By Professor Michael Archer

Journal articles

Musser AM; Archer M, 1998, 'New information about the skull and dentary of the Miocene platypus Obdurodon dicksoni , and a discussion of ornithorhynchid relationships', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 353, pp. 1063 - 1079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1998.0266

Duncan IJ; Briggs DEG; Archer M, 1998, 'Three-dimensionally mineralized insects and millipedes from the Tertiary of Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia', Palaeontology, 41, pp. 835 - 851

Archer M, 1998, 'Bizarre bats of the burrows', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Archer M, 1998, 'Fried and footless fangers', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Hand SJ; Murray PJ; Megirian D; Archer M; Godthelp HJ, 1998, 'Mystacinid bats (Microchiroptera) from the Australian Tertiary', Journal of Paleontology, pp. 538 - 545

Archer M, 1998, 'The one-in-600 year wave', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Archer M; Black K; Nettle K, 1997, 'Giant ringtail possums (Marsupialia, Pseudocheiridae) and giant koalas (Phascolarctidae) from the late cainozoic of Australia', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1997, pp. 3 - 16

Muirhead J; Dawson L; Archer M, 1997, 'Perameles bowensis, a new species of perameles (Peramelemorphia, Marsupialia) from Pliocene faunas of Bow and Wellington Caves, New South Wales', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1997, pp. 163 - 174

Brammall J; Archer M, 1997, 'A new Oligocene-Miocene species of Burramys (Marsupialia, Burramyidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41, pp. 247 - 268

Myers TJ; Archer M, 1997, 'Kuterintja ngama (Marsupiala, Ilariidae): A revised systematic analysis based on material from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41, pp. 379 - 392

Black K; Archer M, 1997, 'Nimiokoala gen. nov. (marsupialia, phascolarctidae) from Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, with a revision of Litokoala', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41, pp. 209 - 228

Davis AC; Archer M, 1997, 'Palorchestes azael (Mammalia, Palorchestidae) from the late Pleistocene Terrace Site Local Fauna, Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41, pp. 315 - 320

Black K; Archer M, 1997, 'Silvabestius gen. nov., a primitive zygomaturine (marsupialia, diprotodontidae) from Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41, pp. 193 - 208

Lunney D; Pressey B; Archer M; Hand S; Godthelp H; Curtin A, 1997, 'Integrating ecology and economics: Illustrating the need to resolve the conflicts of space and time', Ecological Economics, 23, pp. 135 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0921-8009(97)00049-9

Archer M, 1997, 'Messing with mammalian meanderings', Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 72, pp. 7 - 7

Scanlon JD; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 1997, 'Preliminary biostratigraphic analysis of snakes from the Tertiary of Riversleigh, Queensland', Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 72, pp. 65 - 65

Archer M, 1997, 'The flesh-eating kangaroo', Highlife, 130, pp. 130 - 130

Archer M, 1997, 'The lengthening limits of life', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Archer M, 1997, 'Tickling the dull out of taxonomy', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Archer M, 1997, 'Tiger, tiger out of sight', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Archer M; Hand SJ; Unknown ; Godthelp H, 1997, 'Unrolling the prehistoric scrolls of prophecy-roos and rocks rule', Landcare Australia Yearbook, pp. 12 - 15

Archer M, 1997, 'Vertebrate palaeontology, School of Biological Science, University of New South Wales', Nomen Nudum, pp. 35 - 44

Archer M, 1997, 'Worries about withering wombats', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Archer M, 1996, 'Crocodile dinners and diners', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Archer M, 1996, 'Evolution after death', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Archer M, 1996, 'Possum patterns plucked from stone', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

Flannery TF; Archer M; Rich TH; Jones R, 1995, 'A new family of monotremes feom the Creataceous of Australia', Nature, 377, pp. 418 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/377418a0

Wroe S; Archer M, 1995, 'Extraordinary diphyodonty-related change in dental function for a tooth of the extinct marsupial Ekaltadeta ima (Propleopinae, Hypsiprymnodontidae)', Archives of Oral Biology, 40, pp. 597 - 603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-9969(95)00010-m

Hand S; Novacek M; Godthelp H; Archer M, 1994, 'First eocene bat from Australia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 14, pp. 375 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1994.10011565

ARCHER M, 1994, 'Mammals Eggstraordinaire', Natural History, 103, pp. 48 - 49, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=A1994ND06000006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

