By Professor Michael Archer

Books

Archer M; Beale B, 2004, Going Native, Virago Press

Archer M; Brammall J; Field J; Hand SJ; Hook C, 2002, Australia's evolution: 100 million years of change, Australian Museum, Sydney

Long J; Archer M; Flannery TF; Hand SJ, 2002, Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea, University of New South Wales Press, Kensington

Archer M; Godthelp H; Hand SJ, 2000, Australia's Lost World Riversleigh, World Heritage Site, Raupo

Murphy PA; Archer M; Burnley IH; Harding HR; Dunn K; Dodsen J; Head L, 1998, From plesiosaurs to people: 100 million years of Australian environmental history, Environment Australia (Commonwealth Government), Canberra

, 1998, From plesiosaurs to people: 100 million years of Australian environmental history, Archer M; Opie AH; Dodson JR; Harding HR; Head L; Murphy PA, (eds.), Environment Australia (Commonwealth Government), Canberra

Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 1986, Uncovering Australia's dreamtime, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW

Archer M, 1982, Mammals in Australia

Book Chapters

Archer M, 2023, 'The Australian mammal fauna', in Strahan S Mammals of Australia, pp. 25 - 29

Cook A; Jell J; Archer M; Black KH; Godthelp HJ; Hand SJ; Withnall IW; Vasconcelos PM, 2013, 'Paleogene and Neogene', in Jell P (ed.), Geology of Queensland, Geological Survey of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD., pp. 577 - 652

Mooney SD, 2013, 'The Prehistory of Fire in Australasia', in Bradstock RA; Gill AM; Williams RJ (ed.), Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, pp. 3 - 25, http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6836.htm

Black KH; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 2012, 'The rise of Australian marsupials: a synopsis of biostratigraphic, phylogenetic, palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographic understanding', in Talent JA (ed.), Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations through Time, Springer Verlag, Dordrecht

Hand SJ; Archer M; Bickel D; Creaser P; Dettmann M; Godthelp HJ; Jones A; Norris B; Wicks D, 2010, 'Australian Cape York amber', in Penney D (ed.), Biodiversity of fossils in amber from the major world deposits, Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 69 - 79

Archer M; Beale B, 2007, 'From rarity to abundance: a consequence of value', in Lunney D; Eby P; Hutchings P; Burgin S (ed.), Pest or Guest: The Zoology of Overabundance, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Australia, pp. 226 - 227

Cooke BN, 2006, 'Kangaroos', in Merick JR; Archer M; Hickey GM; Less MSY (ed.), Evolution and biogeography of Australasian vertebrates, Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 647 - 672

Wroe S; Archer M, 2006, 'Origins and early radiations of marsupials', in Merrick JR; Archer M; Hickey GM; Less MSY (ed.), Evolution and biogeography of Australasian vertebrates, Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 551 - 574

Archer M; Hand SJ, 2006, 'The Australian Marsupial radiation', in Merrick JR; Archer M; Hickey GM; Less MSY (ed.), Evolution and biogeography of Australasian vertebrates, Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 575 - 646

Archer M; Kirsch JA, 2006, 'The Evolution and classification of marsupials', in Armati PJ; Dickman CR; Hume ID (ed.), Marsupials, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1 - 21

Crosby KM; Bassarova MP; Archer M; Carbery K, 2004, 'Fossil possums in Australasia: discovery, diversity and evolution', in Goldingay RL; Jackson SM (ed.), The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney, pp. 161 - 176

, 2003, 'Evolution and systematics', in Predators with Pouches, CSIRO Publishing, pp. 1 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643069862.part01

, 2003, 'Evolutionary ecology and behaviour', in Predators with Pouches, CSIRO Publishing, pp. 269 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643069862.part04

Archer M, 2002, 'Confronting crises in conservation: a talk on the wild side', in Lunney D; Dickman C (ed.), A Zoological Revolution, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 12 - 52

Musser AM; Archer M, 2001, 'Monotremata', in , Wiley, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0001553

