By Professor Michael Archer

Journal articles

Black KH; Camens AB; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2012, 'Herds Overhead: Nimbadon lavarackorum (Diprotodontidae), Heavyweight Marsupial Herbivores in the Miocene Forests of Australia', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e48213 - e48213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048213

Travouillon KJ; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2012, 'Early to middle Miocene monsoon climate in Australia: COMMENT', Geology, 40, pp. e273 - e273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/g32600c.1

Stein MM; Salisbury DS; Hand SJ; Archer M; Godthelp HJ, 2012, 'Humeral morphology of the early Eocene mekosuchine crocodile Kambara from the Tingamarra Local Fauna southeastern Queensland, Australia', Alcheringa

Black KH; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2012, 'New Tertiary koala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, Australia, with a revision of phascolarctid phylogenetics, paleoecology, and paleobiodiversity', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32, pp. 125 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2012.626825

Clulow J; Clulow S; Guo J; French AJ; Mahony MJ; Archer M, 2012, 'Optimisation of an oviposition protocol employing human chorionic and pregnant mare serum gonadotropins in the Barred Frog Mixophyes fasciolatus (Myobatrachidae)', Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 10, pp. 60 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-10-60

Black K, 2012, 'Revision in the marsupial diprotodontid genus Neohelos: systematics and biostratigraphy', Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0001

Goff J; Chagué‐Goff C; Archer M; Dominey‐Howes D; Turney C, 2012, 'The Eltanin asteroid impact: possible South Pacific palaeomegatsunami footprint and potential implications for the Pliocene–Pleistocene transition', Journal of Quaternary Science, 27, pp. 660 - 670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2571

Travouillon DK; Gurovich DY; Archer M; Hand SJ; Muirhead J, 2012, 'The genus Galadi: three new bandicoots (Marsupialia; Peramelemorphia) from Riversleigh’s Miocene deposits, north-western Queensland, Australia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33, pp. 153 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/039.033.0114

Travouillon DK; Gurovich DY; Archer M; Hand SJ; Muirhead J, 2012, 'The temporally and environmentally restricted genus Galadi: three new bandicoots (Marsupialia; Peramelemorphia) from the Oligo-Miocene of northern Australia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Arena DA; Archer M; Godthelp H; Hand SJ; Hocknull S, 2011, 'Hammer-toothed ‘marsupial skinks' from the Australian Cenozoic', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278, pp. 3529 - 3533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0486

Archer M; Beck R; Gott M; Hand S; Godthelp H; Black K, 2011, 'Australia's first fossil marsupial mole (Notoryctemorphia) resolves controversies about their evolution and palaeoenvironmental origins', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278, pp. 1498 - 1506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1943

Archer M, 2011, 'Slaughter of the singing sentients: measuring the morality of eating red meat.', Australian Zoologist, 35, pp. 979 - 982, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/az.2011.051

Travouillon KJ; Escarguel G; Legendre S; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2011, 'The use of MSR (Minimum Sample Richness) for sample assemblage comparisons', Paleobiology, 37, pp. 696 - 709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/09050.1

Black KH; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 2010, 'First comprehensive analysis of cranial ontogeny in a fossil marsupial—from a 15-million-year-old cave deposit in northern Australia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, pp. 993 - 1011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2010.483567

Worthy TH; Tennyson AJD; Archer M; Scofield RP, 2010, 'First Record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand', RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, 62, pp. 77 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1545

Worthy TH; Hand SJ; Nguyen JMT; Tennyson AJD; Worthy JP; Scofield RP; Boles WE; Archer M, 2010, 'Biogeographical and phylogenetic implications of an early Miocene wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, pp. 479 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724631003618033

Soriano C; Archer M; Azar D; Creaser P; Delclòs X; Godthelp H; Hand S; Jones A; Nel A; Néraudeau D; Ortega-Blanco J; Pérez-de la Fuente R; Perrichot V; Saupe E; Kraemer MS; Tafforeau P, 2010, 'Synchrotron X-ray imaging of inclusions in amber', Comptes Rendus Palevol, 9, pp. 361 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2010.07.014

