities. Scientific Reports 11(1), art. 4121 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-83452-1).

168. De Vivo, G., Lautenschlager, S., and Vinther, J. 2021. Three-dimensional modelling, disparity and ecology of the first Cambrian apex predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288, 20211176 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1176).

167. Faust, J.C., Tessin, A., Fisher, B.J., Zindorf, M., Papadaki, S., Hendry, K.R., Doyle, K.A. and März, C. 2021. Millennial scale persistence of organic carbon bound to iron in Arctic marine sediments. Nature Communications 12, 275 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20550-0).

166. Heckeberg, N.S., Anderson, P.H.S.L., and Rayfield, E.J. 2021. Testing the influence of crushing surface variation on seed-cracking performance among beak morphs of the African seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinusJournal of Experimental Biology 224, jeb230607 (doi: 10.1242/jeb.230607).

165. Howell, N., Sheard, C., Koneru, M., Brockelsby, K., Ono, K. and Caro, T. 2021. Aposematism in mammals. Evolution published online (doi: 10.1111/evo.14320).

164. Hu, K., King, J.L., Romick, C.A., Dufeau, D.L., Witmer, L.M., Stubbs, T.L., Rayfield, E.R., and Benton, M.J. 2021. Ontogenetic endocranial shape change in alligators and ostriches and implications for the development of the nonavian dinosaur endocranium. The Anatomical Record 304, 1759-1775(doi: 10.1002/ar.24579).

163. Murphy, J.L., Puttick, M.N., O’Reilly, J.E., Pisani, D. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2021. Empirical distributions of homoplasy in morphological data. Palaeontology 64, 505-518. (doi: 10.1111/pala.12535).

162. Singh, S.A., Elsler, A., Stubbs, T.L., Bond, R., Rayfield, E.R., and Benton, M.J. 2021. Niche partitioning shaped herbivore macroevolution through the early Mesozoic. Nature Communications 12, art. 2796 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23169-x).

161. Vixseboxse, P.B., Kenchington, C.G., Dunn, F.S., and Mitchell, E.G. 2021. Orientations of Mistaken Point fronds indicate morphology impacted ability to survive turbulence. Frontiers in Earth Science 9, 762824 (doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.762824).

160. Young, C.M.E., Schwing, P.T. and Cotton, L.J. 2021. Benthic foraminiferal morphological response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Micropaleontology 164, 101971 (doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2021.101971).

2020

159. Cassarino, L.Hendry, K.R., Henley, S.F., MacDonald, E., Arndt, S, Freitas, F.S., Pike, J., and Firing, Y.L. 2020. Sedimentary nutrient supply in productive hot spots off the West Antarctic peninsula revealed by silicon isotopes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 34(12), e2019GB006486 (doi: 10.1029/2019GB006486).

158. Coatham, S. J., Vinther, J., Klug, C., and Rayfield, E.J. 2020. Was the Devonian placoderm Titanichthys a suspension-feeder? Royal Society Open Science 7(5), art. 200272 (doi: 10.1098/rsos.200272).

157. Conti, S., Vila, B., Sellés, A.G., Galobart, À., Benton, M.J., Prieto-Márquez, A. 2020. The oldest lambeosaurine dinosaur from Europe: insights into the arrival of Tsintaosaurini. Cretaceous Research 107, art. 104286 (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104286).

Cooper, J.A. 2020. Scaling a giant. Geoscientist 30(10), 10-15. Read Jack’s article here.

156. Cooper, J.A., Pimiento, C., Ferrón, H.G., and Benton, M.J. 2020. Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: a 2D reconstruction. Scientific Reports 10, 14596 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71387-y).

155. Demuth, O.E., Rayfield, E.J., and Hutchinson, J.R. 2020. 3D hindlimb joint mobility of the stem‑archosaur Euparkeria capensis with implications for postural evolution within Archosauria. Scientific Reports 10, 15357 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70175-y).

154. Díez Díaz, V., Demuth, O.E., Schwarz, D., and Mallison, H. 2020. The tail of the Late Jurassic sauropod Giraffatitan brancai: digital reconstruction of its epaxial and hypaxial musculature, and implications for tail biomechanics. Frontiers in Earth Science 8, art. 160 (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00160).

153. Grossnickle, D.M., Chen, M., Wauer, J.G.A., Pevsner, S.K.Weaver, L.N.Meng, Q.-J.Liu, D., Zhang, Y.-G., and Luo, Z.-X. 2020. Incomplete convergence of gliding mammal skeletons. Evolution 74, 2662–2680 (doi: 10.1111/evo.14094).

