By Professor Michael Archer

Conference Papers

Beck RMD; Godthelp HJ; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2005, 'Petrosals and tarsals of the early Eocene marsupial Djarthia murgonensis: implications for the evolution and biogeography of Australidelphia', in Geological Society of Australia Abstracts Vol 85, Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Melbourne, pp. 35 - 36, presented at Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics 2005, Naracoorte, SA

Roberts KK; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2005, 'A new genus and species of extinct Miocene ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae).', in Alcheringa, Geological Society Australia Inc, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 465 - 465, presented at Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Naracoorte

Roberts KK; Archer M; Godthelp HJ; Hand SJ, 2005, 'Taphonomy and local fauna of a new site within the Riversleigh World Heritage Area (Price is Right Site)', in Alcheringa, Geological Society Australia Inc, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 464 - 464, presented at Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics 2005, Naracoorte, SA

Goin F; Forasiepi AM; Candela AM; Ortiz Jaureguizar E; Pascual R; Archer M; Godthelp HJ; Muirhead J; Augee M; Hand SJ; Wroe S, 2002, 'Earliest Paleocene marsupials from Patagonia', in Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 68, Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Sydney, pp. 67 - 67, presented at International Palaeontological Congress 2002, Sydney

Musser A; Archer M; Cody A; Godthelp HJ; Hand SJ; Flannery TF; Crompton AW, 2002, 'Upper molars of a bunodont Mesozoic mammal from Australia (Monotremata; Kollikodontidae)', in Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 68, Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Sydney, pp. 120 - 120, presented at International Palaeontological Congress 2002, Sydney

McLean D; Robinson J; Archer M, 2001, 'Artefact reduction on CT images of fossils to allow 3D visualisation', in Radiation Physics and Chemistry, pp. 723 - 724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0969-806X(01)00387-5

Godthelp HJ; Archer M; Hand SJ; Aplin K, 2001, 'A new species of the enigmatic mammal genus Tingamarra: a placental mammal in the court of king kangaroo?', in Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 134, Royal Society of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 105 - 105, presented at Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics 2001, Sydney

Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 1997, 'Warnings from the fossil record and island biodiversity about long-term viability of mammal lineages in ÔprotectedÕ areas', in Mathison M (ed.), Lancare Changing Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Sth Aust, pp. 26 - 30, presented at Lancare Changing Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Sth Aust, 16 September 1997 - 19 September 1997

Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ; Creaser P, 1997, 'Correlation of the Cainozoic sediments of the Riversleigh World Heritage fossil property, Queensland, Australia', in Congres BiochroM 1997, Montpellier, France, presented at Congres BiochroM`97, Montpellier, France, 14 April 1997 - 17 April 1997

Hand SJ; Archer M; Godthelp HJ, 1997, 'First record of Hydromops (Microchiroptera: Molossidae) from', in Congres BiochroM 1997, Montpellier, France, presented at Congres BiochroM`97, Montpellier, France, 14 April 1997 - 17 April 1997

Nettle K; Archer M; Black KH, 1995, 'Pleistocene ringtails from Australia with a revision of the genera Corracheirus Pledge and Pseudokoala Turnbull & Lundelius', in Augee M (ed.), Australian Quaternary Vertebrates- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Linnean Society of New South Wales, Wellington Caves, NSW, presented at Quaternary Symposium, Wellington Caves, NSW, 01 December 1995 - 03 December 1995

Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 1993, 'Tertiary environmental and biotic change in Australia', in Vrba ES; Denton GH; Partridge TC; Burckle LH (eds.), PALEOCLIMATE AND EVOLUTION, WITH EMPHASIS ON HUMAN ORIGINS, YALE UNIV PRESS, VA, AIRLIE, pp. 77 - 90, presented at Conference on Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins, VA, AIRLIE

Archer M; Murray P; Hand S; Godthelp H, 1993, 'Reconsideration of Monotreme Relationships Based on the Skull and Dentition of the Miocene Obdurodon dicksoni', Springer Nature, pp. 75 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9249-1_7

Conference Posters

Black KH; Hand SJ; Archer M, 2016, 'Matching the body to the beast– assigning wing elements to rhinolophoid species in an early Miocene bat assemblage from Riversleigh, Australia', Durban, South Africa, presented at 17th International Bat Research Conference, Durban, South Africa, 01 August 2016 - 06 August 2016

Conference Presentations

Stein M; Hand SJ; Archer M, 2017, 'Appendicular skeleton of Australian Mekosuchinae crocodiles', presented at Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Queenstown, New Zealand, 01 October 2017 - 07 October 2017

Butler K; Travouillon KJ; Weisbecker V; Price GJ; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2017, 'Early evolution of kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes) from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area: phylogeny, palaeoecology, diversification and extinction', presented at 16th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Queenstown, New Zealand, 01 October 2017 - 07 October 2017

Salisbury SW; Tennyson AJD; Scofield RP; Hand SJ; Archer M; DePietri V; Worthy JP; Barham K; Worthy TH, 2017, 'The crocodilian fauna of the lower Miocene Bannockburn Formation of St Bathans, Central Otago, New Zealand', presented at 16th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Queenstown, New Zealand, 01 October 2017 - 07 October 2017

Wilson LA; Hand SJ; Guarino-Vignon P; Armstrong KN; Archer M, 2017, 'The evolution of nasal chamber shape in Old World leaf-nosed and trident bats using virtual modelling and 3D geometric morphometrics', presented at 16th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Queenstown, Queenstown, New Zealand, 01 October 2017 - 07 October 2017

