It is always exciting when undergraduates publish their first papers. Here are some examples of recent papers by undergraduates in Bristol, some based on their final-year projects, and others on summer internship projects. One particular summer internship programme that has yielded several publications is called At the Feet of the Dinosaurs, a study of Rhaetian bone beds around Bristol. In the list below, the undergraduates are named in bold.
2023
121. Janis, C.M., Franklin, E., Baird, C.N. and Tyler, J.. 2023. The Miocene browsing horses: another way to be a successful large equid. In: H.H.T. Prins and I.J. Gordon (eds), pp. 47- 71. The Equids, a Successful Suite of Species. Springer, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27144-1_3
120. Li, Y.D., Engel, M.S., Tihelka, E. and Cai, C.Y. 2023. Phylogenomics of weevils revisited: data curation and modelling compositional heterogeneity. Biology Letters 19, 20230307. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0307
119. Li, Y.D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Xia, F.Y., Liu, Y., Huang, D.Y. and Cai, C.Y. 2023. Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1015627. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627
118. Tayler, J., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C., Parker, A., and Benton, M.J. 2023. Geology and microvertebrate faunas of the Rhaetian Westbury Formation of Doniford Bay, Somerset. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 134, 166-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2023.01.004
117. Tihelka, E. and Cai, C.Y. 2023. Editorial: A fossil view of insect evolution: integrating paleontological evidence to explore the origins of insect biodiversity. Frontiers in Earth Science 11, 1270883. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1270883
2022
116. Álvarez-Carretero, S., Tamuri, A.U., Battini, M., Nascimento, F.F., Carlisle, E., Asher, R.J., Yang, Z.H., Donoghue, P.C.J. and Dos Reis, M. 2022. A species-level timeline of mammal evolution integrating phylogenomic data. Nature 602, 263–267. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04341-1
115. Cai, C.Y., Tihelka, E, Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J. F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M. K., Newton, A. F., Leschen, R. A. B., Gimmel, M. L., Lü, L., Engel, M. S., Bouchard, P. Huang, D., Pisani, D. and Donoghue P. C. J. 2022. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science 9, 211771. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211771
114. Cross, S.R.R., Moon, B.C., Stubbs, T.L., Rayfield, E.J., and Benton, M.J. 2022. Climate, competition, and the rise of mosasauroid ecomorphological disparity. Palaeontology 65, e12590. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12590
113. Li, Y., Ruta, R., Tihelka, E., Liu, Z., Huang, D. and Cai, C. 2022. A new marsh beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). Scientific Reports 12, 13403. https://doi.org/ 10.1038/s41598-022-16822-y
112. Li, Y., Tihelka, E., Marshall, C. J., Maddison, D. R., Bai, M., Huang, D. and Cai, C. 2022. Mesoceratocanthus fossils from the Early Cretaceous of China reinterpreted as the earliest passaloids (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Ameghiniana 59, 201-209. https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.26.04.2022.3502
111. Liu, Y.C., Tihelka, E., Cai, C.Y., and Tian, L. 2022. The oldest fossil record of Pseudopsinae from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of northeastern China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pseudopsinae). Scientific Reports 12(1), 4625. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08450-3
110. Qi, Z. H., Tihelka, E., Cai, C. Y., Song, H. T., and Ai, H. M. 2022. Prolucanus beipiaoensis gen. et sp. nov.: the first fossil species of Lucaninae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Northeastern China. Insects 13, 272. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13030272
109. Rawson, J.R., Esteve-Altava, B., Porro, L.B., Dutel, H., and Rayfield, E.J. 2022. Early tetrapod cranial evolution is characterized by increased complexity, constraint, and an offset from fin-limb evolution. Science Advances, 8(36), eadc8875. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adc8875
108. Shi, C., Wang, S., Cai, H., Zhang, H., Long, X., Tihelka, E. … Spicer, R. A. 2022. Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Nature Plants 8, 125-135. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01091-w
107. Tihelka, E., Howard, R.J., Cai, C.Y., and Lozano-Fernandez, J. 2022. Was there a Cambrian explosion on land? The case of arthropod terrestrialization. Biology 11(10), 1516. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11101516