152. Guillerme, T., Cooper, N., Brusatte, S.L., Davis, K.E., Jackson, A.L., Gerber, S., Goswami, A., Healy, K., Hopkins, M.J., Jones, M.E.H., Lloyd, G.T., O’Reilly, J.E., Pate, A., Puttick, M.N., Rayfield, E.J., Saupe, E.E., Sherratt, E., Slater, G.J., Weisbecker, V., Thomas, G.H., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2020. Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity. Biology Letters 16, art.  20200199 (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0199).

151. Kendall, S., Gradstein, F., Jones, C., Lord, O.T. and Schmidt, D.N. 2020. Ontogenetic disparity in early planktic foraminifers. Journal of Micropalaeontology 39, 27-39 (doi: 10.5194/jm-39-27-2020).

150. Morales-García, N.M., Säilä, L.K., and Janis, C.M. 2020. The Neogene savannas of North America: a retrospective analysis on artiodactyl faunas. Frontiers in Earth Science 8, art. 191 (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00191).

Donald Quicke, Buntike Butcher and Rachel Kruft Welton. 2020 Practical R for Biologists: An Introduction (CABI Publishing, 416 pp.).

149.  Ronan, J., Duffin, C.J.,  Hildebrandt, C.,  Parker, A., Hutchinson, D., Copp, C. and Benton, M.J. 2020, Beginning of Mesozoic marine overstep of the Mendips: the Rhaetian and its fauna at Hapsford Bridge, Vallis Vale, Somerset, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 131, 535-561 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.02.005).

148. Roy, A., Rogers, C.S., Clements, T., Pittman, I., Habimana, O., Martin, P., and Vinther, J. 2020. Chapter 9: Fossil microbodies are melanosomes: Evaluating and rejecting the “fossilized decay-associated microbes” hypothesis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440, 251-276.

147. Skinner, M., Whiteside, D.I., and Benton, M.J. 2020. Late Triassic island dwarfs? Terrestrial tetrapods of the Ruthin fissure (South Wales, UK) including a new genus of procolophonid. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 131, 578-594 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.04.005).

146. Stevenson, M.A., Faust, J.C., Andrade, L.L., Freitas, F.S., Gray, N.D., Tait, K., Hendry, K.R., Hilton, R.G., Henley, S.F., Tessin, A., Leary, P., Papadaki, S., Ford, A., März, C. and Abbott, G.D. 2020. Transformation of organic matter in a Barents Sea sediment profile: coupled geochemical and microbiological processes. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 37820200223 (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0223).

145. Todd, C.L., Schmidt, D.N., Robinson, M.M. and De Schepper, S. 2020. Planktic foraminiferal test size and weight response to the Late Pliocene environment. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35(1), e2019PA003738 (doi: 10.1029/2019PA003738).

2019

144. Adams, N.F., Rayfield, E.J., Cox, P.G., Cobb, S.N. and Corfe, I.J. 2019. Functional tests of the competitive exclusion hypothesis for multituberculate extinction. Royal Society Open Science 6, 181536 (doi: 10.1098/rsos.181536).

143. Allen, B.J., Stubbs, T.L., Benton, M.J., and Puttick, M.N. 2019. Archosauromorph extinction selectivity during the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction. Palaeontology 62, 211–224 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12399).

142. Ballell, A., Moon, B. C., Porro, L. B., Benton, M. J. & Rayfield, E. J. 2019. Convergence and functional evolution of longirostry in crocodylomorphs. Palaeontology 62, 867-887 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12432).

141. Brocklehurst, R., Porro, L., Herrel, A., Adriaens, D. and Rayfield, E.J. 2019. A digital dissection of two teleost fishes: comparative functional anatomy of the cranial musculoskeletal system in pike (Esox lucius) and eel (Anguilla anguilla). Journal of Anatomy 235, 189-204 (doi: 10.1111/joa.13007).

140. Cawley, J.J., Kriwet, J., Klug, S., and Benton, M.J. 2019. The stem group teleost Pachycormus (Pachycormiformes: Pachycormidae) from the Upper Lias (Lower Jurassic) of Strawberry Bank, UK. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 93, 285–302 (doi: 10.1007/s12542-018-0431-7).

139. Driscoll, D.A., Dunhill, A.M., Stubbs, T.L., and Benton, M.J. 2019. The mosasaur fossil record through the lens of fossil completeness. Palaeontology 62, 51-75 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12381).

138. Gutarra, S., Moon, B.C., Rahman, I.A., Palmer, C., Lautenschlager, S., Brimacombe, A.J. and Benton, M.J. 2019. Effects of body plan evolution on the hydrodynamic drag and energy requirements of swimming in ichthyosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20182786 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2786).

137. Howard, R.J., Edgecombe, G.D., Legg, D.A., Pisani, D., and Lozano-Fernandez, J. 2019. Exploring the evolution and terrestrialization of scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) with rocks and clocks. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19, 71–86 (doi: 10.1007/s13127-019-00390-7).