DeSantis L; Black KH; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2017, 'Was the tree-climbing diprotodontid Nimbadon lavarckorum in search of fruit?', presented at 16th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Queenstown, New Zealand, 01 October 2017 - 07 October 2017

Archer M; Hand SJ; Louys J; Stewart M; Cooper A; Anderson W; Llamas B, 2017, 'A most mysterious improbable pachyderm found down under', presented at 16th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Queenstown, New Zealand, 01 October 2017 - 07 October 2017

Traub D; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 2017, 'Review of the Early Cretaceous Hazel Creek assemblage , the oldest mammal-bearing fauna in northern Australia', presented at 16th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Queenstown, New Zealand, 01 October 2017 - 07 October 2017

Lopez-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Archer M; Laffan SW, 2016, 'Phylogenetic diversity, differential endemism and the evolutionary history of New World bats', presented at 17th International Bat Research Conference, Durban, South Africa, 01 August 2016 - 06 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03260

Hand SJ; Archer M; Sige B; Black KH, 2016, 'A diverse Early Eocene bat fauna from Prémontré, France and the rise of modern bats.', presented at 17th International Bat Research Conference, Durban, South Africa, 01 August 2016 - 06 August 2016

Wilson LAB; Hand SJ; Lopez-Aguirre C; Archer M; Black KH; Beck RMD; Armstrong KN; Wroe S, 2016, 'Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats', presented at 17th International Bat Research Conference, 01 August 2016 - 06 August 2016

Archer M; Strong J; Hand SJ, 2016, 'The role of bat guano in the extraordinary preservation of fossils in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia', presented at 17th International Bat Research Conference, Durban, South Africa, 01 August 2016 - 06 August 2016

Stein M; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2015, 'A new mekosuchine crocodile displaying extreme longirostry from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland, Australia', presented at 15th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Alice Springs, 02 September 2015 - 05 September 2015

White AW; Archer M; Hand SJ; Black KH, 2015, 'Midget Submarines from Riversleigh: Dwarf Chelid Turtles', presented at 15th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Alice Springs Convention Centre, Alice Springs NT, 01 September 2015 - 05 September 2015

Hutchinson MN; Hacking J; Gillespie A; Archer M, 2013, 'A Miocene Egernia (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Riversleigh, Queensland: appreciating the extra crunch', presented at 14th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Flinders University, Adelaide, 30 September 2013 - 04 October 2013

Dickson B; Archer M; Beck RMD; Wroe S; Parr W; Macrini T; Weisbecker V, 2013, 'Semicircular canal morphology of carnivorous marsupials', presented at 14th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Flinders University, Adelaide, 30 September 2013 - 04 October 2013

Price E; Graham IT; Archer M, 2007, 'Freshwater limestone deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, NW Queensland', presented at 4th International Limnogeology Congress (ILIC2007), Cosmocaixa, Barcelona, Spain

Conference Abstracts

Hand S; Archer M; Armstrong K; Guarino-Vignon P; Hung T-T; Lopez-Aguirre C; Wilson L, 2019, 'Peculiar Cranial Morphology in Nasal-Emitting Bats (Chiroptera: Rhinonycteridae) from Miocene Forests in Northern Australia', in Journal of Morphology, Wiley, Vol. 280, pp. S38 - S38, presented at International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology

Janis C; Damuth J; Travouillon K; Hand S; Archer M, 2018, 'Global mammalian response to mid-Miocene peak in atmospheric carbon dioxide', in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Taylor & Francis, presented at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference

Black KH; Travouillon K; Myers TJ; Archer M; Hand SJ; Wilson LAB; Bevitt J, 2016, 'Functional and morphometric analysis of a middle Miocene bandicoot (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) skeleton from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia', in PeerJ Preprints, PeerJ, UNSW, Sydney, presented at Riversleigh Symposium 2016, UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3393v1

Hand SJ; Lopez Aguirre C; Archer M; Armstrong K; Black KH; Wroe S; Wilson LAB, 2015, 'Ancestral reconstruction of skull form in Old World leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideridae and Rhinonycteridae) using geometric morphometrics', in Journal of Veretbrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2015, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas, TX, USA, pp. 138 - 138, presented at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, USA, 14 October 2015 - 17 October 2015

Reports

Murray PF; Megirian D; Rich T; Plane M; Black K; Archer M; Hand SJ; Vickers-Rich P, 2000, Morphology, systematics and evolution of the marsupial genus Neohelos Stirton (Diprotodontidae, Zygomaturinae), Department of Arts and Museums, Northern Territory Government, 6

Preprints

Patel R; Upton R; Clulow S; Nixon B; Gruber B; Archer M; Mahony M; Clulow J, 2025, Developing a nuclear transplantation model for Australian amphibian conservation using a common species of Australian Frog ( Limnodynastes peronii ), http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.25.690599

Black KH; Travouillon KJ; Myers TJ; Archer M; Hand SJ; Wilson LAB, 2015, Functional and geometric morphometric analysis of a middle Miocene bandicoot (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) skeleton from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3393

Weisbecker V; Rowe T; Wroe S; Macrini TE; Garland KLS; Travouillon KJ; Black K; Archer M; Hand SJ; Berlin J; Beck RMD; Ladevèze S; Sharp AC; Mardon K; Sherratt E, Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.06.410928

Other

Archer M, 2026, Australia’s First Peoples: hunters of extinct megafauna or Australia’s first fossil collectors, http://dx.doi.org/10.52843/cassyni.8mlpmz

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