106. Tihelka, E., Jäch, M. A., Kundrata, R., Li, Y. D., Engel, M. S., Lozano-Fernandez, J., Huang, D. and Cai, C. 2022. Mastigocoleidae fam. nov., a new Mesozoic beetle family and the early evolution of Dryopoidea (Coleoptera). Insect Systematics and Diversity 6, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac011
105. Tihelka, E., Li, L., Fu, Y., Su, Y., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2022. Reply to: Pelretes vivificus was a pollinator of Cretaceous angiosperms. Nature Plants 8, 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01045-2
104. Tihelka, E., Peris, D., Cai, C. and Perrichot, V. 2022. A Jacobson’s beetle from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae). Geodiversitas 44, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a3
103. Wang, Z., Feng, K., Yang, F., Liang, Y., Yun, X., Tihelka, E., Bai, M., Cai, C.Y., Lei, M. 2022. Breathing colour into fossils: A tomographic system for reconstructing the soft tissue microstructure of amber inclusions. Optics and Lasers in Engineering 148, 106775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2021.106775
102. Yin, Z.W., Tihelka, E., Lozano-Fernandez, J. and Cai, C. 2022. The first fossil Hybocephalini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from the middle Eocene of Europe and its evolutionary and biogeographic implications. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 80, 279-294. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e82644
101. Yu, D., Ding, Y., Tihelka, E., Cai, C., Hu, F., Liu, M. and Zhang, F. 2022. Phylogenomics of elongate-bodied springtails reveals independent transitions from aboveground to belowground habitats in deep-time. Systematic Biology 71, 1023–1031. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac024
100. Yu, L., Tihelka, E., Cai, C. and Tian, L. 2022. The oldest fossil record of Pseudopsinae from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of northeastern China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pseudopsinae). Scientific Reports 12, 4625. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08450-3
99. Zhao, Q., Tihelka, E., Huang, D.Y., and Cai, C.Y. 2022. Pelretes bicolor sp. nov., a new short-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 140, 105330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105330
2021
98. Tihelka, E., Hafernik, J., Brown, B.V., Quock, C., Zink, A.G., Croppi, S., Cai, C.-Y., Zhu, C.-D. 2022. Global invasion risk of Apocephalus borealis, a honey bee parasitoid. Apidologie 52, 1128–1140 (doi: 10.1007/s13592-021-00892-4).
97. Cheng, G., Tihelka, E., Shi, H., Tian, L., Huang, D., Cai, C. 2020. Specialised subcortical cylindrical bark beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae). Historical Biology 33, 2584-2590 (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1819261).
96. Howell, N., Sheard, C., Koneru, M., Brockelsby, K., Ono, K., and Caro, T. 2021. Aposematism in mammals. Evolution 75, 2480-2493 (doi: 10.1111/evo.14320).
95. Jiang, R.X., Zhang, H.R., Eldredge, K.T., Song, X.B., Li, Y.D., Tihelka, E., Huang, D.Y., Wang, S., Engel, M.S., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. Further evidence of Cretaceous termitophily: description of new termite hosts of the trichopseniine Cretotrichopsenius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with emendations to the classification of lower termites (Isoptera). Palaeoentomology 4, 374-389 (doi: 10.11646/PALAEOENTOMOLOGY.4.4.13).
94. Li, Y.D., Kundrata, R., Tihelka, E., Liu, Z., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. Cretophengodidae, a new Cretaceous beetle family, sheds light on the evolution of bioluminescence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288, 20202730 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2730).
93. Li, Y.D., Tihelka, E., Dahan, L., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. On the Nosodendridae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Nosodendroidea). Zootaxa 5082, 223-244 (doi: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5082.3.2).
92. Li, Y.D., Tihelka, E., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. Murcybolus gen. nov., a new net-winged beetle genus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Burmolycini). Zootaxa 4966(1), 77-83 (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.1.8).
91. Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Leschen, R.A.B., Yu, Y., Ślipiński, A., Pang, H., Huang, D.Y., Kolibáč, J., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. An exquisitely preserved tiny bark-gnawing beetle (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber and the phylogeny of Trogossitidae. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59, 1939-1950 (doi: 10.1111/jzs.12515).
90. Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Liu, Z.-H., Huang, D.-Y., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. New mid-Cretaceous cryptic slime mold beetles and the early evolution of Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 79, 587-597 (doi: 10.3897/ASP.79.E72724).