136. Lozano-Fernandez, J., Giacomelli, M., Fleming, J., Chen, A., Vinther, J., Thomsen, P.F., Glenner, H., Palero, F., Legg, D.A., Iliffe, T.M., Pisani, D., and Olesen, J. 2019. Pancrustacean evolution illuminated by taxon-rich genomic-scale data sets with an expanded remipede sampling. Genome Biology & Evolution 11, 2055-2070 (doi: 10.1093/gbe/evz097).

135. Madan, M., Prothero, D.R. and Syverson, V.J.P. 2019. Stasis in the smaller owls from Rancho la Brea during the last glacial-interglacial climate change. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(3), 22.3.70 (doi: 10.26879/960).

134. Patrick, E. L.,  Whiteside, D. I. & Benton, M. J. 2019. A new crurotarsan archosaur from the Late Triassic of South Wales. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39, e1645147 (doi: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1645147).

2018

133. Schmidt D.N., Thomas E,. Authier E., Saunders D. & Ridgwell A. 2018. Strategies in times of crisis—insights into thebenthic foraminiferal record of thePalaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 376: 20170328 (doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0328).

132. Hethke, M., Fürsich, F.T., Morton, J.D. and Jiang, B. 2018. Analysis of morphological variability in the clam shrimp Eosestheria middendorfii (Crustacea, Spinicaudata) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, and its implications for spinicaudatan taxonomy. Papers in Palaeontology 4, 21-53 (doi: 10.1002/spp2.1096).

131. Keating, J.N., Marquart, C.L., Marone, F., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2018. The nature of aspidin and the evolutionary origin of bone. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, 1501-1506 (doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0624-1).

130. McNamara, M.E., Kaye, J.S., Benton, M.J., Orr, P.J., Rossi, V., Ito, S., and Wakamatsu, K. 2018. Non-integumentary melanosomes can bias reconstructions of the colours of fossil vertebrates. Nature Communications 9, art. 2878 (doi: 10.1038//s41467-018-05148-x).

129. Navarro, C.A., Martin-Silverstone, E., and Stubbs, T.L. 2018. Morphometric assessment of pterosaur jaw disparity. Royal Society Open Science 5(4), art. 172130 (doi: 10.1098/rsos.172130).

128. Saitta, E., Clapham, C., and Vinther, J. 2018. Experimental subaqueous burial of a bird carcass and compaction of plumage. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 92, 727–732 (doi: 10.1007/s12542-018-0411-y).

2017

127. Clements, T., Colleary, C., De Baets, K., and Vinther, J. 2017. Buoyancy mechanisms limit preservation of coleoid cephalopod soft tissues in Mesozoic Lagerstätten. Palaeontology 60, 1-14 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12267).

126. Duan, B., Dong, X.-P., Porras, L., Vargas, K., Cunningham, J.A., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2017. The early Cambrian fossil embryo Pseudooides is a direct developing cnidarian, not an early ecdysozoan. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284, 20172188 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2188).

125. Long, K., Prothero, D., Madan, M., and Syverson, V.J.P. 2017. Did saber-tooth kittens grow up musclebound? A study of postnatal limb bone allometry in felids from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. PLoS One 12(9), e0183175 (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183175).

124. MacLaren, J.A., Anderson, P.S.L., Barrett, P.M., and Rayfield, E.J. 2017. Herbivorous dinosaur jaw disparity and its relationship to extrinsic evolutionary drivers. Paleobiology 43, 15-33 (doi: 10.1017/pab.2016.31).

123. Madan, M., Rayfield, E.J., and Bright, J.A. 2017. Scaling and functional morphology in strigiform hind limbs. Scientific Reports 7, art. 44920 (doi: 10.1038/srep44920).

122. Morton, J.D., Whiteside, D.I., Hethke, M., and Benton, M.J. 2017. Biostratigraphy and geometric morphometrics of conchostracans (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of Cromhall Quarry, UK. Palaeontology 60, 349-374 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12288).

121. Panciroli, E., Janis, C., Stockdale, M., and Martin-Serra, A. 2017. Correlates between calcaneal morphology and locomotion in extant and extinct carnivorous mammals. Journal of Morphology 278, 1333-1353 (doi: 10.1002/jmor.20716).

120. Saitta, E.T., Rogers, C., Brooker, R.A., Abbott, G.D., Kumar, S., O’Reilly, S.S., Donohoe, P., Dutta, S., Summons, R.E. and Vinther, J. 2017. Low fossilization potential of keratin protein revealed by experimental taphonomy. Palaeontology 60, 547-556.

119. Saitta, E.T., Rogers, C.S., Brooker, R.A. and Vinther, J. 2017. Experimental taphonomy of keratin: a structural analysis of early taphonomic changes. Palaios 32, 647-657.