ARCHER M, 1994, 'WORLD FURRY-WEIGHT CHAMPIONS', NATURAL HISTORY, 103, pp. 44 - 47, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1994ND06000005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Boles WE; Godthelp H; Hand S; Archer M, 1994, 'Palaeontological note: Earliest australian non-marine bird assemblage from the early eocene tingamurra local fauna, murgon, Southeastern Queensland', Alcheringa, 18, pp. 70 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.1994.9638764

Godthelp H; Archer M; Cifelli R; Hand SJ; Gilkeson CF, 1992, 'Earliest known Australian Tertiary mammal fauna', Nature, 356, pp. 514 - 516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/356514a0

Pascual R; Archer M; Jaureguizar EO; Prado JL; Godthelp H; Hand SJ, 1992, 'First discovery of monotremes in South America', Nature, 356, pp. 704 - 706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/356704a0

Gaffney ES; Archer M; White AW, 1992, 'Warkalania, a new meiolaniid turtle from the Tertiary Riversleigh deposits of Queensland, Australia', The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 9, pp. 35 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.263116

Scally KB; Knox GA; Archer M, 1991, 'BRUXISM', Australian Dental Journal, 36, pp. 406 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1834-7819.1991.tb01369.x

Willis PMA; Archer M, 1990, 'A Pleistocene longirostrine crocodilian from Riversleigh: first fossil occurrence of Crocodylus johnstoni Krefft', Memoirs Queensland Museum, 28, pp. 159 - 163

Kirsch JAW; Krajewski C; Springer MS; Archer M, 1990, 'DNA-DNA hybridisation studies of carnivorous marsupials. II. relationships among dasyurids (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)', Australian Journal of Zoology, 38, pp. 341 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO9900673

Muirhead J; Archer M, 1990, 'Nimbacinus dicksoni, a plesiomorphic thylacine (Marsupialia: Thylacinidae) from Tertiary deposits of Queensland and the Northern Territory', Memoirs Queensland Museum, 28, pp. 203 - 221

Archer M; Every RG; Godthelp H; Hand SJ; Scally KB, 1990, 'Yingabalanaridae, a new family of enigmatic mammals from Tertiary deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs Queensland Museum, 28, pp. 193 - 202

Kirsch JAW; Springer MS; Krajewski C; Archer M; Aplin K; Dickerman AW, 1990, 'DNA/DNA hybridization studies of the carnivorous marsupials. I: The intergeneric relationships of bandicoots (Marsupialia: Perameloidea)', Journal of Molecular Evolution, 30, pp. 434 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02101115

Archer M, 1989, 'Emendations to the nomenclature of recently established palaeontological taxa', Australian Zoologist, 25, pp. 67 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/az.1989.003

Rich TH; Flannery TF; Archer M, 1989, 'A second Cretaceous mammalian specimen from Lightning Ridge, N.S.W., Australia', Alcheringa, 13, pp. 85 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518908619043

Archer M; Godthelp H; Hand SJ; Megirian D, 1989, 'Fossil mammals of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland: preliminary overview of biostratigraphy, correlation and environmental change', Australian Zoologist, 25, pp. 29 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/az.1989.001

Archer M; Hand S; Godthelp H, 1988, 'A New Order of Tertiary Zalambdodont Marsupials', Science, 239, pp. 1528 - 1531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.239.4847.1528

Lester KS; Archer M; Gilkeson CF; Rich T, 1988, 'Enamel of Yalkaparidon coheni: representative of a distinctive order of tertiary zalambdodont marsupials.', Scanning Microsc, 2, pp. 1491 - 1501, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3201196

Lester KS; Boyde A; Gilkeson C; Archer M, 1987, 'Marsupial and monotreme enamel structure.', Scanning Microsc, 1, pp. 401 - 420, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3589612

Aplin KP; Archer M, 1987, 'Recent advances in marsupial systematics with a new syncretic classification', Possums and opossums: studies in evolution, 1, pp. 15 - 72

Eisenberg JF; Archer M; Clayton G, 1987, 'Vertebrate Evolution in Australasia', Evolution, 41, pp. 236 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2408994

Archer M; Hand S; Godthelp H, 1986, 'Uncovering Australia's dreamtime.', Uncovering Australia's dreamtime.

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