89. Li, Y.D., Tihelka, E., Pang, H., Huang, D.Y., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. Limnomma, a new genus of Ommatidae from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou Beds (Coleoptera, Archostemata). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68, 299-308 (doi: 10.3897/DEZ.68.71880).
88. Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Huang, D., Tian, L., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. A new fossil species of the rove beetle subfamily Protopselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Historical Biology 33, 2019-2024 (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1762594).
87. Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Huang, D., Tian, L., Cai, C.Y. 2021. A transitional fossil sheds light on the early evolution of the Staphylinine group of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19, 321-332 (doi: 10.1080/14772019.2021.1917705).
85. Lyubarsky, G. Yu., Tihelka, E., Cai, C.Y., and Perkovsky, E. E. 2021. Zaiwa: a new genus of the family Lophocateridae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Palaeoentomology 4, 218-222 (doi: 10.11646/PALAEOENTOMOLOGY.4.3.7).
84. Rawson, J.R.G., Porro, L.B., Martin-Silverstone, E., and Rayfield, E.J. 2021. Osteology and digital reconstruction of the skull of the early tetrapod Whatcheeria deltae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(2), e1927749 (doi: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1927749).
83. Sun, X., Qiu, X., Tihelka, E., Yang, H., Sun, D., Tong, J., and Tian, L. 2021. A diverse gastropod fauna from the shallow marine carbonate platform of the Yangou section (south China) in the immediate aftermath of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction. Geological Magazine 56, 6199-6209 (doi: 10.1002/gj.4096).
82. Tihelka, E. and Cai, C.Y. 2021. Salinella. Current Biology 31, R1070-R1071 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.013).
81. Tihelka, E., Cai, C.Y., Giacomelli, M., Lozano-Fernandez, J., Rota-Stabelli, O., Huang, D., Engel, M.S., Donoghue, P.C.J., and Pisani, D. 2021. The evolution of insect biodiversity. Current Biology 31, R1299-R1311 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.057).
80. Tihelka, E., Huang, D., and Cai, C. 2021. A new genus of wounded-tree beetles from mid-Cretaceous northern Myanmar amber (Coleoptera: Nosodendridae). Cretaceous Research 119, art. 104701 (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104701).
79. Tihelka, E., Huang, D.Y. and Cai, C.Y. 2021. A new subfamily of hide beetles from the Cretaceous of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae). Historical Biology 33, 506-513 (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2019.1641705).
78. Tihelka, E., Huang, D.Y. and Cai, C.Y. 2021. A new genus of giant sooty mould beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cyclaxyridae). Cretaceous Research 125, art. 104876 (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104876).
77. Tihelka, E., Huang, D., Perrichot, V., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. A previously missing link in the evolution of dasytine soft-winged flower beetles from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera, Melyridae). Papers in Palaeontology 7, 1753-1764 (doi: 10.1002/spp2.1360).
76. Tihelka, E., Li, L., Fu, Y., Su, Y., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. Angiosperm pollinivory in a Cretaceous beetle. Nature Plants 7, 445-451 (doi: 10.1038/s41477-021-00893-2).
75. Tihelka, E., Li, Y., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2021. Are wounded-tree beetles living fossils? A new nosodendrid genus from Burmese amber with bilobed tarsi (Coleoptera: Nosodendridae). Palaeoentomology 4, 50-56 (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.1.10).
74. Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D., and Cai, C. 2021. Enigmatic tenebrionoid beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Cretaceous Research 123, art. 104779 (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104779).
73. Wang, Z., Feng, K., Yang, F., Liang, Y.S., Yun, X., Tihelka, E., Bai, M., Cai, C.Y., and Lei, M. 2021. Breathing colour into fossils: a tomographic system for reconstructing the soft tissue microstructure of amber inclusions. Optics and Lasers in Engineering 148, art. 106775 (doi: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2021.106775).
2020
72. Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Pan, Y., Yin, Z., Jiang, R., Xia, F., and Huang, D. 2020. Structural colours in diverse Mesozoic insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society 287, 20200301 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0301).
71. Cai, C.Y., Tihelka, E., Pisani, D., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2020. Data curation and modeling of compositional heterogeneity in insect phylogenomics: a case study of the phylogeny of Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 147, art. 106782 (doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106782).