118. Taylor, A.C., Lautenschlager, S., Zhao, Q., and Rayfield, E.J. 2017. Biomechanical evaluation of different musculoskeletal arrangements in Psittacosaurus and implications for cranial function. Anatomical Record 300, 49-61 (doi: 10.1002/ar.23489).

117. Young, F.J. and Vinther, J. 2017. Onychophoran-like myoanatomy of the Cambrian gilled lobopodian Pambdelurion whittingtoni. Palaeontology 60, 27-54 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12269).

2016

116. Dinnis, R., Pate, A., and Reynolds, N. 2016. Mid-to-late Marine Isotope Stage 3 mammal faunas of Britain: a new look. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 127, 435-444 (doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.05.002).

115. Hearing, T.W., Legg, D.A., Botting, J.P., Muir, L.A., McDermott, P., Faulkner, S., Taylor, A.C., and Brasier, M.D. 2016. Survival of Burgess Shale-type animals in a Middle Ordovician deep-water setting. Journal of the Geological Society 173, 628-633 (doi: 10.1144/jgs2015-131).

114. Henehan, M.J., Hull, P.M., Penman, D.E., Rae, J.W.B., and Schmidt, D.N. 2016. Biogeochemical significance of pelagic ecosystem function: an end-Cretaceous case study. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371, 20150510 (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0510).

113. Ó Gogáin, A., Falcon-Lang, H.J., Carpenter, D.K., Miller, R.F., Benton, M.J., Pufahl, P.K., Ruta, M., Davies, T.G., Hinds, S.J., and Stimson, M.R. 2016. Fish and tetrapod communities across a marine to brackish salinity gradient in the Pennsylvanian (early Moscovian) Minto Formation of New Brunswick, Canada, and their palaeoecological and palaeogeographical implications. Palaeontology 59, 689-724 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12249).

112. Strickson, E., Prieto-Márquez, A., Benton, M.J., and Stubbs, T.L. 2016. Dynamics of dental evolution in ornithopod dinosaurs. Scientific Reports 6, 28904 (doi: 10.1038/srep28904).

111. Tarver, J.E., dos Reis, M., Mirarab, S., Moran, R.J., Parker, S.B., O’Reilly, J..E., King, B.L., O’Connell, M.J., Asher, R.J., Warnow, T., Peterson, K.J., Donoghue, P.C.J., and Pisani, D.. 2016. The interrelationships of placental mammals and the limits of phylogenetic inference. Genome Biology and Evolution 8, 330-344 (doi: 10.1093/gbe/evv261).

110. Vinther, J., Porras, L., Young, F.J., Budd, G.E., and Edgecombe, G.D. 2016. The mouth apparatus of the Cambrian gilled lobopodian Pambdelurion whittingtoni. Palaeontology 59, 841-849 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12256).

109. Wilson, P., Parry, L.A., Vinther, J., and Edgecombe, G.D. 2016. Unveiling biases in soft-tissue phosphatization: extensive preservation of musculature in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) polychaete Rollinschaeta myoplena (Annelida: Amphinomidae). Palaeontology 59, 463-479 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12237).

2015

108. Apostolaki, N.E., Rayfield, E.J., Barrett, P.M. 2015. Osteological and soft-tissue evidence for pneumatization in the cervical column of the ostrich (Struthio camelus) and observations on the vertebral columns of non-volant, semi-volant and semi-aquatic birds. PLoS ONE 10(12), e0143834 (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143834).

107. Butler, A.D., Cunningham, J.A., Budd, G.E., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2015. Experimental taphonomy of Artemia reveals the role of endogenous microbes in mediating decay and fossilization. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282(1808), 20150476 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0476).

106. Cleary, T.J., Moon, B.C., Dunhill, A.M., and Benton, M.J. 2015. The fossil record of ichthyosaurs, completeness metrics and sampling biases. Palaeontology 58, 521-536 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12158).

105. Colleary, C., Dolocan, A., Gardner, J., Singh, S., Wuttke, M., Rabenstein, R., Habersetzer,J., Schaal, S., Feseha, M., Clemens, M., Jacobs, B.F., Currano, E.D., Jacobs, L.L., Sylvestersen, R.L., Gabbott, S.E. and Vinther, J. 2015. Chemical, experimental, and morphological evidence for diagenetically altered melanin in exceptionally preserved fossils. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 112, 12592-12597 (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1509831112).

104. Halliday, T.J.D., Andrade, M.B. de, Benton, M.J., and Efimov, M.B. 2015. A re-evaluation of goniopholidid crocodylomorph material from Central Asia: biogeographic and phylogenetic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60, 291-312 (doi: 10.4202/app.2013.0018).

103. Jennions, S.M., Thomas, E., Schmidt, D.N., Lunt, D., and Ridgwell, A. 2015. Changes in benthic ecosystems and ocean circulation in the southeast Atlantic across Eocene Thermal Maximum 2. Paleoceanography 30, 1059-1077 (doi: 10.1002/2015PA002821).