Lee MSY; Hutchinson MN; Worthy TH; Archer M; Tennyson AJD; Worthy JP; Scofield RP, 2009, 'Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand's lizard fauna', Biology Letters, 5, pp. 833 - 837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0440

Louys J; Aplin K; Beck RMD; Archer M, 2009, 'Cranial anatomy of Oligo-Miocene koalas (Diprotodontia: Phascolarctidae): stages in the evolution of an extreme leaf-eating specialization', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29, pp. 981 - 992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1671/039.029.0412

Bassarova M; Janis CM; Archer M, 2009, 'The calcaneum-on the heels of marsupial locomotion', Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 16, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-008-9093-7

Hand SJ; Weisbecker V; Beck RMD; Archer M; Godthelp H; Tennyson AJD; Worthy TH, 2009, 'Bats that walk: a new evolutionary hypothesis for the terrestrial behaviour of New Zealand's endemic mystacinids', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9, pp. 169 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-169

Sigé B; Archer M; Crochet J-Y; Godthelp H; Hand S; Beck R, 2009, 'Chulpasia and Thylacotinga, late Paleocene-earliest Eocene trans-Antarctic Gondwanan bunodont marsupials: New data from Australia', Geobios, 42, pp. 813 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2009.08.001

Worthy TH; Hand SJ; Nguyen J; Worthy J; Tennyson AJD; Scofield R; Boles WE; Archer M, 2009, 'Early Miocene acanthisittid wren from St Bathans Fauna, Otago, NZ', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, pp. 479 - 498

Roberts KK; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 2009, 'NEW AUSTRALIAN OLIGOCENE TO MIOCENE RINGTAIL POSSUMS (PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE) AND REVISION OF THE GENUS MARLU', Palaeontology, 52, pp. 441 - 456

Travouillon KJ; Legendre S; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2009, 'Palaeoecological analyses of Riversleigh's Oligo-Miocene sites: Implications for Oligo-Miocene climate change in Australia', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 276, pp. 24 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.025

Beck RMD; Godthelp H; Weisbecker V; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2008, 'Australia's Oldest Marsupial Fossils and their Biogeographical Implications', PLoS ONE, 3, pp. e1858 - e1858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001858

Beck RMD; Archer M; Godthelp H; Mackness BS; Hand SJ; Muirhead J, 2008, 'A Bizarre New Family of Marsupialia (Incertae sedis) from the Early Pliocene of Northeastern Australia: Implications for the Phylogeny of Bunodont Marsupials', Journal of Paleontology, 82, pp. 749 - 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/06-124.1

Brewer P; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2008, 'Additional specimens of the oldest wombat Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (vombatidae; Marsupialia) from the Wipajiri Formation, South Australia: An intermediate morphology?', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28, pp. 1144 - 1148

Roberts KK; Bassarova MP; Archer M, 2008, 'Oligo-Miocene ringtail possums of the genus Paljara (Pseudocheiridae: Marsupialia) from Queensland, Australia', Geobios, 41, pp. 833 - 844

Weisbecker V; Archer M, 2008, 'Parallel evolution of hand anatomy in kangaroos and vombatiform marsupials: Functional and evolutionary implications', Palaeontology, 51, pp. 321 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00750.x

Kear BP; Cooke BN; Archer M; Flannery TF, 2007, 'Implications of a new species of the Oligo-Miocene kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) Nambaroo, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia', Journal of Paleontology, 81, pp. 1147 - 1167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/04-218.1

Roberts K; Archer M, 2007, 'A morphological approach to unravelling the relationships of ringtail possums (Pseudocheiridae, Marsupialia)', JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 27, pp. 136A - 136A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000249535400488&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Travouillon K; Legendre S; Archer M; Hand S, 2007, 'Explaining the gaps in body mass distributions (cenograms): Statistical visualization of the ecological impact of introduced species', JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 27, pp. 159A - 159A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000249535400602&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Brewer P; Archer M; Hand S; Godthelp H, 2007, 'A new species of the wombat Warendja from late Miocene deposits at Riversleigh, North-West Queensland, Australia', Palaeontology, 50, pp. 811 - 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00678.x