Archer M, 1997, 'How animals evolved', in Encyclopaedia of Australian wildlife, ReaderÕs Digest, Sydney, pp. 20 - 31

Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 1994, 'Patterns in the history of Australia's mammals and inferences about palaeohabitats', in Hill R (ed.), History of the Australian Vegetation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 80 - 103

Archer M; Jenkins F; Hand SJ; Murray P; Godthelp H, 1992, 'Description of the skull and non-vestigial dentition of a Miocene platypus (Obdurodon dicksoni n.sp) from Riversleigh, Australia, and the problem of monotreme origins', in Platypus and Echidnas, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney, pp. 15 - 27

Journal articles

Farman RM; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2026, 'New Miocene frogs from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, north-western Queensland, and their palaeoecological implications', Historical Biology, 38, pp. 417 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2501328

Hand SJ; Archer M; Beck RMD; De Pietri VL; Salisbury SW; Scofield RP; Tennyson AJD; Worthy JP; Worthy TH, 2026, 'New Miocene mystacinid bat fossils from New Zealand, including a small new species of the endemic genus Mystacina (Chiroptera: Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae)', Alcheringa, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2026.2614525

Archer M; Akerman K; Desantis L; Dickson BV; Hand S; Hatcher L; Hellstrom JC; Jacobsen G; Louys J; Price GJ; Ryan H; Sniderman K; Travouillon K; Woodhead J, 2025, 'Australia's First Peoples: Hunters of extinct megafauna or Australia's first fossil collectors', Royal Society Open Science, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250078

Worthy TH; Scofield RP; Hand SJ; Archer M; De Pietri VL, 2025, 'A large cracticine passerine (Aves, Artamidae, Cracticinae) from the Early Miocene, St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand', Palz, 99, pp. 371 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12542-025-00736-x

Churchill TJ; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2025, 'A new genus and two new species of malleodectid (Marsupialia, Malleodectidae) from the Middle and Late Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland.', Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-025-09755-6

Worthy TH; Paul Scofield R; De Pietri VL; Salisbury SW; Schwarzhans W; Hand SJ; Archer M, 2025, 'A synopsis of the Early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand', Geobios, 90, pp. 163 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.03.002

De Pietri VL; Scofield RP; Hand SJ; Archer M; Tennyson AJD; Worthy TH, 2025, 'Early Miocene gull-like birds (Charadriiformes: Laridae) from New Zealand', Geobios, 90, pp. 45 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.08.021

Hand SJ; Wilson LAB; López-Aguirre C; Houssaye A; Archer M; Bevitt JJ; Evans AR; Halim AY; Hung T; Rich TH; Vickers-Rich P; Beck RMD, 2025, 'Bone microstructure supports a Mesozoic origin for a semiaquatic burrowing lifestyle in monotremes (Mammalia)', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2413569122

Panadès I Blas X; Galobart À; Archer M; Stein M; Hand S; Sellés A, 2025, 'Australia’s oldest crocodylian eggshell: insights into the reproductive paleoecology of mekosuchines', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2025.2560010

Worthy TH; Scofield RP; Worthy JP; De Pietri VL; Archer M, 2025, 'Parastacid (Decapoda, Parastacidae) fossil mandible remains from the Early Miocene, New Zealand', Alcheringa, 49, pp. 649 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2025.2488056

Churchill TJ; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2025, 'Three new malleodectids (Marsupialia, Malleodectidae) from the late Oligocene and early Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage area, northwestern Queensland', Historical Biology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2543075

Souilmi Y; Wasef S; Williams MP; Conroy G; Bar I; Bover P; Dann J; Heiniger H; Llamas B; Ogbourne S; Archer M; Ballard JOW; Reed E; Tobler R; Koungoulos L; Walshe K; Wright JL; Balme J; O’Connor S; Cooper A; Mitchell KJ, 2024, 'Ancient genomes reveal over two thousand years of dingo population structure', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407584121