102. Keating, J.N., Marquart, C.L., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2015. Histology of the heterostracan dermal skeleton: insight into the origin of the vertebrate mineralised skeleton. Journal of Morphology 276, 657-680 (doi: 10.1002/jmor.20370).

101. Parry, L.A., Wilson, P., Sykes, D., Edgecombe, G. D., and Vinther, J. 2015. A new fireworm (Amphinomidae) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon identified from three-dimensionally preserved myoanatomy. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15(1), 256 (doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0541-8).

2014

100. Benton, M.J., Forth, J., and Langer, M.C. 2014. Models for the rise of the dinosaurs. Current Biology 24, R87-R95 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.063).

99. Carpenter, D.K., Falcon-Lang, H.J., Benton, M.J., and Henderson, E. 2014. Carboniferous (Tournaisian) fish assemblages from the Isle of Bute, Scotland: systematics and palaeoecology. Palaeontology 57, 1215-1240 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12112).

98. Foffa, D., Cuff, A.R., Sassoon, J., Rayfield, E.J., Mavrogordato, M.N., and Benton, M.J. 2014. Functional anatomy and feeding biomechanics of a giant Upper Jurassic pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from Weymouth Bay, Dorset, UK. Journal of Anatomy 225, 209-219 (doi: 10.1111/joa.12200).

97. Foffa, D., Sassoon, J., Cuff, A.R., Mavrogordato, M.N., and Benton, M.J. 2014. Complex rostral neurovascular system in a giant pliosaur. Naturwissenschaften 101, 453-456 (doi: 10.1007/s00114-014-1173-3).

96. Foffa, D., Whiteside, D.I., Viegas, P. A., and Benton, M.J. 2014. Vertebrates from the Late Triassic Thecodontosaurus-bearing rocks of Durdham Down, Clifton (Bristol, UK). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 125, 317-328 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.02.002).

95. Gill, P.G., Purnell, M.A., Crumpton, N., Robson Brown, K., Gostling, N.J., Stampanoni, M., and Rayfield, E.J. 2014. Dietary specializations and diversity in feeding ecology of the earliest stem mammals. Nature 512, 303-305 (doi: 10.1038/nature13622).

94. Ibrahim, N., Sereno, P.C., Dal Sasso, C., Maganuco, S., Fabbri, M., Martill, D.M., Zouhri, S., Myhrvold, N., and Iurino, D.A. 2014. Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur. Science 345, 1613-1616 (doi: 10.1126/science.1258750).

93. Martin, E.G. and Palmer, C. 2014. Air space proportion in pterosaur limb bones using computed tomography and its implications for previous estimates of pneumaticity. PLoS One 9(5), e97159 (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097159).

92. Martin, E.G. and Palmer, C. 2014. A novel method of estimating pterosaur skeletal mass using computed tomography scans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34, 1466-1469 (doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.859621).

91. Neenan, J.M., Ruta, M., Clack, J.A. and Rayfield, E.J. 2014. Feeding biomechanics in Acanthostega and across the fish-tetrapod transition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281, 1781 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2689).

90. Newham, E., Benson, R., Upchurch, P., and Goswami, A. 2014. Mesozoic mammaliaform diversity: The effect of sampling corrections on reconstructions of evolutionary dynamics. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 412, 32-44 (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.07.017).

89. von Strandmann, P.A.E.P., Forshaw, J., and Schmidt, D.N. 2014. Modern and Cenozoic records of seawater magnesium from foraminiferal Mg isotopes. Biogeosciences 11, 5155-5168 (doi: 10.5194/bg-11-5155-2014).

2013

88. Cobley, M.J., Rayfield, E.J., and Barrett, P.M. 2013. Inter-vertebral flexibility of the ostrich neck: implications for estimating sauropod neck flexibility. PLoS ONE 8(8), e72187 (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072187).

87. Davis, C.V., Badger, M.P.S., Bown, P.R., and Schmidt, D.N. 2013. The response of calcifying plankton to climate change in the Pliocene. Biogeosciences 10, 6131-6139 (doi: 10.5194/bg-10-6131-2013).

86. Ortega-Hernández, J., Legg, D.A., and Braddy, S.J. 2013. The phylogeny of aglaspidid arthropods and the internal relationships within Artiopoda. Cladistics 29, 15-45 (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00413.x).

85. Purnell, M.A., Crumpton, N., Gill, P.G., Jones, G., and Rayfield, E.J. 2013. Within-guild dietary discrimination from 3-D textural analysis of tooth microwear in insectivorous mammals. Journal of Zoology 291, 249-257 (doi: 10.1111/jzo.12068).