70. Cavicchini, I., Zaher, M., and Benton, M.J. 2020. An enigmatic neodiapsid reptile from the Middle Triassic of England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40, e1781143 (doi: 10.1080/02724634.2020.1781143).
69. Cueille, M., Green, E., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C., and Benton, M.J. 2020. Fish and crab coprolites from the latest Triassic of the UK: From Buckland to the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 131, 699-721 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.07.011).
68. Janis, C.M., Napoli, J.G., Billingham, C., and Martín-Serra, A. 2020. Proximal humerus morphology indicates divergent patterns of locomotion in extinct giant kangaroos. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 27, 627–647 (doi: 10.1007/s10914-019-09494-5).
67. Keeble, E. and Benton, M.J. 2020. Three-dimensional tomographic study of dermal armour from the tail of the Triassic aetosaur Stagonolepis robertsoni. Scottish Journal of Geology 56, 55-62 (doi: 10.1144/sjg2019-026).
66. Liang, Y., Hints, O., Tang, P., Cai, C., Goldman, D., Nõlvak, J., Tihelka, E., Pang, K., Bernardo, J. and Wang, W. 2020. Fossilized reproductive modes reveal a protistan affinity of Chitinozoa. Geology 48, 1200-1204 (doi: 10.1130/G47865.1).
65. Li, Y., Tihelka, E., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. Specialized variegated mud-loving beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae). Palaeoentomology 3, 59-67 (10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.1.9).
64. Li, Y., Tihelka, E., Liu, Z., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. Muonabuntor gen. nov., a new genus of false click beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Eucnemidae). Palaeoentomology 3, 399-406 (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.4.12).
63. Li, Y., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. A close affinity of the enigmatic genus Stegocoleus with Lepidomma revealed by new fossil evidence (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Palaeoentomology 3, 632-640 (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.6.15).
62. Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Tian, L., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. First fossil pseudopsine rove beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pseudopsinae). Zootaxa 4885, 76-82 (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.1.4).
61. Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Yin, Z., Huang, D., Tian, L., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. The first fossil record of the rove beetle subfamily Protopselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 110, art. 104416 (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104416).
60. Mussini, G., Whiteside, D.I., Hildebrandt, C. and Benton, M.J. 2020. Anatomy of a Late Triassic Bristol fissure: Tytherington fissure 2. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 131, 73-93 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.12.001).
59. Rahman, I.A., O’Shea, J., Lautenschlager, S., and Zamora, S. 2020. Potential evolutionary trade-off between feeding and stability in Cambrian cinctan echinoderms. Palaeontology 63, 689-701(doi: 10.1111/pala.12495).
58. Tihelka, E., Cai, C.Y., Giacomelli, M., Pisani, D., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2020. Integrated phylogenomic and fossil evidence of stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea) reveal a Permian-Triassic co-origination with insectivores. Royal Society Open Science 7(11), 201689 (doi: 10.1098/rsos.201689).
57. Tihelka, E., Cai, C.Y., Pisani, D., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2020. Mitochondrial genomes illuminate the evolutionary history of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera). Scientific Reports 10(1), 14515 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71393-0).
56. Tihelka, E., Cheng, G., Huang, D., Vincent Perrichot and Cai, C.Y. 2020. First thaneroclerid beetle from Cretaceous Charentese amber (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Thanerocleridae). Palaeoentomology 3, 390-398 (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.4.11).
55. Tihelka, E., Engel, M.S., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. Mimicry in Cretaceous bugs. iScience 23(7), art. 101280 (doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101280).
54. Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Huang, D.Y., Pisani, D., Donoghue, P.C.J., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. Fleas are parasitic scorpionflies. Palaeoentomology 3, 641-653 (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.6.16).
53. Tihelka, E., Huang, D. and Cai, C.Y. 2020. New data on Ommatidae (Coleoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 106, art. 104253 (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104253).
52. Tihelka, E., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. A new genus and species of Micromalthidae from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 111, 39-46 (doi: 10.1017/S1755691019000185).
51. Tihelka, E., Huang, D., and Cai, C. 2020. Pleuroceratos jiewenae sp. nov.: a new Cretaceous phloeostichid beetle (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Phloeostichidae). Palaeoentomology 3, 248-259 (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.3.6).