Martin SK; Archer M; Allen HJ; Badea DD; Beidatsch E; Betts MJ; Blake M; Boan PC; Botha T; Brock GA; Brosnan L; Castle-Jones J; Cramb J; Pietri VLD; Donaldson S; Donato I; Dowding EM; Duncan R; Elson AL; Farman RM; Fergusen MA; Fjeld A; Flannery D; Frauenfelder TG; Gorter JD; Gray M; Gray N; Haines P; Hart LJ; Herbert EB; Holland BE; Holmes JD; Holmer L; Hood AVS; Ippolitov AP; Janis CM; Kear BP; Kelly S; Kitchener JL; Laurie JR; Leahey LG; Long JA; Mantle D; Martin DM; Mays C; McCurry MR; McGoldrick P; Mensforth CL; Meyerkort RD; Nielsen-Smith CA; Nel R; Newman-Martin J; Oh Y; Paterson JR; Pears J; Poropat SF; Reid CM; Reid RP; Stretton SAR; Robertson B; Ryan HE; Salisbury SW; Satterthwait D; Schroeder NI; Shukla Y; Slodownik M; Smith PM; Stephenson NP; Surprenant RL; Thorn KM; Travouillon KJ; Trinajstic KM; Tripp M; Vakil V; Weldon EA; White J; Willink RJ; Wise GL; Woltz CR; Young G; Zhang Z; Zhen YY; Ziegler T, 2024, 'Palaeontology from Australasia and beyond: Abstracts from Palaeo Down Under 3 Perth, Western Australia, July 2023', Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 48, pp. 193 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2347595

De Pietri VL; Paul Scofield R; Hand SJ; Archer M; Worthy TH, 2024, 'A preliminary assessment of the diversity of songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from the Miocene St. Bathans Fauna, New Zealand', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2400252

Jackson SM; Travouillon KJ; Beck RMD; Archer M; Hand SJ; Helgen KM; Fitzgerald EMG; Price GJ, 2024, 'An annotated checklist of Australasian fossil mammals', Alcheringa, 48, pp. 548 - 746, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2434062

Farman RM; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2024, 'Early Eocene pelodryadid from the Tingamarra Local Fauna, Murgon, southeastern Queensland, Australia, and a new fossil calibration for molecular phylogenies of frogs', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2025.2477815

Churchill TJ; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2024, 'Three new thylacinids (Marsupialia, Thylacinidae) from late Oligocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2384595

Wilson LAB; López-Aguirre C; Archer M; Hand SJ; Flores D; Abdala F; Giannini NP, 2023, 'Patterns of ontogenetic evolution across extant marsupials reflect different allometric pathways to ecomorphological diversity', Nature Communications, 14, pp. 2689, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38365-0

Hand SJ; Archer M; Gillespie A; Myers T, 2023, 'Xenorhinos bhatnagari sp. nov., a new, nasal-emitting trident bat (Rhinonycteridae, Rhinolophoidea) from early Miocene forests in northern Australia', Anatomical Record, 306, pp. 2693 - 2715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.25210

Farman RM; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2023, 'A geometric morphometric analysis of variation in Australian frog ilia and taxonomic interpretations', Journal of Morphology, 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21642

Chinsamy A; Black KH; Hand SJ; Archer M, 2023, 'Paleobiological implications of the bone histology of the extinct Australian marsupial Nimbadon lavarackorum', Journal of Paleontology, 97, pp. 722 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2023.22

White AW; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H; Gillespie AK, 2023, 'A new broad-snouted fossil carettochelyid turtle from a previously unknown Caenozoic deposit in Sarawak, Malaysia', Alcheringa, 47, pp. 614 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2243503

Fabian PR; Archer M; Hand SJ; Beck RMD, 2023, 'First known extinct feathertail possums (Acrobatidae, Marsupialia): palaeobiodiversity, phylogenetics, palaeoecology and palaeogeography', Alcheringa, 47, pp. 484 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2242439

DeSantis L; Archer M; Black K; Hand S; Korasidis V, 2023, 'Tree-climbing in search of fruit: an ancient arboreal marsupial megafrugivore from the Miocene of Australia', Alcheringa, 47, pp. 534 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2268680

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