84. Stubbs, T.L., Pierce, S.E., Rayfield, E.J., and Anderson, P.S. 2013. Morphological and biomechanical disparity of crocodile-line archosaurs following the end-Triassic extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280, 20131940 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1940).

2012

83. Jardine, P.E., Janis, C.M., Sahney, S., and Benton, M.J. 2012. Grit not grass: concordant patterns of early origin of hypsodonty in Great Plains ungulates and Glires. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 365-366, 1-10 (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.001).

82. Sassoon, J., Noè, L.F., and Benton, M.J. 2012. Cranial anatomy, taxonomic implications and palaeopathology of an Upper Jurassic pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from Westbury, Wiltshire UK. Palaeontology 55, 743-773 (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01151.xx).

81. Van den Berg, T., Whiteside, D.I., Viegas, P., Schouten, R., and Benton, M.J. 2012. The Late Triassic microvertebrate fauna of Tytherington, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 123, 638-648 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2012.05.003).

2011

80. Caine, H. and Benton, M.J. 2011. Ichthyosauria from the Upper Lias of Strawberry Bank, England. Palaeontology 54, 1069-1093 (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01093.x).

79. Carpenter, D., Falcon-Lang, H.J., Benton, M.J., and Nelson, W.J. 2011. Fishes and tetrapods in the Upper Pennsylvanian (Kasimovian) Cohn Coal Member of the Mattoon Formation of Illinois, United States: systematics, paleoecology, and paleoenvironments. Palaios 26, 639-657 (doi: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-121r).

78. Clarke, J.T., Warnock, R.C.M., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2011. Establishing a time-scale for plant evolution. New Phytologist 192, 266-301 (doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03794.x).

77. Prentice, K.C., Ruta, M., and Benton, M.J. 2011. Evolution of morphological disparity in pterosaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9, 337-353 (doi: 10.1080/14772019.2011.565081).

76. Slater, B.J., Reolid, M., Schouten, R., and Benton, M.J. 2011. A new Late Jurassic turtle from Spain: phylogenetic implications, taphonomy and palaeoecology. Palaeontology 54, 1393-1414 (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01100.x).

75. Thorne, P.M., Ruta, M., and Benton, M.J. 2011. Resetting the evolution of marine reptiles at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108, 8339-8344 (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1018959108).

74. Vrazo, M.B. and Braddy, S.J. 2011, Testing the ‘mass-moult-mate’ hypothesis of eurypterid palaeoecology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 311,63-73 (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.031).

2010

73. Allington-Jones, L., Braddy, S.J., and Trueman, C.N. 2010. Palaeoenvironmental implications of the ichnology and geochemistry of the Westbury Formation (Rhaetian), Westbury-on-Severn, south-west England. Palaeontology 53, 491-506 (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00947.x).

72. Andrade, M.B., Young, M.T., Desojo, J.B., and Brusatte, S.L. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30, 1451-1465 (doi: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501442).

71. Bernard, E.L., Ruta, M., Tarver, J.E. and Benton, M.J. 2010. The fossil record of early tetrapods: worker effort and the end-Permian mass extinction. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55, 213-228 (doi: 10.4202/app.2009.002).

70. Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B.J., Currie, P.J., and Zhao, X.J. 2010. The skull of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for early theropod phylogeny and evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158, 573-607 (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00563.x).

69. Brusatte, S.L., Benton, M.J., Desojo, J.B., and Langer, M.C. 2010. The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8, 3-47 (doi: 10.1080/14772010903537732).

68. Brusatte, S.L., Nesbitt, S.J., Irmis, R.B., Butler, R.J., Benton, M.J., and Norell, M.A. 2010. The origin and radiation of dinosaurs. Earth-Science Reviews 101, 68-100. (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.04.001).

67. Cuny, G., Cobbett, A.M., Meunier, F.J., and Benton, M.J. 2010. Vertebrate microremains from the Early Cretaceous of southern Tunisia, Geobios 43, 615-628 (doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2010.07.001).

66. Hoyall-Cuthill, J.F., Braddy, S.J., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2010. A formula for maximum possible steps in multistate characters: isolating matrix parameter effects on measures of evolutionary convergence. Cladistics 26, 98-102 (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00270.x).

65. Lamsdell, J.C. and Braddy, S.J. 2010. Cope’s Rule and Romer’s theory: patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates. Biology Letters, 6, 265-269 (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0700).

64. Lamsdell, J.C., Braddy, S.J., Loeffler, E.J., and Dineley, D.L. 2010. Early Devonian stylonurine eurypterids from Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47, 1405-1415 (doi: 10.1139/E10-053).

63. Lamsdell, J.C., Braddy, S.J., and Tetlie, O.E. 2010. The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8, 49-61 (doi: 10.1080/14772011003603564).