50. Tihelka, E., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. Trihelota, a new and unusual helotid beetle genus from mid-cretaceous burmese amber (Coleoptera: Helotidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60, 509-516 (doi: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.033).
49. Tihelka, E., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. First false darkling beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Melandryidae). Alcheringa 44, 169-175 (doi: 10.1080/03115518.2019.1664635).
48. Tihelka, E., Smith, A.D., Huang, D., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. First member of the New World genus Diceroderes from early Miocene Mexican amber (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae: Toxicini). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 104, 102828 (doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102828).
47. Tihelka, E., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., and Cai, C.Y. 2020. New data, old story: molecular data illuminate the tribal relationships among rove beetles of the Subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Insects 11, art. 164 (doi: 10.3390/insects11030164).
46. Tihelka, E., Tian, L., Cai, C.Y. 2020. A new Devonian harvestman from the Rhynie chert (Arachnida: Opiliones). Bulletin of Geosciences 95, 313-318 (doi: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1765).
2019
45. Boxshall, G.A., O’Reilly, M., Sikorski, A. and Summerfield, R. 2019. Mesoparasitic copepods (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) associated with polychaete worms in European seas. Zootaxa 4579, 1-69 (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4579.1.1).
44. Chambi-Trowell, S.A.V., Whiteside, D.I. and Benton, M.J. 2019. Diversity in rhynchocephalian Clevosaurus skulls based on CT reconstruction of C. hudsoni and C. cambrica. Acta Palaeontologia Polonica 64, 41-64 (doi: 10.4202/app.00569.2018).
43. Flannery Sutherland, J., Moon, B.C., Stubbs, T.L., and Benton, M.J. 2019. Does exceptional preservation distort our view of disparity in the fossil record? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286, 20190091 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0091).
42. Nordén, K.K., Faber, J., Babarović, F., Stubbs, T.L., Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D., Peharec Štefanić, P., Mayr, G., Smithwick, F.M., and Vinther, J. 2019. Melanosome diversity and convergence in the evolution of iridescent avian feathers – implications for paleocolor reconstruction. Evolution 73, 15-27 (doi: 10.1111/evo.13641).
41. O’Shea, J., Keating, J. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2019. The dermal skeleton of the jawless vertebrate Tremataspis mammillata (Osteostraci, stem-Gnathostomata). Journal of Morphology 280, 999-1025 (doi: 10.1002/jmor.20997).
40. Turmine-Juhel, P., Wilks, R., Brockhurst, D., Austen, P.A., Duffin, C.J. and Benton, M.J. 2019. Microvertebrates from the Wadhurst Clay Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Ashdown Brickworks, East Sussex, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 130,752-769 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.08.003).
39. Zhao, Y., Vinther, J., Parry, L.A., Wei, F., Green, E., Pisani, D., Hou, X.G., Edgecombe, G.D. and Cong, P.Y. 2019. Cambrian sessile, suspension feeding stem-group ctenophores and evolution of the comb jelly body plan. Current Biology 29, 1112-1125.e2 (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.036).
2018
38. Cavicchini, I., Heyworth, H.C., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C., and Benton, M.J. 2018. A Rhaetian microvertebrate fauna from Stowey Quarry, Somerset, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 129, 144-158 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.02.001).
37. Cross, S.R.R., Ivanovski, N., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C., Parker, A., and Benton, M.J. 2018. Microvertebrates from the basal Rhaetian Bone Bed (latest Triassic) at Aust Cliff, S.W. England. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 129, 635-653 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.06.002).
36. Keeble, E., Whiteside, D.I. and Benton, M.J. 2018. The terrestrial fauna of the Late Triassic Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry fissures, South Wales, UK and a new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 129, 99-119 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.11.001).
35. Nordén, K.K., Stubbs, T.L., Prieto-Márquez, A., and Benton, M.J. 2018. Multifaceted disparity approach reveals dinosaur herbivory flourished before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Paleobiology 44, 620-637 (doi: 10.1017/pab.2018.26).
34. Parry, L.A., Smithwick, F., Nordén, K.K., Saitta, E.T., Lozano-Fernandez, J., Tanner, A.R., Caron, J.-B., Edgecombe, G.D., Briggs, D.E.G., and Vinther, J. 2018. Soft-bodied fossils are not simply rotten carcasses – toward a holistic understanding of exceptional fossil preservation: exceptional fossil preservation is complex and involves the interplay of numerous biological and geological processes. BioEssays 40, 1700167 (doi: 10.1002/bies.201700167).