Roberts KK; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 2007, 'New genus and species of extinct Miocene ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae)', American Museum Novitates, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3560[1:ngasoe]2.0.co;2

Hand SJ; Beck RMD; Worthy T; Archer M; Sige B, 2007, 'Australian and New Zealand fossil bats: the origin, evolution, and extinction of bat lineages in Australasia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27 Supplement, pp. 86A - 86A

Louys J; Black K; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 2007, 'Descriptions of koala fossils from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland and implications forLitokoala(Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae)', Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 31, pp. 99 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115510701305082

Travouillon KJ; Archer M; Legendre S; Hand SJ, 2007, 'Finding the Minimum Sample Richness (MSR) for multivariate analyses: implications for palaeoecology', Historical Biology, 19, pp. 315 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912960701388576

Beck RM; Godthelp HJ; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2007, 'Petrosals and tarsals of the early Eocene Australian metatherian Djarthia murgonensis: The oldest crown-group marsupial from Australasia and its implications for the evolution and biogeography of Australidelphia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, pp. 45A - 45A

Worthy TH; Tennyson AJD; Archer M; Musser AM; Hand SJ; Jones C; Douglas BJ; McNamara JA; Beck RMD, 2006, 'Miocene mammal reveals a Mesozoic ghost lineage on insular New Zealand, southwest Pacific', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103, pp. 19419 - 19423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0605684103

Archer M, 2006, 'In defence of Australian chemistry', CHEMISTRY WORLD, 3, pp. 32 - 32, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000240519400049&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Archer M; Arena DA; Bassarova M; Beck RMD; Black K; Boles WE; Brewer P; Cooke BN; Crosby K; Gillespie A; Godthelp H; Hand SJ; Kear BP; Louys J; Morrell A; Muirhead J; Roberts KK; Scanlon JD; Travouillon KJ; Wroe S, 2006, 'Current status of species-level representation in faunas from selected fossil localities in the riversleigh world heritage area, northwestern queensland', Alcheringa, 30, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115510609506851

Archer M; Arena D; Bassarova M; Beck R; Black K; Boles W; Brewer P; Cooke B; Crosby K; Gillespie A; Godthelp H; Hand S; Kear B; Louys J; Morrell A; Muirhead J; Roberts K; Scanlon J; Travouillon K; Wroe S, 2006, 'Current status of species-level representation in faunas from selected fossil localities in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland', Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 31, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115510608619570

Macrini TE; Rowe T; Archer M, 2006, 'Description of a cranial endocast from a fossil platypus,Obdurodon dicksoni (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), and the relevance of endocranial characters to monotreme monophyly', Journal of Morphology, 267, pp. 1000 - 1015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10452

Travouillon K; Archer M; Hand S; Godthelp H, 2006, 'Multivariate analyses of Cenozoic mammalian faunas from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 31, pp. 323 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115510608619590

Hand SJ; Archer M, 2005, 'A new hipposiderid genus (Microchiroptera) from an early Miocene bat community in Australia', Palaeontology, 48, pp. 371 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00444.x

Hand S; Archer M; Godthelp H, 2005, 'Australian Oligo-Miocene Mystacinids (Microchiroptera): upper dentition, new taxa and divergence of New Zealand species', Geobios, 38, pp. 339 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2003.11.005

McKenzie KG; Engelbretsen M; Archer M; Price E, 2004, 'Ostracoda from the Miocene, Riversleigh world heritage deposits, Queensland, including Progomphocythere n. gen., with discussion of palaeoenvironments and age', Bollettino Della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 43, pp. 321 - 330

Scanlon JD; Lee MSY; Archer M, 2003, 'Mid-Tertiary elapid snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) from Riversleigh, northern Australia: Early steps in a continent-wide adaptive radiation', Geobios, 36, pp. 573 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00056-1

TURNBULL WD; LUNDELIUS EL; ARCHER M, 2003, 'Chapter 18', Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 279, pp. 513 - 540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2003)279<0513:c>2.0.co;2

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