62. Loughlin, N.J.D. and Hillier, R.D. 2010. Early Cambrian Teichichnus-dominated ichnofabrics and palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Caerfai Group, Southwest Wales, UK. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297, 239-251 (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.030).

61. Ortega-Hernández, J., Braddy, S.J., Jago, J.B., and Baillie, P.W. 2010. A new aglaspid arthropod from the Upper Cambrian of Tasmania. Palaeontology 53, 1065-1076 (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00974.x).

60. Ortega-Hernández, J., Braddy, S.J., and Rak, S. 2010. Trilobite and xiphosuran affinities for putative aglaspidid arthropods Caryon and Drabovaspis, Upper Ordovician, Czech Republic. Lethaia 43, 427-431 (doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00216.x).

Ortega-Hernández, J., Legg, D.A., Tremewan, J., and Braddy, S.J. 2010. Fossils explained: euthycarcinoids. Geology Today 26, 199-202.

59. Young, M.T., Brusatte, S.L., Ruta, M. and Andrade, M.B. 2010. The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158, 801-859.

58. Zhao, X.J., Benson, R.B.J., Brusatte, S.L., and Currie, P.J. 2010. The postcranial skeleton of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and a review of Middle Jurassic Chinese theropods. Geological Magazine 147, 13-27 (doi: 10.1017/S0016756809990240).

2009

57. Benson, R.B.J., Brusatte, S.L., Hutt, S. and Naish, D. 2009. A new large basal tetanuran (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wessex Formation (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 612-615.

56. Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B.J., and Hutt, S. 2009. The osteology of Neovenator salerii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wealden Group (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 162 (631), 1-166, 45 pls.

55. Brusatte, S.L., Butler, R.J., Sulej, T., and Niedzwiedzki, G. 2009. The taxonomy and anatomy of rauisuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic of Germany and Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54, 221-230.

54. Kriwet, J., Nunn, E.V., and Klug, S. 2009. Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155, 316-347.

53. Lamsdell, J.C., Braddy, S.J., and Tetlie, O.E. 2009. Redescription of Drepanopterus abonensis (Chelicerata : Eurypterida : Stylonurina) from the Late Devonian of Portishead, UK. Palaeontology 52, 1113-1139.

52. Lazarus, D.B., Kotrc, B., Wulf, G., and Schmidt, D.N. 2009. Radiolarians decreased silicification as an evolutionary response to reduced Cenozoic ocean silica availability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 106, 9333-9338.

51. Mathews, J.C., Brusatte, S.L., Williams, S.A., and Henderson, M.D. 2009. The first Triceratops bonebed and its implications for gregarious behavior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 286-290.

50. Morten, S.D. and Twitchett, R.J. 2009. Fluctuations in body size of marine invertebrates through the Pliensbachian-Toarcian event. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284, 29-38.

49. O’Brien, L.J., Braddy, S.J., and Radley, J.D. 2009. A new arthropod resting trace and associated trace fossils from the Lower Jurassic or Warwickshire. Palaeontology 52, 1099-1112.

2008

48. Brusatte, S.L., Benson, R.B.J. and Hutt, S. 2008. The osteology of Neovenator salerii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society.

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45. Brusatte, S.L. and Sereno, P.C. 2008. Phylogeny of Allosauroidea (Dinosauria: Theropoda): comparative analysis and resolution. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6, 155-182.

44. Cunningham, J.A., Hof, C.H.J., and Braddy, S.J. 2008. Lenisquilla californiensis, a new species of stomatopod crustacean. Journal of Paleontology 82, 431-435.

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41. Mander, L. and Twitchett, R. J. 2008. Quality of the Triassic-Jurassic bivalve fossil record in northwest Europe. Palaeontology 51, 1213-1223.

40. Mander, L., Twitchett, R. J., and Benton, M.J. 2008. Palaeoecology of the Late Triassic extinction event in the SW UK. Journal of the Geological Society 165, 319-332.

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2007

36. Barras, C.G. and Twitchett, R.J. 2007. Response of the marine infauna to Triassic-Jurassic environmental change: Ichnological data from southern England. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 244, 223-241.

35. Brusatte, S.L. 2007. Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) chondrichthyans from the LaSalle Limestone Member (Bond Formation) of Illinois, USA . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 244, 1-8.

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31. Dunlop, J. A., Zhou, G.R.S., Braddy, S.J. 2007. The affinities of the Carboniferous whip spider Graeophonus anglicus Pocock, 1911 (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 98, 165-178.

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29. Gillis, J.A. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2007. The homology and phylogeny of chondrichthyan tooth enameloid. Journal of Morphology 268, 33-49.

28. Kubo, T. and Benton, M.J. 2007. Evolution of hindlimb posture in archosaurs: limb stresses in extinct vertebrates. Palaeontology 50, 1519-1529.