33. Smithwick, F.M. and Stubbs, T.L. 2018. Phanerozoic survivors: Actinopterygian evolution through the Permo-Triassic and Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction events. Evolution 72, 348-362 (doi: 10.1111/evo.13421).
2017
32. Flannery Sutherland, J.T., Austen, P.A., Duffin, C.J., and Benton, M.J. 2017. Leptolepid otoliths from the Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) Lower Weald Clay (southern England). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 128, 613-625 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.05.001).
31. Landon, E.N.U., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C., Davies, T.G., Simms, M.J., and Benton, M.J. 2017. The first discovery of crinoids and cephalopod hooklets in the British Triassic. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 128, 360-373 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.03.005).
30. Zhang, H.-W., Wang, Y., Janis, C.M., Goodall, R.H., and Purnell, M.A. 2017. An examination of feeding ecology in Pleistocene proboscideans from southern China (Sinomastodon, Stegodon, Elephas), by means of dental microwear texture analysis. Quaternary International 445, 60-70 (doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.07.011).
2016
29. Caromel, A.G.M., Schmidt, D.N., Fletcher, I., and Rayfield, E.J. 2016. Morphological change during the ontogeny of the planktic Foraminifera. Journal of Micropalaeontology 35, 2-19 (doi: 10.1144/jmpaleo2014-017).
28. Lakin, R.J., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C., and Benton, M.J. 2016. The Rhaetian vertebrates of Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, UK, a comparative study. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 127, 40-52 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.02.010).
27. Mears, E.M., Rossi, V., MacDonald, E., Coleman, G., Davies, T.G., Arias-Riesgo, C., Hildebrandt, C., Thiel, H., Duffin, C.J., Whiteside, D.I., and Benton, M.J. 2016. The Rhaetian (Late Triassic) vertebrates of Hampstead Farm Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 127, 478-505 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.05.003).
26. Slater, T.S., Duffin, C.J., Hildebrandt, C., Davies, T.G., and Benton, M.J. 2016. Microvertebrates from multiple bone beds in the Rhaetian of the M4-M5 motorway junction, South Gloucestershire, U.K. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 127, 464-477 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.07.001).
2015
25. Allard, H., Carpenter, S.C., Duffin, C.J., and Benton, M.J. 2015. Microvertebrates from the classic Rhaetian bone beds of Manor Farm Quarry, near Aust (Bristol, UK). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 126, 762-776 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.09.002).
24. Hetherington, A.J., Sherratt, E., Ruta, M., Wilkinson, M., Deline, B., Donoghue, P.C.J. 2015. Do cladistic and morphometric data capture common patterns of morphological disparity? Palaeontology 58, 393-399 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12159).
23. Klein, C.G., Whiteside, D.I., Selles de Lucas, V., Viegas, P.A., and Benton, M.J. 2015. A distinctive Late Triassic microvertebrate fissure fauna and a new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from Woodleaze Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 126, 402-416 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.05.003).
22. Korneisel, D., Gallois, R.W., Duffin, C.J., and Benton, M.J. 2015. Latest Triassic marine sharks and bony fishes from a bone bed preserved in a burrow system, from Devon, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 126, 130-142 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.11.004).
21. Marek, R.D., Moon, B.C., Williams, M., and Benton, M.J. 2015. The skull and endocranium of a Lower Jurassic ichthyosaur based on digital reconstructions. Palaeontology 58, 732-745 (doi: 10.111/pala.12174).
20. Melbourne, L.A., Griffin, J., Schmidt, D.N., and Rayfield, E.J. 2015. Potential and limitations of finite element modelling in assessing structural integrity of coralline algae under future global change. Biogeosciences 12, 5871-5883 (doi: 10.5194/bg-12-5871-2015).
19. Nordén, K.K., Duffin, C.J., and Benton, M.J. 2015. A marine vertebrate fauna from the Late Triassic of Somerset, and a review of British placodonts. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 126, 564-581 (doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.07.001).
18. Smithwick, F.M. 2015. Feeding ecology of the deep-bodied fish Dapedium (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Sinemurian of Dorset. Palaeontology 58, 293-311 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12145).
2013
17. Chan, N.J., Dyke, G.J., and Benton, M.J. 2013. Primary feather lengths may not be important for inferring the flight styles of Mesozoic birds. Lethaia 46, 146-153 (doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2012.00325.x).
16. Giles, S., Rücklin, M., and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2013. The histology of ‘placoderm’ dermal skeletons: implications for the nature of the ancestral gnathostome. Journal of Morphology 274, 627-644 (doi: 10.1002/jmor.20119).
15. Ruta, M., Botha-Brink, J., Mitchell, S.A., and Benton, M.J. 2013. The radiation of cynodonts and the ground plan of mammalian morphological diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20131865 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1865).
14. Schmidt, D.N., Rayfield, E.J., Cocking, A., and Marone, F. 2013. Linking evolution and development: synchrotron radiation X-ray tomographic microscopy of planktic foraminifers. Palaeontology 56, 741-749 (doi: 10.1111/pala.12013).
2012
13. Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Miller, C.E., Naish, D., Rayfield, E.J., and Hone, D.W.E. 2012. Pedal claw curvature in birds, lizards and Mesozoic dinosaurs – complicated categories and compensating for mass-specific and phylogenetic control. PLoS ONE 7(12): e50555. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050555).
2011
12. Rücklin, M., Giles, S., Janvier, P. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2011. Teeth before jaws? Comparative analysis of the structure and development of the external and internal scales in the extinct jawless vertebrate Loganellia scotica. Evolution and Development 13, 523-532 (doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00508.x).
2010
11. Fletcher, T.M., Janis, C.M., and Rayfield, E.J. 2010. Finite element analysis of ungulate jaws: can mode of digestive physiology be determined? Palaeontologia Electronica 13(3), 21A, 15 pp.
10. Marx, F.G. and Uhen, M.D. 2010. Climate, critters, and cetaceans: Cenozoic drivers of the evolution of modern whales. Science 327, 993-996 (doi: 10.1126/science.1185581).
9. Marx, F.G. and Uhen, M.D. 2010. Response to comment on “Climate, critters, and cetaceans: Cenozoic drivers of the evolution of modern whales”. Science 330, 993-996 (doi: 10.1126/science.1190377).
2009
8. Marx, F. 2009. Marine mammals through time: when less is more in studying palaeodiversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 276, 887-892.
7. Sánchez-Hernández, B., Przewieslik, A.G., and Benton, M.J. 2009. A reassessment of the Pteraichnus ichnospecies from the Early Cretaceous of Soria Province, Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29, 487-497.
2008
6. Gostling, N.J., Thomas, C.-W., Greenwood, J.M., Dong, X., Bengtson, S., Raff, E.C., Raff, R.A., Degnan, B.M., Stampanoni, M. and Donoghue, P.C.J. 2008. Deciphering the fossil record of early bilaterian embryonic development in light of experimental taphonomy. Evolution & Development 10, 339-349.
5. Wilkinson, L.E., Young, M.T., and Benton, M.J. 2008. A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK. Palaeontology 51, 1307-1333. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00818.x
2007
4. Anderson, P.E., Benton, M.J., Trueman, C.N., Paterson, B.A. and Cuny, G. 2007. Palaeoenvironments of vertebrates on the southern shore of Tethys: The nonmarine Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 243, 118-131.
3. Vrazo, M.B., Benton, M.J., and Daeschler, E.B. 2007. Tetrapod tracks from the Mauch Chunk Formation (middle to upper Mississippian) of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 156, 199-209.
2006
2. Benton, M.J., Minter, N.J. and Posmosanu, E. 2006. Dwarfing in ornithopod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Romania. In: Csiki, Z. (ed.) Mesozoic and Cenozoic Vertebrates and Paleoenvironments; Tributes to the Career of Prof. Dan Grigorescu, Ars Docendi, Bucharest, 79-87.
1. Hagadorn, J. W., Xiao, S., Donoghue, P. C. J., Bengtson, S., Gostling, N. J., Pawlowska, M., Raff, E. C., Raff, R. A., Turner, F. R., Yin, C., Zhou, C., Yuan, X., McFeely, M. B., Stampanoni, M. and Nealson, K. H. 2006. Cellular and subcellular structure of Neoproterozoic animal embryos. Science 314, 291-294.