27. Lipkin, C., Sereno, P.C. and Horner, J.R. 2007. The furcula in Suchomimus tenerensis and Tyrannosaurus rex. Journal of Paleontology 81, 1523-1527.

26. Martin, J.E. 2007. New material of the Late Cretaceous globidontan Acynodon iberoccitanus (Crocodylia) from southern France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27, 362-372.

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24. Tarver, J.E., Braddy, S.J., and Benton, M.J. 2007. The effects of sampling bias on Palaeozoic faunas and implications for macroevolutionary studies. Palaeontology 50, 177-184.

2006

23. Donoghue, P.C.J., Bengtson, S., Dong, X.-P., Gostling, N.J., Hultgren, T., Cunningham, J.A., Yin, C., Yue, Z., Peng, F. and Stampanoni, M. 2006. Synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy of fossil embryos. Nature 440, 680-683.

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20. Donoghue, P.C.J., Kouchinsky, A., Waloszek, D., Bengtson, S., Dong, X.-P., Val’kov, A.K., Cunningham, J.A. and Repetski, J.E. 2006. Fossil embryos are widespread but the record is temporally and taxonomically biased. Evolution and Development 8, 232-238.

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18. Martin, J.E. and Buffetaut, E. 2005. An overview of the Late Cretaceous crocodilian assemblage from Cruzy, southern France. Kaupia 14, 33-39.

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16. Säilä, L.K. 2005. A new species of the sphenodontian reptile Clevosaurus from the Lower Jurasic of South Wales. Palaeontology 48, 817-831.

15. Wheeley, J.R. and Twitchett, R.J. 2005. Palaeoecological significance of a new Griesbachian (Early Triassic) gastropod assemblage from Oman. Lethaia 38, 37-45.

2004

14. Morrissey, L.B. and Braddy, S.J. 2004. Terrestrial trace fossils from the Lower Old Red Sandstone, southwest Wales. In: Williams, B.P.J., Hillier, R.D. and Marriott, S.B. (eds), The Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin. Geological Journal Special Issue, 39, 315-336.

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12. Panades I Blas, X., Loyal, R.S., Schleich, H.H. and E. Llinas-Agrásar 2004. Pristichampsine cranial remains from the basal redbed facies of the Subathu Formation (Himachal Pradesh, India) and some palaeobiographical remarks. PalArch, Vertebrate Palaeontology, 3(1), 1-8.

11. Pollitt, J.R., Braddy, S.J. and Dunlop, J.A. 2004. The phylogenetic position of the extinct arachnid order Phalangiotarbida Haase, 1890, with reference to the fauna from the Writhlington Geological Nature Reserve (Somerset, UK). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94, 243-259.

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2003

8. Braddy, S.J., Morrissey, L.B., and Yates, A.M. 2003. Amphibian swimmingtraces from the Lower Permian of southern New Mexico. Palaeontology 46, 671-683.

7. Lane, A.A., Braddy, S.J., Briggs, D.E.G., and Elliott, D.K. 2003. A new trace fossil from the Middle Cambrian of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Palaeontology 46, 987-998.

6. Schram, F.R., Hof, C.H.J., Mapes, R.H., and Snowdon, P. 2003. Paleozoic cumaceans (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) from North America. Contributions in Zoology 72, 1-16.

5. Smith, A., Braddy, S.J., Marriott, S.B., and Briggs, D.E.G. 2003. Arthropod trackways from the Early Devonian of South Wales: a functional analysis of producers and their behaviour. Geological Magazine 140, 63-72.

2002

McLeod, M.J. and Braddy, S.J. 2002. Invasion Earth! New Scientist 2346 (8 June. 2002), pp. 38-41.

2001

4. Dyke, G.J. and Waterhouse, D.M. 2001. A mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) from the Eocene of England. Journal für Ornithologie 142, 7-15.

3. Hopley, P. 2001. Plesiosaur spinal pathology: the first fossil occurrence of Schmorl’s nodes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21, 253-260.

2. Hopley, P. 2001. A new plesiosaurid specimen from the Sinemurian, Lower Jurassic, of southern England. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 122, 129-138

2000

Lane, A. 2000. The fossil trackways and walking techniques of Burgess Shale arthropods. Geoscientist 10 (12), 6-7.

McLeod, M.J. 2000 Ivory that tells a tale of prehistoric tragedy. New Scientist, 01 April 2000, p. 9.

McLeod, M.J. 2000. One small step for fish, one giant leap for us. New Scientist, 19 Aug. 2000, pp. 28-32.

1999

1. McGowan, A. and Pearson, P.N. 1999. ADAPTS (Analysis of Diversity, Asymmetry of Phylogenetic Trees, and Survivorship): a new software tool for analysing stratigraphic range data. Palaeontologia Electronica, www-odp.tamu.edu/paleo/1999_1/adapts/